The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 211

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Chapter 211

 

Episode 211.

 

Guardian Deity’s Blessing.

 

A legendary skill that was like the exclusive domain of tanks, and their bread-and-butter skill.

 

The effect of this Guardian Deity’s Blessing could be summarized in one phrase.

 

‘A complete one-on-one.’

 

A skill that forcibly creates time where each can focus solely on the other.

 

It could truly be called a genuine duel.

 

For tanks who begin with duels and end with duels, could there be a more fitting skill?

 

It wasn’t called the flower of tanks for nothing.

 

‘Knockback immunity and overpowered tanking ability that can withstand even area-of-effect taunts.’

 

Perhaps for balance reasons, when targeting regular monsters, effects would diminish or duration limits would occur…

 

Even considering that, it was clearly an overpowered effect.

 

Because of this, the preference gap between tanks who obtained Guardian Deity’s Blessing and those who didn’t was extreme.

 

But this was only the story in PVE.

 

Unlike its tremendous reputation in PVE, Guardian Deity’s Blessing’s reputation in PVP wasn’t very good.

 

It wasn’t because the performance was poor.

 

-A genuine duel? Fuck that, go to hell.

 

-Dirty skill, shitty tank skill, all tanks can go die. Please don’t participate in siege wars.

 

-How would siege wars work without tanks lol Who’s gonna tank.

 

-Ah, I don’t know, it’s just fucking annoying.

 

Rather the opposite.

 

Because Guardian Deity’s Blessing, which seemed like an honorable knight skill, couldn’t look more underhanded when applied to PVP.

 

-Guaranteed binding is fucking bullshit. Honestly, the skill concept was made wrong. What’s the point of bringing strong guys when someone suddenly appears and uses Guardian Deity’s Blessing to immediately take you out of the battlefield.

 

-Ah, if you’re a tank, just stick to raids like you should~

 

-Turtle mode is fucking annoying.

 

-If you’re gonna be a turtle, just do turtle things, formation disruption is fucking cheating seriously.

 

-It wasn’t a turtle, it was a Black Tortoise.

 

-What’s the point of being able to attack after getting hit. You’re already stunned or thrown far away. You can’t even hit before getting hit… Guaranteed first strike isn’t that insane?

 

When directly experiencing a tank using Guardian Deity’s Blessing while disrupting and wreaking havoc on formations, curses would naturally come out.

 

In siege wars, it brought extreme thrill to tanks and extreme disgust to enemies.

 

Therefore, players who had experienced Guardian Deity’s Blessing in PVP even once said:

 

“Thank god it’s only for tanks.”

 

“If a dealer had that… Holy shit, that would be balance destruction itself.”

 

“The management sucks, but seeing things like this, they do work well.”

 

“Without that, tanks would be nothing more than meat shields in siege wars.”

 

“They probably couldn’t even be meat shields.”

 

Thank goodness it was a tank-exclusive skill.

 

So in a past interview, someone had asked:

 

What do you think would have happened if a dealer, not a tank, had it?

 

To that question, Raphael, a support player ranked 59th, answered like this:

 

“What do you mean what would happen. It’d be fucked.”

 

“…Excuse me?”

 

“A dealer with tank-level defense, knockback immunity, and guaranteed first strike? There wouldn’t be balance destruction like that. First, all supports would quit the game, right?”

 

Raphael’s statement openly showed disgust as if the mere imagination was horrifying.

 

This was an opinion all players agreed with, and even tank players had no choice but to agree.

 

It was that much of a skill that dealers should never have.

 

[Guardian Deity’s Blessing is activated, creating marks above the target and caster.]

 

[As long as the marks are maintained, the two must only face each other.]

 

[If you break the pact and attack an enemy other than the designated target, that enemy will also receive a mark.]

 

[Those who receive marks can attack the caster.]

 

‘But that actually happened?’

 

However, that very thing had happened.

 

Right now, in Dohyun’s hands.

 

-A dealer lololol with Guardian Deity’s lolol Blessing lolol

 

-If Raphael sees this, he’ll foam at the mouth lol

 

-So to summarize, it’s a dealer who uses Lightning Dragon Descent, spreads Ice Techniques, handles all weapons, and uses Guardian Deity’s Blessing? Fuck, is this right?

 

-AI you fucking bastard, is this balanced?

 

-Ah, Kaiser is a god~ Gods don’t get balance adjustments~

 

[Ast: Is this right? Is this right? Is this right? Is this right?]

 

This was why the viewers, now exceeding 80 million, were shocked, and why Ast was firing off storm donations.

 

-Look at Ast having a stomachache lol

 

-He has good reason to. He spent tens of billions, hundreds of billions and couldn’t do something like that.

 

-At this point, the Kaiser all-master theory is right. Don’t tell me it’s related to the main quest?

 

-But wait, so the one-on-one is actually happening? Berjhe came acting all cool but what now lol

 

-For real, all the guild members are just gonna be sucking their thumbs lol

 

-Today’s broadcast is fucking entertaining. Foreign people who can’t watch this due to time differences are so pitiful.

 

The tension in the chat room, which had become a sea of laughter, was clearly rising.

 

Anticipation could be felt from them.

 

They were getting excited at the possibility of actually seeing the long-awaited controversial showdown.

 

The more that happened, the more Berjhe’s face contorted.

 

‘Damn it! Kaiser, this fucking bastard…’

 

The plan he had carefully prepared was going to waste again.

 

He had clearly set up a situation where he had to win from an advantageous position, so why was it flowing according to that bastard’s thoughts again?

 

He couldn’t understand why this kept happening.

 

‘Guardian Deity’s Blessing, how the hell can that bastard use that skill!’

 

It was completely incomprehensible, but aside from that, he was too displeased that even this time things were flowing according to that guy’s thoughts.

 

In the end, wouldn’t only his own appearance of bringing a legion look ridiculous again?

 

He could feel his head filling with thoughts of somehow getting back at that guy.

 

‘Since it’s come to this, at least the Guardians…’

 

Guardian Deity’s Blessing was an ability that only applied to the target and caster.

 

Killing the Guardians with this force would be nothing.

 

He wanted to at least cause trouble so they couldn’t be summoned for a while, but even his shallow thinking was soon blocked by the following words.

 

“Just in case, I’m saying this… If you have other thoughts, I’ll just flip everything over.”

 

“…”

 

“You know, right? If I go around with guaranteed first strikes, I can kill your guild members in an instant. It’ll be hard to assassinate me now, so go ahead and try continuing that shit.”

 

Seeing Berjhe’s eyes looking at the Guardians with sinister intent, Dohyun had blocked it in advance.

 

Grind-

 

Even while grinding his teeth, Berjhe had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

 

Because everything he said was right.

 

Now that that guy had obtained Guardian Deity’s Blessing, he was reluctant to even attempt assassination.

 

If he gave him more time to grow like this, only his side would suffer losses.

 

“Instead, I’ll also pull the Guardians back. The fight is between you and me. Let’s properly satisfy people’s curiosity.”

 

In that case, it would be better to end it now.

 

Moreover, that bastard’s proposal was quite reasonable.

 

With 80 million people watching right now, if he refused in this situation, he’d be completely humiliated. As his thoughts gradually tilted in that direction.

 

Smirk-

 

Dohyun, who had slyly raised one corner of his mouth, drove in the final nail mockingly.

 

“What. A few days ago you seemed confident you’d beat me… Now that the situation’s here, are you getting scared?”

 

“…Grind.”

 

This properly ignited the fire in Berjhe’s already tilting heart.

 

Berjhe, who had been grinding his teeth like a beast ready to devour everything, suddenly let out a hollow laugh.

 

“I’ll acknowledge it. So this was the source of your confidence. I truly never imagined it.”

 

“Of course you wouldn’t.”

 

“But you know one thing and are ignorant of two. One-on-one… You should have chosen to flee instead.”

 

His low, sunken voice was coldly furious.

 

When Berjhe raised his lowered head, their eyes met.

 

In his gaze, cold and sunken like his voice, there was certainty along with anger.

 

“You can never defeat me.”

 

The certainty that he absolutely had to win.

 

There were countless reasons he could give right now, but Berjhe could see it before his eyes.

 

The most definitive reason.

 

[Unique ability ‘One Who Sees Through’ is activated.]

 

[Analyzing the gap between you and your opponent.]

 

[This is an opponent of lower caliber. An easy victory is anticipated.]

 

The unique ability of the mythical god that had elevated Berjhe to his current position.

 

It was predicting victory.

 

“I’ll show you the difference in our caliber.”

 

At Berjhe’s unwavering gaze, Dohyun grinned and gripped Cheonbyeon again.

 

“Stop running your mouth and come at me.”

 

Thwack!

 

As if he had been waiting, Berjhe moved.

 

Dohyun also charged forward, swinging Cheonbyeon that had transformed into a scythe.

 

Crash-!

 

Sword and scythe collided, creating spectacular effects along with a heavy roar that echoed through the air.

 

-Now it begins! Everyone be quiet!

 

-This is insane for real… I just ordered chicken.

 

-Berjhe! Berjhe! Berjhe!

 

-Kaiser! Kaiser! Kaiser!

 

It was the explosive sound announcing the start of their battle.

 

* * *

 

[Using sword energy.]

 

[Using darkness shrouding on Cheonbyeon.]

 

[The power of the thunder dragon dwells within your body, increasing all speed for 100 seconds.]

 

[The power of lightning dwells within, allowing an extremely low chance of inflicting ‘electrocution’ damage on hit.]

 

A scythe shrouded in dark sword energy swung forth, and a sword wrapped in sword energy clashed with that scythe.

 

Since both were swordsmen, they were both wielding sword energy.

 

Bang! Crash-

 

Crackle-!

 

Each time their weapons met, heavy roars echoed along with sparks and sword energy bursting in spectacular effects.

 

-…Wow

 

-What the hell? This is insane…

 

-Look at that combat level. Is this for real?

 

How many minutes had passed since the battle began?

 

It was only about 10 minutes, a short time, but it felt incredibly long to the watching viewers.

 

That was because there hadn’t been a single moment of rest during those entire 10 minutes.

 

Crash! Bang!

 

Each time sword and scythe collided, heavy roars echoed through the air.

 

And when they clashed again, the scythe had become something else entirely.

 

What had been a scythe sometimes became a sword, sometimes became a shield to block, and sometimes became a spear or dagger to freely target vital points.

 

[Cheonbyeon transforms into ‘Assassin’s Dagger.’]

 

When they got so close it was hard to even extend a hand, he thrust with a dagger.

 

Bang! Screech-

 

[Cheonbyeon transforms into ‘Raven’s Black Spear.’]

 

When pushed back greatly in a contest of strength, he immediately changed to a spear to prepare for follow-up attacks.

 

When even that became difficult and his stance crumbled, he changed to a shield to block with its massive surface area.

 

After deflecting like that, a spectacular exchange of offense and defense followed.

 

The combat that employed not just weapons but hands, feet, elbows, and knees was fierce. When one side attacked, the other immediately followed with an attack.

 

Thud, whoosh-

 

Bang!

 

Instead of blocking that, Dohyun actually absorbed it and activated a major skill.

 

Then Berjhe blocked that and launched a follow-up attack. Dohyun, who had already used parrying, grabbed his arm entirely and spun his body to perform a throw.

 

[Cheonbyeon transforms into Assassin’s Dagger.]

 

As he tried to stab the fallen Berjhe with Cheonbyeon transformed into a dagger, Berjhe kicked with his foot and activated the Hero-grade skill Sword Effector.

 

Due to the Sword Effector that burst effects from the sword and scattered invisible fragments in all directions, Dohyun had no choice but to create distance.

 

And at that moment.

 

[Using Back Grab.]

 

[A mark is created.]

 

“…!?”

 

Swoosh-!

 

His form suddenly disappeared, and as Dohyun ambushed from behind, Berjhe’s side was cut, but instead of retreating, he launched a counter-attack.

 

At the literally non-stop exchange of offense and defense, viewers let out gasps of admiration as if releasing held breath.

 

-Look at how the weapon keeps changing. I’m really curious what kind of weapon that is.

 

-I told you Kaiser’s trait is Weapon Master.

 

-They really fight spectacularly. So damn cool.

 

-Is this what sexy means… Look at those disciplined movements. I’m totally smitten.

 

-Holy shit… Is this combat level for real? My heart is swelling with grandeur.

 

-The control is insane for real

 

-Wh-what is this;;;

 

And the Hero Guild members who were witnessing this spectacle firsthand were swallowing dry saliva with blank faces.

 

‘…Magnificent.’

 

‘An equal fight against Master… Is this really someone who just entered the Empire?’

 

‘How long has it been? Since I’ve seen Master fight properly like this.’

 

‘This is the battle between a Top 100 Guild Master and the man called the God of Demroc… I couldn’t even interfere.’

 

It was truly an artistic battle.

 

Berjhe calmly continuing his attacks,

 

Kaiser dealing with all those attacks by parrying, deflecting, or changing weapons.

 

Their exchange hadn’t stopped once during those 10 minutes, yet neither had managed to deal a fatal blow to the other.

 

That’s why they couldn’t take their eyes off them even more.

 

‘How can they move like that?’

 

‘…Is that the man who was the God of Demroc?’

 

‘I understand what it feels like for something to be artistic. How can he control distance so well?’

 

‘I never thought it would be to this extent…’

 

From Kaiser.

 

At Kaiser’s specs and skills that exceeded expectations, they could only stare as if entranced.

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