Users trapped in the iceberg were spending their day as usual.
I log into the game out of habit, absentmindedly run dungeons, gather things, and talk.
Or just sit still in the village.
Within this ‘prison’, safely confined within a world on the verge of destruction, the users had completely adapted.
But their faces were completely soaked in defeatism and showed no sign of will.
however.
Kung- kung-
During a day like any other, something unexpected happened.
Kuguang! Kuguaguang!
At the sudden loud noise, the users who had been sitting spread out with their eyes like dead fish raised their heads one by one.
“… … ?”
“Huh? What’s going on?”
“Oh, over there… … .”
Users turned their eyes one by one to the source of the explosion and opened their eyes in surprise.
Cookies, cookies, cookies, cookies!
With a terrible roar, the palace on the top floor of the Iceberg began to shake.
Kwajik!
The ones who came out after blowing away the entire ceiling of the palace were none other than Oldman and Cain.
The old king and the hunter killer swung their hammers and swords at each other, wreaking havoc in all directions.
“what!”
“It looks like they’re fighting among themselves?”
“Is it like a sparring match… … ?”
Twitch!
As soon as the words left their mouths, a salcho (殺招) aimed at each other grazed the necks of the two villains.
The deflected attack again pulverized the palace walls.
One of the users who was watching muttered indifferently.
“No, I think it’s true, but… … .”
Chaeng! Chaeng! Tsukak-!
With a bloody metallic sound, Cain and Oldman continued to attack each other.
‘Ugh!’
Cain ground his teeth and adjusted his grip on his sword.
Labo’s request flashed through his mind.
“First, let’s fight each other moderately in Iceberg. All we have to do is show the users that internal division has begun.”
‘Is this what it shows?!’
Cain gritted his teeth and barely managed to catch Oldman’s hammer.
‘This old man, it looks like he came here to sharpen my knife?!’
Any way you look at it, Oldman was sincere.
No, it was as if he had been waiting for this opportunity!
“Is that all, Cain-!”
Oldman’s one eye flashed and he brought the hammer down without hesitation.
Kookwang! Kookwang!
Cookies and cookies!
With thick smoke, the duel between the two continued, completely destroying the outer walls of Iceberg.
“… … .”
“… … .”
The doctor, who was watching from the opposite wall far away, laughed heartily.
“Those two are passionate. They fight so fiercely… … yikes!”
Wedge!
The doctor quickly ducked the arrow and slowly raised his head.
“Doctor, I’ve always been waiting for this opportunity.”
Agle King, aiming a large crossbow from over there, let out a low laugh.
“I’m talking about the day I punch you in the face for always being so smart!”
“… … No, I’m wearing a mask. Can’t you see my face?”
“I can see it! Beyond the mask!”
The aggro king shouted and struck him.
“You always act like you’re so great! You act like you know everything! No, you’re actually great and knowledgeable about everything!”
“… … .”
“I hate people who are better than me! That’s why I hate you too! No, that’s why I hate most of humanity!”
“… … .”
The doctor spoke cautiously, as if he felt sorry for her.
“Cheer up, Mr. Aggle King… … .”
“Don’t be so pitying, Inma!”
Boom! Boom!
The Aggle King fired arrows in succession.
The arrows that the Doctor had fired struck the Iceberg walls one after another, causing a huge explosion.
The shattered walls came crashing down.
“Doctor, you’re a sub-healer and sub-dealer! Isn’t your combat power really low?!”
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“… … I guess my ID ‘Doctor’ has that kind of image?”
The doctor took out the potions from his bosom and twirled them with his fingertips, smiling sinisterly.
“But, you are mistaken.”
“… … !”
Cookies and cookies!
The Doctor overcame the Aggle King’s barrage of bomb bolts in one go by drinking a defense-boosting potion.
“If I put my mind to it, I can beat any of the Nightbringers… …!”
Immediately afterwards, he threw a poison potion at the Aggle King. The terrified Aggle King screamed.
“Whoaaaaa-?!”
Phew!
Clumps of turquoise poisonous fog rose.
In the thick fog, the screams of the Aggle King could be heard over and over again.
“I won’t do it! I won’t do it again! Save me… … Gyaaaah!”
Oasis and Rabbit, who were standing side by side outside the castle, looked at each other with bitter smiles.
“This is a match-up decided by lottery, right?”
“That’s right. How did it end up like this? Oh, I’m not that confident in PVP… … .”
Rabbit, who had been muttering awkwardly, stared at the oasis.
“Still, Oasis.”
“yes?”
“Don’t underestimate my support AI’s abilities?”
Rabbit ran his fingertips over his rabbit ears.
“Our Alice has also been training steadily in combat. She will be able to fight without much trouble.”
Oasis smiled brightly.
“But I think I’m stronger.”
“Hoo… … How can you be so sure?”
“Because I am your support AI.”
Oasis spoke in a steady voice, placing her hands in front of her chest.
“So, it’s natural that I’m the strongest.”
“… … .”
Rabbit opened his mouth slightly and muttered an exclamation that wasn’t really an exclamation.
“Oasis, you’re getting better at saying irrational things now.”
“Oh, is that so?”
“Yeah, just now, it seemed a bit… … like a real person.”
Oasis smiled brightly.
“This makes sense to me.”
The rabbit also smiled back.
That was the extent of the conversation.
Taat!
The two, who had been staring at each other for a moment, ran toward each other.
The Holy Auror attached to Oasis’ staff dyed the area pure white, and the trump cards thrown by Rabbit flew through the air.
Boom! Boom! Boom! … !
As magic clashed with magic, the earth began to shatter.
* * *
“Internal strife?”
Captain Dre, who received the report, looked dumbfounded.
“Within the Demon King’s Army? Among guild members? They’re fighting?”
“Yes, this is a report from Iceberg.”
The users trapped in the iceberg could not just sit back and watch this situation unfold.
He whispered this to all the users of the New World, and before long, the report reached Captain Dre’s ears.
Captain Dre frowned.
‘What’s going on all of a sudden? Is this a plan to deceive us?’
New reports followed one after another.
“They didn’t just stop at fighting, but each led their own troops into the clash… … .”
“Currently, six forces are entering the battle on the plains in front of the Iceberg!”
“They say there’s a huge fight going on!”
“Thanks to that, the siege has become thinner, and users who escape during this gap… …!”
Captain Dre’s eyes widened.
You’re saying that they’re not simply fighting each other, but are waging war while using up their own troops?
“What on earth is going on inside the Demon King’s Army…?”
Captain Dre rubs his chin in a hesitant manner,
“Anyway, it’s clear that this is our chance.”
The white knight who appeared from behind said.
“White Knight! But… … .”
“There’s no time to consider whether it’s a deception tactic or a trap. Either way, this is an opportunity. I can’t miss it.”
Captain Dre kept his mouth shut.
Because the white knight’s words were a hundred percent right. There was no time to argue now.
You must seize this chance!
“Did you talk about napalm too?”
Captain Dre nodded to the white knight’s question.
“They’ll be moving soon too. They’ll be implementing the rule change soon.”
“good.”
“Knock knock, knock knock,” the white knight growled, unclenching his fist.
“If the report is true, all the Nightbringers are in the Icebergs of the Old World. The Twilight Ports of the New World are empty right now.”
“then……!”
“We are hitting the twilight port.”
The white knight met Captain Dre’s eyes and nodded heavily.
“In the name of the user… … we launch a counterattack.”
* * *
Napalm. Developer Tower.
Development Team 2.
Since becoming director, Shinji has been actively negotiating with ‘higher-ups’.
It was called negotiation, but it was no different from begging, and they were struggling to delay the server shutdown date by even one day.
After the Milky Way escaped first, several team leaders followed suit and left the 2nd development team.
Rather than stay on a sinking ship, they quickly choose to change lines.
Now, there were only a few team leader-level staff left, and most of the people who stayed were just regular employees who worked silently.
Naturally, the hierarchy is pushed back and forth, and now that Shinji is absent.
“There is a division within the Demon King’s Army… … ?!”
GM Dong-ha, who has become the most senior of the remaining team leaders, appears to be leading Development Team 2.
Dong-ha, who was monitoring the in-game situation in the situation room, came running out of breath.
The waiting staff all looked at Dong-ha.
“Yes, and I also got a call from Elaine. She asked me to try the ‘rule change’!”
“Damn it! The tools aren’t even ready yet… … .”
Dong-ha, who used to be a chubby bear, had lost a surprising amount of weight. It was because he had been working so hard the past few days.
A subordinate shouted at Dong-ha, who was hesitating and unable to make a decision.
“Team Leader! Give instructions!”
“f*ck… … Okay, it’s do or die.”
Dong-ha shouted, sweeping his hair back with a haggard face.
“Initiating a back door intrusion. Have you gathered all the personnel?”
“yes!”
Dong-ha had been visiting the previously fired security team members for the past few days, begging them to lend him their strength, and he had gathered them back together.
If you invade using AI, you will end up having your AI stolen by Gaia, which will only increase your power.
The situation has become such that hacking into our own servers is entirely dependent on human power.
There was no one who was as knowledgeable in this field as those who worked in that field.
“Gaia’s expected counterattack waiting time is 10 seconds. I have to open the back door, enter, authenticate my authority, and modify the source code in 10 seconds.”
It sounded like a crazy idea, but it was the only thing they could do right away, so the staff focused solely on training for this operation.
“There can’t be even a single mistake!”
“… … .”
The staff, who were extremely nervous, didn’t even answer. Dong-ha only forced a smile and shouted lightly.
“Okay, then let’s give it a try~!”
At the same time, the operation began.
It wasn’t something that could be hidden anyway. Gaia would notice right away.
So, even if it was noisy, we decided to prioritize speed.
Several employees accessed the server database and quickly ripped open the back door.
Dong-ha’s eyes flinched as he watched the Wings Online firewall being disabled.
‘What? There is no resistance from Gaia?’
By now, you should have detected the intrusion and taken action, either counterattacking, sabotaging, or blocking the back door.
What could it be… … .
Gaia showed no reaction at all.
‘Hey, why is Gaia so quiet?’
The employee who had just secured the passage shouted at Dong-ha, who was looking bewildered.
“Team Leader!”
“I know, I know!”
Dong-ha tapped the keyboard as if he was flying.
With his authority authenticated, Dong-ha quickly found the source code underlying the game, opened the edit window, and entered a command.
The command I had already memorized in my head was entered in a matter of seconds.
widely-!
With the last input, the source code has changed in an absurdly pointless way.
“… … is a success.”
And only then did the firewall begin to recover and the backdoors begin to be disabled.
The response was much later than expected.
As if… … I was weakened.
The staff and Dong-ha disconnected and exited without any problems.
“Yahoo-!”
“It’s a success! It’s a success!”
The staff high-fived and cheered at this small victory.
It was the first win the team had had since it was in shambles, so it was natural to be happy.
But Dong-ha couldn’t just be happy.
Even though I successfully changed the source code, I still felt uneasy.
“What is it, Gaia… … .”
Dong-ha stared blankly at the programming monitor with messy text scattered about.
“… … What’s wrong with you again?”
Of course, there was no answer.
In the midst of the noisy staff, Dong-ha stared at the monitor in silence for a while.
