Chapter 252 – Knight of Death (1)

Translator: Seven

Editor: Ana_Banana

The Saviour Guild had been recruiting participants for a week.

[The Kunlun Guild will join the Saviour Guild to take on the dungeon!]

[80 players from the Kunlun Guild will participate in the dungeon attack!]

The Kunlun Guild was the first passenger on the ship named the Saviour Guild.

“Achilles’ Armor is more than enough to earn a ticket.”

The sincerity that the Kunlun Guild showed was none other than Achilles’ Armor.

It was a sure price that allowed them to not have to worry about other people’s sincerity, and the Saviour Guild was more than willing to accept it.

In addition, the sincerity displayed by the Kunlun Guild set the standard for the other guilds to follow.

It should at least be on the level of Achilles’ Armor!

[80 players from the Frontier Guild prepare to attack the 7 Floor dungeon!]

The first to follow this standard was the Frontier Guild.

“Cuhullin’s(1) Helmet, a great item.”

They became the second passenger aboard the ship by presenting Cuhullin’s Helmet, an item comparable to Achilles’ Armor.

On the other hand, the third passenger was different.

[70 members of the Victoria Guild have been confirmed to participate!]

[A UK guild will be the first European Guild to challenge a 7 Floor dungeon!]

The Victoria Guild.

This was the guild considered to be the best in the UK.

But this group, whose reputation was in no way comparable to that of the five great guilds were able to become the third passengers on the ship without needing to pay a significant price.

The reason for this was simple.

They were being fully supported by the UK government.

When they were offering the bid for this dungeon which had appeared in their territory, the UK government made a condition that their own guilds and players would have the opportunity to engrave their names on this challenge. A condition that the Saviour Guild accepted.

The fourth passenger was chosen immediately after.

[80 members of the Great One Guild have been confirmed to participate!]

[Three of the four remaining top five guilds have confirmed their participation!]

The Great One Guild was the fourth passenger.

“Hector’s(2) Bronze Armor. You’ve offered a pretty strong piece of armor.”

The price they paid was the bronze armor belonging to the Guardian of Troy, Hector.

This, too, was a fee that was in no way lacking.

Furthermore, the Great One Guild even took it a step further.

[Trinity will directly participate in the dungeon attack!]

The Guild Master of the Great One Guild and one of the best players in the world, Trinity.

She was going to personally participate in the dungeon attack.

It was a declaration that they weren’t willing to just be sidekicks, and that they would also become the main characters if given the opportunity.

In any case, it was a wise move in many ways.

[Now there is only one seat left!]

[Which guild will claim the last seat?]

In the competition for the last spot, it was certain that the participants would have to pay a higher price than Hector’s Armor.

This was obvious.

Now that there was just one spot left, countless guilds were rushing to give a higher price than their competitors.

The competition was definitely bound to intensify.

-Who will it be?

-Naturally, it’ll be one of the top five guilds.

-It’s impossible for the other large guilds to even dream of overcoming the top five.

-Won’t one of the top five take the spot?

The world focused its attention on who the last passenger would turn out to be.

Then, the last participant was decided.

[70 players from the Messiah Guild will participate.]

The Messiah Guild had become the last passenger.

…

There was a warehouse in Liverpool, England.

In this warehouse, which was so old that it could no longer be used, Kim Woo-jin was measuring the sizes of a Skeleton Knight in front of him.

Slam!

Then someone rushed in.

This person, Lee Jin-ah, whose face was currently so fierce that someone’s heart would stop just from looking at him, shouted out angrily as soon as he walked in.

“Hey, Kim Woo-jin! Are you insane? Does it make sense to accept the Messiah Guild as the last participant?”

The reason for this was none other than an article he’d just seen. (TL: fun fact that I’m not sure I pointed out before… ‘article’ and ‘knight’ are actually the same word ^-^)

An article that claimed the Messiah Guild to be the last passenger aboard the Saviour Guild’s ship headed for the Land of Dragons Dungeon.

“And you didn’t tell me about it!”

Naturally, Lee Jin-ah, who hadn’t received any word about this couldn’t but be shocked.

“I rushed over here before I couldn’t even finish eating my McDonald’s fries because of you!”

He was so shocked that he immediately ran over to find out about the situation from Kim Woo-jin, leaving behind the food he’d been eating.

Kim Woo-jin, on the other hand, remained calm as he said.

“The Messiah Guild lowered their heads first and asked for a favor, it wouldn’t look good if we refused.”

“Look good?”

“If we just refused them here, it would seem as though we had a bad relationship with the Messiah Guild.”

“Don’t we have a bad relationship with the Messiah Guild?”

“The world doesn’t know that.”

When he heard Kim Woo-jin’s words, Lee Jin-ah made a face as if he couldn’t understand what he meant, so Kim Woo-jin decided to explain for him.

“The competition between the Messiah Guild and the Saviour Guild is similar to if two Korean national teams met each other in the finals of the Olympics. They might compete fiercely, but the losers would still be applauded by the Korean people anyway.”

It was exactly that.

The world saw the competition between the Messiah Guild and the Saviour Guild as one held in good faith.

Not only would the winner be cheered for, but even the loser would be applauded despite being second place.

“That’s why I used Youtube to make a lot of my announcements.”

It was Kim Woo-jin himself who induced this competitive atmosphere.

It was also the reason why he said he would compete to save the world first, and not that he would trample on the Messiah Guild and save the world.

“Huh? Weren’t you doing the videos on Youtube for the donations? I thought you just wanted to dance in the donation money you obtained from your fans.”

Kim Woo-jin looked at Lee Jin-ah, who seemed to be extremely surprised as though he was learning the truth for the first time, before continuing.

“On the other hand, if it became a battle between Korea and Japan, the world would naturally be forced to take sides.”

In other words, if the situation changed so that they were fiercely competing against each other, the reaction towards winning and losing would certainly be different.

No matter who won, the loser would not be applauded, and the winner and loser would be extremely divided, even to the extent of wanting to kill each other.

“And if we were to become Korea and Japan, then we would certainly be Japan. Most people would choose to support the Messiah Guild.”

In that case, it was obvious that most of the people in the world would choose to side with the Messiah Guild.

After all, the Messiah Guild’s reputation, which had been accumulated over a period of five years was not something the Saviour Guild could overcome just yet.

“In particular, the Messiah Guild’s followers would definitely launch a crazy offensive.”

Furthermore, unlike the Saviour Guild, the Messiah Guild had numerous followers with unwavering beliefs.

“Being hostile towards them is the same as giving those followers a reason to become martyrs.”

If the Messiah Guild gave the order, it wouldn’t be strange for them to bit the throat of a passing old man.

Kim Woo-jin had more knowledge of this than anyone else.

In any case, in such a situation, the Saviour Guild had no choice but to outwardly show that they were on good terms with the Messiah Guild, and in a sense, showing such an appearance was a boon.

“Plus, their sincerity was too good to pass up.”

Of course, the thing that stirred Kim Woo-jin’s heart the most was the price offered by the Messiah Guild.

“What did they give you?”

“Galahad’s shield.”

“Is it good?”

Galahad’s shield, its correct name was the Cursed Shield.

The shield’s ability was simple.

The moment you successfully block an attack, it will put a deadly curse on the enemy that attacked you.

There were many items that could give curses, and many types of curses, but Galahad’s shield was amazing in the fact that simply blocking an attack would launch a curse.

“It’s great.”

Before returning to the past, it was an item that Kim Woo-jin used quite often.

In fact, the moment it was offered, Kim Woo-jin no longer thought about refusing them.

Of course, Lee Jin-ah was different.

“No, regardless of how good it is! What will we do if they decide to work together? Don’t they have almost four times our number?”

The maximum number of people who could enter the A+ rank dungeon, Land of Dragons, was 500.

Among this group, 390 people belonged to five other guilds. (TL: The author made a series of errors here. First, if you count the numbers above you’d find that there should be 380 other players in the dungeon. Second, the author actually said ‘four guilds’ in the raw and not five. I changed the number of guilds to what it should be but I can’t change anything else unfortunately)

As for the Saviour Guild, 110 of their members would be participating, so the difference between the two sides was roughly four times.

“They could betray us!”

As long as the word betrayal existed in the world, it was completely unacceptable odds.

“Moreover, it’s a dungeon!”

And weren’t they headed to a place where such a word was by no means rare?

Kim Woo-jin replied simply to Lee Jin-ah’s concerns.

“That’s why we will show them clearly from the start.”

As he said those words, Kim Woo-jin looked at his status window.

[Kim Woo-jin]

– Level: 196

– Halo: Emissary of the Underworld

– Stats: Health(610+1629)/Stamina(2+861)/Magic Power(3+1631)

– Achievements: 183

– Extra points: 0

Level 196.

After measuring his level, Kim Woo-jin spoke with a burning gaze.

“Because we recruited participants to show off our strength in the first place.”

Along with those words, Kim Woo-jin took Mjolnir from his inventory and gave it to the Skeleton Knight in front of him.

…

By October 31st, everything was ready.

[The D-Day for the Saviour Guild’s dungeon attack!]

In front of the dungeon gate for the Land of Dragons Dungeon, the 500 players who would be participating in the dungeon attack were gathered.

And Isaac Ivanov, who was in front of them spoke slowly.

“We will clear this dungeon before the new year starts.”

That was all.

“Then let’s start our attack on the Land of Dragons Dungeon.”

And with that, the Dungeon attack began.

(Note:

1. Cú Chulainn, also spelled Cú Chulaind or Cúchulainn and sometimes known in English as Cuhullin, is an Irish mythological demigod who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx mythology.

2. In Greek mythology and Roman mythology, Hector was a Trojan prince and the greatest fighter for Troy in the Trojan War. He acted as leader of the Trojans and their allies in the defence of Troy, “killing 31,000 Greek fighters.” He was ultimately killed by Achilles.)

(TL: Guys can anyone tell me what the last of the top five guilds are? I can’t seem to remember. There’s the Messiah Guild, Frontier Guild, Great One Guild, Kunlun Guild and…? Comment below or tell me on discord)