The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 247

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Chapter 247

Episode 247.

Crack-

The sword cracked and shattered like glass fragments.

The King instinctively let go.

He felt as if even the hand holding the sword would shatter.

It wasn’t just the sword. Everything in the straight line was breaking.

Crack- Snap-

His own sword energy that had been boiling up as if to devour everything.

The White Lion that had leaped alongside him with its overwhelming bulk, mouth agape as if to bite and swallow.

The blizzard that had swirled around, freezing the entire area cold.

The moment that man swung his sword down.

Everything returned to nothingness, shattering and scattering futilely.

Ahh…

In a world that had slowed to slow motion as if even sound had disappeared.

He could see in detail every process of his energy being shattered to pieces and turning to dust.

That’s why he could understand.

That the formless sword energy was breaking everything it touched along the path it had carved.

Furthermore, that it was trying to devour even himself.

Thud, thud.

The man who had broken everything stood alone, looking toward this place, then gradually approached.

Unwavering eyes that would not yield to any adversity and footsteps as unshakeable as Mount Tai were directed toward him.

It was then that cracks appeared in the King’s eyes as he stared in a daze.

He couldn’t tell if the cracks had occurred in himself or in that man.

Precisely, he had no time to worry about such things.

[This… is…]

Along with a sensation as if his head was splitting, certain scenes flashed by.

Dark Night, Burning Ruins.

Before losing his self, a man was walking toward him as he lay collapsed in a wretched state.

Stop.

The man stopped at his bedside and looked down at his bloodied self with arrogant eyes.

When he struggled to open his eyes and look up, he saw it.

The man’s chilling black eyes.

The moment his own horrified face was reflected in those strange pupils that were human yet not human-like.

Flash-

[Ah… ahh…]

Certain memories flashed by like a panorama.

A scene where his eyes met with that chillingly arrogant man looking down from afar.

A scene where the man grinned wickedly when their eyes met at the moment of trying to self-destruct with the massive Abyss.

A scene of fighting against a black-winged giant over 2 meters tall who attacked him after he fell into the Underground, Forgotten Tomb.

A scene of ultimately being defeated, losing his self, going mad with rage, and collapsing.

-You have achieved what you desired. Return.

What he saw in his blurring vision were five silhouettes and a low voice.

-Then where should we store this guy’s lingering thoughts, Commander?

A relatively lighter voice answered compared to the arrogantly standing man.

It was the voice of a man whose lion’s mane stood out even as a silhouette.

-Handle it yourself. Must I tell you even that?

-No, well, it’s not that, but still if possible… Ah, that witch would be good. We can put it in a Gravestone and entrust it to her.

The grumbling voice gradually faded as his vision became hazily blurred.

Tears were blocking his sight.

Ahh…

Why were tears flowing?

Why did the hand gripping the dirt ground feel such sorrow even in the moment of dying?

The King could not understand.

Ahhh…!!

But the boiling emotions felt in the memory were telling the King.

That those people were the most dangerous beings of all.

That he must eliminate those who threatened the Empire’s peace.

It became an obsession,

[The hidden effect of the Executioner trait activates.]

[Burns the body to gain power to execute the target.]

[The activation conditions for the Supreme Realm trait have been met.]

[The Forgotten King manifests the Supreme Realm.]

The obsession became flames that burned his eyes and heart.

The moment the King’s eyes rolled back halfway as his mind grew distant from the burning sensation of all internal mana circuits being scorched.

[Temporarily reaches the Supreme Realm.]

[Self is unstable.]

[The mana of the Knight who had reached the Supreme Realm goes berserk.]

[Danger! Do not receive the sword strike.]

Urgent notifications rang out overhead like alarm sounds.

“…What?”

Just as he was about to finish it, Dohyun’s eyes widened at the sudden flashy message.

Something glinted within the black mana that explosively covered his vision.

It was then that he heard the urgent voices of his companions.

-O, Owner…!!

-Master!

-Rizariza!!!

And the moment he realized it.

[The Forgotten King uses his unique swordsmanship containing the Supreme Realm, One Strike Kill .]

[It is swordsmanship of an overwhelming realm.]

[The second technique Destruction is swallowed up.]

[Uses the first ability of God’s Tears.]

[Enters invincible state for 2 seconds. (Cooldown 90 minutes)]

[One Strike Kill ignores invincibility.]

“…!”

Dohyun’s feet, which seemed like they would never stop, halted and his sword fell,

Slash-!

His throat was cut.

* * *

-Crazy…

-Uh… um…

-What am I looking at right now?

-Is this right, guys?

-Damn… I don’t know.

-Wow… I’m seeing this kind of scene in my lifetime.

The live broadcast that had surpassed 200 million viewers.

Though the chat rooms were divided into numerous channels, the reactions were mostly similar.

And rightly so, because this was the only reaction one could have seeing the scene unfolding now.

Crash! Bang!

What was shown on the broadcast was the ground and buildings being devastatingly destroyed by the aftermath each time a giant deep-sea Monster rampaged.

“Aaahhh! Save me!”

“Kheueok!”

“Re, retreat! Which crazy bastard said to clear this… kheuk!”

“Damn it…”

And there was the glorious sight of high rankers who had experienced that power firsthand running away with their tails between their legs.

Strategy? War?

Such grandiose words weren’t needed right now.

Bang! Kheueok!

This was a one-sided massacre.

Compared to the raid team that had suffered near-annihilation damage, That Guy’s health was still at 40 million.

No more rankers were announcing their participation.

The Top 10 Guild Masters commanding had to make a choice.

Whether to be annihilated like this, or shamefully tuck their tails and run.

“…We retreat.”

At the crossroads between the worst and worst choices, they chose the latter.

They judged that being annihilated wouldn’t preserve their honor anyway, so the latter option that allowed them to plan for the future was better.

Their previous ambitious appearance had already vanished.

-To see the Top 10 Guilds running away with their tails between their legs…

-It’s a sight you rarely see in life, damn…

-Look at Leon frantically backing away. Where did that confident declaration to clear it go?

-Who called Leon the epitome of bravery, damn. He’s no different from Berjhe.

-Dating sim gayshit lololol comes out whenever you forget about it.

And that choice delivered a huge shock to the viewers.

Who were the Top 10 Guilds?

Weren’t they the pinnacle of Godseeker who had cleared all the impregnable bosses? To think they would suffer such a miserable defeat while leading a raid team of high rankers.

-I don’t know about other things, but I know one thing. We’re screwed right now.

-For real;;

-Don’t we need to call Demroc back?

-If we can’t kill that thing in time, we’re in big trouble.

-Won’t the Empire handle it?

-That’s not the problem, it appears randomly in cities. Considering the scale of damage, who knows what will happen to the game.

-Ernest is really fucked lololol

Xiao, who was watching the bustling chat room, clicked her tongue.

She wanted to turn off the broadcast right away.

Actually, other guilds were turning off their broadcasts one by one, so it wouldn’t matter, but her pride wouldn’t allow it.

She felt she could only accept turning off the broadcast with at least a dignified appearance.

-But is Kaiser still fighting the King?

Perhaps because there was no hope left for the disaster raid.

Before long, Kaiser’s name was creeping up in the chat window.

-It’s been over 40 minutes, isn’t he really going to kill it?

-Kaiser is our only hope…

-Kaiser, is he truly a god?

-No no, I heard he absolutely can’t kill the King. There’s supposedly a pattern in phase 2 that’s absolutely impossible to clear?

-They’re just saying that because they couldn’t clear it themselves, bastards.

-No, it’s not at that level. The Top 10 Guilds have never bowed down anywhere, would they immediately tuck their tails just because Ahdeo lost? They must have heard something significant to not attempt the challenge.

That was exactly right.

Xiao and the other Top 10 Guilds hadn’t avoided the challenge simply because Ahdeo and other rankers had been defeated.

[Ahdeo: The Forgotten King is a trap card.]

“What does that mean?”

[Ahdeo: Current players can’t kill this. You’d need to be at least at Sword Master’s level… I can’t believe it. This is like a World Quest that should only open years from now has been brought forward…]

When Ahdeo had been defeated and there was a commotion.

A whisper had come to the masters present here. Though he died after saying those words and never replied again.

‘If Ahdeo was that confident, there must be something to it.’

Annoying as he was, he wasn’t the type to spout lies.

So they had rather shifted their approach to tackling the massive disaster.

But the result was a miserable defeat.

‘Something that should only open years from now was brought forward… That might be right.’

Considering the unreasonable difficulty level.

Xiao glanced upward and sighed.

-Why is the Owner of the armory just sitting in his chair this whole time?

-Him just sitting up there with his chin propped, watching, is hilarious lololol like Rodin.

-Lololol look at that nonchalant face. The disaster and everything is someone else’s problem.

-Was the Owner of the armory a comedy character?

-Still, he should participate, damn it, freeloading. I’m boycotting Babylon from today.

-As if participating would let you kill it? That’s the smart move~

‘When did Ast compete with me, and now I don’t even know what he’s scheming… Tsk, is this really the end?’

Looking around, there was only a miserable scene.

The only hope to bet on was Kaiser, but even that was close to impossible.

The word defeat naturally came to her mind.

And it was the same for others too.

“…It’s over.”

The King’s Master, Ahdeo, who was watching Xiao’s broadcast, also sighed.

Failure in the massive disaster raid meant failure of the World Quest.

The King he had experienced was definitely not an existence that a player could defeat alone.

It wasn’t like that from the beginning.

Due to his characteristic of exerting stronger power when fighting evil, phase 1 was easy.

Even entering phase 2, it just got a bit harder, but didn’t seem impossible to clear.

‘…Supreme mastery. The moment that trait was unleashed. Everything changed.’

A different type of mastery from what Sword Master had shown.

Rather, a sword similar to Lord Rebbed of Brion’s single slash that split the tsunami.

No, more vicious, rough, and desperate than that.

Unlike Lord Rebbed who inspired admiration in observers, this was swordsmanship that sent chills down your spine.

‘A sword of instant death that pours everything into one strike. There’s currently no player who could block that.’

There was only one way to block it.

‘At minimum, reaching a similar level of mastery.’

That’s why he could be confident that only Sword Master could defeat it.

“Unless the King stupidly takes my attack on purpose.”

Ahdeo chuckled as he muttered that.

It was a joke.

No matter how much he had lost his self, he wouldn’t do something so foolish.

‘If disaster strikes the cities, there will be chaos for a while. There’s also a real possibility Ernest could be disbanded. If there’s a vacancy in the Top 10 Guilds, we need to consider the possibility of war breaking out. It’ll be a complete mess.’

In Ahdeo’s mind preparing for after the World Quest failure, Kaiser was already forgotten.

* * *

Swoosh-

Quiet silence flows. Only the sound of a throat being cut can be heard.

When I touched with both hands a beat late, fortunately my neck was still attached.

-Ugh…

-Ch, Charlie. Are you okay?

-Risa…

Meanwhile, Charlie was kneeling on one knee behind me, in pain.

It was all thanks to Charlie.

[Charlie has activated a sacred oath to Kaiser.]

[Sacrifice effect activated, taking powerful damage in his place.]

[Taking fatal-level damage, Charlie’s health has dropped to 1%.]

The Knight’s Hero-grade skill, Sacred Oath.

A skill he had obtained before but only used for buffs since he never needed the sacrifice effect thanks to God’s Tears.

‘If it weren’t for this…’

His head would have been severed by now.

Dohyun gulped as he stared at the terrifyingly massive crater spread before his eyes.

The path from where the King had been to this place.

The entire area was torn to shreds as if ripped apart by a giant beast’s claws.

It had been carved away, unable to withstand the energy contained in the fatal strike.

‘Is this really insane? Game balance should have some limits – what’s this about ignoring invincibility?’

Dohyun furrowed his brow deeply.

It was already surprising that a pattern existed that could bypass invincibility skills, but why did it have to happen now of all times?

It was fortunate that he instinctively used the sacred oath.

His liver felt queasy thinking that if he had only relied on God’s Tears, he would have seen the gray screen.

-…I’m sorry, Master. This seems to be as far as I can go.

“No, Charlie, you did more than enough. Thank you.”

-Rizariza.

Eliza chimed in agreement, comforting Charlie.

With this, Charlie was retired.

[Guardian Jihad Black’s mana has been completely depleted.]

[Undead summoning is canceled.]

-…Owner, this is as far as I go too.

The undead legion, which had been virtually wiped out except for Suffering, completely disappeared.

Now only Dohyun and Eliza remained.

With Eliza hopping and jumping into his clothes behind him, Dohyun looked ahead.

[Execute… Execute… Must execute…]

The King was slowly approaching, his bloodshot red eyes continuously muttering only those words.

This King was very different from before.

True to the message about temporarily reaching the supreme realm, the aura emanating from him was extraordinary.

Behind the King, a black lion slowly walked out.

Grrr…

Behind the black lion, a white lion also revealed itself.

Two lions were looking at this place.

He could instinctively tell. Fighting now would result in certain defeat.

But Dohyun smiled.

“I finally get to use this.”

With his lips curved in a long grin, he slowly opened his clenched hand.

What was in his grasp was a mirror. A small, insignificant, dull mirror. Even a mirror that was half-broken.

However, Dohyun’s eyes looking at the mirror couldn’t have been more delighted.

[Fatal damage level confirmed.]

[Usage conditions met.]

[Using Mirror of Revenge.]

Mirror of Revenge.

The reward obtained for achieving S-rank completion of Brion’s graduation Quest.

It was the moment when the ?? grade consumable item he had been curious about all along was finally activated.

[Firing Fatal Strike in the form of a shockwave.]

Flash-

Blinding light burst forth from the half-broken mirror,

[Exe… cute…?]

The Forgotten King’s words trailed off as a massive shockwave shot toward him at the speed of light.

The King had suddenly become a fool struck by his own attack.

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