At my urgent report that the enemy faction's castle gates were wide open, Kangyu, grasping the severity of the situation, continued commanding without delay.

  [Guild Master] Kangyu: If we lose the siege weapons, it's over! A portion of our main force will also charge forward. Ian, stay in the castle and relay my orders. Succubus, take the Ranged DPS and Tankers from the north camp right now and prepare to support the siege weapons!

  [Guild Member] Ian: Yep!

  [Guild Member] Succubus: Understood.

  Kangyu immediately threw the standby guild members into the battlefield, and even delegated the practical command of the chaotic frontline to their Guild Master, Kwanghwi.

  As currently had the highest headcount among the matched single guilds, injecting their massive force and handing the field baton to their leader was, in a way, the natural course of action.

  Above all, 'White Lotus', the insane presence wielding a Legendary-grade pet, was holding her ground there.

  White Lotus alone would be enough to instantly collapse the tightly deadlocked balance of the battlefield.

  The massive castle gates, which had been firmly closed, slowly began to open, emitting a roaring sound as they scraped against the ground.

  Players mounted on their respective riding pets waited with bated breath in front of those colossal doors.

  Through the slowly widening gap, the light from outside began to seep longingly into the deep shadows.

  Creeeeak!!

  Clank!

  Finally, as the castle gates were thrown wide open, the beast-like roar of Kwanghwi, who stood at the vanguard, tore through the battlefield.

  "Let's go and sweep them all away!!!!!"

  "WOOOOOOAH!!!!!"

  A roar that felt like it would burst eardrums. Following Kwanghwi, who spurred forward and shot out, countless players began pouring out like a storm with unstoppable momentum towards the perimeter where the siege weapons were located.

  Jude, with deep cuts on his forearms and shoulders, slowly backed away, scattering drops of blood.

  Following the assassins' stealth ambush, the enemy's main force rushed in without giving them a moment to breathe.

  It was an ambush that caught them completely off guard.

  All around, allies who couldn't dodge in time were falling helplessly, letting out miserable wails.

  "Ugh......!"

  "Keugh......"

  Enemies closing in from all sides, suffocating them.

  Jude barely deflected the flying blades with trembling hands, anticipating his approaching end with resignation.

  "Haa... Is this it......"

  Just as the bastards were about to deliver the final blow to the resigned Jude.

  Rumble-rumble-BOOM—!

  Suddenly, an immense vibration that shook the earth traveled stingingly up the soles of their feet.

  "......?!"

  The startled enemies flinched and hastily turned their heads.

  Where their gazes landed. There, tearing through the thick dust cloud, Kwanghwi and the guild's cavalry were charging in like a storm, with Succubus and countless reinforcements following closely behind, bearing down on them with ferocious momentum.

  "Push forwarddddd!!!"

  The Kwanghwi rode snorted roughly and mercilessly rammed into the torso of an enemy assassin.

  Following behind, vicious-looking riding pets like massive horses, wild boars, and rhinos let out ear-splitting cries and began to drive like wedges into the center of the enemy lines.

  "K-Keugh!!!"

  "Ugh......!"

  Single-syllable screams burst out from everywhere. They had to take the massive bodies of the accelerating beasts head-on.

  It was only a brief moment after the beasts' charge collided head-on with the enemy lines.

  Suddenly, the air around the battlefield began to slowly sink in an unpleasantly ominous manner.

  ―Fwoooosh!

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  A blue flash erupted from the tip of the staff held by White Lotus, and thousands of snowflake crystals began to beautifully bloom in mid-air.

  The legend that had been holding its breath finally awakened.

  The form created by those dazzling crystals gathering together.

  It was the moment the Legendary-grade summon, , possessing skin so white it hurt the eyes and chilling blue irises, descended upon the battlefield.

  "......I'll turn you all into ice sculptures."

  A cheerful snap echoed from the fingertips of White Lotus.

  At that moment, a dense chill, visibly wavering blue to the naked eye, rose around the Yuki-onna.

  The air of absolute bitter cold, so painful it hurt just to breathe in, began to creepily spread from beneath the feet of the enemy forces surrounding the siege weapons.

  The moment they touched the cold air that pierced to the bone, the enemies fell into a swamp of horrific debuffs.

  "Kuaaargh!"

  The damage of frostbite that felt like it was tearing skin erupted from all sides.

  The enemies caught in the system's merciless judgment floundered, their movement and attack speeds noticeably slowing down as if they were stuck in a swamp.

  That wasn't all. The lower-tier players who hadn't properly built their specs didn't even have time to scream.

  Unable to resist the encroaching chill, they stiffened and became pure white ice statues.

  Towards the enemies trapped in the debuff swamp, unable to move an inch, Kwanghwi roared at the top of his lungs once more.

  "Don't stop! Keep pushing straight through!!"

  He drew the sword from his waist and raised it high.

  Soon, fierce sword energy cleaved the air and began to mercilessly slash down the enemies trembling in the bitter cold.

  Clang―! Crackle―!

  Frozen blood splattered everywhere. The overwhelming martial prowess of the vanguard and the relentless charge of the cavalry. Under that explosive breakthrough, the massive, tightly packed formation of enemies crumbled like a sandcastle and was helplessly pushed back.

  To ensure the enemies wouldn't dare aim for a reversal of the situation, Kwanghwi drove in a definitive wedge.

  He glared fiercely at the ranks of the hastily retreating enemies and shouted at the allied archer unit waiting in the rear.

  "Archers, don't aim, shoot towards the sky! Keep rapid-firing so a rain of arrows pours down on the heads of the retreating bastards!!"

  As soon as the order dropped, thousands of bowstrings were simultaneously drawn taut towards the sky.

  Thwip-! Thwack! Th-th-thwip-!!

  The thousands of arrows leaving their strings covered the sky like dark storm clouds.

  Soon, drawing parabolas with spine-chilling sounds of tearing air, the rain of arrows began to mercilessly pour down onto the crowns of the terrified, retreating enemies.

  "Kuaaargh!"

  "Keugh,......!"

  With arrowheads piercing them non-stop, they didn't even have time to pull potions from their inventories to drink.

  The enemies helplessly became hedgehogs and collapsed onto the ground.

  It was a truly massive offensive that didn't even allow them a moment to breathe.

  'Their experience in war games is no joke......'

  Watching all this chaotic melee and Kwanghwi's commanding from mid-air, the days when I used to command battlefields as a Cartel Guildmaster flashed through my mind.

  'I can do that much too...'

  I swallowed the confidence that rose to my lips along with a bitter smile.

  Because right now, I was nothing but a scout observing the situation from the sky.

  Below me, the rout of the enemy players fleeing with their tails between their legs to their main castle, pushed back by our allies' fierce assault, continued.

  With the remaining enemy defensive lines consisting only of the archer camp on the walls and a small number of escort troops in front of the Lord's room, I urgently passed the battle situation to Kangyu.

  [Guild Master] Kangyu: In an hour, the enemies who died will respawn and their numbers will increase again...... and we have to block the monster wave when night falls, so we should push all the way to their main castle now while we have the momentum.

  [Guild Master] Kangyu: Savior. Please recall all aerial reconnaissance teams. We're going in for the final offensive now.

  The moment I heard Kangyu's heavy order, something flashed through my mind.

  'Ah, that thing he mentioned earlier......'

  [Guild Member] Savior: Understood. Joining up immediately.

  Kangyu, having recalled the aerial reconnaissance teams, immediately exchanged communications with Kwanghwi through the party channel.

  It was a merciless order to forward-deploy the captured siege weapons and relentlessly squeeze the enemy's main castle.

  A chaotic battlefield pushing the retreating enemies mercilessly.

  "......Shadow Spike."

  ―Rumble-rumble-BOOM!!!!

  With Succubus's low chant, massive black spikes shot up mercilessly from the shadows beneath the fleeing enemies' feet.

  A bizarre and horrifying spectacle unfolded as the enemies impaled and hoisted into the air flailed about.

  "Seed of Curse......"

  Swinging her staff lightly, Succubus cast a chain skill towards the enemies groaning in pain, impaled on the massive spikes.

  The bodies of the bastards hit by the skill began to wither and dry up at a terrifying speed.

  Soon, the moment they completely lost their life force, went limp, and their heads dropped.

  ―BOOOOM!

  The corpses hanging in mid-air exploded grotesquely, spewing blood-red shockwaves in all directions.

  'Wh-what...... is with her. That face......'

  In the middle of that brutal massacre.

  Succubus, wearing a bizarrely satisfied smile on her pale face.

  Seeing that eerie sight, even the allied players got chills down their spines and stealthily backed away.

  Then, Kwanghwi's shout, leading the charge, rang out loudly once more.

  "Pull the siege weapons right up to the front!!"

  "In an hour, the bastards who died will crawl back out! We're going to push all the way to the main castle before then, so stay close!!"

  With his shout, the unit continued to advance restlessly.

  The moment the siege weapons rumbling across the ground reached firing range, the enemy's castle walls, soaring high enough to block the sky, filled their vision and unfolded before the allies' eyes.

  "We'll fire as soon as the siege weapons are loaded! The target is the archer camp on the walls!"

  Click-clack, screech, click-clack-clack!

  The loud friction of massive chunks of iron turning as gears meshed together echoed.

  It was the sound of players fiercely pulling the ropes of large, steering-wheel-like pulleys to adjust the aim.

  The heavy siege weapons slowly turned their barrels and began aiming at the enemy's main castle.

  The very moment the aiming was complete.

  "Fire!!!!"

  In sync with Kwanghwi's lion's roar, continuous catapulting began.

  Whooosh! CRASH! BOOM!!

  At the end of the chilling sound of air tearing, massive boulders crashed onto the castle walls.

  Miserable screams erupted from the archer camp, crushed under the pile of boulders before they even had a chance to dodge.

  "Heugh!.."

  "Aargh!!"

  A section of the sturdy wall collapsed helplessly, and broken stone dust and fragments of enemy players tumbled messily alongside the dirt.

  As the flying pet owners and I finished our reconnaissance and landed in the plaza, beyond the dust kicked up by the massive flapping wings, the top-tier players with Legendary pets, guild executives, and Kangyu were waiting for us.

  As these individuals exuding extraordinary presence gathered in one place, a suffocating tension lingered in the plaza. Kangyu, spotting us, approached with a heavy smile.

  "You're here! Well then, now...... let's prepare for the real finale."