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nThere were two, but one of them got ahead of the other by a hair’s breadth and sat in front of the altar. She was Bora Yon, the next successor of the Mirae Group.

nAnd the other one who was right behind her was my sister, Suyoung.

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nUnfortunately, both of them were women, and they were the immediate daughters of the chairmen of Myongjin and Mirae.

nHonestly, if they had stayed in their places, they would never have been chosen as an offering. In other words, there was a zero chance of them being chosen.

nBesides, even if their team failed later, they would not have to fight with each other over who was to blame because not only the immediate family members of Myongjin and Mirae, but also those of Daesung, Kusan and Daeyu were also included in the 60 person squad. As a result, they knew well that it would bring about more losses if they picked a fight over the immediate family members of those other groups.

nAnyway, the people who would be the potential sacrifice appeared, and everyone paid attention because they were the immediate family members of the two groups’ chairmen.

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nBora Yon said, “Suyoung, I was a little faster than you. So, please concede this time.”

n“Are you serious?”

n“Of course, I am! Besides, Myongjin didn’t even include Juyoung because he was not competent enough, throwing away your benefits for our overall victory.. I would be very ashamed of myself if even you from Myongjin would be offered up as well in this situation.”

n“Okay, then I won’t decline your request. Honestly I don’t want to be a sacrifice, but I thought we have to avoid the worst scenario.”

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n“Oh, don’t say you won’t decline my request. I’m grateful to you for conceding, sis Suyoung.”

nThey had a brief chat like that, but the 58 men, including me, couldn’t get involved in their conversation because their conversation was so unusual.

nAfter she finished talking with my sister, Bora glanced at us once and opened her mouth in a loud voice.

n“This is Mirae’s sacrifice. So, if Korea is ranked higher than you think because of my sacrifice, you must never forget the part Miraw has played. Oh, you might think I’m trying hard to get credit, but if I don’t say it out loud, there are some people who would not get it. And don’t you think I can claim the credit for my sacrifice like this?”

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nNo one dared to refute Bora’s argument. Then she stepped straight onto the altar as if she wasn’t expecting any response because there was only 2 seconds left.

nSo I said to her behind her back, “I will remember you.”

nAs soon as I said that, she turned and made eye contact with me.

nBut she would not know my real identity because I wore a heavy robe and a mask as always. And with that brief encounter, she disappeared from my sight.

nA message rang as she disappeared.

nYou have made the offering.

n-The 4th anniversary event in Region 53 (Korea) continues.

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nRound 32, in which showed up in an unexpected situation with tremendous difficulty.

nThough we made it through Round 32, the atmosphere was gloomy.

nAnd at that moment, a Korean adage came to my mind – ‘the person who beat another man sleeps with his legs crouched, while the beaten man sleeps comfortably with both legs stretched out’. Of course, I know that this adage is almost wrong all the time these days.

nHowever, what was certain is that although she might have felt satisfied by giving herself up as a sacrifice, those who were left behind here felt a heavy load in their hearts.

nAnyway, Round 32, which stopped because of the offering issue, resumed when Bora volunteered to be the offering, but the Myongjin & Mirae Alliance whose members were reduced from 30 to 29 completely blocked the monsters as before.

nSoon, they moved back to change positions with Team No. 2, the Daesung & Kusan Alliance.

nThis was the same situation as before.

nBut I could clearly feel the difference because Myongjin and Mirae were working as one team.

nOf course, it was absolutely impossible for them to completely move in unison even if they were one team.

nObviously, when viewed from the outside, they looked rather awkward toward each other.

nAnd that was the same with the Daesung & Kusan Alliance, and Daeyu that had four other veteran users.

nHowever, it seemed that the members of the Myongjin & Mirae Alliance felt something like kinship to each other because both their immediate family members of their chairmen stepped forward to be the offering out of noblesse oblige.

nMoreover, by mentioning my name, Juyoung Hong, Bora even said it was now Mirae’s turn to make the sacrifice because Myongjin already made concessions by excluding me from their team.

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nAnyway, Round 32 finished leaving a strong impression on the team members of the Myongjin & Mirae Alliance.

nOne hour later Team No. 3, Daeyu, completely blocked the monsters in Round 39.

nHonestly, all the rounds after Round 32 were not that difficult because not only Team No, 3 where I belonged to, but also Team No. 1 and Team No. 2 perfectly blocked the monsters without any difficulty in their assigned rounds.

nIn the meantime, when Daeyu let Myongjin & Mirae Alliance take over Round 50, a message rang.

nStarting from Round 50, more powerful monsters will attack.

n‘At last!’

nOnly after hearing this message did I feel energized with the urge to fight harder.

nAnd it was also about time that the three teams talked about the possibility of breaking the current rotation system and uniting as one team to deal with the powerful monsters. But none of the 59 members mentioned it.

nAnyway, since nobody suggested ending the current rotation system, the Myongjin & Mirae Alliance started Round 50 naturally.

n“Soar, Pillar of Fire!”

n“Let the ignorant enemies enjoy the fear of death. Death Field!”

n“Rocking Earth!”

n“Engrave on my body, Indomitable Will!”

n“Destruction!”

nThe emerging monsters in Round 50 were definitely far stronger than before.

nUnlike the previous monsters that were swept away even before approaching us, these monsters got close to Team No. 1 and attacked them.

nBut the members of the Myongjin & Mirae Alliance Alliance, or Team No. 1, were much more organized and united than other teams as if they had been practicing jointly for this event.

nSo, with the tanks, damage dealers, healers and enchanters playing their roles perfectly, they got rid of the monsters one by one finishing round 50 perfectly although it took them a bit longer than before.

nThen, Team No. 2, namely the Daesung and Kusan Alliance took over and started Round 51.

nCompared with Myongjin & Mirae Alliance who had 29 members, they had only 20. But they were strong enough to block the monsters, although it took them much longer than Team No. 1.

nAnyway, they successfully defended the tower with only 20 members.

nIt was now Daeyu’s turn, which seemed the weakest among the three teams.

nBut I didn’t feel any burden, nor did I worry at all.

nEven other members of Daeyu, Team No.3, seemed to feel the same way.

nAnd soon afterwards, they replaced Team No.23 of the Dasung & Kusan alliance.

n“Ice Field! Multiple Thin Ice! Ice Storm! Ice Rain! Pouring Hailstone!”

nPasasasak!

nPuck! Puck! Puck! Puck!

nPitter-patter! Pitter-patter! Pitter-patter!

nI mobilized all my skills to attack the monsters charging at me.

nObviously, my attack was enough to block them in the previous rounds because the nine men behind me were able to render any additional support.

nBut the monsters survived this time. Of course, they suffered injuries all over their bodies from my attack.

nSo, this time I used the skills that I had refrained from using until now.

nIn other words, I used Ice Blast with level 5 Ice Field as its sacrifice.

n“Ice Blast!”

nBang! Bang!

nThis was a skill that I enjoyed a lot when I used it with level 2 Ice Field, but at some point I didn’t feel like using Ice Field, which gave me buffs, as a sacrifice to Ice Blast.

nHonestly, since the monsters were covered with heavy wounds, I didn’t need to use Ice Blast.

nBut I used Ice Blast for level 5 Ice Field for the first time, and its effect was clear.

nThe monsters who barely survived my attack were killed en masse.

nEven though Daeyu had only 10 members, they cleared the round faster than the other two teams.

nNow, since Daeyu was done, Myongjin & Mirae, Team No. 1, took over.

nThis kind of rotation system continued for a while.

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