Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 174

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

 

Chapter 174

 

Deep Sea Dungeon (7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lee Hyeon had been feeling a sense of unease ever since he entered the deep sea dungeon.

 

The golden waves that filled the White Sea.

 

The Golden Eyes of Truth that Lee Hyeon had experienced so far had never given such extensive hints.

 

How could he believe it when it said that traces of the Somersault Cloud were all there was?

 

However,

 

The moment he thought of the equation ‘White Sea = Somersault Cloud’, all his doubts were naturally resolved.

 

And then…

 

Ding!

 

Ding!

 

 

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Eyes of Truth’ has been activated and discovered the myth of ■■ Great ■ ■■ Duke hidden in this dungeon.]

 

[Through the clues identified by the owner, the secret held by has been revealed.]

 

 

 

[1. Clouds of the White Sea]

 

[In this world, the clouds supporting the giants’ castle are the boundary line separating the surface and the heavens. Naturally, the clouds that the giants call the White Sea must possess mysterious origins.]

 

[The Somersault Cloud is a cloud from the myth of that is known to expand infinitely and can easily fly tens of thousands of kilometers in a day. It is sufficient to support the giants’ castle.]

 

 

 

[2. The Choice of Jiao Demon King, Great Sage Who Pacifies the Sea]

 

[The Jiao Demon King is a water-attribute demon king among the Seven Great Sages, known to control wind and rain and thunder and lightning. The item absolutely necessary for his resurrection, who was born from various sea creatures living in the deep sea coming together, is precisely the Somersault Cloud.]

 

[This is because he would have thought that if he could possess the Somersault Cloud, which is a cloud, he could naturally wield wind and rain and thunder and lightning, along with the vast Divine Power and myths of the original owner remaining in the Somersault Cloud.]

 

 

 

[3. The Secret of the Black Sea]

 

[The world of giants and the world of humans were originally separated, with each side barely knowing of the other’s existence. The only case of crossing into each other’s territory was Jack’s beanstalk.]

 

[However, due to the seawater poured out by the Jiao Demon King sealed in the deep sea, the surface turned black, and even the humans on the surface were completely wiped out, putting the giants in a survival crisis…]

 

 

 

[4. Ymir’s Heart]

 

……

 

 

 

[All clues have been compiled to reveal the hidden aspect of !]

 

[Other areas of the White Sea that were hidden by fog beyond the giants’ castle are being revealed one by one.]

 

[The path to the Black Sea region where the Jiao Demon King is sealed has opened.]

 

 

 

Whoosh!

 

At this moment, the vast structure of the White Sea was imprinted in Lee Hyeon’s mind.

 

The amount was so enormous that it made him dizzy, but thanks to this, he could clearly understand the form of the world that had been frustratingly unclear until now.

 

‘With the Somersault Cloud at the center, the White Sea above and the Black Sea below… So the reason the surface was called the Black Sea was because there were many deep sea monsters? How terrible.’

 

On top of that, even the humans on the surface had been completely wiped out.

 

This made him wonder if the title was even valid anymore.

 

However, thanks to this, Lee Hyeon was able to understand even the Queen’s objective.

 

‘The treasure that the dungeon mission told us to steal… That’s not something like simple gold and silver treasures.’

 

Lee Hyeon’s eyes deepened.

 

‘It’s precisely the survivors of this dungeon. The dungeon giants.’

 

 

 

[You have realized the exact identity of the ‘treasure’.]

 

[According to the , the narrative structure of the has been partially changed. The dungeon mission will be changed.]

 

[From now on, safely evacuate the giants in crisis to the Safe Zone.]

 

[Upon success: Giant’s treasure.]

 

[Upon failure: Deep sea seal.]

 

 

 

The treasure of the original dungeon mission might have been Ymir’s Heart. Since it was what was originally contained in the Treasure Chest.

 

But once the Jiao Demon King took it and major adaptation occurred, the narrative of this dungeon began flowing in a completely different direction…

 

As soon as Lee Hyeon saw the words ‘Safe Zone’, he could tell that the Queen had some kind of plan.

 

So he asked.

 

If I become your savior, what will you do for me in return?

 

‘A way to save all of them. There is one. Just one way.’

 

While Lee Hyeon was quickly organizing his thoughts,

 

“……”

 

The Queen pressed her lips tightly together.

 

A reaction as if trying to read Lee Hyeon’s thoughts.

 

However,

 

“You don’t need to answer. We only just met today anyway. It would be stranger if you trusted me.”

 

“……”

 

“But let me say just this one thing. I can easily take away the Somersault Cloud at any time. Honestly… from my position, I don’t really care what happens to you all.”

 

The Queen’s face hardened stiffly.

 

“But since that wouldn’t be good for either of us, I’m suggesting we make a deal. I don’t like earning unnecessary grudges and resentment either.”

 

“……It’s a threat.”

 

“I’d prefer if you called it a wise deal. I’m someone who only moves based on rational judgment.”

 

In fact, if the Jiao Demon King recklessly broke through the seal and emerged, it wouldn’t just be this dungeon that would be in danger.

 

Guam would be dangerous too. If a third dungeon break really occurred, they wouldn’t be able to avoid major damage.

 

So for Lee Hyeon, it was better to somehow win the giants’ favor and join hands with them, but,

 

‘No. Not yet. These people still have more secrets. Perhaps secrets that even the Queen doesn’t know well.’

 

Lee Hyeon hadn’t forgotten the fact that the treasure they had been keeping was Ymir’s Heart.

 

If it was connected to , that dungeon would already possess exceptionally outstanding value in itself.

 

Lee Hyeon had no intention of throwing this all away.

 

Eventually,

 

“Haah… What a troublesome savior we’ve gotten entangled with.”

 

The Queen lowered her warhammer and scratched her temple vigorously.

 

Essentially a declaration of surrender.

 

“The Great Sage Who Pacifies the Sea, that person must have had some pangs of conscience too, because when he took the [heart], he said this. Someday someone else would visit looking for him and the Somersault Cloud, and that person would become our savior. So just endure for a while.”

 

Although it was completely unrelated to the deal, Lee Hyeon listened quietly.

 

“But just when we were having headaches because of the sea creatures, you, an Outsider, appeared, so I thought our savior had finally appeared… Ha. I never expected such a materialist to get caught.”

 

Pfft.

 

However, the Queen who let out a chuckle didn’t look upset despite her words.

 

“Did you believe those words?”

 

“I didn’t believe them. How could I believe the words of someone who stabbed me in the back? But seeing how those words kept staying in my memory, I might have been grasping at straws.”

 

The crisis the giants were experiencing seemed much more serious than expected.

 

“But if the savior approaches things this calculatingly, it makes me feel much more at ease. Give what should be given, receive what should be received.”

 

Lee Hyeon nodded.

 

He too was comfortable with such deals with dungeon characters.

 

These were people he would never meet again.

 

That said, he didn’t want to deceive them or stab them in the back.

 

That was his principle as someone who had lived his entire life as a soldier.

 

“We…….”

 

The queen proposed something as compensation, and Lee Hyeon nodded with sparkling eyes.

 

“Good. The deal is made.”

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

A moment later.

 

The queen opened the door of the treasure warehouse and strode out.

 

“Your Majesty the Queen!!”

 

“Are you alright? Are you injured anywhere!?”

 

“What happened to the assassin?”

 

The dungeon giants urgently gathered around and grabbed the queen’s arms and legs.

 

Though the queen was a head or two taller than them, to them she was now the last remaining beacon of light.

 

In the end, the queen had to spend quite a while calming them down.

 

“I’m fine, so don’t worry.”

 

“But……!”

 

“I said I’m fine.”

 

“…….”

 

Still, their eyes moved around anxiously.

 

The queen laughed heartily.

 

“Still, it feels good to have people who worry about me like this.”

 

“How can you say such a thing…….”

 

“More importantly, there’s someone I want to introduce to you all.”

 

“Introduce…… you say?”

 

Wasn’t she the one who had suddenly disappeared while heading out to battle after hearing that a Sea King had appeared outside the castle?

 

Moreover, this fortress was the last bastion of the White Sea, now facing its end.

 

There shouldn’t be any Outsiders they didn’t know, right?

 

While everyone was tilting their heads in confusion,

 

“Come and greet him. He will be our new court mage starting today. What was your name again?”

 

“……?”

 

“Court…… mage?”

 

The dungeon giants’ eyes widened slightly.

 

The word mage only existed in the Black Sea, not in the White Sea.

 

But…….

 

“Your Majesty?”

 

“What’s wrong? Doesn’t he look impressive?”

 

“Um…… where is this court mage you speak of?”

 

“Ah, we can’t see anything…….”

 

The giants cautiously looked at the queen, who stood with her arms crossed and her nose held high with confidence.

 

The queen finally realized her mistake.

 

“You should look down, not behind me!”

 

“……Down?”

 

“Huh?”

 

“Eh……?”

 

“A human……!?”

 

Only then could the dungeon giants spot Lee Hyeon standing far below with a blank expression.

 

Though he was considered tall on Earth, here he had become a dwarf, and Lee Hyeon said coldly,

 

“I’m called Pater. From now on, you can call me Gwiroae or court mage.”

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

Bang! Crash crash bang!!

 

Thud……!

 

“Damn it! More vines……!!”

 

“Cut them! It’ll be terrible if they get over the castle walls! Hurry!”

 

“The sky! They’re coming from the sky too……!”

 

The battlefield outside was in complete chaos.

 

The last remaining fortress of the White Sea, Útgarðr.

 

In this fortress that had somehow acquired such a name, this kind of fierce battle had been occurring non-stop for months already.

 

The bravery of the giant warriors was widely known even in the Black Sea.

 

But even their faces were now beginning to show accumulated fatigue.

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

“Nihel! Damn it! Don’t let go of that, you monster bastards!!”

 

The problem was that the number of casualties kept increasing day by day.

 

A wolf-shaped Sea King boasting a size as large as four dungeon giants combined.

 

In its rough maw was a comrade who had been fighting desperately alongside them just moments before.

 

Four warriors rushed in to somehow rescue him, but they were all knocked back by the creature’s kicks.

 

Grrrrr.

 

The Sea King looked down at the dungeon giants with a mocking attitude, then threw itself back outside the castle walls.

 

“N-no!!”

 

Just as despair began to show on the warriors’ faces,

 

“Who dares to carelessly touch my people!!”

 

Suddenly, a thick shadow fell over the Sea King’s head, and a massive warhammer crashed into its skull.

 

Crack!!

 

Kraaaah!

 

The Sea King spat out the giant warrior it had been holding with its half-crushed face.

 

“It’s, it’s the Queen!”

 

“Her Majesty has appeared!!”

 

“Waaaah!!”

 

“Follow Queen Her Majesty!”

 

A helmet and armor gleaming blood-red.

 

A solid warhammer gripped in her hand and a halberd thrust into her back.

 

And fierce eyes to boot.

 

She who boosted the morale of Útgarðr Castle just by appearing was Queen Hela.

 

Crash!

 

After handing over the injured giant warrior to her subordinates who had followed, Hela kicked off the castle walls without hesitation and pursued the Sea King.

 

It was like diving alone into a dangerous place teeming with thousands of sea creatures,

 

but even the sea creatures couldn’t stop her fierce offensive.

 

“Die!!”

 

A warhammer in one hand, a halberd in the other.

 

Each time the two heavy weapons were swung, the sea creatures either became bloody pulp and were swept away, or had their limbs cut off one by one and rolled on the ground.

 

It was around that time that the head of the Sea King, which had been acting threateningly just moments before, flew high into the sky.

 

Whoooosh!!

 

“The Queen has severed the Sea King’s head!”

 

“Protect Her Majesty the Queen! The sea creatures are swarming after smelling blood!”

 

“Block the flying Sea King!!”

 

The other giant warriors also leaped outside the castle walls in pursuit.

 

This was because the Queen was busy dealing with the Sea King and couldn’t pay attention to the sky.

 

Caaaawk!!

 

Dozens of flying sea creatures attempted to glide down.

 

Some opened their rough beaks, while others led with their talons like birds of prey.

 

“Your Majesty!!”

 

Was it too late!

 

The sea creatures swarmed toward the rescue team in an instant. By the time they could fight through these creatures, it seemed the flying ones would have already attacked the Queen.

 

However,

 

“There’s no need to worry.”

 

The Queen raised her head toward the sky and smiled fiercely.

 

“Nothing can harm me anymore.”

 

It was at that very moment.

 

 

 

[‘Lightning Strike’ magic has been prepared!]

 

 

 

Flash!!

 

Suddenly, white electrical currents began sparking up from various spots on the surface of the White Sea, stained crimson with the blood of sea creatures,

 

and suddenly lightning bolts gathered rapidly high in the sky, forming a sphere of electricity the size of the sun.

 

A natural phenomenon where luminous bodies float – ball lightning.

 

It was the evolution of the Thunder Orb.

 

Right below it,

 

Lee Hyeon stood holding his Rune Staff high.

 

 

 

ᛏ.

 

 

 

[Clasma activates, containing fragments of Astrape.]

 

[The narrative of breathes dragon’s breath, raising the temperature of the blazing heat.]

 

……

 

 

 

With all sorts of magic and skill effects added here, the temperature rose sharply,

 

and finally a new effect was added.

 

 

 

[Successfully discovered ‘Sacred Relic: Somersault Cloud’! Connected with the existing 3 major Sacred Relics (Golden Eyes of Truth·Ruyi Jingu Bang·Golden Headband).]

 

[From now on, you can use some functions of the Somersault Cloud.]

 

[The Somersault Cloud takes on the properties of a cumulonimbus cloud. Lightning Energy is supplied from the Somersault Cloud!]

 

 

 

All the Lightning Energy gathered from deep within the White Sea was added to the ball lightning,

 

 

 

[Lightning Strike falls!]

 

 

 

The fire lightning exploded above the flying monsters.

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