Debuff Master

Right after the Hourglass of Miracle turned back time.

[Alert: You have been disconnected from the server!]

[Alert: You have been disconnected from the server!]

[Alert: You have been disconnected from the server!]

Every single Adventurer logged into the game was forcefully disconnected, and the same message popped up in front of their eyes.

[Alert: A dimensional storm is brewing between Earth and the Nrberg Continent!]

[Alert: Please wait a moment!]

[Alert: Time remaining until the dimensional storm ends 30 minutes!]

Nobody was allowed into the game, and they were forced to stare blankly at the message. It went without saying that Han Tae-Sung was also forced out of the game.

The gamers grumbled and left their VR capsules to touch grass while waiting for the connection to be restored, but Han Tae-Sung stayed in his VR capsule.

Think I have to think I cant make a mistake this time Han Tae-Sung racked his brains, trying to come up with a solution he could use once the connection was restored. He used his time wisely until he could log back into the game.

***

Thirty minutes later

[Alert: The dimensional storm has ended!]

[Alert: The warp gate connecting to the Nrberg Continent has been activated!]

[Alert: Attempting to connect to the server!]

[Alert: Loading]

[Alert: Connection established!]

[Alert: You have connected to the game! Welcome to BNW!]

Chae Hyung-Seok logged into the game as soon as the connection was established.

I never imagined this games server could crash like that, he grumbled.

The owner of BNW, Hive Games Entertainment, was famous for being perfect.

Server downtime? Bug? Delayed connection?

Those were unprecedented for BNW, and it had never happened since it opened its doors to gamers until now. Hive Games Entertainment was so perfect that any problems would be automatically attributed to the gamers internet connection or VR capsule malfunctioning.

Well, I guess its possible since this game was created by humans, after all, Chae Hyung-Seok muttered. He shrugged off the disconnection and did not really complain about it.

Why was he so calm? The reason was quite simple.

Thirty minutes ago, before all of the Adventurers were disconnected from the game

[Alert: The enhancement requested by Desire-nim has succeeded!]

[Alert: Desire-nim has successfully enhanced the +15 Orb of Death to +16 Orb of Death!]

Chae Hyung-Seok struck great fortune by managing to enhance the item he had chanced upon, the Orb of Death, to a whopping +16. He decided to gamble it without much thought, but he never imagined in his wildest dreams that the goddess of fortune would smile upon him.

This was why he was calm and in an extremely good mooduntil he checked his Inventory. He hummed a tune and took out his +16 Orb of Death, Hum~ Hum~ Hows my +16 artifact doing

However, there was something wrong with his artifact.

Whats wrong with this thing? he muttered. Then, he rubbed his eyes and looked again, W-What?!

[+0 Orb of Death]

He was certain that the Orb of Death had been enhanced to +16 before he disconnected from the server, but it showed that the artifact was +0 right now.

Am I suffering from side effects? Chae Hyung-Seok thought he was suffering from one of the side effects of his stroke.

He checked again and again, but nothing changed. His artifact's enhancement level remained at +0, no matter how many times he checked it.

W-What the fuck is this?! Chae Hyung-Seok screamed.

Badump! Badump! Badump!

His heart started to wildly thump.

W-What happened to this thing?!

Yahoo! someone cheered.

Oh yeah! I recovered my item! Hell yeah!

It was an Adventurer who had failed to enhance his weapon to +13 right before Chae Hyung-Seok started enhancing his Orb of Death. However, what caught Chae Hyung-Seoks eyes was the item in that Adventurers hands.

[+12 Frost Beam Sword]

The Adventurer was holding the +12 Frost Beam Sword he destroyed before the server disconnected.

What the? Chae Hyung-Seok doubted his eyes once again and tried to make sense of the situation.

It was then.

Oh yeah! Rollback, baby!

Chae Hyung-Seok froze after hearing someone shout the words rollback.

A rollback would occur whenever a bug or glitch was found in the game, and the moderators had no choice but to rewind everything until a certain period of time. The fact that the +12 Frost Beam Sword was fine would make sense if the server had indeed performed a rollback.

Unfortunately, Chae Hyung-Seoks +16 Orb of Death returning to an unenhanced +Orb of Death made perfect sense as well.

Fuck Chae Hyung-Seok gnashed his teeth as fury welled inside of him.

Enhancing one's equipment to +16 wasn't a daily occurrence. In fact, it was something that would happen once in a lifetimeno, it might not even happen to the majority of players.

Chae Hyung-Seok could not be blamed for feeling angry right now, and it would not be strange even if he had an outburst using every single curse word he had in his vocabulary.

Fuck! Fuck! Fuck this shit! Fucking assholes! You motherfucking sons of bitch whores! Why the fuck did the server rollback?! Why?! Why now, of all times?! Fuuuuuck! Then, he grabbed the back of his neck and muttered, C-Customer I need to call the customer service!

Chae Hyung-Seok disconnected from the game to call the customer service center of Hive to try and resolve the issue.

***

Tae-Sung logged into the game right away as soon as the BNW client connected.

[Sky Fortress: Castle Gates]

He was greeted by a message informing him of his current location.

Excellent, Siegfried muttered with a smile.

S-Siegfried-nim? Beowulf called out.

Yes?

We just got disconnected, right?

Yes, Siegfried replied with a nod.

And I think there was a rollback? We died thirty minutes ago, but we are currently in front of the gate. That means We had a rollback, right? Beowulf deduced. Then, he suddenly froze and looked at Siegfried before muttering, No way

That was the conclusion his brain could reachno way.

Siegfried-nim?

Yes?

By any chance, did you?

I think we have to get moving, Siegfried said rather than give a concrete response.

Indeed, he made the right choice. The entire island was riddled with bombs that couldno, already sent them to their deaths, so every single second was precious now that they had a second chance at things.

I will come save you later Siegfried thought while looking over the castle gates.

He felt bad for having to leave Ingrid behind when she was right behind these castle walls, but he could not afford to waste time fighting her and her minions all over again just to save her.

It was going to be a tragic irony if he tried to save her but ended up getting everyone else caught up in the explosion once againincluding her.

Kyu? Where are you going, owner punk? Hamchi asked.

We are retreating, Siegfried replied.

Why are we retreating when the altar is right in front of us? Have you gone mad, owner punk? Kyuuu!

Hamchi could not understand why Siegfried was choosing to retreat now when their goal was right in front of them. In other words, Hamchi was an NPC, and he was unaware that time had been rewind, and it was the same for Lohengrin and Lionbreath.

Retreat? What do you mean by that? We have to press on!

Brother! Who knows what those evildoers will do if we stop here?

Neither of them could understand Siegfrieds motive for retreating, but their confusion only grew when he did not respond to their question. He turned around and started walking while urging them to do the same, We are retreating. Please go back to the airships as fast as possible.

Time was of the essence right now, and he did not have the time to explain every single thing to everyone.

Twenty minutes later, The coalition forces retreated from the castle and reached the airships parked at the edge of the floating island.

Nephew! Yong Tae-Pung shouted from aboard one of the airships after spotting Siegfried.

He stayed behind to defend the airship just in case the enemies tried to destroy it.

Uncle! We need to hurry up!

Alright! Lets go!

Yong Tae-Pung did not ask any questions, as he was an Adventurer and he experienced what happened thirty minutes ago.

A few seconds later.

Wooong!

The airships took off one by one and flew away from the Sky Fortress.

Ulcera, who was watching the airships depart, screamed out of despair, N-Nooo!

He had come up with a brilliant plan to lure Siegfried and his comrades to the castle located at the center of the floating island before detonating the bombs to kill all of them.

Unfortunately, his plan went up in smoke now that all of them had departed the Sky Fortress.

The airships flew away, ignoring Ulcera's despair.

***

Right after the airships departed from the Sky Fortress, Siegfried activated the communication device and called Beowulf, who was currently on a different airship.

Beowulf-nim.

Yes, Siegfried-nim?

May I take command from now on?

Of course.

Beowulf easily relinquished command to Siegfried. He was the commander of the operation, but he knew he wasn't the best person for it. He could tell from an instant that the culprit behind rewinding time was none other than Siegfried, so he himself acknowledged that Siegfried was the best person to lead the coalition forces.

Thank you.

Not at all. (f)reewe(b)novel

Beowulf changed the channel as soon as he relinquished command to Siegfried and made an announcement to all of the airships.

I hereby relinquish command to Siegfried-nim from this moment onward. I repeat. I hereby relinquish command to Siegfried-nim from this moment onward. All forces are to follow Siegfried-nims commands from now on.

The first thing Siegfried did as soon as he obtained command was to fly the Huracan over to where Daode Tianzun, Betelgeuse, and Decimato were facing off against the Dark Snake, Agareth.

He activated the magical megaphones equipped on the Huracan.

Elder Daode Tianzun-nim!

Oh! Siegfried! Have you already finished? Daode Tianzun amplified his voice and shouted in response while fighting off Agareth.

He was also unaware of time being wound back, as he was an NPC.

No!

Then why have you returned?!

We are retreating!

R-Retreating?!

I have no time to explain! Please stop the battle and retreat!

What are you saying right now?!

A tactical retreat!

T-Tactical what?

Damn it! Lets just go, you damn old geezer!

In the end, Siegfried ended up calling Daode Tianzun a damn old geezer out of frustration. He had a lot of things to do, so being stuck explaining things to the clueless Daode Tianzun was quite frustrating for him.

Hey, Betelgeuse! Lets retreat!

H-Hyung-nim! What do you mean by that? Are we abandoning theArgh! Betelgeuse replied, but he was forced to cut his words short due to Agareths attack.

Siegfried wants us to retreat! Lets hurry up and do as he says!

A-Alright!

Daode Tianzun, Betelgeuse, and Decimato hurriedly distanced themselves from the Dark Snake, Agareth, and boarded the airships.

Gwuuuu Ooooh! Agareth cried out. Then, the Dark Snake flew at speeds too fast for its size in pursuit of the fleet of airships.

Krwaaaaaaa!

Agareth opened its jaws and unleashed its breath attack filled with dark energy at the airships.

Fear not! I will cast a barrier! Daode Tianzun exclaimed before he spread out his arms and was about to cast a powerful defensive magic.

However, Siegfried stopped him from doing so.

Why bother, elder-nim?

H-Huh?

We just need to run away.

Run away?

Siegfried nodded and replied, Yes, there is nothing worth defending here, so why bother? Lets just leave that thing here and run.

Oh

Instead of wasting your strength on a defensive spell, why dont you do something else for me?

Something else? Like what?

A special delivery, maybe? Siegfried replied with a smirk.

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