The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 148

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Chapter 148

Episode 148.

[Holy shit, this is insane!!!!]

└Why! Why!! What is it this time!!

└Kaiser did it again! This is crazy for real, wow!!

└What!! Tell us!!

└Kaiser! Kaiser opened an Outlaw Challenge!!!!

└…What!?

The moment Kaiser opened an Outlaw Challenge.

God’s Odyssey Website and Community was completely turned upside down.

Outlaw Challenge.

Something no one had dared to attempt since Ahdeo’s miserable end.

Even the Top 10 Guild Masters didn’t bother to look at this cursed challenge.

How could they not be interested when something that hadn’t been opened for over a year was finally happening again.

-Holy shit, so the guys in Sargis get to watch this live? I’m so jealous for real!

-Ah, I graduated from Sargis yesterday!!!

-Kaiser live spectator tickets are insane…

Especially when the challenger was Kaiser, need we say more.

The boards were filled with the chatter of those who flocked in droves.

Many envied the Sargis players who could watch Kaiser’s Outlaw Challenge right before their eyes.

Naturally, most comments were filled with excitement and anticipation, but there were negative voices among them too.

-Even so, an Outlaw is a bit…

-Why bother…? He’s already deified well enough, so why challenge it?

-Doesn’t he know that if he loses, his deification will immediately crumble and his image will be fucked?

-He seems to have lost all fear because everyone keeps praising him too much.

-For real lol He really thinks he can do anything. I get that he’s amazing, but an Outlaw was too much lol And solo at that? Damn!

Unlike other times, many people supported their opinions this time.

It was a perfectly natural progression.

No matter how great Kaiser was, an Outlaw was a boss of a different caliber.

They couldn’t understand why he would deliberately risk damaging his own image.

-You think Kaiser would do this without thinking? He must be challenging it because he thinks it’s doable.

-For real lol Seems like they didn’t watch the Contractor video.

-Is that guy the same as an Outlaw? He was some nobody we’d never seen before so there’s no comparison… An Outlaw is someone even Ahdeo couldn’t get below 50%. How do you kill that thing.

-But why does everyone think he has to kill it? Anyway, even just getting it below 50% would prove something, right?

└…That’s true?

└I guess it’s because of the image Kaiser has built up.

└I think even I would feel weird if Kaiser lost. Like my childhood innocence being shattered?

There were many different opinions, but there was one thing none of them could deny.

Why bother challenging it.

Why deliberately try to take such a risk.

It would be strange if Kaiser opened a challenge simply because he was a battle maniac or an attention seeker.

-Maybe it’s related to meeting the Lord?

-Right. Otherwise it doesn’t make sense.

So they concluded it must be related to the Lord.

-Ah, I’m going crazy with curiosity.

What kind of story could there be that he’s going to hunt an Outlaw.

What connection could there be between the Outlaw and the Lord.

Since everything was new, their curiosity reached maximum levels.

Now it wasn’t about whether he could kill the Outlaw or not. Everyone was unconsciously thinking that wouldn’t be possible anyway.

[Hey! Holy shit!!!!]

That’s when it happened.

[Kaiser!! Kaiser finished the Outlaw Challenge!!!]

[He killed the Outlaw, holy shit!!!!]

Just when they were thinking about the relationship between the Lord and the Outlaw.

Unbelievable posts appeared on the boards, and what gradually increased in number became dozens, then hundreds of posts in an instant.

-…What? Finished what?

-Wait, he killed the Outlaw? Does that even make sense??

-What? It seems to be real? Posts keep coming up.

The posts that appeared with each refresh proved it was true, but it was impossible to believe.

How on earth did he kill that monster.

[All you bastards who said it couldn’t be done, come out!! I’m the winner who watched this live!! (jpg)]

Then one post went up.

There was a photo of thousands of players cheering, and among them Kaiser raising his head in front of the fallen Outlaw.

-What, is this real???

-Wait, he killed the Outlaw? How??

-Holy shit this is insane. Ah I should have gone to watch!!! Just had to have work come up…

└lololol you didn’t see it? You’ll regret it for life, seriously.

└For real, it was pure chills.

└Seriously, not graduating from Sargis is the best thing I did this year.

└You too? Hey, me too!

└Wow… You guys are real devils…

└Damn… I really wanted to film it but the copyright laws got too strict since God’s Odyssey started, couldn’t dare to film.

-…I’m the great sinner who said he absolutely couldn’t kill it. Currently hitting myself with a hammer in real time. Please forgive me… (jpg)

└Crazy he’s actually doing it lololololol

Naturally, explosive reactions erupted, and this news spread in all directions.

[Outlaw Challenge concluded for the first time in a year!?]

[Kaiser writes another myth!]

[Indeed, how many points for this graduation quest?]

All kinds of articles decorated not only the homepage but various portal sites, and countless guilds focused on this.

“…Kaiser killed an Outlaw?”

“Is that even possible? He’s a monster alright.”

“This… With things like this, even the Top 10 Guilds can’t just keep watching, can they?”

“I’m curious about that gentleman Ahdeo’s expression.”

Naturally, the Top 10 Guilds couldn’t have missed this news, and as they said, all the Top 10 Guilds had to stop what they were doing.

The nerves that had been stimulated in Brion exploded this time in Sargis.

And among them, the one who showed the greatest interest was…

“An Outlaw… How about it, Ahdeo. Could you kill it now if you tried again?”

“…You’re asking something obvious.”

At the sudden question from his companion while drinking at a pub, The King’s Master, Ahdeo, answered expressionlessly.

“I could easily kill it now. Wouldn’t take even 2 minutes.”

“Right, of course you would. You’re the strongest Paladin called the player version of Lvebed.”

“Don’t make a fuss.”

“Yes yes.”

His companion grinned and asked curiously.

“Then what if you went back to the past with your current memory? Your skills have improved a lot since then.”

“Going back to when I fought the Outlaw… That’s a pointless question. That’s not possible, is it.”

“Come on, it’s just for fun. Could you do it like Kaiser did?”

“Hmm.”

Still expressionless.

A handsome man with classic blonde hair and white skin, like the very model of a Paladin.

His characteristic expressionless face had always been a symbol of his perfection, but having watched him for so long, he knew.

Those slightly downturned lips were a habit that appeared when he was thinking seriously.

But that was only momentary.

“Seeing you talk nonsense, you must have plenty of time on your hands.”

“…Huh?”

“You can move a bit faster. Get up now.”

“Huh, what? No, no. I’m still tired. Can’t we rest a little more and think about it? I never want to go back to that forest again… Damn, anyway, that guy never listens to people.”

Watching Ahdeo’s back as he left the tavern, the man sighed while resting his chin on his hand.

He really was no fun at all.

But what could he do.

He was their leader after all.

“Wait for me, man!”

Ahdeo glanced at him hurrying to catch up, then looked ahead and continued walking.

His face remained expressionless, but the corners of his mouth were slightly turned down.

The question from earlier kept circling in his mind.

‘Fighting the Outlaw again…’

He would probably perform better.

Back then, he had experienced the 2nd phase for the first time and wasn’t prepared, and his form was definitely inferior compared to now.

But even so, could he actually defeat it?

‘…Honestly, I don’t know.’

That definitely wasn’t a boss designed to be defeated.

‘…They said he was unrivaled during the Demroc era.’

The current Top 10 Guilds were max level above max level. Those called the sky above the sky.

It made no sense for a man who wasn’t even level 50 yet to threaten them.

There was such a huge gap between them and that man.

…But why?

‘I should remember this.’

Somehow, it felt like there would come a day when they’d face each other.

Heading toward the Forgotten Forest, Ahdeo etched Kaiser’s name into his mind.

* * *

Meanwhile, at the time when everyone’s attention was focused there.

“What’s this, why are there so many people in front of the castle? I can’t get through.”

“Don’t you know? Kaiser just went inside the castle.”

“What? Really? Ah, I missed the live viewing, I should have at least watched that!!”

“Geez, that’s why I told you to switch your day and night schedule. Who lives like that?”

The front of Sargis Castle was completely packed with players.

Since Kaiser, who had finally defeated the Outlaw, was meeting with the Lord, curious players had abandoned hunting and everything else to gather here.

“Huh? But he managed to come back in one piece?”

“? What do you mean?”

“I heard he barely won by a hair’s breadth. If he had been hit then, Kaiser would have become a Slayer. Wasn’t the atmosphere totally not right for that?”

“There are plenty of thuggish bastards in this game. Of course there were some. But as soon as they tried to ambush him, he immediately countered and caught them instead. Then he glared at the spectators so menacingly, wow, it was really awesome…”

“Wow, amazing…”

“That’s not all. At that moment, Charlie stepped right up to guard his side, and even the players who were watching joined in to escort him. It was like Moses parting the sea all the way to the castle entrance.”

“The romantic style is insane.”

All the bustling chatter was entirely about Kaiser.

Kaiser’s heroic tales, what Quest he might be doing, what he might show next, what his graduation score would be, and so on.

Watching the players filled with countless stories, the guards clicked their tongues.

“Manage this thoroughly. He said not to let anyone enter.”

“This is the first time I’ve seen such a crowd…”

The guards and NPCs were utterly bewildered by this scene they were witnessing for the first time in a year and six months.

In a way, they were also amazed.

“Was he truly such an incredible person.”

“It’s just a rumor… Hansel said he heard the Apostles talking about that man catching those Outlaw bastards.”

“…What? Do you believe such nonsense?”

“No, listen to me. Didn’t that man also meet with the Lord a few days ago. Someone we rarely get to meet…”

As they say, rumors travel a thousand miles without legs.

One rumor led to another, spreading endlessly.

And while the outside of the castle was in commotion.

Crash—

“Ahh…”

Dohyun was facing the Lord, Jei Ruddel, and the Butler in the Lord’s room along with the Guardians.

The teacup he was holding had fallen and shattered, but Jei Ruddel didn’t move a muscle.

The Butler, who would normally worry and clean up the fragments, was the same.

“Is that… truly the truth?”

“Yes. This is what I obtained after defeating that bastard.”

With that, Dohyun showed the half-key that hadn’t been combined yet.

The Dark King’s dark energy.

“This is…!”

Jei Ruddel was shocked upon encountering that chilling energy.

How could he forget that energy.

It was indeed the same energy emitted by the one who had driven countless people to death, made him sick, and killed the Knight Commander.

“Then really…”

“Yes. There are no more Outlaws now. The city is safe.”

“Ahh…”

Was he unable to speak?

Jei Ruddel’s eyes gradually reddened as he couldn’t close his mouth.

The tears streaming down showed how much mental anguish he had endured.

“Thank you. Thank you so much. How can I ever repay this kindness…”

He could only bow his head repeatedly.

Dohyun, who had been quietly watching him, carefully approached and placed his hand on his shoulder.

Then he met his eyes and smiled gently.

“…Hero?”

“Gratitude is good, and I have something to say too, but we don’t have much time right now.”

“What do you…”

What do you mean.

Before that question could even be voiced, Dohyun took the initiative.

“There’s someone I’d like to introduce.”

“…Introduce?”

“He’s quite talkative… but you should know him well, Lord.”

The Lord’s eyes, which had blinked several times, soon filled with shock.

As if he couldn’t believe it, yet filled with hopeful expectation, his eyes were asking Dohyun.

Whether what he was thinking was correct.

“Yes. Please hold this for a moment…”

Dohyun nodded and handed over the dark energy.

The moment Jei Ruddel carefully received it.

-No, is this really the only way? Even if it’s just for a moment, still, it’s not good for a kid who’s already in poor health to be holding that thing… Ah right. Of course, I was the one who asked, but still… Huh?

“…Uncle?”

-…Jei.

He saw a ghost chattering endlessly toward Dohyun.

It was a very dear face.

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