[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-online":3,"chapter-black-online-black-online-chapter-117":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Black Online",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1462660,1913,"Chapter 117: Siege of the Snowberry","black-online-chapter-117",117,"\u003Cp>15th Floor, Snowberry Village, Rose Records Compound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della opened her eyes as she logged back in, and without further ado, she pulled out a chat window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Della: A guild war has started. Go on your guard posts, and make sure that no uninvited person gets into the village]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After sending the messages, the players who were awake in the game replied in shock, and after getting through the shock, they started heading to their designated guard posts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since they knew that it was inevitable that the guild war would one day come, they’ve been preparing for it for months.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’We knew that Grinding Grief and Monsieur Rascal were going to have their meeting, so we had doubled our guards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’It’s good that we did that because there are already a decent amount of people awake.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della thought to herself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She left her room and saw players running down the hallway, and they greeted her before sprinting off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More and more players were constantly waking up after they received a phone call from Miranda.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’ll have a guild meeting in an hour, but before that, make sure that the village is secure and safe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, guild master!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap... tap... tap...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Waylen walked down the hallway with his hands inside his pockets, and he looked at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They acted quicker than expected.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Our new recruits died.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said with a cold expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Waylen walked to the window, put his arms behind his back, and looked at the players of Rose Records running towards the village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They sent us a message a day ago that they would arrive here tonight, and somehow, Grinding Grief and Monsieur Rascal found out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a rat among us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said with a serious look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Indeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said with a dark look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour passed, and the Rose Records had secured the Snowberry Village, and they didn’t find anyone that shouldn’t be here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some players stayed behind to guard the gates of the Snowberry Village while the rest headed to the mansion for the meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della stood at the end of the table and watched as players kept pouring inside the room, and there were soon close to sixty players gathered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Yawn...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...This stupid war... I was having a date with my girlfriend, but then I got the call from Miranda and had to come here... Shit...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Hah, I was in the middle of sex... It was pretty awkward to end that to come here, so I am pretty sure I will be single soon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players chatted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, Miranda entered the meeting room and walked over to Della, who looked at her with an \"Is that everyone?\" gaze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pretty much... I didn’t have Fang Raon’s phone number, so he is missing, but everyone else is here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miranda said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...He is a team leader, so he should be here... But he should wake up tomorrow morning, and we’ll get him updated then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Miranda nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then looked around the room and saw that everyone she could remember was here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Members of the first line... second line... third line... and also the fourth line was all here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players quieted down as they could notice that the meeting was about to begin, and it turned so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"About 70 minutes ago, our new recruits arrived on the 15th floor, but while they were en route here, they were ambushed by Grinding Grief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They died, but fortunately, they contacted us about it, and we immediately called you all to log into the game.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machary looked shocked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were a couple of friends of his in that new recruit batch, and he was devastated to hear the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’If I had decided to climb the tower with them instead, they would still be alive, right? That sucks...’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Machary gritted his teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was a declaration of war, and as it looks like, we are going against both Grinding Grief and Monsieur Rascal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Their alliance is definitely only temporary and very fragile. It isn’t going to last long, and they might not even last till they’ve gotten rid of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What should we do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...We can’t handle two guilds at the same time. They are both very strong guilds!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Rose Records is the 66th-ranked guild, Grinding Grief is 61st-ranked, and Monsieur Rascal is 72nd. It will be really hard...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players whispered in worry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were Global Guild Rankings, where every guild was ranked, and there were close to thousand different guilds in the tower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a really good achievement to reach the top 100, and now, this was a three-way guild war between three top 100 guilds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It would definitely catch attention from the entire tower, as it was rare for a guild war of such size to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, for starters, Rose Records was going to go 1v2 against them, and nobody would bet on their victory!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s enough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, at that moment, everyone received a message on the guild chat window, and they all opened it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ding! Ding! Ding!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Rucked: Grinding Grief and Monsieur Rascal are outside Snowberry Village. They’ve come, and there are a lot of them!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re actually attacking Snowberry Village? This is Safe Zone village. That is insanity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God damn it, we aren’t ready for that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"SILENCE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A booming voice echoed throughout the room, silencing everyone, and the players turned to look at the person who shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rock stood tall and imposing with an angry look on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hated his night getting ruined, and he even had to stop what he was doing and log back into the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because he was one of the strongest members of Rose Records, so obviously he was going to help them with the guild war.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re not going to attack. They’re not fools.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players turned back to look at him and then wondered what they were doing outside the village if they were not going to attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A siege. They’re going to besiege the village. It is a completely normal thing to do during the Guild War.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They want to isolate Snowberry Village from the rest of the floor, and they don’t want us to leave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Della said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...What if we use Tower Pearls?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A player asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have a hunch that Tower Pearls won’t work. It’s far too obvious a thing to use, and I don’t think they had forgotten about those.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rock said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Tower Pearls, it was possible to travel across different floors—to those floors that a person had visited before.\u003C\u002Fp>",1115,"2026-06-06T02:35:08.437Z",1,"novelbin.me","cd38303b4aed9af6bb85940679fa9c7495c6c1a604bcdd87bae86e0c86ecb1ee","black-online-chapter-118","black-online-chapter-116",270,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-online-cover.jpg"]