The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 15

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Episode 15

Chapter 15.

“Come on, that person has been quiet all this time. Why would he suddenly start now?”

“That’s what I’m saying. Really, it’s the first time I’ve been moved watching someone fight!”

“That’s true. I wondered if it was really the same person. How does a body move like that?”

Of course, they didn’t really think it would happen, as they quickly moved on from the topic. Dohyun scratched his head watching this.

‘It really is Kaiser though.’

Is this the importance of perception?

To them, Kaiser seems like an ancient figure, or something like a ghost.

Seeing how they can’t recognize him even though his name is literally Kai, it’s clear.

It felt strange to be praised for being like Kaiser when he actually was Kaiser, but Dohyun just let it slide and turned his attention elsewhere.

‘As expected, they disappeared.’

They were gone.

The goblin weapons he had been wielding like his own just moments ago. When the goblins died, their weapons disappeared along with them.

This was due to the system where only weapons that dropped in item form could be owned.

‘Well, there’s no way a loophole would work.’

He had bypassed weapon restrictions and even used skills, so he wondered if they might drop, but no such luck.

Well, this was right for game balance. Wanting more would be pushing it.

More importantly…

‘Status window.’

[Player: Kaiser]

[Level: 4]

[HP: 850 / 900]

[MP: 150 / 200]

[Stamina: 140 / 230]

[Class: Last Adventurer 【Disciple of Kashiyar】]

[Titles (2)]

-Max Favorability From the Start?

-First Slayer

[Stats]

【Strength: 5(+ 22)】 【Agility: 5(+ 20)】

【Vitality: 5(+ 19)】 【Sense: 5(+ 18)】

【Magic Power: 5(+ 18)】

Remaining Points: 21

This time he had gained 3 levels, reaching level 4.

It was an unbelievably large gain for a single hunt.

‘They said it would be easy until graduating from the beginner city, and it’s really true.’

Well, since level 12 was considered the real starting point, it made sense for the difficulty to be easy before then.

‘Hmm. Just looking at it feels satisfying.’

Who would believe this was a level 4 status window?

All stats were over 15 and he still had 21 remaining points.

Dohyun didn’t stop there and boldly invested his stats.

‘9 in strength, 8 in agility. I’ll invest the rest in sense.’

While he wasn’t restricted by class, what he could utilize immediately were melee weapons.

And even aside from that, Dohyun’s foundation was the sword.

Since he planned to build his foundation around swords if possible, strength and agility were first priority.

Second priority was vitality and sense.

Among those, Dohyun invested in sense.

‘Agility and sense are a set.’

Sense was a stat that amplified the five senses.

It was more like a supplementary stat that helped you adapt to your body more easily and improved dexterity.

If you raised agility by 5, raising sense by at least 2 was the standard rule.

[Player: Kaiser]

[Level: 4]

[HP: 790 / 900]

[MP: 170 / 200]

[Stamina: 120 / 230]

[Class: Last Adventurer 【Disciple of Kashiyar】]

[Titles (2)]

-Max Favorability From the Start?

-First Slayer

[Stats]

【Strength: 14(+ 22)】 【Agility: 13(+ 20)】

【Vitality: 5(+ 19)】 【Sense: 9(+ 18)】

【Magic Power: 5(+ 18)】

Remaining Points: 0

The status window that was born this way.

Looking at it like this, vitality was a bit low compared to the others.

‘Vitality is important too though…’

When stamina reaches 0, you enter an exhausted state, and if you push yourself then, the character stops.

Later on, you could cover it by stacking stamina recovery speed items, but right now raising vitality was good in many ways.

The higher your vitality, the more and faster you could hunt, which meant faster growth.

Plus it increased HP too, so there was nothing bad about it.

However…

‘I don’t really need it right now.’

There was no particular reason to invest in it now.

Thanks to the legendary title ‘First Slayer’ this time, all stats increased by 10, compensating for the lacking vitality.

Even more, thanks to the Blood Pact Necklace he received from Charlie, his strength, agility, and vitality increased further.

An item that raised stats by a whopping 7, despite being just a necklace.

But the necklace’s true effect lay elsewhere.

‘The attack speed and movement speed increases are better than expected.’

You might say it’s only 5%, but that difference was quite significant.

Not only did it apply to every small movement, but the inevitable delays before and after attacks were noticeably reduced.

That meant faster recovery, and lower chances of having openings exploited.

It also made dealing with ranged enemies easier.

That was why Dohyun had boldly charged in.

‘If I can’t catch them with these stats, that would be wrong.’

Even Dohyun would have had trouble taking down thirteen monsters alone if all his stats were 5 like others.

Even if possible, it would be inefficient.

But with his current stats, he was confident he could take them down even if all his party members left.

‘Still, having a party is definitely more comfortable.’

Certainly, as the saying goes that numbers are everything, when their support was added, combat became much easier.

There was less to worry about, and with aggro distributed, he could dominate one-sidedly.

Thanks to that, it took less than 10 minutes to kill fifteen monsters.

And yet the experience came in the same – there was no sweeter deal than this.

‘Their skills aren’t bad for a first hunt either.’

Shield Master especially stood out.

His sense for using bash at the right timing to cut off stray aggro or forcibly interrupt attack timing was quite good.

His judgment wasn’t bad either.

He probably had played other games quite a bit or studied hard.

‘I don’t know what the traits and unique abilities are, but the aggro management is top-tier.’

Right now, without any special skills.

Considering how difficult it is to manage this perfectly, it seemed like the traits and unique abilities were the kind that help tankers.

‘The remaining two are also…’

In Miganddeok’s case, he did make a mistake… but after that, he shot calmly and well, and Yubinkkung, though not very aggressive, had quite high accuracy.

The timing for using Mana Bolt was also good.

I don’t know about Miganddeok, but her Mana Bolt was visibly larger and had more flashy effects than ordinary Mana Bolts.

So it would be easier to hit targets too.

‘My party luck is pretty decent.’

I just formed a party thinking it would be good to kill even one more monster quickly, but it wasn’t a bad result.

“I really reached level 4 in an instant.”

“Wow… but why is Kaiser-nim’s damage so high?”

“Did you pull a mythical god or something?”

When he closed the status window, his companions happened to be talking about Dohyun.

To the question that came at just the right time, Dohyun shook his head.

“It’s because of my traits. I was also lucky enough to get a title.”

“Wow… even a title? As expected, you were flying around during the tutorial too.”

“Hey, didn’t you see him massacring goblins? What’s the point of saying anything.”

“Aren’t you going to become a ranker later? I should get close to you now!”

The companions genuinely admired that cool answer.

Among them, there was someone chattering rather excitedly. But it didn’t feel like flattery.

Even though he had obtained that precious title and had great combat skills, they didn’t really think he would become a ranker.

Maybe if it had been a year ago.

Breaking down the castle that rankers had already built solidly was nearly impossible.

In Godseeker, where play time was limited, a year and six months was such an absolute gap.

‘So it was because of traits.’

Anyway, with this, Shield Master was able to resolve his doubts.

‘Taking away the goblins’ weapons and handling them.’

He had grabbed the monsters’ weapons and utilized them as if they were his own.

Maybe during the tutorial, but using all weapons in the main game where weapon restrictions apply was impossible without the Weapon Master trait.

However, even with Weapon Master, it didn’t seem like the damage would be that high…

Thinking that a combat-related god and title had appeared, it made sense.

‘What kind of god could it be? He said it wasn’t a mythical god… if it’s a god good for early damage buffs, maybe Lu Bu?’

Shield Master had invested over 500 cards to pull a hero god.

Before entering god summoning to pull a good god, he had carefully looked at the god description book, so several gods came to mind.

Shield Master, who had been thinking for a moment, shook his head.

What did any of that matter anyway.

‘The world is wide and there are many strong people.’

He had come after raising favorability and was confident… but it felt like facing a huge wall.

He realized he had been a frog in a well, but he wasn’t particularly frustrated or anything.

There was no need to stress over a game he had started to enjoy in the first place.

He just wanted to party with friends and someday try to defeat raid bosses.

Shield Master, who had finished his thoughts, raised his shield.

“Well then, our health is full too. Shall we go hunting again?”

“Oh!”

“Good!”

Miganddeok and Yubinkkung answered energetically, and Shield Master looked at Dohyun as if they had made a promise.

As if waiting for a decision.

Dohyun, who had hesitated for a moment, nodded.

“Yes. Let’s go.”

“Power leveling, let’s go!”

“Should we try killing ten each this time?”

“Yes. That’s fine.”

“Huh? I was joking… is it really okay? Amazing.”

“Shield, did you hear? Let’s sweep them all away. We have the ultimate weapon, big brother Kaiser.”

Dohyun set out to find prey while exchanging small talk with his companions who spoke to him in a friendly manner.

It was a completely different start from his Demroc days when he played solo until meeting veteran teammates.

Perhaps that’s why.

‘I wonder what everyone is doing. Are those two still fighting?’

Dohyun, who momentarily thought of them, chuckled.

When going out to hunt, they would fight so consistently without getting tired. At those times, Uncle Bora would talk about dungeons with him as if it was natural.

It was daily life back then, but now it had somehow become a memory.

‘Well, I’ll see them someday.’

He hadn’t had time to think about it while being in the military, but for some reason, Dohyun found himself thinking of his teammates today.

* * *

After that, several hunts took place, and the hunting went smoothly.

No, it went beyond smooth and was one-sided.

“Uh, Kaiser big brother is in danger… or not?”

“Oh, behind you…! No, never mind. Hmm.”

“Wow…”

Dohyun’s combat, dodging like a ghost as if he had eyes in the back of his head and perfectly controlling any aggro that might bounce while facing multiple enemies, couldn’t be described with the simple word ‘smooth.’

Thanks to that, their party hunted groups of at least ten goblins.

“6-minute clear for real?”

“Wow, this time it’s a 4-minute clear. The hunting speed is insane, really.”

Even that speed was far faster than killing five ordinary goblins.

And it kept accelerating.

As the party’s level increased, it became much easier thanks to the improved stats.

Moreover, as they got used to Dohyun’s abnormal combat style, their supporting skills improved and the time was drastically reduced.

So they, who had been facing ten at a time, were soon facing twelve, thirteen…

“We could probably handle fifteen at a time?”

“Still, it probably won’t make much difference. Kaiser-nim is too strong.”

“We seem to be killing them pretty easily now too.”

At some point, they were hunting by gathering fifteen or more at a time.

[Quest ‘Goblin Cleanup’ has been cleared.]

[You have gained 80 silver and experience as a reward.]

[Quest ‘Collecting Goblin Leather’ has been cleared.]

[You have gained 86 silver, a Goblin Leather Belt, and experience as a reward.]

“Wow, done! We cleared everything!”

“The level matches perfectly too.”

“Nice, new record!”

When they killed the last group of goblins, they were able to complete the quests while setting an amazing record of 3 minutes and 57 seconds.

The Goblin Leather Belt received as a reward was also decent to use at the current level.

[Goblin Leather Belt]

[Grade: Common]

[Description: A belt made from goblin leather by Arde’s professional tailor. It has no special effects but is quite sturdy.]

[Level Requirement: 4]

[Equipment Restriction: None]

[Physical Defense: 34]

[Magic Resistance: 10]

-Health + 1

-Tradeable

‘Mm. Right. This is what’s normal originally.’

The rewards I’d received before were just exceptionally outstanding, but at this level, this kind of quality was normal.

Still, it wasn’t particularly pleasant to be given bitter persimmons after eating only sweet ones, but I didn’t have any replacement gear to equip anyway.

Dohyun roughly equipped it and moved on, then opened the party window.

This was the biggest gain I’d gotten right now.

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