The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 121

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Episode 121

Chapter 121.

Whoosh—

“Ugh…”

Dohyun emerged from the capsule and stretched as he always did, then came out to the living room.

After downing a refreshing glass of water in one gulp, Dohyun tilted his head in confusion.

“Did everyone go out again today?”

The living room was unusually quiet and dark.

Neither Hyuna, who would normally be leaning against the sofa watching dramas without actually sitting down, nor Mother, who would be humming in the kitchen while doing something, were anywhere to be seen.

Just in case, he checked the rooms, but as expected, no one was there.

‘They’ve been going out a lot lately.’

Was it just his imagination that he’d been spending more time alone recently?

Well, it didn’t particularly matter, so Dohyun brushed it off without much thought. More than that, he felt regretful about the final moment of today’s game.

“Of all times, it had to disconnect right then.”

Whether it was God’s prank or not, this always happened whenever he tried to draw cards.

At least it was fortunate that it didn’t disconnect in the middle like during his first card draw… Come to think of it, a lot had happened today.

‘Somehow I ended up getting Charlie, changing all my equipment, the Holy King’s Emblem, and even the Lvebed chance, wow…’

The rewards he’d gained in just one day were numerous.

Even if he had obtained just one of these, it would have been an incredible reward that would make everyone foam at the mouth and rush toward it.

Among them all, what pleased him most was definitely the Holy King’s Emblem.

‘Legendary grade, no less.’

He had obtained legendary-grade titles and Cheonbyeon with mythical potential, but since they were growth-type items, he hadn’t felt much immediate impact.

But what about the Holy King’s Emblem?

It was cleanly classified as legendary grade—truly a legendary-grade item in its purest form.

‘Ah, I wish tomorrow would come quickly.’

Since he’d gained so much, there were countless things he wanted to experiment with.

Not only that, he needed to draw skills quickly, and he had to check the graduation quest rewards…

‘Oh, right. The video.’

Suddenly remembering what he had recorded, Dohyun immediately turned on his computer.

With so much happening, he had momentarily forgotten about filming the video. Checking the length of the saved video, Dohyun let out a hollow laugh.

[Video Recording Time: 02:34:21]

“…2 hours and 30 minutes?”

Since he hadn’t stopped recording from when he headed to the secret dungeon, too much time had been captured.

Just thinking about when he’d have time to edit all this was already giving him a headache.

Is this why editors say it’s difficult work despite getting paid well?

Glance.

When he sneakily checked the time, it was already past 8:30.

Just the time to play through the entire video would be 2 hours, 34 minutes, and 21 seconds.

Considering the time it would take to edit with Dohyun’s clumsy skills, it would easily take over 3 hours.

‘…Should I just sleep?’

He almost gave in to the sweet temptation for a moment, but Dohyun endured with superhuman patience.

He was now a proper professional NewTuber with over a million subscribers.

If he postponed it once, there would be no end. It would be better to finish the work quickly and then sleep.

‘Sigh… Let’s get this done and sleep.’

Sighing, Dohyun immediately started working.

“…This part doesn’t need to be included, cut it out… Oh, keep this part. Hmm… This is related to the main quest so let’s cut it… This one…”

In the end, Dohyun burned through the night with renewed determination to definitely hire an editor.

* * *

Meanwhile, at that time.

The Godddong Online Game Community was in chaos from the aftermath of a nuclear bomb.

It was surprising that Kaiser had finally achieved first place and caused Berjhe’s downfall, but what was even more surprising was the score.

—Godddong players. Does 4,561 points seriously make sense?

—For real… If it were around 1,500 points, I’d just think ‘Kaiser must have done something’ and move on, but 4,561 points is going too far, isn’t it? I can’t accept it…

It was indeed an absurd score.

Ordinary players struggle to exceed 300 points on Brion’s graduation quest, but clearing it with 4,561 points—not even a thousand?

—Is this really not a bug?

Come on, you think it’s a bug? lol Kaiser’s skills are what’s bugged!

└No, you idiot, I’m being serious. No matter how I think about it, I can’t understand it. How does that score even happen?

└Hmm… You have a point.

└For real, even though we’re mocking Berjhe, honestly 999 points is already an insurmountable score. But this… does it make sense logically?

└Now that you mention it, you’re right.

Naturally, questions had to arise.

Those who had been ecstatic about Kaiser’s return to first place gradually began wracking their brains with speculation.

Was that score an error or not?

—First of all, it’s not an error.

—It’s not managed by humans but by an AI dozens of times more advanced than AlphaGo, so an error now? If there were going to be errors, they would have happened long ago.

—Then what is that score?

That discussion ended quickly, but the questions only grew larger.

If it wasn’t an error, how should it be explained?

—Actually, didn’t Kaiser get a job from the nine-tailed fox god? He’s been charming everyone with his bewitching appeal.

└Does that even make sense lol And my friend is a nine-tailed fox god who finished with a score of 200 points.

└Isn’t it related to entering the Grand Temple? He was progressing something there.

└Hmm… That seems right based on the circumstances, but is there such a quest?

└Setting that aside, just clearing one quest gives you that much favor? What, did he save a country? Even war veterans wouldn’t get that much.

└Ah, I have no idea. Won’t he upload a video or something?

No matter how much they wracked their brains and discussed, they couldn’t even find a clue.

The score was so far beyond common sense that no hypothesis they brought up could resolve it.

Just when this incident was about to remain as Godose’s unsolved mystery.

[Kaiser TV video is up!!]

[This is insane, this one is really insane. Really freaking insane. Everyone prepare 5 spare pairs of underwear before watching. I’m definitely warning you.]

[Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god!]

A single video that appeared suddenly without any warning.

The posts became a complete mess, stimulating the curiosity of players who were already wondering.

—A video? Kaiser uploaded a new video?

—Wait. If he uploaded it at this timing… could it be…

—Whoa. I’m going to watch it right now.

—I should be studying but I can’t help it. Sorry, Mom!

└ Holy shit lol hahahahaha

What greeted the people who rushed over in such haste was a video with a short title.

Contractor.

People who saw that title couldn’t help but be puzzled.

—Contractor? What does this mean?

—What is it, Aggron?

—Did he upload the wrong thing? What’s with this random nonsense all of a sudden?

—Ah, isn’t this a graduation quest related video… I had expectations…

—Seeing that he can’t prove it, it really seems like some kind of error.

And that puzzlement soon turned into disappointment.

The title was so different from what they expected that their hopeful hearts were completely crushed.

They say great expectations lead to great disappointments.

Those reactions fit that saying perfectly, but still, this was a Kaiser TV video.

Since it was currently the hottest topic, they couldn’t help but feel curious about what had been uploaded and eventually had no choice but to play the video.

The moment the video started playing.

-…Huh?

-What…?

They straightened their posture at the completely unexpected opening.

A video with a length of roughly over 25 minutes.

Considering there was no particular editing except for BGM, it was quite a long runtime for current trends, but such things didn’t matter right now.

Swoosh-

-What was that just now? Did the knight get one-shotted?

-What’s with that black guy. He looks incredibly cool.

-Was there such a cave and boss in Brion?

-No, that’s not what’s important, the knight got one-shotted? Is this even possible?

The scene where that supposedly strong knight got instantly killed from the very opening was just that shocking.

But the shocking part was just beginning.

When the strange creature with a height over 2 meters, horns on its forehead, and ominous darkness covering its entire body stretched out its hand as it walked forward.

Kwaaaaang-!!

The cave wall melted away without a trace.

-Insane…

It was a moment where people couldn’t close their mouths and became absorbed in the video.

The shocking scenes continued one after another.

The screen switched to show the grand hall where over a hundred high priests and the Gildeti Caretaker had gathered.

The same monster from before suddenly appearing there.

Numerous elders casting divine magic against that monster, and Kaiser fighting the monster that ultimately revived from death.

And the moment when he finally achieved victory against that monster, but faced crisis again from the monster that revived once more.

Flash!

Even the silver-armored knight who appeared from behind, radiating light.

-…Charlie?

-What, isn’t that Charlie??

-No, why is hyung coming out from there!

To some a tsundere, to others a legendary sharp-tongued critic.

Questions naturally burst out at Charlie’s unimaginable sudden appearance, who had shared everyone’s first beginning, but only briefly.

Working in coordination with Charlie, they managed to take down the monster without taking a single hit,

“Ah, O Hero!!”

“O Savior of Brion!”

Numerous caretakers and elders, including that proud Gildeti Caretaker, all bowed their waists and praised Kaiser.

Over a hundred high priests were showing respect toward Kaiser standing in the center.

Getting goosebumps from that was only momentary.

The screen was engulfed in darkness and the BGM changed.

—!

A giant eye that appeared as chilling darkness covered the hall.

Something never seen in any movie.

People forgot to breathe and concentrated on this strange being that made them feel powerless just by looking at it.

Whoosh-

The moment black forms were glimpsed beyond that giant eye.

Flash-!

Suddenly an enormous mass of divine light flashed, sweeping away the darkness, and simultaneously the screen went black.

The video had ended.

-Insane. Really insane. Fucking insane for real.

-You bastard who warned earlier. Why did you tell me to prepare only five pairs of underwear. I already used them all up in the middle and just pissed myself!!!

-Holy shit, the priests praising Kaiser gave me goosebumps…

-Each of those guys has incredible positions. I can see several caretakers too?

-I’m a Godose user who wrote that he saved the country, but why is this actually real? For real;;

-No, what was with that knight appearing in the middle? It looked like Charlie somehow??

-Why would Charlie come out from there, you crazy bastard.

-What was that eye at the end?? I really got goosebumps the moment I saw it. I graduated from Brion too, so why are you playing a different game than me?

-Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god!

And a beat later, YouTube comments and the Godose community exploded.

It was truly a series of nuclear bombs, with views and all kinds of comments increasing with every refresh, and this news spread to countless sites.

-Wow… so this is how he got 4,561 points.

-Ah, to get 1st place you need to come back after receiving praise from caretakers~

-Really, do you have to do this much to be S rank. Insane for real.

└Huh? Isn’t Berjhe also S rank?

└Hm? Who’s that? Ah, that guy who acted all high and mighty after doing some pathetic favorability work?

└Where do you compare a gay who plays dating sims. You have to be revered as a hero like that to be a man. Keu… So fucking cool.

└Miyeonsi lololol He wasn’t actually a hero but a dating sim master lololol

Among them, no one questioned Kaiser’s score.

They were just busy praising him.

Bang!!!

However, when Kaiser was receiving everyone’s praise, there was one unfortunate person who became the target of everyone’s mockery…

“Aaaaah!! Kaiser!!”

It was Berjhe, who had worked all night to manage the situation without damaging his image and had just heard the news while about to turn off his computer.

Unable to contain his anger, he let out a scream that startled guild members walking in the corridor, making them step back in surprise.

“…Ah, what a surprise. Why is Master acting like that again?”

“Shh. Right now posts insulting Master are rampant. This time they’re saying something about him playing dating sims… Pfft. Ah, sorry. Anyway, that’s the situation.”

“Somehow his image is really different from when I first saw him. I thought he was gentle.”

“It’s all image-making, isn’t it. Let’s go quickly before we get caught in the crossfire.”

The change in image that Berjhe had been so worried about was already progressing from within.

Meanwhile, Dohyun, who had thrown a second nuclear bomb at people who were still busy with the devastated situation…

“Dra, dragon…! Emp, Emperor…nya.”

Was sleeping soundly while talking in his sleep about incomprehensible things.

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