Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 64

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 64

Ranker (3)

 

 

 

[Event: Lightning Collector]

[As a dokkaebi, you have begun to understand and master various types of lightning by collecting them.]

[Collect 99 lightning bolts. Once you complete the collection, a new path will await you.]

[Success: ???]

[Failure: Divine Punishment]

 

[Currently collected lightning (3/99)]

– Dueoksini (Specter)

– Zeus (Diovis)

– Indra (Vajramudra)

 

After stealing Indra’s lightning using the curse incantations of Energy Drain,

Lee Hyeon became capable of stealing and using various types of lightning.

Having already taken lightning from Zeus and Indra, who were classified as supreme gods, wouldn’t it be possible to take lightning from a thunder god who was merely a mid-level deity in the Celestial Court?

Moreover, the good thing about this event was that the longer he possessed them, the deeper his understanding of the collected lightning became.

Indra’s lightning, which was initially marked as ‘???’ when first collected, had changed to its original name ‘Vajramudra’ for exactly this reason.

Vajramudra meant sacred lightning.

The lightning Lee Hyeon wielded possessed such diverse attributes and characteristics.

From the beginning,

this was a fight Magic Dragon could never win.

‘Though he’s never beaten me to begin with.’

He knew all too well that Magic Dragon was jealous of him.

No, anyone from Blue Thunder would know.

It was too obvious to anyone who looked.

That’s why he could easily predict that Magic Dragon would be the first to rush at him if he showed any weakness.

‘But if he falls for it more easily than expected,’

Lee Hyeon roughly swung down the Flame Magic Sword in his right hand.

“I almost feel sorry for him.”

Crash!

Magic Dragon hastily swung his drumstick upward.

An explosion erupted simultaneously.

“Urgh…! Cough!”

Magic Dragon was pushed back.

His insides were in shambles and he even coughed up blood.

“How… how is this…!”

His drumstick was a sacred relic passed down by the Thunder God.

 

[Thunder Method Drumstick]

The drumstick the Thunder God swings to create thunder and lightning from within the clouds. Each strike generates lightning that puts opponents in an electrocuted state.

-Type: Sacred Relic. One-handed weapon.

-Origin: Myth ‘Thunder God’

 

The Thunder Method Drumstick had the effect of unleashing violent lightning to shake opponents and even paralyze their bodies by damaging their nervous system.

But now, none of those effects were manifesting.

The lightning was being absorbed entirely by Lee Hyeon before it could even discharge.

Crackle! Crackle-crack!

Boom boom boom boom!

The process of the red lightning that should have been surrounding Magic Dragon swirling and being absorbed by Lee Hyeon,

and the sight of red lightning mixing alongside the violently surging blue-white lightning,

came as a great shock to Magic Dragon, who had taken pride in being the Thunder God’s apostle his entire life.

 

[The Thunder God expresses bewilderment at how his lightning is being taken.]

[The Thunder God looks at his apostle, who pathetically lost control of the lightning, with disdain.]

 

“Damn it!!”

Lee Hyeon’s fierce assault continued after that.

When the Flame Magic Sword scattered fire lightning, Taotie’s Fangs would follow up by exploiting gaps with wind lightning.

Magic Dragon was pushed back with each collision, eventually suffering the humiliation of his mana circuits drying up in an instant.

The more magic power he used, the more lightning was absorbed. There was no way to counter it.

“Why… why can’t I take the lightning…! If you took mine, then I should be able to take yours too…!”

Lee Hyeon seemed to understand the principle behind absorbing lightning.

Magnetic force.

Electromagnetic fields repel like poles and attract opposite poles.

But conversely, wouldn’t the side with superior skill in manipulating magnetic fields have the advantage?

Crash!

“Ugh!”

The axe struck down on the drumstick.

Magic Dragon could no longer endure and dropped one knee to the ground.

‘…This guy is better than me? Even in such delicate control abilities?’

Magic Dragon’s eyes shook restlessly.

Four years ago, when he realized he could never match Lee Hyeon’s proud raw output, the path he chose was control ability.

He thought that if he could precisely handle the unruly lightning, he could adequately respond to Lee Hyeon’s tremendous output.

But…

‘That wasn’t it!!’

Slash!

Whoosh-

“Aaaaah!”

The Flame Magic Sword cut through his right arm.

The drumstick flew up into the air.

 

[The Thunder God coldly glares at the apostle who lost his sacred relic.]

 

‘No, no…!’

Lee Hyeon was reaching toward the drumstick.

Magic Dragon desperately stretched out his remaining left hand in that direction.

If that was taken, he would truly be finished.

But the drumstick was also drawn to Lee Hyeon by magnetism.

Lee Hyeon planted the Flame Magic Sword in the ground and caught the drumstick.

 

[You have obtained ‘Sacred Relic: Thunder Technique Drumstick’. The sacred relic is reacting violently!]

 

“It’s been a while.”

Even after obtaining the sacred relic, Lee Hyeon’s face showed no particular interest.

Having already achieved the first opening of the Ruyi Jingu Bang, such weapons hardly caught his attention anymore.

‘Thunder Duke or whatever, I’m not really interested.’

 

[Thunder Duke cannot hide his disappointment in his existing apostle. Forcibly terminating apostleship.]

[Thunder Duke is making a new apostle proposal to the sacred relic’s new owner……]

 

Lee Hyeon shoved it into his inventory before Thunder Duke’s message could even properly appear.

 

[Congratulations! You have successfully devoured and understood the ‘Myth: One Who Strikes Thunder with Drums’.]

[You have comprehended Thunder Duke’s lightning attribute.]

[You have successfully collected the corresponding lightning.]

 

[Currently collected lightning (4/99)]

– Dueoksini (Specter)

– Zeus (Diovis)

– Indra (Vajramudra)

– Thunder Duke (Thunder Technique)

 

Looking at the word added to the list,

Lee Hyeon drove the axe in his left hand into Magic Dragon’s right shoulder.

Crash!

Sizzle!!

“This…… can’t…… happen…… My lightning…… I am…… Ping Xin…… cannot die……!”

“Don’t worry. I won’t kill you.”

Lee Hyeon smiled coldly.

“I have a lot to hear from you, so why would I kill you?”

“……!!”

In an instant, the wound area seared and was forcibly cauterized, and his body was completely burned, becoming black charcoal.

Black ash flew from his mouth and nose.

His mana circuits were also destroyed.

The guy would no longer be able to function as a Hunter.

 

[Curse Incantations: Full Body Paralysis]

 

With a curse added on top of that,

Thud!

Magic Dragon collapsed pathetically, unworthy of his reputation.

“Phew……”

Lee Hyeon caught his rough breathing.

His first hunt had ended successfully.

He had tried to fight as coldly as possible, but it seemed his emotions had gotten more intense than expected.

But fortunately, Magic Dragon was still breathing.

‘This is enough.’

Lee Hyeon hoisted the limp Magic Dragon onto his right shoulder.

Wee-woo-wee-woo-

Just then, the sound of sirens could be heard in the distance. It seemed the police were coming after receiving reports about the commotion.

 

[Activating Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder.]

 

Lee Hyeon left the scene before things could escalate further.

Only hot, swirling air remained where they had disappeared.

 

* * *

 

『Breaking news. Currently in the Jeonnong-dong area of Dongdaemun-gu, two Hunters presumed to be Ranker-level have clashed……』

“Geez, what times are we living in that they’re fighting like that in broad daylight, right in the middle of downtown?”

Go Jin-woo, who was watching television at Lee Gun-san’s mansion, clicked his tongue while neatly folding laundry.

“Do they have brains or not? Do they think they won’t get caught doing that? Really, when you’re stupid, your hands and feet suf-“

“They probably won’t get caught.”

“Ah, damn! You scared me!”

A voice suddenly came from behind.

Go Jin-woo thought his heart was going to drop.

He hurriedly turned around.

Lee Hyeon stood there with a blank expression.

“If you’re going to talk, at least make some noise when you move around! I really thought I was going to die of a heart attack!”

“Wouldn’t a doctor dying of a heart attack be a Darwin Award candidate?”

“Aren’t doctors human too! But why are you suddenly here! Without even saying anything!”

“Why are you here, hyung?”

The conversation kept running parallel.

Go Jin-woo frowned.

“Because of some bastard who lives somewhere, I got fired for unauthorized absence and became unemployed, so I’m working part-time here to put food on the table. Why?”

“That part-time job is housekeeping?”

“Ah, really! Stop with the useless talk! Why did you come!”

Lee Hyeon looked at Go Jin-woo, who was angry as usual today, and smiled lightly.

“To give you a present.”

“A present?”

“This.”

Lee Hyeon carelessly threw what he had been carrying on his shoulder onto the floor.

“Ugh! My laundry……!”

Go Jin-woo, who couldn’t tell what it was because it was so blackened, was startled once again.

“Damn! This is a person!”

“Hyung, you’re really a doctor, right? A doctor with a weak heart, small liver, really nothing’s normal about you?”

“Stop with the doc-……!”

“Whatever. Just check that guy’s face properly.”

Go Jin-woo ground his teeth as he examined the face of the man who was horribly burned, then his eyes soon sank deeply.

“……Wei Gang-ning.”

“Recognize him?”

No matter how hideously disfigured, it wasn’t to the degree that he couldn’t recognize the guy who had tormented them countless times during their Blue Thunder days.

“A big fish took the bait.”

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

“As you can see.”

Lee Hyeon showed his uninjured arm.

Go Jin-woo let out a hollow laugh.

He had heard that Lee Hyeon was going on a dungeon business trip for two weeks, but……

‘He became a Ranker in that time?’

Jet, who had disappeared long ago, was returning.

Then he remembered the breaking news he had seen earlier.

“Well, they’re already making a fuss about it. I got out of there as fast as I could.”

Lee Hyeon let out a hollow laugh in front of the television.

The footage showed him and Magic Dragon in the midst of their fight. Someone must have filmed it with their mobile phone and reported it.

“Hey, you don’t think…”

“Don’t worry. My face probably wasn’t exposed.”

“What?”

How could that make sense?

Go Jin-woo looked at the video more closely and his eyes widened.

Just as Lee Hyeon had said, Lee Hyeon’s face appeared distorted as if covered by noise.

He took out his mobile phone and checked the trending videos on YouTube that were causing a stir.

Various angles all captured Lee Hyeon’s appearance, but

 

└Wow… Ranker battles in today’s world? Are they crazy?

└Oh, this is quite rare.

└└What’s rare about it, you crazy bastard. The entire Jeonnong-dong area is in chaos because of that.

└Is there a Lightning Mage around? I heard all of East Seoul is having blackouts?

└└This is driving me crazy… The subway suddenly shut down due to system failures too.

 

└But what are the identities of Lightning Mages of that caliber? They can’t be unknown, right?

└One of them clearly looks old, but the other one seems to have particularly bad noise interference?

└He looked like a young man, but in all the other videos that part is censored too ㅇㅇ

└└Even if there was noise due to signal issues, how could it only affect that man?

└But don’t you think he might be really handsome? I’m getting jealous.

└└ Fuck, you can’t even see what his build is like, how the hell do you know if he’s hot, crazy

 

Just like the comments suggested, no matter how high-quality the video was, only Lee Hyeon’s face was mysteriously obscured.

 

[Curse Incantations: Cognitive Disorder, Endless Mountains]

 

This was thanks to Lee Hyeon having cast numerous curses throughout the area that made it impossible to properly perceive his appearance.

“Instead, I made sure Magic Dragon’s face was clearly visible. Don’t you think Chairman Peng will be very pleased?”

“…Ha, honestly.”

Go Jin-woo shook his head while looking at Lee Hyeon’s bright smile.

Magic Dragon was one of China’s pride Rankers. And he belonged to a state organization at that.

There was no way such a person’s identity wouldn’t be exposed quickly.

No matter how much they tried to hide it, Korea’s major intelligence agencies were probably all busy trying to assess the situation.

“A Chinese special forces department head who committed terrorism in the heart of downtown Seoul… It’s going to be quite noisy.”

Various countries that were always looking for China to show weakness would probably be very pleased.

Though he was a cherished younger brother, he would truly be frightening to face as an enemy.

‘This guy has been quietly staying put until now and is just starting to move… Four years really was a long time.’

Go Jin-woo shook his head and stood up from his seat.

“You brought that guy here to interrogate him, right?”

“We’ll have a lot to discuss, won’t we.”

Go Jin-woo let out a hollow laugh.

“Discuss… I don’t think he’ll want to talk. The Lieutenant General is in the underground bunker, so follow me.”

Go Jin-woo said while stuffing the messed up laundry back into the laundry basket.

“As it happens, the Lieutenant General has something he wants to show you.”

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