By Zephyria 
I feel like I need a cigarette to survive.
But I quit smoking to impress Ms. Mi-yeong, so there’s no way I have any cigarettes left at home.
‘I should buy some.’
Sniffling, I roughly wiped my nose and got up to grab my phone, but just then, someone called.
Incoming Call
Park Taek-yoon (Jay)
Slide to Answer
He was Mo Yeon-hu’s best friend from childhood. I was happy to hear his voice after so long, so I answered the phone with a smile.
“What’s up, Park Taek-yoon…!”
—Yeon-hu, Yeon-huuuu.
“You’re back in Korea?!”
I asked happily, and Park Taek-yoon excitedly rattled on in his usual cheerful and bright voice.
—Yeah, yeah, I’ve been back for ages.
“When did you get here?”
—About five days? I thought you were dead because you weren’t answering your phone.
“Why wouldn’t I answer… Ah! That’s right.”
I remembered that I had set it to silent mode to focus on the game.
“Sorry, sorry, I’ve been a bit busy.”
Listening to Park Taek-yoon’s nagging, I realized that I had quite a few missed calls and messages. Lately, my routine had been to get drained from playing the game and then fall straight asleep, so I hadn’t had a chance to look at my phone.
“I haven’t been going out because I’ve been playing a game.”
—Oh? A game?
“Yeah. I have a crush on someone, so I’m playing the game they play.”
—Oh God. To seduce them??
“I’m trying.”
—Wow, who’s the girl you like? But how do you seduce someone with a game?? Ah~ I guess Kim Seong-jae also met a girl in a game and dated her for how many years.
“Seong-jae dated for four years.”
—I know, that’s amazing too. Anyway, is it going well?
Mo Yeon-hu, who had been standing awkwardly since getting up, sighed deeply.
“Um, I think I’ve already failed…”
Some people meet in games and date for years, but I can’t even send a whisper to the person I like, let alone join the same Alliance.
—Huh? Why?
“I need to get into the group where the person I like is, but I can’t even get an interview…”
—Is it like a guild?
“…Similar.”
—Holy, do you have to join the guild to succeed?
“Yeah, I absolutely have to join.”
From what Mo Yeon-hu had gathered, it was difficult to form connections in this game unless you were in the same Alliance.
The posts on the community forums were mostly about relationships that had developed from playing the game together in the same Alliance or party. That’s why I was trying so hard to get into the Alliance that Ms. Mi-yeong was in.
—Then you definitely have to join!
“But I can’t get into that group right now. It’s complicated to explain…”
—Why don’t you just lobby?
Lobby? Mo Yeon-hu blinked.
“How?”
—Well, send the admins some gifts or something. If you give them game items, they might at least give you an interview.
“You’re saying I should bribe them?”
—Yeah, bribe them and subtly appeal to them.
……I see. That might work.
The fact that they told me to contact Shin Jadu or Miu means that if I become friends with them or make a good impression, they might accept me into the Alliance.
‘Since I know the location of 47… should I just camp out there?’
The coordinates of the huge building that Ms. Mi-yeong had entered were still in Mo Yeon-hu’s mind. The number 47 was written largely on the gate of that building, so that must be their headquarters.
While I was thinking, Park Taek-yoon was still chattering.
—And even if you don’t join the guild, you can still give the person you like personal gifts and express yourself, right? You can just go for it.
Go for it with Ms. Mi-yeong?
“How can I do that?”
—What’s the problem? The other person doesn’t even know it’s you, right? It’s a game, so there’s nothing to be embarrassed about~ If it goes well, you can reveal it’s you, and if it fails, you can pretend it’s not you.
Mo Yeon-hu slowly opened his mouth at Park Taek-yoon’s advice.
“……That’s not bad?”
Come to think of it, that’s right.
“You seem to have gotten a bit smarter?”
Mo Yeon-hu hurriedly sat down in front of the monitor.
‘That’s right. They don’t know it’s me anyway…’
I could hear Park Taek-yoon chattering in my ear, but Mo Yeon-hu, who was already focused on the monitor screen, gradually stopped hearing it.
There was no trace of the tears that had welled up in his slowly blinking eyes. Mo Yeon-hu, with his eyes sparkling, was searching for the coordinates.
* * *
It was a high Outer Wall that you had to crane your neck to see the end of. It seemed like an architectural structure that didn’t fit in this Zombie world.
At first glance, it seemed like a simple Outer Wall made of iron and concrete, but upon closer inspection, rusty iron and stones of different sizes and colors were intertwined to form a bizarre pattern.
At the top of the space, which was no different from a fortress with tangled wires and barbed wire, a user typed in the chat.
(Alliance) Kim Factory: Ah, I’m so bored today, I’m dying of boredom It was a sexy female character. Kim Factory, with long, bright red hair, said with a yawning emoticon.
But unlike what she said about being bored…
(Alliance) 1BiGwi1: Look at Kim Factory standing and watching the Watchtower even though she says she’s bored lol (Alliance) GoodLuck: Kim Factory~ Sit down I’m losing my mind Aigo~~
(Alliance) BBQ: I think she secretly wants a war lol The people sitting next to Kim Factory chimed in and chuckled.
(Alliance) Shin Jadu: Meerkat Mode ON
(Alliance) Kim Factory: Ah, the legend of naggingㅋㅋㅋI can’t even say I’m boredㅜ
(Alliance) GoodLuck: Being bored is a good thing?
(Alliance) FUNK: What if Kim Factory’s neck gets too long and she falls off (Alliance) Cheers to the Eyes: ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋlol (Alliance) Kim Factory: You’re all teasing me so much, s,b The people who were chatting each had different weapons.
Kim Factory with a staff, 1BiGwi1 with dual pistols, Cheers to the Eyes with a small flute, Shin Jadu with a first aid kit, GoodLuck with a large backpack… Judging by the characters alone, they all had different jobs and seemed to have nothing in common, but that wasn’t the case.
Because the same number was written above their heads.
〈47〉
47 was a fairly famous Alliance in Zombie Village.
Overall Server Rank 1: 47
X-1211 Rank 1: 47
Siege Warfare Previous Season Rank 1: 47
For being overwhelmingly powerful.
47 was an Alliance that had been maintaining the top rank in the entire Server, as well as the infamous X-1211 Server, for quite some time.
Maintaining the ranking for this long was quite unusual even within the game.
(Free Board)
Is 47 still the top Alliance?
Author: Galgalinther
Doesn’t the top Alliance usually keep changing??
They’re lasting quite a while.
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Alla
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xMy point, are they really lasting quite a while?
⤷ ilililiii
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I’m a newbie, isn’t it natural for the ranking to stay the same? Rankings don’t change much in other games ⤷ EROER
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No, originally, the Server Siege Warfare kept happening, so the top 1-3 kept changing.
⤷⤷ ilililiii
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Why???
⤷⤷⤷ EROER
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Originally, in war, you have to take the spoon you were eating with and throw it to break the other team’s head. The higher the Alliance, the more severe the resource depletion, so they fall easily ⤷⤷⤷⤷ ilililiii
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ㅇㅎ
A Wail Can Be Heard
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Isn’t it because the 47 guys spend a lot of money?
If You’re Setting a Trap, That’s My Trap Their money power is power, but their skills are also good.
In Zombie Village, the top ranks were heavily targeted, so resource consumption and gold consumption were high.
But even so, the 47 Alliance was solid enough to maintain the top rank for quite a while, and those who logged in today to watch the Watchtower were users with high combat power and levels even within 47.
The only reason why the 47 Alliance Members, who mainly enjoyed individual play, were gathered at the Watchtower guarding the Outer Wall today was this.
(Alliance) FUNK: But why are there so many wars these days? Originally, the top 10 excused each other (Alliance) GoodLuck: That’s what I’m saying~ The rankings are changing these days~ It’s brutal~
(Alliance) Shin Jadu: The atmosphere isn’t good..
(Alliance) MouseTrap: That’s rightㅠㅠㅠWhat’s going on.. Jadu-nim, have you heard anything??
(Alliance) Shin Jadu: ㅠㅠㅠIt’s not confirmed yet.. I’ll share it when it’s confirmed!
(Alliance) GoodLuck: I see~
(Alliance) Kim Factory: If they’re coming, I hope they come soonㅠ I want to go to sleepㅠ
Because the Server atmosphere had been unusual lately.