Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 25

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 25

Adaptation (6)

 

 

 

“Huh.”

‘Pretty decent, right?’

“You call this decent?”

Son Wukong looked around and let out a hollow laugh.

“How the hell did you survive and even win in an environment like this?”

The result created by the Yellow Wind Monster’s finger was impressive enough to amaze even Son Wukong.

The Underground Waterway Clearing… was completely frozen.

The Skeleton Legion that had been charging at Lee Hyeon, the acid rain clouds that filled the ceiling, the sewage that pooled on the floor—everything.

 

[Yellow Wind Monster’s Frozen Ring Finger]

An item created by carefully carving new origins into the ring finger of the Yellow Wind Monster who loved sorcery. Single-use.

It appears to faithfully recreate the world where Andersen’s fairy tale lived.

-Type: Single-use item. Debuff.

-Origin: Myth ‘Journey to the West’, Fairy tale ‘Snow Queen’

 

Lee Hyeon had always kept such thoughts in one corner of his mind.

 

—Isn’t there a way to recreate the cold of the exactly?

 

Originally, the Ice Palace’s Sacred Relic that Lee Hyeon should have recovered was taken by the traitors.

So he couldn’t wield that power,

but conversely, the one who had experienced and suffered the most from the Ice Palace’s cold was himself.

He had endured extreme curses for four years.

So he thought he could partially recreate the cold using that experience.

Therefore, Lee Hyeon had deep conversations with Elder Taotie about this,

and Elder Taotie looked at him with an indecipherable gaze before quietly staring at the storage box Lee Hyeon had entrusted to him.

A question of whether he could use one of those.

Lee Hyeon nodded for him to go ahead.

And as a result,

though it was single-use, an absolutely brilliant result came out.

 

[You have escaped the extreme cold with Cold Resistance (S)!]

 

A world of ice had arrived.

Since the range was narrow, the effect was more certain.

‘Exactly like four years ago.’

Lee Hyeon had that thought as he landed on the ground.

Thud!

And then,

Crackle!

He unleashed the lightning energy he had been condensing.

 

[Dueoksini’s Specter is causing a rampage!]

 

Blue-white lightning bolts rained down.

Rumble—

The lightning branches spreading out from Lee Hyeon as the center shattered and split everything that was frozen.

The Skeleton Legion, the acid rain, the sewage—everything turned to powder and disappeared.

Whoosh…

Lee Hyeon leisurely crossed through it all and stood before the Hidden Boss.

The creature was also half-frozen, trembling finely.

Shiver shiver shiver.

Whether it was trembling from the cold or shaking with fear was unclear.

But the look in its eyes as it stared at Lee Hyeon was filled with determination not to give up.

Lee Hyeon silently placed his index finger against the black skull in the creature’s grasp.

Flash!

Hiss—

The frozen black skull also shattered finely from the Condensed Lightning.

And all the powder swirled and was completely absorbed into Lee Hyeon.

As if returning to its rightful place.

 

[You have successfully recovered ■■■■’s myth!]

[You have gained ■■■■’s karma.]

[You have gained ■■■■’s karma.]

…

 

[Intelligence has increased by 4.]

[Magic Power has increased by 6.]

…

 

[Having acquired a large amount of curse incantations, Curse Resistance (S) is promoted by one or more levels.]

[Congratulations! Curse Immunity (SS) has been generated.]

[From now on, you have Complete Immunity to all curses and mental interference. Additionally, you can now endure status ailments 50% better.]

…

 

‘Check status window.’

 

[Calling up user’s status window through ‘Sacred Relic: Golden Eyes Mirror’.]

 

[Jang Lee Hyeon]

-Age: 27 years old.

-Traits: Leader, Indomitable, Frozen Human, [Locked], [Locked]

-Abilities

Strength: 71 Agility: 67

Stamina: 63 Magic Power: 85

Intelligence: 59 Dexterity: 61

-Divine Authority: Golden Eyes of Truth, [Locked]

-Skills: Dueoksini’s Sigh (B+), Combat Sense (B), [Locked], [Locked], [Locked]

-Resistances: Cold (S), Pain (D), Bleeding (D), Paralysis (E), Physical (E), Fatigue (C), Poison (D), Heat (E), Electrocution (D), Stench (E)

-Immunity: Curse(SS) (new!)

-Current Status: The immunity category has been newly created. You now possess strong mental fortitude that is unaffected by mental interference magic.

-Special Notes: You are recovering your stats at a rapid pace. However, there may be side effects from such rapid growth, so please take care of your health.

 

Lee Hyeon discovered a new characteristic in his status window.

‘My magic power has increased dramatically.’

The magic power stat, which had been the lowest among the six ability categories, was now higher than even his strength stat, which had previously been the highest.

This was the result of the spiritual water he drank in the and the black skull he absorbed just moments ago.

And thanks to that,

 

[Curse immunity has activated, completely dissolving all remaining ‘s ice crystals in your body.]

[All ice crystals have been converted to magic power and stored in your mana circuit.]

[Magic power has increased by 15.]

[Ice attribute has been strengthened.]

 

Until now, Lee Hyeon’s curses had been completely resolved, but the ice crystals remained in his body, causing gradual discomfort.

Although the Ruyi Jingu Bang’s divine power was melting them, they were too solid for the process to proceed smoothly.

However, when this met with curse immunity, everything disappeared.

As a result,

his magic power amount increased dramatically once more.

 

[Your magic coefficient has reached 100, recording three digits for the first time.]

[A hidden function in the magic stat has been unlocked. The sub-category ‘Additional Functions’ has been established.]

[Searching for additional functions suitable for your magic stat.]

…

 

Additional functions were special abilities that opened when stat coefficients exceeded three digits,

characterized by enhancing each ability based on the karma a Hunter had accumulated.

And when these additional functions accumulated one by one, they would form a single divine authority.

Only then would one truly be called a Ranker.

 

[Connected to ‘Trait: Frozen Human’.]

[Congratulations! ‘Additional Function: Ice Prison Heart’ has been unlocked!]

[Your rank has increased.]

[The probability of contracting with Logos has increased.]

…

 

Of course, Lee Hyeon had no intention of settling for just any ordinary additional function.

It had to be something so extraordinary that no one in the world could catch up to it.

Namely,

 

[Ice Prison Heart(S)]

The intense resentment left behind by the ‘s death crystallizes the internal body structure and magic power structure.

Where your skills pass, the Snow Queen’s resentment will remain, triggering more powerful cold-type auxiliary effects.

-Effects: Maintains user’s body temperature, freezes enemies upon being hit, induces fainting.

-Type: Additional function of magic power

-Origin: Fairy tale ‘Snow Queen’

 

‘Snow Queen.’

It was the power of the .

 

* * *

 

This was exactly why Lee Hyeon had sought to obtain curse immunity.

To completely dissolve the ice crystals remaining in his body, dramatically increase his magic power, and based on this, comprehend the Snow Queen’s power.

‘By embedding the left by the Snow Queen into magic power itself, I’ll gradually obtain power no less than hers.’

The sacred relic stolen by Na Ye-bin and Seo Chang-woo couldn’t be retrieved immediately.

But Lee Hyeon had succeeded in obtaining a treasure far superior to that.

‘Now my magic power inherently carries ice attributes. Even without separately activating Dueoksini’s Sigh, attribute magic will automatically follow.’

Of course, where there are great advantages, great disadvantages follow as well.

The attributes that symbolized Lee Hyeon were lightning and fire.

Naturally, these were opposite to ice and could negatively affect his output.

However, Lee Hyeon decided to use this in reverse.

As a kind of cooling system.

‘To complete Condensed Lightning and truly begin with Diovis, I need to worry about overheating of the mana circuit. But with Ice Prison Heart, such worries disappear.’

Lee Hyeon hadn’t forgotten that his mana circuit was damaged from exceeding his limit in magic power output during his fight with the Snow Queen.

But as long as Ice Prison Heart was maintained, he no longer needed to worry about such things.

‘Depending on how I use it… it might actually be far superior to the stolen sacred relic.’

Ice Prison Heart truly possessed such value.

‘Just wait a little longer. I’ll soon make the back of your necks feel chilly.’

Lee Hyeon lightly swept his hair back.

A refreshing breeze blew.

Whoooosh!

‘With this, I’ve added an ice demon to fire and lightning.’

Lee Hyeon smiled coldly as he stood before the Hidden Boss.

Step!

“…!!”

The creature’s eyelids trembled.

As he approached, its complexion had become much paler than before.

The Hidden Boss was feeling an indescribable sense of intimidation from Lee Hyeon.

 

[Your newly changed is revealed!]

[The Hidden Boss has detected a of unapproachable magnitude in your .]

[Its will to fight has been broken.]

 

‘The Snow Queen’s rank is emanating from me? This is another unexpected achievement.’

“Uncle’s relic, you…!”

The Hidden Boss cried out in a strained voice, but,

Thwack!

Lee Hyeon struck the creature’s neck with his hand blade, knocking it unconscious. He didn’t forget to forcibly turn off the core’s switch with lightning energy as well.

“Is it all over now?”

All that remained was the commotion on the surface.

But since there was a way to resolve that quickly too, all that was left was to return.

「What do you mean it’s all over! I haven’t finished what I was saying, you bastard!」

Of course, Son Wukong jumped up in protest.

Lee Hyeon smiled lightly.

“Don’t worry. I was planning to finish that too. How about you come out now?”

But Lee Hyeon wasn’t smiling when he raised his head toward the ceiling.

“Sha Wujing.”

At that moment,

Whiiing-

Thud!

A black shadow suddenly descended from above and landed on the ground where ice powder was swirling.

It was a handsome man with a ghostly pale face and neatly tied-up hair.

Around his neck hung a prayer bead necklace made from eight human skulls, and in one hand he held a Buddhist staff commonly called a Zen Staff.

 

[Error! A new that doesn’t fit with the within the dungeon has appeared.]

[Warning!]

[Warning! This is ■■■■ ■■ ■■■■■■■ ■■■■.]

 

“Kekekek. To be discovered like this. The scent of my senior brother is certainly quite thick here.”

 

[The dungeon system has been updated!]

[According to the content, this is recognized as a for a new narrative.]

 

“…Sha Wujing.”

Son Wukong looked at him with deeply sunken eyes.

Sha Wujing.

Son Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Sha Wujing. The youngest of Tripitaka’s three disciples, and one who would become a Buddha named Golden Arhat after the Journey to the West ended.

“Greetings. My name is Jang Lee Hyeon.”

“Kekekek. What a very polite human. Quite different from our unruly senior brother. Nice to meet you. I’m called Sha Wujing. As you can see… I’m a monster. Kekekekek!”

Sha Wujing appeared to be a relatively cheerful and good-natured person, contrary to the mythological description of his solemn personality.

…So much so that it was hard to think of him as the mastermind behind the atrocities that had occurred in this dungeon.

“You really,”

Son Wukong asked his former youngest fellow disciple with a slightly trembling gaze.

“Are you really Sha Wujing?”

“What are you talking about? Of course I am. Well, to be precise, I’m just an illusion recorded in senior brother’s myth. Kekekek.”

Lee Hyeon was startled.

‘He knows his own identity?’

There had never been reported cases of natives realizing that their world was false.

Was it because he was a divine being who had already completed his own narrative?

But then,

Son Wukong shook his head.

“No. The you here is real. Isn’t that right?”

‘!?’

Lee Hyeon looked back at Son Wukong with surprised eyes,

and in that moment, the laughter completely vanished from Sha Wujing’s face that had been full of mirth.

“The real Sha Wujing, no, the shell of the fallen Sha Wujing fled and hid in my myth to survive. Isn’t that right?”

Lee Hyeon was shocked once again.

Fallen.

A term referring to the phenomenon of falling from an immortal being to a mortal.

In other words, it meant Sha Wujing had experienced the same thing as Son Wukong.

“…Ah, senior brother has the Golden Eyes of Truth, doesn’t he? Well, well, I was trying to tease you. Things aren’t going so well. Kekekek.”

Sha Wujing shrugged his shoulders while looking at Son Wukong’s eyes shining with golden light.

“Actually, I’m not the only one who fell, senior brother. Bajie, Master, they all ended up in similar states. Ah, and there are the Seven Great Sages who were your sworn brothers.”

“What?”

Sha Wujing answered with a bitter smile.

“Kekek! After senior brother died so tragically, where do you think the Main Gods’ next target was?”

“…!”

“Naturally, it was us. They had to uproot everything, you see? Kekekek. Thanks to that, I fell to the surface with only dregs remaining and had to hide here. Kekekekek.”

“…!!”

Son Wukong’s fists trembled violently. His eyes became bloodshot with veins bulging around them.

“Explain in detail!”

Deep resentment flowed from his suppressed voice.

“What exactly happened to all of you during this time!”

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