The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 185

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Chapter 185

Episode 185.

‘Main Quest?’

Dohyun’s eyes widened at the unexpected phrase.

Who would have thought he’d see the words “Main Quest” in this place.

Though bewildered, Dohyun quickly accepted it.

Just like with the King’s Tomb before, he had thought there would be more routes leading to the Main Quest.

‘…Wait a minute. Does that mean if I had been just a little late, the Hero Guild would have learned about the Main Quest?’

There was no way to know whether the hidden phase had triggered to reveal information related to the Main Quest or not.

What was certain was that Luidra was a hidden piece connected to the Main Quest.

If so, there was a high possibility that the Hero Guild would have eventually obtained information about the Main Quest anyway.

‘Maybe it was fortunate that I unintentionally got the jump on them.’

Thinking about it that way, it was truly a blessing.

Beyond just information about the Main Quest being released, it would have interfered with Dohyun’s Main Quest progression.

The thought that everything would have been ruined if he had proceeded with the Quest just a little later sent chills down his spine.

‘…I shouldn’t get too comfortable thinking I’m the only one progressing.’

Though he wondered how often such coincidental situations would occur, reality was often stranger than drama.

Who knew when things might go wrong again.

It seemed he’d have to keep up this kind of sprint pace as much as possible.

Setting that aside for now.

‘Is this all the explanation there is?’

What was disappointing was that aside from them being related to the Main Quest, nothing about their true identity had been revealed.

If there were any hints, it would be the words Luidra had spoken at the end….

But they were all strange words like those of a madman obsessed with some cult, providing no useful information.

‘Five suns and moons.’

The only useful thing was that modifier, which probably meant five colossal entities.

A group of five that was related to the Main Quest?

‘…The ancient human kings?’

What immediately came to mind were the kings who had left fragments of fate, but it was somewhat ambiguous.

If they really were the ones who had saved Luidra and made requests, it would be strange for Luidra not to recognize him.

Though it would be different if the Holy King’s Mark was a symbol only kings could recognize….

‘It would be more accurate to think of them as those depicted in the murals.’

The five mysterious beings he had seen in the King’s Tomb before encountering the Dark King’s will.

It was more likely that they were connected to those figures.

But this too was merely speculation.

There was currently no way to know their exact identity.

After all, nothing had been revealed about the five beings depicted in the murals either.

Dohyun, who had been thinking for a moment, shrugged his shoulders.

‘Well, I’ll find out eventually.’

Since they were definitely connected to the Main Quest, he would learn about them someday while progressing through it.

There was no point in worrying about it now.

He should just be satisfied that he had learned this information alone without it falling into other hands.

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

At that moment, the sound of applause came from behind.

-As expected of my lord! This humble sword was confident you would succeed.

-Hey hey, I believed in you, Owner! I really came back from the dead.

-Risa risa!

Seeing the same old guys, Dohyun chuckled and nodded appropriately. Though Jihad was making his usual dying sounds, this time he really had come back from the dead.

[Jihad’s mana is below 10%.]

That guy had also reached his limit.

It seemed the mana consumption was fast because he was dealing with Suffering, a high-ranking legion commander.

If he had been just a little later, who knows what the result would have been.

Thinking that he could have lost even after all this, it was truly an insane difficulty level, but as always, Dohyun had emerged victorious.

So now was the time to savor the sweetness of victory.

[You have succeeded in defeating it on first encounter.]

[All stats increase by +5 due to the effect of Predation.]

….

[You are the first to defeat Luidra, guaranteeing a boss-related equipment item drop.]

[When harvesting the essence orb of the hidden raid boss ‘Luidra, Ruler of Nightmares’, an equipment item is guaranteed to be harvested.]

[Would you like to harvest the reward?]

Dohyun’s eyes sparkled at the fruit that would fulfill that sweetness.

Though his level had increased by two and his total stats had increased by 10 through the titles ‘First Slayer’ and ‘Unbelievable Achievement’, such things didn’t even catch his eye.

Only one thing was exciting Dohyun right now.

‘Guaranteed equipment!’

What would drop?

It was equipment related to a hidden named raid boss.

At the very least, it would definitely be Hero grade.

As a unique boss, he was excited to see what kind of item would appear. If this were his Demroc days, he would have prayed for equipment that matched his class, but now Dohyun was an All-Master!

‘Whatever drops will be beneficial.’

Frankly, even if a staff dropped, he could absorb it into Heavenly Transformation and find a use for it.

It was at that moment when he couldn’t contain his excitement from the trembling.

Rumble rumble rumble-

[The hidden raid boss Luidra has died, causing the unique space to disappear.]

[The special field ‘Nightmare Marsh’ is collapsing.]

“What?”

Suddenly a strange sound was heard and a message appeared before his eyes.

Looking around, everything was indeed distorting and crumbling. The speed was so fast that in the blink of an eye, everything had collapsed except for a 10-meter radius.

[If you leave the special field, you cannot harvest the essence orb.]

‘Ah, no!’

At the urgent notification, Dohyun hurriedly reached out his hand.

Then a single line of message appeared above it.

[Harvesting essence orb.]

[As a reward….]

Before he could even finish reading that phrase, the space collapsed, and soon Dohyun’s vision was reversed.

And when his vision returned, he was at Luidra’s Habitat.

In the exact same position as before being dragged away by Luidra.

“Whew, that was hectic. I couldn’t even see what I got… Hm?”

…But many things were different from before.

Murmur murmur-

Countless people.

The 100 raid team members were the same as before, but there were over 30 additional figures.

People wearing Hero Guild marks on their chests.

It was then that someone among them who made eye contact shouted.

“Huh? It’s Kaiser.”

“Whoa, really? When did he come out.”

“Wow, we just arrived. Perfect timing.”

At someone’s voice, everyone without exception looked at Kaiser.

-It’s Kaiser!

-Whoa.

-Did it drop? Did it drop?

The same was true for the Hero Guild members, the raid team, and those watching the broadcast.

Dohyun’s group had become zoo monkeys in an instant.

As Dohyun stood there receiving countless stares, he was taking a moment to assess the situation.

“Wait, why is Kaiser coming out?”

“Right? If Kaiser appeared, that means… Holy shit, does that mean Kaiser took down Luidra?”

“Uh…?”

The Hero Guild members expressed confusion at Kaiser’s appearance instead of their target, Luidra.

It didn’t take long for that confusion to turn into an ominous feeling of dread.

And even faster than that, a notification rang out.

Ding-

A message that appeared identically to everyone present.

[Hidden Raid Boss ‘Luidra, Ruler of Nightmares’ has been defeated.]

[With Luidra’s destruction, all remaining traces of the habitat’s energy disappear.]

[The gravestone crumbles.]

Rumble rumble rumble-

“Huh…?”

Simultaneously, the gravestone collapsed, and special messages appeared above Jerpak and the Hero Guild members’ heads.

[The gravestone inhabited by the Forgotten King’s Specter has crumbled.]

[All quests related to the ‘Forgotten King’s Specter’, including the ‘Savior of the Forgotten Specter’ quest, will be deleted.]

[Connected ongoing quests will also disappear.]

“…?”

“What?”

It was a message announcing they had been completely screwed.

* * *

-Crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-What lololol seriously lolololol

-What are we gonna do about Berge seriously lololololol

-Fuck hahahaha that’s hilarious for real

-hahahahahahahaha

-Boss? There was one but now there isn’t.

-Ah, of all people to kidnap it had to be Kaiser~

‘Ah.’

Jerpak barely regained his composure amid the exploding chat and shook his head.

‘Defeated? He defeated it? Alone?’

But while his mind had cleared, the dizziness remained unchanged.

It was absolutely incomprehensible.

The time from Kaiser being dragged into the unique space to deploying a new trio was barely 30 minutes.

Even considering defeating a field boss, in such a short time, what? He defeated it?

‘Does this make any sense?’

No matter how great Kaiser was, no matter that he traveled with three unusual guardians, he was still ultimately a solo player.

Just because he had some guardians and high specs, did it make sense for him to solo a raid boss?

‘Damn, is he playing the game alone? What kind of bullshit is this?’

There should be something called balance, but this made him wonder if Kaiser was actually using hacks.

-But seriously, isn’t this just straight up bullshit? lololol As soon as I start the quest, Kaiser barges in, then the boss immediately kidnaps the Kaiser that just showed up. And now they’ve gone and killed him off so the quest got deleted lmaooo

-At this point I’d call it destiny.

-Wow, but he actually managed to defeat it. Kaiser really is amazing.

-Where did all those people go who said even Kaiser could never defeat this?

-Is this still Kaiser hate? Is this still Kaiser hate? Is this still Kaiser hate? Is this still Kaiser hate? Is this still Kaiser hate?

-All those kids who were going on about how Kaiser would die if he tanked are all keeping their mouths shut now lololol

-No, but honestly you gotta give credit for this lol It makes sense that you normally can’t catch it. How the hell did you catch it?

-Will he upload a YouTube video? I hope he uploads it soon.

-Look at how fast the viewer count is climbing lololol where did word spread?

-News spread all over the community, now foreign friends are waking up and joining.

-This is really a legendary broadcast today.

When even the viewers acknowledged it as unfair treatment.

It was natural for Jerpak, watching in real time, to be dumbfounded.

The problem was that Jerpak wasn’t the only target.

[Berjhe: …Deleted? Deleted, you say? Everything evaporated?]

[Berjhe: Jerpak, am I seeing this correctly? My perfect plan… The plan of the century that would have advanced us one, no, two steps forward has evaporated so futilely?]

[Berjhe: Aaaahhh!! Kaiserrrrr!!!!]

‘We’re fucked.’

Unable to mute the whispers flying frantically from Berjhe, Jerpak lowered the whisper volume as much as possible and sighed.

[Viewer Count: 113.24 million]

Had news spread due to the unprecedented situation?

The viewer count had exploded.

Considering they had peaked at 90 million while waiting, 20 million people had joined in just a short time.

Thanks to that, they had achieved their goal of 100 million viewers.

However, the problem was that it had become a live broadcast showing the shitty situation of boss evaporation rather than the first hidden raid boss defeat.

‘Ah. So everything just flew away like this.’

It was devastating.

All the moments he had been dreaming about just moments ago felt like lies. It felt like waking up from an impossible, grandiose dream.

‘Top executive my ass…’

Rather, he should worry about having his executive position stripped away.

Jerpak knew better than anyone how much effort the master had put into preparing this hidden quest.

With all of that gone in an instant, there was no telling what punishment would come down.

‘Kaiser… If only that bastard hadn’t been there…!’

And just as Berjhe would, Jerpak also needed a target for his arrow of rage, and that target was clear.

Kaiser. The root cause of all this trouble.

And the first direction of that rage aligned perfectly with the master’s.

[Berjhe: Huu… Huu… Jerpak.]

“…Yes.”

[Berjhe: This has crossed the line far too much. If we stay quiet after being treated like this, we’ll be thoroughly looked down upon. No, setting that aside, I absolutely cannot tolerate this.]

“…”

[Berjhe: As master of the Hero Guild, I command you.]

Berjhe, whose anger had not yet subsided and whose breathing was still rough, gritted his teeth and spat out the words.

It was a declaration.

[Berjhe: From today, the Hero Guild declares war against Kaiser.]

A declaration announcing war with Kaiser.

[Berjhe: Kill Kaiser immediately, that fucking bastard we’re going to devour.]

And a declaration announcing the death sentence that had fallen upon Kaiser.

At the command delivered to everyone, the eyes of the Hero Guild members, including Jerpak, glinted ominously.

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