The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 300

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Chapter 300

Episode 300.

When unknown actors suddenly rise to fame through a single work.

When asked how they feel in interviews, there’s a common response they give.

-It felt like I came to a different world. I’m the same, but when I woke up, it felt like the world had changed?

The world had changed.

He had accepted those words as simply expressing how refreshing the feeling was, but now Dohyun could fully understand that sentiment.

Murmur murmur-

Because he was experiencing it directly right now.

“Hey, did you see Kaiser’s video yesterday?”

“How could I not? I watched it as soon as the notification popped up. Wow, Kaiser is really freaking cool.”

“Everything’s in your favor, so why did it turn out like this? Because you’re weaker. Keu~! Sasuga, the quote-making machine.”

“It’s a cringy line, but when Kaiser says it, it’s so damn cool.”

“There are already a lot of kids wearing masks these days. I heard mask toys are starting to appear one by one.”

He didn’t know how many times he’d heard this story already.

Whether wandering the streets, walking around parks, or passing bus stops, it was all Kaiser talk.

-Kuaaaaaaah!

-Swoosh-

Even from buildings, his YouTube videos were being played.

“Woaaaah!”

“Amazing!”

Every time he dueled with the Legion Commander and deflected with parrying, admiring cheers erupted from everywhere.

That wasn’t all.

Through the door, he could see MCs chattering while watching his videos and experts analyzing them on the restaurant’s TV.

‘What is this…’

The world had changed.

That was all he could say.

‘Is this right?’

Until now, he was only famous in the game; his fame didn’t really hit home in reality.

At most, it was something he felt only online like YouTube comments or communities?

But overnight, he had become the hottest topic of this era.

They say these days, if you’re good at Godose, you can become a bigger star than celebrities, and it wasn’t an exaggeration.

‘Is it because I took down the Top 10 Guilds?’

Since he had defeated the Top 10 Guilds who were enjoying the greatest benefits, it was only natural that their popularity would transfer to Kaiser.

However, he only understood it intellectually. The truth was, he was dumbfounded.

It didn’t feel real.

‘This must be how celebrities feel.’

It was a strange feeling, burdensome yet making his heart flutter.

It was awkward while also being fascinating.

The difference from celebrities was that no one recognized him because he wore a mask during activities.

What if there had been no mask?

‘…Ugh, I really did well to wear a mask.’

Dohyun shuddered at just the imagination, feeling drained.

Thinking that the same thing that happened when walking through the Imperial City would happen in reality was hopeless.

At least there, he had Faint Stealth.

In reality, he couldn’t use such tricks, so he would be trapped helplessly.

“Ah, I want to see Kaiser in real life.”

“I’m curious about his real face, won’t he take off his mask?”

“You can’t bring signatures from the game to reality. If there were real-life signatures, I’d probably become an honorary member of the Kashin Church right away.”

“You were in the Kashin Church?”

“How can you resist after seeing that sexy appearance? I think I’d be happy to die for Kaiser-nim.”

“Wow, crazy girl.”

Seeing a Kashin Church member for the first time in reality, Dohyun made a firm resolution.

‘I must never take off the mask.’

Those crazy fanatics clinging to him in reality?

‘Ugh, I don’t even want to imagine it.’

But despite having such thoughts, Dohyun had to meet them again.

When reality was in such an uproar, how could the game be any different?

“It’s Kaiser!”

“Charlie and the dwarf? Kaiser’s here!”

“I’m first!!”

“Uoooooh!”

In a situation where his mind was confused by the fans’ attention, which had clearly increased compared to yesterday.

What appeared like a savior was none other than the Kashin Church.

“How impudent!!”

“Gaaaah!”

“How dare you block the path of God!!!!”

“Hiiiik!”

“Shit, it’s the Kashin Church! Run!”

As soon as players gathered, Kashin Church followers led by fanatics shot out like lightning to take up guard duty.

At this speed, they might have been waiting on standby.

“We have come, my God.”

Looking at the fanatic’s clearly sparkling eyes, Dohyun finally couldn’t contain his curiosity and asked.

“…What do you guys usually do? Are you on standby until I come?”

“Of course. We are always waiting for the day our God will come.”

“…The game? Don’t you play?”

“Ah, of course when you are not logged in, we also hunt and do raids. That way we can more easily execute heretics…”

There were many more words that followed, but to summarize:

Educating followers on how to protect and follow their God… that is, himself, and purging heretics when they appeared.

Then when it was time for him to log in, they would hurriedly log in and guard his side.

This was possible because through followers who were professional analysts, they predicted Dohyun’s login times and took turns waiting in the city within 2 hours before and after…

‘Are modern religions this thorough?’

No, more than that, what fun would they have playing the game like this?

But Dohyun had forgotten.

Just how much of a crazy group they were.

“? Serving the God who will lead us. What could be more fulfilling than that? Everyone clamors to take charge, so we have to select based on grades.”

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

-Indeed! What an excellent mindset! This Charlie learns yet another thing from you!

“You flatter me, Sir.”

Watching her who had impressed Charlie, Dohyun clicked his tongue.

‘…That’s real.’

Truly madness that lived up to the name fanatic.

They were undeniably shocking people, but they were certainly helpful.

Players also knew well that the Kashin Church was a crazy group, so when the Kashin Church took up guard duty, they were busy running away.

Especially when the fanatic stood nearby, no one approached.

Shing-

“Blocking… God’s path?”

“N-no! I was just going to the shop…”

“Hey you bastard! Hurry up and move! Move if you don’t want to get cut down instead of talking!”

“Hiiiik!”

The sight of them scattering to both sides in terror whenever he grabbed the massive two-handed sword on his back with gleaming eyes was always a spectacular view.

Thanks to that, they easily arrived at the field, and the fanatic bowed his head respectfully.

“Then please have a comfortable hunt. We shall take our leave now.”

-Mm! That was an excellent escort, cult leader.

“Having you here puts my mind at ease.”

“Mm!”

Leaving behind the two people exchanging passionate gazes and bidding farewell, Dohyun let out a sigh.

‘It won’t be like this every day, will it?’

Was it just his imagination that he was already getting tired?

But unfortunately, that hope was dashed as the same routine continued tomorrow and the day after.

Rather than decreasing, the number of players showing interest only increased,

“Prove your faith!”

“We must not let those impious ones touch even a single hair of the god!”

“Uoooooo!”

The more players gathered, the more the Kashin Church thrived like fish in water.

This alone was already exhausting, but to make matters worse, they weren’t the only problem.

“Successor, I heard the news. You’ve become a celebrity. It feels like just yesterday you set foot in the Empire… Indeed, Lord Kashiyar’s judgment was not wrong. From the moment I first met you, I sensed it was destiny…”

The news had spread to NPCs as well, as Gamillion, who hadn’t been seen in a while, came by wiping away tears and rambling on with various sentiments.

“Hmm, I thought you were just some trickster, but you’re quite capable. However, I cannot acknowledge you as a match with just that much. You must strive even harder.”

“? No, what exactly are you acknowledging…”

“Still, you show more promise than before. How about it, shall we have a sparring match after so long… Where are you going?”

The Sword Master came by spouting his own words, then tried to inflict one-sided violence under the guise of sparring.

As expected of the Sword Master’s disciple.

“That swordsmanship you showed at the end of the legion commander raid. It seemed like newly acquired swordsmanship.”

“Well, that’s right.”

“That was the first time I’d seen such swordsmanship. How about we have a conversation of swords?”

“…Didn’t you say a conversation of swords? Why are you dragging me to the sparring arena?”

“There is no better means of conversation than crossing swords. Come in, Kaiser.”

“Haah…”

When the Sword Master who came next urged him with gleaming eyes to have a conversation of swords (?), even the Empress joined in.

“Oh, sparring? Want to have a round with me too after so long?”

“…At least wipe off the blood on your body before saying that. Who did you beat up this time?”

“No, they were annoyingly blocking the road and charging at me. I got pissed off, grabbed them by the collar, dragged them to a field and beat them up.”

“…They didn’t happen to say they were fans, did they?”

“Don’t know? I tore them apart before they could open their mouths, but judging by their high karma, probably not?”

“What if they were fans?”

“If they were my fans, they wouldn’t act like that.”

“…You’re a genius, aren’t you?”

I wondered what kind of fan would dare to provoke Kukkudakkukku’s temper.

Recently, the Empress and Sword Master’s popularity had particularly risen and their fans had increased, so it seemed like those with grudges had taken this opportunity to come looking.

‘That’s really a method only she could use.’

Dohyun, who had been admiring the marvelous method of distinguishing villains, suddenly became curious and asked.

“Don’t you have anything like that?”

“Me? Hmm…”

The Sword Master was also quite popular.

While the Empress’s image was already trash so there was nothing to manage, the Sword Master was different, wasn’t he?

I suddenly became curious about how he managed it, but the answer that came back was quite something.

“Well. I don’t have many occasions to get involved with people, so I’m not sure. I’m usually busy training in swordsmanship…”

“There must be some incidents like that.”

“There’s no need to deal with those who have no respect for the sword. If they interfere with training, I just cut them down.”

“…Now I understand why you get along so well with her.”

Birds of a feather flock together, as they say – he was exactly like Kukkudakkukku.

The only difference was whether they beat people up for being annoying or for interfering with training.

‘Why are there no normal people around me?’

As Dohyun held his forehead and seriously wondered if he had lived his life wrong, Ast, who had been sitting calmly watching, grinned and said teasingly.

“Ugh, I couldn’t live like that. Being too popular is also a problem.”

“Don’t worry. You’ll never have to deal with that in your lifetime.”

“…”

Of course, Cheonma, who was sitting right next to him, immediately shut him up with a harsh fact.

“I, I have lots of fans too, you know.”

“Aren’t they all middle-aged men? They seem more like friends your age than fans.”

“…”

Ast’s expression became gloomy after receiving the final fact bombardment.

He had clearly fought wars with the Top 10 Guilds and participated in legion commander raids too, so why was he the only one without major changes?

Was his combat style the problem?

‘How cool of a weapon is a mace?’

Wasn’t it a passionate weapon that stirred men’s hearts?

That’s why Ast remained unaware that he only had middle-aged male fans.

* * *

And at that moment.

Unexpected big news broke on the community.

[Hey damn, crazy big news! It’s really insane so everyone change your underwear and come see quickly]

└?? What is it?

└What’s happening now? There’s already chaos over Kaiser, and there’s even bigger news?

└Yeah for real;;; that’s insane.

To be precise, it was expected, but news from a somewhat different direction.

-Execution Guild. Aegis, Leonore, and Cheonoechen alliance had a showdown!

└What?

└What, is that real?

└Whoa, why though?

└Wait, wasn’t the war still in preparation? I thought the major guilds hadn’t gathered yet.

└Hold on. The alliance went as a separate unit because their forces were low… Huh? They fought in the New Continent… Crazy!

Everyone who received that news couldn’t help but be shocked.

And for good reason.

└Hey crazy… Demroc alone destroyed the alliance?

It was such an unbelievable result.

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