Chapter 241: Chapter 241

At this point, other users still did not know about Apophis. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on ⓝovelFire.net

Signs that something was about to happen were slowly spreading.

In every server and place recently, strange rumors circulated among NPCs.

“Phew, don’t even mention it. Crops are getting ruined these days because of the black snakes.”

“Not too many, but we see them occasionally.”

“They say black snakes are ominous.”

“Doesn’t sound like a good omen.”

Since everyone was talking about black snakes everywhere,

Users naturally found it suspicious.

Especially since NPCs of all level ranges across regions and servers were speaking about it.

It inevitably looked quite suspicious.

At first, even users thought it might be a quest near that area.

But then they realized it was affecting the entirety of Eternal World, not just nearby.

Naturally, the internet blew up with discussions.

[Title - Black Snake? What is this?]

[Author - LowerLevel]

‘I keep hearing about black snakes everywhere.

Could this be an NPC bug?

[ItemCollectorDead: Looks like bait is being dropped in all regions and level ranges? Has this happened before?]

[HealthLow: ????? Really? I’m going in to check too.]

[HealingQuitter: Yeah, this is the same story in overseas servers.]

└[BuffMax: Overseas too?]

└[GoldOnly: Seriously, what is this?]

About this mysterious black snake, users all searched for clues.

But obviously, there was no clear answer.

So, more people began digging into other related information.

[Title - Black Snake Looks like Major Teaser?]

[Author - LegendaryItemSeller]

‘NPCs only talk about black snakes appearing lately making everyone uneasy.

They say it’s ominous, all just one-trick pony talk.

Other regions and servers have the same reactions.

This feels like promotion.

There’s never been a full-level event spanning all servers before.

Even the anniversary events were simple.

Suddenly this is happening probably because of the Hero Council held a few days ago?

Seems like an event is spreading across all servers because of that.’

[ExplodingWhileEnhancing: Oh? A huge event?]

└[LegendaryItemSeller (author): Yeah, seems so.]

└[WatchingOutsideDungeon: Just speculation?]

└[LegendaryItemSeller (author): No, it’s a widely circulated rumor overseas too.]

└[HeallessChar: Oh?! So it’s really a major event? Really hyped.]

└[AmITank: Wow, a godlike game taking care of all levels;;;;]

[Title - Reasons Why This Incident Is Definitely An Event.]

The current incident was undoubtedly a major event.

NPCs of every server and every level range were talking about it this much, yet users had a hard time seeing the black snakes.

The NPCs talked about the black snakes like they were complaining to users, but among themselves, they didn’t discuss it.

However, observing their everyday behavior, they still acted like normal people.

Only when asking about the black snakes or informing users did they mention the black snakes.

From the look of it, this had to be an event.

Otherwise, the NPCs would not talk about it so unnaturally.

[MobKiller: Oh, that’s right!]

[PotionBox: What kind of event could it be? I’m really looking forward to it.]

The expectations of internet users naturally rose sharply.

Furthermore, of course, guilds were the first to obtain this information.

Since a big event would lead to benefits if the guilds received the information quickly and acted accordingly.

Therefore, many guilds started to take action, approaching high-ranking NPCs and attempting to learn about the Hero Council.

However, no one knew about it.

Some NPCs trembled in fear at the mere mention of the Hero Council, while others outright denied any knowledge.

So, there was no way to get precise information.

But one thing was certain:

This event occurred because of the Hero Council.

However, the clues discovered were too scant to take decisive action,

And it was ambiguous to not act.

So, very few were actively moving, except for the Rapid guild.

“Let’s prepare as much as possible so others won’t find out.”

On the surface, it looked like they were just focused on leveling diligently,

But having the information, Rapid was desperate.

They thought it was most advantageous to reach level 50 increments like levels 9, 99, or 199.

Of course, the backup team supporting Seonghyun worked tirelessly to level up to match his expected level 200.

The serious effort was supported by the Rapid guild, ranked third in guild rankings.

They aimed for maximum efficiency.

With the most powerful forces and skills, their leveling speed was unbelievably fast.

At this point, it would be reasonable to feel confident,

But instead, Rapid bit her lips anxiously.

The problem was not just Seonghyun and his backup team.

The single rankers—they were making moves.

The top four rankers had not moved a muscle.

Anyone could tell they had no intention to participate.

However, the story was different from rank 5 and below.

‘They’re temporarily pausing leveling to investigate clues, right?’

Fortunately, ranks 5 to 7 were not part of the ranking guilds.

Still, Rapid judged that they had enough potential to break into the top 10 guilds anytime if they chose.

Of course, Rapid’s strength was also considerable right now.

If Luna Team, Seonghyun’s backup team, continued to grow , they would become an absurdly powerful raid squad.

Yet, they couldn’t ignore the guilds of those single rankers.

‘Can Mina... no, Yuna take them all down this time?’

Yuna, ranked 9th among single rankers and soon to catch 8th place, was actually under heavy surveillance from other single rankers.

Simply because she was so outstanding.

‘I’d keep an eye on her too if I were them.’

Despite starting two months late compared to others, she confidently secured the single ranker position and aimed to surpass 8th place.

It was natural for the others to watch her.

She was also incredibly skilled in control.

While upper ranks didn’t bother her much, those from rank 5 on down relentlessly kept tabs on Yuna.

Despite that, she was catching up to 8th place.

‘They haven’t faced off directly until now, but this time it’s different.’

According to the info Seonghyun had, levels were grouped in increments of 50.

Meaning, if single rankers participated, they’d be grouped together.

And Yuna, knowing this already, planned to deal with those single rankers.

The main question was whether she could defeat them all.

Yuna asked to be trusted and said she would enter secluded training and disappeared.

Rapid couldn’t intervene.

‘We just have to trust her.’

Rapid guild had little to offer Yuna anyway.

The next main target was helping Seonghyun.

That’s why they rapidly trained the backup team.

Their leveling speed was remarkably faster than other guild teams in that level range.

So much so that it raised accusations of bugs.

Even so, they still lagged slightly behind Seonghyun.

He leveled up slightly faster.

How did he do it so fast?

While Rapid was wondering about this,

Various demons lined up one after another, each repeatedly biting the neck of the demon in front.

Terrible sounds echoed everywhere.

Yet the demons seemed resigned, reaching out toward the necks of the demons ahead.

A demon shouted as if controlling those demons.

- Come on now! Let's all follow proper order! Let's make it comfortable for each other! Hit the neck of the person in front of you as hard as you can! To offer it to Seonghyun!

When Zrak gave orders to the demons,

The demon at the front with a completely tattered neck naturally extended his neck.

Seonghyun's followers lightly struck it down, killing the demon.

[You have gained enormous experience points.] x10

Experience gain messages continuously appeared.

Seeing such an easy and simple process, Seonghyun scratched his head and thought,

'Is this really okay?'

To be honest, at this level, there'd be nothing to say even if he got sanctioned.

However, Karina, who was watching from the side, smiled and said,

"It's fine. The World's Will isn't paying attention to this place right now."

"It seems to be busy."

Thinking that might be the case, he just went along with it.

Well, it was right to use it until it got blocked.

After all, if this was really problematic, it would have been blocked already, or Over Palace wouldn't have allowed it, right?

Thinking that this being possible meant it was half-permitted, Seonghyun comfortably continued collecting experience.

He could just use it until a message appeared saying he could no longer gain experience from summoned demons, right?

With that thought, Seonghyun felt at ease.

There was no reason to worry before actually getting sanctioned.

The User Management Team that oversaw various users.

Naturally, since they had to manage users on the East Asian server,

The team size was quite large.

However, it was quite quiet now.

This was due to personnel being pulled for Apophis.

Since many people had already been deployed, there was a significant shortage of staff.

With so many people missing, user management was becoming inadequate.

But it couldn't be helped.

"No, just kill me..."

Occasionally, when seniors came to get necessary items, the things they said to their juniors while showing their faces were terrifying.

Assistant Manager Lee Wonsong was also going back and forth with the Apophis team, almost dying, with his eyes becoming sunken.

Due to work that was on a completely different dimension than before,

Associate Oh Jinhyuk could only swallow and watch Assistant Manager Lee Wonsong.

Just as he was about to ask something,

"...Just focus on managing everyone from single rankers to double rankers."

"Yes, yes, understood."

"If there are any errors or issues with rankers, report immediately and make it changeable. It'll be a big problem if they exploit it to freeload in the event."

Associate Oh Jinhyuk answered that way,

But Assistant Manager Lee Wonsong just passed by without much response.

As Assistant Manager Lee Wonsong left again to rejoin the Apophis team,

Associate Oh Jinhyuk, seeing Seonghyun gaining experience abnormally, thought to himself,

'User Seonghyun isn't a ranker, so let's just check other rankers~'

If Assistant Manager Lee Wonsong had heard this, he would have smiled and chosen suicide without hesitation, while Associate Oh Jinhyuk was casually looking around at rankers.