The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 176

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Chapter 176

Episode 176.

As soon as recruitment began, the city was in complete chaos.

“Wow, are all these people in line for the raid team?”

“Amazing… How many people is this?”

“I’m really glad I started waiting 2 hours early. They’re swarming in instantly.”

“If they had allowed early queuing, there would have been fights, right?”

Everywhere you looked, there were players and lines.

Well, it was only natural.

This was a chance to participate in the first clear of a hidden raid boss.

Although they couldn’t participate in the Luidera raid try team, just participating in the raid team was an enormous benefit.

“Even so, you’d just be killing minions and sucking your thumb while watching the boss. Is there any meaning to that?”

“Of course there is, isn’t there?”

“Just participating in the raid team gets recorded in your Adventure Log, plus you get clear rewards. How is that meaningless? Are you brain-dead?”

They wouldn’t get items or benefits from the boss, but that didn’t matter at all.

What was important was participating in the raid team and sharing the clear quest.

Just participating and killing minions would be recognized as participating in the clear and you could get quest rewards.

That wasn’t all.

It would be recorded in the Adventure Log, and you could watch the first raid try directly.

No matter how you thought about it, there was no downside to be found. It was absolutely beneficial.

“Wow… Is this for real? Don’t we absolutely have to participate?”

“That’s why the line is packed, man. Ah, I should have come a bit earlier, but I had to cut short my urgent dump…”

That was why crowds rushed in like waves as soon as recruitment started.

At a glance, there were thousands of players.

Among them were those who tried to cut in line and got into fights, but such people quickly disappeared without a trace.

“I told you cutting in line is forbidden.”

“…S-sorry.”

The Hero Guild’s lieutenants were monitoring and directly purging those who caused trouble.

“Wow… Acting up in front of the Hero Guild.”

“Isn’t that a suicide attempt? If you get marked like that, you’ll be instantly killed for even the slightest villain act.”

There was no one bold enough to cause trouble in front of the Hero Guild’s lieutenants, who could be called authorities and experts in villain elimination.

Thanks to that, recruitment ended quickly.

“100 people… Alright, recruitment is now closed. Unfortunately, it’s first-come-first-served, so everyone else can go home now.”

“Ah… I’m right next in line. Couldn’t you just include me too?”

“No, you can’t. The maximum raid size is 100 people.”

“Damn it! I waited for an hour and this is what I get? How does it end in less than 5 minutes?”

“What do you mean only an hour, you bastard! I waited over 2 hours!”

When the man from the recruitment squad tapped and put away his papers, complaints erupted from all directions.

All of these people had waited at least an hour, some over two hours.

They had waited endlessly for that long time, only for it to end in just 5 minutes, so their sense of loss was enormous.

It wouldn’t be strange if a revolt broke out right now.

“Sigh… This is why I was reluctant to accept just anyone.”

“Really, when you show kindness, they think it’s their right. How dare they raise their voices?”

“Exactly. Well, the guild master must have his reasons. He’s never been wrong about this kind of thing.”

This was the problem when giving benefits to everyone without restrictions.

They raise their voices as if they had some claim to it.

“What? Move aside.”

Then a man suddenly cut in.

“Who told you to move… Huh. Lord Jerpak.”

“You should have left it to us, why did you come personally…”

The guild member from the recruitment squad who had frowned at the man suddenly cutting in checked who it was and immediately bowed deeply.

The man was the one who had been standing in the back with his arms crossed, quietly watching.

“Tsk, forget it. We need to finish quickly and depart. This is important business.”

In appearance, he was an ordinary, pot-bellied middle-aged man you could see anywhere.

But at his appearance, everyone instantly shut their mouths.

Not just the guild members from the recruitment squad, but also those standing in line behind them.

Some might wonder why they were acting this way over just one pot-bellied middle-aged man, but this was Godseeker.

It was a place where you couldn’t judge by appearances alone.

The charm of virtual reality games was that ‘the pot-bellied middle-aged man is actually an incredible master!’ actually existed.

“Wow… That’s Jerpak, right?”

“The person who came from Super Rookie background, followed the elite course, and became a lieutenant in just 6 months.”

“This is my first time seeing him in person.”

“He looks ordinary but I can feel some kind of aura.”

Jerpak was a prime example of this.

Jerpak. A 38-year-old middle-aged player.

Unlike typical middle-aged players, Jerpak had considerable control skills and was mentioned as being in the top 10 combat power rankings in Pratel.

At least in this place, it meant you could count on one hand the players who could beat him in a one-on-one fight.

“It’s Jerpak…”

“…Damn.”

At his appearance, the players tensed up and straightened their postures.

Even those who had been complaining couldn’t bring themselves to raise their voices and just grumbled to themselves.

Jerpak alone wasn’t the problem.

Jerpak alone was already tremendously intimidating, but the lieutenants who came and stood behind him were all incredible skilled players as well.

Now that an atmosphere where conversation was possible had formed, Jerpak turned on a megaphone item.

“Now now, just in case, let me remind you that those who cause trouble will become elimination targets, as we announced in advance, remember?”

“…”

“We made a social contract. Instead of giving benefits to everyone without any conditions, we made a promise not to cause any harm at minimum. Right?”

“…Damn.”

What he meant was that since they had the moral high ground, they would PK without mercy if anyone caused trouble.

Since they had received a social contract through advance notice, they had justification too. Who would take issue with PKing some troublemakers?

Especially now when they were allowing participation in the first hidden raid boss?

Even if they killed somewhat cruelly, public opinion would side with the Hero Guild.

“I’m out of here.”

“Damn, what bad luck.”

“This is disgusting, I’m leaving.”

While grumbling, they couldn’t make eye contact and retreated, only starting to talk loudly once they were far away.

And those watching them with the attitude of watching a fire across the river.

“Wow… I’m really glad I came early.”

“I was really shocked when I heard there were only 10 spots left. I was right in front.”

“That person who got kicked out earlier was originally at the very front, how pitiful. Looks like he got a biological alert because his urgent dump signal went off.”

“What kind of luck is that, keke.”

These were the raid team members who succeeded in getting into the top 100.

“The Hero Guild really is a Top 100 Guild after all. No one can even make a peep.”

“In a situation like this, no Top 10 Guild would step in, so they’re like fish in water. Honestly, the Hero Guild is pretty good at PK.”

They were just proud, and overall their tension was very high.

Then one player spoke as if something had just occurred to him.

“But I don’t see Kaiser anywhere?”

“Why are you suddenly looking for Kaiser? Is Kaiser the type of person to participate in something like this?”

“Still, it’s the first hidden raid boss. I thought even Kaiser might covet it.”

The player who had been arguing with that statement thought for a moment, then agreed.

“Well… that’s true. Since the conditions say ‘anyone,’ it should be possible if you just apply.”

Even a regular raid boss would cause a commotion, but this is a hidden raid boss.

Since it’s the first boss discovered in Pratel, wouldn’t it be natural to show interest?

It seemed he wasn’t the only one thinking that way.

“Right. Honestly, when I saw the ‘anyone’ announcement, I thought of Kaiser first. If Kaiser joins the raid team, it’ll break the balance. Feels like he’ll steal all the points.”

“Really? I think that would be interesting too. When else would we get to fight alongside Kaiser?”

“Now that you mention it, that’s true too.”

As they started bringing up Kaiser one by one, most of the raid team players had joined the conversation.

“What’s Kaiser doing? Haven’t seen him at all today.”

“There are many theories that he’s progressing through the main quest… Was there a better source than Luidera?”

“Nah, he probably just wasn’t interested in playing second fiddle. Honestly, Hero Guild probably has bad feelings toward Kaiser, so would they even let him join the try team?”

“Is that so?”

While they were chattering frantically about Kaiser’s current situation,

Jerpak, who had sorted out the situation over there, walked over leisurely with his lieutenants and turned on a megaphone item.

“Ah, sorry. There was some commotion that caused a brief delay.”

“It’s fine!”

The players immediately stopped chattering and responded energetically.

Those with high tension from swelling expectations and those with strict discipline.

And even those just going along with the atmosphere.

Perhaps because of what they had just witnessed, the atmosphere wasn’t too bad.

“Hmm. Good. That’s 100 people. So then… are you all ready?”

“Yes!!”

Jerpak nodded with a satisfied expression and said,

“Alright, then we’ll depart. Please follow well.”

“Waaahhh!!!”

Then thunderous cheers erupted.

Hearing the spirited cheers of 100 people, Jerpak grinned and turned around.

Thus the Luidera raid team departed,

[Hero Guild completes formation of Pratel’s first hidden raid boss raid team!]

[As of this time, they’re known to be setting out to raid Luidera…]

-Holy shit, they really formed a raid team. Wow, I’m so jealous…

-No, I graduated just a week ago, why now!!! This is so unfair I could die.

-Did they turn on the live stream? Did they?

-Hey, they did! Everyone get in!

At the same time, various portal sites and the Godddong Community burst into flames.

It couldn’t be helped.

-What? Hidden raid boss? There’s such a thing in Pratel?

-They say it’s the first discovery?

-First discovery after 1 year and 7 months have passed?

-Holy shit… Berjhe made it big.

-No, when was the announcement posted and these old guys are just hearing about it now lololol Late to the party, so funny.

-I graduated from Pratel a while ago so I was just going to watch, but they started the raid right away just 2 hours after posting the notice. What kind of drive is that. Real alpha male lol

└Guess he got mad from being called a dating sim gay lolol

└This time he’s definitely an alpha male lolol

Now that Godseeker has been out for over 1 year and 7 months,

The title of “first” had the value to cause tremendous ripples. And it’s not even some shabby first, but the first hidden raid boss.

Since they started the raid immediately without dragging it out, journalists were busy frantically posting articles.

That’s not all.

Going even further, Jerpak even turned on a live broadcast.

[Viewer Count: 345,113]

-Look at the viewer count rising lololol

-Can’t see the chat. No manager? Please manage the chat room.

-Ah, it’s increasing by ten thousand every time I refresh, how could they manage it~

-Just put it on slow mode or something damn

-Wow, the first hidden raid boss title really hits different. Look at the foreigners flooding in.

Even though they hadn’t entered the raid yet, viewers were flooding in so quickly they were approaching 350,000.

This was one of the highest growth rates since Hero Guild’s establishment.

“Hehehehe…”

And there was a man more delighted than anyone by this growth.

A man checking real-time public opinion in his office, shoulders bouncing with excitement.

“Hehehe… Hahahaha!”

It was Berjhe, the master of Hero Guild.

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