Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 72

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 72

First Hunt (6)

 

 

 

The moment dozens of legends were about to strike down like lightning over the abandoned factory,

 

[Legend ‘Remnants of the Dead’ begins to ignite spectral flames!]

 

Whoooosh!!

Dozens of blue spirit flames opened above the abandoned factory rooftop.

Ghost fires that bewitched those who gazed upon them.

They soon took the form of people each wielding different weapons.

 

[An army rises!]

 

Tension filled the faces of the A Team members.

This was the Ghost Fire Brigade that had earned Executive Director Jeong the nickname “Night Light.”

 

[Ghost Fire Brigade]

Soldiers born from gathering the starlight of ghost stars that illuminate spirits. They boast exceptional skills as they burn the souls of warriors who were outstanding in life.

However, when the flames are consumed, the souls automatically face extinction.

-Origin: Folk tale ‘Yin-Yang Master’

 

“P-please…!”

“I don’t want to die…!”

Despite their pitiful voices, the Ghost Fire Brigade’s assault was extremely vicious.

Kaaaak!

Kiiiaaa-

They let out terrible ghostly wails as they simultaneously kicked off the rooftop railings.

The A Team members tensed up and prepared to respond,

Paaaat-

Someone leaped forward in front of them, ignoring formation.

“Move! Move! Everyone get out of the way, you idiots!!”

It was Manager Eom Ki-seon from Z Team.

Kwakwakwang!

 

[Legend ‘Baby General Uturi’ folds its wings into a great sword and sweeps away enemies!]

 

His momentum was so terrifying.

Even though he faced dozens of ghost fire soldiers alone, rather than being pushed back, he displayed tremendous power as he drove them forward with force.

Several A Team members with strong competitive spirits flinched.

Crackle.

“Message to A Team. Message to A Team. Everyone, don’t act rashly. As I said, Z Team moves as a separate unit handling vanguard and rear. I repeat. Z Team moves as a separate unit, so A Team maintains your positions.”

As soon as Im Won-young’s order ended,

Tang! Tang!

 

[Legend ‘Tale of Janghwa and Hongryeon’ shoots killing intent to provide supporting fire!]

 

Whenever rough gunshots rang out from the rear, ghost fire soldiers would inevitably fall with their heads blown apart.

Kim Min-jeong’s ghostly marksmanship, picking off only those trying to block Manager Eom Ki-seon’s breakthrough.

Her skills seemed to have improved much more than when she was in A Team.

Thanks to this, nothing could block Manager Eom Ki-seon’s advance.

“…Order confirmed.”

“Order confirmed.”

It was teamwork that even A Team had to acknowledge.

Kwakwakwang!!

“Ahahaha! Is this all you’ve got, you ghost bastards! Executive Director Jeong, Executive Director Jeong, all rumors and no substance – this is nothing special!!”

The opportunity Manager Eom Ki-seon gained from was Son Wukong’s fighting arena.

By witnessing the traces left when Son Wukong clashed with the fake Son Wukong impersonating him, his level had instantly risen by several stages.

Thanks to this, Manager Eom Ki-seon’s movements were both agile and extremely sharp.

Six ghosts were swept away in an instant.

But his confident laughter was short-lived.

Crackle.

“You’ve improved quite a bit since I last saw you. I was worried you’d become a cripple after breaking swords and such.”

Executive Director Ho’s laughter coming through the radio on a different frequency made him frown deeply.

“Ah, that really couldn’t be helped!”

“A man making excuses.”

“Argh! It’s not an excuse! Executive Director, look! Does that guy even look human to you?!”

Where Manager Eom Ki-seon pointed with his finger.

Lee Hyeon had become lightning itself, single-handedly ‘cutting through’ the spectral army.

 

[Fury Strike (S) attempts continuous attacks with bull rush!]

[Stack accumulated.]

[Lightning strikes relentlessly like rain!]

 

Kururung, kururu…!

Flash! Flash!

Kwakwakwakwang!!

Lee Hyeon was literally swinging his axe at everything in sight.

Every time lightning flashed, ghost fire soldiers’ heads flew off, and every time lightning struck, bodies split and fell in succession.

The ripples and lightning bolts spreading with each step on the ground were so intense it seemed like they wanted to dye the entire world blue-white.

“Look at the weapon the Executive Director gave him! Giving him something like that made an already monster-like human even more monstrous!!”

Even more amazing were the iron orbs that rotated like planetary rings, smashing the heads and torsos of ghost fire soldiers as Lee Hyeon pushed forward.

With the continuous lightning strikes and surging lightning bolts already creating chaos, the iron orbs flying in like surprise attacks made it worse.

Even their own allies had to keep their distance to avoid getting caught up in the damage.

Manager Eom Ki-seon definitely didn’t remember Lee Hyeon having such abilities.

Now he had gained area-of-effect skills that could achieve high success rates even in one-versus-many battles.

Literally like a tiger gaining wings.

“And you’re comparing me to that natural disaster?! Are you sane, human?”

“…Ahem! Well now, you should be happy when your superior gets stronger. Getting worked up over something like that.”

Executive Director Ho had nothing to say in response and just coughed awkwardly.

“Anyway, if you’re not going to help, stop being a distraction and fall back!! I’m already busy enough as it is…!”

Manager Eom Ki-seon put even more strength into his legs, trying somehow to keep up with Lee Hyeon’s breakthrough power.

Kwaaaaang!

‘Hmm… Even while treating it as a natural disaster, he’s still staying conscious of it. Should I consider this a good thing?’

Executive Director Ho watched Manager Eom Ki-seon from a distance with a broad smile.

Having secretly marked him as a successor, this was a satisfying situation for him.

On the other hand, even he found Lee Hyeon’s abilities truly remarkable.

“Huh… How long has it been since I gave him that, and he’s already at that level…?”

The iron ball made from Bulgasari’s metal was truly a tyrant standing on the battlefield itself.

It circled around the blind spots where Lee Hyeon’s field of vision couldn’t reach well, blocking enemy attacks,

And whenever it spotted an opening, it would fly in like a ghost to cut off the enemy’s breath.

Already having the nature of draining life force, with lightning energy added on top, each strike was tremendously powerful, so the naturalized soldiers began to be wary of the iron ball.

Though they still couldn’t block the iron ball that exploited their openings.

The problem was that Lee Hyeon wasn’t just concentrating on controlling the iron ball.

Rather, he was diving into the enemy formation like a madman even more than Manager Eom Ki-seon, engaging in close combat.

He had no time to worry about the iron ball’s movements.

Yet he was displaying such remarkable skill…

“That means he’s moving the iron ball purely with his sixth sense. Is his intuition innate? Hehe. Where on earth did such a guy suddenly pop out from?”

Executive Director Ho felt his fingertips itch like when he first clashed with Lee Hyeon.

If it were his younger days, he would have rushed in without looking back and crossed hands with Lee Hyeon without caring about his surroundings.

It was regrettable that the dignity that strangely came with age was binding his feet.

“There’s no way such a guy would suddenly appear out of nowhere… I’m curious.”

Executive Director Ho wondered what past Lee Hyeon was hiding.

Perhaps he had been active in the military rather than civilian life?

“I’m really curious.”

As his eyes sank deeply with unknown meaning,

Pazizizizik!!

Blue-white lightning rose like a pillar into the sky above Lee Hyeon’s head.

Thunder clouds had formed.

And,

 

[Dueoksini’s Rage erupts!]

 

Kwarrrrrung!!

Taotie’s Fangs became lightning bolts and struck the center of the abandoned factory site.

Simultaneously, the ground collapsed with the impact.

A passage leading underground appeared.

“…You found a secret passage to the underground level?”

Executive Director Ho’s eyes widened.

He had thought that finding the entrance to the hidden research facility would be the key after defeating the naturalized soldier unit,

But who would have thought it would be found this quickly!

“…Not just intuition, but also excellent insight and judgment? He’s nothing short of a monster.”

Executive Director Ho felt his blood boiling even more.

And,

“Certainly an interesting fellow.”

“It’s amazing that there are still so many things left to be surprised about.”

“They said they were going to give him the White Tiger Kill, and now I understand why.”

The other directors watching the battlefield showed the same reaction.

While earning such admiration from the executive group,

Creeeeak-

Lee Hyeon was attempting to enter through the entrance.

 

* * *

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Eyes of Truth’ searches for the location of another sacred relic ‘Golden Headband’ based on ■■■■’s karma!]

[Searching.]

…

[The Ruyi Jingu Bang’s divine power is leaning to one side. Another divine power has been found.]

 

[The location of the Golden Headband has been found!]

 

The method Lee Hyeon used to find the entrance location was quite simple.

He tracked down the Golden Headband.

Having already accumulated quite a lot of karma while exploring five of Son Wukong’s myths.

Kwang!

In front of the stairs leading underground.

A naturalized soldier stood guard, appointing itself as gatekeeper.

But Lee Hyeon pushed away the shield-bearing creature with a body tackle while simultaneously swinging the axe in his left hand with force.

Kwarrrrrung!

Kwajik!!

Fury Strike causes lightning to burst from the point of impact. Thanks to this, it created the result of shaking the opponent inside and out by giving both an electrocution effect from the outside and a shock effect that shook from within.

Moreover, lightning already had the effect of warding off evil by itself.

It was perfectly effective against undead.

One strike, one kill.

Every time he swung his axe, naturalized soldiers went flying.

Kwaaaaang!!

‘Left side here. Right side next. And then… diagonally up!’

A narrow corridor that could barely allow one person to pass through.

All the lights were out so not a single ray of light came in, but he steadily found his way and quickly passed through the underground research facility.

The interior scenery where various experiments would have been conducted barely registered in his eyes.

Everything had already been pulverized by the lightning strikes beforehand.

 

[Combat Sense (S) warns of an ambush!]

 

The occasional creatures that hid and attempted attacks were no problem either.

 

[ quickly moves her spirit into the iron ball to strike down the opponent.]

 

Before that could happen, the iron ball was already crushing the creature’s jaw.

The iron ball’s direction changes that Executive Director Ho had marveled at were all the work of the Snow Queen and Sahon.

Lee Hyeon would just float the iron ball with electromagnetic fields and keep it rotating, then the two spirit entities would move on their own to strike down the naturalized soldiers.

When the Snow Queen moved, cold energy was infused, and when Sahon moved, heat was contained, making the power definite.

 

[ raises her chin high, saying she killed 4 more naturalized soldiers and this is the difference in level between you and her.]

[ snorts, saying she’s showing off over something useless.]

[ protests, asking wasn’t it you who first suggested we measure whose skills are superior.]

[ laughs even more heartily, asking if she really believes that literally.]

[ glares at ‘s narrative as if to kill!]

 

Their bickering was just like little children.

「Kahat. A familiar divine power has been getting closer since a while ago. The Golden Headband is approaching, senior brother!」

「I see.」

“Huh? Why are you suddenly acting so serious? The Sacred Relic is coming back, aren’t you happy?”

“I’m happy. I’m happy, but I keep having this nagging doubt since a moment ago……”

Lee Hyeon couldn’t hear the rest of Son Wukong’s words.

 

[Combat Sense (S) sharply heightens your senses and warns of danger!]

 

A dangerous sensation that made his hair stand on end.

Lee Hyeon quickly stopped Dueoksini’s Swift Thunder and twisted his body to the side.

Taotie’s Fangs, Iron Devourer shot up diagonally.

“Team Leader Jang, it’s dangerous!”

At the same time, Im Won-young burst in with Jangsan Tiger and blocked one of the two attacks aimed at Lee Hyeon.

Clang!

Iron Devourer also deflected the ambush to the side at the exact same moment.

‘An arrow?’

Lee Hyeon realized what had been aimed at him was an iron arrow and narrowed his eyes.

“Team Leader Im? Why aren’t you staying in the back?”

“It seems Executive Director Jeong brought some troublesome guys. And if I leave everything to Team Leader Jang like this, I won’t be able to keep my promise to grandmother, right?”

Growl!

Two Jangsan Tigers leaped forward and roughly tore through the air.

“Damn!”

“Shit…!”

Then two people who had been hiding their bodies with Stealth items revealed themselves and barely managed to block the attacks.

Bang! Crash!

Hiss-

Faces familiar to Lee Hyeon as well.

Im Won-young let out a sneer.

“I never thought I’d see Team Leader Park and Team Leader Cheon in a place like this. Team B and Team E should definitely be on standby at the second line.”

Team Leader Park from Team B and Team Leader Cheon from Team E grimaced deeply.

Their plan to quietly eliminate only Im Won-young and escape had been completely exposed.

“How did you know we were here……”

“You two were closest to Executive Director Jeong. Isn’t it natural to put surveillance on people like that?”

The two men pressed their lips tightly together.

Im Won-young’s sneer deepened.

“Neither of you would have overflowing loyalty to Executive Director Jeong…… Executive Director Jeong must have a solid grip on some weakness of yours.”

Team Leader Park and Team Leader Cheon gritted their teeth, exchanged glances, and readjusted their stances.

“It’s not like we want to do this either……”

“Now that it’s come to this, you’ll have to die here.”

The two team leaders’ words couldn’t continue for long.

Even before that,

Whoosh-

Two axes were already crossing through the air, filled with Dueoksini’s fury.

As if he didn’t want to hear their excuses, Lee Hyeon had thrown both axes and was attempting to dash forward himself, one beat behind.

Bang!

Rumble!!

“……!”

“……!!”

A ferocious yet violent momentum.

For the first time, tension appeared on the faces of the two team leaders as they pulled their weapons close and took defensive stances.

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