The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 119

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Episode 119

Chapter 119.

“Whoa, is it really true?”

Although he was angry that they dared to badmouth Kaiser, he hadn’t actually thought Kaiser would really take first place.

“No, how is this… this doesn’t make sense…?”

If even Yubinkkung felt this way, how much more shocked were those who had been gleefully tearing Kaiser apart?

Watching them go through the first stage of denial that people commonly experience when faced with unbelievable events, Yubinkkung puffed out his chest and grinned wickedly.

“How pathetic… So what did I tell you?”

“Geez, they talked so much crap and got destroyed by facts. I’m dying of secondhand embarrassment. Ugh! I’m so embarrassed for them! Sorry, blanket! You’re going to suffer a lot tonight!”

At the mocking words of Yubinkkung and Miganddeok who joined in to rub salt in the wound, their faces turned red as beets.

“Grr…!”

They were turning red and blue with anger, but they couldn’t find words to argue back.

Because everything said was true.

Arguing back here would only make them look more pathetic.

“Hey, let’s go…”

In the end, they chose to flee in embarrassment, and at the same time, thunderous cheers erupted from all around.

“Waaahhh!!!”

Of course, these weren’t cheers congratulating Yubinkkung.

“This is crazy! Berjhe got pushed down!”

“What the hell is this, how can someone get a score like this! Does this even make sense!?”

“This is insane, really insane. Upload the video quickly!”

“What are you doing just standing there!? Every second counts in this situation, move quickly!! If we lose the exclusive, you’ll be responsible! Get the article out!”

“The title? Make it as provocative as possible! Something like ‘Hero Falls and New Hero Rises,’ plaster it huge on the front page!”

These were just cheers of excitement over this bombshell that overturned everyone’s expectations.

The Grand Temple and everything else didn’t matter right now.

The Shield Master group, who had been smiling pleasantly while watching the crowd disperse and the line quickly shrink, suddenly stopped at a thought that occurred to them.

“…Wait, does this mean hyung graduated?”

“Huh?”

“What?”

The two who paused at Miganddeok’s words soon hung their heads low.

“…We won’t be able to see him this time either.”

“Somehow he keeps getting further away…?”

“Let’s work harder too. We need to at least catch a glimpse of him in the next city.”

“Hmm… is that possible?”

The moment when they would encounter Kaiser ascending to those heights…

The Shield Master group tried to picture that moment for a while and nodded their heads.

Somehow the picture wouldn’t come together clearly.

“Well, whatever. We’ll be able to meet him when we reach the Empire.”

“Right, let’s advance at our own pace. They say if you chase a stork, you’ll split your pants.”

“Exactly!”

While the Shield Master group was steeling their resolve, the news spread quickly and soon reached the netizens.

[Brion’s 1st place changes for the first time in a year!!]

[Kaiser reclaims the throne for the 2nd consecutive time after Raven and now Brion!!]

[Is there no one who can stop Kaiser!]

[Hero falls and new hero rises!]

This must be what it’s like when a nuclear bomb suddenly drops.

The netizens’ reactions exploded in response to these provocative articles that came out of nowhere.

-Crazy, 1st place? Kaiser got 1st place again??

-What? So Berjhe got pushed down? Does that even make sense?

-What? Wasn’t Kaiser a skill-based player? He probably doesn’t have a divine power-related job either, so gaining favor would be difficult, so what happened?

Curiosity was bound to grow about how this ridiculous result came about.

But the bombshell wasn’t over yet.

[Breaking) Kaiser’s ranking score confirmed to be 4,561 points. Evidence photo below. (jpg)]

It was revealed that Kaiser didn’t just take 1st place in the rankings, but recorded an absurd score.

A score that was about 5 times higher than 2nd place.

Players couldn’t help but feel bewildered by this impossible situation.

-Holy shit, is this for real?

-Crazy… this is really insane. 4,561 points? Was this even a possible score??

-The score didn’t make sense in Raven either, but now it’s really going crazy. At this rate, won’t he hit 10,000 points later?

-No way lololol how is the score 4,561 points lololol It’s not like you maxed out all the Brion NPCs’ affection levels or anything.

-Wow, I really wish they’d upload a video. What did he do?

-Not just good at fighting but also good at gaining favor… Kaiser the charming man…

└Kaiser’s a master key, didn’t you know?

└What’s that?

└Fiery charisma Kaiser! Master key Ka~

└Good at fighting and great personality, so perfectly perfect!

└ Crazy bastards lol hahahahaha

-No, at this point isn’t this seriously a bug?

└Ah, the bug is that Kaiser’s skill is a bug!

└ For real lololol

└ Holy shit lol

-Wow, I was about to call bullshit but my friend who’s logged into the game says it’s true. This is really insane…

With evidence attached and testimonies from those logged into the game, it was complete chaos.

Among all the chaos, the place that went the most crazy was none other than the Kashin Church.

-Waaah oppa ㅠㅠㅠ I trusted you!

-Those who believe shall be rewarded… Ahh… so holy…

-Still think he’s a Kaiser fanboy? Still think he’s a Kaiser fanboy? Still think he’s a Kaiser fanboy? Still think he’s a Kaiser fanboy? Still think he’s a Kaiser fanboy? Still think he’s a Kaiser fanboy?

└If this is being a Kaiser fanboy, then I’ll just be a Kaiser fanboy!

└I can hear the sound of crows gathering lol

└Yeah, I’m one of them.

└Oh, you too? Hey, me too!

└Ahh, we were all Kaiser fanboys all along… what is there to deny…

└Wow, you guys really seem crazy but I can’t think of anything to argue back so I’m holding back.

└Hey, you can do it too! Just become a Kaiser fanboy!

└Sh, should I…?

-Kaiser-nim ㅜㅠㅠ Please upload a video this time too.

They started spamming posts like believers who had their faith rewarded by god.

People felt true madness watching them burst out with all the grief they’d endured being called Kaiser fanboys until now.

-What, Berjhe’s the best in Brion at least? Kaiser who only knows combat won’t work?

-Yep~ that Berjhe just fell right down~

-999 points why does it suddenly look so pathetic lololol

-For real lololol after seeing 4,561 points, 999 points looks so pathetic lol is that even a score?

-What are your scores? You bastards.

-What’s with this guy, why is he suddenly raging? Are you Berjhe?

-Ahh lol but what about the Hero Guild now? Berze only has Brion as their top-ranked field.

-Honestly they were just riding on guild power and recognition. They’ve been acting up based on this but now they have nothing to show off.

Bang!!!

“Damn it all…!”

“Ma, Master…?”

Unable to scroll through any more comments, Berjhe slammed the desk and fumed.

Then the startled Sales Manager hurriedly approached.

He seemed very flustered by the sight of his master, whom he was seeing for the first time while working on the task he had been assigned.

But Berjhe paid no attention to such gazes.

Though he was usually cold and rational overall, this time he simply couldn’t contain his anger.

‘4,561 points… 4,561 points…!’

It was a number that Berjhe’s common sense simply couldn’t accept.

What kind of effort had he made to achieve first place in Brion?

The moment he learned about Brion’s graduation Quest, Berjhe realized it was the field he could excel at most, and he literally camped there from start to graduation, dedicating himself to building favorability.

He hadn’t foolishly worked alone either.

Hero Guild was fundamentally a team-based guild.

‘Countless guild members formed teams to max out the favorability of key NPCs. Even so, we only reached 999 points!’

The memory of falling short of a thousand points by just one point was still vivid.

But 4,561 points?

What on earth would one have to do to achieve such a score!

Unless he had gained the favorability of every single NPC in Brion as that comment suggested, it made no sense.

He really wanted to see the footage.

‘Phew… what nonsense…’

Of course, that was the most ridiculous idea of all, so Berjhe shook his head and calmed himself down.

Getting excited now wouldn’t improve anything.

‘Thanks to this, things are getting complicated.’

When the graduated Kaiser fell in rankings, pushed down by him, he had planned to start a propaganda war by posting articles out of spite.

That was his specialty, after all.

He had intended to either negotiate with or start harassing Kaiser, whose image would be thoroughly tarnished.

A fight where he’d benefit whether he negotiated or attacked.

It was a perfect plan where he could see Hero Guild’s elevated status clearly. All he had to do was comfortably manipulate things while holding all the options.

‘I’ll have to scrap everything.’

That plan had been ruined in an instant.

Though it was utterly futile, Berjhe’s eyes were clear.

‘…Right, that man was always like that.’

Even during Demroc, when he’d proceed with dozens of assumptions in place, that man would always pull off something beyond common sense that surpassed all those assumptions.

So now he had to devise a new plan.

For a while, he’d be too busy managing his image to do anything, but…

‘Don’t think this is the end.’

Berjhe’s eyes flashed with a fierce light as he gritted his teeth.

And naturally, Hero Guild wasn’t the only one to receive this news.

“…Berjhe was pushed back?”

“4,561 points…? That’s too much of a joke… What? Evidence has been uploaded too? Wait, I’ll log in right now.”

“Damn it, I was sleeping, what the hell happened here.”

From countless guilds including the Top 100 Guilds.

“Kaiser, he took first place in Brion?”

“Huh… I’d stopped paying attention since he’d already fallen so far behind, but I can’t ignore him anymore.”

“Hmm, I wanted to focus on the new continent for a while… but this is a bit concerning.”

The news spread instantly even to the Top 10 Guilds who had been distracted focusing on the new continent.

This was the first moment when the Top 10 Guilds, who had been ignoring Godose, began to pay attention to the existence called Kaiser.

“Huh.”

The same was true for Demroc, who was in the Great Mountain Range.

No, the emotion he was feeling now wasn’t just mere concern.

“What kind of magic did you use, Kaiser?”

Surprise. Or suspicion.

The emotions in Demroc’s eyes were fitting for such words.

Demroc knew better than anyone what Kaiser was working on.

That’s why he thought that no matter what result he achieved, he would inevitably fall from first place, but what was this?

“4,561…”

It was truly an achievement impossible without using magic.

Perhaps there really was a hidden piece in that quest that he had failed to discover.

Demroc let out a hollow laugh and stood up.

Demroc’s eyes gleamed as he recalled both his past self from the Demroc era and his current self.

“…I hope the day comes when we can settle things here.”

Though they had never directly competed, Demroc had always been second place there.

So he had always been curious.

If he, who had grown significantly since the Demroc era, were to compete with that man he could never catch up to no matter what he tried, who would win?

“I’m looking forward to it.”

Muttering this, Demroc turned around sharply.

He needed to calm his heart that had heated up after so long.

It was the moment when emergency mode was activated for the Cyclops of the Great Mountain Range.

And in a certain office.

“Hmm~”

A pleased hum flowed from an office that sparkled with expensive decorations and weapons despite the darkness from unlit lights.

“You seem to be in a good mood.”

Though his face wasn’t visible as he had his back turned, hidden in shadows behind drawn curtains, the elderly man in a suit who had been with him for many years, Bugilma, knew.

He knew that his master made such sounds when he was in a good mood.

“I heard a welcome name.”

Sure enough, when the master answered with a grin, the old man nodded.

“Ah. You must have heard news about that person.”

“Yes, he’d been quiet all this time, but lately I’ve been hearing about him quite often. This time he took first place in Brion?”

“Huh, if that’s really true, it’ll be an emergency for Hero Guild. They live off their image, so this will damage their image.”

“Living off image has its limits. Well, what can you do… What fault do they have? It must have been like a natural disaster.”

The master chuckled… no.

The master of the Top 10 Guild Babylon, and the one most often called by the title Owner of the Armory.

Ast added a casual remark.

“Ugh, this is why talent-gifted people are trouble.”

Having said this, Ast tapped his finger resting on the armrest of his chair covered in premium leather.

A pair of purple rings on his fingers gleamed with an ethereal light.

Meanwhile, when everyone was caught up in the massive nuclear bomb and focusing on him, Dohyun was…

“Are you the Hero who received the goddess’s revelation?”

“That’s… right.”

The Knight Commander of the Laire Order of Knights and Brion’s core military force.

A symbol of overwhelming military might comparable to the Seven Strongest, and a legendary paladin who made the current Brion possible.

He was encountering Lord Lvebed.

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