He Is That Guy

I stared at Sangdanghan’s server chat in utter disbelief and pressed my throbbing forehead.
That bastard, no way…
[Party] Drink Some Water: Wait, is he copying Yu Chae?
[Party] Haereun: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋshit, looks like it
[Party] MelodyCode: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋah..what even..ㅋ....ㅋㅋ....

Everyone gave hollow laughs at Drink Some Water’s question, which was exactly what I’d just thought.
What? Putting a bounty? Seriously… what kind of lunatic does that?
I’d heard of this kind of harassment happening in RPGs sometimes, but I never thought I’d see it with my own eyes.

[Party] MelodyCode: Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋhe’s a real fucking psycho..ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Even MelodyCode dropped the fake niceness and started cursing.
[All] MintChocoSkewer: There he goes again
[All] Lilyyam: Why don’t the admins just delete that asshole’s cash itemsㅡ.ㅡ
[All] Poongppa: Who the fuck is MelodyCode anyway, you weeb
[All] SimSoonSamSoon: That retard’s having another fit
[All] seram: @@@@Buying Queen of Destruction Dress ASAP@@@@
[All] MimiMyamya: Isn’t MelodyCode literally here right now?
[All] dkakdk: Didn’t someone else pull this shit before?
[All] PeaceLand: That was Yu Chae
[All] HurrlyYakki: A GM copying another GM like some clown, embarrassing
[All] Pseudonym: Twilight GM was worse though
[All] QuickDrop: For real, Twilight GM’s gay anyway
[All] fewqwe: If Twilight GM’s gay, then Fever GM’s a grade-schooler?
[All] KkirukKkiruk: Nah, he’s just a loser

As expected, All Chat exploded.
I hadn’t imagined Fever would actually react this way, and it was giving me a headache.
[Guild] TheHunter: Lol he’s collecting all the disgusting behaviors at once
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: I honestly doubted my own eyes;
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Danghani’s clingy like a shitty ex
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Poor MelodyCode, targeted by a trash guild like that;
[Guild] Staeric: Hm, in that case…
[Guild] Staeric: We should probably bring Melody into our guild
[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: Yeah, that’d be better
[Guild] ManaOing: The bounty’s kind of a big deal
[Guild] ManaOing: Even if 1k gold is dirt cheap
[Guild] ManaOing: That kind of thing’s more about attracting trolls than the money…
[Guild] Hunting Madman: Exactly, the amount doesn’t matter
[Guild] Hunting Madman: And didn’t MelodyCode out herself as female in her forum post?
[Guild] Hunting Madman: That’s gonna attract even more creeps
[Guild] Drink Some Water: If she joins a decent guild, they won’t be able to touch her even with a bounty
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Fever knows that, that’s why they threatened guild war too
[Guild] Drink Some Water: I’m in favor of recruiting her if she wants in
[Guild] Haereun: What about GM?
Yu Chae, who didn’t care whether Sangdanghan copied him or not, turned to me when Haereun asked.

[Guild] Yu Chae: What do you think, hyung?
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: ?
[Guild] Yu Chae: Should we bring her in? MelodyCode, I mean
…Why the hell are you asking me? Well, since he asked, I had to answer.
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Bringing her in wouldn’t be bad
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: I fought her in prelims, and she was solid
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: A skilled Dark Mage could be really useful
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: And if we take her, Fever won’t be able to declare war so easily
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Exactly
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Would they really declare on us first?ㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Drink Some Water: They’d get fucking wreckedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] TheHunter: Agreedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Haereun: If Melody joined us and Fever actually declared, it’d be hilariousㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Honestly, I’d love that~

I’d only given my opinion, but since Yu Chae was Guildmaster, his decision mattered. So I added:
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: That’s just what I think
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: If you don’t like it, no need to force it
[Guild] Yu Chae: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Yu Chae: How could I possibly disagree with you, hyungㅎㅡㅎ
[Guild] Haereun: Ha…
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: Can you two lower the couple talk volume
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Today’s kinda rough
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Show some consideration for us forever alone guysㅎㅎ
[Guild] Staeric: Wait, who here’s forever alone?
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: Don’t ask thatㅡㅡ
[Guild] Staeric: ??
[Guild] Mocha Bread: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Yu Chae: Drink Some Water, go ahead
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Alright then..

While we discussed, Drink Some Water turned to MelodyCode, who had been standing quietly.
[Party] Drink Some Water: You okay??
[Party] MelodyCode: Ahㅎㅋㅋ, I was a bit shaken but I’m fineㅠ
[Party] Drink Some Water: If you’re okay with it, wanna join our guild?
[Party] MelodyCode: Huh?
[Party] Drink Some Water: We don’t care if Fever declares war
[Party] Drink Some Water: Honestly, we’re confident we can winㅋㅋㅋ
[Party] MelodyCode: Ah..
[Party] MelodyCode: Actually I already got a guild offerㅠㅠ;
[Party] Drink Some Water: Eh?
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: ??
[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Already??
[Party] Haereun: Whoa
[Party] MelodyCode: Yeah..ㅠㅠ
[Party] MelodyCode: I literally just said yes to them
Wait, we had just decided—but someone beat us to the punch?

[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Which guild?
Even if Fever was trash, they were still the server’s #3 guild. They had numbers, and Sangdanghan wasn’t completely incompetent. Not many guilds would dare take on that risk for MelodyCode.
While she paused, likely chatting with the GM who’d recruited her, a guild name suddenly popped up above her nickname.

[Party] MelodyCode: Here
[Party] MelodyCode: Restraintㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Party] Haereun: Oh???
[Party] Drink Some Water: What?
[Party] Hwa So-un: Holy shit, it really is Restraint??
Sure enough, the name above her was Restraint—the server’s #2 guild, led by Sword Princess, the top Reaper.
The very same Restraint Guild we’d just faced in the prelims had scooped her up. Unexpected, but if it was Restraint, that wasn’t bad at all.

[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Restraint’s solid
[Party] MelodyCode: Yeah, that’s why I agreed
[Party] Drink Some Water: Damn, they stole herㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Party] MelodyCode: Fever dropped that bounty and I got a friend request almost immediatelyㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Party] MelodyCode: They said they’d been looking for a skilled Dark Mage anyway, so I said okay
I recalled Sword Princess from the prelims. Now that I thought about it, I’d heard Restraint and Fever weren’t on good terms.
From their perspective, recruiting MelodyCode was perfect: gain a strong Dark Mage and screw Fever in one move. As I was thinking that, a new server chat flashed.
[Server] Sword Princess: MelodyCode’s in our guild now, so if you wanna declare war, go ahead~

[Guild] TheHunter: Huh????
[Guild] TheHunter: Wait, that newbie joined Restraint??
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Yeah, we lost herㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Hunting Madman: Honestly, good for her
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: Fever’s fuckedㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: Holy shit, hilarious
[Guild] Staeric: Restraint’s a damn good choice
[Guild] ManaOing: Sword Princess has her own grudge against Fever
[Guild] ManaOing: She probably snatched Melody up just to rub it inㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: I wanna see Danghani’s face right nowㅋㅋ
[Guild] Haereun: For realㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Yu Chae: ㅋㅋ
[Guild] Yu Chae: If we just let it end with losing her, that’d be boring. We should do something too
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Like what
[Guild] Yu Chae: Wait for it
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: ?
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: What are you planning
Before I could stop him, Yu Chae logged out. A bad feeling crept up my spine.
And sure enough—he fired off a giant server megaphone.

[Server] Yu Chae: Bounty on Fever GM Sangdanghan <ㅇㅅㅇㅋ>
[Server] Yu Chae: 100 million gold for every kill, last hit countsㅎ.ㅎ Proof via Free Board ^.^
“…This crazy fucker?”
I was stunned first at the words, then [N O V E L I G H T] again at the bounty amount. I scrambled to type.

[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: What the hell are you doing?
[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: Why the fuck would you put 100 million on that?
[Guild] Drink Some Water: Here we go againㅡㅡ;
[Guild] TheHunter: Hell yeah, raid’s over, time to hunt Sangdanghan
[Guild] Hunting Madman: Living up to my name^^ㅎㅎㅎㅎㅎ
[Guild] Staeric: gogogogo
[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: Let’s gooo
[Guild] ManaOing: I’m taking first blood on this oneㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Mocha Bread: Anyone know his location right now???
[Guild] Park Seungjin99: He hangs around Relta Island a lot
[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: I’m heading out first~^^
Guildies stampeded off to hunt Sangdanghan. Even randoms in the square joined in with glee.
[All] swgwpw: ??? wtf 100 mil????
[All] Tazelkwi: No way, gotta be fake
[All] RaeRae: Who even is Sangdanghan
[All] Nacoi: Just some retard
[All] BrainAFKLeveling: @@@@@Sangdanghan location plz@@@@
[All] DoubleHawk: Said he’s at Relta Island
[All] MuyaHoo: He’s in Feroton, gogo
[Server] PhobosChoiceDoll: Do you still pay 100 mil if it’s the second kill???
[Server] NaviBobepBoo: One guy offers 1k gold, another 100 milㅋㅋㅋㅋdifference in class
[Server] Sword Princess: ㅋㅋI’m in
[Local] SoeSoe: LMAOOOOOO
[Local] SoeSoe: Yu Chae’s living his best lifeㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Local] PureIntellect: Hey hey hey
[Local] PureIntellect: Can someone ask if he still pays 100 mil even if it’s not first blood?
[Local] PureIntellect: You’re in the same guild

[Whisper] MelodyCode: I knew your GM was eccentric, but wowㅋㅋ
“……”
Ding, ding, ding. With whispers and pings blowing up nonstop, I sighed, pulled out my staff, and swung it at Yu Chae standing beside me.

Smack! A hit sound, his character staggered, and Yu Chae immediately whimpered.
[Guild] Yu Chae: ㅠㅡㅠ!