By Zephyria As Mo Yeon-hu gazed at Miu’s character moving via helicopter, a sharp sound suddenly pierced his ears.
—Ding! Ding!
It was the notification sound for the voice chat rooms, signaling the Alliance Members to leave the gathering area and return to their respective squads as if telling them to wake up.
—Hi, where are you? I’m in the resource squad.
—The rooms are assigned. Let’s go, let’s go~.
Squad assignments usually happened after the briefing, with the management arbitrarily placing the entire personnel into the voice chat rooms for each squad. This time, Mo Yeon-hu was assigned to the resource transport squad.
It was a team so overlooked that it wasn’t even mentioned during the briefing; since almost no one volunteered for this room, it was mostly filled via random assignment.
‘I volunteered for the attack squad this time too…’
After all, Mo Yeon-hu’s first choice had been the attack squad and his second the defense squad.
—It’s been a while since I’ve done resource transport. It’s boring, but whatever.
—Doesn’t no one even volunteer for this?
—Hey, the resource transport squad is plenty busy! Let’s all do our best!
Most of the other Alliance Members also showed a lukewarm attitude, but it couldn’t be helped. The resource squad was essential for the Siege Warfare.
—We just have to hold out for about five more hours. Fighting, everyone.
Kim Factory tried to cheer them up, but his voice was clearly exhausted.
—Fighting!
—Let’s do this.
“Fighting…”
Mo Yeon-hu answered softly, set down the hammer he was holding, and quietly took his place in the resource transport line.
‘The attacks will probably get more intense now.’
The mechanics attacking this side also had their limits, so the onslaught didn’t hit every single second without pause. Thanks to that, they had been able to hold occasional strategy meetings, take breaks, and switch squads, but with only five hours remaining, there would likely be no gaps.
And that prediction was spot on.
[Hidden Mechanic Quest]
Current Progress: 99 / 100
Time Remaining: 01:54:02
The remaining time had entered the one-hour range.
—Ding!
—Anyone in the resource transport squad who can switch to the defense squad?!
—We’re short on people to pull the carts here too!
—Ding! Ding!
—Need to supply personnel for the attack squad.
—Some are waiting for respawn! If there’s anyone who can hold out until then…
—Ding!
—C is collapsing!! The defense squad needs to pay attention here too…
—Ding!
—How did these bastards know to attack the Resource Warehouse again! Resources are burning, recovery looks difficult!
—Respawn cooldown is still active! Attack squad, get here fast! From the resource squad…!
—Three from the resource squad died. Still have some cooldown left.
—Ding!
—Any spare manpower in the resource squad…
—None, I said none!! We’re too busy switching to defense!!
47 was, quite literally, a scene of utter chaos.
Mo Yeon-hu looked at the screen with a crestfallen face.
He hadn’t even had time to eat the bread he had hurriedly microwaved because he was hungry.
He was so frantic that he didn’t know how four hours had passed. During that time, Mo Yeon-hu had been moved to the defense squad and the repair squad once each before returning to the resource squad.
Since there was only about an hour left, he would likely stay in the resource squad until the quest ended.
‘I had no idea moving resources would be this hard!’
Mo Yeon-hu felt he finally understood why people didn’t volunteer for the resource squad. Resource transport might sound like a cushy position in the midst of war, but it wasn’t that simple.
A massive amount of resources are consumed during Siege Warfare. No matter how full one’s inventory is, pockets run dry in minutes, and since everyone is consuming them, the demand is constant.
The resource team must quickly pull carts to deliver the gathered resources and those produced by NPCs. And while Alliance Members refill their supplies, the team fills in the gaps for a few minutes.
‘Wow. I’m busy.’
Perhaps because it was the final time attack, it was even more chaotic!
—E side has fallen, fuck.
—Ah, these bastards are digging right in. Fortunately, other Alliances are blocking them over there…
—Build the outer wall quickly!
—Hammers, are there any more hammers?!
—We’re short on stone. Ah, I’m going crazy. They’re pushing in so hard, fuck.
—Just build it. Hurry, so they can’t get within range. Even a fence for now…!
With so little time left, everyone was now in the same voice chat room, but sadly, the news was not good. No matter how systematic 47 was as an Alliance.
—Ah, these bastards are determined, fuck. We died together. I’m respawning, damn it!
—They’re pushing in with sheer numbers, this is insane. I’m dying too.
—Killed two!
—Ah, crazy. Our mine!! Ah!!
As soon as the last time attack for the one-hour mark began, the mechanics pushed in like mad. How could 47, no matter how strong, stop that many users advancing?
Of course, 47 wasn’t just sitting idly by.
—Mowed down three with the machine gun and died with them.
—Repaired!
—Wall’s up!! Fuck, we did it.
—Calculating the distance they retreated, moving the mine.
—What about the mine repair?
—97%.
—Good.
As if they had never felt despair, they quickly filled the gaps like white blood cells and rebuilt the collapsed walls. Taking advantage of the moment the enemy’s vision was blocked, they finished repairing the resource production centers and moved to pre-determined positions.
As they approached the end, the defense, attack, and repair squads touching the battlefield became blurred, and only the resource squad maintained their position.
—Resource squad, could you come to the pinged location?
“Yes!”
Whenever people moved within the Alliance Territory using helicopters, jeeps, or trucks, the resource squad quickly loaded resources and followed behind, pulling carts.
Looking at the ping location, it seemed a truck carrying Alliance Members wanted to load resources before departing. As he pulled the cart toward that location, Mo Yeon-hu thought.
‘Maybe it’s because I didn’t level up Momo’s character much, but this is really hard. I leveled up Na Oh-jik’s character a lot, so it would be better to bring him…’
Even though it was his main, he missed his alt’s cart stats. Looking at this war, the time he spent living and moving carts as Na Oh-jik felt like a past life.
‘I wonder if the kids I leveled up with back then moved servers to follow the mechanics? If they came together, they’d be fighting outside, right? Should I log in as Na Oh-jik and dig for info? But, well, I don’t think it’ll help in this chaotic situation.’
Unlike 47, which was a defensive camp where security was paramount, System Error and VITA were attacking camps, so even if he logged in, he could only scout the watchtower camp and respawn points.
‘They’re already scouting those well enough.’
Since the attack squads were already performing that role well, Mo Yeon-hu felt there would be nothing for him to do even if he entered with his alt.
Above all, the most urgent problem was right now.
—Does this make sense? How did they know to attack the lumber mill we just moved?
—I don’t get it either. How did the angle from the temporary watchtower they built fit perfectly for the cannons? Fuck, I really think we have a rat!
—Are they still using the survey Opening did?
—Does that make sense? It’s been forever since we changed everything after that chaos!
The attacks were pouring into the major buildings.
—Why do we keep getting raided? Was the relocation position set correctly? Even though we put them so deep, why—!
—No, wait, GoodLuck. Did you actually hide the production centers deep enough? Why do you keep putting them on the outside instead of the inside? Those things?
—I told you, putting major buildings inside isn’t everything~. Then the buildings are all clustered and it becomes more dangerous. If we’re unlucky and one wall is breached and a rocket is thrown into the center, all resource supply…
—If you’re so damn smart, then why are we getting raided! What are we going to do if the core gets raided too!
—Hey, Mu. Are you angry right now?
—Ha, Hyung, it’s not that…!
Because they were on edge due to the resource production centers and major buildings being raided despite their best efforts, the conversation grew sharp. Since the mechanic alliance struck the buildings as soon as a wall collapsed, the 47 Alliance Members were driven to the brink of madness.
‘It is strange, though.’
Even Mo Yeon-hu couldn’t understand this situation. Unless someone was surveying in real-time, it made no sense.
—Instead of raising your voices, why don’t you do one more repair.
But what difference would fighting among themselves make? The one mediating was, as expected, Kwon Mi-eon.
—Attack Squad 2, move to C. Squad 1 and I will move to E. D, what’s the situation?
—D side has been quiet since 4 rockets and 8 cannon shots earlier. Repair status is…
—Keep it simple. Go or no go.
—It’s fine! It’s safe!
—Good. Defense squad in the B direction, switch to attack immediately. Wall durability is safe, so don’t hold back, send them in aggressively.
—Yes!
The Alliance Members who had been grumbling fell silent at Kwon Mi-eon’s orders. Mo Yeon-hu, who had been listening to that pleasant voice, felt a bit disappointed.
‘I have no chance to talk to Kwon Mi-eon. I guess it can’t be helped.’
Kwon Mi-eon, who only went with the attack squads, and Mo Yeon-hu, who wasn’t assigned to one. Of course, they would meet once all this was over, but…
‘I wish I could be more helpful.’
Just as he was thinking that, a truck appeared before his eyes.
—We’re moving from C to E, so could you load some magazines?
“Ah, yes! Loaded.”
—Follow us and distribute the rest.
“Yes.”
First, before thinking about being helpful or whatever, he had to work hard at his assigned task. Watching the back of the defense squad truck quickly moving away with the resources, Mo Yeon-hu thought.
‘By the way, I want to ride a truck too. Pulling a cart like this, the speed is the same as walking anyway…’
Mo Yeon-hu paused.
‘The speed of the cart is the same as walking?’