Legacy of the Betelgeuse

We are walking into the forest with Ken and Cho Ahn. They both are glaring at each other with hatred. I know that I\'m alone can\'t handle this matter and it feels wrong when the person who just killed them will be the one who will judge who\'s wrong and who\'s not, so I already messaged Ivonna and the others to come to us and help me to clear things up.

Me, Aspen, Jake, Jacob, Ken, Cho Ahn, and Yoona are waiting for Ivonna and the others in silence while looking at each other. Then Ivonna and the others are finally here. They approach me and stand next to me. Ivonna and Francesca walk to the middle and look at Ken and Cho Ahn.

Ivonna clears her throat and looks at Ken and Cho Ahn.

"We heard what happened between the two of you, so want to know the details from each side so we can conclude what is really happening. We only want to see if everything is just a misunderstanding. If it\'s not a misunderstanding and turns out one of the parties is in the wrong, then we have to talk it over."

Ken and Cho Ahn nod. Ivonna then looks at Ken.

"Can you tell us your side of the story?"

Ken nods.

"It started when we were fighting Sulrk in strong phase. It was our second time doing the raid, and we already knew the basic stuff on how to defeating Sulrk. My raid teams are composed of dozens of my friends that from different clans. We were focusing on destroying the Ocean Hearts, while Cho Ahn and Yoona\'s raid teams were aggroing and attacking Sulrk. We managed to destroy the first two Ocean Hearts at the same time, but unfortunately, the last Ocean Heart is still half HP. Sulrk was enraged and started to chasing us and killing my raid teams one by one. Of course, we kept attacking the last Ocean Heart since it was our job."

Ken then glares at Cho Ahn and is pointing at him.

"But then, after we managed to destroy the last Ocean Heart and weakened Sulrk, Cho Ahn and Yoona\'s raid teams didn\'t help us at all. We only had around dozens of players after sacrificing ourselves to destroy all the Ocean Hearts. We were too busy resurrecting my raid teams, but then Cho Ahn and Yoona\'s raid teams took that opportunity to finish off Sulrk on their own. They said that if they didn\'t kill Sulrk at that moment, he will be enraged again and will wipe us all. Of course, after knowing that, I ordered my men to deal with Sulrk while I kept focusing on resurrecting my men."

We all are furrowing our foreheads and look at Cho Ahn and Yoona because Sulrk will not be enraged again after all the Ocean Hearts are destroyed. Ivonna and the others know that and had experienced it themselves that it was a misconception. Ivonna and the others were fighting Sulrk for hours after Sulrk was weakened back then. There was no notification about Sulrk going enraged after a specific amount of time after he got weakened. We know there are such things that are similar to that, but those are just the bonuses from clearing each stage, and Sulrk will not be enraged, just the debuff is removed from Sulrk.

Ken keeps glaring at Cho Ahn.

"In the end, we did manage to defeat Sulrk. We were okay with it and just brushed it off since the raid was a success. But, Cho Ahn and Yoona started to point their fingers at us and said that we took the precious loot and didn\'t share it with them, but the truth is, none of my men took the precious loot and had no idea about what did Sulrk has dropped back then. They kept insisting that we took the drops."

Ivonna is humming with understanding. Then looks at Ken.

"What made you so sure that your men didn\'t take the drops? It\'s possible."

Ken is smiling.

"As I said earlier, they\'re my friends, and in real life as well. They sent me their inventory and equipment screens screenshots right away, and none of them have new items or unfamiliar drops in them. We were looking at each other\'s screenshots and checked everything. There\'s no way to hide the drops if it wasn\'t in their inventories. So Cho Ahn and Yoona were lying and trying to make our clan looks bad."

Francesca is raising her eyebrows while looking at Cho Ahn and Yoona with doubts. Ivonna then turns around and looks at Cho Ahn.

"Since already hear from his side. Now, let\'s hear yours."

Cho Ahn nods.

"It\'s the same as what Ken said. We did say that Sulrk will be enraged again if we didn\'t defeat him as soon as possible. Everything that he said before is true, but he lied about his men not taking the loots from Sulrk. Even though they did send us the screenshots of his men that were defeating Sulrk with us, but we didn\'t believe them at all because Yoona saw it herself that some of Ken\'s men are taking the precious loot while we were cheering from clearing the dungeon."

Our eyes are pointing at Yoona. Ivonna is humming with understanding and then looks at Yoona.

"What exactly did you see? Do you remember what kind of loot that they took?"

Yoona nods.

"It was a weapon. It looks like a spear."

There\'s no such weapon that is dropped from Sulrk, only materials. There\'s only one weapon and it\'s [Sulrk\'s Trident], not to mention that to get that trident, they have to clear the Thunderstorm Phase. So Yoona is lying and I don\'t know what\'s the reason she did that.

I scoff and everyone is immediately looking at me. I shake my head and just stay calm. Ivonna notices why I\'m scoffing and then she looks at Yoona again.

"What kind of spear? Can you describe it?"

Yoona nods.

"It\'s a shiny spear. That\'s all I could see from the distance. They were smiling and then took it from the ground and put it in his inventory."

Ken scoffs and shakes his head.

"What a lie. First of all, my friends would never do that kind of thing because we are not that kind of people. All my friends in that raid are upholding the value of fairness. You can ask the other raid teams that were with us since that day. We shared all the loots with them even though we did the most in the raids. Second of all, we did raids many times since then, and we have never seen any weapon that is dropped from Sulrk, only materials. Lastly, we looked through the forums, and there was no information related to players getting any weapon from the Maelstrom of Abyss dungeon. We still checked the forum and until now, there\'s no evidence that Sulrk drops a weapon."

Grisell is humming and nodding in agreement.

"That\'s right. I was curious about it and searched through the forums and there was no information regarding Sulrk dropping a weapon. But! I knew that the Calm Phase and Strong Phase have slightly different loots, the Strong Phase gave extra loots compared to the Calm Phase. So there is a possibility that the Strong Phase might give a weapon though."

Yoona immediately pointing at Grisell, but Grisell doesn\'t notice because she\'s too focused on something on her screen while writing something on it.

"Hear that?! Now we all know that the Black Shadow Clan is insidious! They\'re pretending to be a good player but deep down they\'re just a bunch of cunning players! That\'s why as soon as we saw them in here we started to pay back for what they did!"

Ivonna furrows her forehead while staring at Yoona.

"Why are you so suddenly bringing the Black Shadow Clan into this? Ken said earlier that his raid teams are not entirely from the Black Shadow Clan, and the players that you suspected are not even from the Black Shadow Clan."

Yoona immediately shuts her mouth. Francesca is smiling sinisterly at Yoona.

"Hmm... what\'s this..."

Ivonna is about to open her mouth, but then Grisell is raising her hand. We all are looking at her. She then points at the screen in front of her.

"So, I mentioned and asked Admin Sev about the items that are dropped from Sulrk in the Strong Phase in the forum. She replied with a list of drops that are available from the Strong Phase\'s Sulrk. What surprised me is that there is no weapon on that list."

Grisell is sharing her screen with all of us to check it for ourselves. Everyone is reading the list thoroughly and then they all look at Yoona. Cho Ahn is furrowing his forehead while staring at Yoona with disbelief. Yoona is speechless and pretending that she\'s still reading the list.

I scoff and walk toward Ivonna, then I look at Yoona and tilt my head and smile.

"So that was a lie."

Ivonna looks at Yoona.

"Do you have anything to say to us, Miss Yoona?"