The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 131

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Chapter 131

Episode 131.

Prime spots.

Hot places that usually exist two or three per city.

Even Newbie City Arde had two prime spots, but Sargis was different.

‘You could say there are two in the end, but…’

It’s not always two places.

Basically there’s one, but on nights when the full moon rises, one additional prime spot appears.

That was right here, in front of the Lair of the Shadow Lycanthropes.

‘Among prime spots, the best prime spot is definitely a limited edition prime spot.’

As they say, limited editions always come with added value.

That was the same even in the world of pseudo-science.

And borrowing the energy of that beautiful full moon on top of that was truly the icing on the cake!

This was the most perfect sacred ground there could be.

Of course, Jihad had a different opinion.

-He’s insane…

Seeing his owner’s eyes roll back every time he did a draw made him sigh involuntarily.

Even Eliza was covering her eyes with her delicate arms as if she didn’t want to watch!

-Hmm!

But there was one who wasn’t flustered by this amazing spectacle.

-It’s the moment of ritual!

As if he had been waiting for this moment, Charlie stood guard with a serious face without the slightest hesitation.

Seeing his more solemn appearance than anyone else in the world, Dohyun finished his prayer and gave him a thumbs up.

“Excellent posture.”

-I’m grateful, my lord. This humble sword will ensure no one can approach!

“Hmm! Very good.”

It was truly a posture worthy of being called elite.

With a satisfied expression, Dohyun began moving his fingers busily in the air.

He had started card pulling.

-…I give up on understanding.

-Risa risa…

This time Eliza nodded without denying it and pulled her head back into her pocket after peeking out.

Regardless, Dohyun was focused on what was in front of him.

Such Dohyun was more serious than ever. He hadn’t concentrated this much even when hunting legendary bosses.

[Would you like to use the Random Skill Draw Ticket?]

‘Finally… what had to come has come.’

Not a low-grade skill draw ticket, not intermediate, not even advanced.

A Random Skill Draw Ticket!

‘The golden opportunity to draw a legendary…!’

It was a draw ticket on a completely different level from those advanced scraps that only produced up to Hero grade.

During his Demroc days, he had hated these random draw tickets the most, but now it was different.

An unprecedented cheat trait that could easily obtain even Hidden Quests!

With the blessing of the Eye of Truth, it wasn’t arrogant at all to have the ambition of aiming for legendary grade.

-…Acting all high and mighty, seriously.

“You wouldn’t understand this feeling, you ignorant thing who doesn’t know the taste of card pulling.”

-If being ignorant about this stuff means being ignorant, then being ignorant doesn’t seem so bad, Owner.

‘Here I go!’

Dohyun lightly ignored Jihad’s criticism and proceeded with the draw while trying to calm his trembling heart.

Swoosh-

With the always pleasant sound effect, ten cards floated in the air.

At the same time, light that others couldn’t see began to leak out,

[Eye of Truth activates.]

“…Damn it.”

A deflated sigh also leaked from Dohyun’s mouth.

-Eliza, let’s back away. Sparks are going to fly.

-Risa…

-I don’t know why he keeps looking for places like this when he acts like this every time.

-Risa risa.

Quick-witted Jihad took Eliza and quietly backed away.

While the grumbling sounds didn’t please him, this time he had no choice but to somewhat agree.

‘How can the probability be like this?’

Eight brown, one silver, one yellow.

It was such an amazing ratio that you’d wonder if someone had rigged it.

No wonder he lived gratefully even when drawing rares in Demroc…

‘How did Kkukku draw Hero grades so well? Does he live in a different world from me?’

It was truly mysterious when someone else was struggling like this even with the Eye of Truth.

Well, this was the sorrow of gacha hell games, wasn’t it?

Still, this time he didn’t have to suffer the disaster of choosing a dud among three options, which was some consolation.

After all, there was only one card he needed to choose.

[You have selected a Skill Card.]

Therefore, Dohyun chose the card without a moment’s hesitation.

While Dohyun’s expression was somewhat lukewarm, the moment he saw the drawn card, he could no longer maintain that lukewarm face.

[You have acquired the Hero Skill ‘Sword Aura’.]

[Sword Aura]

-Grade: Hero

-Restriction: Swordsman class

-Description: The qualification of a Sword Master, Sword Aura.

The aura that wraps materialized mana around a sword enhances the power of swordsmanship and can deliver slashes that damage the soul.

-Effect: Wrapping mana around a sword increases the power and cutting force of sword-related attacks.

Enables resistance against enemies who have become incorporeal and immune to physical damage, or against magic, and when reused, delivers a slash using all Sword Aura.

Sword Aura is released when using the slash.

-Cooldown: 180 seconds after duration ends

‘Huh?’

He couldn’t help it.

Sword Aura.

It was the skill Dohyun had used most alongside Parrying during his Demroc days.

‘It was a skill I absolutely had to get among Swordsman skills.’

While Dohyun was an all-master, his basic foundation was ultimately the sword.

It was the weapon he handled best and was most familiar with.

Just as Backstab and Stealth were the cheat skills of assassins, Sword Aura was one of the signature and cheat skills of swordsmen.

For Dohyun who had no legendary skills, Sword Aura could be called his best skill.

‘Keu… This changes everything again.’

The Dohyun who had been complaining about what kind of probability this was had already disappeared.

Only one yellow appeared? No legendary?

So what! That one was none other than Sword Aura!

While it was disappointing that it wasn’t legendary, there was no way he wouldn’t be satisfied when he got his most beloved skill.

-What, did something good come up?

-Hmm! That’s fortunate.

-Risa risa.

Watching such Dohyun, the Guardians muttered.

The owner’s attitude change was fascinating—gone was the expression full of complaints and dissatisfaction from just moments ago, replaced by a goofy grin.

Swoosh.

Hearing those whispers, Dohyun raised his head to look up.

Then he nodded while gazing at that beautiful moon gently illuminating the night sky.

“Ah. I believe it…”

Indeed, there was always a reason for sacred grounds.

It was the moment when Dohyun’s wavering faith in blessed locations became firm once again.

* * *

Clatter- Clatter-

[…Find… that… Tear that man… to pieces…]

[Must… retrieve… that thing…]

[Is this… not the place…]

-Damn those rotting bastards. It’s getting hard to even hide now.

Jin Ruddell, who had been hiding behind the thicket and confirmed the Outlaws had left, let out a sigh-filled complaint.

Should he be grateful that having no legs meant he made no footsteps?

If it weren’t for his escape abilities honed through years of bandit life and skilled thievery shining through, any other guy would have been caught and torn apart long ago.

-Even the Apostles are getting torn apart in this situation, there’s no way I could hold out. Ugh, just imagining it gives me chills.

He had been running away for years, and had seen that much.

From soldiers to knights.

And even those gentlemen called Apostles of the Gods—all of them messing with the wrong Outlaw and getting miserably destroyed without being able to do anything.

-What kind of suffering is this after death.

Honestly, he had often thought about just giving up, but each time his remaining conscience pricked him and he couldn’t bring himself to do it.

If he gave ‘this’ to those guys, the castle would truly become a wasteland.

‘I also have something I need to deliver to that guy… Yeah, I’ve endured this long, so I can’t go like this out of spite.’

Clicking his tongue and slumping down, Jin Ruddell suddenly recalled the man he had met earlier.

‘I wonder if that gentleman is doing well?’

Both discovering him and those ominous people who had been following behind.

He was a peculiar man in many ways.

He had hastily asked him to bring back an item thinking there wouldn’t be another chance if not now, but his worry remained the same.

‘Right now it’s a full moon, so that wolf bastard will be terrifyingly strong.’

From what he had observed during his wandering spirit life, he could tell it was a monster that countless Apostles struggled with.

On nights when the full moon rose, even those immortals usually didn’t attempt to hunt it…

Even if he was an immortal, had he recklessly sent him into danger?

‘Well, he must have stepped forward because he was confident.’

Soon Jin Ruddell shrugged and got up.

If he stayed in one place too long, those guys might come back following his traces.

He planned to confuse them while scattering traces so others might find them, as he always had.

‘Huh? Wait a minute. It’s a full moon right now.’

That’s when it happened.

Jin Ruddell flinched at a piece of information that suddenly came to mind.

Come to think of it, the Shadow Lycanthrope wasn’t the problem right now.

‘If it’s a full moon, that ‘monster’ would be hiding there…?’

On the night when the full moon was up, at the moment he met his death in the cave, Jin Ruddell had glimpsed it, albeit briefly.

Hissss-

That chilling presence that had been sleeping there.

He could barely see the flow of magic power, so he didn’t know exactly what it was, but the moment he saw it, he felt his strength drain away.

Being the embodiment of curiosity that Jin Ruddell was, he eventually remembered and went back to look, but there was nothing there.

It was a phenomenon that only appeared during the full moon.

‘Well, I could only see it after becoming a spirit, so there’s no way he’d get involved.’

Jin Ruddell’s expression, which had been about to dismiss it with a chuckle, hardened again.

He remembered that the man had found him, a spirit.

‘…Nah, that can’t be right?’

Even if he discovered it, it wouldn’t matter as long as he didn’t bother it.

That’s what he had done too.

No matter how immortal someone was, unless they were completely insane, they wouldn’t be that reckless.

That’s what Jin Ruddell believed… no, wanted to believe.

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[You have entered the dungeon ‘Lair of the Shadow Lycanthropes.’]

[Lair of the Shadow Lycanthropes]

-Grade: Rare+

-Type: Solo Dungeon

-Characteristic: Single Boss

-Description: The king of lycanthropes who became a dark shadow.

It is said that anyone who even sees his shadow gets torn to pieces. This is where such Shadow Lycanthropes dwell.

[Entry Limit: 1 person]

[Entry Level Limit: Below LV 49]

Dohyun, who had drawn his skill in good spirits and entered the dungeon, chuckled as he read the message.

‘Originally this is a place you come to after hitting the graduation level.’

Sargis’s graduation level was level 49.

And this place’s level limit was also below level 49.

Due to the danger of it being a solo dungeon, the most common strategy for regular players was to hit the graduation level before coming.

Grrrrr…

This wasn’t simply for pursuing safety, nor because of the boss that greeted you as soon as you entered the dungeon.

[Shadow Lycanthrope activates the trait ‘Contempt for the Weak.’]

[The Shadow Lycanthrope’s physical abilities are amplified by how much lower the opponent’s level is compared to its own.]

Contempt for the Weak.

Because of this despicable trait that made it stronger when facing weaker opponents, you had to reach maximum level to finally be on equal footing.

However, Dohyun’s level was only 41.

[The level difference is significant.]

[The Shadow Lycanthrope’s physical abilities are greatly increased.]

[Receiving the energy of the full moon, the Shadow Lycanthrope’s stats are amplified.]

These were terrible conditions that would let it fully exploit the benefits of Contempt for the Weak.

Not only that, but it was also getting stat boosts from the full moon’s energy. Perhaps sensing this, the creature was grinning wickedly, which didn’t match its massive frame.

Grrr… Grr.

It was well over 3 meters tall, overwhelmingly larger than regular lycanthropes.

It was truly a shameless bastard.

Facing the vile creature’s laughter, Dohyun slowly curled up the corners of his mouth.

‘Yeah, it should be about this much.’

It was the perfect situation to test the performance of Sword Aura.

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