The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 113

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Episode 113

Chapter 113.

Messages frantically popping up greeted Dohyun, but he couldn’t focus on such things right now.

“…Charlie?”

“Yes, my lord.”

Charlie immediately responded as Dohyun muttered in bewilderment.

A heavy voice, the stern-looking face of a middle-aged man, and flowing blonde hair.

It was definitely the Charlie that Dohyun remembered.

[The loyalty of the Knight of Covenant is at maximum.]

[You have met the conditions.]

[‘Charlie, Kaiser’s First Sword’ becomes your Guardian.]

“You have kept the necklace I gave you well. Thanks to that, this humble sword could finally return to my lord’s side, albeit late.”

For Charlie, it had been at least hundreds of years, perhaps over a thousand, traveling through time to return to Dohyun’s side.

‘…So Charlie becoming a Guardian was a hidden option?’

I wondered why he specifically gave me a necklace, but there was a reason for everything.

An option that gives you a Guardian…

I couldn’t believe such an option existed, but that’s how hidden options always were. All sorts of options had appeared.

And now wasn’t the time for Dohyun to be analyzing such things.

‘Wow, the timing is insane.’

Thanks to reaching level 35 and Charlie appearing just then, he was able to escape the crisis.

Indeed, he really thought he was going to die like this.

He couldn’t think of any way to break through this situation, but this was what Gamillion called fate.

“My lord, I would like to greet you more properly, but it seems the current situation is not favorable.”

“Right.”

As Charlie said, now wasn’t the time to be lost in sentiment.

[Kraaaah!]

“That terrible aura… it certainly appears to be the aura of the Abyss, am I correct?”

Gaemin the Destroyer was still alive.

He seemed to have taken significant damage from Charlie’s flash strike and couldn’t properly maintain his stance, but eliminating 10% of his life force in one blow was too much to ask.

[I’ll kill you, I’ll definitely kill you… I can’t… I can’t die like this…!]

The creature kept muttering with a voice that cracked and split like nails on a chalkboard.

Watching that thing’s appearance was enough to give him chills.

When he roughly acknowledged this while looking at the creature, Charlie, who had been instinctively frowning, widened his eyes and was genuinely impressed.

“As expected of my lord. You have been fighting those creatures for all this time.”

“No, that’s not really…”

“You don’t need to be modest. You cannot deceive the eyes of me, Charlie, your lord’s faithful sword. How difficult those times must have been… From now on, I will assist my lord!”

“…Let’s just go with that.”

Seeing the stern-looking middle-aged man’s eyes sparkling brightly wasn’t particularly pleasant, but Dohyun just nodded.

He had learned from experience that there was no point in talking at length with that overly reactive gentleman.

And now wasn’t the time for explanations.

[—-!]

He had to deal with the creature charging at him while letting out a soundless roar.

It seemed to have lost its reason, but even in that state, the way it targeted Dohyun first felt malicious.

For Dohyun, whose life force and mana were both hitting rock bottom, this was a disaster, but…

“How dare you!”

Clang!

Charlie, drawing his sword again, reliably blocked the attack.

If he was going to do that, why did he bother sheathing his sword to greet me…

“It’s only natural. How could I dare show my blade while greeting my lord!”

“…I see.”

Since he said so himself, there was nothing to say.

And such things weren’t important right now.

What was important now was that Charlie’s combat power exceeded imagination.

Clang! Clank!

Although Gaemin’s stats had been reduced by 70%, engaging in single combat was an incredible feat.

‘Wow, is this former Knight Commander class?’

It was hard to believe this was a Guardian he had just obtained.

During the tutorial, it seemed like he was indeed downgraded from his original settings due to the nature of that situation.

Unfortunately, that was his limit.

“Urgh…!”

[Did some nobody think they could face me!!]

After exchanging blows for a while, he could see Charlie gradually struggling.

Only when Dohyun joined the fight could they finally achieve balance.

Perhaps the flow was disrupted by his sudden intervention, as Gaemin clicked his tongue and stepped back.

Thanks to this breathing room, Charlie spoke with a self-reproaching voice.

“I apologize, my lord. If only I could fully wield my original power…”

“Can’t you use that technique from earlier? It looked powerful.”

“Ah, you mean the Sword of Light. I lost much power traveling through time, so after using it once, I need considerable time to recover. Even that wasn’t a complete Sword of Light… I have no excuse.”

In other words, it was a finishing move that could only be used once per battle.

It was disappointing but understandable.

‘If he could spam something like that, it would break the balance.’

It would be stranger for him to have such power when he had just become a Guardian.

Indeed, even now his performance was incredible enough.

‘With Charlie, this is doable.’

Enough to make him think this way.

Just moments ago, he couldn’t see any hope at all, but Charlie’s presence was making this possible.

This wasn’t just wishful thinking.

“I’m not in good condition right now, so hold him as much as possible.”

“Understood, my lord.”

“Let’s go in right away before he recovers.”

As soon as Charlie received Dohyun’s command, he rushed out and perfectly drew Gaemin’s aggro.

A one-on-one with Gaemin the Destroyer?

[Kraah! This insignificant thing dares to annoy me!]

Even if he could hold out to some extent, he would eventually be torn apart miserably as the creature said.

But winning and drawing aggro were completely different matters.

Slash- Thud!

The moment Gaemin, enraged by Dohyun’s cowardly hit-and-run attacks whenever aggro was confirmed, turned his target.

“Where are you looking! Your opponent is me!”

Charlie would persistently stick to him and interfere to an annoying degree.

The gaps revealed this way became Dohyun’s attack timing.

[These gnat-like creatures!!]

When the creature couldn’t contain his rage and swung dark swords in all directions, Dohyun had already disappeared.

[Why! Why won’t you get hit!]

For Gaemin the Destroyer, it was maddening.

Just one hit.

Really just one hit would do, but as if he had future sight, Dohyun would know in advance and dodge like a ghost.

‘The ultimate CC is low health after all.’

Though the creature didn’t realize it, the thought that just one hit would suffice was making his movements monotonous.

Since just one hit would do but he couldn’t land it, he became excited and his movements grew larger.

That alone made him easily predictable, and with Charlie holding him down as well, Gaemin the Destroyer was no longer a threatening beast to Dohyun.

Thud, thud-thud! Thunk!

Nothing more, nothing less than a moving punching bag.

[Ah….]

Slowly, but surely.

The man was dying.

[Aah….]

Gaemin the Destroyer knew it too.

Clearly they were weaker than him.

They had no vitality, no stamina, no numbers left – just bugs that would die from a mere graze.

‘…I’m being hunted.’

When he came to his senses, he realized he had become the prey.

That small bug was driving him to the cliff’s edge.

Just two humans… no, that one dying human was making it possible.

He couldn’t die like this. He had to kill that insolent bastard.

-Kill him… kill him and be liberated….

Then he could be liberated, just like the voice in his head said.

…But how?

Instant death skills? The powerful techniques of a fallen paladin?

He had squeezed out even his last strength to resurrect, unable to draw out even a fraction of his power.

No matter what he tried, his sword couldn’t reach the man, while the man’s sword slowly carved away his life.

[Ah.]

In the end, Gaemin had no choice but to accept it.

After wandering for 10 years, he would ultimately die here.

Despite receiving immortal power and overcoming death, he would meet a pathetic end.

Slash-

The sword cut across his side.

Crack! Clang!

What had been a sword became a double-edged axe that tore his shoulder, and Gaemin’s retaliatory swing was blocked by Charlie’s sword.

Swoosh!

A dagger flew and pierced his heart.

What had been a dagger soon became a shield protecting Charlie, and what had been a shield became a sword again, aiming for his heart.

One sword became countless assassins strangling his neck.

-Lord Taksinel, thank you so much!

-Thank you, knight mister! I like you the most!

Could this be a revolving lantern?

Voices that shouldn’t be audible echoed in his ears.

The weak voice of a wrinkled old man, and a young girl’s cheerful tone.

-Please… please spare me…!

-Kyaa, kyaaah! Monster, you monster! Let go of our mother! Waaah!

-Uaah! No. No! Please spare at least my daughter!

Those voices had at some point turned into bone-chilling screams.

The old man who had wrinkled his eyes in gratitude was now begging for his life with half his face melted away.

The girl who had smiled brightly and shyly offered flowers was now crying, covered in tears.

-Save me! Save me!

-I don’t want to die… please… please…!

-Kill, kill, kill, kill….

-Lord Lvebed… no, Lord Taksinel! Where is Lord Taksinel!

Countless screams could be heard.

In a place where blood had accumulated until his body was half-submerged, the people wailing in terrible states were all those who had once expressed gratitude to Taksinel.

[Stop… stop…!]

The Destroyer, with his eyes half-rolled back, frantically waved his hands.

Swoosh-!

He pierced the heart.

With his own hands, he killed the one who sought him.

-Lord Taksinel… my lord….

-Monster… you’re a monster….

-Give me back my family, give them back!

He burst the head of the one calling him a monster, and sent the one seeking family to be with their family.

All of it was memories from that day.

The endless deaths had now become a swamp devouring him.

Aah….

He could feel it.

The last trace of humanity remaining in him was disappearing.

Those he had killed were grabbing his feet with bone-bare hands.

[The taboo-breaking Summoner of Darkness Contracted with the Abyss, ‘Gaemin the Destroyer’ loses the ‘Broken Hourglass of Shattered Faith’.]

[Gaemin the Destroyer’s mind is being consumed by the Abyss.]

His steadily beating heart stopped.

In the sensation that echoed soundlessly as if he had fallen into terrible emptiness.

“Now go away. You were disgusting.”

Dohyun’s disgusted, deep voice could be heard,

Swoosh!

Soon the sensation of his heart being pierced filled the emptiness.

Feeling his unstably maintained body scatter and approach death, Gaemin shed tears.

They were black tears.

[I… didn’t want… to become… a slave… I just wanted… to live… as a human….]

The small murmur couldn’t continue to the end.

“Where do you think you’re trying to sell your sob story? Not a chance.”

With Dohyun’s voice suddenly interrupting, his neck was severed and his consciousness flew away.

As the man disappeared like a mirage, a notification appeared,

[You have defeated the taboo-breaking Summoner of Darkness Contracted with the Abyss, ‘Gaemin the Destroyer’!]

[You have achieved an Incredible Achievement.]

[It will be recorded in the Adventure Log.]

[You have cleared the Emergency Quest ‘The Only Hope’!]

[The quest reward changes due to achieving an Incredible Achievement.]

[As a reward….]

….

“Uaaaah!”

Dohyun let out a roar of triumph.

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