The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 137

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Chapter 137

Episode 137.

No matter how he thought about it, that had to be right.

Thinking this way, all the questions fit together like puzzle pieces clicking into place.

Dohyun let out a hollow laugh at his own deduction that gave him chills.

‘Hah.’

Watching players who deliberately provoked outlaws, he’d thought there were always some who wouldn’t listen, but he never imagined he’d become one of them.

Thinking this way, there were essentially two routes to enter the main quest in Sargis.

One was discovering this King’s Tomb.

The other was defeating an outlaw.

‘It would have been absolutely impossible to clear.’

Even if someone was lucky enough to discover the King’s Tomb, who would try to hunt an outlaw?

Conversely, even if someone defeated an outlaw, finding this place would be difficult.

‘What form was the original main quest planned to take?’

Seeing this insane difficulty level, he suddenly became curious.

For him, it progressed through becoming Kashiyar’s successor via a class quest, but the main quest that would have appeared three years later wouldn’t have been like this, would it?

Perhaps the path he was walking wasn’t a simple main quest at all.

‘Well, there’s no point thinking about it now.’

There was no way to know anymore.

[You suddenly look serious by yourself. Seeing how you’re just like that Kashiyar bastard in this regard, you really are his successor.]

“Ah.”

Seeing Dohyun turn serious, the Dark King made a slight jab.

Snapping back to attention, Dohyun replied.

“I think I know who has the other half of the key.”

[Oh…? You know that just from hearing the story? Do you have some special talent?]

“Before coming here, I heard something from a ghost. It’s just speculation, but the outlaws have it…”

Dohyun summarized and explained the situation.

Dohyun’s heart wasn’t particularly serious as he spoke.

The Dark King was an ancient figure.

Meanwhile, the outlaws had only appeared in Sargis for at most several to a dozen years.

Since he wouldn’t know anyway, he was just answering out of courtesy.

[Huh? Outlaws? You mean those ghost soldier tribes?]

…But an unexpected reaction came out.

“You know the outlaws?”

[Of course I do. Those ghost bastards have been around for thousands of years. In my time, we used to say outlaws would take away crying children. Thinking back now, they were weak things, but I wonder why they were so scary when I was young…]

“What?”

[Hmm? From your reaction, it seems your generation doesn’t know much about outlaws? Well… after the Thousand Year War, almost all races did quiet down.]

Apparently the outlaws were much bigger players than he’d thought.

* * *

About 5 minutes after the topic of outlaws came up.

Having heard the unfolding situation from Dohyun, the Dark King burst into laughter.

[Bwahahaha! Robbed by a ghost? A guy who calls himself the leader of spirits? Even a passing dog would laugh!]

Hiss-!

[Masters of tracking getting the power of negative energy but still floundering in the forest. What an amusing situation! Haha!]

Hiss- Hiss-!

To make matters worse, even Arragini listening nearby was laughing along.

The reaction shown by the Dark King and divine beast was rather frivolous for such distinguished figures, but Dohyun didn’t bother pointing it out.

He understood their feelings very well.

‘I was dumbfounded when I heard it too.’

Seeing a ghost was surprising enough, but he’d never seen such a reckless thief ghost before.

If Dohyun wondered if this was right even while telling it, how much more so for the listeners?

As he just nodded in agreement, the Dark King, having somewhat stopped laughing, continued speaking.

[Whew… It’s been a while since I laughed so hard. That thief ghost probably stole a soul compass.]

“A soul compass?”

[Those guys are fundamentally beings of the afterlife. Without that thing, they can’t find their way in this world. The whole world probably looks like it’s filled with mist to them.]

The Dark King who said this added one more comment.

[Well, they can see briefly when their bodies touch living beings from this world.]

“Ah.”

So that’s why they get so angry and tear people apart when touched.

Well, if they became blind after having their compass stolen just before achieving their goal, they’d naturally flip out whenever they saw a human.

[That thief has good nerve. Fearlessly stealing from those guys… If caught, his limbs would be torn apart. Ah, since he’s a soul, would his spirit be shredded? Those guys don’t know much else, but they’re amazingly good at torture.]

Hiss…

[Well, thanks to that, the successor appeared first instead of those ghost bastards, so I should be grateful.]

‘…That guy better keep running well.’

If caught, he definitely wouldn’t die with his body intact.

Actually, it was amazing that he’d been escaping well so far.

Outlaws.

According to the Dark King, they could be defined in one phrase.

-An inescapable obsessive search party.

Once they marked prey or an object, they would inevitably find and harvest it, and the longer the escape time, the more cruel the ending became.

That’s why in the distant past, young children feared outlaws…

‘Like saying tigers will take you away if you cry?’

Well, seeing the sinister appearance of those ghost soldiers, what child wouldn’t tremble in fear?

Adults would have found them useful for scaring children.

It wasn’t just their appearance either.

[Speaking of outlaws… I didn’t expect this, but this guy would have had trouble. They’re not opponents that molted skin can handle…]

Hiss…

-R, Risa!

‘That much?’

She possessed strength equivalent to one of the five kings who had opposed gods alongside Kashiyar.

Then the Dark King, hearing this, interjected asking what that was supposed to mean.

[Hmm? Ah, of course they’re weak from my perspective. They’re guys who’d die with one flick of my hand.]

“…”

As he scratched his head feeling somehow reminded of Kashiyar, the Dark King cleared his throat and continued.

[Still, they’re definitely not guys to take lightly. They once held entire nations in their grasp. Their legion is powerful, but especially their leader is overwhelmingly so among them.]

“…I see.”

[It’s fortunate that they can’t fully exert their power in this unauthorized world.]

Though there was a bit of a commotion, their strength seemed to be real anyway.

At minimum, it meant they were stronger than Arragini’s molted skin.

‘One mountain after another.’

The Abyss, then an ancient lineage divine beast.

And now outlaws who once ruled a nation…

‘No wonder it resulted in a 0% success rate total annihilation ending.’

There was a reason players never succeeded even once.

[In that regard, you’re lucky this time. Didn’t the thief play his role splendidly, and didn’t the successor appear earlier than the prophesied time to meet me?]

The Dark King smiled and approached Dohyun, extending his hand.

Tap.

The moment his index finger lightly touched Dohyun’s forehead.

[You have obtained the incomplete Poison King constitution.]

[Poison King Constitution]

[Grade: Hero+]

[Description: Har, who was called the Dark King and Poison King of ancient humanity.

He had a unique constitution that made him nearly invincible, but he was weak to poison and mental attacks.

Therefore, he directly experienced tens of thousands of deadly poisons and trained repeatedly until he created a constitution immune to poison.]

[Inviolability: Immune to poisons of Hero grade and below.]

[Saturation: When taking continuous damage from one attack for a certain time, it is considered poison.]

[The authority is incomplete as it does not contain complete will.]

A message appeared, and Dohyun’s eyes widened.

‘This is basically immunity to all poisons!’

What was immunity to all poisons?

It literally meant being immune to all poisons. A cheat constitution that even Dohyun, who had little interest in martial arts, knew about.

What the Dark King gave was no different from that.

[It’s only half-complete so it’s not a perfect authority, but it’ll be useful when dealing with those Outlaw bastards.]

“…Thank you.”

As he said, it didn’t possess complete power, but it was such an excellent option that he should prostrate himself in gratitude.

Just as Dohyun was bowing his head with a greedy smile before that excellent reward.

Rumble—

Suddenly the dungeon began to shake and a cheerful notification rang out.

[You have cleared the Secret Dungeon ‘King’s Tomb’.]

[Level up.]

[Level up.]

[Recorded in the Adventure Log.]

[The King’s Tomb will collapse soon.]

Just like when he entered, the dungeon began to collapse after being cleared.

When he instinctively looked ahead, he saw the Dark King who had become half-transparent.

The Dark King who met his eyes chuckled.

[Now my time has truly come to an end. It was good to meet you, descendant.]

“…”

[And Arragini, you’ve worked hard all this time too. Now rest.]

Hiss—

Arragini, who had been chatting with the undead, nodded as if in agreement.

Then Eliza and Jihad suddenly butted in.

-Then Arragini, you’re free now!? If you have nowhere to go, come with us!

-Risa risa!

Had they become close friends in that short time?

Both of their energy levels were way up.

Especially Eliza, who was wiggling her rear, was full of joy.

Arragini seemed to have really taken her fancy.

Hiss…

But Arragini shook his head.

-Ri… sa?

Shocked by that firm gesture, Eliza trailed off as if asking why.

The Dark King answered instead.

[That one is the gatekeeper of this place. He’s bound to the tomb, so there’s no way he can go outside.]

Then Eliza and Jihad, who were startled, jumped up in shock.

-Risa…!?

-Wait, so he just has to die here? Does this make any sense!? Charlie, aren’t you bothered by this?

-Hmm! That does seem too cruel indeed.

-What are you doing, Charlie! Don’t just use it for reactions, show off your brilliant eloquence here!

The guys trying to drag even Charlie in to make their counterargument.

Like generals before war.

Or like blood brothers trying to protect their one and only comrade from the enemy, Jihad and Eliza’s eyes flashed with sincerity.

Hiss… Hiss…!

At that sight, Arragini’s large eyes became even more sparkling.

-That’s right, Arragini. Just trust us! We don’t abandon our friends!

-Risa risa! Risa… Risa!

-…Huh? Eliza, didn’t you abandon me and leave? Th, that wasn’t my will…

-Hmm! You did go too far with that. Disappointing. I don’t want to hear excuses.

-Risa risa.

-A, anyway! Arragini. Come with us. That’s okay, right Owner?

Charlie who had turned cold and Eliza who seemed sulky as she turned her head away.

And even Jihad who was restless.

Even while putting on a comedy show, Jihad seemed to think this wouldn’t work and looked at Dohyun pleadingly.

“He’s a gatekeeper so we can’t take him out.”

-But… facing death like this is too cruel, Owner.

“That may be true, but…”

At Jihad’s plea, Dohyun fell into thought for a moment.

‘Arragini… He’s an Ancient Lineage divine beast so it would be good for me…’

He was an Ancient Lineage divine beast who protected an ancient king.

Of course there would be nothing bad about taking him along, but the problem was that guy’s size.

A tremendous size of 11 meters in body length alone.

Regardless of whether the system would allow him to take him along, he was too conspicuous to travel with.

But just leaving him to die was also…

[Hmm?]

But unfortunately(?), this worry was a completely meaningless worry.

The Dark King, who had been tilting his head as if wondering what this was about, understood the situation and burst into laughter.

-Huh…?

-Risa…

Even Jihad and Eliza, who had been protesting earnestly, paused at the sudden burst of laughter.

Only after laughing for a while did the Dark King stop and wipe his eyes as he spoke.

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