The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 250

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Chapter 250

Episode 250.

The emotion I felt when reuniting with Violet-Flavored Auntie was joy.

Though he was no longer sporting that perverted old man look, his appearance was similar and his personality remained the same.

Seeing him exactly as he was when we used to hang out together, I couldn’t help but wonder inwardly.

‘What do Kukkudakkukku and Sword Master look like now?’

While Ast’s refusal to tell me no matter what was irritating, I couldn’t help but anticipate the moment of reunion.

Those guys were full of personality with their own distinct colors.

So I thought it wouldn’t be strange no matter what unique appearance they had.

“Th-that’s Sword Master!”

“Whoa, isn’t that Empress?!”

“The Armory Owner, Sword Master, and even Empress? Crazy… what kind of member composition is this.”

“But don’t they seem to know Kaiser? They said it’s been a while?”

“…Could those rumors actually be true?”

…But this wasn’t anywhere close to what I had imagined.

Who are Empress and Sword Master?

They’re top-tier female players that even the Top 10 Guilds can’t treat carelessly.

Yes, ‘female’ players.

“…So you’re saying the one with white hair is Kukkudakkukku, and the one in martial arts robes is Sword Master?”

When Dohyun asked with a frown, Empress picked her ear with a bored expression.

“Ah, I already told you so how many times are you going to ask?”

“Hehe, watching that guy’s dumbfounded expression is quite entertaining indeed.”

“Expression? It’s hidden by a mask though?”

“…It’s just a figure of speech. Anyway, you’re still bad at reading the mood.”

“Want to have a match?”

Following the confirmation I’d heard several times now, even the sight of them fighting whenever they opened their mouths was exactly as I remembered.

But Dohyun watching this couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

“What kind of crazy situation is this…”

“Puahahat!”

Finally, at the curse that slipped through his lips, Ast couldn’t hold back anymore and burst into hearty laughter.

He was laughing so hard his belly might split, even wiping away tears from how funny it was.

Empress and Sword Master must have found it just as amusing, as they snickered and smiled.

That sight was so unfamiliar.

‘This isn’t some “childhood friend with short hair was actually a goddess-level beauty” situation… No, I heard Demroc had no gender restrictions so cases like this were common, but this is different.’

The theory that lovers from Demroc turned out to be the same gender when meeting in Godseeker was quite famous in the early days.

Cases of men in their 50s playing 20-something female characters, or the reverse, were commonplace.

But those two were women?

I never imagined I’d experience something like this myself.

“Puhehe… Kekeke, hey hey. Don’t be like that. I had the exact same reaction as you when I first saw them. It would be too unfair if only I suffered, right?”

“Haah…”

Ast shrugged his shoulders as he finally stopped laughing at the look demanding an explanation.

‘This is really making me dizzy.’

Dohyun sighed and rubbed his temples.

He really felt like his head was spinning.

“Sword Master is really crazy… No wonder she’s always a top candidate in Godseeker’s female user ideal type world cup.”

“She’s crazy about swords, but just looking at her appearance, she’s the type that drives men wild.”

“I prefer Empress. That unique atmosphere of hers is pure sexiness.”

“Sexy my ass, you bastard. You should get dragged away and beaten to death after making eye contact to come to your senses.”

“…Well, but honestly she is pretty. Turns out that guy who got beaten was a wanted fugitive on the run.”

Dohyun frowned at the whispered voices of users reaching his ears.

Should I say his DNA reacted first?

Thinking that they were praising his companions whom he knew as men, his body instinctively reacted.

But it wasn’t incomprehensible.

As they said, both of those guys’ appearances were objectively outstanding.

‘…To think something like that was inside that character who was the very image of a mature swordsman.’

In Sword Master’s case, she appeared to be about 168cm tall, and had an image like a flower with thorns – calm and pure yet mysteriously sharp.

A typical appearance that men would like.

Empress, on the other hand, was exactly the opposite.

“…What are you looking at?”

“Nothing, it’s just my first time seeing you without a mask.”

“Ah, right. Back then I thought I could only change gender and couldn’t adjust appearance settings, so I covered it with a mask… No, wait. But why aren’t you showing your face? Now that I’ve taken mine off, you’re wearing one?”

Should I say she openly harbored thorns and even felt lethally eerie?

Her sharply frowning eyes gave off a dangerous atmosphere as if she might cause trouble at any moment, but her attractive appearance with white hair and red eyes that suited each other so perfectly drew attention.

Both had appearances sufficient to make men’s hearts flutter.

…The problem was that they were Kukkudakkukku and Sword Master, his long-time companions.

That’s when it happened.

Uooooooooh-!!!!

Whether it had recovered from the shock of the sudden ambush, Calamity let out a deafening roar.

The blazing eyes all over its body revealed deep anger.

“…I have a lot to say, but we should deal with this guy first.”

“Now that’s what I like to hear.”

As Dohyun sighed deeply and gripped Heavenly Transformation, Empress grinned and stood beside him.

Then Sword Master and Ast also stepped forward.

“A wise decision.”

“Wow, has it been 2 years? Since we hunted a boss together.”

“To be precise, it’s been a little over 1 year and 9 months? It has been a while though.”

“…Will you be okay? That guy’s going to be pretty tough.”

When Dohyun asked as if wondering if they could handle it, Sword Master chuckled as if he was asking something trivial.

“An amusing question, Kaiser. If not, why would we have come here?”

“When have we ever had it easy?”

“Right, right. Still, this time is easier – we just need to seal it.”

“What? Then it’s a piece of cake? I wouldn’t be a man if I ran away from here.”

“…You’re not a man, Kukkudakkukku.”

“You are.”

“…?”

Sword Master was momentarily stunned by the unexpected comeback.

She belatedly cleared her throat and maintained a poker face, pretending to be unaffected.

But Dohyun, who had seen her clearly flustered in real time, just shook his head.

‘At least don’t make it so obvious. Still the same as ever.’

Even the corner of her mouth that seemed proud as if she really thought she maintained a poker face was annoying.

Even after 2 years, she was still a weirdo who staked her life on her concept.

‘Ah, I guess it’s “she” now. Anyway…’

The small talk ends here.

Swoosh.

As Dohyun took a step forward, he filled the space between Empress on the left and Sword Master on the right.

And Ast positioned himself behind the three standing in a line.

It was a position they naturally formed in the past during Demroc since Kukkudakkukku was left-handed.

Though it was party play for the first time in about 2 years, no conversation was needed as they naturally stood and took their stances.

Their bodies remembered.

[RCD recording has ended.]

[Starting live broadcast.]

[Please set the live broadcast title.]

‘A title… this would be good.’

Dohyun grinned and finished the settings, then gripped Cheonbyeon again.

Then dark sword energy shrouded in deep darkness began to rise, dyeing the white blade black.

The three others also took their charging stances.

“Well then, let’s begin.”

[Broadcast ‘Party Play’ is starting.]

Godose’s first official Kaiser party strategy was beginning.

* * *

‘…What is this.’

Xiao was staring ahead with a somewhat dazed expression.

Bang! Whirrr-

Thud!

What her beautiful eyes reflected was a tremendous roar and a bloody feast of battle.

Yes. That was battle.

Not ordinary slaughter or a tragic calamity, but battle.

‘Battle… battle is happening. With that monster.’

Whoosh- Scrape!

Every time Calamity’s massive body thrashed about, the surroundings crumbled and the ground shook, but the four people’s movements remained steady.

When Sword Master flew in like a swallow, delivered a clean horizontal slash, and disappeared from sight,

Slash-! Chop!

Empress burst out as if waiting and unleashed a flurry of attacks.

When it opened its massive maw and charged, she used the maw as a foothold to climb up while slashing the lips to shreds.

Graaaah-!!!

Though writhing in pain, it rushed to devour her as she landed, but she instead stuck close and swung her sword.

As blood splattered and covered her white hair and body, her red aura became increasingly vivid.

[Blood Qi effect makes you stronger for 70 seconds as you spill blood.]

[Berserk effect greatly increases attack power for 80 seconds while greatly increasing damage taken.]

[Die Hard effect increases physical abilities proportional to life force sacrificed.]

[80% of life force has been sacrificed.]

[Madness effect reduces 1% life force per second for 90 seconds while increasing stats and all speeds proportional to current health percentage.]

Berserker. No, this was the death spear mode that was Kukkudakkukku’s specialty.

Engaging in ultra-close combat against that massive bulk was tantamount to suicide, but if the target was Empress, it was different.

Whirr- Thud Slash!

Swoosh-!

Movement at speeds difficult to react to even from a distance.

When teeth thrust forward, she kicked them to dodge while cutting the inside of the mouth with her sword.

When eyes flashed from blind spots, she pierced them like an awl with elbows and claws.

Even while bending her body at impossible angles, her sword and body always delivered counters.

Her entire body was a weapon.

Hiss-

As she spilled more blood, her red eyes and aura became increasingly distinct, and her movements grew more fierce and destructive.

Truly the appearance of a berserker.

But since the opponent was what it was, even she inevitably faced crisis situations.

Scrape-

“Your fighting style is always so crude. Still not watching your back either.”

“Where’s the time to watch my back? I’m busy beating things up. Besides, you’ll watch it for me anyway, right?”

“…Sigh. How did I get entangled with such a person.”

“That’s your fate. Just focus.”

At such times, Sword Master would appear and deflect with art-like swordsmanship.

Her defensive techniques, having reached the pinnacle of swordsmanship, were admirable even to Dohyun, so even Empress, who always bickered and fought, would entrust her back to her during battle.

“…I understand, so focus on attacking. I’ll handle defense.”

“A very desirable model answer.”

Sword Master sighed while drawing her sword and traced an arbitrary space in the air.

A 4-meter diameter area. This space was hers.

Softness overcomes hardness.

The realm beyond that, air superiority.

In this space where physical abilities transcending limits impossible in modern times, her swordsmanship, and skills were combined, no enemy could match her.

Even if it was Calamity.

Calamity’s attacks using its massive bulk to secretly target their backs were ghostly deflected the moment they entered her space.

Empress with her philosophy of attack being defense.

Sword Master, the master of neutralization.

The two with fighting styles as opposite as their personalities ironically truly shined when together.

“That swordsmanship is quite useful.”

It was when Empress grinned with satisfaction and cracked her hands.

“Well then, shall we really play…”

“Aren’t you two having too much fun alone?”

A fairly massive maw appeared before her, not comparable to Calamity but still sizeable.

The maw that sucked in surrounding air shot something into the air, and when Empress looked up.

[Divine Beast ‘Weapon-Devouring Phantom Beast’ has devoured +15 Mace of Destruction.]

[Beginning combination.]

[Divine Beast ‘Weapon-Devouring Phantom Beast’ spits out +15 Exploding Mace of Destruction.]

“I get that you’re close, but it’s my turn now.”

“Who said we’re close…!”

Thud!

Ignoring the indignant Empress, Ast leaped high and gripped the blunt weapon with both hands.

His mace was purple, and for a moment it darkened before beginning to emit brilliant light as if containing the universe.

[Releasing the transcendent ability of unique ability ‘Weapon Upgrade’.]

[Activating transcendent unique ability ‘Limit Release’.]

[Removing limit restrictions to temporarily use weapon upgrade effects to the extreme.]

[+20 Exploding Mace of Destruction is completed.]

[Weapon will be destroyed upon use and trait cannot be used for 50 minutes.]

“This is going to hurt a bit.”

The reason he was called Godose’s strongest in terms of single-hit damage.

Ast, revealing why he had no choice but to fill his armory, roared fiercely and brought down the mace.

And.

[Special effect of ‘Exploding’ modifier activates.]

[Special effect of Mace of Destruction activates.]

[Effects are amplified to maximum due to extremely enhanced weapon.]

Crash-!

A sound like space shattering rang out, then light exploded throughout the entire tomb.

The entire tomb shook violently as if it would overturn, and from that impact, the watching players fell like dominoes.

“Sh-shit, what is this!?”

“That’s what the Owner of the armory does!”

Unlike the panicked players, Xiao barely maintained her balance and gasped.

Her mind, which had been dazed wondering if those movements made any sense, snapped back with that single blow.

‘That brute bastard finally blew up a weapon.’

A transcendent ability that after one blast would literally explode the weapon and prevent even using traits for 50 minutes.

It was an ability that could practically only be used once per raid.

The risk is otherworldly, requiring astronomical wealth and party members to support that delay, but….

——–!!

“The, the Calamity is flipping over!”

“Fall back!!”

Its power was certainly real.

Not only was that massive creature’s face crushed, but the fierce shockwave had flipped its body over like a turtle.

Kwaaaaang-!

Even though it had just fallen over, its enormous size made the aftermath tremendous.

The dust storm made it impossible to see properly ahead.

[The Giant Calamity opens its eyes.]

[You may die if touched by the light trajectory.]

“Hieok!”

“Where’s the trajectory!? I can’t see because of the dust!”

“Damn it… just duck for now!”

When the pattern that had led the previous raid team to destruction activated, the terrified Players were all making a fuss without exception.

Light burst forth with a flash, then suddenly shot up into the air before scattering futilely like a mirage.

Traces of light decorated the dark night sky like fireworks.

[You have successfully parried the light trajectory.]

[The pattern is interrupted at the moment of activation and is canceled.]

“…Parry? A parry?”

“Crazy… who?”

After being dazed by the unbelievable phenomenon for a moment, the dust soon cleared to reveal the silhouette of a man.

Soon after, an interested-sounding deep voice could be heard.

“Oh, this pattern can be interrupted. It’s actually easier than the King?”

“…?”

At that voice, Xiao couldn’t help but be stunned.

‘…Interrupt the pattern? Actually easier?’

The worst pattern that had rendered tens of thousands of raid team members helpless.

The pattern that had caused destruction because they couldn’t overcome that one thing was far too easy for Kaiser.

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