The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 209

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Chapter 209

 

Episode 209.

 

Dohyun, who had been looking at them, soon closed the window.

 

‘This isn’t the time to use that yet.’

 

It wasn’t for the reason that the main dish should be saved for last.

 

Literally, it just wasn’t time to use it yet.

 

‘They’re weak.’

 

It was more than enough without using something like that.

 

Even though their numbers were approaching a hundred, at this level, there were no elite combat units to speak of.

 

In this situation, it wasn’t good to reveal all his power. They would prepare countermeasures for it. Didn’t even martial arts novels say to always hide 20% of your strength?

 

And besides those, there were still plenty of other things to try out.

 

[You have perfectly succeeded in parrying.]

 

[You completely deflect the attack.]

 

“Huh?”

 

While swinging Fierce Strike, he deflected a surprise attack with a parry, then continued with another Fierce Strike.

 

Still, being a combat member of the Hero Guild, he managed to twist his sword to block it, but that was a mistake.

 

Directly blocking a Fierce Strike at maximum stack was suicide.

 

Not to mention now when everything was enhanced to +12.

 

Crash!

 

Screech—

 

“Damn…!”

 

The man who was pushed back like he’d been hit by a truck spat out curses.

 

His blocking sword and hand trembled like aspen leaves.

 

The distance he was pushed back in an instant was over 4 meters. And Dohyun closed that distance in one go. Due to the maximum stack effect of Fierce Strike, that distance was enough to cover in one step.

 

Crash—! Thud!

 

[You receive severe damage.]

 

[Your health has dropped below 20%.]

 

[You are knocked back by the power of fierce attack.]

 

[You receive severe damage.]

 

“He, help me…!”

 

When pushed back, he’d charge again and strike.

 

After taking one hit like that, his whole body would tremble without strength to counterattack as he was pushed back.

 

Each time this repeated, his health dropped like crazy and hearing the red warning sounds, the man urgently requested help.

 

[Guild member ‘Brian’ has died to Player ‘Kaiser’.]

 

However, there was no one who could readily help, and eventually he met his death in an instant.

 

Swoosh!

 

“Eek!”

 

Then, seeing Dohyun immediately leap toward another target, the guild members gulped down dry saliva.

 

‘Shit, what kind of damage is that really?’

 

‘Is this really level 71…?’

 

What was that ridiculous damage that caused fatal wounds with just a graze?

 

No, if only that one scythe was powerful, he could understand.

 

From swords to daggers, spears, and even shields.

 

It transformed into all kinds of weapons, and each transformed weapon had a brilliant purple glow, with damage that was abnormally powerful, if not quite as much as the scythe.

 

[Due to nightmare aura, you are afflicted with status ailment ‘Curse’.]

 

[Due to nightmare aura, you are afflicted with status ailment ‘Exhaustion’.]

 

[Due to nightmare aura, you are afflicted with status ailment ‘Helplessness’.]

 

…

 

[Due to nightmare aura, you are afflicted with status ailment ‘Blindness’.]

 

[Exposed to ice energy, your body slows down.]

 

‘Is damage the problem right now? Do something about this damn blindness!’

 

‘Isn’t this CC skill overkill?’

 

‘Why are so many status ailments triggering? Isn’t this hacking?’

 

That wasn’t all.

 

Even without being hit by special skills, status ailments kept triggering constantly.

 

Already having no advantage in specs or control, with all kinds of CC skills making vision dark and body slow, it was quite a sight.

 

That guy moved 4 meters with each strike, while they could barely exceed 2 meters even after retreating several steps.

 

Whoosh— Whoosh—

 

—Rizariza!

 

At such times, Eliza’s spider webs would fly in like a ghost, further restricting movement.

 

Groan— Groan—

 

Click— Click click—

 

And then came Suffering and the undead.

 

It wasn’t for nothing that their feet were tied up – there were reasons for everything.

 

While bound by the undead and guardians, Dohyun roamed here and there, spreading CC skills and finishing with Fierce Strike.

 

“Pr, priest! Quickly remove the curse!”

 

“Heal! No, give me barrier quickly!”

 

“What are the priests doing! Why aren’t the buffs coming!?”

 

But the real spectacle was something else.

 

Actually, when facing an enemy covered in such CC skills, the solution was surprisingly simple.

 

Just put a priest on the team.

 

Having a priest with many helpful skills like Cure skills, various buffs, heals, and barriers would make things much easier.

 

Even here, there were over ten such priests.

 

…Yes, there were. Until just a moment ago.

 

Slash—

 

“…Slash?”

 

“Crazy, the heal was cut? How is this possible?”

 

“My, my Cure was cut too.”

 

“My Striking too!”

 

Whether heal or buff, or cure.

 

As soon as they were activated, Dohyun would charge in like a ghost with Fierce Strike and cut the skills.

 

Literally cut them.

 

[The Terrible Nightmare Scythe detects divine power.]

 

[Divine Destroyer activates.]

 

[Cuts through and destroys divine power lower than the wearer’s mana.]

 

‘Oh, so that’s how it works. Nice?’

 

It was a special effect of Luidra’s Scythe.

 

Since it was an option Dohyun was seeing for the first time and actually using for the first time, he couldn’t hide his curiosity.

 

There was a condition that their mana had to be lower than his, so he wondered if it would work, but it seemed those guys didn’t have that much mana.

 

‘Lucky.’

 

But Dohyun didn’t know.

 

Other classes were always short on mana because they were using skills that consumed mana that was hard enough to use just one.

 

The stats from Latent Dragon and the Demon King’s mana circuit.

 

How much mana he had due to other titles and equipment enhancements.

 

‘That bastard has mana problems. Let’s endure. If we endure, it’ll be fine.’

 

‘…Until when? Haven’t we endured plenty already?’

 

‘No, didn’t they say he has mana problems? I don’t see any sign of his mana hitting bottom?’

 

‘Definitely in the Pratel footage, he didn’t have this level of specs…’

 

Moreover, right now he wasn’t even using Lightning Dragon Descent, only using Fierce Strike and Ice Energy.

 

His mana recovery speed was faster than the speed it decreased.

 

Originally it wasn’t this much, but it was thanks to the Demon King’s mana circuits shining brightly.

 

Only the guild members who didn’t know this were endlessly holding out.

 

Still, it wasn’t completely meaningless.

 

Clang, clang. Clatter.

 

Whooom-

 

“Let’s focus on ranged attacks, everyone protect the ranged DPS as much as possible.”

 

“If you get cut by that scythe, your divine power disappears! Priests only focus on caring for ranged DPS, melee fighters don’t engage for too long!”

 

“Don’t get close to Kaiser! Once you get slowed down, you can’t escape!”

 

After changing their method to holding out, they chose a strategy of binding Kaiser rather than killing him.

 

Direct confrontation doesn’t work?

 

Then they could just pick him off from a distance.

 

“Yeah, that’s how you should come at me.”

 

“…What?”

 

“If you can do it, then try it.”

 

…That’s what he thought.

 

Until Dohyun grinned and reached out his hand, and lightning fell from the sky.

 

It was a dragon.

 

[Using Thunder Dragon Descent .]

 

A massive blue dragon made of lightning.

 

—-!!!

 

“Crazy, dodge…!”

 

The moment the dragon seemed to flash as it tore through the sky, it fell above Dohyun’s head and covered a 20-meter radius.

 

The thunder dragon fell without even a chance to dodge.

 

Those within range suffered tremendous damage and had their bodies paralyzed, while players outside stared blankly at the scene.

 

Crackle-

 

More precisely, they were looking at Dohyun standing proudly on top of it.

 

An atmosphere completely different from before.

 

His hair had turned white and electricity covering his body crackled and sparked.

 

Flash-!

 

Then his form disappeared.

 

He became a streak of lightning that drew across the horizon, and in the blink of an eye, one ranged DPS was hit.

 

It was lightning movement. A speed that ranged DPS could hardly react to.

 

Even if they reacted late, Dohyun had already disappeared again and was striking a ranged DPS on the opposite side.

 

“Dam, damn it. Don’t scatter, regroup!”

 

“If we scatter, it’s even more dangerous!”

 

It was a strange sight.

 

The one who jumped in alone was running wild across the battlefield magnificently, while the hundred people at the main base were struggling.

 

-This is insane…

 

-He’s really fighting a guild alone.

 

-There’s a player charging into the enemy main base and going on a rampage? Pew pew pew

 

-Isn’t this the first time since the Empress that someone showed a scene like this?

 

-Wow… So refreshing.

 

-Thunder Dragon Descent is so damn cool… Really awesome.

 

-Wow, suddenly I want to play a martial artist.

 

-No, but what’s Kaiser’s class really? It’s amazing every time I see it.

 

-Holding a scythe in Thunder Dragon Descent mode? Oh, I can’t resist this.

 

-Cheonma would cry if he saw this lololol

 

At this amazing sight where the situation was reversed, viewers poured out chat as if releasing their held breath.

 

Among them, some were interested in Dohyun’s Thunder Dragon Descent, and others were interested in the Guardians.

 

-The undead legions are so cute lol look at them grabbing feet and not letting go.

 

-…They’re stabbing daggers into ankles and you think that’s cute?

 

-1 vs 30? He could probably do it with one hand. Is 1 vs 100 rampage even right?

 

-Kaiser, is he a god? Kaiser, is he a god? Kaiser, is he a god?

 

-Honestly, it’s ambiguous to say he’s alone since the Guardians are strong. Each one was god-tier. Isn’t handling the Outlaw leader as undead a bit much? lol

 

-But those are Kaiser’s Guardians, so it’s Kaiser’s ability, so he is alone. No unfair criticism. You don’t say tamers or necromancers aren’t solo play.

 

Anyway, the chat was rising so frantically that it was hard to read.

 

You could only roughly grasp that most were expressing admiration.

 

And for good reason.

 

[Viewers: 49.51 million]

 

‘…Huh? 49 million? 49 million?’

 

The viewers were already approaching 50 million.

 

YouTube live stream viewers breaking 50 million was something you’d only see in things like Top 10 Guild solo raid boss attempts.

 

Moreover, this kind of view count from a channel with just over 10 million subscribers?

 

It was truly impossible.

 

[Viewers: 49.94 million]

 

The viewer count showed no signs of stopping and was rising in real time.

 

Many viewers were coming over through word of mouth.

 

Considering they had just started fighting properly, it was an incredible growth rate.

 

‘Hey, 50 million people are watching us. Do well.’

 

‘…What?’

 

‘Risa?’

 

When he shared this news, Jihad and Eliza’s expressions changed completely.

 

Acting all solemn, pretending to be imposing final bosses.

 

-Foolish humans… I shall bring suffering to you ignorant ones…

 

-Ri… sa… Risa…

 

Jihad, putting on airs, crossed his arms and walked slowly from behind while scattering black mana, and Eliza also tried to put on airs while following Jihad.

 

‘Master, just trust us. We will fulfill our duties magnificently.’

 

Unlike those guys, watching Charlie offer unwavering loyalty, Dohyun chuckled.

 

Dohyun could see it.

 

Pretending otherwise, but the solemnity that had risen much higher than usual and the somewhat over-the-top exaggerated swordplay.

 

It was extremely flashy.

 

‘Who did those guys take after to be such attention seekers?’

 

Well, thanks to that, morale had risen, so good things were good.

 

With Dohyun’s party’s rampage reaching an even higher level of tension, the guild members were feeling dizzy.

 

“When are the Vice Master and officers coming! No contact!?”

 

“I, I don’t know! It was definitely working earlier but contact was cut off.”

 

“Damn it, what’s going on!”

 

To make matters worse, the Vice Master and officers who said they’d come for support suddenly lost contact.

 

Considering the time, they should have been here already, which was strange.

 

No matter how much they sent whispers or tried to contact through communication orbs, they couldn’t even connect.

 

‘We have to fight that monster without officers?’

 

‘…Is it possible?’

 

‘The Master? When will the Master…’

 

In this maddening situation, they squeezed their eyes shut.

 

At that moment when their morale was broken beyond repair and they fell into despair.

 

Step step step.

 

Thud. Thud thud thud.

 

Countless footsteps could be heard.

 

And the sound that stopped at some point soon became a single set of footsteps.

 

Step, step.

 

A man who came forward alone, leading the way.

 

At the sight of the man who appeared while sweeping back his blue hair with one hand, the players whose spirits had been broken began to lift their heads one by one.

 

At the same time, an angry voice could be heard.

 

“Well done indeed, Kaiser.”

 

The guild members, brightened by the appearance of the one they had so longed for, shouted out.

 

“Master!”

 

“Ahh….”

 

The master of the Hero Guild and the owner of this Guild Castle.

 

It was the appearance of Berjhe.

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