Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 222

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 222

Savior (3)

Desert City.

Beneath it lay a cave swept by magma as hot as Gehenna itself.

Bubble bubble…

‘Has it already been this long since I crossed over here?’

In a deep pond formed by a pool of lava.

The White Bull Demon King, boasting white fur that contrasted with the pitch-black darkness, was gazing at something with half his face submerged.

Paaaaa!

Light emanated from his two eyes that peeked above the surface.

Each eye reflected two different scenes.

One was the surface world where his sworn brothers were in chaos.

「Damn it…! Did he catch some kind of madness?」

「We can’t really beat him to death either. Ugh, seriously! It’s too damn hard to control our strength, isn’t there some way?」

「No! Get a grip. It may look like this on the outside, but his condition is actually so precarious it could break at any moment.」

「I know that too. But at this rate, it looks like he’ll reach the civilian homes.」

Voices filled with perplexity could be heard clearly.

「Ugh. What the hell did big brother do to Isan? This is more troublesome than Bokhe’s case!」

「…Still, if we’re being honest, among our brothers, Isan was the one who trusted and followed our eldest brother the most. To go this far.」

Among them were even soliloquies meant for him to hear.

But it wouldn’t be easy.

‘Isan’s madness must be tremendously different from Bokhe’s case.’

The demonic nature he had planted in Jiaoma Wang was implanted before he had completely crossed over to Gehenna.

That also meant his condition had been quite poor in many ways.

But Sata Wang was different.

It was done after his power had been restored to some degree.

‘Of course, I still have a long way to go to completely restore my power…’

Bull Demon King’s eyes sank deeply.

‘But it’s not to the point where I can’t handle the Jade Emperor’s forces that will be forcibly dragged to this land.’

Moreover, Sata Wang was the first step to begin the great undertaking he was about to commence.

Naturally, he hadn’t prepared carelessly.

Thud!

Thud!

Sata Wang repelled the interference of Son Wukong and the Seven Great Sages, and began moving his massive body somewhere.

The direction was toward where civilian homes and military outposts were gathered.

‘From now on… I’ll destroy the causality of the surface as much as possible, forcing the heavenly beings to intervene.’

At that moment, Bull Demon King’s eyes glinted ominously…

This was the gaze containing the sinister scheme of a great demon king who had once plunged the world into chaos.

Divine beings are mostly not permitted to be active on the surface.

Long, long ago,

So distant that modern humans couldn’t even remember,

It was because of the 【Great Covenant】 made between the Logos.

The Great Covenant was created to prevent gazes from crossing over from the Outer Sea, and to separate the surface and heavens to stop chaos and establish order.

Such a Great Covenant remained today under the name of 【Causality】, constituting the laws of the world,

But as long ages passed and holes appeared here and there, chaos like 【Dungeons】 or 【Rifts】 began to emerge again on the surface.

However, even so,

Beings like 【Malakh】 somehow strived to maintain the balance of the scales,

And divine societies like 【Heavenly Court】 or 【Asgard】 were making efforts to protect the surface, which was no different from their faith farms.

Bull Demon King intended to leave even a small scratch on such efforts.

If he did so,

Part of the causality would be disturbed and 【Heavenly Court】 would have no choice but to move somehow.

‘Even if what remains afterward is only destruction… If I can somehow bring about your destruction…!!’

Bubble bubble bubble…

According to the rage of a man whose everything had already been destroyed, the lava’s surface churned greatly as if it would cause a tsunami at any moment.

Son Wukong and the other brothers had now realized his such intention and were moving to prevent the worst situation somehow.

But their faces showed it wasn’t easy at all.

Well, it couldn’t be helped.

Unlike their pathetic eldest brother who would sacrifice his brothers’ lives for his goal,

They were still struggling to save their brother somehow.

‘…’

Bull Demon King’s gaze was now firmly fixed on Son Wukong’s face as he gritted his teeth and tried to find a way somehow.

「If it’s going to be like this, we might as well…!」

While Son Wukong’s words brushed past his ears,

The other eye reflected yet another scene.

The dungeon world where beings carrying his energy had approached this vicinity.

「Since we’re all gathered here like this, I’ll speak directly. We plan to immediately begin conquering this dungeon.」

Lee Hyeon was plotting something while gathering other Hunters.

Probably trying to come up with some plan to approach him.

This side wasn’t as intensely violent as the surface, but there was something that brought even greater anticipation.

‘There are two people who possess my killing intent?’

Lee Hyeon had arrogantly stolen the eyes from his clone, so that was understandable,

But the human woman who always traveled with Lee Hyeon kept catching his eye.

Bull Demon Killing Intent. No, Bull Demon Great Killing Intent.

Kim Min-jeong, was it?

Since he hadn’t formed connections with any humans recently, he was quite surprised when he suddenly discovered the Bull Demon Great Killing Intent.

‘Jang Lee Hyeon… That child seems to have forcibly connected a bond through some method I don’t know. Judging by how unstable it is, did he use the youngest’s myth?’

Whatever the method, since it was his energy, he had essentially gained a new believer, no, apostle.

However, since it wasn’t formally established, Kim Min-jeong’s Bull Demon Great Killing Intent was somehow unstable.

He briefly considered retrieving it,

But decided to leave it alone for now.

‘All decisions will be made after that child comes here.’

Bull Demon King looked forward to meeting Lee Hyeon.

‘Whether you can continue to have such a righteous heart even after learning all the truth about your brother.’

His eyes now focused intently on Lee Hyeon’s side.

‘Or whether you’ll become a broken, raging monster like me – I’m truly curious.’

What is your answer?

Bull Demon King wanted to confirm through Lee Hyeon.

That his decision, his such transformation, was absolutely not wrong…

* * *

As soon as Beldana and Colonel Gaius were all seated, Lee Hyeon immediately expressed his intention to conquer the dungeon.

Then everyone showed clear signs of bewilderment.

Especially most of the leaders of the survivor groups who had special relationships with Desert Eagle.

But they didn’t rashly voice their opinions.

‘Captain Aesion isn’t budging at all?’

‘He must have something he’s relying on!’

On the other hand, Beldana and Colonel Gaius were different.

Whoosh-

Colonel Gaius frowned as he exhaled smoke from the cigarette he was holding in his mouth.

All the attendees looked tense.

Colonel Gaius was more vicious than he appeared on the surface, and was a war-crazed explosive maniac.

Perhaps he might strongly oppose Lee Hyeon’s opinion,

“Do you happen to do stocks or anything like that?”

“…?”

“…?”

“…??”

A question that suddenly didn’t match the conversation topic at all.

The attendees’ expressions changed strangely, and Beldana beside him also frowned deeply as if wondering what nonsense this was again.

“I don’t, but why do you suddenly ask such a thing?”

Puhehe-

Colonel Gaius suddenly laughed.

“Then I recommend you don’t do it. If you do, only touch solid blue-chip stocks. Especially! Don’t even glance at theme stocks like bio. You might keep averaging down for a while, then later try to recover your principal and even touch futures, leading straight to liquidation.”

It was somehow too specific and realistic, making it pitiful.

“…You must have struggled greatly with it.”

“Why do you think I suddenly kicked away the priesthood I was doing well and ran away? It all happened because I messed around trying to increase offerings for God and even touched the church donations.”

“…”

“I’m still doing tomb raiding, which was never in my fate, to pay back the debt I owed to the legion back then.”

Everyone’s gaze, including Lee Hyeon’s, was fixed on him, unable to give any response.

“Damn! Why am I suddenly talking about such things?”

Colonel Gaius nervously stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and straightened his posture.

“Well, anyway, do you know what truth I gained after going through such ups and downs?”

“What is it?”

“Not to even glance at junk stocks. Only to go all-in on potential blue-chip stocks that seem likely to skyrocket.”

“…”

“In my eyes, Jet, you look exactly like such a potential blue-chip stock!!”

Colonel Gaius’s eyes looking at Lee Hyeon were blazing.

Lee Hyeon was dumbfounded, but since there was no reason to refuse help, he nodded.

“Good. Then I’ll understand that the 13th Legion’s Scarab will participate. What about Babel Tower?”

Lee Hyeon’s gaze naturally turned toward Beldana,

Beldana withdrew the contemptuous gaze she had been giving Colonel Gaius and replied coldly.

“You know it’s difficult to clear this dungeon when you say that, right?”

“Yes. I know. It was because we couldn’t handle the second achievement condition, ‘Temple Exploration.'”

The Temple of the Sun God Yarhirvol, expected to be somewhere in the desert city.

But despite searching thoroughly for decades, they couldn’t find even an entrance, let alone the temple.

So now they could only vaguely speculate that it might be abandoned somewhere in the sand desert away from the desert city.

Since proper exploration of the surroundings hadn’t been conducted yet, they couldn’t even get a proper answer.

“That means…”

“Yes. I found it. The temple entrance. And it’s nearby.”

“…!”

“…!”

“…!!”

It meant he would only reveal it to those who expressed intention to participate in the strategy.

Several Hunters clenched their fists.

The rewards obtained from clearing temple-type dungeons were quite substantial. The past month of hardship here wouldn’t be in vain.

The atmosphere heated up slightly.

However,

“If you refuse to participate…”

“Would you like to check for yourself?”

Lee Hyeon poured cold water on this.

Thud!!

The giant axe that had somehow emerged from Kibisis and stood tall like a pillar.

“…”

“…”

“…”

…Gulp.

Deep silence flowed. Someone’s sound of swallowing dry saliva was heard.

The axe blade that Dueokshin’s fangs boasted looked incredibly fierce.

The berserker’s presence that seemed to transcend the era by far.

“The word I hate most is free-riding. If you want, you can check for yourself. What will you do?”

Plus an eerie smile.

Lee Hyeon blatantly revealed his intention to eliminate Beldana and all survivors of Babel Tower if necessary.

Beldana’s eyelids trembled.

When had she ever experienced such humiliation?

No, there was exactly one time.

Just a few months ago.

‘…Gi Yu-jin.’

The one who suddenly became a member of Babel Tower, broke through the top floors in one go, and was now trying to become a high-level administrator with active support from the tower master…

Why were those from Blue Thunder all so uniformly rude like this?

“Fine. Babel Tower will also follow the strategy. What do we need to do now?”

Eventually, Beldana had no choice but to succumb to Lee Hyeon’s threat.

Lee Hyeon finally took his hand off Dueokshin’s fangs.

The murderous atmosphere quickly dissipated.

‘…No. That’s only on the surface, that ruthless bastard will definitely try to kill me right after clearing this dungeon. I’m certain.’

That was an instinct-like sense that the god Molech had bestowed upon her.

‘In that case, I’d rather strike first…! For now, I’ll retreat here, then gather my subordinates separately.’

Anyway, to start full-scale dungeon strategy, it would take more than a day to recheck and assemble each force.

Beldana planned to set a great fire throughout this entire desert city at that very moment.

Then, dealing with that conflagration, or inevitably having to speed up the dungeon strategy, he wouldn’t even have time to pay attention to her.

‘Then we can hide and secretly follow behind, waiting for the right timing…!’

If she eliminated them when their strength was depleted from handling the Boss Room, she could monopolize all the achievement points, making it a profitable business.

As such a strange smile played around Beldana’s lips,

“Ah, first we’ll need troops for exploration, so let’s disband for now and return at the appointed time,”

“No, that’s not necessary.”

Lee Hyeon suddenly smiled coldly and cut off Beldana’s words.

Instantly, she felt an ominous feeling.

“The temple entrance is right below here. Just you all participating in the strategy will be sufficient.”

“…!!!”

“I’ll open it right away.”

Before Beldana could even shout anything,

Kwaaaaang!!

Lee Hyeon stomped the floor hard with his foot filled with magic power.

Whiiing-

Along with a deep footprint, blue effects suddenly began rising from the floor of the City Hall building.

The meeting attendees, including Beldana, instinctively backed away from the table,

Crrrrrack!!

At that moment, a long straight line was drawn across the center of the seafloor,

and the seafloor began to open left and right like a door.

“…!”

“…!”

“…!!”

[You have discovered the entrance to the Shrine of Yarhirol!]

[You have completed the second achievement condition.]

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