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The 16th Siege, held for the first time after the closing of the 2nd Server Transfer, saw intense battles break out across numerous servers. In particular, most servers where the forces of the two major alliances clashed resulted in a 2:1 split. Despite the open field power balance heavily leaning as far as 9:1 in some cases, the low frequency of 3-castle sweeps was highly unusual.

Maphr server, which drew the most attention during this transfer, showcased an unexpectedly balanced dynamic without leaning toward either side, with both forces putting up strong fights. On Astair, where the power balance was more heavily tilted, the Notongsu Alliance comfortably claimed both major castles, Kent and Windawood. However, the lagging The K Alliance refused to give up, engaging in battles for the entire hour and ultimately succeeding in capturing the Oak Fortress.

On the Eva server, Big Boss's Big Alliance—part of the Notongsu Alliance—infiltrated en masse right before the server transfer ended and seized Kent Castle. Meanwhile, on servers such as Lindel and Sayha, neutral alliances claimed castles and pushed out the incumbent castle lord, the Notongsu Alliance. On the newly launched Antaras server siege, contrary to expectations that the powerful streamer Satto's side would sweep multiple castles, they lost Kent Castle to Kkot Taeja and the Oak Fortress to neutrals, managing to secure only Windawood Castle.

During the server transfer week, Maphr was held by the Notongsu Alliance, but right before the transfer ended, The K Alliance rallied its main forces, making it a server where The K Alliance held the upper hand overall. While The K Alliance retains dominance in open-field content like boss spawns, the siege warfare unfolded as a tense deadlock independent of that field hierarchy, with the Notongsu Alliance securing Kent Castle and The K Alliance capturing Windawood Castle and Oak Fortress.

As the siege began, The K Alliance targeted Windawood Castle, which was held by Jeontu Myeongga. While Jeontu Myeongga fought back at Windawood, the Gangcheol Bloodpledge entered Kent Castle on behalf of the Notongsu Alliance to transfer ownership of the castle lord title. Since there were no opposing forces at Kent Castle, Gangcheol quickly took ownership, while Windawood Castle fell to The K Alliance after its main gate was breached in just three minutes.

The skirmishes that followed turned into a frantic brawl. As a server where both alliances had gathered massive forces, battles were not localized to a single castle but raged simultaneously across both. At Kent Castle, Gangcheol and other Notongsu Alliance members defended while The K Alliance attacked. At Windawood, the roles were reversed, with The K Alliance defending against heavy assaults mounted by Notongsu forces like Jeontu Myeongga.

Their combat power was evenly matched. Both sides fully utilized the defender's advantage, leaving no openings, and neither castle changed hands after the initial engagements. With just a few minutes remaining before the siege ended, a fierce onslaught by The K Alliance temporarily shook the east gate defensive line at Kent Castle, but reinforcing troops quickly filled the gap, thwarting the breach.

Ultimately, with 4 to 5 minutes left on the clock, The K Alliance abandoned its assault on Kent Castle and redirected its forces to Oak Fortress. Noticing this, the Notongsu Alliance immediately pursued them to Oak Fortress, but defensive forces were already fully positioned at both the northeast and main gates. Consequently, after probing attacks during the remaining time, Notongsu withdrew its troops, concluding the Maphr siege in a 2:1 split in favor of The K Alliance over Notongsu.

While Maphr was a server where both alliances were present with The K Alliance holding the upper hand, Astair was the exact opposite, dominated by the Notongsu Alliance. In particular, the numerical disparity in forces on Astair was wider than on Maphr. During this siege, the Notongsu Alliance successfully claimed the two main castles, Kent and Windawood. Despite being at a disadvantage, The K Alliance fought stubbornly without giving up, resulting in them capturing the Oak Fortress.

The main stage was Kent Castle, where the Notongsu Alliance breached the gate and entered the inner grounds right at the start of the siege. The K Alliance retaliated and held off the assault relatively well for the first 10 minutes. However, past the 10-minute mark, the balance collapsed. A breach formed in the barricade line at Kent Castle's main gate, allowing the enemy front line to penetrate inside. Once their formation scrambled, The K Alliance could no longer hold back the surging wave of Notongsu forces.

And so, roughly 13 minutes after the siege began, the Notongsu Alliance fully claimed Kent Castle. Left with no castles, The K Alliance looked for openings by rotating between Windawood Castle and Kent Castle, attacking both sequentially. In the process, slightly past the 20-minute mark, Kent Castle's east gate was temporarily breached, but the Notongsu Alliance used a substitute Prince character to push The K Alliance back out.

Engagements continued thereafter, but the Notongsu Alliance's defensive lines stabilized. Around the 40-minute mark, The K Alliance managed to slip a Prince through Kent Castle's main gate, but since only a single Prince succeeded in getting through, they were quickly cleared by the small squad guarding the Guardian Tower, rendering the push fruitless.

Ultimately unable to execute a successful attack on either Windawood Castle or Kent Castle, The K Alliance shifted its target to Oak Fortress with about 9 minutes remaining. A desperate fight ensued as the Notongsu Alliance also dispatched forces to Oak Fortress, but The K Alliance stalled for time as long as possible and successfully pulled off a Prince swap in the dying moments, defending Oak Fortress and thwarting Notongsu's 3-castle sweep.

On Eva, a bloody conflict is raging as Big Boss's Big Alliance from the Notongsu Alliance invaded while Jeonseol Dolgyeok of The K Alliance was established there. Previously, the Jeonseol Dolgyeok line on Eva claimed to be unrelated to The K Alliance and merely an enemy of Notongsu; however, after a streamer from the alliance began explicitly adding "The K Alliance" to their stream titles, Eva solidified its status as a server fully aligned with The K vs. Notongsu rivalry.

Unlike the previous two servers, Eva was defined by a sustained fight at a single location rather than chaotic, multi-front skirmishes. At the start of the siege, the Notongsu Alliance rallied all its forces to raid Kent Castle, rapidly breaching the castle gates before defenders could react and causing the castle ownership to change hands.

In contrast to the heavy assault hitting Kent Castle, Windawood Castle remained quiet. Consequently, The K Alliance left a small defensive contingent behind and began pouring all its efforts into attacking Kent Castle. In the battle that continued at the same location for over 50 minutes without shifting focus, the Notongsu Alliance took control of the momentum.

At one point, the defensive line at the east gate gave way, allowing a small squad from The K Alliance to penetrate into the inner castle grounds. However, respawned Notongsu Alliance forces repelled them, and once the barricade line was re-established, no further opportunities presented themselves.

Ultimately, with a few minutes remaining, the final battle on Eva also took place at Oak Fortress, where The K Alliance emerged victorious. Judging that capturing Oak Fortress with only one minute remaining was improbable, the Notongsu Alliance pivoted to attack Windawood Castle as the siege drew to a close, leaving Eva with 2 castles secured by The K Alliance and 1 by the Notongsu Alliance.