Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 65

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 65

Ranker (4)

 

 

 

[18 Logos are showing interest in you. Would you like to check?]

[You have chosen to decline.]

[Information disclosure status has been set to ‘private viewing.’ The Logos cannot check all matters related to you.]

……

 

[4 Logos have requested information disclosure from you.]

[You have chosen to decline.]

……

 

“Kekeke. Our apostle is gradually becoming more popular. Just two hours ago, there were only 4 Logos showing interest.”

Sha Wujing burst into laughter while looking at the message.

He seemed to be in a very good mood.

However, Son Wukong had his arms crossed with a sullen expression.

“What are you laughing about so happily?”

“No, then senior brother, aren’t you pleased? This is proof that our choice was so right.”

“The more attention that guy draws, the easier it becomes for our tracks to be exposed. So what’s the point—”

“That’s why our apostle set his activity exposure to private, didn’t he? If he does that, they can’t see it either, so there’s no problem.”

“Still, you never know where our tail might get caught!”

“The senior brother I know worries too much. At times like this, we should be enjoying ourselves, shouldn’t we?”

Son Wukong glared at Sha Wujing with an expression that said he’d seen enough of this frustrating guy, but Sha Wujing remained carefree.

“And even if problems do arise, our apostle will handle things well on his own, so stop holding onto your worries.”

Son Wukong let out a big sigh.

In fact, it wasn’t like he had any brilliant solutions either.

Now that Lee Hyeon had become a Ranker, his activities and records would inevitably continue to be recorded on the heavenly tablets.

And the steeper his achievements became, the more frequent those records would be.

Naturally, he would be bound to receive the concentrated attention of many eyes.

But even knowing this fact, Son Wukong couldn’t help feeling anxious.

The letter that the Peng Demon King had left still hadn’t faded from his mind.

 

—Wukong, I really never thought I’d end up leaving you a letter like this…

—Well, I suppose you really never know how things in this world will turn out? After you left like that, I thought we’d never see each other again.

—But this is the only place I can rely on, so I’m leaving this here.

—I hope this letter can reach you.

—May big brother’s grace reach you.

 

The content of the letter was news of the Peng Demon King’s survival.

Although she said she had also fallen into a degraded state like Sha Wujing, she seemed to have relatively free movement.

No, that’s what he had thought.

 

—I’ll get straight to the point.

—I’m currently searching for our scattered brothers.

—The problem is that those bastards are still persistently chasing after me.

—It seems they’re not satisfied with just our Fall from Heaven.

—They think they need to trample even the remaining seeds.

—Because of that, fifth brother Tongfeng met his demise.

 

He had vaguely speculated that such things might have happened,

but when he learned that there really was a brother who had been destroyed, Son Wukong felt breathless.

 

—This is something I confirmed directly, so there’s no mistake.

—And now sixth brother Jiuxin is…

 

The various facts and emotions contained in that not-so-long content.

He could almost picture the Peng Demon King wandering the world, avoiding the clutches of the Chief Deities.

 

—I hope at least you remain safe.

—After all, the reason they’re doing this is to find you.

 

—So please.

—Be careful.

 

Even the farewell message left calmly at the end.

Son Wukong could desperately feel what his former lover wanted to say between the lines.

“……”

Son Wukong quietly closed his eyes.

As Sha Wujing said, maybe he was thinking too hastily.

That’s why, even knowing it wouldn’t work right away, he had asked Lee Hyeon to save the Peng Demon King.

“How could I not understand senior brother’s frustrated heart? I felt the same way as her.”

Sha Wujing smiled bitterly.

“But let’s wait just a little longer. Our apostle has begun, hasn’t he? Since we’re on the same path, we’ll soon be able to learn news of them.”

Son Wukong remained silent.

But Sha Wujing knew this was silent agreement.

The atmosphere relaxed.

“…I suppose I’ve only shown my unreliable side to that youngest disciple.”

Eventually Son Wukong irritably scratched the back of his head and sighed.

Sha Wujing laughed.

“Kekekeke. It means senior brother is also just one person. Where is there a person without worries?”

“You’re right. I should eat some shaved ice and clear my head.”

“I heard that mango shaved ice is quite a delicacy at places called hotels. How about we suggest it to our apostle later and get some relief?”

“That sounds good. However, there’s one thing I need to correct about what you said.”

“What is it?”

“It’s not ‘our apostle’ but ‘my apostle’! Why do you keep trying to claim him!”

“Wait, wasn’t that discussion over!?”

“When did I ever!”

The bickering between Son Wukong and Sha Wujing continued today as well.

 

* * *

 

Buzz. Buzz.

Lee Hyeon’s mobile phone rang.

 

―Unknown stalkers discovered.

―Will handle them.

 

A message that flew to Z Team members including Kim Min-jeong.

Just as Lee Hyeon had warned in advance, it seemed that Ping Xin’s stalkers had followed them as well.

‘They should be able to handle it well, right?’

Lee Hyeon trusted in the skills of his team members who had safely completed their dungeon training(?), but he never underestimated Ping Xin.

Their skills were certainly comparable to the old Blue Thunder.

Their attitude toward combat immersion and even basic protocols.

Everything was a carbon copy of Blue Thunder.

‘Chang-woo… So this is what you ultimately wanted to do? How ridiculous. Did you want to play leader that badly?’

It was when Lee Hyeon was mulling over his enemy’s name.

Sniff sniff.

The moment they entered the underground bunker, Sha Wujing suddenly climbed onto Lee Hyeon’s head and twitched his nose.

‘Why are you suddenly acting like that?’

「Huh? This is…? Senior Brother!」

「Yes. I smell it too. I never expected to encounter something like this here?」

Son Wukong was the same.

Sitting on Lee Hyeon’s shoulder with his arms crossed, his expression looked intrigued.

‘What exactly are you reacting to? I don’t smell anything.’

Lee Hyeon wondered if there might be a fire in the bunker and tried to smell, but couldn’t detect anything.

「Of course you can’t smell it. This isn’t something material, but more like a spiritual fragrance.」

‘Spiritual fragrance…?’

「Kekeke. You don’t need to think about it so difficultly. It’s just because there are traces of a great being that normally can’t be found in the Lower Realm.」

Sha Wujing added his explanation.

Lee Hyeon wanted to ask more details about what that meant, but postponed his questions for a moment.

Lee Gun-san was wearing a golden robe symbolizing an alchemist, glaring sharply at a flask.

The glass container placed in front of him.

Inside, the Snow Queen’s left hand was writhing as if it were a living creature.

Twitch. Twitch.

 

[The reacts upon seeing a part of her former body!]

 

“…I can’t understand it. Why did something that had been perfectly still all this time start moving? Am I missing something?”

Lee Gun-san muttered to himself.

“I think I know the reason.”

“Hmm…? Oh, you’re here? But what’s that on your shoulder?”

Lee Gun-san heard Lee Hyeon’s voice and was about to greet him warmly, then noticed the drooping Magic Dragon and his eyes lit up.

“I picked it up on the way. It’s a gift.”

“Magic Dragon…! Haha! You caught quite a big one.”

“Where should I put it?”

“Ah, follow me this way. My wife would be shocked if she saw it.”

Lee Gun-san led him to a secret room prepared in one corner of the bunker.

A narrow room about half a pyeong in size.

The walls were painted completely white, making one feel mentally confused.

Lee Hyeon sat Magic Dragon on the metal chair prepared in the center and tied his limbs with cable ties.

“He’s become a complete wreck. It’s amazing he’s still breathing.”

“Just keep him breathing. I’ll handle the rest myself.”

Lee Gun-san saw Lee Hyeon’s murderous gaze and let out a hollow laugh.

It seemed the guy wouldn’t be getting off easy.

Of course, he had no intention of letting him off either.

“Feed him this. Then he’ll regain consciousness soon.”

Lee Hyeon opened the cap of the potion Lee Gun-san gave him and poured it generously over Magic Dragon’s head.

As if he didn’t want to feed it to him.

Still, the face and upper body areas touched by the potion recovered noticeably.

Twitch.

Lee Gun-san watched Magic Dragon gradually regaining consciousness and asked.

“By the way, what did you mean earlier? That you know why the Snow Queen’s left hand is acting like that?”

“It’s trying to find its master.”

“Master…? Wait, don’t tell me!”

Only then could Lee Gun-san confirm Lee Hyeon’s changed aura.

A completely different level from before.

“Ranker! You’ve become a Ranker! Haha! I really thought you could do it!”

Lee Hyeon smiled faintly.

“I was lucky.”

“If luck was all it took to become a Ranker, what would all the lottery winners be then! Haha!”

Lee Gun-san burst into hearty laughter, then nodded heavily.

“I see. You awakened a narrative related to the Snow Queen when you became a Ranker?”

“The research papers the General lent me were very helpful.”

“That’s nothing much. Hehe.”

Lee Gun-san was being modest, but Lee Hyeon was sincere.

Really, without his research, there would have been many misjudgments when meeting the Snow Queen in the mental world.

“That means we don’t need to just watch that hideous thing anymore?”

Lee Gun-san’s eyes lit up as he lightly snapped his fingers.

Snap!

Crack-

The glass container holding the Snow Queen’s left hand disappeared. It had actually been a barrier he had set up.

And,

 

[The yearns for her lost former body.]

 

Whoosh!

The freed left hand flew toward them.

“Whoa!”

Go Jin-woo was startled by the horror movie-like scene,

but Lee Hyeon calmly smiled and extended his right hand toward it.

The moment index finger met index finger,

Crack-

The Snow Queen’s left hand shattered like ice and completely absorbed into Lee Hyeon’s right hand.

Simultaneously, a pale emblem was carved onto the back of his right hand.

It looked like a snow crystal.

Magnificent magic power was contained within it.

Opposite to Dueoksini’s Rage,

cold-attribute magic power as if the Ring of Extreme Cold had been compressed into it.

 

[Congratulations! You have obtained the ‘Emblem of Bitter Cold’.]

 

[Emblem of Bitter Cold]

A seal of Divine Authority born from ‘s own Divine Authority.

The Ring of Extreme Cold contained within was once a chain that tormented you terribly, but now it will become a guardian that protects you.

-Type: Sacred Relic. Seal.

-Origin: Fairy tale ‘Snow Queen’

 

“……!”

Lee Hyeon’s eyes widened at the appearance of this completely unexpected gift.

 

[ expresses gratitude to you for helping her regain at least part of her lost former body.]

[‘s narrative has been further strengthened.]

[All skills and attributes related to become deeper.]

 

“Haha… A Sacred Relic. And Divine Authority at that.”

Lee Gun-san noticed the change that occurred in Lee Hyeon and exclaimed in admiration.

“Breath of Dueoksini and Ring of Extreme Cold… They should be absolute opposites that could never be contained in one vessel, yet such harmony.”

 

[The yin-cold attribute magic power flowing from ‘Sacred Relic: Banner of Bitter Cold’ conflicts with the yang-heat attribute magic power of ‘Skill: Dueokshini’s Deep Breath’.]

[Ruyi Jingu Bang’s Divine Power activates.]

[Divine Power embraces the two incompatible magic powers as one.]

 

[Understanding of Magic Power has deepened.]

[Magic Power increased by 5.]

[Dexterity increased by 4.]

 

[Rank has risen.]

 

No matter how extreme the two opposing attribute magic powers were, before Son Wukong they were nothing more than a handful of ice and a small flame.

The first-stage opened Ruyi Jingu Bang fused the two magic powers all too easily.

The feeling of Mana Circuits being filled to capacity.

No, it was the feeling of the soul within the body being elevated.

‘…So this is possible too.’

Lee Hyeon felt quite strange.

The irony that the Ring of Extreme Cold, which had tormented him terribly for the past 4 years, was now becoming a weapon.

But that made him even happier.

Because he knew the terror of the Ring of Extreme Cold better than anyone.

A tool is just a tool.

There was no need to hate it.

Moreover,

‘My understanding of the Ring of Extreme Cold is far superior to that bastard Chang-woo’s. Now I no longer need to be wary of that guy.’

Just as Lee Hyeon’s lips curved with satisfaction.

 

[ expects more bodies and offerings.]

 

Snow Queen subtly sent a message containing her opinion.

Lee Hyeon briefly thought of the guy’s ice corpse that would be stored at the Ministry of Defense, then shook his head.

“…Kugh.”

Just then, Magic Dragon’s eyelids were about to open.

‘Shall I try using it?’

Lee Hyeon placed his right hand on Magic Dragon’s crown.

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Banner of Bitter Cold’ activates!]

 

Whiiiii…!

At that moment, a bone-chilling cold wind filled the sealed room.

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