Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 63

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 63

Ranker (2)

 

 

 

Xu Yan, a subordinate of Ping Xin’s successor unit who was lying in ambush with Magic Dragon, lit up the moment he spotted Lee Hyeon.

‘That’s him!’

The target who hadn’t appeared for nearly two weeks.

The past time had been like hell for Xu Yan.

Having fallen out of Magic Dragon’s favor while his senior constantly harassed him whenever possible, his only thought was to somehow get back into Magic Dragon’s good graces,

and now that prey had finally appeared, he couldn’t help but be excited.

Xu Yan was confident he could achieve merit if given the opportunity.

Though the target might be skilled since Magic Dragon had marked him, he too was an elite who had passed through considerable training during this time.

Qinglei (青雷, Blue Thunder)?

He didn’t understand why the higher-ups still feared Korea’s old unit that no longer existed,

and he couldn’t comprehend why they nagged so much about surpassing them,

but Xu Yan and his colleagues were confident they could overwhelmingly crush them if they could time slip to the past.

So a mission like this should be performed without any trouble.

Then, he saw Lee Hyeon kick off the ground and leap straight up.

A blue-white flash.

It was much faster than expected, but not impossible to catch…!

Whoooosh!

‘…!!’

Before he knew it, an axe had arrived right before his eyes with tremendous Air-Rending Force.

Xu Yan was startled and hastily raised his sword to deflect the axe,

Clang! Thud!

but the axe easily shattered his sword and embedded itself precisely in his crown.

Splaaash!

“Xu Yan!!”

He Xiao, who witnessed his junior’s futile death, had no time to help him and hastily leaned his upper body backward.

An axe was already flying toward him as well.

Fortunately, He Xiao was able to avoid the attack safely by dodging rather than trying to forcibly deflect it,

‘He’s much stronger than expected! In that case, rather than direct confrontation, I should pretend to retreat while driving him toward the deputy commander!’

He tried to fall back according to the protocol he remembered like brainwashing from training,

“Your movement style is exactly like Blue Thunder? Disgustingly so.”

“…!?”

Suddenly, a ghostly chilling voice came from behind.

 

[You reveal yourself while stepping with Eodukseoni’s Steps!]

 

Only then could He Xiao realize.

That Lee Hyeon, who had clearly been floating in the sky just moments ago, had disappeared without a trace.

Half-wrapped in a veil of shadows, Lee Hyeon was standing right behind him.

The words he spoke were Korean, completely incomprehensible,

but there was only one word he could understand.

Blue Thunder.

The Korean pronunciation of Qinglei.

This was because Xu Changyou always insisted on the pronunciation ‘Blue Thunder’ when saying Qinglei.

‘I need to dodge…!’

But He Xiao’s consciousness went only that far.

Before he knew it, Lee Hyeon had drawn a new blade from his inventory and was slicing through his neck.

 

[The ‘Blazing Magic Blade’ pours down fire lightning!]

 

It was an item he had obtained as a reward for defeating the Chaos Demon King.

 

[Blazing Magic Blade]

A weapon originally used by the Chaos Demon King in the myth of ■■■■. However, with the addition of the great Demon King’s firepower and its owner gaining a new name, it acquired uniqueness.

The more magic power infused into it, the more it draws out rough hellfire like fire lightning.

-Type: Item. Two-handed weapon.

-Origin: Myth ‘Journey to the West’

 

Originally a very heavy and large greatsword that required both hands to wield.

Even wreathed in hellfire, making it burdensome for anyone without considerable fortitude to even lift,

but it posed no particular problem for Lee Hyeon with Snow Soul Arm Strength activated.

Slice!

Whoooosh!

He Xiao’s head floating in the air still maintained its urgent expression.

Soon it turned to ash and disappeared in the belated flames.

 

[You activate Eodukseoni’s Steps to attempt stealth again.]

 

Lee Hyeon hid back into the shadows before getting splattered with the guy’s blood.

No, he tried to hide.

“Where do you think you’re going?”

If not for the red lightning bolt falling from the sky.

 

[The myth ‘One Who Thunders to the North’ seeks to punish the insolent enemy!]

 

Boom…!

Rummmmmble!!

A red pillar falling with tremendous roar that could be either drum beats or thunder.

The same force that had deflected the axe flying toward Magic Dragon now tried to completely pin Lee Hyeon to the ground.

Thunder God’s Lightning Technique.

It was Magic Dragon’s special skill, also called Thunder Method.

Judging by its overwhelming presence alone, it seemed like it would tear apart someone like Lee Hyeon all too easily,

“I have no choice.”

but Lee Hyeon only smiled.

He switched his grip on the Blazing Magic Blade from one hand to both hands.

Then he roughly slashed diagonally upward.

 

[Dueokshini’s Deep Breath (S+) reveals its fury while thoroughly enraged!]

[Fire lightning surges up!]

 

Crackle!

Rumble—

The blue-white lightning bolt that shot up above Lee Hyeon’s head soared into the sky along with his sword strike.

The flames born from the mixture of crimson fire demon and blue-white lightning were truly like a blazing sun.

The fire lightning created by the combined attack of Lee Hyeon and the Chaos Demon King not only instantly split through the center of the red pillar, but also reached right in front of the Magic Dragon’s nose.

“……!!”

The Magic Dragon hadn’t expected Lee Hyeon to boast such tremendous firepower, so he had to hastily pull out drumsticks from his chest.

 

[The myth, ‘One Who Strikes Thunder with Drums’ urgently beats two drums!]

 

Boom boom bang!

Two lightning bolts exploded as if they had condensed all the red pillars that had fallen on Lee Hyeon earlier.

Rumble—

Roar……!

Crash! Bang!

Smash!

“Kyaaah!”

“Wh-what is this! Why is the sky suddenly……!”

“Hunters are clashing!”

“It’s Ranker level! Everyone take cover!”

A fierce collision that erupted in a civilian area.

All the windows of the surrounding villa complex shattered, and sparks flew over the utility poles and power lines.

“……Damn.”

The Magic Dragon, pushed back in the power struggle, flipped his body in mid-air and landed on the rooftop railing of a three-story villa.

A look of dismay appeared on his face.

For him, who needed to keep his infiltration into Korea as secret as possible, this had become an unwelcome situation.

‘I expected he would have recovered some magic power, but to think he recovered this much……!’

The Magic Dragon couldn’t understand the current situation at all.

He knew well what kind of curse Lee Hyeon had suffered.

Ring of Extreme Cold.

It was like a unique divine authority that symbolized Xu Changyou today.

‘The curse cast by the Snow Queen couldn’t be melted even by Thunder God’s heat, or even by Zhurong’s flames……! How on earth did he overcome that curse?’

The Snow Queen was an existence that received an ‘unidentifiable’ judgment even in China.

Despite originating from a fairy tale rather than mythology, she was not only the master of a 4-star dungeon born after 20 years,

but even the divine powers of the famous deities that boasted couldn’t easily drive away the cold.

Thunder God was the god of thunder, and Zhurong was the seasonal god symbolizing summer and the south.

Therefore, he naturally thought Lee Hyeon wouldn’t be able to break free from that curse either…….

‘He obtained a fortuitous encounter! And one so tremendous that it can’t even be compared to the ……!’

Lightning flashed above the Magic Dragon’s eyes.

‘I must inform the elder. That Jet might have returned.’

But the biggest problem was actually something else.

 

[Thunder God strokes his chin with an intrigued expression as he observes the surface.]

[Thunder God shows deep interest in the recovery of his former subject whose abilities seem to have returned.]

 

Namely, the fact that Thunder God was giving deeper affection to someone else while neglecting his own apostle.

“……!”

The Magic Dragon’s complexion crumpled.

 

* * *

 

[The narrative of asks you what you think of the weapon he cherishes.]

 

“It’s quite useful. The weapon is too big for me though. Should I refine it and carry it around?”

 

[ expresses displeasure, saying it’s his and not to touch it carelessly until he returns.]

 

Pfft.

Lee Hyeon let out a quiet laugh while looking at Sahon’s message, who unlike the Snow Queen, expressed his intentions without hesitation.

Just before closed, the guy who was revived by the Heart of Bennu was currently remaining in narrative form.

‘No, is it still insufficient to say he was revived?’

 

[Heart of Bennu]

The heart left behind by a phoenix as it repeated extinction and rebirth.

This crystal born at the end of life contains brilliant flames that can purify all evil things, and can even raise a once-dead life from ashes again.

-Type: Elixir.

-Origin: Legend ‘Book of the Dead’

*This item has been used and cannot be reused.

**Revival is currently suspended due to insufficient conditions. Please supplement the narrative to proceed again.

 

Currently, Sahon was in a state of being half-alive and half-dead.

This was a result that occurred because he was an incomplete being originating from a .

「Kekeke. The system recognizes that the narrative that child has built, his uniqueness as Sahon rather than the Chaos Demon King, is still insufficient to be established.」

Sha Wujing added that explanation.

‘Then if uniqueness is established, he can be completely revived?’

「Of course. But it’s just as difficult. Kekekeke. Think of it as similar to the Snow Queen who parasitized the apostle.」

Lee Hyeon could now roughly guess how to solve Sahon’s problem.

So Lee Hyeon put Sahon in the cube for now, the same way the Heart of Bennu had been stored before.

Instead, he somehow managed to establish a spiritual connection between them so they could exchange messages.

The advice on how to utilize the demonic arts of flame heat was also received that way.

 

[ looks at the appearance of a different narrative from herself with a strange gaze.]

[ snorts, asking what she’s looking at.]

[ expresses displeasure.]

[ mocks her, saying as expected, her insides seem frozen like a small soy sauce dish.]

[ jumps up from her seat in protest, asking what he could know by looking at her.]

 

‘……I thought they wouldn’t get along, but they’re complete opposites.’

The Snow Queen and Sahon were ice and fire respectively. Not only were they natural enemies, but since they were both kings, their pride was strong, so conflicts were inevitable.

‘Son Wukong and Sha Wujing alone are noisy enough.’

Lee Hyeon let out an internal laugh while brightly illuminating his Golden Eyes of Truth.

Whoosh!

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Eyes of Truth’ confines the opponent in its field of vision to closely examine their condition!]

 

A wind from somewhere pushed away the black smoke, revealing the Magic Dragon with his stern expression.

“……Jet.”

“If you came to Korea, you should speak Korean. Why are you babbling in Chinese?”

“You actually came back.”

“Why? Does it seem strange that I look unharmed?”

Lee Hyeon felt like he was going crazy with how enjoyable the current situation was.

Fatigue?

There was none.

This was the moment that had come after four years of earnest waiting.

 

-According to what we investigated later, that bastard Chang-woo had been in continuous contact with Chairman Peng from before. Since you kept rejecting their proposals, they turned their attention to him as the second-in-command.

 

Just before departing on his long business trip.

In his conversation with Lee Gun-san, Lee Hyeon was able to hear various stories hidden behind the Gangneung incident.

Including the fact that ultimately, the Central Hero Committee and Chairman Peng were at the end of it all.

 

-Is that so?

-……You, don’t tell me you already knew?

-I roughly suspected as much. I’ve been investigating those bastards separately.

-Then Ye-bin is……

-……

-No. There’s no immediate need to discuss that story.

-I’m sorry, Lieutenant General.

 

Lee Gun-san shook his head as he spoke.

 

-Then, you were also keeping in mind drawing those bastards out to some degree…… Should we try hooking just one or two of them first?

-Sounds good.

-I’m really curious about what they’re thinking, and why they’ve been showing so much interest in Korea lately.

 

Lee Hyeon took out an apple-like [Highly Nutritious Spirit Fruit] from his inventory and swallowed it in one bite.

A spiritual medicine that smooths the body’s metabolism and corrects imbalances between attributes.

No matter how enjoyable this moment was, he intended to get his condition to peak before the real battle began.

Paaaaa!

A milky white radiance enveloped him before disappearing.

 

[Fatigue has been reduced to 0. All stats have increased by 5.]

 

“你到底是怎么(How on earth)……”

Magic Dragon still had a face of disbelief.

“How? I barely crawled up from hell to somehow throw you bastards into hellfire.”

Lee Hyeon couldn’t understand Magic Dragon’s words at all, but he could clearly understand their meaning.

And he thought Magic Dragon was probably no different from himself.

“Don’t even think about spouting nonsense that what I went through has nothing to do with you guys.”

Whoooosh!

 

[Activating Curse Incantations ‘Area Designation’, ‘Language Confusion’, and ‘Forced Alignment’!]

[You can now understand all conversations within a 50-meter radius.]

 

“From the moment Seo Chang-woo latched onto you guys, it was already crystal clear that you were behind it all back then.”

“……!”

Startled.

Inside dungeons, free communication was possible without intermediate translation thanks to the system’s correction effects.

Magic was the same. You had to separately activate translation magic or possess related items.

But without any special tools or hints, Magic Dragon could suddenly ‘understand’ Lee Hyeon’s words.

Even the depths of angry emotions that were thickly contained within them.

Though he couldn’t tell what kind of trick had been pulled,

Magic Dragon fell into a strong sense of crisis that Lee Hyeon might have become more dangerous than expected.

“In that regard,”

Lee Hyeon shouldered the Flame Magic Sword on his right shoulder and extended his left hand to the side.

Then the axe that had been rotating like planetary rings was sucked straight into his left hand.

Thud!

“Dragon Horse Wei Gangning as the first prey wouldn’t be bad at all. Don’t you think?”

Crackle! Crackle-crackle!

Whoooooosh!

Lee Hyeon violently raised blue-white lightning on his left side and black-red flame magic on his right.

It was like having wings of contrasting colors and attributes.

“I’ll finish this as quickly as possible before civilian damage occurs.”

Bang!

Lee Hyeon attempted to dash.

He flew forward as if gliding or sliding across the ground.

Shriiiiek-

“Insolent!!”

Magic Dragon gritted his teeth and raised his magic power to the maximum.

Crackle-crackle-crackle!!

Red lightning symbolizing thunder rose like a pillar toward the sky.

Originally, he had planned to subdue Lee Hyeon first, then escape immediately with just his capture………

‘Since it’s come to this, I’ll change the plan instead! I’ll make this incident big here! I’ll cause terrorism in the heart of Seoul so that Ulleungdo can’t be seen at all,’

Magic Dragon’s thoughts were cut off midway.

His lightning stopped rising and suddenly had its output braked as if blocked by something.

‘……Why isn’t it working!?’

“Of course it won’t work.”

Whoooosh!

Lee Hyeon had somehow approached right before Magic Dragon’s eyes.

His fierce smile that revealed his canines somehow felt frightening to Magic Dragon.

Before he knew it, his lightning…… was suddenly being sucked into Lee Hyeon like a magnet.

“Your lightning is already mine.”

“……!!”

 

[‘Event: Lightning Collector’ is activated!]

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