By Zephyria 
Mo Yeon-hu blinked as he looked at the Alliance Territory of Pegasus, which still resembled ruins.
Just two days ago, this had been the territory of a thriving alliance ranked 9th in the X-1211 server’s alliance rankings. A place full of life, like the 47 he was in now, where people played and chatted together.
But now…
‘To be ruined overnight like this, it’s really strange.’
Seeing the Alliance Territory in such a wrecked state, as if a war had been fought, weighed heavily on his heart.
‘Who did it?’
For what reason? He had never experienced something like this before, nor had he played other games, but he thought the scale was too large for an individual to pull off.
(CH03) 0momo0: Miu-nim
(CH03) 0momo0: I told you I’m not a spy, right?
(CH03) Miu: Yep
(CH03) 0momo0: Since when did you know?
(CH03) 0momo0: Did you know from the very beginning??
(CH03) Miu: From the beginning?
(CH03) Miu: No way lol
Miu answered immediately.
(CH03) Miu: At first, I really thought you were a spy
(CH03) Miu: You totally looked like one
(CH03) Miu: Well, for about 5 minutes?
…Huh?
(CH03) 0momo0: Okay..
(CH03) 0momo0: What do you mean you thought I was a spy for only 5 minutes??
(CH03) Miu: What kind of spy… fails all the mini-games while farming and destroys the rice crop?
(CH03) 0momo0: Wait a minute
(CH03) 0momo0: No, I-
(CH03) Miu: When asked to pick apples, brings back a bunch of worm-eaten ones??
(CH03) 0momo0: Miu-nim
(CH03) Miu: And the corn gets completely stripped by grasshoppers?
(CH03) 0momo0: That’s… I didn’t mean to do that;;
Mo Yeon-hu was flustered.
There was a mini-game you had to play when harvesting crops. It was his first time encountering that type of game, so he struggled a lot and failed at first…
(CH03) Miu: You’re a legend of poor harvests since you arrived
(CH03) 0momo0: Noㅠㅠ;;
And the results of the mini-game determined the quality of the crops.
‘No wonder they were watching me from the side while I was farming!’
Damn it…
It seemed Miu had seen his pitiful mini-game skills and figured there was no way he wasn’t a beginner.
(CH03) 0momo0: Ah, so you got it right then;
(CH03) 0momo0: You knew I wasn’t a spy right after I joined!!
Though flustered, Mo Yeon-hu quickly regained his composure.
(CH03) Miu: But I was still suspicious it might be some high-level strategy
(CH03) Miu: I became sure when we went to the dungeon
The dungeon… the Sky Terror where the Strange Bird appeared?
(CH03) Miu: It was the kind of movement I’ve never seen in my life
(CH03) Miu: How should I put it…
Mo Yeon-hu’s face turned red at the honest evaluation that followed.
(CH03) Miu: Debut match and retirement match at the same time?
(CH03) 0momo0: No
(CH03) 0momo0: No, hey;;
(CH03) Miu: It was an untouchable talent
(CH03) 0momo0: Ahㅠㅠㅠ
No matter how bad he was at games… wasn’t that too much!
(CH03) 0momo0: Anyway!!
(CH03) 0momo0: You knew I wasn’t a spy almost from the start, so you were just bullying me, right!!
At that moment, a ding notification sounded.
‘Mailbox?’
A red light was blinking at the bottom of the screen.
(CH03) Miu: Take it
It seemed they had sent something instead of replying.
Mo Yeon-hu tilted his head as he clicked the mailbox. There was one sparkling gem in the attachment list.
‘A diamond?’
When he hovered the cursor over the item, information popped up kindly.
💎 Iris’s Diamond
Grade: Legendary
Category: Synthetic Gem / Energy Crystal
Remaining tradable count: 2 times
Market price: Unknown
It was a strangely shaped diamond with what looked like red electric currents sparking inside the transparent gem.
(CH03) 0momo0: What’s this??
A combat item? He didn’t know where to use it. But then Miu said something that made his eyes go wide.
(CH03) Miu: That thing’s recent trading price is 8.5 million gold, so sell it high
8.5 million gold…
(CH03) 0momo0: ????
(CH03) 0momo0: 8.5 million gold??
A gem with that much value?
Even for Mo Yeon-hu, who had a weak sense of economics and spent money like water, that price was shocking. The exchange rate between Zombie Village’s gold and cash was roughly 1:1, so did that mean about 8.5 million won?
‘It’s not even equipment, why is a gem priced like this?’
Among the equipment Mo Yeon-hu wore, there were many expensive items, but he was surprised that the price of some unheard-of gem was like this. Thinking he might have misread, he searched for the Iris gem in the exchange.
Exchange System Log
**
Recent Sales History> 💎 Iris’s Diamond
**
Transaction completed: 8,500,000 gold
Transaction time: 20XX/XX/XX XX:XX
Transaction completed: 8,620,000 gold
Transaction time: 20XX/XX/XX XX:XX
Transaction completed: 8,350,000 gold
Transaction time: 20XX/XX/XX XX:XX
‘Whoa, it’s true…’
It even seemed there weren’t many listings; seeing the history of it selling immediately after being posted in the auction house gave the feeling that the asking price was the selling price.
‘A gem used for enhancing top-ranked players’ items?’
Looking it up, he found it only dropped with lottery-level rare probability and was extremely hard to obtain, so why give it to him?
It didn’t seem like they sent this expensive thing for no reason…
(CH03) 0momo0: Miu-nim
(CH03) 0momo0: Why did you give this to me??
Miu answered straightforwardly.
(CH03) Miu: Actually, in the alliance, I thought Momo-nim was the least likely to be a spy
(CH03) Miu: It’s a bribe to get your help finding the spy from now on
(CH03) Miu: And I’m sorry for bullying you without saying anything these past few daysㅇㅇ
He had expected it, but it was still unexpected.
(CH03) 0momo0: You thought I was the least likely to be a spy??
(CH03) Miu: Yes
(CH03) 0momo0: Why??
Miu didn’t say anything. Instead, they lightly rolled a hammer, stone, and Repair Kit in their hand, then sat down and began tapping the broken fence.
Unlike Mo Yeon-hu, who had to tap dozens of times during Siege Warfare to barely repair a wall, the fence was restored to its original state after just a few taps. It was an astonishing speed.
(CH03) Miu: If I were a spy, I wouldn’t use instant-completion tickets costing 20,000 won each to repair walls
That’s right. Miu had seen it.
(CH03) Miu: During Siege Warfare, who uses not one but hundreds of instant-completion tickets to repair walls
(CH03) Miu: And with their own money at that
Mo Yeon-hu, with his low Repair Level, unable to bear his slow speed, burning hundreds to repair walls quickly.
(CH03) 0momo0: That’s… just because I was in a hurry…
To repair immediately, you had to pay gold, but with rockets constantly flying in, who would think of that?
Mo Yeon-hu just wanted to fix the wall quickly.
(CH03) 0momo0: We have to protect the Alliance Territory…
If the walls collapsed, it seemed like Hawk would get in. He didn’t want the Alliance Territory they had worked hard to decorate to be trampled by others.
(CH03) 0momo0: It’s a place everyone decorated together and lives together, so it’s sad if it gets ruined, right?