The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 10

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Episode 10

Chapter 10.

When I opened my eyes, what I saw were countless cards.

Ten thousand cards floating above a black space.

‘Is this the famous Pantheon?’

An event more often called “card gacha” than its noble name of Pantheon.

The flower of Godseeker that made countless users cry and laugh.

It was the moment when god summoning unfolded.

[Welcome to the Pantheon.]

[Each card contains a different god.]

[Please select the god you will serve.]

“Wow… there are so many.”

God summoning, notorious for being the best test of wealth or luck.

Posts about investing tens of millions of won to draw a desired god were common enough to see regularly, and there were quite a few who shed tears without obtaining one despite that.

On the other hand, someone might succeed in ten tries what others failed at even after investing tens of millions – such a bizarre system.

You truly had to throw money at it or throw luck at it.

Dohyun, who prided himself on having worse luck than anyone, planned to finish god summoning quickly.

‘There’s no need to be greedy.’

He’d already gotten enough rewards, and though it was painful, with 6 traits he could tolerate even if trash came up.

“…Huh?”

He definitely thought that way.

Until he looked closely at the cards before his eyes.

“…Why is that one gold?”

It wasn’t just gold.

All the cards were emitting different lights.

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All users who complete the tutorial are placed at a crossroads.

A crossroads where they must serve only one god among the countless gods of the Pantheon.

Since the system required choosing a profession from those derived from the god they serve, they had to choose carefully.

Not only that.

Since Godseeker divided everything by grades, gods also had their respective grades.

Fable gods, Hero gods, Myth gods.

Fable gods were those who became gods through stories that spread consistently among people since ancient times, while Hero gods were cases where humans once called heroes ascended to the Pantheon and became gods.

The last category, Myth gods, were those who created a single ‘mythology’.

Zeus from Greek and Roman mythology or Odin from Norse mythology belonged to this category.

Naturally, the latter were higher grades.

Of course everyone wanted to become an apostle of a Myth god, but not just anyone could become an apostle.

“Right. This damn shitty game’s characteristic doesn’t go anywhere.”

Because you absolutely had to draw by probability.

What were the odds of drawing a Myth god card when you didn’t know how many existed among ten thousand cards?

Naturally it couldn’t be drawn easily, and the prevailing opinion was that drawing a Myth god required either heavenly luck or pouring in astronomical amounts of money.

[Godddong just got the Northern Lion God from drawing, what should I do? Should I just stop?]

-Lion God means… Gustav? Crazy, if it’s a Hero god you should stop immediately.

-I still have 300 bullets left… It appeared in just 200 draws so I’m a bit conflicted.

-Wtf Hero god in 200 draws;; Is this even a country?

-What’s there to think about. Gustav won’t bow to anyone anywhere, even if you can’t eat it’s still high ground.

-I wanted to main tank… but Gustav only has commander or sub-tank as derived professions. I wouldn’t mind if it were DPS, but sub-tank hurts my pride a bit…

-It’s a bit tough to main because you have to operate with no-brain strategy compared to regular tanks, but if you get the skill set right it’s doable as main.

-Ah, then instead of Gustav go for the Honest Axe God~ Is this axe your axe~.

-The God of Honest Axes lololol isn’t the only derived job class just lumberjack?

-For real, Hero god in 200 should be grateful but you’re being greedy, really.

-You think 300 more draws will give you a Hero god?

-Get a grip. Some people can’t draw one even after a thousand draws. There’s nothing more foolish than believing luck will keep following you just because it worked once.

-Ah, right;; I think I lost my mind for a moment. Thanks everyone.

Generally, even just getting a Hero god was enough to make people change their planned profession – such was the lofty status of Hero gods.

It was natural.

Myth gods, rare even among 1 billion users, were close to fantasy.

Since Myth gods were treated as being in their own world, Hero gods were practically a grade that could swagger anywhere.

[I’m screwed… No matter how much I spend, only Fable gods come out… Has the Han River temperature warmed up a bit?]

-It’s fine, most people are like that if they’re not whales. Fable gods are usable if you choose well. Fable gods just have particularly severe performance differences between gods.

-My friend got a Hero god in one shot though…

-That’s your friend having insane luck. I barely drew one after pouring in 10 million won. Wait, now that I think about it, I’m pissed? Why do I spend 10 million while someone else draws a Hero god for free? This damn luck-based shitty game is fucking annoying.

Because most users belonged to Fable gods.

Everyone complained, but honestly it was just a perception difference – Fable gods weren’t bad.

There were unique profession effects, but skills were all the same by profession category anyway.

This was why there were quite a few evaluations that even if your god was a bit crappy, good traits were jackpot.

But even so, people couldn’t help but be serious about god summoning.

[Everyone’s making dying sounds about Fable gods and whatnot, but I’m not happy at all even with a Hero god.]

-Making me angry from the morning. So annoying ㄴㄴ

-Please refrain from trolling;;

-Showing off? What are your traits? You want to try living with Triple Disaster Swordsmanship?

The Hero god is something I got by pouring my own money into it, but I can’t do anything about this damn trait and it’s fucking annoying.

Sometimes when I see kids acting like they’re dying because they got a Fable god, they often have really good traits. Isn’t it too much to act like you’re dying because you got a Fable god when you have innate mana traits?

-Ah…

-Uncle… How was your control that you got Triple Disaster Swordsmanship…

This ‘god summoning’ was essentially a second and final chance for people with crappy traits.

Those with trash traits had no answer if even this turned out crappy, so they had no choice but to be serious about this god summoning.

Was that why?

Usually those with good traits often had mediocre gods, while among those with crappy traits, many had gods of particularly high rank.

Of course, sometimes special cases existed.

Cases with both overpowered traits and Myth gods – cases that made you automatically say they were cheating.

[Demroc is really beyond comparison;;]

[What kind of person carries around a Myth god and top-tier traits.]

[Insane physical ability, rich, handsome, popular… Fuck why are you living life alone.]

[Originally all golden children are like that. They’re just beyond comparison in everything so I don’t even feel inferior. They just seem like people from another world.]

Demroc and the other Top 10 Guild Masters.

Or those who had reached high ranker status were such people.

People living in their own world, as users said.

Therefore, Dohyun hadn’t held any particular expectations.

‘Having no luck isn’t a one or two day thing.’

Dohyun was someone who didn’t possess a single legendary skill until the moment Demroc’s server ended.

With his kind of luck, he’d need to invest astronomical money to get a good god, but he didn’t have that kind of money.

At most about 1 million won?

Whether it was a Fable god or whatever, he planned to be satisfied as long as a god that could give him a profession handling swords appeared.

“Crazy.”

He definitely thought that way…

“What the hell is this.”

That plan was completely changed.

Astronomical money? Heavenly luck close to divine fortune?

None of that mattered.

“…I can see the grades.”

The colors emanating from the cards were indicating their grades.

“Brown, silver, golden.”

From left to right, these were the colors symbolizing Fable God, Hero God, and Mythic God.

It was the color that should appear on the front of the cards… but for some reason, it was now showing from the back.

It wasn’t a bug or error.

It wasn’t that cliché explanation about Godose being managed by AI so there were no bugs.

[Eye of Truth is activating.]

The message floating above his head was telling him that wasn’t the reason.

The unique trait he obtained after clearing the tutorial.

‘Seeing through what’s hidden…’

It was a trait whose effect he couldn’t properly grasp, but he never imagined it would have such an overpowered ability.

‘This is an absurd ability.’

He wasn’t just saying that – it really was absurd.

No matter how important traits were in this game, was it okay for a mere trait to invade the system’s domain?

If this was real, it meant he could do guaranteed pulls when drawing cards from now on.

Only him, uniquely in Godose.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

He could feel his heart pumping blood and beating rapidly.

It was beating so violently that the sound was echoing in his head.

‘This is insane.’

He couldn’t contain his excitement to that degree.

Guaranteed pulls. Could there be anything more overpowered than this in a luck-based trash game?

-Why are you so unlucky? It’s pitiful, really.

-I am curious though. If you had good luck, I wonder how far you could have climbed…

-You’re already rank 1, is there anywhere higher to go?

-That’s not what I meant, you bastard.

It was something his colleagues had said in passing one day.

He had laughed it off at the time, but on the other hand, it had been bitter.

Wouldn’t he have been dissatisfied with his bad luck too? He had only consoled himself because he ultimately achieved 1st place, but he had been more heartbroken than anyone.

‘With this…’

But now it was different.

Starting 1 year and 6 months late?

Yes, that was a big blow. Normally, it would be impossible to even dream of becoming a ranker. That’s why Dohyun hadn’t set his sights on becoming a ranker when he started the game.

It would be nice to become the best at a game he was playing anyway, but this was just too late no matter what.

‘Might it be possible?’

But what if he had the Eye of Truth?

What if Kaiser, who had no luck, gained better luck than anyone else?

…Perhaps becoming a ranker might really be possible.

‘Let’s stay calm.’

Dohyun took a deep breath, suppressing the dizziness in his head.

It was too hasty a thought. It wouldn’t be too late to draw first and then judge.

‘Only 20 cards out of 10,000…’

No wonder it costs astronomical amounts of money to draw a Mythic God.

Compared to the silver cards that seemed to number around 500-700, it was an extremely harsh probability.

Though right now it was just a useless probability.

‘I’ll only target the golden ones.’

Dohyun drew a golden card with a pounding heart.

Simultaneously, a cheerful notification rang out along with dazzling golden light, and Dohyun’s eyes widened.

[You have drawn the Mythic God ‘One-Armed Sword God Tyr’.]

[Will you select this god?]

“Tyr…!”

Despite his shabby name, he was a man called the god of swords and war from Norse mythology, as well as the god of duels.

He had been the supreme god before Odin, but lost his status as chief deity after losing his arm.

Though some regions still called him the supreme god, his prestige inevitably suffered due to losing one arm.

Because of this, his reputation wasn’t good at first…

The moment Tyr’s unique ability’s true value was revealed, the evaluation changed 180 degrees.

‘That makes sense.’

Tyr’s unique ability, Duel.

An ability that dealt additional damage to enemies in fights judged as duels. But the most overpowered ability was the second one.

‘The ability to revive at the cost of one arm when near death.’

It was truly an ability that perfectly matched the title of One-Armed Sword God.

Considering how burdensome death penalties became in the late game, and how rare revival abilities were in contrast, it could be called the ultimate ability.

Even if the cooldown was a bit long, it was like having 2 lives when others had 1 in crisis situations.

Having one extra life changes your playstyle.

You can play more boldly.

‘Let’s go with this.’

He had 1 million won so he could draw ten more times, but there was no reason to.

A god better than Tyr?

Such gods existed, but he was confident that no god more helpful to him would appear within ten draws.

Tyr was already a top-tier god among the sword gods he had originally wanted.

Swish.

Therefore, Dohyun selected the card without hesitation.

Then a message appeared.

[You have selected the Mythic God ‘One-Armed Sword God Tyr’.]

[The Apostle’s Vessel has not been created.]

[You cannot become Tyr’s Apostle.]

[Please draw a card again.]

[Tyr is greatly flustered by this unexpected situation.]

“…?”

An incomprehensible message appeared.

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