**Title:**  
Review of Chris’s Citadel Bus Run.txt (+368)

**Content:**  
First off, if you're planning to run the Citadel with a three-person team, the problem starts with the 1st Named Boss. Everyone knows how hard it is to break all the eggs in time with just three people. When the hatchlings start waking up, it becomes hell, and most teams fail at that point. If you don’t break all the eggs, you end up chasing the hatchlings around, getting wiped out by their AoE attacks.

But here’s the thing—Chris’s team doesn’t even bother breaking the eggs.  
I’m not sure if it’s because of their firepower, but they save their new cooldown skills from the Training Tower and unleash everything once the hatchlings wake up. Their kiting is on another level. They calculate the movements so precisely that all the hatchlings are gathered in one spot, and then they hit them with all their skills at once.  
They avoid the AoE and take care of the hatchlings like it’s nothing.

That part is doable if you practice enough and sync up with your party. But the 2nd Named Boss? That’s on another level.  
Their three-person party has more firepower than most four-person teams. As long as they maintain the bleed stacks, they can avoid the berserk phase, but the speed… it’s on a whole different plane compared to my fixed party.  
From the upper stairway, I peeked down, and all the sawblades were moving through the center of the battlefield. You’d think any melee or tank would be dead, right? But no, they survived. It didn’t even seem like they were taking any bleed stacks. The bleed stacked so quickly on Valgar that his HP melted away.

For the 3rd Named Boss, during the berserk phase, all three members rotated their invincibility skills perfectly. As long as one person survives, they can clear it, but all three executed flawlessly. They have only one party protection skill, so they had to tank one of the hits, but the tank didn’t seem to get hit at all.  
That’s actually what confuses me the most. As a swordsman, your invincibility skills are limited to *Counterattack* and *Backstep*, so how could the tank avoid everything?

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**Comments:**  
- Did you take screenshots or videos? I heard they’re really fast, but this playstyle sounds impossible... almost like *Astria Online*.  
    ㄴ What does *Astria Online* mean? I’m new to the forum.  
    ㄴ It means “playing like it’s Astria Online,” LOL.  
    ㄴ (Author) Chris’s bus party has a feature that disables screenshots and videos during the dungeon. Unless the party leader permits it, you can’t capture anything.  
    ㄴ Can’t you use external programs to record or screenshot?  
    ㄴ You can, but do you know who Chris’s father is? He’s pretty famous. He might track your IQ and hack your capsule, for real…  
    ㄴ Wow… do they block tactics videos too? Seems shady. Didn’t Chris’s team lose the first clear to NoName?  
    ㄴ NoName! NoName!

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- Usually, the bus is used by older PvP players, so the regulars here don’t need it. But why is there a no-screenshot rule?  
    ㄴ I tried the bus once to learn their tactics, and I think I get it. They have a super cute swordswoman in an orc fighter costume, white hair, small build.  
    ㄴ (Author) Yeah, she’s the tank, and she’s really cute.  
    ㄴ Wait, isn’t Deathmaster supposed to be the tank? Why is she tanking?  
    ㄴ No idea, but she’s amazing. I’m a swordsman too, and I wanted to learn from her, but her movements and even her skills seem different. I know what skills she’s using, but I can’t replicate it. She’s pulling off three or four skills at once before I can even blink. Maybe if you used key macros in an old PC game…  
    ㄴ (Author) She runs the bus wearing that cute outfit, so they probably block screenshots to prevent people from losing their minds.  
    ㄴ If you want permission for screenshots, you’d have to convince her, not Chris. But do you even have enough money to pay for the bus? It’s super expensive during the dungeon’s early stages. It’s basically for CEOs only, LOL.  
    ㄴ Oh my god, LOL, time to start saving money so I can ride Chris’s bus.  
    ㄴ I’m going too!  
    ㄴ They’re not even human…

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"So, Cherni... then Beimerung kicked him in the shin."

"Poor Mr. Cherni."

"Hehe, why do you call Beimerung ‘sister’ but call Cherni ‘mister’? They’re the same age, aren’t they? Why not call him ‘brother’?”

"Hehe..."

They’re probably around the same age as *Lee Seulbi* in college. 

The idea of calling someone ‘brother’ wasn’t something I liked, but if this were the other world, I wouldn’t have called Beimerung ‘sister’ either.

In this reality, I don’t particularly feel like an adult. Maybe if I were still *Lee Seulbi* from the other world, my perspective would be different. 

We share memories, but *she* and I are distinctly different beings. 

Still, it really annoyed me how her physical condition affected me these days.  
Maybe if I earned more money, went to the hospital, and improved my living conditions, I wouldn’t have to worry so much.  
After all, *Lee Seulbi* needs to be around for *Rain* to exist.  

But now, the voices of my companions were starting to sound a bit distant...

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“Haha! See? We clear faster when I help out with DPS, right?”

“Ah, so you usually run with another party.”

“We’ve been having coordination issues lately, so I’ve been forced to ride this bus.”

Usually, it was the older PvP players who ran as fighters, but today’s guest was a young warrior.

Some bus passengers offered DPS support without getting in the way, and recently, younger players had started appearing on Citadel bus runs. Before, it had mostly been the older PvP crowd at the outposts.

Some passengers even tried to add me as a friend or offer me sweet desserts from the capital’s café. Those were the ones Chris shut down.

We reached the 2nd Named Boss area while chatting.

Today’s guest, the young fighter, seemed particularly enthusiastic.

“Oh, Valgar! I think I can show you something cool!”

The battle began, and Valgar’s brutal attacks came at me.

But our three-person team had strong firepower, and even the guest fighter was adding DPS. Valgar’s HP quickly dropped to 95%.

*Whirr!*

The first sawblade started moving, aimed at Valgar to maintain the bleed stacks. That’s when the guest’s movements abruptly changed.

“Uwooooh!”

*Wham! Boom!*

He charged into Valgar, slamming his body into him and striking the ground with his axe.

Valgar’s movements stopped momentarily.

It was a stunning strike, a crowd control technique.

*Crash!*

The fighter pressed Valgar’s body into the sawblade, starting a tug of war.

“Haaaaap!”

*Shhhk!*

*Slash! Slash!*

With a loud shout, the fighter pushed Valgar’s massive body into the path of the sawblade. Valgar’s body was instantly covered in wounds.

“Wow, I’ve heard fighters can do that, but seeing it in person is something else.”

“He just stacked a massive amount of bleed!”

Chris and Beimerung exclaimed in awe.

The fighter repeated the move when the sawblade came around again. Valgar’s HP began dropping at an alarming rate. Just a single sawblade had stacked an insane amount of bleed.

The guest fighter, who had taken the bleed stacks alongside Valgar, soon ran out of HP and collapsed. But by then, Valgar was already in terrible shape.

Thanks to the fighter, I didn’t even need to guide the sawblades further.

*Roarrr-!*

It wasn’t long before Valgar fell, and the revived guest fighter returned to the battlefield with a proud look.

“Oh.”

*Clap, clap, clap.*

I gave him a round of applause, and he laughed heartily, lifting his axe high.

I thought fighters were only strong in PvP, but apparently, they can be useful in dungeons too.

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On the way to the 3rd Named Boss, Chris and I led the way, carefully avoiding the cocoons.

We had to be extra cautious here. The cocoons in the tower section near the 3rd Named Boss were larger and more densely packed than those in the earlier areas.

If we triggered one, creatures far stronger than the hatchlings from the 1st Named Boss would emerge.

The guest fighter followed behind with Beimerung.

He seemed almost too pleased with himself.

“Haha! If I chain these... I can even stun a Named Boss!”

*Whoosh, whoosh!*

I could hear the sound of his axe spinning lightly behind me. Beimerung seemed to be humoring him with responses.

Chris glanced back at them.

“Still, be careful here. We have to handle these mechanics safely.”

“Even if they all wake up, I think our party can handle them! Uwooooh!”

*Thud.*

I turned my head

.

The guest fighter had raised his axe high and stomped the ground.

“Leroy Jenkins!”

With a shout of his username, he suddenly leaped into the air.

Then, he came crashing down in the middle of the tightly packed eggs and cocoons.

*Screech, screech, screech, screech!*

Dozens of chimeras began waking up, centered around where he landed.

The wave of enemies spread throughout the entire tower.

All the chimeras in the area were awakening.

The overly enthusiastic guest had just caused a major disaster.

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Chris and Beimerung were yelling something.

The guest fighter, now looking panicked, was being overwhelmed by the chimeras' attacks. Despite swinging his axe with all his might, the chimeras weren’t going down easily.

*Tatatat!*

I quickly moved in and began unleashing *Moonlight Slash* on the chimeras surrounding the fighter.

*Slash! Slash!*

Their defense was beyond anything I’d imagined. These monsters weren’t meant to be fought—they were designed to be avoided. There was no way to defeat them in such a short time.

The four of us were now focused on holding off the relentless chimera assault.

The waves of chimeras poured in like a tidal wave.

Chris gestured toward the stairs leading to the upper level. That path, too, was filled with chimeras.

Dozens? Maybe more than a hundred? There was no way we could push through. The distance to the stairs still looked like at least 20 meters.

At this point, it might’ve been better to let ourselves wipe and restart from the entrance.

But...

I could go alone. I hate getting hurt.

If I used *One Slash* and *Backstep* in combination, I could probably make it to the upper level by myself.

Twitch.

My hands trembled.

Go alone? Leave my teammates behind?

I shook my head.

A strong feeling of rejection welled up inside me.

Ignoring the chimera attacks, I began to push forward.

I thought I heard Chris shouting something behind me.

The chimeras swarmed me, biting into my legs, shoulders, and sides.  
Large and small chimeras sank their teeth into my body.

“...!”

The pain was unbearable. My eyes flew open, and my entire body trembled.

It was a pain so excruciating that dying might’ve been preferable. It felt like my body was being ripped apart, piece by piece.

In the midst of the overwhelming pain, I felt something familiar.

I had felt this sensation before, at some point.

In this moment, I was sure I could use *that*.

*Shhk.*

I took the stance for *One Slash*.

The technique I had seen a hero use in the highest level of the Training Tower.

Ignoring the chimera gnawing on my leg, I planted my feet firmly into the ground.

A strange sensation of energy flowed through me.

It started at my toes, traveling up my legs, through my waist and shoulders, until it reached my fingertips.

A powerful energy condensed throughout my entire body.

The moment I stepped forward with force.

*Flash!*

*Boom, boom, boom!*

My body shot forward like a bolt of lightning.

A storm of powerful mana followed in my wake.

The tough and sturdy chimeras of the third sector were helpless, shredded to pieces by the overwhelming storm.

*Thud, thud, thud.*

A rain of flesh paved a straight path toward the stairs leading to the upper level.

*Lee Seulbi's* body was sending danger signals.

Just hold on a little longer. I’ll let you rest once we finish this run.

Covered in blood, I turned back to look at my teammates.

And I smiled at them.

“I’ve cleared the way.”