Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 155

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 155

Gwiroae (5)

 

 

 

Lee Hyeon was moving along the trajectory of radiance when he suddenly stopped midway.

Middle of the corridor.

A blonde Frenchman stood there with his sword hanging downward.

A leisurely smile played on his lips.

“Moving like riding an escalator on lightning without footsteps… You have a useful movement skill. Can you adjust the height and speed later?”

Thud!

Lee Hyeon released the trajectory of radiance and quietly landed on the ground.

“I was too rushed earlier to greet you properly. Nice to meet you, Gwiroae. My name is,”

“Maxence Degremont. A High Ranker belonging to Zeus’s Sons.”

“Haha. Oh my. You know me. It’s an honor. That’s right. My name is Maxence Erion Degremont. I’ve come all this way representing Zeus’s Sons to meet you, Zeus’s Apostle.”

Maxence bowed with an elegant posture as if he were a medieval European noble.

“When I heard rumors that the person we’ve been searching for so long was in this distant foreign land, not even in Europe or the Western world but in the Far East, I wondered if it could be true,”

His face was filled with ecstasy.

Like someone who had heard God’s voice in lengthy prayers.

“Actually meeting you like this fills me with endless emotion.”

Zeus in Greek mythology was famous for having numerous children under his care, as much as his abundant philandering.

Most of the 4th generation gods of were his bloodline, and heroes of equal stature were mostly his children or descendants.

Those who took these figures as their legacy were scattered across the world.

They united with the chosen people’s consciousness that they were selected by heaven and organized a secret society…

Namely, ‘Zeus’s Sons.’

Zeus’s Sons were a group with very peculiar treatment.

Sometimes they caused terrible incidents like terrorism and were classified as an axis of evil,

Yet other times they negotiated reasonably well and were treated as a neutral force.

This was because they generally tended to hide their identities and blend well into society,

And because they were a group running toward only one common goal.

 

—Zeus.

 

The only chief god who had not yet revealed himself on Earth.

Their goal was to find him and be recognized as his ‘successor.’

‘Zeus’s oracle… The revelation he gave through the Fate Weaver was quite famous.’

 

-I exist everywhere. I am watching over you from everywhere.

-If you seek me.

-If you seek the radiance that is me in the darkness, I will give you a great reward.

-I will pass down this throne.

-I will personally hand you the scepter I hold in my hand.

 

Of course, there was considerable controversy about such oracles.

‘Zeus in mythology was certainly someone who always guarded against his children seizing the throne like his father and grandfather did. That’s why he devoured his first wife Metis too. Would someone with such strong desire for power willingly pass the throne to his child?’

Lee Hyeon also had doubts about this, but it was a different story for those who took the heroes of as their legacy.

 

—If we find Zeus’s legacy, we might be able to take Zeus as our personal legacy.

—No. Since Zeus said he would personally hand over the scepter, that must mean he’ll pass down ‘Astrape,’ which was his main weapon.

—If we have Astrape and can have ‘s forces behind us.

—We’ll gain tremendous power. We might be able to rise straight to Top Ranker.

 

Before long, Zeus’s oracle had been distorted to mean ‘inheriting the highest Sacred Relic and monopolizing ‘…

It wasn’t unreasonable for Zeus’s Sons to search for Zeus with such burning eyes.

Naturally,

Lee Hyeon had known since he started acting as Zeus’s Apostle that they would come looking for him someday.

To them, he would be the only gateway to Astrape.

‘Even when I asked Daeseong why Zeus did such strange things, Daeseong himself didn’t seem to know well.’

And…

Lee Hyeon, as Gwiroae, planned to make good use of his position.

He already knew from Lee Gun-san that Maxence was at this workplace.

 

* * *

 

‘…This eerie feeling. Intense waves. I’m certain. He’s definitely Zeus’s Apostle!’

Maxence clenched his fist at finally finding a clue to the oracle he had been searching for over ten years.

This was news that not only he, but the ‘brothers’… no, ‘comrades’ of the ‘organization’ who were eagerly waiting for news would welcome.

But the joy was brief.

Maxence took a moment to steady his breathing and looked at Gwiroae seriously.

The other party knew him.

He thought that was possible.

He was one of the few people in the organization whose ‘identity was exposed.’

But he didn’t know the other party.

He didn’t even take off his mask. He didn’t even reveal that he was Zeus’s Apostle.

These questions needed to be resolved first.

“If I may dare ask, there are so many things I want to ask you, Gwiroae.”

Beyond the Goblin Mask, eyes filled with arrogance beyond confidence narrowed.

“You interfere with my work, block my path, and now you want to hold me here and ask questions?”

“I apologize if I’ve displeased you. However, this matter is very important to us. We came this long way to find answers to those questions.”

Maxence’s eyes sank deeply.

“First question. Gwiroae, are you Zeus’s Apostle?”

Lee Hyeon was silent for a moment.

And,

Thud!

Instead of answering, he struck the ground hard with his Rune Staff.

 

ᛊ.

 

As the amethyst’s Rune Characters rotated,

Crackle!!

White Lightning burst out in all directions, turning the entire space white. The sound of a whale’s cry could be heard from the end of the corridor.

Hooooong…

Thunder Orbs rose around Lee Hyeon’s body and spun round and round.

Cold sweat dripped from Maxence’s forehead.

The hot heat wave was one thing, but the lightning energy and electricity that could burst forth at any moment was truly chilling.

‘He’s going to demonstrate his power first without giving an answer? Can’t be helped. I’d better subdue him first and then ask questions step by step.’

Though Maxus swallowed nervously from the tension, he didn’t think he would lose this fight.

There was definitely a gap in their inheritances. There was also a difference in hierarchy. Usually, a child’s inheritance cannot defeat a parent’s inheritance.

So normally, Rhadamanthys’s inheritance could not defeat Zeus’s inheritance. Yes, normally.

However,

Maxus had one secret that wasn’t exposed to the outside.

The reason he volunteered to act as an ‘envoy.’

‘The lightning I’ve observed from Gwiroae so far has strong cohesion characteristics. It can scatter and then gather again whenever he wants. The explosion that occurs then is very violent. I need to aim for the counterattack right before such cohesion happens…!’

Just as Maxus was reviewing Gwiroae’s weaknesses that he had identified using Camila as bait,

“When you said ‘you people,’ were you referring to the Sons of Zeus, or were you referring to Mossad (Israeli Intelligence)?”

A question Lee Hyeon suddenly threw out.

For a moment, Maxus felt dazed as if he had been hit hard on the back of the head.

“Maxus Erion Degremont. Known to the world as a descendant of Count Degremont who died during the February Revolution, but actually your great-great-grandfather was a Jew who died in the Warsaw camp by the Nazis during World War II.”

“……!!”

“Because of that, you were recruited by Mossad in childhood and trained as a professional agent, and now you’re infiltrating the secret society Sons of Zeus and working as a spy. Isn’t that right?”

Maxus suddenly felt like his true face, which he thought he had kept hidden all this time, was being dismantled.

Mocking laughter followed.

“Shall I say more? Mossad has long been interested in the Sons of Zeus, who are both an axis of evil and not. Wondering if there might be a way to draw them to their side.”

“……”

“Since the recently escalating Middle East Front might spark trouble for them too, they’re willing to accept even heretics for now. So they’re making various attempts… Only the United States knows about this from other countries.”

He had to make it stop. He didn’t know what other words might come out from behind that mask.

So the thought that he had to make it stop dominated his mind, but…

Somehow, as if suppressed, no words came out. His breathing was completely blocked.

It must be because of the atmosphere.

The tremendous lightning energy that guy was scattering in all directions.

And,

The sinister aura contained within it.

 

[Various curse incantations are psychologically binding ‘Maxus Degremont’!]

[‘Status Abnormality: Fear’ is rushing in.]

[‘Status Abnormality: Anxiety’ and ‘Shock’ levels are rapidly rising.]

……

 

“So when the Sons of Zeus showed interest in me, Mossad must have tried to investigate my background too, right?”

He should have been careful with his expression as he was warned during espionage training, but strangely it wasn’t easy to do so.

All results created by the curse incantations dominating this space.

His mental barriers were crumbling.

“If Mossad learned my identity before the Sons of Zeus, they’d be able to use it as a decent card.”

“Pahahahaha! I don’t know what you’re talking about,”

“Your heart rate is accelerating nearly 20% compared to normal. You’re trying to hide it somehow, but it’s not easy, is it? Your eyelids are also slightly rolled up.”

“……”

Maxus froze solid like ice.

“If you’re going to deny it, deny it to the end. Anyway, I don’t think there’s anything more to discuss with someone who doesn’t even dare reveal his own identity.”

Lee Hyeon wiggled his left index finger with blatant mockery.

Then lightning chains seemed to follow from behind Maxus, and something fell onto Lee Hyeon’s palm.

Thud!

“……That’s.”

Maxus’s face was stained with bewilderment at the sight.

A right hand torn off while clutching a card key.

“It’s Camila Duarte’s hand.”

“……!”

“The reason you let this woman live was to distract my attention, right? To make it easier to subdue me.”

“……”

“You really used this woman quite effectively. Outwardly showing the stereotype of a womanizing Frenchman, while using her as bait to confirm my identity, using her for distraction… You really sucked her dry to the bone. Definitely a black tower of the intelligence agency.”

Maxus could no longer say anything.

With every word Lee Hyeon uttered, his soul was being torn to shreds.

Son Wukong in Buddha’s palm.

Wasn’t that an expression used in the East?

That’s exactly how he felt.

Even meeting those golden eyes behind that mask now felt frightening.

Not knowing what other words might burst out.

He felt like he should silence that mouth that knew too many secrets, but…

‘Would such a person really not know what kind of counterattack I might have? If he uses that against me to subdue me instead…’

Would he really be able to keep his mouth shut properly if interrogated? Just by meeting his eyes, all his inner thoughts were being read?

But the biggest problem was,

He knew absolutely nothing about his opponent.

……Tremble tremble tremble.

For the first time since entering the underworld, Maxus felt fear.

Whoosh!

Lee Hyeon ignited lightning fire and burned away all of Camila’s right hand. Only the card key remained in his hand.

And,

Flash!

An enormous amount of light burst from the card key and then went out. The white rabbit emblem had somehow changed to an eagle emblem symbolizing Zeus.

‘He hacked the rabbit hole key’s password and took the authority!?’

The Drug King was famous for making massive investments to maintain the rabbit hole.

Maxus now felt Lee Hyeon was like a monster.

“Now you seem ready to make a deal?”

Lee Hyeon read Maxus’s psychology and pressed the card key against the wall.

Whirrrr-

Then the wall twisted and began creating a temporary gate.

“Go to your superior and tell them. If they want to make a deal with me, they’d better come with a much more submissive attitude than now.”

The Sons of Zeus and Mossad.

He didn’t specify which one.

It didn’t matter either way.

To this arrogant being.

“Where…… should I come to see you?”

Maxus belatedly came to his senses and asked with a trembling voice.

If his opponent was a big shot he couldn’t handle, he had to come back with appropriate conditions.

“Guam.”

“……!”

The door opened wide.

Lee Hyeon placed one foot on the threshold and said.

“There are several business sites in the nearby waters that the cartel is happily running, right? What kind of expression would the Drug King make if I destroyed them all?”

“……!!!”

“Come to that place again.”

“Wait,”

Whoosh!

Lee Hyeon disappeared beyond the door.

“……Crazy. He’s crazy. Really… Is he trying to go to war with the Drug King?”

Maxangs trembled at the attitude that now felt like madness beyond mere arrogance.

The problem was that when it came to Gwiroae, these weren’t just empty words but real intentions.

Guam had the casino and entertainment district that the City Cartel had invested in most, as well as the ‘mine’ that served as a magic stone supply source.

If all of that were destroyed… what kind of aftermath would follow.

Wouldn’t the axis of evil, as well as various intelligence agencies and all the underground forces, go into complete chaos?

“We, we need to hurry…!!”

Maxangs began to run.

The collapse of the mine wasn’t a problem for him. But if the balance of power in the underworld was shaken, dealings with Gwiroae could become far too complicated.

Whether it was Zeus’s sons or Mossad, he had to create something worth trading with Gwiroae somehow.

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