[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-black-online":3,"chapter-black-online-black-online-chapter-265":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},1462538,1913,"Chapter 265: Hopeless Situation","black-online-chapter-265",265,"\u003Cp>CLASH~! CLING~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maces hammered against the shields of players. Swords swooshed through the air, and blood got spilled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Goblins died. But that didn’t matter. They used their overwhelming advantage of numbers to push the players back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tanks, do not fucking back off! Use your shields, and stop them from advancing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Warrior player roared angrily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re trying, fuck!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Tank shouted back furiously, and he tried keeping his ground, but he was suffering from constant attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, he couldn’t help but retreat backwards step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We do not have any other choice but to start attacking as well. If we keep defending, our equipment will slowly deteriorate and get destroyed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Offense is the best defense, so let’s do it, guys!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warrior screamed, and he took the lead and sprinted past the Tanks with his longsword in hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came face-to-face with the blue-eyed goblins, and they roared, but the Warrior immediately silenced those roars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His sword cut through the heads of the roaring goblins, and the blue blood splattered across the faces of other goblins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Attack! We are players! We aren’t afraid of some filthy fucking goblins!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Warrior screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HALLELUJAH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tanks pulled out their massive swords and pushed the goblins back with the shields and then smashed their swords through them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In that moment, one of the goblins attacked from below and stabbed its sharp-looking dagger through one of the Tank’s legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Argh, damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tank roared and then pushed his sword through the goblin’s eye and finished him off, but immediately after, he started losing feeling in his leg.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[You have been poisoned!]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Urgh... Damn it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tank’s eyes started turning black, and green veins popped up from beneath his flesh, and he turned to the Helpers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a pathetic whisper, he said, \"Help...\" but it was so loud on the battlefield that no one could hear him—not even Helpers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he collapsed to his knees, and eventually he stopped moving altogether.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh god... Makar is dead!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Tanks shouted, and after seeing one of his friends dead, a feeling of fear crept into his heart like a parasite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t want to share the same fate as his friend!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He slowly backed away, but out of nowhere, a sharp object penetrated through his back—it was a strange feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first time that he had ever been stabbed, and while there wasn’t any pain, he could feel the sharp object very clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With shaky eyes, he turned to see a grinning Ice Goblin twisting the dagger in his back, and the poison quickly spread to every corner of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You... bastard...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tank whispered, and then he collapsed to the ground and got stomped to death by over a dozen Ice Goblins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are losing players!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Warriors shouted, and he then noticed that they were completely surrounded by the Ice Goblins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were simply too many of them!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t avoid attacks from every angle, and slowly, but surely, the Ice Goblins’ attacks made their way through their defenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soon, every player was at least slightly injured. Some had just minor cuts, but some were already losing a lot of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"WE NEED HELP!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone needs help, but no one is capable of helping!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblins grinned. They advanced and advanced. The players grouped up, but they were shortly being overwhelmed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhh~!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the Helpers screamed as the Ice Goblin ripped apart her robe, exposing some of her pale skin, and then the Ice Goblin thrust its dagger into her back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahhhh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It didn’t hurt, but she had never been so afraid in her life before, and then the Ice Goblin put the dagger to her throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Guruk!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblin said with a smirk, as if it were saying, \"Goodbye,\" and it was about to cut off the Helper’s throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then... in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A beam of concentrated fire bore through the Ice Goblin’s forehead. It left behind a burning hole. Ice Goblin collapsed to its back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flame Breath Blast!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A breath of flame scorched through the Ice Goblins, burning through them like a wildfire, and they screeched in pain before eventually dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fireball!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ice Arrow Fall!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Swamp Ground Exodus!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Magic spells came out of nowhere. It instantly shifted the tides of the battle. Ice Goblins suffered immensely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fireballs created explosions that killed several Ice Goblins. Ice Arrow Fall injured hundreds of them. Swamp Ground Exodus made the Ice Goblins fall into quicksand-like pits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff... huff... huff...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The exhausted players looked over, and after seeing the Mages coming to help, they let out sighs of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon suddenly landed right in the middle of the Ice Goblins. It seemed crazy. He was right in the middle of them all!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Watch out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblins turned to him with anger in their eyes, and they didn’t waste a single breath and immediately launched their attacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon smiled, and his eyes started smoking, and as soon as he started spinning, fire started spewing out of his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"HEAT GAZE!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fire slashed through the Ice Goblins like swords of fire, and they were cut into tiny burning pieces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Fang Raon stopped spinning, the Ice Goblins all around him got cut into several pieces, as if they had been cut by lightsabers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the hell was that?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wow...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players were shocked as they had never seen something like this, and they stared at Fang Raon with brand-new appreciation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...He is strong...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...How is someone that strong in these lower levels? He killed all those Ice Goblins like it was nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...Since he is here, it means that he has already gotten rid of those Wizards? What in the heck, man!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblins took a step back. They started to feel fear now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire was their natural enemy, and they just witnessed one of the players shooting fire from his eyes!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course they would be afraid!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They’re afraid. Let’s start our counterattack. We got this!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A player shouted, and everyone else was also encouraged as a ray of hope appeared in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They can do this!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ROAR!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, as if some god were mocking them, they suddenly heard a roar that shook the very foundation of the cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a loud roar. Pure evil. And very strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’...What was that?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Goblins, once they heard the roar, raised their weapons high, and it almost sounded like they started celebrating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUMP~! THUMP~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ground shook. Loud footsteps echoed a distance away. It sounded like a giant was walking somewhere close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And then...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From one of the village huts, a figure stepped out. A gigantic figure. Blue skin, long white tusks, long black hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was an Ice Giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as tall as the buildings around it, so it was quite surprising that it was able to fit inside one of the huts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’There was Ice Giant here all along?!’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon’s eyes turned dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There shouldn’t be any Ice Giants on the 2nd floor. They’re high-level enemies. Shouldn’t they only appear above the 40th floor?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl who knew history screamed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...You said that monstrous beasts roamed the 2nd floor a few hundred years ago. It means that some of them might’ve survived.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon said with a dark expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If all the locals survived, it meant that some of the monstrous beasts could’ve as well, such as this Ice Giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Ice Giant - HP: 100%]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Words appeared above the Ice Giant’s massive head, but that didn’t mean anything, as this wasn’t a fight anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only a battle for survival!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t possibly defeat a creature of this magnitude!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUMP~! THUMP~!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Giant stomped over. With just a couple large steps, it reached the battlefield, and it just stomped over the Ice Goblins, crushing them under its feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It did not care whether it killed Ice Goblins or players. It just wanted to kill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"W-We need to run... Now!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The players screamed and started running for the exits, but the Ice Goblins didn’t let them, and they blocked the exits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They smiled, as if they were taunting the players, with \"You’re going to die\" smiles and dances.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’This can’t be. Is the second floor really meant to be destroyed like this? Adding Ice Giant is just bullying at this point.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fang Raon frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t understand why this was happening, as there must be a reason the game developers did this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did they want the second floor to be destroyed? It would ruin the game experience for all the newer players.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did they want to make the game harder? It was already extremely difficult. Nobody was even close to reaching the 100th floor yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And making the Newbie Floors even harder would make the game literally impossible, especially since the game cards were expensive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Do they just want to sell more game cards, which is why they want newer players to die more often? They would get a lot of backlash if that’s the case.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’Black Online’s creators never seemed as greedy. The game itself was free, and one only had to purchase the Virtual Reality Pod to play, and they also got a free game card as a result.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>’So is that really the case? I just don’t get it!’\u003C\u002Fp>",1563,"2026-06-06T02:35:08.438Z",1,"novelbin.me","4972d41d16feae92a35f7610c0eb2f98a456f9795f2e532034549a61b62d094e","black-online-chapter-266","black-online-chapter-264",270,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fblack-online-cover.jpg"]