CH 76

[Everyone is Good Friends, Blade Skill Online!!!!!]

[——Everyone, good work~~~! With this, the first round of the guild battle event has finished~~~!] Announced Navi, the smol fairy acting as the event coordinator.

A few minutes after I defeated the baldhead and Zansword, I got back to the ‘Beginning Town’.

Of course, together with my guildmates Grimm and Seele. Seemed their great battles had been highlighted too, as the onlookers were going crazy for them “Grimm-chan, you were so cool!” “Seele-neesan, please let me be your underling!” Look at them and their smug faces. They sure let it get to their head~.

Needless to say, I also received praises and handwaves from many players and was posing smugly too, and then the floating Navi shouted out loud.

[Hello~, everyone~, attention please~! I will announce the ranking of the top 3 guilds who survived the longest and the number of points they earned, you know~! Well, here it is~!]

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1st Place: ‘Guild of Yuri’; Destruction time: —— (Final winner); Total points acquired: 103,282

2nd Place: ‘Producers’ Revolutionary Army’; Destruction time: 48 minutes after the event started; Total points acquired: 10,285

3rd Place: ‘Let’s Have Fun Killing! Rookies’ Force’; Destruction time: 45 after the event started; Total points acquired: 8,756

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“—Wow. Demon King Yuri-san’s and her guild got a crazy number of points…”

“Rather, look at the second and third place, what the hell~…!”

“I’m gonna be a Craft Maker from now!”

The players made a commotion when they saw the results of the event displayed in the air.

It was only natural. Although they had been watching how the event went, none of them expected the producer army and rookie army would be in the top three.

Though I gotta say, the end sure was a blast. After we destroyed all the guilds under Zansword’s banner, the three of us from ‘Guild of Yuri’ fought a decisive head-on battle against the join forces of ‘Producers Revolutionary Army’ and ‘Let’s Have Fun Killing! Rookies’ Force’. Everyone was really on fire back there.

“Okay~, I’m gonna snag the first places in the remaining rounds too…!”

It was when I was burning with a fighting spirit.

A light flashed at the center of the square, and out of nowhere the geezer king appeared.

…I knew it was one of the devs inside him, but where had he been? Did he not watch the event? Upon a closer look, he seemed to be in cold sweat…?

Under the gazes of many players, the geezer spoke awkwardly, [E-everyone! That was a truly splendid battle! As a developer—no, I mean, as king, it delights me to see the event so exhilarating!

[Alas… there is one small problem. As a matter of fact, some players have acquired a skill that requires extremely difficult conditions to learn. It allows one to steal items from defeated opponents… and during this event, we have arranged it so that lost items be restored after the event… As a result of these two factors combined together, the number of limited items in circulation has increased… ah, no, erm, this is not a bug, but, uhh…!]

The geezer dev mumbled panicked. Maybe some problems cropped up during the event.

And he had temporarily logged out to discuss it with his team and deal with it. I see now~.

…I had been resenting the devs for terribly nerfing me and releasing a photobook of me without my permission, but maybe it was time I dropped it and gave them their due credit.

Respect those who put in the effort and work hard. That was what it meant to be a fine man.

Okay, this is just the right opportunity, I’ll express my gratitude!

[Ah~, and also, due to various circumstances, uh, Yuri-dono won’t be allowed to participa—]

“Deeeeeev! Thanks for providing us with such a fun gaaaaame!”

As the dev was about to say something, I shouted with all my might, expressing my gratitude!

The geezer dev froze in surprise with [Eh?!]. Without missing a beat, I continued!

“It has some parts that I want to complain about, but I love ‘Blade Skill Online’! I’ve been able to make a lot of friends since I started playing this game!

“It’s all thanks to you and the rest of the members of the developer team. For giving me a place to belong, thank you!!!”

[Eh, wait, Yuri-dono?! Well, um, you are putting me in a really bad spot by saying such a thing now?!]

Maybe he was embarrassed. The dev became flustered. The baldhead, standing by my side, shouted too. “Gahahaha! I want to thank you too! Thanks to you, I was able to meet my best rival! I hope you can continue preparing stages where Yuri and I can rampage as we like!”

[B-baldhead-san?!]

The baldhead wrapped his arm around my shoulder. Following him, the tens of thousands of players gathered in the Beginning Town sang a big chorus of thanks!

“Thank you for everything, developer! I want to get revenge on Demon King Yuri, so please continue to do your best to prepare fun events in the future!”

“I’m sorry for thinking you don’t think about the game balance properly! It turns out we all can become strong regardless of our job, we just haven’t figured out the way! You guys are awesome!”

“It’s amazing that there are no bugs at all even though it’s a very high-quality game! Mad respect, dev! I wanna challenge Yuri-san’s guild, so I’ll be participating in the next round!”

The players gave their appreciation to the dev. Surrounded by their warm voices, the dev began to cry, most likely because he was deeply moved.

He muttered while sniffling and wiping away tears from his eyes, [Sob, now what am I supposed to do…!] Fufufu, suddenly receiving thanks from everyone must have been a huge surprise to him. Good for you~!

I pushed my way through the crowd of players to arrive at the center of the plaza, then I grabbed the hands of the dev whose face was now flushed by force and grinned at him.

“Okay, dev, please work hard so that there are no bugs from the second to the fifth round!

“I, meanwhile, will rampage as best as I can! I mean, everyone seemed to be eager to fight me and I don’t want to disappoint them. I’ll participate in all the remaining rounds even if I have to push myself and fight them with everything I’ve got!!!”

[E-eeeeeek?! A-alright, I’ve got it. I’ve got it, okay!]

Perhaps his excitement had reached its peak, the dev ended up falling to his knees.

——And so, after making friends with the dev, I went on a rampage throughout the rest of the Guild War! It was so much fun!