The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 27

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Episode 27

Chapter 27.

Sees through what is hidden.

This is the description written for the Eye of Truth.

At first, I wondered why it was written so vaguely. Wouldn’t it be fine to just say something like being able to know the grade when drawing cards?

Still, since it was a unique trait, I thought it wasn’t a big deal if I considered it a kind of mysticism.

But that wasn’t it.

‘It literally sees through what is hidden.’

The grades of cards that are ‘hidden’ from players due to the drawing system, and even stealth like this where they hide so blatantly.

So Dohyun sincerely thought.

‘Have I ever seen such an insane trait?’

This isn’t about balance breaking or anything, it’s just an insane trait.

Why are assassins overpowered in PvP?

Well, there are other skills too, but excluding backstabbing, stealth was among the most notable.

A surprise attack from an assassin who was determined to hide was a strike that ignored skill differences and equipment differences.

That was why Demroc rankers feared assassination guilds.

But what if you could see through that stealth?

‘I could actually take advantage of their moment of carelessness to seize an opportunity.’

Considering the characteristic of assassins not having much HP, that one opportunity could leave them helpless.

Apart from that, just not having to fear stealth itself was an enormous merit.

And most excitingly…

‘There might be more hidden abilities besides this?’

Perhaps there might be other abilities hidden besides seeing grades and detecting stealth.

I wanted to learn more about this, but the current situation didn’t allow it.

Assassin Boy struggled while Dohyun was momentarily lost in other thoughts.

“Ugh… What are you doing, bastards! Kill him!”

“Huh…? Oh!”

At his desperate shout, No, It Doesn’t Fit and If You’re Angry, You Do It Too frantically began pouring out skills.

Their classes were archer and axe warrior.

When Assassin Boy made surprise attacks, No, It Doesn’t Fit would toy with enemies from long range, and If You’re Angry, You Do It Too would handle anyone who occasionally charged into close range.

It was the same now.

Thwack!

Whoosh-.

Behind If You’re Angry, You Do It Too charging like a tank, No, It Doesn’t Fit’s arrow flew in.

Pa-ba-bak-!

Not just one shot, but rapid fire.

It was Rapid Shot, a rare-grade skill. Inevitably, Dohyun had no choice but to let go of Assassin Boy.

As soon as he let go, Assassin Boy quickly retreated, his face twisting into a menacing expression.

“Kuk…! You’re dead now.”

It wasn’t bluffing.

With his comrades’ appearance, the tide of battle had instantly reversed. No, It Doesn’t Fit firing rapid shots perfectly from the rear and If You’re Angry, You Do It Too reliably guarding the front.

And himself as an assassin.

That bastard was now surrounded.

“…!?”

…or so he thought.

Thud. Swish-.

“Huh?”

Until he saw Dohyun using the charging axe warrior’s momentum to perform a shoulder throw.

No, could that even be called a shoulder throw?

The way he fluidly redirected the force, like what martial arts techniques in martial arts novels might be like, looked exactly like a painting.

Pa-ba-bak!

“Ugh! Shit, where are you shooting!”

“No…”

What was even more surprising was that he used If You’re Angry, You Do It Too as a shield to block arrows, as if he had guided it.

Because of that, the innocent comrade had to lose half his health instantly to his ally’s arrows.

The moment No, It Doesn’t Fit hesitated in the bewildering situation, Dohyun moved fiercely as if he had been waiting for this moment.

Stab! Crack!

After quickly thrusting his greatsword into the heart, he struck the philtrum with his knee as if collapsing.

Not stopping there, when he grabbed and twisted the neck, If You’re Angry, You Do It Too’s eyes lost focus.

At the same time, his body became translucent and disappeared, leaving only his trademark axe behind.

“…He’s dead?”

“Crazy…”

What did I just see?

That emotion was spread equally across their faces.

Godseeker is clearly a game that runs on skills. The unchanging law is that those who are good at skill judgment battles and have stronger skills have the advantage.

But what is that guy?

‘I, I’ve never heard or seen anything like that.’

He subdued someone instantly without using a single skill.

The scene that you’d only see in movies gave them chills beyond shock.

Below level 16? Equipment-dependent rich kid?

‘Stop talking nonsense!’

That’s just a monster.

Instinctive fear dominated his body, and his actions were quick.

Swish-!

He immediately used backward movement slash and began fleeing desperately.

He tried stealth but there was no way stealth would activate when it was still on cooldown.

Since it would be detected anyway, he wasn’t trying to use it to hide but wanted to rely on even stealth’s small speed buff.

But at that moment.

“Wow, look at him just abandoning them and leaving. What trash.”

“…!?”

A voice was heard.

But that voice was too close.

As if it was coming from right behind…

“Shit! What, what is it!”

It wasn’t his imagination – Dohyun was really running alongside him.

Dohyun reached out toward Assassin Boy who was screaming in surprise.

Pa-ba-bak!

In the blink of an eye, Assassin Boy, who had been hit in the solar plexus, philtrum, jaw, and back of the knee, fell on his bottom.

The punches were so fast they weren’t even visible.

[HP has dropped below 70%.]

[A mark is being created.]

Assassin Boy, who had 30% of his health cut in an instant, sat there dazed as if dumbfounded.

In his field of vision, he caught a glimpse of No, It Doesn’t Fit.

No, It Doesn’t Fit, who was horrified seeing him fallen, was running away without looking back.

It looked exactly like himself from just moments ago.

Whoosh-.

Even the part about getting caught.

Since the distance wasn’t far yet, Dohyun closed the gap instantly with a charge slash and swung his greatsword.

The speed was so fast you’d wonder if it was really a greatsword.

“Uh, uaaaah!”

Unfortunately, No, It Doesn’t Fit, whose waist was cut at a speed too fast for him to live up to his nickname, collapsed with a thud.

His end was the same as his friend’s.

He died lying down, stabbed in the heart and various vital points like a beast being slaughtered.

‘What kind of bastard is that… I need to run away now…’

Fortunately, the aggro had shifted to No, It Doesn’t Fit, creating some distance.

That guy’s skills were all used up, so maybe he could escape now. Just as he was backing away slowly with such hope.

[The mark is disappearing.]

“Ah…?”

The moment he saw the message that appeared before his eyes, Assassin Boy had a premonition.

That he couldn’t escape.

It wasn’t just intuition. As soon as that message appeared, he felt a presence behind him.

And a black shadow that was faintly visible.

This was a phenomenon that even Assassin Boy, who had only played assassin classes, recognized.

“…Backstab?”

If stealth was the mascot skill of the assassin class, then backstab was the main skill.

The overpowered skill that made assassins dominant in PvP.

Yes, ‘assassins’ that is.

“Why does a swordsman have backstab…”

Those were Assassin Boy’s last words.

Stab!

[You receive a critical strike proportional to the damage accumulated on the mark.]

[Critical Hit!]

[You have been killed by player ‘Kaiser’.]

[Your karma level is ‘Evil’.]

[Due to high karma level, the probability of dropping items has increased.]

…

Because he had to see the gray screen before he could even finish speaking.

Killed instantly in one hit.

‘Fuck, that’s impossible!! That bastard is definitely hacking. What swordsman has backstab! His name is Kaiser? You’re dead.’

Enraged by this, Assassin Boy immediately went to the community and reported this fact.

[You guys be careful of a player named Kaiser. He’s based in Raven and he’s using hacks;;]

[Author: AssassinLover]

-A swordsman using assassin skills, and his gameplay is somehow impossible. I think he’s using auto-reaction hacks and class hacks or something?

Bullshit there’s no nukes in Gaza, these bastards need to be beaten to death, fuck

…(omitted below.)

It was furious angry typing, but surprisingly, no one believed him.

-Bullshit, what hacks. Another attention seeker.

-Everyone knows he’s a troll, right?

-Professional hacker lololol auto-response hack lolololol They sure have all kinds of ways to troll.

-By the way, his name is Kaiser? There’s a Kaiser fan among the newbies too.

Instead, Assassin Boy was just treated as a troll.

And that wasn’t even the end of it. Perhaps because of all the things he had done before.

-Wait, assassination in Raven? PK?

-Huh?

-Isn’t that bastard one of those hot newbie hunters lately?

-Oh, shit, that’s right. Party members archer and axe warrior… those bastards who stole my weapons.

-You’re dead.

A quick-witted user deduced the situation from Assassin Boy’s post, figured out Assassin Boy’s identity, and took this opportunity to gather the angry players and report them, forming an extermination team.

In the end, unable to even break even, he had to fight countless users every time he logged in.

Their infinite extermination order, with many numbers and levels close to graduation level, was not something they could handle, and it’s said that within less than a month, Assassin Boy and his friends could no longer be found.

* * *

[You have killed player ‘Assassin Boy’.]

[Player Assassin Boy is confirmed as ‘Evil’. Recognized as self-defense, karma level does not increase.]

[Swordsmanship proficiency increases.]

[Swordsmanship proficiency has reached LV9.]

[Level up.]

“Oh?”

He leveled up after killing just three people.

Well, all three of them had reached level 24, so it was natural that they gave a lot of experience.

Moreover, you get bonus experience for catching ‘Evil’ players.

That’s not all.

[Player Assassin Boy has dropped an item.]

Evil players have a greatly increased probability of dropping equipment items.

Truly like walking golden goblins!

‘You can’t even be evil properly with mediocre skills.’

Except in lawless cities, evil players were generally public enemies.

You don’t get karma increase even for unauthorized PK, and you get experience and items generously, so not hunting them would be a loss.

Morally speaking, hunting ‘Evil’ players doesn’t cause guilt either.

That was why they were camping in Raven.

The moment they moved to the next city, instead of playing king, they’d be treated like golden goblins and chased.

In other words, they were camping here paying expensive fees solely to PK.

“Ha.”

Faced with that lowliness, Dohyun laughed.

“Now it finally feels like the game I knew.”

This situation was actually welcome to Dohyun.

Because situations like this were more familiar to him.

In Demroc, things like this happened as naturally as breathing. That terrible game had especially many lawless zones, so you always had to be on guard.

As long as it’s an RPG game, whether it’s a god-tier game or a terrible game, such people are bound to exist.

Godseeker wasn’t that bad, but he knew there were quite a lot of evil players.

Because Godseeker was a game where people would commit random PKing just because they felt annoyed seeing a newbie with top-tier traits.

‘Yeah, that’s normal.’

Arde with its beginner benefits was special, and Shield Master’s group had particularly peaceful dispositions.

He wouldn’t be able to meet only such peaceful users from now on.

Rather, the opposite would be more common.

‘As long as I have the Eye of Truth, there’s nothing to worry about.’

In such a world, the Eye of Truth would play a very important role.

Stealth was a skill even Dohyun had to be careful of, but this would block it in advance.

Anyway, that’s for later…

‘Let’s see what dropped.’

Now was the time to harvest the spoils left by the losers as the rightful victor.

Dohyun approached and collected all the items, then was amazed.

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