Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 30
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The Broken Ranker
Devours Myths
Chapter 30
Sha Wujing (5)
[All curses that dominated the dungeon have ended.]
[The plague of rats is dispersing!]
It was when Kim Min-jeong was firing her remaining bullets at the rats that were about to pour into the city over the city wall.
Suddenly a dungeon message appeared and the rats began to scatter in all directions.
As if they had never been there in the first place.
“Is it really… over…?”
Still standing with a face that couldn’t believe it, she heard the cheers of the citizens in her ears.
“Fi-finally it’s over!”
“Damn! We defeated them! We really defeated them!”
“Waaaah!”
The citizens embraced each other and burst into tears.
[The citizens feel a sense of security.]
[The citizens feel grateful for your help.]
[Achievement condition 4 ‘Prevent the epidemic’ has been successfully completed.]
[Clear rate: 98.1%]
Only then did Kim Min-jeong realize the reality and slumped down in her spot.
Someone placed a hand on her shoulder.
Startled, she looked up to see Lee Hyeon smiling.
“You worked hard.”
“Senior Jang!”
“It must have been tough, so rest a bit now.”
Just moments ago, she had planned to pour out complaints when she met Lee Hyeon.
But somehow, hearing praise made her feel like all her hardships were washed away.
Then she saw the people standing behind Lee Hyeon.
Children or young people wearing robes but somehow having youthful impressions.
“But who are the people you came with…?”
“The missing persons.”
“…!?”
It was when Kim Min-jeong’s eyes widened.
“Hey, Jang Lee Hyeon!!”
Team Leader Jeong suddenly approached the two with an angry expression.
He was in terrible shape.
It was because he had been isolated in the middle of the rat plague, all his protective equipment was damaged, and he had suffered too many injuries, big and small.
Even his darkly sunken eyes radiated madness.
[You are infected with the Black Death.]
[‘Status abnormality: Madness’ is setting in. Hurry to get treatment as soon as possible.]
“It’s you! You’re the one who caused this mess!”
Team Leader Jeong acted as if he would devour Lee Hyeon right then and there.
He thought he had suffered this ridiculous hardship due to problems that arose while Lee Hyeon was clearing the dungeon.
The other team members who had been isolated with him were equally hostile.
Kim Min-jeong tried to intervene, thinking a conflict would break out,
“I’m glad it looks like no one was seriously injured.”
“You bastard, calling that kind of thing words right now…!”
Lee Hyeon actually fanned the flames.
Team Leader Jeong felt something snap in one side of his head.
As his madness worsened and he reached for his sword, suddenly the citizens rushed between the two.
“â– â– ! You, aren’t you â– â– ?”
“â– ! My son…!”
“They’re back! The children are back!”
The citizens belatedly realized the identity of the curse mages and burst into tears.
[The citizens of Hamelin have recovered their missing children.]
“…!?”
“Children, you say…?”
“Where on earth did you…!”
The team members were shocked.
This meant that the dungeon that had remained an unsolved case for over 10 years had been resolved.
Sure enough.
[Achievement Conditions]
1. Defeat the Piper. (clear!)
2. Find the missing children. (clear!)
3. Safety of Hamelin citizens. (clear!)
4. Prevent the epidemic. (clear!)
[All achievement conditions of the dungeon Quest have been completed!]
[‘Player: Jang Lee Hyeon’ has achieved 70.9% of the clear contribution. You have obtained the ‘Flute That Enchants People’ as a reward.]
[For achieving an overwhelming first place, you have been given ‘Skull Master’s Favor’ as an additional reward.]
…
“…!”
“…!”
“…!!”
The message that put the final punctuation mark.
They instantly became dumbfounded.
On top of that, there was even an additional reward that was supposedly rarely given.
‘What the hell is going on!?’
‘What did he experience after entering the city first?’
‘And how did he break through the flute’s sound?’
The team members who didn’t know the exact circumstances now just rolled their eyes around.
After seeing the message, they snapped back to their senses.
They began to look at Lee Hyeon, who had accomplished this impossible miracle, as if he were a monster.
A skilled individual who solved a long-standing unsolved dungeon, almost entirely alone.
How on earth should they explain this?
‘Wh-what do we do?’
‘So this is why Team Leader A parachuted him in…!’
‘He seems skilled, shouldn’t we try to get on his good side even now?’
‘But with how the team leader is watching us…!’
Despite their inner thoughts, the team members couldn’t rashly approach Lee Hyeon.
“…”
Trembling!
Team Leader Jeong’s face was burning bright red with embarrassment, envy, and anger as he glared intensely at Lee Hyeon.
* * *
[You have successfully read and understood the . You have acquired a large amount of â– â– â– â– ’s karma.]
…
[Based on â– â– â– â– ’s karma, your Communion with Ruyi Jingu Bang increases significantly.]
[You can now utilize Golden Eyes of Truth much better.]
…
[Your rank has increased.]
[Your rank has increased.]
[All stats have increased by 10 to match your elevated rank.]
[Your body undergoes transformation once again.]
…
[As an additional reward, you have been given a ‘Water Magic Arts Skill Book’.]
…
Crack! Crackle!
Lee Hyeon moved busily while feeling his body transform once again through Son Wukong’s karma.
‘There’s not much time left before the dungeon closes. I need to finish within that time.’
“Min-jeong, about what I asked you for?”
“Here it is. But why did you suddenly request this?”
When Kim Min-jeong had reported the appearance of the two rankers through the communication device, Lee Hyeon said he would handle that situation himself and instead asked her to do something else for him.
The note contained the investigation results related to that request.
“I need it to finish the dungeon.”
“Finish…?”
Wasn’t the dungeon quest already completed?
The closing message was already appearing, wasn’t it?
Kim Min-jeong looked puzzled, but Lee Hyeon simply smiled lightly instead of answering and moved forward.
‘If my prediction is correct, the that underwent won’t simply end as just a fragment.’
Lee Hyeon headed toward where the Hidden Boss was.
[The dungeon is beginning to close. All participants must retreat to the Safe Zone.]
Then a message appeared.
Lee Hyeon’s steps quickened.
Unlike the other children who were awkwardly reuniting with their old families, he stood alone and apart, bitterly observing the city.
His gaze toward the adults still held a complex mix of love and hate.
[10]
“What are you staring at like that?”
“You,”
“Take this.”
“What is this?”
[9]
The Hidden Boss frowned as he received the note Lee Hyeon handed him.
The unfolded note showed a map starting from the back gate of the city.
“The location of the flute owner’s grave.”
“…!?”
Instantly, the Hidden Boss’s body stiffened.
[8]
[7]
“It’s proof that not all the adults you hated so much were necessarily bad people. After he died unjustly, some residents apparently made a grave for him separately.”
[4]
“Go see it. And…”
At Lee Hyeon’s whispered additional words, the Hidden Boss silently nodded.
Various emotions flickered across his eyes.
And then,
[2]
[1]
“…Thank you.”
The Hidden Boss’s eyes reddened slightly as he clutched the note tightly.
Heh.
Lee Hyeon smiled lightly.
“Thank you very much.”
“…?”
“From now on, greet adults like that.”
“…!?”
[0]
[Count ended.]
A cluster of light descended from the sky like a curtain between the two of them.
Beyond the veil of light.
The Hidden Boss let out a hollow laugh.
“What. You’re such a nag.”
[The dungeon is closing.]
With the message, the dungeon began to collapse.
“…much.”
Lee Hyeon thought he heard such a sound from the fading world.
At the same time,
Whoooosh!
The world twisted and before he knew it, he had completely escaped outside the gate.
Lee Hyeon barely regained his balance and looked for messages first.
‘Did it work?’
But the message he wanted wasn’t visible.
Only the logs he had seen before.
Just when he thought his expectations had been off the mark,
Ding!
Ding!
[The children succeeded in finding the flute owner’s grave following the map drawn on the note you gave them.]
[The children erected a stone monument at the nameless grave. They deeply regretted not finding the grave until now and vowed to visit every year from now on.]
[The children resolved the misunderstandings that had built up with the adults all this time…]
…
An that wouldn’t have existed after the dungeon closed was being recorded.
‘As expected.’
Dungeons take the form of a kind of narrative.
However, since they all had already narratives, there had been no epilogues until now, but,
‘If the narrative completely changed with the addition of adaptation, then the story would completely change too. It’s practically become a new story.’
[The feel grateful toward you, an outsider who helped them.]
[They will live happily ever after and never forget your help.]
…
[The has reached a beautiful ending.]
[Congratulations! You are the first Earthling to learn about the system’s unique privileges and .]
[You have set an Achievement.]
…
[The Logos of literature related to writing are beginning to take interest in you!]
…
Lee Hyeon clenched his fist at the messages that kept appearing without pause.
It seemed that the ‘new ending’ held much greater significance than he had expected.
But what he wanted was something else.
[As a reward, all stats have increased by 10.]
…
[Your rank has increased.]
[Your rank has increased.]
[As an additional reward, you receive a ‘Random Box (SR)’.]
The additional reward.
But the contents were quite strange.
‘Random Box?’
Lee Hyeon made a puzzled expression.
[Random Box (SR)]
A box tightly hidden with wrapping paper. It’s hard to guess what’s inside.
However, it seems certain that something you need right now will come out.
-Type: Gacha Item
-Origin: Urban Legend
Lee Hyeon was puzzled by this type of reward he’d never seen before, but decided to be satisfied for now with the description ‘something you need right now’.
At least nothing strange would appear.
Just then,
“Hey, Section Chief Jang.”
Suddenly Team Leader Jeong blocked Lee Hyeon’s path.
With a very fierce attitude.
* * *
Lee Hyeon narrowed his eyes.
‘Right. This guy was still left.’
The dungeon was over, but the Z Team screening was still ongoing.
[Using ‘Sacred Relic: Golden Eyes Mirror’ to check the opponent’s condition.]
[Due to aftereffects of the Black Death, ‘Status Abnormality: Madness’ is becoming severe. It could become dangerous if treatment isn’t rushed.]
[The opponent is currently blinded by jealousy and envy toward you, in a state full of killing intent.]
It seemed he had been firmly caught by the curse while isolated during the plague of rats.
And it looked like a very vicious mental interference curse at that…
“How does it feel to push all your comrades into the gutter and leisurely complete the quest by yourself, taking all the merit points? Huh?”
Team Leader Jeong, who was poking Lee Hyeon’s shoulder with his index finger, had dark circles hanging blackly under his eyes.
His skin was also full of black spots, clearly in a state thoroughly soaked with a vicious curse.
Hissssss…
Black heat haze even swirled ominously around him.
“T-Team Leader!”
“What! What!”
“Team Leader, you currently have a curse…!”
[The curse of the Black Death begins to leak out.]
The team members were startled and hastily distanced themselves from him.
Team Leader Jeong’s mental contamination had now reached its peak.
‘What should I do?’
Lee Hyeon had never had any intention of taking this guy along anyway.
So originally he had planned to just retire him from the industry by having the curse damage his mana circuits enough.
But now he was even considering using curse incantations to greatly amplify the guy’s curse and induce sudden death.
It was because of the message he’d been seeing since a little while ago.
[The light of ‘Legend: Red Lantern of Ghost Moon’ is activating.]
‘Ghost Moon indeed.’
There’s no such month in Korean traditional customs though…
‘China would be a different story.’
He caught a somehow familiar scent from this guy.
‘Seo Chang-woo.’
The scent of his enemy.
Finally, Lee Hyeon made a decision in his mind,
[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Arhat Mask’ activates. Two Curse Incantations, ‘Murderous Impulse’ and ‘Persecution Delusion’ strengthen the opponent’s curse.]
“What curse is a curse! Fuck! You guys are ignoring me just like this bastard, aren’t you? Do you know who I am? I’m the rookie that even President Zhang Chen acknowledged! You can all just die…!”
Team Leader Jeong’s eyes rolled back as the crimson flames of [Demon Moon’s Red Lantern] flared up with a whoosh.
Ghostly flames that felt more sinister than hot.
It was clearly an assault filled with killing intent for anyone to see.
Just as the team members hurriedly tried to activate their Defense Skills,
Whiriririk-
An axe flew in faster than that and embedded itself in his skull.
Thwack!
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