Emperor of Solo Play

Even if he reached level 200, he wasn’t confident he’ll be able to cross the Urugal mountain range even with the Arbiter of Corruption Ring and the Deposed Prince’s Sword equipped.

Still, this didn’t mean he was kosher with working with others. Ahn-jaehyun had already suckerpunched the Red Bulls guild, who had been amicable towards him. Hydra guild also didn’t look too fondly on the Hahoe Mask. If he had to pick one, who might show goodwill towards him, it was the Stormhunters. However, they weren’t even a viable choice for him.

This was the reason why he could only sigh.

At that moment…

’Wait a sec.’

Ahn-jaehyun’s expression changed once again. While he was sighing, he suddenly remembered something that changed his expression.

’The Frozen Kingdom!’

It was the event stage located across the Terube castle walls. It was called the Frozen Kingdom. It was an event stage made for level 200 Users.

’Why the hell did I forget about the Frozen Kingdom?’

To be precise, there were several event stages like the Frozen Kingdom that’ll give clues as to the existence of the Ruined Kingdom. One would be able to find out that the Ruined Kingdom was across the Urugual mountain range through these events.

From Ahn-jaehyun’s perspective, he already had this information, so he had tried to skip couple steps in the process. This was why he had forgotten about the Frozen Kingdom.

He remembered what kind of place it was, and before he returned to the past, he remembered this stage had been set up for a certain person…. He had forgotten about it for a brief time.

’I forgot something that is very important. Of course, I can’t leave out the Frozen Kingdom. I have to gain all the benefits from it. I must!’

Then he thought about it again.

Ahn-jaehyun immediately turned his gaze towards his Tablet PC. As a precaution, he planned on searching the web for the Frozen Kingdom. When Ahn-jaehyun swiped at his Tablet PC, the page returned to the previous page. The ranking of the videos appeared.

At that moment, Ahn-jaehyun’s expression turned sour. It was the Weekly Warlord Video Ranking, and his video was 2nd in terms of views. This was the cause of his dour mood.

’V&V guild…… They ain’t playing around.’

The V&V guild’s Blood Ogre Raid video had been uploaded around the same time as Ahn-jaehyun’s video, and it had about twice as many views. Moreover, the footage was worth the interest and praise it was getting.

’It basically means the newly added Users aren’t normal Users.’

Even in Ahn-jaehyun’s view, the Team Poker’s strength was impressive. This was especially true for the newly added members. Their skills approached the skills of the Matador and the Storm Queen. Basically, they were almost on a similar level as the Warlord’s best Strikers.

Of course, this simple fact wouldn’t have struck Anh-jaehyun’s nerve. The part that struck his nerve was the fact that the face of a User he already knew wasn’t part of the new faces.

’Why isn’t the one that tried to kill me amongst them? Wasn’t he a guild member of the V&V guild? Didn’t he have the V&V guild mark on at that time?’

This fact kept bothering Ahn-jaehyun.

9.

The change that happened in the V&V guild was extreme, and the result of this change was also extraordinary. Until now, the V&V guild had been considered to be the middle of the pack within the 30 great guilds. However, the value of V&V guild’s name shot up in an instant from the release of a single Blood Ogre Raid video. They were starting to be judged in the same breath as the Big 3.

This fact had a big impact on the other 30 great guilds. They were already beyond the point where the 30 great guilds could choose to go through a change. They were starting to be forced to change.

However, not many guilds tried to go for an aggressive transformation. If one tried to force a changed like the V&V guild, the guild would suffer bone grinding pain.

However, even if one looked into an organization going through such a pain, there was inevitably a different degree of pain being felt by the Users. Moreover, no one wanted to be the one to suffer the worst of the pain.

Big Smiles guild repeatedly held officer’s meetings, but in the process, they weren’t able to come up with a clear plan of action. This was the big reason why they couldn’t come to a consensus.

”Shit!”

’They are really looking at me as if I’m some pushover!’