Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 287

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 287

Molting (4)

[‘Magic: Eagle’s Nest’ is activated to search for new coordinates!]

[Gate has been connected.]

[Dungeon has been enhanced.]

‘Is this finally the end? A bit disappointing. It was fun.’

Today.

Hela had crossed through far more gates than she had in the past few months combined.

Thanks to that, the dungeon giants, who had been living boring daily lives except for the occasional battles with the City Cartel, were filled with vitality for the first time in a while.

But now that was finally coming to an end, so it was only natural to feel disappointed.

“Causing chaos was really fun. Tsk.”

“But what can we do! If there’s a beginning, there must be an end!”

“Right! And if we finish this well, won’t Pater give us more tasks in the future?”

“So let’s do our best until the end, you guys! The one coming soon is supposed to be really strong!!”

“Uoooo!”

“Oooo!”

The dungeon giants raised their helmets and axes high while shouting battle cries.

The place they were currently in was an instance dungeon separated from the Eagle’s Nest.

They heard that the court mage’s companion would conduct a ‘hunting drive’ to herd the enemies toward them.

If so, they just needed to ambush and attack from here.

It was a very simple battle, but one that had to be finished with certainty.

Apparently, their opponent was a monster that the Outer Sea or whatever boasted about.

For the dungeon giants who had been trained through long battles with sea creatures, this was an inevitably exciting situation.

So the dungeon was quite noisy with them chattering among themselves about how to deal with the enemies.

“….”

However, only Lee Hyeon was not swept up in the conversation and was monitoring the gate together with Yukimihiro.

‘What amazing concentration. How can he be like that? Is that why he’s developed so much?’

Hela was looking at Lee Hyeon with admiring eyes when it happened.

「Thank you.」

A voice suddenly heard from beside her. Hela turned her gaze that way and let out a light snort.

“What brings you here? I told you that you don’t need to worry about us.”

Beside her floated Jiaoma Wang in SD character form.

While Son Wukong and the Roc King went to fetch Yingming Shishou, the remaining Seven Great Sages were either staying at Flower Fruit Mountain for treatment or scattered to restore their own forces….

However, Jiaoma Wang didn’t remain at Flower Fruit Mountain, but had been staying at the Eagle’s Nest all this time.

Throughout the Eagle’s Nest, created by connecting numerous dungeons, there were still many unprocessed mobs.

While devouring them to continuously expand the number of his collective body,

he also persistently sought out where the dungeon giants were to try to help them.

Hela had already heard about Jiaoma Wang’s circumstances from Lee Hyeon and had forgiven him once.

But that was all.

No matter how much he had been consumed by madness, she couldn’t completely forget the enemy who had harmed her parents.

Jiaoma Wang knew this fact well, so he no longer approached Hela and the dungeon giants deeply.

Instead, he somehow tried to help them tactfully so they wouldn’t be uncomfortable.

It was the same now.

When he really had something to say, he would come when her mood was calm and bring it up like this.

「Just. I wanted to say that.」

“….”

Hela didn’t say anything in particular.

Jiaoma Wang didn’t bring up any more words either. He just sat beside her and only looked toward the gate.

「….」

“….”

Like that, while the former master and disciple remained silent without any conversation,

Whoooosh!

[The dungeon gate is rippling. Someone is attempting to enter.]

The magic power waves surrounding the gate surged greatly.

It meant that something with tremendous presence, or a considerable number of people, was attempting to invade.

“Prepare.”

Along with Lee Hyeon’s words as he readjusted Perseus’s plaster mask,

Yukimihiro and the dungeon giants all began combat preparations at once.

* * *

The Prophet was very annoyed by the situation he was currently experiencing.

‘Just mere mortals…! Do I have to suffer such humiliation from insignificant creatures of the Inner Sea who haven’t even become Logos?’

The Inner Sea is narrow. And peaceful and calm.

A fate destined to eventually be swept away by the rough waves of the Outer Sea. The ending was already determined.

When that time comes, things like epics and myths would all disappear, leaving only confusion and chaos.

The Prophet cast off the prison of flesh in preparation for that coming day. And he began to dream of eternal life, escaping from death.

Though he was still just a ghost wandering the Nine Heavens, his soul had already become one with the underground god, so when the ‘high tide’ came, he would be able to go out to the Outer Sea.

Therefore,

unlike those Logos who had obtained false eternal life, in his eyes having gained true eternal life, all the affairs of the Inner Sea seemed futile.

But even so, there were things he couldn’t just sit back and watch.

Precisely when the underground god’s gospel was being interfered with.

‘No. Let me not think that way. Aren’t they pitiful sheep who haven’t yet experienced our god’s grace? Then I should consider this too as gospel work practiced as a mediator conveying His will.’

Originally, in 【Primordial Dragon Tiamat’s Nest】, he absolutely had to collect the Stigma.

The Stigma was like a compass absolutely necessary when the underground god would return to the Outer Sea someday in time for the ‘high tide.’

So no matter what happened, he had to make this his first principle, but,

-Th, this is terrible, Prophet!

-Right now the followers located in the south…!

-Unbelievers are harming the brothers of the order! What should we do!

-Malakios Cardinal who ruled this diocese has already passed away….

-They say it will take time for cardinals or diocesan heads from other regions to come!

-Please save our brothers! At this rate, everyone will be annihilated without even being able to go to our god’s side!!

Suddenly a problem had occurred with the order.

He told them to call another prophet instead, but,

-H, however, the causality we were preparing here is insufficient….

-We consumed it all trying to create a [door] to the sealed 【Nest】!

This was also an unsatisfactory situation.

‘Even trying to call the prophet inside the 【Nest】, we can’t make contact. Damn. Is there no choice?’

The dungeon boasted a different environment from the Inner Sea. Even among fellow Prophets, communication was difficult to establish.

Moreover, there were subtle power struggles between the Prophets.

A religious war where they believed themselves to be the ‘true’ apostles who could properly understand and preach the will of the underground god.

Because of this, unlike the cult, they often acted independently, and even when they moved upon receiving divine guidance, there were almost never cases where two or more traveled together.

So even if communication somehow reached inside the 【Nest】, the moment he received help, he would be ridiculed.

That the Inner Sea’s creatures had created this mess because they couldn’t handle it themselves.

Then other Prophets would also look down on him.

Since he couldn’t tolerate such a situation, he decided to somehow resolve this chaos alone.

‘Rather, this worked out well. Haven’t all these bastards been constantly getting on my nerves! Then it would be better to crush them all so no one else can challenge me and then go to the 【Nest】.’

The Prophet dissolved in the gray mist made this resolution and decided to eliminate all of Zeus’s sons first.

The Inner Sea’s lowly creatures treated the cult and those beings as one and the same, but to the cult, they were heretical seeds that must be expelled.

So there was no hesitation in eliminating them.

But right at that moment,

[The myth ‘Primordial Sea’ activates, spreading dragonic pressure!]

『…!?』

The Prophet reacted to the aura suddenly detected from behind the mist.

It was definitely Tiamat’s divine power.

No, to be precise, it was demonic energy and evil energy.

Tiamat was originally an enemy god said to drive the world to destruction.

But it had been quite a while since falling from the 【Nest】, so how…?

At that moment,

Swish!

Swish!

Suddenly, four dark red light rays traced trajectories and struck the backs of the Depths Battle Unit warriors’ heads.

Penetrating power that easily pierced through even their helmets.

Thud! Thud thud thud!

Boom boom boom!

[Dragonic Breath is unleashed!]

The warriors’ heads exploded like firecrackers. Moreover, the daggers seemed to have magic power firmly condensed in them, as they scattered fragments around with the explosion, creating a shotgun effect.

The offensive imbued with Tiamat’s breath didn’t contain flames like Brithra’s breath, but instead harbored deadly poison.

Demonic poison that corrupted souls and confused minds.

This demonic poison even seeped into the air and spread rapidly through contagion.

[Mental corruption begins spreading at a rapid pace!]

[Tiamat’s apostle begins attacking the Depths Battle Unit.]

『How dare!!』

The Prophet finally realized that Tiamat had sent an apostle to catch them from behind as they retreated, and became greatly enraged.

Grrrrr…

Kaaak!

The Depths Battle Unit reversed their running direction according to the Prophet’s will.

They were already all tainted by the madness of the Outer Sea and unable to make proper judgments.

Beast-like roars erupted from each of them.

However,

“Formation D. This mission is luring, not annihilation. Be careful of injuries.”

The former Cheongroe they faced was definitely not weak.

Oh Su-heon and Eom Gi-seon drew their swords and instantly penetrated deep into enemy lines, sweeping away enemies,

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Kim Min-jeong provided cover from behind, ensuring their activities weren’t hindered.

And Moon Su-chan…

Whoosh!

He suddenly jumped high and plunged into the middle of the gray mist.

Gripping two daggers in reverse grip with both hands, he struck down hard.

Like a snake baring its fangs to devour prey.

Crack! Crack crack-

Instantly, a chunk of gray mist fell away, revealing the monster hidden deep inside.

It had a form too terrible and disgusting to say it was originally a human soul.

Countless tentacles and limbs were mixed together haphazardly, and dozens of eyes were lined up on those tentacle legs.

All those eyes rolled in the same direction, looking at Moon Su-chan.

“Hey, ugly uncle. Where exactly are you running to in such a hurry? But being this slow, what use could you be?”

『Stigma… You’re a stigma bearer.』

The Prophet narrowed hundreds of eyes as if Moon Su-chan’s taunts meant nothing.

『To come seeking your own death like this. Should I call you brave, or stupid?』

Moon Su-chan readjusted his grip on the daggers and let out a sneer.

“Well. Shall we make a bet on who’s more stupid?”

『Do not worry, inhuman one. Even if you die, you will never truly die. You will merely return to our god’s embrace!!』

Whoosh!

Crash!

One of the tentacles composing the Prophet stretched out long and struck directly where Moon Su-chan had been.

But Moon Su-chan casually climbed on top of it and ran straight to where the main body was.

The Prophet launched other tentacles in succession to catch Moon Su-chan, but each time Moon Su-chan narrowly avoided the attacks as if he would collide but didn’t, reaching his destination.

Snake eyes shining with vertical pupils.

After absorbing the Bloodflower Serpent and receiving divine power from Tiamat, his senses had become sharper than anyone’s.

In reality, a snake’s two eyes were merely auxiliary means for detecting an opponent’s movements. The main organs for detecting entities were the pit organs for thermal sensation and the Jacobson’s organ for chemical sensation.

Moon Su-chan was the same.

Having been the original owner of the Golden Eyes of Truth, he once had sharper eyes than anyone, and now with the divine authority of two divine beings added, he boasted a sixth sense close to future prediction.

[‘Divine Authority: Eyes of Bewilderment’ activates, deceiving the enemy’s senses!]

[‘Skill: Supreme Dagger Arts’ activates, beginning the slaughter!]

Techniques of dodging, deflecting, parrying, and striking weak points.

Thwack! Thwack! Thwack! Thwack!

Moreover, his movements were so flexible and agile that the Prophet’s body instantly became a target stuck with over ten daggers.

And,

[Dragonic Breath is added!]

Even the corruption generated as the daggers caused chain explosions.

Boom boom bang!!

『Kraaak! How dare! How dare!!』

The Prophet was furious but absolutely couldn’t catch Moon Su-chan.

His level might be higher, but because of the impossible-to-follow speed, he couldn’t land any effective hits.

“Huh!”

“Was Moon senior at that level… already?”

His skill was enough to surprise even Oh Su-heon and Kim Min-jeong.

Eom Gi-seon’s eyes sparkled with the thought that he definitely wanted to spar with Moon Su-chan.

Puhuhk!

Kwaaaaang!!

Then the dagger embedded in his eye exploded, and the resulting contamination thoroughly fanned the Prophet’s rage.

『I’ll kill you all!!』

The Prophet, who had been hesitating to attack due to thoughts of capturing Moon Su-chan alive, was about to activate his Divine Authority.

“Now!!”

Moon Su-chan read all of the Prophet’s intentions through his serpent senses, and without hesitation broke away from the Prophet and began running in the opposite direction.

The other three immediately followed behind him.

『I will not forgive you! Never!!』

The Prophet’s mind no longer held any judgment that Moon Su-chan’s group was luring them into a trap.

Being unable to make proper rational judgments—that was precisely the fate that those who had their souls mortgaged to the Outer Sea had to face.

Moon Su-chan knew this fact as well, so without hesitation he used the card key Lee Hyeon had given him beforehand to open a Temporary Gate,

and the Prophet and Depths Battle Unit who had chased him into the Instance Dungeon were finally startled.

A completely different, extremely narrow canyon from before.

The space was so cramped it was hard to move around—terrain that anyone could see was perfect for a massacre.

『This…!!』

But the Prophet’s realization came too late.

“Bring it down.”

The Dungeon Giants were already moving according to Lee Hyeon’s orders from before.

At the edge of the canyon cliff, the Dungeon Giants all threw the magic bombs and falling rocks they had prepared toward them.

It was concentrated fire.

『…!!!』

Kwakwakwakwang!

Kurururung-

Ururu…!!

Endless attacks poured down over their heads.

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