The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 368

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Chapter 368

Part 2, Episode 34.

Around the time Raihass disappeared from view.

-…He was a strong one.

Charlie, who had approached from the side, cautiously spoke up.

-Right, every time he swung that spear, enemies went flying like autumn leaves.

-Rizariza.

Then not only Jihad, but Eliza also bounced around as if she had seen it too, chiming in agreement.

Dohyun nodded his head as well.

“He was incredibly strong,”

The prowess Raihass had shown exceeded expectations.

The range and power of his spear techniques, and the wide area-of-effect magic.

While ordinary spear mages specialize in either magic or spear techniques with the other side lacking, Raihass had perfect balance in all aspects.

But what was most admirable lay elsewhere.

‘He offsets the weaknesses of spear techniques with magic, and the weaknesses of magic with spear techniques.’

Thanks to that, there were no gaps in Raihass’s combat.

A perfect hexagon type who could respond to any opponent,

It was the first time since the Sword Master that he’d seen someone with such perfect offense and defense.

He even possessed an overwhelming area-of-effect technique…

‘If I fought him now, I’d definitely lose.’

Dohyun hadn’t gone all out in this battle, but neither had Raihass.

Except for when he first created the tsunami, he hadn’t used any special skills or abilities.

He had simply responded with his spear’s options and excellent spear techniques.

Even so, the villains couldn’t handle that power and were swept away like autumn leaves.

‘So this is what the current Top 10 Guilds are like.’

He had known that many changes had occurred during the three months since the New Continent update, but seeing a strengthened Top 10 Guild Master directly like this made it really hit home.

At the same time, he felt anticipation.

‘How strong have the other Top 10 Guild Masters become?’

If Raihass, who had newly risen to the Top 10 Guilds, was at that level, then what about those who had firmly held their positions from before?

Just how strong had they become?

How about Japan’s Samurai Guild, Mikazuki, which had taken a vacant spot in the Top 10 Guilds along with Arc Guild?

‘Auntie must have gotten even stronger too, right?’

Since Auntie had been unmatched when it came to one-hit attacks even before, he was curious how much her one-hit attacks had evolved now.

Dohyun grinned as he recalled that welcome name.

Actually, he had planned to meet Auntie as soon as he entered the New Continent, but recently Auntie had gotten busy with work so he hadn’t been able to see her at all.

[Ast : Let’s meet soon.]

[Ast : Oh, you’ll be shocked when you see the new ability I got this time, so bring a diaper too.]

‘Soon…’

Dohyun chuckled as he looked at the recent messages they’d exchanged.

If Auntie was using the word “soon,” it meant her work was slowly coming to an end.

Seeing how excited she was, she had definitely obtained something amazing.

It wasn’t just Auntie.

[Training : I am melting enlightenment into my sword. I can see achievement, so I will contact you when training is finished.]

[Training : You can look forward to it, Kaiser.]

The Sword Master had recently gained deep enlightenment and was showing achievement,

[EyesNice : New Continent? Kid, you’re not a turtle, so why are you so late?]

[EyesNice : When did Ellanis even launch… wait. I’m coming. Still, we should meet after so long. I have something to show you too.]

[EyesNice : Ah, wait, let me just beat up these bastards first. Just because you’re a non-human race doesn’t mean everything’s okay? Acting cocky because you trust in your Divine Beast. Where do you get off glaring like tha…]

…Our Kukkudakkukku was picking fights as always.

Now he was even picking fights with non-human races, but considering that guy’s instincts, the opponent was probably a bad guy.

‘…Probably.’

Still, seeing that he had something to show meant he had obtained something new, right?

Dohyun, who had closed the messages exchanged with his comrades, gripped Heavenly Transformation.

‘I need to get stronger quickly.’

The Top 10 Guilds had already surpassed his level, and his comrades who had been ahead of him were also making progress.

The Lawless Zone he had gotten properly entangled with was a large-scale organization beyond Dohyun’s imagination.

Moreover, there was even the existence of the Ruling Ones that Raihass evaluated as that dangerous.

The Lawless Zone was by no means beneath the Top 10 Guilds.

Well, if it had been, the Top 10 Guilds wouldn’t have stood by and watched villains run rampant like that.

‘I’ll be meeting Auntie and the guys soon, so I can’t stay still like this.’

In many ways, he needed to grow as quickly as possible.

[The number of monsters has greatly decreased.]

[Spirits interested in the news that the forest has been greatly purified are flocking here.]

[From now on, more types of spirits will reveal themselves.]

[Intermediate spirits reveal themselves.]

[Time remaining : 01 : 43 : 12]

[Current purification points acquired : 4,710 points]

[Lower spirits are amazed by your spectacular combat.]

[Lower spirits are amazed by your spectacular combat.]

…

To do that, the first thing he needed to do was win the competition.

‘Fighting the villains wasn’t just a waste of time after all.’

The spirits were apparently impressed by this too, as his score had increased by over 200 points.

But perhaps because he had fought the villains for quite a while.

Other players’ scores had increased by even larger margins.

[Midpoint check begins.]

[Scores from 1st to 10th place will be revealed.]

[Score Rankings]

-1st place : 5,810

-2nd place : 5,760

-3rd place : 5,710

…

-9th place : 5,470

-10th place : 5,460

The player currently in 1st place had a whopping 5,810 points.

Meanwhile, Dohyun wasn’t even in the rankings.

Considering there were definitely tied scores among those, he needed to catch up to at least 20 or more people.

‘Time remaining is 1 hour 43 minutes…’

It was tight timing to close such a gap, but Dohyun raised the corners of his mouth.

[Eye of Truth activates.]

He could see them.

The small silhouettes of countless spirits hiding around him.

1 hour 43 minutes?

‘More than enough.’

No.

30 minutes would be sufficient.

* * *

It wasn’t the 30 minutes Dohyun had resolved, but around 40 minutes later, a bit more than that.

The players participating in the competition had become quite noisy.

[Score Rankings]

-1st Place: 9,999

-2nd Place: 7,280

-3rd Place: 7,240

….

-9th Place: 6,940

-10th Place: 6,930

“Crazy… what’s that 1st place score?”

“Who got a score like that?”

“Does that even make sense as a score? It’s not like they used hacks, but suddenly they shot up out of nowhere.”

“Isn’t it Raihass? I heard someone saw them going deep into Raihass Forest earlier.”

“Maybe? There are so many championship candidates I can’t tell.”

It was because of that overwhelming score of 9,999 points, which would be hard to achieve even on purpose.

The point gap with 2nd place alone was over 2,000 points.

Now most of the monsters had been hunted and were gone, with only the spirits’ request quests remaining…

“…It seems like it’s already over?”

“How do you catch up to that? The game’s just finished.”

“Even 2nd place can’t catch up to that in an hour. Let’s just casually do some spirit quests and go.”

“At this level, didn’t they find all the spirits in the forest and fulfill their requests?”

“Say something that makes sense. If that were possible, that would be hacking, wouldn’t it?”

“That’s true.”

Since there was virtually no hope, the players seemed to be giving up cleanly.

As a result, the players’ interests were divided into two things.

One was finding places where intermediate spirits who gave requests with good rewards were located.

And the other was who was the protagonist behind that overwhelming score.

Various opinions came out – Raihass, Villains, some Disciple of the Magic Tower, Promising Knight…

“Could it be Kaiser? He’s the first to break a horn since Demroc.”

“Wasn’t that a fluke? There were rumors that the horn was a bug. It was just green light, they said he got lucky.”

“You’re slow with news. He was going around beating up all the Villains with Raihass earlier. Would someone who got green light go around thrashing Villains like that?”

“Area A is completely empty now. All the assigned Villains are dead.”

“As expected, Kaiser – is he a god?”

“So is the horn a bug or not? It’s frustrating that the 1st place name isn’t showing.”

“What does it matter? We’ll find out in an hour anyway.”

Among them were stories about Kaiser, but there was nothing they could be certain about.

Meanwhile, as most players had lost motivation and the tournament atmosphere was becoming more like playtime.

[You have fulfilled the request of intermediate wind spirit ‘Serpi’.]

[You have fulfilled the request of intermediate earth spirit ‘Doomg’.]

[You have fulfilled the request of intermediate water spirit ‘Elin’.]

….

[You have surprised intermediate wind spirit ‘Cecil’.]

[You have surprised intermediate earth spirit ‘Gur’.]

….

“Yeah, sweet, so sweet.”

Dohyun, the culprit who made them lose motivation, was feeling the honey-like sweetness in the now quiet Area A.

-Kaiser, amazing.

-I’ve never seen a human like you! Even elves can’t find us this well, how did you do it?

-My request is to find something I lost! Can you help me?

-Wow! You already brought it back? Thank you so much!

Even intermediate spirits were only equivalent to teenagers in terms of age.

Moreover, spirits who symbolized purity had requests that were just asking to find lost items or visit places they were curious about.

Finding the spirits was the hard part, but once found, the quests themselves were easy.

For Dohyun with the Eye of Truth, it was practically free.

‘No one’s interfering either.’

There were no traces of remaining Villains, whether they were all gone.

Perhaps rumors had spread, as the occasional players he encountered would quietly avoid him, allowing him to focus even more comfortably on raising his score.

If this wasn’t honey, what was?

‘I wish all other quests were like this.’

As a result of having such conscience-bursting thoughts while fulfilling requests.

He was able to achieve 9,999 points in just 40 minutes,

-Kyaruru, thank you! Thanks to you I can meet my sister!

The moment he fulfilled the last lower spirit’s request.

[You have fulfilled the request of a lower earth spirit.]

[You have achieved 10,000 Purification Points.]

“Yeah, this is it. Clean and nice to look at.”

He was able to update the tournament’s first five-digit score.

Jihad, who had been shaking his head at Dohyun’s appearance – proud to the point where his nostrils were twitching – casually blurted out.

-Owner, aren’t you taking it too easy? You’ll get in trouble at this rate.

As always, Dohyun ignored him lightly, and the answer came from elsewhere.

-Rizariza?

Eliza felt puzzled by the unfamiliar words.

-Why would taking it easy cause trouble? Usually everyone cooks it, Eliza.

-Riza? Rizariza!

-No. Eliza, the feed and jerky you eat aren’t raw either. They’re dried.

-Riza!?

Whether she was shocked to learn a truth she didn’t know, Eliza looked horrified as if she had written “What?!”

Was it that sight that sparked mischief?

Jihad and Charlie said things like ‘to become a true adult, you must know how to take it easy’ and ‘raw meat has countless germs, so if you eat it before you’re ready, you’ll suffer and die.’

-R-Rizaaa…!

Seeing Eliza turning pale in real time, Dohyun flicked Jihad’s forehead.

-Keruk ke… Ack!

“Stop teasing her, man. You’re scaring her.”

-You always stayed still when I was being teased! And why don’t you hit Charlie? We teased her together. Owner only discriminates against me.

“…That’s true. Why does it feel more annoying when you do it?”

-Eek!

Hearing it, it wasn’t wrong, but it couldn’t be helped.

Listening to that despicable laughter somehow made him want to flick.

This wasn’t in the realm of control.

It was more like a natural phenomenon similar to a knee-jerk reflex.

It was while he was rationalizing like this.

Ding-

“Hm?”

A cheerful notification suddenly rang.

Breaking away from the comedy to check the message, Dohyun’s eyes widened greatly.

[You have gained the spirits’ favor by fulfilling many spirits’ requests.]

[You are the first to achieve 10,000 points.]

[You have met hidden conditions.]

[Superior spirit of nature ‘Periel’ is watching you.]

[Emergency Quest ‘Periel’s Wish’ may occur.]

“…Huh?”

It was a completely unexpected message.

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