The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 271

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Chapter 271

Episode 271.

“Laughing? Don’t you understand the situation?”

Raveon frowned, unable to hide his displeasure at Dohyun’s smirk.

Why was he suddenly grinning in the middle of a fight?

The feeling that he was being mocked made his killing intent boil over.

Marphad, equally displeased, charged his massive body straight at the smirking Dohyun.

Crash!

[‘Marphad’ uses Reckless Charge.]

[You parry Reckless Charge.]

[Perfect parry successful.]

But there was no way he couldn’t block such an obvious charging attack.

As he easily parried, a follow-up strike immediately came flying.

It was Raveon’s sword.

[Raveon uses Gale Rush.]

The sword, emitting sharp energy that cut through the wind, sent a chill down his neck.

The aura wrapping around the sword was extraordinary.

It was a Hero-class skill classified as top-tier in speed, but that sword couldn’t reach Dohyun’s neck.

Clang!

-How dare you raise your sword against my Master.

Because Charlie had rushed in like lightning to block Raveon’s sword.

Thanks to that, he could create distance much more easily, but reinforcements weren’t only on their side.

Step, step, step, step.

The encirclement surrounding Dohyun was gradually tightening.

Easily a hundred people.

Considering they were all composed of top-tier rankers, it was tremendous force, but Dohyun showed no signs of distress.

Grin.

He simply maintained his characteristic smirk while watching.

“…What’s so funny? Kaiser.”

“Ah, it seems more manageable than I thought.”

“…Even bluffing should have limits.”

Raveon and Marphad scowled fiercely, but Dohyun was sincere.

‘They say Vice Masters of Top 10 Guilds are stronger than most Major Guild Masters…’

Contrary to his concerns, their specs weren’t that impressive.

Rather than facing these two together, Sina, whom he’d faced before, had been much more troublesome.

That guy’s analytical skills had reached a peak that even Dohyun acknowledged.

But these guys?

‘They’re just empty shells relying solely on their specs.’

Each had specs similar to Sina’s, but their actual skill wasn’t worth comparing.

Now that he’d grown stronger than when he faced Sina, it went without saying.

The two of them were instinctively feeling this as well.

‘…He’s stronger than we heard.’

‘Indeed, the title of top contributor in the Forgotten Tomb wasn’t earned carelessly.’

They felt firsthand that Kaiser was definitely not beneath them.

A Player still in the 80s competing with them who had surpassed max level and even experienced transcendence?

Their pride was hurt, but they soon composed themselves.

‘We’d probably win in a proper fight… but Lord Demian wants certain results. This isn’t the time to waste time on pride.’

‘Let’s go with definitely crushing him to death.’

What mattered most right now was the success of their mission.

Having consumed even Calamity raid points, they had to definitely cut off Kaiser’s lifeline.

That would be the starting point of their massacre.

As they were gradually tightening the encirclement like snakes, choking off his escape routes.

Boom!

A thunderous roar suddenly echoed.

“Gaaah!”

“Kugh!”

Followed by groans of pain.

Boom! Crash!

“Kughhhh!”

“Sh, shit what the hell…!”

“Aaaaah!”

The source of the sound was from behind.

Something strange was happening at the part of the encirclement that was blocking Kaiser’s rear.

“?”

“What? What’s that sound?”

The tense atmosphere was instantly broken, and question marks appeared above the Guild Members’ heads.

But they were also recognized rankers.

Setting aside their questions, they quickly began assessing the situation.

“So, someone’s breaking through the encirclement!”

“Which bastard is it!”

“Block them! Block them!”

“We, we can’t block them!”

But that was all.

They couldn’t mount a proper response and were helplessly blown away like leaves before a typhoon.

“What the hell is this… Babylon should be tied up, how could…?”

“That’s not what’s important, Raveon. How many enemies are there!”

Marphad, who had been equally flustered, came to his senses and shouted.

Then a desperate cry was heard.

“O, one person!”

“…What?”

“One person… you said?”

The Officers of a Top 10 Guild were fluttering and falling like paper because they couldn’t stop just one person?

At this moment, the image of a certain woman flashing through their minds was pure instinct.

‘…No way.’

Overwhelming military force that could stop a legion single-handedly.

A woman called the One-Woman Army for that very reason.

Only that woman could make such an impossible thing possible.

As wavering eyes turned toward him, Dohyun showed a leisurely smile as if what was meant to come had come.

“That girl never knows how to make a quiet entrance.”

And when he muttered that, the screams had drawn closer.

The moment Raveon and Marphad instinctively readied themselves at sounds that seemed to come from right behind them.

Thud, smash!

“Ugh!”

A woman who had stepped on the face of a blocking Guild Member leaped high.

From the white-haired woman who landed squarely between the two men and Dohyun, an ominous red aura was rippling.

“…Em, Empress.”

“Empress, as in that One-Woman Army?”

“I definitely heard the Empress wasn’t participating, so how…?”

The woman called the One-Woman Army and Dohyun’s longtime companion.

The murmuring grew louder at the Empress’s arrival.

Swoosh.

But when the Empress’s characteristic red eyes swept over them, the sound instantly stopped.

The atmosphere became as quiet as death.

It was as if a single predator had burst into a crowd of residents, overwhelming them with its dominant presence.

The vice masters also just watched silently with stiff, hardened faces.

“Huh?”

Passing by them, she finally locked eyes with Dohyun, who was chuckling softly at the back, and one corner of her mouth stretched into a long grin.

“I came because I heard it was dangerous, but you look fine?”

“Dangerous? I was just about to have some fun.”

When he chuckled back at her fierce smile, she finally straightened her back.

Then she naturally turned to stand with her back to Dohyun and said,

“I can’t let you have all the fun alone. I’m joining in. No complaints, right?”

“By all means.”

That alone changed the entire situation.

The guild members, overwhelmed by the pressure, could no longer close in on them, and even the vice masters hesitated to make any rash moves.

Then she was the first to move.

Whoosh!

With a sound like air being torn apart, she instantly plunged into the enemy ranks.

“Guhk…?”

She pierced through one guild member’s chest in an instant, then threw the man who tried to counterattack while still impaled on her sword, and immediately began slashing wildly.

Armed with all the berserker buffs, her speed was hard to follow even with the eyes.

Swoosh.

Finally piercing through a neck, she pulled out her sword and turned her head back.

Her white skin and hair were drenched in blood.

The moment the players, overwhelmed by that chilling sight, instinctively stepped back, she spoke in a light tone as if casually spitting out words.

“Want to make a bet?”

“What kind of bet.”

A leisurely voice that was hard to believe came from someone in the middle of enemy territory.

And Dohyun accepting it naturally as if it were obvious.

While the guild members shrank back at this strangely natural yet alien scene, they continued their conversation.

“Who can kill more.”

“…Making bets while killing seems a bit too heartless. And isn’t that your specialty anyway?”

“Scared?”

Finally hearing the magic word, Dohyun’s eyes grew coldly sharp.

“…Call.”

“Okay.”

They turned almost simultaneously to look around them.

The guild members who met their gleaming eyes, as if searching for prey, instinctively realized.

That something had gone very wrong.

* * *

Top 10 Guilds.

The position called the pinnacle of Godseeker that everyone envied.

Rising to an officer position there was enough to take pride in.

It meant reaching a position where there were hardly any rivals among the 1 billion players.

At least among guild forces, there was no one who would treat them carelessly.

Having such immense pride, they were also confident in their skills.

After all, to become an officer, that level of skill had to be built in as a foundation.

‘Crazy…’

‘What am I even looking at?’

‘…What is this.’

But now that pride was cracking for the first time.

And not just a small crack, but on the verge of completely shattering into pieces.

Crash! Bang!

“St-stop her! Stop her!”

“At least grab her legs! How can dozens of people not cover one person?”

“Damn, you try catching her… Guhk!”

The Leonn Guild, gathered with outstanding dealers, and the Aegis Guild, called the strongest tank guild.

The excellent dealers and tanks who were officers there were falling like bamboo shoots after rain.

Unable to stop just one Empress.

Crack!

Stab! Stab!

“Guhk!”

“This crazy…!”

The Empress’s massacre was overwhelming.

Normally when dozens of people rush at you, you’d either dodge or engage in a chase – that’s the standard approach.

No matter how skilled a master is, they’re no match for a mob beating.

That’s why countless masters fight while controlling the situation to avoid dangerous circumstances.

But that truth-like law didn’t apply to that woman.

“Why, why am I the only one getting hit?”

“Is that even human? That’s more like a beast… She won’t go down!”

“Beast? Come here. I’ll kill you first.”

“Hiiiik!”

Just charging. Charging and charging again.

Like someone who could only see straight ahead, no matter how many rushed at her, she only dove into close combat.

A fighting style with no strategy or psychological warfare, no different from a dogfight.

But when backed by overwhelming force, it couldn’t be more powerful.

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

[Berserk effect greatly increases damage taken for 80 seconds, but greatly increases attack power.]

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

[80% of life force has been sacrificed.]

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

Moreover, the Empress’s class was berserker-type.

Far from getting tired, she grew stronger as the fight prolonged, making her no different from a runaway tank.

So was Kaiser’s side doing any better?

“Damn it, why won’t my attacks hit!?”

“Why do I keep getting hit when we’re attacking together!”

“Grab him! We need to gang up on him to do anything.”

“How can I grab him when he won’t give us distance? Just when we think we’ve closed in, he goes crazy with back attacks and lightning movement.”

“Shouldn’t we switch to legendary parrying skills? How is that a normal skill… Guhk!”

This side was also thick with the color of defeat, overflowing.

If the Empress felt like a top predator crushing with physical dominance, Kaiser’s combat was close to the realm of art.

Softness overcomes hardness.

The dance of a willow tree.

Swish-

“Guhk?”

Sometimes deflecting with soft swordsmanship,

[Heaven-Defying Period]

[Using 1st Form (Beginning).]

Sometimes enduring with the weight of a great mountain.

[Using Lightning Movement.]

[Using Rear Grab.]

Crack-

Sometimes rushing forth like beams of light, tearing through formations.

The pinnacle of endless variation.

The way they adapted their combat style perfectly to each situation was simply awe-inspiring, to the point where one wondered if this could truly be performed by a single person.

Though they were companions with completely opposite methods, one thing was clear.

‘Those are the same people?’

‘…What exactly am I facing right now.’

They were currently fighting two monsters wearing human masks.

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