The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 363

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Chapter 363

Part 2, Episode 29.

Dohyun stood tall and nodded his head.

“Come out.”

“….”

When no response came back, Dohyun frowned as if annoyed.

“I said come out.”

“…So the rumors were true.”

Perhaps they felt the certainty contained in his resolute tone.

From behind the numerous trees around them, players with massive builds emerged in droves.

“To think stealth really wouldn’t work on him.”

“Well this is something… There’s no point in spending all that money on stealth then.”

“Well, does that matter? We went into stealth to pick him off when there were no other players around anyway, and now he’s gone to a secluded place on his own – how perfect is that?”

The guys laughing vilely looked to be over twenty in number.

Their expressions and voices seemed not just confident but downright arrogant.

Dohyun let out a hollow laugh at how they were acting as if they’d already caught him.

“Don’t you guys have something called learning ability? You’re doing the same thing even after seeing your comrades get wrecked.”

The villains back in Demroc at least seemed to use their heads and try various approaches, but this… there was no sincerity, none at all.

“Berjhe would be better than this.”

The guys’ response to Dohyun’s sincere sarcasm was unanimous.

“Puhup!”

“Puhahahat! What is this bastard saying?”

“Oh my sides. Look at him putting on airs. Puheheheh.”

They burst into convulsive laughter.

-How dare you be so insolent… Who do you think you’re mocking!

-Rizariza!!

Even when Charlie, furious, roughly drew his sword, nothing would change.

The guys were too busy laughing as if even that sight was pathetic.

At this point, even Dohyun couldn’t understand it.

He’d caused that ruckus in the village, and even broke Demroc’s record by destroying the horn at the measurement ceremony, yet this was their reaction?

‘Do they have something they’re counting on?’

Otherwise, those guys’ reaction made no sense by any standard.

Fortunately, he could soon find out what they were counting on.

“Listen, Kaiser. I get that you were famous in Demroc. That you did well on the Main Continent too. You exceeded expectations when you caused that ruckus in the village.”

“….”

“But it would be troublesome if you put on such airs here too.”

Perhaps they looked down on him quite a bit, as the guys told him themselves.

Among them, the particularly large-built man at the very front strode forward.

“The guys you fought in the village were at most from Zone 4. They’re on a different level from us Zone 3 members, a different level.”

The Lawless Zone was a massive villain organization.

Perhaps he had the highest rank among those gathered, as when the large man continued speaking, no one interrupted.

They just watched from behind with vile laughter.

“Most importantly….”

The guy who had approached right up close was a full head taller than Dohyun.

Thanks to that, he had to lift his head all the way up to meet his eyes, and the guy who smirked at this continued speaking as if it was pathetic.

“That horn you broke at the measurement ceremony. That was a busted horn, wasn’t it?”

“?”

“I can’t stand watching you strut around thinking you’re really something, when you just broke a horn that was so busted even some Zone C trash could break it.”

“…?”

This was news to him.

The horn was busted? Zone C trash could break it?

He was staring quietly, wondering what all this meant, when the guy seemed to interpret it differently and his face became even more disgustingly sly.

“What, thought you wouldn’t get caught? Puheheh, you should have shown off in moderation then. Why did you have to act up in content that we could participate in?”

“Ah.”

Dohyun nodded.

Now he understood the situation.

‘The Horn of the Rupalos lost its function because I received a quest from Lupallo.’

And after that, a player who felt something was off tried experimenting, and the powerless horn broke pathetically.

Perhaps due to Lupallo’s will manifesting, unlike with Demroc, it didn’t even emit a golden light, so naturally those guys thought there had been an error.

“Ha. So that pathetic thing was what you were counting on?”

“…What?”

Perhaps he was momentarily flustered by Dohyun’s reaction of letting out a hollow laugh as if incredulous.

The guy’s expression hardened stiffly.

And Dohyun’s expression sank even colder than that.

Right. Everyone has a plan.

“Until they get beaten up. That’s my favorite saying.”

“What has this bastard been going on about…!”

“And I haven’t understood since earlier… Who told you to get this close? How fearless.”

“…?”

The moment the guy’s head tilted at the incomprehensible words.

Thwack-!

“Kuhek!”

At the sudden heavy impact transmitted to his knee, the guy’s leg buckled greatly.

Dohyun extended his arm at the naturally similar eye level,

Thwack!

Along with the feeling of getting slapped, his vision turned sideways.

His neck seemed to have turned sideways.

Before his pride could even be hurt, indiscriminate beating followed.

Thud! Thwack!

Thwack-thwack!

The hand technique that gave a thorough beating from top to bottom made him dizzy for just a moment.

Still, perhaps he had the experience of being a 12th Division captain of Zone 3.

Feeling a sense of crisis at his rapidly decreasing health, he hastily threw a punch with knuckles on, but,

Thwack!

Instead he took a counter and his vision flipped greatly.

Seeing that he was looking at the sky, he must have taken an uppercut to the jaw.

He was dazed for just a moment.

He quickly came to his senses and tried to put up his guard, but it was a step too late.

Like pounding meat for pork cutlets, relentless indiscriminate beating pummeled his entire body.

Whoosh- Thwack!

The moment he tried to counterattack even a little, a counter would land, so he didn’t have the confidence to drop his guard.

But if he maintained his guard, punches and kicks would land on the open spots like ghosts.

“Shit!”

Frustrated, he kicked off the ground and tried to tackle with a charge skill, but it was blocked by parrying disappointingly easily.

Thud! Thwack-thwack!

Instead, he only exposed more openings and got beaten even harder.

‘Th-this bastard, wasn’t he swordsman-based?’

Why the hell was he better at punching than himself, a martial artist?

For someone who had beaten others in real life but never been beaten like this anywhere, his pride was hurt beyond measure.

But this was only natural.

“Who said to give him distance?”

During the Demroc era, among the enemies who faced Dohyun and had considerable skill, there was one thing they all paid essential attention to.

Not giving Dohyun favorable distance.

Except for that guy Kukkudakkukku, it was the same for anyone.

‘Even the Sword Master did the same.’

Since he boldly made the choice that everyone else avoided, it was only natural that he got beaten up.

But he felt wronged.

“I’m a Martial Artist, so how could I not close the…”

He had only closed the distance because his class was Martial Artist.

But Dohyun wasn’t patient enough to listen to such grievances.

[Cheonbyeon (Thousand Changes) transforms into ‘Silver Iron Shield’.]

“…Hgurk!”

The moment he opened his mouth, he was hit by a shield that had been switched at some unknown moment and sent flying into the air.

[Cheonbyeon (Thousand Changes) transforms into ‘White Lion’s Snowflake Sword’.]

[Using Bairan Swordsmanship 4th Form, One Sword.]

And then came the fierce slash that followed.

Along with the illusion of being cut in two, Dohyun’s follow-up back kick sent his massive body flying.

Crash!

His body, which had been pathetically embedded in a tree without moving a finger, scattered like powder.

[You have killed Player ‘Deram’.]

[Player ‘Deram’ is confirmed as ‘Evil’. First strike penalty does not apply, and karma points do not increase.]

[Player ‘Deram’ is confirmed as an evil person with extreme karma points.]

He was dead.

“?”

“V-Vice Captain?”

“What is this…”

10 seconds.

That was how long the two had fought.

No, it would be more accurate to say it was the time spent getting one-sidedly beaten.

‘…This is impossible.’

‘The captain died without being able to do anything?’

‘We weren’t told he was this strong…!’

‘They said the measurement was an error, so how is this even…’

The second-in-command of Lawless Zone 3rd District 10th Unit, Vice Captain Deram.

He had been one-sidedly crushed by a newly initiated rookie without landing a single successful attack.

They say when people experience something too absurd, no words come out.

Whoosh-

Even though the Vice Captain had died, no one opened their mouth.

They just stood there dumbfounded with their mouths agape.

The forest became quiet as a mouse.

“Come in.”

“…”

What broke the cold silence was Dohyun’s low, sunken voice.

Why was it?

They were clearly the ones surrounding him, but when that man took one step forward, their bodies froze like hyenas facing a lion.

Flinch.

Those who instinctively stepped back realized.

‘…Ah.’

‘We’re screwed.’

That they had been seriously mistaken about something.

That they had just touched someone they shouldn’t have touched.

And when they realized it too late, it was truly too late.

[A mark is created.]

Dohyun’s figure disappeared, and the chilling sensation felt from behind was proof of that.

* * *

Rustle- Slash-

“Gurk!”

“Aaaaah!”

The battle was one-sided.

The moment the Vice Captain died pathetically, those who lost their will to fight were busy running away without any formation or strategy.

Dohyun simply had to chase after them one by one and kill them.

Rustle-

[You have killed Player ‘Barga’.]

[Player ‘Barga’ is confirmed as ‘Evil’. First strike penalty does not apply, and karma points do not increase.]

[Player ‘Barga’ is confirmed as an evil person with extreme karma points.]

One guy at a time.

Definitely cutting off their breath, then chasing and pouncing on the next fleeing guy.

“P-Please…!”

“This monster bastard!”

“Shit, get out of the way!”

This must be how herbivores feel when running from a starving beast.

Having become prey being hunted by a predator, they had no thought of fighting back.

Due to overwhelming fear, only the instinct to flee dominated their minds.

Not knowing that this was actually bringing them closer to death.

Rustle-

“Sixteen… three more to go.”

Thus, Dohyun was able to easily sweep them away.

But there are always those who are relatively level-headed everywhere.

‘Shit, damn it…!’

The man hiding behind a tree and trembling, Kayan, was one such person.

He could tell without even looking at the situation.

Slash- Rustle-

Aaaaah!

The sound of flesh being cut and his comrades’ screams that could be heard in real-time were getting closer.

Instead of rashly running away, he chose to hide.

As a result.

Whether he was lucky enough not to be spotted, or whether fleeing guys were being prioritized, he didn’t know, but fortunately he was still alive.

‘Just a cocky brat who barely managed to catch some Zone 4 trash? Just a beginner at best?’

Don’t talk nonsense.

How could that be considered beginner level?

At that level, even fighting the Commander would be…

No, he wouldn’t be outmatched even against the commanders of the upper units in Zone 3, not just the 10th Unit which was the lowest-ranked unit.

‘…It’ll be dangerous if he grows more.’

The most frightening thing was that this guy had nothing but days of getting stronger ahead of him.

Whatever the case, it was true that he was a newly initiated beginner who hadn’t even achieved transcendence yet.

He was already this monstrous, so what if he achieved transcendence?

‘…Crazy.’

Thinking about what kind of monster he would become when they met next time, he felt a chill run down his spine.

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