The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 325

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Chapter 325

Episode 325.

[Using the sealed unique magic ring.]

[One of the sealed unique magics of Lusir El Reyhard, the Demon King, will be randomly activated.]

The moment the unique magic was first activated.

Seeing the brilliant light illuminate the surroundings and block Garion, Dohyun thought.

‘Ah, damn.’

He was screwed.

He had hoped so desperately that it wouldn’t be a defensive magic, but sure enough, a defensive magic had appeared.

The overwhelming magical power that not only blocked but pushed back Garion’s strike had to be an excellent magic.

‘Damn, since it’s come to this, I should at least launch a surprise attack…’

Since things had turned out this way, it would be better to take advantage of the moment when that guy was stunned and inflict as much damage as possible.

It was already a situation where capturing him was out of the question, so he wasn’t even paying attention to the magic anymore.

[The unique magic ‘Owner of Weapons’ is being activated.]

‘Huh?’

Dohyun paused at the message that appeared with a cheerful notification.

‘Owner of Weapons?’

No matter how you looked at it, it didn’t seem like the name of a defensive magic.

It reminded him of the Weapon Master trait, which seemed more related to attacks or passives.

Moreover, the light had burst out before that message appeared.

That meant…

‘…Could it be that light wasn’t the unique magic?’

The light that engulfed Garion wasn’t something as grand as magic.

It was just a phenomenon caused by pure magical power release.

Just releasing the Demon King’s latent magical power before activating the magic had produced such an effect.

‘Insane.’

The monstrous magical power was beyond admiration, reaching the level of wonder.

It wasn’t for nothing that he was a mage who had opposed the gods.

At this point, his heart was pounding.

‘Owner of Weapons…’

What kind of unique magic would such a monster possess?

[This doesn’t make sense…!]

Just then, Garion was also wary of the light and couldn’t easily approach, so Dohyun sighed in relief and checked the ability.

At the same time, Dohyun’s eyes widened.

[The true power of a weapon lies dormant from its primordial owner.]

[For a certain period of time, trace back the weapon’s history to summon the will of its primordial owner and imbue it into the weapon.]

[Please designate the weapon to activate.]

‘…What? Summon the primordial owner?’

This was an absurd magic.

Reversing time was a realm impossible even for the Great Sage.

Moreover, summoning the owner of a weapon was tantamount to summoning a dead hero.

Strictly speaking, it was summoning the will of the dead, but could this really be considered a realm that mere magic could achieve?

‘Just considering the weapons I have…’

Gulp.

Dohyun swallowed dryly.

Luidra, the Witch of Dreams. The Forgotten King who reached the supreme realm.

Taksinel, who nearly brought Brion to ruin.

Even the owners of legendary weapons who, though their identities were unknown, were surely tremendous heroes.

There were countless weapons that came to mind immediately.

‘What if I summon the Forgotten King?’

Especially considering that the Forgotten King was one of history’s greatest knights and kings who reached the supreme realm, it would be like a cheat key.

‘Cheonbyeon is good though. If it weren’t for Cheonbyeon, I wouldn’t have collected so many weapons… Hm?’

Dohyun, who had been muttering quietly, suddenly flinched and stopped.

‘…Wait, Cheonbyeon?’

His gaze turned downward.

Dohyun’s eyes became mysterious as he stared intently at Cheonbyeon, then showed a hint of interest.

What was Cheonbyeon?

It was a weapon formed from the authority of history’s strongest man, who was called the Warrior God.

It was a weapon whose only owner before Dohyun could be him alone.

That meant…

‘No way, surely not. This can’t be possible.’

Dohyun shrugged his shoulders and looked away.

It didn’t make sense.

Even breaking game balance should have limits – summoning a superhuman who had even devoured gods?

If this worked, it would be no different from a nuke or cheat key.

But.

‘…What if it actually works?’

As they say, nothing ventured, nothing gained – trying wouldn’t hurt, would it?

“…Designate Cheonbyeon.”

Finally, Dohyun muttered quietly.

Flash-!

At the same time, with a cheerful notification, countless system windows cluttered his vision.

* * *

Bang! Crash! Bang!

[Guhek! Gack!]

The result that followed was the current situation.

“Wow, this is insane…”

“What kind of situation is this? Suddenly he’s dominating?”

“Isn’t this just one-sided beating?”

“Is this even possible? That monster actually looks pitiful.”

One-sided beating.

That was the most appropriate phrase to describe this situation.

Bang! Crash-!!

“Nice, good hand feel. As expected, beating with fists is more satisfying.”

[Wh-what is this…! How are you suddenly displaying such power… Guhek!]

“Hey, not focusing? Your teeth will fly out.”

The sight of systematically beating from face to solar plexus, stomach, and thighs was closer to assault than combat.

Even at some point, the number of times he hit with fists and knees had become more frequent than striking with the sword.

Crash-!

Every time a fist connected with the jaw, the brain shook and shockwaves swept through the veil.

When knees struck, the armor shattered like a drill had pierced it, paralyzing muscles, and when the sword was swung, it cut through flesh and bone like slicing tofu.

[Kraaaah! I’ll kill you!]

Even in the dizzying shock, he somehow struggled desperately and swung his sword wildly, but like a child throwing a tantrum, he only cut through empty air powerlessly.

Whoosh- Smack!

After easily dodging, an immediate counter followed.

[Gueok…!]

From the shock of the knee striking his solar plexus, the shockwave that erupted from behind swept through the area.

“Damn, look at that impact.”

“Wait, was Kaiser always this good at punching? It’s like watching MMA.”

“Ugh, even I feel pain just watching.”

“Kaiser Punch! Kaiser Punch! Kaiser Punch! Kaiser Punch!”

“Ah, so that’s what Kaiser Punch meant.”

The players cheered at this different side of Kaiser, who had always fought with artistic movements,

[Mon, monster…!]

Fear gradually settled in Garion’s eyes.

Regardless, Dohyun was busy pummeling him evenly from head to toe like beating a jajinmori rhythm,

-That’s right! Duck left there and uppercut… Yes, that’s it!

-A counterattack is coming. Deflect that, distance opened up so use your sword… Oh, what? You’re doing well even without me saying anything? This is the first time since my comrades that someone has such good sense.

Each time, advice echoed in his head.

The one earnestly giving advice was none other than the blue soul floating above Cheonbyeon.

The owner of Cheonbyeon and the man called the Warrior God, Kashiyar.

-Not bad, kid. When I met you before, you were just a greenhorn, but now you’re showing signs of ripening. You’ve grown a lot. I told you I have such good judgment.

“…”

-But you’re still lacking. In my time, everyone had already surpassed that level before becoming adults. Even I reached the supreme realm at 16, and by 20 I already had no rivals in the kingdom… blah blah blah… At 24, with the Giant King…

“…Are you always this talkative?”

He frowned at the intensified old-timer attitude compared to when he saw him before, but Kashiyar’s advice showed no signs of stopping.

What was more annoying was that despite acting like such an old-timer, he was so ridiculously handsome that he looked like a movie protagonist.

It was very irritating, but he had to endure it for now.

[The will of ‘Cheonbyeon’s’ primordial owner, Warrior God Kashiyar, dwells in Cheonbyeon.]

[This is an overwhelmingly high-ranking target.]

[Cannot summon the will.]

[Confirmed as this person’s successor, partially ignoring conditions.]

[Summoning incomplete will of Kashiyar.]

[Cheonbyeon meets its primordial owner, temporarily greatly increasing damage.]

[Kashiyar’s will dwells within, temporarily greatly increasing rank.]

[Physical abilities and mana increase overwhelmingly.]

Thanks to that old-timer(?), he gained the power to unilaterally crush Garion.

Just by dwelling in the weapon.

Though he was somewhat frivolous and annoying, his power was real.

And there was some truth to Kashiyar’s words.

-To think a successor can only handle my teenage years at best. Well, that’s why you summoned me because you were struggling with such a piece of shit. Thanks to that, I got to feel young again.

“…”

-By the way, this feels strange. This is magic that Lucir created to summon ancient mages for her magical knowledge research, and now I’m in the position of those ancient mages. You really do live to see all kinds of things. Don’t you think?

Because the original Kashiyar had too great a gap with Dohyun, Kashiyar’s rank was forcibly fixed to his teenage years as he dwelled within.

Even this wouldn’t have been possible if he wasn’t a successor.

‘Well, he’s someone who was already cutting down gods left and right by age 30…’

From such a Kashiyar’s perspective, it was perhaps natural that Dohyun looked endlessly lacking.

-Still, it’s surprising. To even get a ring from that picky Lucir. Honestly, I thought that alone would take several years, but you managed to get a perfect score.

“Are you giving me the disease and the cure?”

-What cure… You need to work harder. When that day comes soon, you won’t be able to survive with just that level.

“…That day? Everyone keeps saying that day is coming, what exactly is that day?”

-Don’t be impatient. As long as you’re my vessel, you’ll know soon enough.

“What does that…”

The moment Dohyun unconsciously stopped moving at the incomprehensible talk.

[Kraaaaa!!]

Taking advantage of the very brief opening, Garion let out a roar.

[Black Knight Garion uses Authority of Darkness – Surging Darkness.]

[Black Knight Garion uses Dark Berserker Mode.]

[Black Knight Garion uses Authority of Darkness – Two Pairs of Wings.]

-Let’s talk later.

“…I suppose we should.”

As if he had been waiting, he activated his authorities recklessly.

The most dangerous among them was Dark Berserker Mode.

[Black Knight Garion consumes half of his remaining life force due to Dark Berserker Mode, forcibly raising his assimilation rate with the Draconic Abomination of Darkness.]

[Assimilation rate with the Draconic Abomination of Darkness breaks through 70%.]

[Black Knight Garion’s life force recovery speed greatly increases.]

[Black Knight Garion’s defense greatly increases.]

…

[Black Knight Garion’s abyssal energy becomes very dense.]

[Authority of Darkness performance is amplified and the number of usable Authorities of Darkness greatly increases.]

“Crazy… 70 percent??”

“No way, it was 57 percent just now, how can it jump 13 percent at once?”

The final authority of sacrificing life force to become one with darkness.

Due to this, Garion’s assimilation rate broke through 70% in an instant.

The change was clearly visible to the naked eye.

[‘Authority of Darkness – Two Pairs of Wings’ evolves into ‘Authority of Darkness – Three Pairs of Wings.’]

[‘Authority of Darkness – Surging Darkness’ evolves into ‘Authority of Darkness – Atoning Darkness.’]

Crack- Creak-

Starting with the wings spread behind him becoming three pairs, the darkness that had been swirling around was now coldly watching Dohyun like a guillotine.

A strange darkness that would make any human instinctively feel chilled.

[Kuhehe… Kahahaha! How arrogant you were, how pathetic you look now. You should never have given me time! You should have pressed the attack to the end!]

Just laughing, yet the spine-chilling roar struck the air heavily.

Having broken through 70%, he was no longer Garion.

Height exceeding 10 meters and a massive build.

Even gigantic wings that blocked the entire view.

He had an appearance very similar to the Draconic Abomination he had seen before.

-Focus. There isn’t much time left now.

Kashiyar was right.

[20 seconds remaining for Weapon’s Owner duration.]

[When Weapon’s Owner is released, all stamina will be depleted due to the recoil of handling an overwhelming rank.]

Only 20 seconds remained.

[Black Knight Garion’s remaining life force is below 5%.]

On the other hand, though the bastard’s life force was at 5%, having broken through 70% assimilation rate, he had actually become tougher and stronger than before.

-How about it, think you can do it?

When Kashiyar casually asked in the infinitely short time, Dohyun grinned.

There was only one answer.

“More than enough.”

At the same time, a small teardrop-shaped tattoo appeared under Dohyun’s eyes behind the mask,

—–!!

The sky darkened, and lightning in the shape of a black dragon struck down.

[Using the Mark of the Holy King.]

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

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

[Using Shroud of Darkness on Thunder Dragon Descent.]

[Thunder Dragon is affected by Shroud of Darkness and gains dark attributes.]

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

[Dark attribute effects are additionally applied, simultaneously possessing the energy of Thunder Dragon and Black Dragon.]

Crackle-

[Kraaaaaaaa!]

Dohyun drew Cheonbyeon with black sparks flying, and looking at the roaring Garion, muttered lowly.

“Now let’s finish this.”

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