The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 336

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Chapter 336

Part 2, Episode 2.

“Son, thank you so much. Living this long, I get to experience days like this too.”

“Jackpot!! I got a bag!! Kyaaaah!! I have plans tomorrow, so I’ll carry it right away!”

“Hoho, I should make plans for tomorrow too.”

“Really? Then you absolutely have to coordinate with the outfit I picked out earlier, Mom. Got it?”

“This girl. Your mother gets compliments on her fashion sense wherever she goes too.”

“Hehe, I know. I take after Mom, so I have good taste.”

Seeing the bustling mother and daughter as soon as they returned home, Dohyun smiled.

Watching his mother pretending not to care while being happy, and his sister unable to contain her joy, made him feel proud for no reason.

Especially today, even Hyuna’s fussing looked cute to him.

‘She did help out a lot today.’

Perhaps because it was such a sudden flex.

Unlike Hyuna, who knew that Dohyun was Kaiser and had earned a lot of money, Chae Misuk’s reaction throughout their stay at the department store was consistent.

-Son, is this really okay?

-I’m scared, honey. Why are clothes so expensive? With this money, I could buy over 10 outfits at the neighborhood clothing store.

-Isn’t this Cha*el? This kind of thing doesn’t suit Mom.

Too expensive. Is this really okay?

What could be done with this money. This kind of thing doesn’t suit Mom…

No matter how much he said it was fine, she clearly felt burdened, and that’s when Hyuna actively supported him.

-Ah, Mom! Don’t worry. Do you think oppa would force himself to buy things when he doesn’t have money? And oppa really earned a ton of money. He probably made about 100 million won.

-What? 100 million? This girl is really lying. Mom knows that Godseeker makes good money, but how long has it been since your brother came back from the military to already earn that much?

-Oppa was a Demroc ranker. You know Godseeker is a sequel based on Demroc, right? Form is temporary, but class is eternal, you know? He has ways to earn money. And it’s not like he earned it all at once – he’s been saving up from before, so of course he’d earn that much, Mom.

Thanks to Hyuna’s active supporting fire, Chae Misuk, who was initially full of burden and worry, began to be tempted.

-…Really? Is that true, son?

-Huh? Oh, of course. I haven’t been spending it and kept saving up. Since things went well this time and I earned big, I’m buying for myself too, so don’t feel burdened.

-…If you say so, then alright. Still, it’s admirable that you’ve been saving money. You used to spend money carelessly as soon as you earned it, but did you mature after coming back from the military? Take this opportunity to stop spending money recklessly and open some savings accounts. You need to have money on hand.

-Ah, geez. Why are you bringing up old stories? Don’t worry and hurry up and pick out clothes first.

Thanks to Hyuna’s help, Chae Misuk was able to shop much more comfortably, and this was the result.

Thanks to that, he burned through well over ten million won, but it wasn’t regrettable at all.

It felt like the first time he properly played the role of a son and older brother.

Of course, it wasn’t just because of the sense of pride.

[Bank Balance: 1,003,051,200 won]

‘How is there no sign of the money being spent?’

The massive wall of 1 billion won still stood firm without budging.

Even spending an amount that would have made his hands tremble in the past had no impact whatsoever, like a mosquito bite.

At this rate, wouldn’t it be fine to seriously buy a Por*che without regret?

I heard the new Pan*mera that was recently released looks really sleek.

Dohyun chuckled as he continued his thoughts.

‘This is something I couldn’t have imagined when playing Demroc.’

Back then, hitting a monthly thousand was an incredible achievement.

Thinking about it that way, he really felt how influential Godseeker was as a game.

‘Come to think of it, I’m not even a high ranker.’

In terms of recognition, he was above that level, but strictly speaking in terms of ranking alone, Dohyun wasn’t even a ranker, let alone a high ranker.

If he was raking in this much money, how much was Demroc, the top star player, earning?

‘The talk about becoming the next-generation world tycoon isn’t just idle chatter.’

In fact, economic experts say it’s only because Godseeker’s history is just 2 years old.

Unless Godseeker suddenly shuts down, it’s really just a matter of time before Godseeker’s masters replace the tycoon positions.

A world where you can discuss becoming a global tycoon through a single game.

‘I used to lament why I played such a shitty game… Is this what they mean by patience leads to victory?’

In a way, it was because he burned his passion for that shitty game that he could reach this point.

But he wasn’t planning to be satisfied yet.

Money?

It’s good to have a lot.

No one in the world dislikes money, and that was the same for Dohyun.

That’s why he seriously started Demroc when it was number one at the time.

But if money was everything, Dohyun wouldn’t have held onto it until Demroc failed and was called a shitty game.

‘I need to see the end of the Main Quest.’

Until then, Dohyun had no intention of stopping.

This was an exciting thing that only Dohyun could do among over 1 billion players.

Setting everything else aside, there were still many unresolved plot threads, so he had to clear it out of curiosity alone.

‘Godseeker is a game influenced by Quests and player actions.’

Just thinking about what changes would occur when all Main Quests were completed, and what would be in that process, made him excited and thrilled.

And.

‘I’m supposed to be the number one in Demroc. Since I’ve started, I should at least reach number one.’

Whether he started late or not, he couldn’t tolerate losing and living with it.

He needed to catch up with his comrades who were far ahead, and settle the score with Demroc, whom he couldn’t face in Demroc, to feel satisfied.

In many ways, there was still a long way to go.

New Continent or whatever, he still hadn’t even reached max level.

“Level 98… Only 2 levels left now.”

Still, his level had gone up recently, so only two steps remained.

[The second secret dungeon of the Forest of the Divine Tree, called impregnable, ‘Abina’s Sanctuary’ has been conquered!]

[Only two players conquered it. Revealed to be the Empress and Sword Master, causing much buzz…]

[Armory Owner, Ast. First successful conquest of the 12-person Raid Boss ‘Badnarma’!]

[Execution Guild encounters the King of Cyclops ‘Gurwan’! The leading player Demroc, where is his limit?]

‘They’re really like fish in water.’

Dohyun chuckled briefly while looking at news of his comrades and Demroc’s activities plastered across various platforms on his smartphone screen.

Soon his eyes sharpened.

‘I can’t just leisurely stay put either.’

One month ahead.

He would reach max level within that time.

Whoosh-

[Connecting to God of Savior.]

Making that resolution as he entrusted his body to the capsule, his vision soon darkened, and the now-familiar new world unfolded.

* * *

Like a sports car racing down the autobahn, time flew by like an arrow.

The original goal of one month had long passed, and calculating from when the New Continent update occurred, three months had already gone by.

Three months.

This time, long if you considered it long and short if you considered it short, was at least sufficient time to adapt to the change called the great transformation.

The balance of power that had much confusion and change with the New Continent update.

The situation of exchange with different races.

The Empire’s situation and players’ perceptions, etc.

Many things had entered a stabilization phase.

-No, when will the last remaining spot in the top 10 guilds be filled?

-For real lololol At this point, shouldn’t it be the top 9 guilds?

-This is the first time something like this happened, and since it’s the last spot, the competition is too fierce.

-I heard the New Continent conquest is gradually entering a stagnation period, so the atmosphere is strange, but it seems like it’ll be decided soon?

Just one thing.

The last vacant position in the top 10 guilds still remained as is, but this wasn’t something that really resonated with players.

Whether it was top 10 guilds or top 9 guilds, from the players’ perspective, it was their own league.

Because there were plenty of other things to worry about.

The same was true for Dohyun.

[Player: Kaiser]

[Level: 99]

[HP: 16,650 / 18,910]

[MP: 7,960 / 10,860]

[Stamina: 1,930 / 3,120]

[Class: Last Adventurer 【Successor of Kashiyar】]

[Titles (26)]

-Max Favorability from the Start?

-First Slayer

…(Expand)

[Stats]

【Strength: 225(+302)】 【Agility: 225(+292)】

【Stamina: 5(+326)】 【Perception: 75(+285)】

【Magic Power: 165(+271)】

Remaining Points: 15

“Wow…”

From near the forest to its deepest parts.

In a place filled with traces of battle and monster blood, Dohyun looked at his status window and let out a sigh with a disgusted expression.

“It’s really not going up at all, damn it.”

It had already been a month since he hit level 99.

Even after a whole month had passed, Dohyun rubbed his forehead as he looked at his level that wouldn’t budge.

He had heard that going from 99 to 100 was harder than going from 90 to 99.

He also knew that on average, it took 3 months just to go from level 99 to 100.

But experiencing it firsthand was on a completely different level.

It didn’t matter how many monsters he killed or how many different types of monsters he hunted.

No matter what he killed, it barely went up, as if he had some kind of experience reduction debuff.

It felt like a level 50 player trying to level up by hunting monsters in a level 20 hunting ground?

It would be different if monsters had infinite respawn, but even respawning had limits, making it even harder.

‘The monster levels are around 90, right? How long will it take for a level 99 to level up by killing level 90 monsters?’

Seriously, wasn’t this just poor game design at this point?

Dohyun complained, wanting to dissect the developer’s brain, but soon shook off his anger.

In any game, reaching max level was a very symbolic achievement.

‘Of course it wouldn’t be easy.’

There were even PC games where only one player had ever reached max level, earning them a place in the hall of fame.

Demroc and Godose weren’t quite that extreme, but they were known as games where reaching max level was quite difficult.

By ranker standards, you’d need to invest at least a year to maybe reach it.

‘Has it already been over half a year since I started Godose?’

To be on the verge of max level in such a game after just half a year?

Anyone who heard that would laugh and tell him to stop lying.

So normally there would be no reason to be impatient… but the problem was the New Continent update happening at this exact timing.

‘Someone discovered a hidden piece, some guild cleared a secret dungeon and unlocked new raid content, the New Continent graduation rankings changed…’

All sorts of news kept coming in whenever he had free time, but he felt like he was just wasting his days.

Being a latecomer, it was natural to be behind.

There was no reason to be impatient about it now, and he had no intention of being so, but the complete lack of any sense of growth made Dohyun feel frustrated.

-Haah…

And beside such Dohyun, there was someone else letting out an equally frustrated sigh.

-…Owner. I understand about you, Owner, but why isn’t my level going up either?

It was Jihad, who was making a tearful face.

At that, Dohyun instinctively turned his gaze to their levels.

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