The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 42

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Episode 42

Chapter 42.

[Black Goblin Shaman’s Spirit Orb]

[Grade: Hero]

[Description: An omnipotent orb containing the spirit of a Black Goblin Shaman.

It has excellent mana sensitivity and draws out the power of essence to enhance the power of magic or sorcery.]

[Level Restriction: 30]

[Equipment Restriction: Necromancer, Sorcerer, Mage classes]

[Magic Attack Power: 190~240]

[Durability: 100 / 100]

[Special Option: Skill Size + 10%]

[Special Option: Skill Duration + 10%]

[Black Goblin Shaman’s Robe]

[Grade: Hero]

[Description: A black robe worn by the Black Goblin Shaman.

It has facial recognition interference magic, making it useful for hiding one’s identity and helping with magical sensitivity.]

[Level Restriction: 30]

[Equipment Restriction: None]

[Magic Resistance: 40]

[Durability: 50 / 50]

[Special Option: When the robe’s hood is pulled up, facial recognition interference mode activates.]

[Special Option: Magic-related skill power +6%]

“Wow…!”

The first thing he checked was naturally the equipment items.

Befitting a Hero-grade dungeon, both items were Hero-grade equipment.

And they were even tradeable items!

‘The performance is incredible, as expected of Hero-grade weapons.’

Unlike Dohyun’s greatsword, these had two special options each.

And all those options were excellent.

Just the spirit orb’s skill size increase and duration increase alone were impressive.

One might think it’s only 10%, but 10% feels much more significant when experienced directly.

Just with Fireball alone, wouldn’t a larger one be easier to hit with than a smaller one?

Above all, the aura it gave off – the style factor – was different.

And…

‘It doesn’t say magic skills specifically.’

It said skill size and duration, not that magic or sorcery skill size increases.

What could this mean?

‘It can extend bleeding duration too.’

10% of 10 seconds would be 11 seconds.

One might say it’s just 1 second, but for bleeding that stacks, 1 second was by no means a small amount.

Also, if he received a 1-minute buff? He’d get a whopping 6 more seconds of effect.

He wasn’t sure exactly how the size increase would apply, but it would help, and there was no way it wouldn’t.

And what about the robe?

‘I never expected auxiliary equipment to drop.’

Like other games, Godseeker had the concept of auxiliary equipment.

If items like tops, bottoms, and belts were main equipment, then sub-feeling items like cloaks and gloves were auxiliary equipment.

Actually, he didn’t know why belts were main equipment, but that was how the setting worked.

And since such auxiliary equipment literally played a supporting role for items, their performance itself was rather poor.

Magic resistance was significantly low, and they didn’t even have the stat increases that equipment should have.

So why did people still wear auxiliary equipment?

There might be cosmetic purposes, but usually it was because of special options.

Special options that were invariably attached to Rare+ grade items or higher. The performance of those options was like rain in a drought for players.

Sometimes they were even more expensive than main equipment because of these options.

‘Usually only items usable at level 50 or above drop…’

He never expected to get one now when he hadn’t even left the First City of the Mainland yet.

Much less a Hero-grade auxiliary equipment.

‘The options are a bit ambiguous… but they shouldn’t be bad.’

If there was a flaw, it was that it seemed like equipment only mages would wear, but for Dohyun who was an all-master, it wasn’t bad.

The facial recognition interference wouldn’t hurt to have, and he might obtain magic skills later too.

Auxiliary equipment was something you couldn’t wear because you didn’t have any, so there was no reason to complain.

‘Weapon Master, what exactly is this thing?’

He had forgotten about it because it was overshadowed by Eye of Truth, but Weapon Master was also performing at a level that made him say it was overpowered.

If Demroc had this kind of trait system, wouldn’t he not have suffered so much back then?

Thinking that made his stomach hurt for no reason, but he soon shook his head.

‘It would be shameless of me to say such things.’

Thanks to that, he was now thoroughly enjoying the benefits he couldn’t enjoy back then.

Thanks to that, he found this dungeon and obtained these generous rewards, didn’t he?

Since it required level 30 and he couldn’t equip it yet, Dohyun put it in his inventory and turned his attention to the next item.

And he couldn’t help but express confusion.

[Trace of the Forgotten Clan]

[Grade: ??]

[Description: A trace of the Forgotten Clan. It’s unknown what this is or what it’s used for.]

‘What is this?’

This was the first time he’d seen a grade marked as ‘??’.

No, if he had to be precise, he had seen it during his Demroc days.

However, then and now were different in nature.

‘Unidentified items usually appear like this…’

In Demroc, ‘??’ grade literally meant items that hadn’t been identified yet.

But this clearly looked like a material item no matter how he looked at it.

Were there cases where material items were unidentified items? Something that couldn’t even be appraised being a material item…

It was full of questions in many ways, but there was something he could sense.

‘Is it related to the Black Clan?’

This dungeon’s boss, Jihad Black.

It definitely seemed to have some connection to his clan.

His curiosity was piqued, but Dohyun put it in his inventory without much attachment.

‘I’ll find out someday.’

There was no way to know anyway even if he worried about it now.

There was no need to agonize over something that couldn’t be solved.

[Remaining Play Time 00 : 18 : 26]

‘Less than 20 minutes left already… I should just check the rewards and log off.’

This was especially true in the current situation where there wasn’t much time left.

Still, it was more than enough time to check the remaining rewards.

Now it was time to check the final, anticipated reward.

‘It was a card, right?’

The game called Godseeker really loved cards.

Skill packs were cards, magic enchantment scrolls were cards, and defeated boss monsters recorded in the Book of Adventures were also recorded in card form.

‘If it’s a monster card, well… it would be something like a magic enchantment scroll.’

Among them, monster cards were usually used for magic enchantment or magic materials.

The grade of magic bestowed or the rarity of materials varied depending on how rare the card was.

Legendary boss cards could cost millions of won per card, so it wasn’t called the diamond of the mining world for nothing.

For miners who pick up and sell miscellaneous items, there couldn’t be a better piece of junk than this.

‘Since it’s a Hero-grade Named Boss, if I’m lucky, I might get 200-300?’

In that regard, Dohyun had his own expectations.

Just one monster card would fetch at least 200.

Since he couldn’t even enchant yet, he planned to sell it and make some money.

Since he hadn’t disposed of any items yet, this would essentially be the first item Dohyun would actually earn money from in Godseeker.

‘Great, today it’s beef.’

The moment he checked the reward with such anticipation.

[Jihad Black Card]

[Grade: Hero]

[Description: A card containing the soul of Jihad Black, master of the secret dungeon Black Goblin Sorcerer’s Hideout. When used, it summons a guardian and the card disappears.]

“Huh?”

Dohyun hesitated.

He had no choice.

“…Guardian?”

It was an identity he had never imagined.

This was the moment when a guardian first came to Dohyun.

* * *

Guardian. Translated into Korean, it means protector.

True to the meaning of that word, guardians in Godseeker also played the role of protecting players.

This was commonly seen with salamanders that fire-type mages carried around or golems that alchemists favored.

Usually, those with weak bodies would employ them to compensate for their weaknesses.

Thinking about it that way, all ranged players or supporters should rightfully employ guardians, but the reality was the opposite.

“Guardian? It’s not bad, but… it’s disappointing in many ways.”

“That money-eating hippo? I’d rather buy one more item than raise that thing.”

“It’s hard to find a proper guardian, and even if you do, it’s hard to raise… if only they’d listen well. Ugh, raising one is just a bundle of stress, I tell you?”

The concept of guardians itself was good.

However, the problem was that their practicality was too low.

Finding a useful guardian was like plucking stars from the sky, and the money required was absurdly high, making it the epitome of inefficiency.

There were many complaints about various aspects, but setting all that aside, there was one decisive reason.

“What would you even use something like a salamander or golem for after raising it?”

They were just too weak.

There were only a few types of officially obtainable guardians, and while they were useful in the early stages, they couldn’t even properly serve as meat shields in the late game.

Moreover, since there were only a few types, their strategies were too well-known.

So would guardians become stronger if you equipped them with items and diligently trained their guardian skills?

“Yeah… they do get stronger… by a tiny bit.”

“Damn it, even if you spend tens of millions tuning it, it’s still trash. What, does it become a Benz?”

While it was better than not doing anything, guardians had clear limits no matter what.

Of course, not all guardians were like that.

“You’d need to be at least like Cheonoechen’s Pegasus to be called a guardian.”

“Wow… and what about the Empress’s Void? Really freaking cool.”

Occasionally, there were such guardians.

The moment your eyes met them, they boasted such coolness and performance that made you gasp involuntarily.

Unlike guardians that ordinary players chose, these were called divine beasts… or sacred creatures, as the guardians directly chose the players.

Due to their extreme rarity, the chances of getting them as guardians were slimmer than winning the lottery.

“Purple old man’s Yongyong and Hosik were like that too.”

The ones Purple Taste carried around during the Demroc era were like that too.

True to being an old man who was the crystallization of capital and effort, he put considerable grinding into guardians as well, and eventually succeeded in carrying around amazing ones.

Their power was impressive, but their appearance was so cool that he had secretly envied them…

“Right, that’s how it was… they were all cool without exception.”

As was typical of the divine beast clan, their coolness was extraordinary.

And that wasn’t all?

Unlike guardians that could only communicate through simple gestures, divine beasts could share deep communion with their masters.

For Dohyun, who had never been chosen by such divine beasts due to his terrible luck, they were just pie in the sky.

And now, that pie in the sky was placed before Dohyun for the first time.

[Guardian Window]

[Owned Guardians]

-Jihad Black

Kirik…? Kiririk…

“…”

Skin blacker than a black cat.

The characteristic vile face and small body of a goblin, fully revealed with his robe removed.

As he stared intently at Jihad Black, who was making the unpleasant sounds typical of goblins while looking around with a dazed expression, their eyes met and the creature jumped back in surprise.

-What, where is this place… Gasp! You, why are you!?

“…”

-You demon-like human! I don’t know what sorcery you used, but you won’t leave me in peace even in death! Fine! Though I couldn’t use my true power back then, now it’s different. I’ll awaken this forbidden power dwelling within my body… Huh? What, what is this? Why can’t I feel anything!?

Watching Jihad Black rambling to himself, going from fear to anger to despair, then crying out that this couldn’t be happening, Dohyun seriously pondered.

‘This thing is a divine beast…?’

Whether it was really okay to call that thing a divine beast.

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