The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 275

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 275

Episode 275.

Demian was confident.

‘Hold your shield tight if you don’t want to die? How dare he say that to me?’

Who was he?

He was the leader of Aegis Guild, the greatest tank guild in Godose.

Among them all, he boasted unrivaled fame as the undisputed strongest tank in Godose.

That was Damian Alexander himself.

And to such a person, how dare he arrogantly tell him to hold his shield tight?

‘He’s gotten swept up in the atmosphere and lost sight of his place.’

There was no arrogance quite like this.

Leading from one-sided slaughter to an even fight? Stubbornly surviving without dying and creating a one-on-one situation?

He acknowledged that much. But this wasn’t right.

‘A guy who hasn’t even reached max level acting so arrogant…’

When picking the strongest PVP character, most would choose assassin, but that’s only for ambush-possible duels.

One of the jobs that was always in the top tier was tank.

A tank charging with overwhelming defense and immunity was no different from a battle tank.

Though they showed their true power in large-scale battles like sieges, they also performed excellently in duels.

‘When there’s a level difference, no job is harder to beat than a tank.’

For that guy with such a severe gap to break through his defense and deal fatal damage would be harder than plucking stars from the sky.

Moreover, if his health was already whittled down, there was no need for words.

Not only that.

Ahdeo and Leon should be able to overwhelm the Fanatic easily.

The Empress was a bit worrying, but she wasn’t in good condition either, so they could win.

‘I’ll clearly show what a tank who has reached the pinnacle is like.’

Though there had been unexpected struggles, the goddess of victory would smile upon them.

Thinking this, Demian clashed with Dohyun with a relaxed mind.

And it didn’t even take a few minutes for that thought to be shattered.

Bang! Crash! Bang!

“I told you to hold your shield tight, didn’t I?”

Contrary to his bold words, just 5 minutes into the battle, Demian was gripping his shield tightly while receiving advice.

‘What kind of nonsense is this…’

This was supposed to be the attack power of a mere level 80?

The shock transmitted from the shield throughout his entire body was definitely not that of someone in the 80s.

At least max level. No, it seemed like the level of someone who had undergone transcendence twice.

‘What exactly is different that makes this possible?’

He couldn’t understand it at all.

Why was everything related to that guy beyond common sense?

No, even if it defied common sense, it should do so within reason, but this was at an incomprehensible level.

‘No… I can somehow accept the damage. It’s not enough to break through my defense.’

If he had to compare, it was about similar to Leon?

Occasionally it produced comparable power, but looking at average attack power, it was clearly below Leon’s.

It was just stronger than expected and hard to understand, but this level couldn’t break through his defense.

The problem lay elsewhere.

Whoosh-

“You’re going to get hit by something like that? Just grip your shield tight.”

Bang! Crash!

His attacks weren’t hitting.

Whether he swung his shield, pushed with it, or charged, that guy dodged lightly as if he could see the future.

‘Why the hell won’t any of them hit!’

Demian’s shield wasn’t an ordinary shield.

It was a shield made exclusively for Demian by an excellent craftsman, so massive that it required both hands to hold.

In sword terms, it was an abnormal size like a two-handed sword.

Moreover, since the shield face was sharp like a blade, it should hit even with casual swings…

Swoosh, bang!

That guy slipped away like an eel.

It was already hard enough to follow those ghostly movements, but to make matters worse, a blizzard was raging, making it hard to even keep his eyes open.

Grrr-!

At such times, the White Lion would invariably charge.

After rolling around once like that, the distance would widen again, and Cheonbyeon transformed into a spear would come flying.

Clang!

When he deflected it, Dohyun would reach out to call it back and swing his sword again.

When he thought the distance had closed and charged recklessly, the guy would again ghostily sidestep and stab with a dagger.

“Damn it!”

Finally unable to bear it, Demian stomped the ground hard.

[Legendary skill ‘Earthquake Wave’ has been activated.]

[If you lose balance and fall, you will enter the status ailment ‘Groggy’.]

[Warning! Terrain may be altered.]

His judgment was that no matter how good that guy was, he’d have no choice when the entire ground shook.

‘I didn’t want to go this far…’

He had been holding back because it felt like he was losing in skill, but he couldn’t take it anymore.

Pride could only be maintained after victory, couldn’t it?

[Legendary skill ‘Brilliant Will’ has been activated.]

[Legendary skill ‘Guardian Deity’s Protection’ has been activated.]

…

[Hero-grade skill ‘Trained Body’ has been activated.]

Demian, who had wrapped himself in all sorts of buffs intending to crush with the spec difference as much as possible, lowered his stance.

It was to charge while the guy’s balance was disrupted by the earthquake wave.

But at that moment.

[The shockwave of ‘Earthquake Wave’ has its coordinates changed by ‘Berzina’s Magic Gauntlets’.]

“…What?”

Something impossible happened.

When the guy waved his gauntleted hand as if annoyed, the earthquake wave that had been advancing like a tide shot up into the sky instead.

Whoooosh-

Demian was stunned by the sight of the earthquake wave soaring like a dragon ascending to heaven.

‘Deflecting a legendary skill? Such an item exists?’

Having obtained many items while rising to the position of a Top 10 Guild Master, he had never heard or seen anything like that.

His charge didn’t come out at the right angle, forcing it would result in a counter, and when he swung his shield, it was easily dodged.

There was no answer to this.

Demian’s mind raced quickly.

‘Stay calm. The guy is exhausted. Time is on my side.’

Setting aside health, there were stamina and mana that any player couldn’t avoid.

Those must be running low without a doubt.

Since he wouldn’t take fatal damage from the guy anyway, if he took his time and just didn’t make mistakes, he had a chance of winning.

‘That’s right.’

It was typical of him, called the Iron-Blooded Tank for always making rational judgments.

However, no matter how good one is, not every judgment hits the mark.

There were occasional mistakes, and unfortunately, this was one of those cases.

Bang! Crash!

‘Yes, struggle harder. Time is on my side.’

Bang! Kwaaang!

‘Hehe… He’s rampaging without thinking about what comes next. There’s nothing good about exhausting his stamina like that.’

Bang! Bang! Kwabang!

‘I can see he’s gradually getting tired… Hmm?’

Demian’s face, which had been wearing a sinister smile, gradually hardened.

Something was strange.

‘Why won’t he stop?’

The sword pounding on his shield wouldn’t stop.

Kaiser, who should have collapsed from exhaustion long ago, was swinging Cheonbyeon with an all-too-vigorous appearance.

Meanwhile, he himself was just crouching like a turtle, gripping his shield.

Somehow he had ended up literally following Kaiser’s words to grip his shield tight if he didn’t want to die.

‘…How long do I have to endure this? Is his stamina… actually decreasing?’

He was increasingly doubting whether time was truly on his side.

And that doubt was accurate.

[Stamina is very low.]

[The effect of the Black Ratio Mask is amplified.]

[Stamina regeneration rate greatly increases.]

[Remaining stamina is below 20%.]

‘The Black Ratio Mask effect is quite good.’

Dohyun had been continuously seeing only the message about being below 20%, never dropping below that.

It was thanks to the mask’s effect that amplified as stamina got lower.

It was probably also due to his stamina being inflated thanks to the amplified reverse heaven effect of his armor.

‘Even if all my stamina is exhausted, I can fight for a certain period, so I should be able to hold out until I catch this bastard.’

Did Demian instinctively sense this too?

His cold expression, which had maintained a poker face, was gradually being colored with anxiety.

Thud.

At that moment, a cold sensation touched his back.

‘A wall?’

He had been driven back to the wall before he knew it.

Once thrown against the wall, the space to dodge became even smaller, and Dohyun’s rampage gained even more momentum.

In this situation, all Demian could do was grip his shield tightly and crouch like a turtle.

‘This… doesn’t this feel like being hunted?’

Slowly like a skilled hunter hunting prey. But surely.

Demian was being hunted.

Once he realized this, the situation became clear at a glance.

“Kugh… Get away from me, you bastard!”

“What will fall is your head. You shall pay with death for daring to blaspheme against God!”

“Damn, this crazy bitch really!”

Contrary to thinking he could easily overwhelm a mere fanatic, it was Leon who was struggling.

Whoosh- Whoom!

Every time she swung her massive greatsword, shockwaves swept the surroundings, causing Leon to be constantly pushed back.

Leon retreating while swinging his sword, and the fanatic chasing after him, deflecting Leon’s sword in one strike.

Nowhere in that scene was there any sign of overwhelming.

‘…The fanatic was this strong?’

He had heard rumors about her, but just considered her an outstanding dark horse.

She hadn’t even been playing Godseeker for a full year.

He thought there was no way she could stand shoulder to shoulder with them.

But seeing it firsthand, there was no more dangerous element than this.

‘Leading a force comparable to the top 10 guilds, with skills to match Leon evenly… This is practically no different from a top 10 guild.’

And that wasn’t all.

“Ahdeo, aren’t you doing this properly? What are you struggling so much with when you brought someone in poor condition?”

“? Are you picking a fight? Hey, I’ll kill you first. Come here.”

“Oh God, please wait just a moment. I shall bring you the head of this disgusting heretic!”

“Damn, really full of crazy bitches. Why can’t that bastard Demian catch one dying Kaiser?”

Ahdeo’s situation didn’t look too good either.

To make matters worse, the battle between the Kashin Church and guild members, which had been evenly matched, was also tilting slightly.

-Kill them all!

-Rizariza!

-Yes! The sin of daring to ignore our master must be paid with death!

The Guardians, who had recovered somewhat thanks to buying time, had joined the fray.

Groooan- Groan!

Clack- Clatter-

The undead legion led by Suffering and Charlie.

And with Eliza’s spider web support, which was efficient in chaotic battles, the aspect of combat had clearly changed.

“This is absolutely ridiculous…”

Losing?

A top 10 guild alliance to mere guys like those?

“I told you.”

As Demian was denying reality, Dohyun cut him off.

With a cold smile on his face.

“That you’d have to succeed by any means necessary. Because if you failed, you’d be the one to die.”

“…”

“I clearly told you, but you failed, didn’t you?”

Dohyun, raising one corner of his mouth in a smirk, spat out.

“Then you have to die.”

At the same time, the tears gathered under his eyes turned black,

[Using the second ability of God’s Tears.]

[Temporarily does not consume mana. (Cooldown 70 minutes)]

[Using the Mark of the Holy King.]

[Thunder Dragon Descent can be used.]

…

[Using Darkness Shroud on Thunder Dragon Descent.]

With numerous messages as the finale, black sparks flew in the sky, summoning dark clouds.

Soon the sky flashed and black lightning in the shape of a dragon struck down.

[Using Darkness Shroud on Thunder Dragon Descent.]

[The Thunder Dragon is affected by Darkness Shroud and gains darkness properties.]

[Approaching the power of the Black Dragon through an abnormal route.]

[Darkness property effects are additionally applied, simultaneously possessing the energy of both Thunder Dragon and Black Dragon.]

It was Dohyun’s final stage, the Black Thunder Dragon mode.

Using this had only one meaning.

“Now let’s finish this.”

“…Arrogant.”

That it was time to wrap things up.

Demian wasn’t one to not understand that meaning.

Saying he’d finish it when more than half his life force remained was tantamount to being looked down upon.

At this, Demian’s expression twisted grimly.

“Utterly arrogant. Do you think you’re the only one I have left?”

“What more can you do?”

“You haven’t forgotten that The King’s paladins, including the Ten Star Knight Order, joined Xiao’s side, have you? By now Babylon should be cleaned up. When they join…”

“Oh, that?”

When Dohyun shrugged his shoulders, Demian closed his mouth.

The leisurely reaction gave him an ominous feeling.

And ominous feelings are never wrong, they say.

Dohyun muttered something while looking into the air for a moment, then chuckled.

“I don’t think that’ll happen?”

“…What?”

“Rather, you guys might be in danger… I didn’t know this guy would help me either.”

“Explain so I can understand….”

Demian’s words couldn’t continue to the end.

Ding-

[Xiao : Hey!!! You said this bitch agreed to it!? Why is this bitch interfering!]

[Xiao : Hurry up and finish there, then come over here. It’s chaos right now.]

[Xiao : I warned you to come quickly. If you don’t come, I’ll overturn the alliance and everything, so handle it yourself!]

‘…What is this.’

Angry whispers kept flying in.

Demian could only be bewildered.

The Empress had come, and the Kashin Church had already intruded. Who else could possibly interfere here?

But the moment he heard the whisper that soon arrived, Demian couldn’t help but widen his eyes.

[Xiao : Why the hell is Cheonma attacking me!]

‘…?’

The leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, Cheonma.

She had turned into an enemy.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————