The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 160

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Chapter 160

Episode 160.

They say when someone is too shocked, they become speechless.

That saying was true.

‘Go, golden… golden…!’

Dohyun, who was stammering and unable to get the words out, clutched his left chest.

It wasn’t an exaggeration – he really felt like he might get forcibly logged out.

Dohyun took deep breaths repeatedly, trying to calm his rapidly beating heart.

‘…How could I possibly calm down, damn it! It’s legendary! Legendary!’

There was no way he could calm down.

It was legendary grade! Not an item or title, but a legendary grade skill!

The cursed skill he couldn’t obtain even after rotting away in Demroc for 3 years until reaching rank 1.

That skill he couldn’t get even with the overpowered Eye of Truth skill.

‘To think the day would come when a legendary skill would appear in my life…’

How much had he wanted it all this time.

All his comrades carried around two legendary skills each, but he alone couldn’t have one.

It’s sad enough to be the only one who doesn’t get chicken at school lunch, but legendary grade was worse than being the only one who doesn’t get 1++ Korean beef instead of chicken.

-What, another rare skill?

-Wow… This hidden quest even has guaranteed probability, so why are you the only one getting rare? That concept freak and I got hero grade.

-Hehe… You bastards, you got hero grade? I got legendary.

-…Damn it.

Even when they all cleared a hidden quest together and used random skill draw tickets while viewing the spectacular scenery on Dragon Rock.

Only Dohyun had obtained a rare skill.

Even though he had taken the special powder obtained as a hidden piece that increased probability, he alone got rare grade.

How envious he was watching Purple Uncle excitedly trying out his newly obtained legendary skill! How heartbreaking it was!

-That guy who follows you around already has three legendary skills~ Is it okay for an idol to be like this? A ranker without legendary skills exists!? Pshh pshh!

-…

-Kiya~ Legendary taste is so good! It’s such a shame you don’t know this taste.

-Hey hey, Kuku stop it. I would have cried if I were him.

-Hey, are you crying? Huh, what, this guy really seems to be crying? Or not?

-…I’ll definitely draw one someday.

19-year-old Dohyun had made that vow filled with determination, but despite that resolve, he never got to hold a legendary skill until the service ended.

After the server closure, 1 year and 6 months… no, now 1 year and 7 months had passed.

4 years had passed since he shed tears for the first time in his life and made that determined vow.

Flash-

That tear-soaked steamed bun-like legendary skill was shining brilliantly before Dohyun.

“Ahh…”

How brilliant it was.

There was no one here who had mistaken it for yellow just moments ago. He was just approaching it in a daze like someone bewitched by will-o’-the-wisps.

Finally reaching right in front of the golden card, Dohyun came to his senses and gulped.

‘What skill could it be.’

Legendary skills were excellent in performance and rare, so there weren’t that many of them.

About five per class.

Some classes had more, some had fewer, but that was generally the case.

But Dohyun was an All Master.

‘I can’t even guess what it might be.’

Since he could use all kinds of combat class skills, the possibilities were endless.

There could be dozens of options, maybe even over a hundred.

It was truly a gamble.

Normally he would need to be cautious with such odds, but today’s Dohyun was different.

‘Whatever it is, it’s a legendary skill!’

It’s a legendary skill, so what does any of that matter!

No matter how useless the skill that appeared, the potential from being legendary grade would cover it all!

And aside from everything else, just obtaining a legendary skill itself was exciting.

What a Ferrari might be as a dream gift to someone, a legendary skill was to Dohyun.

When the Ferrari you’ve dreamed of your whole life is right in front of you, would you nitpick about horsepower or whatever?

Swoosh.

He just carefully reached out with an excited heart.

The moment he picked up the golden card that he was even careful to touch!

Flash-!

Unlike before, brilliant golden light burst forth and two lines of messages appeared.

[Congratulations!]

[You have obtained the legendary skill ‘Thunder Dragon Descent ‘.]

“Hyeoeoek! Cra, crazy! Ho, ho, holy sh… ueoeoeo!”

“Huh?”

“What’s that noise.”

At the sudden frivolous outcry, the players stopped their card drawing and turned around.

Then they tilted their heads.

“What? There’s no one there?”

They had definitely heard a sound, but there was nothing there.

Then someone suddenly exclaimed.

“Huh? But wasn’t Kaiser originally in that spot?”

“Huh? You’re right?”

“What, he disappeared while we were drawing cards for a moment… Anyone see Kaiser?”

“Don’t know. I saw him there until just now. But I didn’t look because I was afraid he’d tear me apart if we made eye contact.”

Kaiser had definitely been there but had disappeared without a trace.

They felt puzzled by this, but soon shook off their lingering thoughts.

“Hmm… Let’s just finish what we were doing. I need to draw at least one yellow today.”

“How can a man have such small ambitions? It should be at least golden. Hey, what about you?”

“…Don’t talk to me. I’m so frustrated I’m going crazy. Sigh… I withdrew all my savings… Damn it. Who said this was a lucky spot?”

They were a people of drawing.

True to a lucky spot where those who devoted everything to card drawing gathered, they quickly demonstrated their ability to focus on their main business.

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-Well done Charlie! I believed in you!

-Risa Risa!

-Mm! As a retainer, maintaining my lord’s dignity is natural! This humble sword merely did what had to be done.

Over 1km away from the Crimson Tree Rest Area.

Charlie, who had been running while carrying Dohyun, proudly beat his chest at Jihad and Eliza’s cheers.

The moment Dohyun confirmed the legendary skill’s name and let out a cry, Charlie had moved like lightning to snatch Dohyun and flee.

“Legendary… legendary… Thunder Dragon… Thunder Dragon Descent… Amazing… This is crazy…”

-My lord! Please maintain your dignity!

“Thunder Dragon Descent… Wow… How fun will it be?”

-Oh dear…! I’ll move us further away first, please handle the front!

-Uaah! Get out of the way before I push you all aside! You trolls!

-Risa! Risa Risa!

Even then, Dohyun apparently continued muttering in a daze for quite a while…

‘Why do I only remember bits and pieces.’

Maybe he hadn’t just spaced out but completely lost it.

Seriously, if it had been just a little worse, he might have been forcibly logged out.

Anyway, now that he had come to his senses, he felt very embarrassed.

For that loyal Charlie to seriously worry about his dignity being compromised and act so impulsively, just how bad must it have been?

Though he wanted to just log out right then and there, since he couldn’t, Dohyun sighed and said.

“…It’s embarrassing, so let me go.”

-Ah, yes. My lord.

“…”

Awkward.

Feeling the silence flow, Dohyun subtly turned his gaze away.

It seemed like an appropriate change of topic was needed.

Fortunately, there was something perfect for right now.

[Thunder Dragon Descent ]

-Grade: Legend

-Restriction: Martial Artist class

-Description: The Thunder Dragon revered by martial artists who handle martial arts .

Those who have glimpsed a fragment of the end of martial arts are said to receive the Thunder Dragon’s selection that dominates the heavens and can use the Thunder Dragon’s power.

-Effect: Upon casting, the Thunder Dragon’s power descends from the sky and is absorbed into the caster’s body.

The aftermath deals area damage to the surroundings and spreads electrical waves in the nearby area for a short time.

For 100 seconds, lightning power dwells within, increasing all of the caster’s speeds and giving an extremely low chance to inflict shock effect on attacked enemies.

Can use Lightning Movement 2 times before the duration ends.

-Cooldown: 300 seconds

Thunder Dragon Descent .

The very first legendary skill Dohyun had ever obtained in gaming history!

“Ugh…! It’s so bright.”

Dohyun covered his eyes at the brilliantly dazzling two characters ‘Legend’.

It was a brilliance too hard to look at with both eyes open.

“Am I now a legendary skill owner too? Kiya!”

-…Why is our lord acting like that?

-How would I know. I’m just going to let it be.

-Risa risa.

Their lord was particularly stranger today.

Even Charlie expressed doubt at the sight of him performing all sorts of antics alone in the air, but right now Dohyun didn’t have the capacity to care about such things.

He was busy calming his heart that was surging with emotion.

‘Wow… Looking at it like this, there’s no cheat skill like this.’

There are various types of skills.

Offensive, defensive, buff, installation, movement.

If you get into the details there are too many, so they’re usually classified into these five types, and this was where the cheat nature of Thunder Dragon Descent lay.

‘Multi-purpose skill.’

It was an absolutely broken skill that took three of those forms.

‘When activated it’s an area skill, gives buffs, gives movement… One skill doing all this, seriously.’

Multi-purpose could also be seen as mixed breed in other words.

Thanks to enjoying various effects the versatility was good, but when examined individually, it was true that it fell short compared to other legendary skills.

Because of this, there were quite a few who didn’t welcome multi-purpose skills.

But Thunder Dragon Descent was different.

‘Insane potential unworthy of multi-purpose. True meaning of versatility.’

In the early days when Thunder Dragon Descent was first discovered, the effects were so minimal that there were many reviews asking what kind of garbage mixed skill this was.

However, the moment it reached the late game, that evaluation changed 180 degrees.

Though not written in the text, all effects of Thunder Dragon Descent were proportional to the user’s specs.

Thanks to this, the late game potential went absolutely wild.

‘There were many reviews saying they seemed to balance it that way since martial artists engage in extreme close combat.’

Martial artists have decent dealing ability when looking at damage alone, and movement skills aren’t lacking, but due to extreme range limitations, they’re a class that always fights under adverse conditions.

Being a profession looked down upon to that extent, this much was appropriate.

Indeed, Thunder Dragon Descent , which provided mobility, area damage, and buffs all at once, became like sweet rain in a drought for them.

‘There was a world of difference between martial artists who used Thunder Dragon Descent and those who didn’t.’

Not just adding wings to a tiger, but literally remodeling a wildcat into a tiger and attaching wings on top.

Thanks to this, martial artists gained the concept of being late-game characters.

Indeed, martial artists using Thunder Dragon Descent in the extreme late game had tremendous destructive power.

A representative example was the Sword Master, ranked 7th in Demroc.

How else would Purple Uncle have given the extreme praise of ‘That Pikachu bastard plays the game like shit’?

From Dohyun’s perspective, as someone who possessed five legendary skills, unprecedented in Demroc history, he wasn’t really one to talk… but he understood.

‘Purple Uncle was toyed with by the Sword Master many times.’

It was funny that Purple Uncle, who was ranked 5th, was toyed with by the 7th-ranked Sword Master, but this wasn’t Purple Uncle’s problem.

At that level of ranking, a few rank differences were meaningless.

It was a level where they could easily go back and forth depending on compatibility.

-Hey you bastard, aren’t you coming here!?

-You come instead. That heavy bulk was raised to be a sandbag, I suppose? You can’t even dodge one of my punches.

-Why dodge such cotton ball punches? Just get caught once and I’ll completely wreck you.

-Hanging around with Samchicken has made your mouth rough, Uncle.

-Huh? What’s with this guy? Why are sparks suddenly flying at me? You come here.

Those two were like that.

Purple Uncle, who raised his single-hit power insanely to compensate for weak control, but was slow in speed.

And the Sword Master, who specialized in speed rather than damage.

Even if the Sword Master couldn’t win, once he decided to harass, the fight would never end.

That’s why their fights always ended inconclusively.

-Today was also a good sandbag. I’ll drop by again next time I get a skill.

-Damn! That wildcat bitch really!

-Puhahahaha!

-No, don’t just laugh, help me out! Just grab her and that’s it.

-Hey, then it wouldn’t be a duel. Shouldn’t you fight one-on-one like a man? I’m protecting Uncle’s pride!

-Oh my, Duya…

Perhaps because of this, occasionally when encountering the Sword Master, watching that usually leisurely uncle growl like sworn enemies was quite entertaining…

‘He’ll be absolutely flabbergasted seeing me use it.’

He could clearly picture him blinking blankly with wide eyes then grabbing the back of his neck.

Dohyun chuckled and walked forward.

Grroar?

Grroaaaar-

Then the trolls hiding behind the Blue Tree reacted and walked out to meet him.

They were excellent sacrifices to help with performance testing.

“Thunder Dragon Descent.”

As if rewarding them for readily stepping forward, Dohyun shouted briefly.

Then with a cheerful notification, lightning struck.

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