Chapter 141 ….
[Disconnecting.]
[The recorded video is automatically saved.]
Psssh—
As the system voice welcomed him after logging out, Do-hyeon nodded.
‘The video saved properly too.’
So this was why people used the auto-save feature.
Even if you pressed logout right away, it handled everything on its own—much more convenient.
He had turned on recording just in case before entering the castle, but thinking back, maybe he should have started from the King’s Tomb.
Still, after a moment’s thought, he didn’t feel too regretful.
‘No. I couldn’t have uploaded that video anyway.’
It was obviously packed with main-quest content—too early to release.
He hadn’t even managed to capture Arlagini’s remains properly, and things had ended awkwardly.
As for the Shadow Lycanthrope, that went without saying.
‘Maybe because the previous video was so huge… it’s hard to get footage that feels good enough.’
Human psychology was funny.
Before, people would cheer even if he just uploaded a clip of killing a Death Orc Warrior.
But now that he’d shown Destroyer Gaiman and the Abyss, wouldn’t a normal dungeon boss feel underwhelming?
People might still watch it—but even Do-hyeon himself felt dissatisfied.
“Sun’s still up.”
Do-hyeon muttered in mild surprise as he looked toward the window.
The clear daytime sky caught his eye.
‘Feels weird logging out and it’s still afternoon…’
Maybe because he always filled the full ten hours before logging out, this scene felt unfamiliar.
Normally, Do-hyeon’s real-world day only had morning and night.
There was a reason Hyeon-ah always clicked her tongue and called him a gaming addict.
Tap.
After drinking a glass of water, Do-hyeon turned on his computer and moved the mouse.
There was only one reason he had logged out.
[Kaiser TV]
[Subscribers: 5.913 million]
“Wow… seriously unstoppable. Sheesh, the views passed 20 million… Ah, that’s not it.”
Clicking his tongue, Do-hyeon came to his senses and exited his channel tab.
He had checked it out of habit, but that wasn’t his goal.
[Outlaw Challenge]
Views: 4.342 million
[Outlaw VS Arthur]
Views: 173.518 million
[Absolute of Sargis]
Views: 32.141 million
…
What he wanted was footage of battles against the Outlaws.
‘There are tons of videos. Time to study.’
Know your enemy and you need not fear a hundred battles.
Until now, he either didn’t need information or couldn’t obtain it—but the Outlaws of Sargis were different.
There had once been an Outlaw Challenge, so data was plentiful.
‘I only get one chance. I need to be careful.’
If this raid failed, Sargis Castle would be massacred.
Which meant the Outlaws would invade.
He needed to thoroughly analyze their patterns and strategies.
‘Let’s see.’
The video began with a full-moon night field.
Ten users were fighting while surrounded by countless Outlaws.
This was the hallmark of the Outlaw raid.
‘Because of the outlaw army, they usually form at least two parties—sometimes three or four.’
In extreme cases, even five parties were used.
But seeing only ten players attempting it meant they were extremely confident.
Then again, that made sense.
Every single player’s gear was gleaming—clearly decked out in Hero-grade equipment.
Considering the video was over a year old, it was impressive… but also expected.
‘That must be Arthur.’
The video with over 170 million views.
It was the challenge attempt of Arthur, the master of the current top-10 guild The King.
“Stop the outlaws! The boss is ours to deal with.”
“Yes, sir!”
Among them stood the most radiant holy knight.
At nearly 190 cm tall, with shoulders as broad as the Pacific, he looked like the captain from some hero movie.
The moment he shouted, formations snapped into place.
“Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur!”
Spectators watching the challenge chanted his name in unison.
When he raised his shining fist, the cheers grew louder.
[……Those… who… interfere…… shall die…….]
The battle began.
As expected of Arthur and The King’s executives, the early phase went smoothly.
Six members expertly held off the outlaw troops, while four engaged the leader without being pushed back.
“Haah!”
Flash—!
The most eye-catching among them was Arthur.
Fighting while radiating brilliant golden light, he looked like a hero straight out of legend.
Especially fitting since his opponent was the leader of the ghost soldiers.
[Those… who… interfere… will… die…]
The outlaw leader’s eyes glowed from the darkness with a chilling voice.
Arthur blocked him while emitting holy light.
It was truly a clash of light and darkness.
Cheers filled the video.
‘He’s good.’
So it wasn’t an exaggeration that he once stood at the very top.
His combat sense surpassed anyone Do-hyeon had faced in GodOS.
It wasn’t the fighting power of an ordinary level-49 player.
Every executive’s movement was excellent.
It was like they were making the absolute best possible plays for their level.
There was nothing to nitpick.
‘At this level, he must’ve been top-tier even in Demrock.’
No wonder he led one of the top ten guilds.
But only for a moment.
The instant the outlaw leader pulled something out—
The evenly matched battle flipped in an instant.
A chilling aura spread…
“Keugh!”
“Ughhh…”
A vicious cold surged around the leader, covering a 20-meter radius.
The executives fighting the outlaws groaned and froze.
Their bodies completely locked.
Only one person remained unaffected.
Arthur.
“Hup!”
As if he alone were immune to crowd control.
‘Hero trait…’
Seeing a trait he himself used felt strange—but he quickly accepted it.
One of the words symbolizing Arthur was “Hero.”
Even Do-hyeon, who hadn’t played GodOS long, knew Arthur was one of the nine Hero-trait holders.
Because Arthur bought time, the executives eventually broke free and rejoined the fight…
But the crisis wasn’t over.
“Ghk—”
One executive suddenly died.
And he wasn’t the only one showing symptoms.
Their skin was visibly turning purple, and they staggered like they might collapse at any moment.
“Haah… haah…”
Arthur, as a holy knight, was in better condition—but only relatively.
A third of his pale skin had already turned violet.
Arthur was slowly dying.
And before him appeared a shocking message.
[Hidden Field Boss, Leader of the Outlaws ‘???’ HP has reached 50%.]
[Phase 2 activated.]
[Requiem of the Underworld activated.]
[Contact with the requiem results in instant death.]
“…What?”
Immediately after—
Pillars of darkness burst through the ground.
Even through the video, they radiated bone-chilling cold.
And there wasn’t just one.
“What the fuck!”
“God damn!”
Across a radius exceeding 20 meters, they erupted randomly like landmines.
Executives who were barely holding on were instantly wiped out.
“Holy shit!!!”
“Oh, fuck! Fuck!!”
Even spectators were caught in the blast and met gruesome deaths.
In an instant—
The battlefield turned into hell.
[You have been exposed to overwhelming underworld energy.]
[Holy power cannot repel the energy.]
[You will take damage per second until the owner of the energy dies. Damage increases the closer you are.]
[HP below 10%.]
Grip—
Arthur, who barely avoided instant death, suddenly found the outlaw leader right in front of him.
“Shit…”
With that hollow curse—as his vision lifted, presumably grabbed by the neck—
The screen went black.
For the master of a top-10 guild, it was an absurdly futile end.
The NewTube comments were, unsurprisingly, in chaos.
Even just the Korean comments among the flood of languages were full of shock.
“What did I just watch?”
“He only got it to half HP after all that? Insane difficulty lol”
“Arthur acting all cool now—guess he wasn’t much back then.”
└ “?? What is this idiot saying?”
└ “Arthur’s 50% is the challenge record. Learn before you talk.”
└ “Even getting it to 70% got VIP treatment. Below 80% the freeze + poison goes crazy. Getting to 50% is insane.”
└ “Seriously? No wonder it’s famous for the 0% clear massacre ending.”
└ “So even Melsal and the Empress couldn’t hit 50%?”
└ “Not sure. After Arthur got crushed, people stopped trying.”
They were right.
Do-hyeon searched more videos just in case—but it was hard to find anyone who even reached 70%, let alone 50%.
He let out a hollow laugh.
“…It’s way stronger than I thought.”
Of course he expected it to be strong—but this was beyond common sense.
Honestly, it looked stronger than Destroyer Gaiman.
At least the Destroyer fought alone.
This one even had an army.
If the Outlaws had reached the King’s Tomb first, the gatekeeper might have been meaningless.
Even Do-hyeon—who had overcome countless trials and greatly improved his specs—wasn’t confident.
‘That’s Phase 2… Then what comes after?’
What was truly terrifying was that this wasn’t the boss’s full power.
Bosses of this difficulty usually had three phases.
If Phase 2 triggered at just 50%, it was almost certain.
If Phase 2 was already this bad—
How strong would Phase 3 be?
“…Sss.”
Do-hyeon’s expression turned serious.
He had only meant to get a rough feel for the strategy.
But now the situation had changed.
After a moment of thought—
He re-entered the capsule.
“What’s this, Master? I wondered why you logged out so early—now you’re back again.”
“You have returned, my lord.”
“Rizari-ja!”
Ignoring Jihad’s suspicious muttering and acknowledging the ever-steady Charlie and the cheerful Eliza, Do-hyeon headed straight for the field.
“Oh, it’s Kaiser.”
“Wait, didn’t he log out? He’s back already?”
“Did he just go eat?”
“He’s heading straight to the forest. Quest run?”
Though the number of stares had decreased compared to earlier, Do-hyeon still drew plenty of attention as he reached the forest.
“So, Master—you’re going to hunt the Outlaws right away?”
“No.”
“Then?”
Instead of answering, Do-hyeon raised his head.
Pitch-black night.
And a massive full moon softly illuminating the forest.
[It is a night of the full moon.]
[Lycanthropes’ physical abilities are amplified by the full moon’s energy.]
[The full moon’s energy is at its peak. The souls of the Outlaws grow denser.]
Clatter— clatter—
Awooooo—
He turned toward the sounds echoing from all directions.
Just as the message said, the lycanthropes had grown larger, and the outlaws had become more distinct.
‘Today is day three.’
The full moon period lasted six days total.
On day five, the lycanthrope buff would disappear.
When day six ended, the outlaws would vanish.
‘Three days and half a day…’
That was the time given to Do-hyeon.
Time to raise his specs before facing the Outlaws.
It was extremely tight.
But—
‘It’s enough.’
Wrapping the Thousand Threads around his arm, Do-hyeon curled his lips into a grin.
The next three and a half days—
He planned to go all out.
“…I’ve got a bad feeling,” Jihad muttered.
“Rizari-ja…”
Ignoring him, Do-hyeon hurled the dagger-transformed Thousand Threads.
That night—
The forest echoed endlessly with the screams of lycanthropes.
And just like that—
Three days passed.
