The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 335

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Chapter 335

Part 2, Episode 1.

Black Knight Garion.

Knight Commander and Lord of Arren Castle.

And one who contracted with the draconic abomination of the abyss, called darkness and iron blood.

After defeating him, who had nearly devoured the Empire, great turmoil arose in Godose.

Kaiser, who prevented the catastrophe where royalty was nearly annihilated and a third of the Imperial City almost fell to the abyss, was also a huge topic, but…

[Godose’s First New Continent Update!]

[Full-scale New Continent exploration 2 years after release! Public attention focuses on…]

[Groundbreaking moves by players who advanced to the New Continent. Various content pouring out…]

[Demroc ascends to New Continent Ranking 1st place! Achieving triple crown, is there no one to stop Demroc?]

Rather, the New Continent that was updated soon after became an even bigger topic.

For rankers who were already dissatisfied with the stagnation in growth, this update was nothing short of a growth event that cleared blocked meridians.

Countless players advanced to the New Continent, creating many talking points.

Graduation Quests, Non-Human Races’ Quests, and other content as well.

Was there any reason not to be enthusiastic as a gamer?

But if you had to pick just one among them…

[Non-Human Races begin interaction with players, becoming a hot topic…]

[Numerous Non-Human Races have revealed themselves, and as a result, new Quests are pouring out and players are entering a second growth period…]

[Unshakeable 1st place in Non-Human Race popularity vote! Elves, just how beautiful are they?]

[Beastfolk VS Elf Race]

[Graduation Quests opened in the New Continent too?]

[New Continent becomes land of opportunity! Experts unanimously say those who secure the New Continent first might become the next rulers…]

Nine out of ten would pick the beginning of full-scale activities by Non-Human Races who had disappeared without a trace.

Especially among them, what was most welcomed was interaction with Non-Human Races.

Of course, it wasn’t grand enough to be called interaction.

At most, it was just getting Quests or being able to encounter them, but such things didn’t matter.

└Holy shit!! An elf appeared!

└Damn, can we finally talk with elves?

└Crazy crazy crazy crazy elves are fucking pretty. Really wow… so this is what a goddess is like. I think I know what it means for scenery to change. Only they have a different art style lol

└Ah… O God. Have you heard my prayers?

└? God is in the Empire though.

└That Person would like elves too. Bastard.

└Ah.

└No, you bastards, that’s not what’s important right now. When you meet Non-Human Races, definitely get Quests. The rewards are insane for real.

└For real, rewards aside, it’s essential if you want to get high scores during graduation Quests.

└Right now even the top 10 guilds are focusing on Non-Human Race strategies. Just the hidden pieces unlocked by Non-Human Races alone are numerous.

└Non-Human Races were the answer.

└I became friends with a nymph resident and they showed me a spot with nice scenery, it’s really pretty.

Someone for achieving romance, someone else intoxicated by rewards.

And someone else enjoying new adventures.

Everything the updated New Continent offered approached players as excitement.

[I Scolded an Elf with a Confession]

[What Are Elves’ Romantic Preferences?]

[Let’s Try Learning the World’s Best Elven Archery!]

[What Reaction Do You Get When You Call Gat and Beastfolk Bastards?]

[1st New Continent, Ellanis Graduation Quest Strategy!]

Streamers chasing provocative content couldn’t possibly miss this.

Videos with all sorts of attention-grabbing titles and strategy videos were uploaded several times a day.

Thanks to this, YouTube’s algorithm was filled entirely with New Continent content for a while, and numerous media outlets including public broadcasting talked about it.

So much so that even going to the gym or walking down the street, it was all New Continent and Non-Human Race talk.

The changes didn’t end there.

[Birth of a New Top 10 Guild]

[Arc Guild, which made a name as a dark horse, proudly ascends to the throne]

[Is the New Continent the reason for Arc Guild’s rapid rise?]

[Breaking news! A guild that consecutively claimed empty thrones has emerged… the new owner is Japan’s Mikazuki Guild?]

[Tectonic shifts occur due to New Continent update!]

└Wow, crazy… I thought their recent status seemed unusual, and they finally claimed a top 10 guild spot.

└Well, if it stayed empty too long, the balance would break and it was time for someone to claim the position.

└There was a lot of talk about wars and such, but the New Continent update seems to have been a masterstroke. If you fight wars you fall behind, so it naturally changed to a competitive structure lol

└Those two guilds were overwhelming, so… it’s a natural result.

└I wonder who will fill the remaining vacant spot. There doesn’t seem to be any guild with an overwhelming lead anymore.

└They are selecting 3 candidates though. Well, whoever it is, it’s not my business, so if we just wait it’ll be decided within a few months at the latest.

With the New Continent becoming the main stage, players who had advanced to the New Continent early gained great power.

As a result, the hierarchy of rankers changed and vacant spots in the top 10 guilds were filled by new ones.

Various tectonic shifts occurred in many ways.

The influence of this didn’t stop at just guilds and rankers.

Perhaps more than anyone else, those who had advanced to the New Continent first, or rather, made it their dwelling place.

‘Villains.’

Those who committed evil acts equivalent to serious crimes in the Empire, or raised their karma levels so high by massacring players that it was hard to recover.

Vicious criminals living in what was truly a lawless zone without any regulations or laws.

They unexpectedly benefited from this update.

Therefore, forces including the top 10 guilds were wary of them…

‘They’ve been surprisingly quiet though.’

Whether they were still testing the waters, or lying low because of the endlessly flocking forces.

Rather, they became more docile than before and quickly faded from people’s attention.

And the same was true for Dohyun.

Not just villains, but no news could capture Dohyun’s interest.

More precisely, it was more accurate to say he didn’t have the leisure for that.

Anyone would be the same.

[Account Balance: 1,021,351,200 won]

“Ah…”

If they saw this vicious number printed in the bank account.

-I received 1 billion… I couldn’t say anything…

He squeezed his eyes shut at the familiar voice that flashed through his mind.

Even after blinking several times, the amount remained the same, and finally Dohyun couldn’t hold back and opened his mouth.

“…What? Is this a bug?”

Since entering the Empire, there had been so many eventful things that he’d been too busy to check for a while.

The bank account balance he checked after a long time didn’t seem normal no matter how he looked at it.

He remembered breaking through 100 million, but 1 billion?

Why had the money been duplicated?

But the question was brief.

Subscribers: 21.474 million

Views: 211,245,132

“…Crazy, why are the subscriber numbers like this?”

Dohyun, who checked his YouTube subscriber count and view count, spat out a curse.

This was an irresistible reflex action.

The last time he checked, he was on the verge of 15 million, but in just a few days it had easily surpassed 20 million?

He seriously wondered if some bug had occurred.

‘The video of defeating Garion already has 200 million views… what about the other videos?’

When he hurriedly checked, all the videos had surpassed 40 million views, and every video with decent scale had broken through 100 million views.

At this rate, an enormous amount would drop into his bank account next month too.

That means….

Burst-!

“Mother! Little sister! I’ve become rich!!”

“Geez, what a shock. Why are you suddenly making such a fuss again right after waking up?”

As excited Dohyun rushed out to the living room shouting, Hyuna, who happened to be drinking water, was startled and spilled her cup on her face.

Behind Hyuna, who was frowning after getting splashed with water, mother Chae Misuk peeked her head out.

“What’s all this commotion about?”

“Ugh, I don’t know! Has oppa been like this for just a day or two? I just changed into these clothes, seriously….”

“Son, hurry up and apologize.”

“Hm? Oh, were you there? Sorry… No, this isn’t the time for that. Mother, hurry up and get ready. We’re going to the department store. No wait, if you haven’t eaten, let’s have beef first.”

“Hey, why did you stop apologizing! No, more than that, department store? Beef? Really? Why?”

“What is this kid saying all of a sudden after sleeping? Department store my foot, Dohyun, where do you have money?”

“Mother, your proud son has become filthy rich. Come on, so don’t worry and hurry up and get ready.”

“Oh my.”

Chae Misuk, who had been pushed along by Dohyun’s confident appearance, turned her head toward Hyuna.

It was a silent question asking if she knew what this was all about.

Hyuna, who had been tilting her head at that, suddenly stopped as if something occurred to her. It suddenly dawned on her that her brother was Kaiser.

And that Kaiser had become a hot topic by stopping a city-destroying scale Quest.

Although he was being talked about less now due to the New Continent update, the YouTube view counts that were already accumulated wouldn’t disappear.

‘…Could it be?’

And since Hyuna was a fan of Kaiser, she knew the YouTube view counts inside and out.

Since there wasn’t just one or two videos that broke through 100 million views, at a rough estimate, at minimum….

“Holy crap.”

Hyuna, who had been imagining the amount for a moment, started making a fuss.

“Mom!! This isn’t the time! Hurry up and get dressed, let’s go out! Tell him to buy everything that costs hundreds!”

“Child, why are you suddenly acting like this too, Hyuna?”

“Ah, hurry hurry! Oppa made a ton of money right now, so don’t worry.”

“Where did he make money?”

When Chae Misuk asked as if she couldn’t understand the sudden situation, Dohyun answered with a serious face.

“I made some money from the game this time. It’s quite a large amount, so don’t worry since there’s no burden.”

“See, that’s what I’m saying? You know that making big money in Godose means earning a huge amount, right mom? So hurry up and get ready.”

“I heard that Godose pays well… I’m not sure if this is really okay.”

“Oh, it’s fine. Hurry hurry!”

“Goodness, these kids really… Mom doesn’t know. Should I get ready?”

“Yes yes. You have to come out quickly!”

When Hyuna urged her even more, Chae Misuk finally went into her room as if reluctantly preparing.

However, the two saw it.

The subtle smile filled with contentment that settled around her lips and eyes.

Snap.

Nod.

Dohyun, whose eyes met hers at the same time, gave a thumbs up, and Hyuna nodded.

Having confirmed their tacit alliance like that, Dohyun spoke in a solemn voice as if addressing a general before a great undertaking.

“Little sister. I trust your eye for fashion. Your hundreds will depend on your eye, so do your best.”

“Kyaaah! Really? Awesome!! I’ll do my absolute best and pick out full sets.”

“Good! I trust you.”

“Your grace is overwhelming, dear brother.”

Dohyun chuckled seeing Hyuna muttering something about Valentino and Celine while excitedly heading into her room.

When his identity was first discovered, he had wondered how to handle this awkwardness.

Now the awkwardness had mostly dissolved, and it felt like he had gained a reliable ally instead.

Since Hyuna, who was more interested in fashion than his own terrible eye for style, would choose better gifts for mother.

‘Come to think of it, I don’t think I’ve ever bought her anything.’

If he had to say, maybe just beef?

‘I should take her along next time too.’

Of course, he was definitely planning to get help.

Dohyun’s face, which had been smiling, suddenly became serious.

‘Ah, what should I buy for myself? Should I get a Porsche? The Panamera was so pretty.’

He wasn’t particularly greedy about cars, but since 1 billion won had hit him at once, couldn’t he flex this much?

With such thoughts, Dohyun carefully searched for Porsche on YouTube.

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