The leader and chief hacker of the hacker group ‘Wonderland’, ‘White Rabbit’.
Commonly known as ‘Rabbit’.
Three years ago, she easily broke through Napalm’s firewall and infiltrated, and what she touched was… … none other than her own character data.
Rabbit, who was walking along the beach with Mincheol and reminiscing about those days, smiled cheerfully.
“Ah~ At that time, I really wanted to have a ‘branch of the world tree’.”
A branch of the world tree.
This is the weapon of the wizard supreme during Wings Online Season 2.
“I wanted it, but the drop was so bad I got annoyed and just hacked it.”
“You speak so easily. I was so shocked back then… … .”
Napalm’s firewall is the best in the world. As a gaming company where data is an asset, we manage it with our lives at stake.
But Rabbit was able to disable the firewall as easily as coming and going from his own home.
Even at that time, I was only a high school student.
The hacking was discovered a week later.
It was the mark that Rabbit left inside the database, the white rabbit logo, that was belatedly discovered.
“Ahahaha. I was so immature back then!”
Rabbit scratched the back of his head awkwardly. His already disheveled long brown hair became even more tangled.
“I could have just gotten out of there quietly, but now that I’m here, I feel like I want to brag a little bit. So I just put up a logo and ran away… … .”
After a chase, Rabbit’s new recruits were secured.
Napalm was making a big fuss and threatening to do everything legally, but Mincheol wanted to negotiate with Rabbit.
Instead of holding Rabbit accountable, the condition was that he would report all the intrusion routes he discovered and cooperate in improving the vulnerability of the firewall.
“I was so surprised when Interpol came… … I survived thanks to you, oppa. I’m still grateful to you.”
Rabbit, with a mischievous smile on his face, linked arms with Mincheol.
The terrified Oasis screamed, and Mincheol was even more surprised by the scream and quickly pulled his arms away.
“Well, it wasn’t like you were trying to be a spy, you were just a high school student trying to get some items… … Thanks to this, we were able to strengthen security. If it’s a win-win, then it’s a win-win.”
“I was paid a lot of money as a security consultant. I liked it. Even though the ‘Branch of the World Tree’ was taken back. Haha!”
The two people who were walking while chatting eventually arrived at their destination and stopped walking.
A beach not far from the swimming pool. A somewhat shabby pension was built.
The sign reads ‘Wonderland’.
“Welcome to my wonderland!”
Rabbit, who had skillfully opened the entrance with a key, took the lead and went inside. Mincheol followed carefully behind him.
Even though it was a lodging facility, there were no guests.
“Is it okay if business doesn’t go well like this?”
“It’s okay~ I’m the boss anyway, and I’m just going to put my acquaintances to bed when they come over.”
Despite its shabby exterior, the interior was clean. Oasis looked curiously at the swimming pool installed in the yard.
“How about staying here, oppa? The facilities are fine.”
“Thank you for your kindness, but I already have a hotel reservation.”
“Can I cancel it? I know how to cook delicious food.”
The giggling rabbit went down the stairs leading to the basement.
There was a tightly closed iron door in the basement. The door opened only after Rabbit authenticated his fingerprint and iris recognition devices.
“Security is tight.”
“This is my real bread and butter. I have to be thorough.”
In the basement, bathed in blue light, a huge PC interface was installed.
As the owner entered, dozens of liquid crystal panels and holographic viewers turned on simultaneously.
– Welcome, Rabbit! I’ve been waiting for you!
The screen flashed and a blonde girl wearing a frilly dress appeared.
“Let me introduce you.”
Rabbit nodded, pointing at the screen with his hand.
“This is my support AI, ALICE.”
“Huh… Do hackers also need support AI?”
“Is there a law that says not to use it? Thanks to this, it’s very convenient~.”
While Mincheol and Rabbit were talking, Alice suddenly hardened her expression and glared at Mincheol’s smart glasses.
I noticed the existence of an oasis.
– … … !
Pachichichik!
An ominous atmosphere flowed between the AIs, who were wary of each other. Although their masters were completely unaware of it.
“Okay, then. Let me check the request again, brother.”
Rabbit sat down on a large, dedicated chair and spun it around.
“Breaking into Wings Online’s database… … you’re going to extract ‘all data’ from ‘before the end of Season 5’. Is that correct?”
“Yeah, is that possible?”
“It’s possible. It would take a while… … since the amount of data is huge.”
Immediately afterwards, Rabbit covered his mouth and giggled.
“The infiltration route left behind three years ago is still intact.”
“This guy… … was left behind after all.”
“Haha! I guessed that too, oppa. Thanks to you, I’ll be able to use it this time.”
Rabbit, who had stopped laughing, looked at Mincheol with serious eyes.
“What I’m wondering is, where are you going to use this data?”
“It’s not used anywhere.”
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Mincheol answered immediately.
“It’s just… … a backup.”
“Backup?”
“okay.”
Mincheol’s eyes suddenly became hazy.
“I just want to keep it as it was when my game was still pure, before it got tainted.”
“Huh~?”
Rabbit, who was staring at Mincheol with his eyebrows furrowed charmingly, placed his hands on the keyboard.
“Well, okay. Wasn’t season 5 ending three days ago?”
“It’ll be midnight in three days in Korean time… … so it’ll be 11 PM here.”
“Then I guess I should take it out now. There’s no need to wait. I’ll start right away.”
“Thank you. How much is the fee?”
“Let’s negotiate over dinner later.”
The rabbit snapped his fingers and gestured outside.
“I’ll work, so go out and enjoy the lovely Balinese sunshine.”
“Okay. Then, I’ll ask you.”
Rabbit got to work right away.
The playful attitude from earlier was nowhere to be found, and with a very serious face, he put on the AR goggles and started typing on the keyboard.
Mincheol turned around and came out. Oasis, who had been silent for a while, asked cautiously.
– You’re saying that you backed up the current data from Season 5… …and kept it? Why, Master?
“I told Rabbit too. It’s just meant as a pure backup, to be left intact.”
Are you saying that you flew all the way to Bali to ask a hacker for that backup?
Oasis thought that Mincheol must have another purpose.
But Mincheol seemed to have no intention of telling.
“Okay, let’s go to the hotel and check in… … .”
As he headed to the parking lot where the rental car was parked, Mincheol’s eyes became serious.
“While our hacker friends are working, let’s do our own thing.”
* * *
Mincheol arrived at a hotel not too far away, checked in, went straight to his room, and unpacked his luggage.
There wasn’t much luggage, just a few sets of clothes and a head connector.
“Now, oasis.”
Mincheol said, lying on the bed, taking off his smart glasses and putting on the head connector.
“Let’s get started. Oh, and keep the access point set to China.”
One of the original purposes of coming abroad was to create an alibi.
If Labo connects from China while Mincheol is in Bali, he can use it as an alibi when Napalm tracks him down later.
Oasis tilted his head as he falsified the log as instructed.
– Work? You finished leveling up, right? What are you going to do?
“Gather your colleagues.”
Mincheol said, logging into Wings and syncing with Labo.
“There have been many villains in the history of Wings, but these four are considered the worst. All four are little more than urban legends, but I know all of their materials.”
Hwaaak-!
The login was complete. Labo, the black knight in black armor and blood-red cloak, looked around.
Oasis, the priest in white who had connected to the capsule PC in Korea, was standing right next to me.
“We’ve recruited ‘Massacre’ and Hunter Killer Cain… … Now we need to find the remaining three.”
Oasis swallowed dry saliva.
Gathering three more villains of Cain’s caliber? Will they really follow Labo quietly?
“I can give them what they want.”
Labo, speaking confidently, turned on the world map.
“The first guy you look for is… … yeah.”
Labo, who was scanning the world map with his hand, smiled wickedly.
“The public enemy of Wings users, a maniac who wages war on the entire world.”
Labo’s finger touched the westernmost shore of the world map.
“The tyrant of the blood oath. Oldman.”
* * *
The continent of Arpheria.
A huge continent that serves as the setting for Wings Online.
At its center are several city-states where users are active, and on the outskirts are various dungeons and caves.
The westernmost part of the continent.
At the end of a barren field of grass stands a crumbling marble temple.
The Temple of El Rael.
The last dungeon added in Season 1, 4 years ago, and the place where users fought their first large-scale raid boss battle.
It was once a historical place where all users fought for glory, honor, and gain.
Now, the quest route has changed due to an update, so this place is now a desolate place where no one comes.
Inside the ruins of a crumbling temple, past marble columns covered with ivy, and over a stone wall covered with moss,
In the dusty, sun-drenched ruins stands a gigantic throne.
This stone throne, which once housed the strongest boss monster in Wings Online, is now broken and cracked, accepting the ravages of time.
An old knight was sitting on the throne.
He was a knight wearing golden armor all over his body.
The helmet was removed and placed on the armrest of the throne, so the character’s face was clearly visible.
It was the face of an old man with his white hair slicked back and an eye patch over his eyes.
A golden crown set with jewels sits on top of the head.
Oldman was the leader of the ‘Blood Alliance’, once the strongest guild in Wings Online.
“… … .”
However, there is no one around the blood alliance leader, who is the most named of the named.
Oldman, the strongest dungeon raid leader who once commanded the supremacy of Wings Online and the continent of Arpheria with thousands of blood allies, was now alone.
Whether he had become accustomed to the fact by now or not, Oldman simply sat on his throne with his eyes closed.
With a dreamy face, as if reminiscing about old memories,
“hmm?”
Then suddenly, the old knight opened his closed eyes.
“Who are you?”
The ruins are shrouded in silence.
Oldman pressed on fiercely, as if he sensed something even though there was no sign of life.
“I asked who you were.”
“… … .”
“This is the palace of the king. Be polite and show yourselves.”
Sigh.
Someone who had been hiding let out a laugh.
“The palace… … ?”
A black man walked out from behind a pillar in the distant ruins.
It was Labo, a black knight wearing pitch-black armor and a crimson cloak.
Labo looked up at Oldman and asked with a mocking voice.
“Isn’t it a bit shabby for a palace, Oldman?”
“It doesn’t matter how shabby or flashy it is.”
Oldman responded calmly to Laveau’s mocking voice.
“What matters is the luggage. Wherever the luggage is, there is the palace and the center of the world.”
“Hoo.”
“So be polite, intruder. I don’t expect manners from you, but shouldn’t you at least say hello?”
Labo was truly impressed.
This level of severe self-deprecation cannot be achieved through concept play alone. This old knight in front of you truly considers himself a king.
Labo bowed slightly and looked straight up at Oldman.
“I’ve always wanted to meet you, ‘Old King’ Oldman.”
“… … .”
When called the old king, Oldman’s eyebrows furrowed in displeasure.
A tyrant of a fallen bloodline. A ghost of an old era who haunts the past, intoxicated with past glory.
People call him Old Man, the old king.
An old and sick king from an ancient era.
“The end of the prince who once ruled Wings Online is so desolate.”
Labo looked around at the ruins and shook his head.
“How pitiful, Your Majesty.”
“… … .”
Oldman didn’t bother to refute the claim.
He just opens his eyes narrowly and looks down at Labo with his characteristically arrogant gaze.
