Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 156
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The Broken Ranker
Devours Myths
Chapter 156
Guam (1)
[You have entered the dungeon!]
[Dungeon ‘Wise Turtle’]
[You are currently…….]
A dungeon with archipelago terrain where various seas and islands were gathered along the coastline.
In the sky as clear as the ocean, a whale that seemed to be woven from White Lightning like straw appeared.
Kueoeoeoeng…….
The whale, which should naturally be swimming in the sea, passed through the sky pleasantly while swinging its tail and fins widely.
Each time it did so, the quiet currents twisted, clouds tore apart, strong winds blew, and the world grew hot.
Thunder Whale.
Lee Hyeon stood tall above Yu’s head.
“Burn it.”
ᚻ.
[‘White Tsunami’ sweeps forth!]
The moment Lee Hyeon lightly struck down his Rune Staff, the amethyst produced new Rune Characters.
The rune character symbolizing hail, Hagalaz.
Gusts and lightning fell incessantly where the Thunder Whale had passed.
Kukukoong!
Ururureung, ururreur-
A storm struck and the sea surface rose high. White flames erupted from the island where lightning had fallen, instantly covering it in a sea of fire.
Pudeuduk!
Kueeeng-
Flocks of birds fled in panic, animals ran away desperately…….
Where the Thunder Whale had passed, the dungeon’s ecosystem that had been calm just moments before was devastated.
「Didn’t you say this was just some cave used by those cartel bastards or whatever?」
Son Wukong tilted his head while looking down from above Lee Hyeon’s head.
“Yes. It probably isn’t even 1-star grade.”
「Then why bother smashing it up like this? Just to piss them off?」
“Yes. That’s it.”
Lee Hyeon said with a light laugh.
“We’re bound to become enemies with the City Cartel anyway. Once I’ve decided to pick a fight, I have to go full throttle to the end. They’re just trash that would only cause trouble for the world anyway.”
「Ha. Look at this guy’s personality?」
Son Wukong let out a hollow laugh while shaking his head.
「Kahat! He seems to resemble senior brother very much. Truly like master, like disciple!」
「What did you say, you bastard?」
Then he struck Sha Wujing’s head that had suddenly popped out. Of course, Sha Wujing had already quickly escaped before that.
「Kahatkahatkahatkhat! Senior brother is still a thousand years too early to catch me!」
「That bastard really, argh……! So you’re going to wreck every cave you pass by like this?」
Lee Hyeon chuckled softly while watching Son Wukong and Sha Wujing, who were no different from usual today.
After discovering the Bull Demon King, the overall atmosphere among the brothers had been quite down, but it seemed to have finally returned.
“I’ll try to clear them completely if possible, or at least shut them all down so they can never be used again.”
「They’ll be properly pissed off, won’t they? But what will you do when you need to come back?」
“Looking at the structure, they’ve made it complexly intertwined like an ant nest. After burning it all up in chunks, they won’t notice if I hide a few of them, right?”
「So that was your ultimate goal after all?」
“I think it would contribute to world peace if I used them instead of letting these villains use them.”
An utterly shameless attitude.
Son Wukong looked at him with an expression of disbelief.
「He’s gotten more shameless since putting on that mask. Where the hell did he learn such behavior?」
「I told you he resembles senior brother? Kahat!」
「You shut up!!」
* * *
Nayeli Vargas.
A remarkable figure who rose to cartel boss with a woman’s body in the rough world of drugs and debauchery.
She was also one of the top rankers, of which only 9 existed in the world,
Despite being over 50 years old, she boasted beauty that appeared to be only in her early twenties.
“Ah. This batch of blood is quite good. The density of vitality is good, and the absorption rate is good too. Who did you say brought this?”
A bathtub completely filled with bright red blood.
Nayeli smiled while touching the blood with elegant gestures as she soaked her body.
One of the six butlers attending to her bath knelt respectfully nearby.
“It was me, Boss. I’m extremely pleased that it’s to your liking.”
“This blood, you said it was procured from Oaxaca?”
“Yes. That place originally has strong remnants of native traditions and shamanic culture. Since their rituals typically use fresh blood, I thought it would make good ‘material’ for your use, Boss.”
“Is that so? That was a very good approach.”
Nayeli slightly lifted her leg that had been soaked in the bathtub. Blood flowed down along her sensual leg line.
Ecstasy filled Nayeli’s eyes.
An expression of being thrilled to death.
She seemed much more delighted than when she recently heard that the coca trees cultivated on the Guatemala plantation had a good harvest.
“Keep the blood owners locked up separately. They’ll be useful going forward.”
“I’ve already moved them all to the livestock pen.”
“Already? You work quite fast?”
“I have nothing but loyalty to the Boss.”
“Hohohoho. Even your words are pretty?”
Nayeli said with a pleased laugh.
“Good. One of my ‘fingers’ recently became vacant. I’ll give you a chance to challenge for that position.”
“Th-thank you! I will continue to devote my loyalty!”
Finger was slang meaning Nayeli’s close associates.
It also referred to the ten families that pledged loyalty to the City Cartel. It meant giving him one of them.
The other butlers watched with jealous eyes as he buried his head to the ground pledging loyalty.
They were all her lovers who craved her affection. Competition for her favor among them was like daily routine.
“And if possible, today,”
Just as Nayeli was about to add something,
Dadadadak!
Suddenly it became noisy outside the bathroom.
The butler who had been at the entrance went outside and soon returned with a grim expression.
“Boss.”
“What? What’s the matter?”
“They say the Boss’s left ring finger has been broken.”
“What?”
Left ring finger.
It meant Camila Duarte.
“And it seems that finger’s card key has been stolen…!”
“…What’s the damage?”
“Th-that is,”
“Speak clearly.”
“A-a strange fire is spreading through the caves to the dungeons and gates. Because of that, nearly 5% has already been damaged—”
In the middle of the report, another butler came running urgently.
“15%! Fire demons are occurring simultaneously in multiple caves and spreading rapidly! Al-already all the gates in East Asia and Australia have been closed! And the Southeast Asian Golden Triangle gate is also in danger…!”
“…!?”
Nayeli bolted upright from the bathtub.
The butlers hastily turned their gazes away.
Her body was… extremely hideous.
But Nayeli didn’t care and shouted.
“Let’s go to the living room. Summon all the fingers. Some bastards are definitely targeting us.”
The Golden Triangle was one of the world’s leading drug production areas.
If the route there was blocked, it would be a fatal blow to the cartel as well.
The butlers moved swiftly.
* * *
Guam.
A U.S. territory located at the southernmost tip of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific.
Once a world-famous tourist destination and resort, but now transformed into a lawless city,
Crackle!
A dungeon gate opened.
A noisy casino.
A temporary gate began forming along one wall.
“Wh-what!?”
“Ah, since you’re new, this must be your first time seeing this?”
When a server who was carrying drinks, cigarettes, and simple snacks for customers suddenly startled, a senior server nearby chuckled.
“Wh-what is this, senior? No matter how I look at it, that seems like a gate wave…!”
The blue wave that always occurred when dungeons appeared, the gate wave.
“That’s right. A gate wave.”
But the senior server remained calm even seeing it.
“Th-then shouldn’t we evacuate?”
“Evacuate? Kick out all the customers on a busy day like today? Drag the casino’s reputation through the mud?”
“Th-that’s not what I meant, but still…”
“Hah! This bastard, I thought you had guts because of your size, but you’re quite the coward?”
The server pressed his lips tightly together.
He knew what happened when you were classified as ‘weak’ in the savage world of the cartel.
The senior server chuckled and put a cigar in his mouth.
“Relax, kid. I won’t give you trouble over this. Even the manager and I were shocked when we first saw that.”
“…What exactly is that?”
The server finally relaxed and asked cautiously.
“A cave.”
“Ah…! So that’s, that?”
“Yeah. It looks exactly like that when our cartel’s proud rabbit hole opens. And you can tell who’s coming by looking at the color of the wave. But there was no word about anyone coming today? Let me see.”
The senior server observed the increasingly intense wave light, then turned pale and hastily stubbed out his cigar.
“Fuck, we’re screwed.”
“Why, why are you like that?”
“A finger! It’s a finger!”
“Hiiiik!”
“Go get your seniors quickly! Hurry!”
“Yes!!”
At the news that the Boss’s closest associate was visiting, the free servers, dealers, and even security rushed frantically.
Even people absorbed in gambling glanced around subtly, wondering what was happening.
“…Damn, what the hell is going on. The accounts are balanced, and the finances should be fine too? Wh-where did the information leak from? Just let me catch them, those bastards. How well have I treated them all this time.”
The senior server bit his nails nervously while watching the gate taking shape.
He gestured to the guys standing next to him. To show proper respect when the finger appeared.
All their faces showed solemnity.
They could only hope this wasn’t a serious visit…!
Crash!!
Just as the gate was about to complete, it suddenly exploded.
As if something massive was pushing through from beyond, something larger than the casino building appeared, smashing through the gate and wall entirely.
The senior server and all the nearby staff were crushed by it.
Along with all the slot machines and gamblers.
“Wh-whaaaah!!”
“What is this!?”
“F-fuck!? Is this terrorism? Did a war break out?”
The gamblers who fortunately barely survived screamed and fled to the opposite wall.
This was possible because the casino building was very large.
Conflicts and wars between organizations within Guam were daily occurrences, so it wasn’t surprising,
But the unspoken rule was to conduct them without interfering with each other’s business as much as possible.
Moreover, this was a business establishment known to be directly managed by the City Cartel.
To mess with this place meant…
“Who the hell is picking a fight with the cartel…?”
“No, but that’s a whale. What the hell…!!”
Security guards who had been waiting outside came running urgently.
At that moment,
Roooooar!!
The whale roared fiercely.
Simultaneously, lightning bolts shot out in all directions.
“…!”
“…!”
“…!!”
Crackle!
Crash! Bang!!
The security guards died instantly as their internal organs were crushed by the sonic vibrations from the roar, while the remaining servers, dealers, and gamblers were swept away and killed by the lightning bolts.
The malice to leave nothing and no one in this casino intact.
No screams could be heard. Resistance was useless. Everything was drowned out by the thunder and lightning.
“…”
“…”
“…”
Only after everything had turned to ash did deep silence finally come to the casino…
Thud!
Lee Hyeon quietly landed from the Thunder Whale.
He slowly approached somewhere.
“……Ugh, uaaaah.”
In the crevices of the collapsed cement stone wall.
The new server who had gone to call his seniors was curled up in a ball, trembling violently.
A sight that didn’t match his build. His face was completely covered in tears and snot.
“Do you want to live?”
……Nod nod!
The server frantically nodded his head.
The golden eyes beyond the Goblin Mask glinted coldly.
“Then you’ll need to act as a guide.”
“An-anything you command! If you’ll just spare my life……! I-I’m a native of Guam! I can answer anything you’re curious about!!”
Lee Hyeon twisted his lips.
Just before the surprise attack, he had used the Golden Eyes of Truth to pick out the one with the weakest mental fortitude to spare.
It seemed like the right choice.
“Then first, the location of this casino’s vault.”
Since this was said to be one of Guam’s largest casinos, there should be quite a bit of money.
Perhaps he could even pay off his debt to Master Dotcheol in one go.
Lee Hyeon twisted his lips at the thought of decent side income.
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