The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 373

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Chapter 373

Part 2, Episode 39.

Finding the intruder’s location wasn’t difficult.

The moment he received the Quest and looked around.

[Eye of Truth activates.]

‘Traces?’

He could see strange traces left here and there.

It seemed like the Quest’s strategy was to collect those traces and use them as a basis to find the intruder’s location.

‘This makes it super easy.’

Though it was considerably high difficulty, for Dohyun who had the Eye of Truth, it was no different from chasing Hansel and Gretel who had dropped cookie crumbs.

No, it was actually easier.

Unlike cookie crumbs, he didn’t have to worry about these traces disappearing because bugs ate them.

[You have obtained a Strange Trace.]

[Eye of Truth activates.]

‘This time it’s to the right.’

How many times had he repeated this?

Kreheong-!

Puuk!

[You have defeated an elite monster of the Corrupted Spirit’s Land.]

[You have obtained a Strange Trace.]

[Eye of Truth activates.]

[You have obtained a Strange Trace.]

…

Had about 10 minutes passed since he had found every trace while dealing with monsters that charged at him without reading the room?

[Eye of Truth activates.]

[You have obtained a Concentrated Root of Corruption.]

“Huh?”

Dohyun paused at the suddenly appearing message.

Among the messages he had been casually skimming through, expecting them to be strange traces, he saw a familiar yet slightly different name.

‘Concentrated Root of Corruption?’

Not just a Root of Corruption, but a Concentrated Root of Corruption.

This thing that looked extraordinary at first glance wasn’t just special in name alone.

[You have obtained a very important Root of Corruption, enhancing the Quest reward.]

[You have obtained special information.]

[Take it to Periel and give her the Concentrated Root of Corruption.]

[It has been recorded in the Adventure Log.]

‘Huh?’

The Quest reward had actually been enhanced.

The reward that hadn’t budged even after beating dozens of elite monsters had been enhanced?

There was even a message specifically telling him to take it to Periel?

‘This is it.’

There was definitely something here.

The intruder was important, but the intruder wouldn’t run away immediately.

After all, the moment they left this place, Periel would welcome them.

‘…43 minutes remaining.’

Wouldn’t it be okay to do something else for about 20 minutes?

His contemplation was short, and his action was quick.

The moment the thought crossed his mind, Dohyun immediately turned his steps.

[You have obtained a Concentrated Root of Corruption.]

[You have obtained a very important Root of Corruption, enhancing the Quest reward.]

[You have obtained a Concentrated Root of Corruption.]

…

[You have obtained a very important Root of Corruption, enhancing the Quest reward.]

[You have obtained a large number of Concentrated Roots of Corruption, greatly enhancing the Quest reward.]

‘Ah, this is sweet…’

Thus, Dohyun was able to spend a very rewarding time with excited anticipation,

“Uaaaah!! Aaaaah!!!! What kind of roots are those, how dare! How dare a bastard like you…!!!”

-Wow… that’s the reaction of someone who’s lost everything, Owner?

-Rizariza.

-Hmm, it’s a bit hard to watch.

Though it didn’t seem that way for that guy.

When Dohyun shook the bundle of roots he had harvested, the sight of the intruder Ivark perfectly demonstrated what having different dreams meant – he looked worse than a people who had lost their country.

‘…How should I put it.’

The reaction of someone who had lost the dream they had devoted their life to.

That was actually correct.

Ivark had been waiting for years… no, decades for the moment when the Concentrated Roots of Corruption would bloom.

And it had been trampled by just one person, Dohyun.

“Never… I’ll never forgive this…”

No man could forgive someone who trampled on their dreams.

Ivark’s eyes blazed fiercely as he showed anger, having passed through denial in the five stages of grief.

The eyes of someone who had nothing left to lose, who wouldn’t be strange no matter what he did.

The third-stage compromise such a person reached was surprisingly rational.

“Since it’s come to this, I’ll kill you and replant the pulled roots. If you pulled the roots, you should have run away, but you came here to die voluntarily?”

“That’s not it though.”

“Keh, kehehe… Right, you think I’m easy too, don’t you? You must have tried to mock me… Just one apostle at best. Let’s see if you can still act like that even after death.”

He didn’t look like a rational person at all, but his conclusion was closest to the correct answer at this point.

It came from his burning desire for revenge and the thought that it was just one apostle and that apostle’s guardians.

“Hehehe… Can just three of you really face my legion?”

As Ivark extended his hand with a sinister laugh, an ominous energy flowed through his fingertips and filled the surrounding air.

The energy that settled low as if gravity was acting more heavily was absorbed into the ground.

Gugugu- Gugugu-

Jjeojjeok-

The ground shook, and a giant hand burst through the surface.

However…

-Good heavens…

-Ri, Riza.

-…It’s big.

Its size was strange.

A giant size boasting a height of easily 5m and a build comparable to its height.

That large frame was entirely made of stone.

“Golems?”

Moreover, there wasn’t just one of them.

Kugugugu- Gu-

More than seven golems successively broke through the ground and rose, filling this place.

Because their frames were so massive and crude, even though there were only seven, this wide cave felt cramped.

In terms of presence alone, it felt like seven boss monsters were standing there.

“For an apostle, you have good eyes. Yes, this is my golem legion. I can proudly say that I’m the only one who handles golems of this scale.”

The guy who had become completely triumphant had reason to show such pride while crossing his arms.

But he didn’t know.

-Oh, you’re also on the necromancer side? Kehem! I can’t lose either.

“?”

That he wasn’t the only one who commanded a legion.

That Dohyun’s party wasn’t three, but twenty-five when you really counted.

Swoosh-

As Jihad stretched out his hand with his characteristic vile smile, infinitely pure black mana filled the surrounding air.

And the Undead Legion revealed itself.

Clatter- Clack-

Grooooan- Groan-

An extraordinary robed skeleton, Suffering and the Outlaw Band.

And Ugeo’s size legion, growing ever larger, revealed themselves.

Perhaps because their total number reached twenty-two.

Compared to the crude golems, this side actually looked more imposing.

And it wasn’t just about presence.

Clatter.

Suffering glanced around at the golems, then slowly stretched out his hand as an old grimoire floated up.

And the moment Suffering gripped the grimoire, his red eyes flashed.

[Undead Weapon Creation has been used.]

[1st Legion Commander ‘Suffering’ uses exclusive weapon ‘Requiem’.]

[Contact with Requiem inflicts damage that ignores magic resistance and exposes targets to the underworld’s cold.]

—–!!

Pillars of darkness erupting from the ground covered the field of vision.

The pillars contained such terrible cold that just looking at them from afar was chilling.

And there wasn’t just one.

Crack- Crunch!

Rising randomly within a 6-meter radius, they instantly dyed this place with terrible cold.

The golems were helplessly struck without even a chance to dodge.

Being so large, they were hit directly just by standing there, and parts of their bodies began to crumble.

After some time passed and all the pillars disappeared…

[You have defeated Ibark’s Corrupted Rock Golem.]

[You have defeated Ibark’s Corrupted Rock Golem.]

[You have defeated Ibark’s Corrupted Rock Golem.]

…

[You have defeated Ibark’s Corrupted Rock Golem.]

All the golems had crumbled into piles of stone.

“…Huh?”

Ibark was stunned by the disaster that occurred in an instant.

Dohyun felt the same way.

“…What?”

He never expected that none other than Suffering’s Requiem would one-shot them all.

Considering the previous intruders were quite skilled and wielded the cheat weapon called Astra’s Arrow, this was an overwhelmingly different level of power.

‘Were those intruders on the strong side?’

…Or not?

Come to think of it, controlling seven golems of that size would be quite promising among golem masters.

It’s just that the opponent happened to be Suffering, who had area-of-effect magic resistance-ignoring attacks.

-…Ke, Kehem! You saw that, Owner? That’s me.

Clatter? Clatter.

-Hehe, a legion commander’s achievement is the lord’s achievement. It’s all thanks to my mana, isn’t it?

-Riza…?

Dohyun lightly ignored Jihad, who was similarly stunned but took this chance to show off, and gripped Cheonbyeon tightly.

Though the momentum was somewhat deflated, it was to finish things.

But just as he was about to approach.

Rumble rumble- Rumble-

A sound like the earth shaking was heard, then the crumbled stone piles began to rise.

The stones that floated into the air began shaping themselves, and in less than a few seconds, they took the form of golems.

[Ibark’s Corrupted Rock Golem regenerates.]

[Ibark’s Corrupted Rock Golem regenerates.]

…

[Ibark’s Corrupted Rock Golem regenerates to become more solid and heavy. They grow stronger with each regeneration.]

[Additionally, the number of golems increases with each regeneration.]

[Currently regenerated 1 time.]

-Kehehe! Kehe… Kek!? No way, does this make sense?

-Rizariza!?

-Good heavens.

They had returned not just regenerated, but even stronger.

Seeing the Guardians’ shock at this, Dohyun also let out a hollow laugh.

‘Ha, right. I thought it was too easy.’

For intruders in a Hidden Field entered at a high-level spirit’s request, a one-shot kill did seem strange.

They regenerate when destroyed, and grow stronger with each regeneration?

This could truly be called an immortal legion.

“Hehehe, I clearly said it. There’s no golem master as excellent as me. I was momentarily flustered since you were better than expected, but destroying my golems is actually doing me a favor.”

Ibark smiled wickedly and spoke triumphantly, spreading his arms wide.

“Now, what will you do! How will you survive against my immortal legion! Kuhuhahaha!”

His words weren’t mere bluster.

The message he’d seen earlier proved it too…

[Ibark’s Corrupted Rock Golem]

-Type: Golem

-Traits: Regeneration, Strengthening Body, Rock Body, Splitting Rock

-Description: A golem controlled by Ibark that can be called the essence containing all of Ibark’s knowledge.

Due to the traits he designed and imbued, they grow stronger with each regeneration, and during regeneration the rocks split to increase their numbers.

The information window floating above the golems proved this was true.

A situation where prolonging the fight would be disadvantageous.

Targeting Ibark would be most realistic, but he couldn’t have prepared no countermeasures.

Even now, sensing danger, four of the golems were protecting Ibark.

‘Besides that, he must have at least a few more defensive techniques.’

If he tried to catch Ibark by defeating the golems, they’d split endlessly.

It would be good to know what traits Ibark had, but strangely, unlike other bosses, no information window appeared for him.

Only the name Ibark floated above his head.

‘Is it because revealing his identity is the Quest?’

Whatever it was didn’t matter.

Grin.

He’d see soon enough anyway.

Perhaps Dohyun’s confident smile didn’t sit well with him.

The man’s voice came, lowered with displeasure.

“…Laughing? This isn’t the time to act leisurely, is it? If you’re putting on a bluff, you’d better stop. Bluffs only work when you consider your opponent…”

“Ha.”

But Dohyun lightly cut off his words and let out a hollow laugh as if amazed.

A bluff?

“Does this look like a bluff to you?”

There was no reason to put on such a thing anywhere.

Of course there wasn’t.

Because Dohyun already knew the answer.

[Eye of Truth is activated.]

[What is hidden inside Ivark’s Corrupted Rock Golem is revealed.]

‘Well then… shall I test the performance of the weapon I just obtained?’

Looking at the small red glowing dot inside the golem, Dohyun’s mouth curved into a long grin as he caressed Cheonbyeon.

With an excited heart, thinking about the weapon that would change.

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