The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 108

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Episode 108

Chapter 108.

Was “Did I get him?” really a magic spell after all?

Dohyun was making a dumbfounded face at this unbelievable phenomenon.

“My goodness… to withstand that!”

“Can he even overcome death itself…?”

“Indeed, one who made a contract with the immortal terror. Truly fearsome.”

The Elders, exhausted from pouring all their divine power into using Judgment Day, let out groans of despair.

Thanks to this, Dohyun came to his senses and nodded.

As expected, Gaemin the Destroyer’s resurrection wasn’t just because of the forbidden spell.

‘Right, that wouldn’t make sense.’

The point seemed to be that he was one who made a contract with the immortal terror…

Since Gamillion said he was someone who made a contract with a powerful being from the Abyss, he was probably quite famous in the Abyss.

Anyway, that wasn’t what was important right now.

[Kraaaah!]

Because Gaemin the Destroyer, who had damn well resurrected, was expressing incomparable rage compared to before.

Watching the guy roar like some kind of Two* Dragon, Dohyun said quietly.

“Call the knights.”

“Understood, Apostle.”

He never thought they’d be able to take him down with just one grand magic spell anyway.

He had knight orders standing by in the area just in case.

Of course, it wasn’t Dohyun who had summoned them, but the knight orders belonging to those Elders and High Priests.

The Laire Grand Temple wasn’t the only one with knight orders after all.

‘There’s no need to take down a boss alone.’

If Dohyun had failed to properly stab the holy water into his heart, he would have had to deal with it alone, but somehow he had succeeded.

So he was planning to thoroughly utilize the NPCs.

“What!?”

“What’s wrong?”

But a problem arose.

“…They say they can’t enter.”

“Something like a barrier is blocking them. What could this be…?”

The knights who had come rushing after receiving the summons were suddenly blocked, unable to break through the seemingly empty entrance.

There was a reason for this.

[Kuhuh… So you tried to summon knights. Did you think I wouldn’t have prepared for such a situation?]

Gaemin the Destroyer had spent long years setting up a barrier for just such a situation.

[Originally, I had prepared this to buy time when that bastard Lvebed came… but it doesn’t matter. I just need to leave before then.]

“What a thoroughly meticulous bastard…”

“To think he had even prepared a barrier, he’s truly like a demon.”

“…What should we do now? Without the knight orders, who else can fight?”

The Elders gnashed their teeth, and Dohyun was genuinely disappointed as well.

He had no choice but to be.

The number of summoned knights easily exceeded twenty.

Though they might be weaker than Jerdic, if that many numbers could lend their strength, it would have been much easier.

Especially when facing a Destroyer who had been nerfed to the max.

‘Can’t be helped… I can’t have everything handed to me on a silver platter.’

Right, somehow things had been going too smoothly.

This was more like the sequel to the game he knew.

[Kruk?]

At least the fortunate thing was that the High Priests had bought them time to think.

Whoosh- Thunk.

Gaiman, who had been approaching with a vile smile, had both arms bound again by the Judgment Rope that flew at him.

It wasn’t the same grand divine magic as before.

“We’ll lend our strength too!”

“Everyone help out!”

It was just individual Judgment Ropes cast by each priest.

At one priest’s call, the number of ropes binding Gaiman gradually increased.

The High Priests, who had been unable to do anything but watch because they hadn’t been briefed beforehand, joined forces.

[Krak! Insolent fools! Do you really think this trivial thing will work?!]

“Kruk…”

[Just wait a little… Once I break these ropes, I’ll rip out your hearts and flesh and scatter them before your families…]

As he said, the ropes didn’t seem like they would last long.

Unlike Judgment Day, Judgment Rope was only meant to restrain enemies and couldn’t deal significant damage.

“What will you do now, Inheritor?”

Gamillion, who had approached his side, whispered quietly.

He seemed careful not to let others hear. Dohyun answered without bothering to turn around.

“…Good question. Are there no more combatants?”

Gamillion shook his head.

“No matter how high-ranking they may be, they are still priests who serve God. They have no expertise in combat.”

“…Can’t they even heal?”

“Priests and clerics are strictly different. Since priests don’t participate in combat, simple buffs or joint magic like just now would be their limit.”

So they were scarecrows with only high divine power.

It meant he was the only one here who could handle combat.

No wonder they said you were dead meat without the Order of Knights…

Clicking his tongue, Dohyun answered.

“…I’ll gladly accept even buffs.”

“May the blessing of courage be with you…”

[You have received the Blessing of Courage.]

[All stats increase by +5 for 100 seconds.]

As soon as he answered, a buff was applied, and checking confirmed his stats had indeed increased by 5 each.

While checking, he also invested all his ability points.

[Investing +10 in Strength stat.]

[Investing +24 in Agility stat.]

No matter how weakened he was, the guy’s strength was still at an undeniable level.

He was someone who had ultimately resurrected even after being doused with holy water, his greatest weakness, and hit with Judgment Day, a grand divine magic.

Among these, Dohyun put more emphasis on agility.

‘That bastard was incredibly fast.’

Even with this investment, strength was still higher, so this was balanced.

Still, he felt slightly disappointed, but what consoled him were none other than the High Priests.

[You have received the Blessing of Protection.]

[Defense and magic resistance increase by +50 for 100 seconds.]

[You have received the Blessing of Regeneration.]

[Regeneration speed increases by 100% for 100 seconds.]

[You have received the Blessing of Swiftness.]

[All speeds increase by +7% for 100 seconds.]

‘Wow…’

When Gamillion gave him a buff, they quickly grasped the situation and poured all kinds of buffs onto Dohyun.

“I’ll lend you my strength too!”

“Right now, you’re our only hope, Apostle. Please just hold out until Lord Lvebed arrives…!”

“Kruk, it’s regrettable that we can’t step forward ourselves.”

“To have to entrust Brion’s fate to someone from another world… What kind of disgrace is this?”

Their resentment felt genuine.

They had encountered their long-standing nemesis, but all they could do was buy a little time with rope.

The fact that they could do nothing was unbearably heartbreaking.

Among them, the most resentful was none other than Gildeti High Priest.

“Noble one… Please, please help us destroy this evil… I will never forget this kindness.”

A trembling voice.

Gildeti’s face, speaking each word with desperate intensity, had aged dramatically in just a moment.

His already numerous wrinkles had become even more pronounced.

“We know this is a shameless request. Nevertheless, we dare to ask. Please help us, noble one.”

His appearance as he knelt down, begging desperately, was utterly tragic.

[Emergency Quest ‘The Only Hope’ has occurred.]

[The Only Hope]

-Grade: Emergency Quest

-Description: You are the only one who can stop Gaemin the Destroyer.

If he reaches the city center, countless casualties will occur, and history will repeat itself with another missed opportunity.

Hold out against him until Lord Rebbed arrives.

If you do so, Brion will never forget your kindness.

-Quest Success: Advanced Skill Draw Ticket, overwhelming support and favorability from High Priests, Elders, and Stewards.

-Quest Failure: A massacre may occur in Brion.

To make matters worse, a quest had appeared. Now there was no way out.

In an instant, he had become Brion’s hope.

Thud.

Dohyun grabbed Gildeti’s shoulder as he tried to kneel.

“…Stand up. I’ll help you.”

“Ah…”

Gildeti’s eyes welled up with emotion.

In Gildeti’s eyes right now, Dohyun appeared to be nothing but light or a savior.

‘Phew…’

However, Dohyun didn’t step forward readily out of sympathy or volunteer spirit.

It was an emergency quest offering an Advanced Skill Draw Ticket as a reward.

An Advanced Skill Draw Ticket was extremely valuable at this stage, making it an incredible reward.

And that wasn’t all.

‘With overwhelming favorability from those hard-to-meet dignitaries… no words needed.’

With just one quest, he might become the player with the best favorability rating in Brion.

Though these were tempting rewards, what drew Dohyun’s heart wasn’t such things.

[Main Quest ‘Second Fragment of Fate (2)’ has occurred.]

[Second Fragment of Fate (2)]

-Grade: Main Quest, Job Quest

-Description: This is your third encounter with Gaemin the Destroyer.

You must extract and retrieve what is hidden in his heart. Be careful, as the quest will fail if you die.

– ??? (0 / 1)

-Quest Success: Second Fragment of Fate, ???.

-Quest Failure: Failure to obtain the Second Fragment of Fate.

‘How can I not do this?’

This confirmed that the man possessed the Second Fragment of Fate.

For Dohyun, who needed to collect all the Fragments of Fate, there was no backing down.

Truly, there was no choice.

Knowing this, Gamillion sent him a worried look.

“Will you be alright alone? You don’t need to overdo it. Lord Rebbed will arrive soon.”

“…When exactly will this Lord Rebbed arrive?”

“In about 30 minutes… no, since he received word and is coming quickly, he might arrive in about 20 minutes.”

Roughly between 20 to 30 minutes.

Taking the maximum of 30 minutes, if he could just hold out against the man for exactly 30 minutes, Lord Rebbed would come and handle everything.

Now he just needed to endure alone for that time.

‘Words become reality, I guess. I really ended up taking the risk alone.’

Indeed, the adults’ advice to watch one’s words day and night was never wrong.

He was about to chuckle at the thought when—

“Urgh…! This is the limit…!”

“Ugh, uaaagh!”

[Kraaaah!]

The sound of ropes snapping echoed, and soon Gaemin’s roar filled the assembly hall.

Simultaneously, the assembly hall was plunged into darkness.

[The forbidden contractor of the abyss, ‘Gaemin the Destroyer’ roars.]

[The terror of darkness fills this place.]

[Maximum health is fixed at 30%.]

‘It’s gotten dark.’

From the man who had severed all the binding ropes of judgment came beast-like growling sounds.

In the suddenly darkened space, red eyes flashed with murderous intent.

The man’s target was the priest who had first bound him with rope, the one he had promised death to earlier.

“Ugh, uaaah!”

Though he tried to back away in terror, it was already too late.

[Die…!]

By the time he reacted, the man’s claws were already slashing toward the priest’s throat.

It was the same strike that had instantly killed Jerdic.

The priest, instinctively sensing death, closed his eyes.

Clang-.

“…?”

But something was strange.

The sound was too sharp for a throat being cut.

Unable to contain his curiosity, he carefully opened his eyes and saw it.

[A mark is being created.]

“…Apostle?”

Dohyun’s back, who had appeared at some point and was crossing swords with the man’s claws.

After a brief struggle of strength, he pushed back and looked alternately between his sword and the man before speaking.

“Heruti High Priest.”

“Yes, Successor… no, Apostle.”

“I don’t necessarily have to just hold out, right?”

“…Pardon?”

To Gamillion, who blinked as if asking what he meant, Dohyun smiled slightly.

“I’m going to try catching him.”

Dohyun’s face was filled with confidence.

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