The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 46

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Episode 46

Chapter 46.

The next day.

Dohyun, who diligently woke up early today as well, finished his morning jog and simple meal before immediately heading to the capsule.

This was when his day truly began.

Just like yesterday, he was excited about playing Godseeker, but today his expression was somehow strange.

He seemed slightly dazed. It was understandable given how shocking it had been.

‘I never knew Godseeker could make that much money…’

He knew it would be profitable since it was the most popular game in history.

But 1 billion won?

A monthly income of 1 billion won meant an annual salary approaching 12 billion won.

Even after taxes and other deductions, nearly 10 billion would remain.

He’d heard there were Top 10 Guild Masters who earned even more than Demroc, so how much were they making?

‘YouTube and broadcasting make up a large portion of the income, right?’

Shooting commercials, appearing on broadcasts, and such.

Since guilds in Godseeker were close to business entities, Top 10 guilds would be at the level of major corporations.

Considering various revenue streams, even the 1 billion figure might honestly be a lie.

‘It’s really become an era where you can get rich through games.’

Another world, one that had devoured the globe.

He’d always heard such grand descriptions, but hearing the actual amounts made it finally feel real.

The world he’d always dreamed of had arrived, yet he’d spent this golden period in the military…

Everyone goes to the military, and it’s about defending the country, but he couldn’t help feeling bitter about it.

Still, it was fine.

‘I’m late, but it’s not like I can’t do it.’

Mountain climbing was the same.

People who never reach the summit and come down never get to see the view from the top.

He’d already reached 1st place once, so why couldn’t he do it a second time?

And Dohyun had six whole traits, plus he’d drawn a unique god.

There was even a unique trait among them.

‘Let me reach the top once more.’

Monthly 1 billion won?

No, since he was setting a goal anyway, he planned to dream of monthly 10 billion won.

It was just a dream for now, but it was better to set big goals.

With that in mind, he’d done some simple research on YouTube, which would be the first step toward that monthly 10 billion won.

-Broadcasting? You just record it. The accessibility is easy. If you want high quality, you need editing and investment… but that’s really for people who want to do it professionally.

-Just in case, you’re not getting carried away, are you? No matter how much money people make, not just anyone becomes famous, so don’t expect too much, okay?

…He’d learned more from Hyuna than from his own research.

To make excuses, there wasn’t much more to look into beyond that.

He didn’t have money to hire an editor, and even after looking into how to do it, it wasn’t something that could be done overnight.

Still, he’d roughly figured out the direction.

-Content? Hmm… well, everyone does various things. Something you can do without connections? Just raid videos and such? If the content is good, people watch even low-level zone stuff.

Skill-based videos.

This was the field Dohyun was most confident in. Actually, more than confidence, it was because this was all he had.

Creating entertaining content required connections, but Dohyun had no connections and no confidence in creating such content.

‘Let me at least record something for now.’

If he recorded it, wouldn’t there be a use for it someday?

He planned to record whenever he had the chance.

After all, once he climbed the rankings later, even ordinary hunting videos would have increased value.

‘It would have been nice if I’d recorded some videos before running the dungeon…’

That was a bit regrettable, but thinking about it, maybe it was better that he hadn’t.

Then it would have been difficult to bring Jihad along.

For now, he planned to think about it slowly.

Right now, more than that…

[Loyalty decreases by -2.]

[Loyalty increases by +2.]

[Loyalty increases by +1.]

[Loyalty increases by +1.]

“…What the hell happened to this guy?”

Upon connecting to Godseeker, Dohyun couldn’t hide his bewilderment at the message log that greeted him.

He had simply logged out of the game and logged back in, so what were these mood swings about?

From the circumstances, it seemed 2 points dropped right after logging out, then 4 points increased in the Guardian Room… The decrease made sense given that guy’s personality.

What puzzled Dohyun was that it had increased again.

‘Why did it go up so much?’

Come to think of it, he’d heard that Guardian Rooms were designed as spaces where guardians could feel at ease.

A system that gave some breathing room to players struggling with loyalty management.

It seemed to be the same case for Jihad.

Well, according to the setting, he’d been hiding underground for hundreds of years, so what wouldn’t be good to him?

‘But why was this guy hiding anyway?’

Between his bloodline and other things, he was full of mysteries.

Well, either way, thanks to this he could breathe easier.

[Loyalty: 20 / 100]

Thanks to this, he’d reached his target of 20, and the warnings about being careful or getting backstabbed had disappeared too.

-Oh, you’re here? Master.

Just then, Jihad Black approached while reading the mood.

It seemed he’d been summoned from the Guardian Room when Dohyun logged in.

His drowsy, dazed appearance was exactly like a shut-in who’d been hastily roused from sleep.

He must have slept quite well.

After staring at the guy for a moment, Dohyun spoke bluntly.

“Your speech is getting casual?”

-No, Master.

“Well, whatever. Just call me however you’re comfortable.”

-…Is that really okay?

Instead of answering, Dohyun roughly nodded his head.

-…Then, Master.

“Yeah.”

Whether he was pleased that he didn’t have to say “Master-nim,” Jihad Black’s complexion brightened instantly.

Then, belatedly reading the mood and managing his expression, Dohyun chuckled at the sight.

‘This much should be fine.’

As long as he didn’t use terms like “hey,” “you,” or “human,” what would it matter?

You couldn’t just use the stick all the time.

And hearing that guy’s awkward formal speech was more uncomfortable, and as long as he wasn’t too insolent, casual speech was more comfortable.

His loyalty had already exceeded 20 anyway, and he could periodically educate him not to get too cocky.

Of course, if loyalty dropped, he might change his mind.

-So where are you thinking of going now…?

At his cautious question while reading the mood, Dohyun grinned.

That was obvious.

“We need to go collect the reward.”

The reward for the chain quest ‘Dungeon Conquest.’

It was time to collect the low-grade skill draw ticket that would be eagerly waiting for him.

* * *

[You have cleared the linked Quest ‘Dungeon Conquest’.]

[You receive 10 gold, a certain amount of experience, and a Low-Grade Skill Draw Ticket as rewards.]

‘Finally got it.’

Dohyun clenched his fist at the long-awaited skill draw ticket.

It might just be a low-grade skill draw ticket, but this was a time when even a single skill was precious.

Even Charge Slash… no, even the basic skill Power Strike was being put to good use.

‘My level didn’t go up.’

Now that there were no more quests, it would have been nice if his level had gone up at just the right moment, but that was somewhat disappointing.

Looking at this, he could really feel how the experience pool grew larger as levels increased.

Up to level 20, clearing one quest would raise his level.

“You’ve worked hard. With this, the monsters won’t dare look down on our Raven. Hehe.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Meeting such an excellent hunter is also fate, so why don’t you come in for some tea?”

“No, I have work piling up, so I’ll just accept the sentiment.”

“As expected, my eye for people wasn’t wrong! You just completed work but you’re already going to do more work!”

Ding-.

[The effect of the title ‘Max Favorability from the Start?’ activates. Favorability increases even more.]

[Zrinna’s favorability is very high.]

He appropriately responded to the still talkative Zrinna’s words while preparing to leave.

The moment he sat down in a chair, she would eat up an hour just with chatter.

‘That can’t happen.’

As mentioned before, Dohyun was a true gamer for whom even 10 hours wasn’t enough.

When he needed to figure out ways to use his time efficiently, he had no intention whatsoever of wasting precious time like that.

So he was about to hurriedly leave the house when.

“But who’s that next to you? Yesterday you seemed to be alone… Is it a newly found party member?”

“…Yes, well.”

Dohyun glanced to the side and nodded.

Then Zrinna, stroking her white beard as if interested, let out a small exclamation of admiration.

“They look young but must be a very talented mage. Hehe.”

“Kirik!”

“Huh? Kirik?”

“Ah, my party member has rhinitis. Their nose must be blocked. I have work to do, so I’ll be going now. Take care.”

“Hmm? Very well then.”

Dohyun cut off the conversation, opened the door, came out, and sighed.

Then he glanced sideways.

“Want to die?”

-Sorry, master. That human seemed to know something, so without realizing it…

“Let’s be careful.”

-…I’m sorry.

Looking at Jihad who was cowering like a scolded child while avoiding his eyes, Dohyun sighed and looked around.

Even though a goblin was walking around the village, which should make people stare, no one was paying much attention.

Occasionally someone would look and pass by, but they didn’t seem particularly concerned.

‘The effect seems to be working well.’

This was all thanks to the robe that Jihad Black was currently wearing.

The Black Goblin Shaman’s Robe, auxiliary equipment obtained from defeating him, had facial recognition interference magic activated on it.

The option was good, but the robe itself also had a big effect.

Since it covered his entire body, no matter how small he was, people would think he was human rather than a goblin.

‘I dropped it but he’s wearing it.’

When he thought about it, it was funny.

It was like he had taken what that guy was originally wearing, obtained it by defeating him, then given it back.

It wasn’t even giving and taking back, what was this supposed to be.

Kirik, kirik!

Thanks to that, only Jihad, who had gotten his clothes back, was excited.

Dohyun frowned, finding it annoying for no reason.

“Be quiet.”

Kirik…

Then Jihad Black became dejected and covered his mouth with both hands.

While it was somewhat spiteful, this wasn’t just simple venting.

No matter how much recognition interference magic was applied, there was nothing that could be done about the goblin’s characteristic sounds.

If such a small guy walked around making goblin sounds, wouldn’t that be suspicious?

‘I’ll have to keep this guy wearing it for a while.’

It was regrettable, but since it was clothing he couldn’t wear due to level restrictions anyway, it didn’t matter.

He didn’t have any magic skills yet anyway…

‘I don’t need to bother getting equipment for that guy either, so it’s killing two birds with one stone.’

Actually, by the same principle, Jihad shouldn’t have been able to wear that robe either, but when he tried putting it on him just in case before going to the village, it worked.

[Judged as Black Clan.]

[The creator’s power is imbued, removing wearing restrictions for the original owner only.]

Not only the robe, but even the Spirit Orb could be equipped.

He couldn’t help but wonder what kind of clan that guy’s clan was, but since it was leftover items anyway, thinking of it as saving on equipment costs wasn’t bad.

-But where are we going, master?

“Wait.”

-Didn’t you say we had to quickly do card-kang? or something?

Jihad Black tilted his head as if puzzled.

When was it that he was singing the card-kang song while going, but now that he had obtained it, why wasn’t he opening it right away and just wandering around the village?

“There are player-only circumstances you don’t understand.”

-…?

He still seemed curious, but Jihad Black shut his mouth, thinking he might get hit if he asked.

Regardless, Dohyun didn’t have time to care.

‘It was somewhere around here…’

The place he had definitely seen on the community was around this area.

After walking for a few minutes while opening the post again to check the information, Dohyun finally arrived at his destination and grinned.

Bustling-.

This place was an alley.

It was just an ordinary back alley with no shops whatsoever, but for some reason, people were crowded here.

And all those people were looking at empty air, experiencing joy and sorrow.

“Damn! It didn’t come out!”

“Geez, how does a normal skill come out of a random draw ticket!? Who said this was a lucky spot!”

“Yes, Hero grade!! Hallelujah!! Thank you, Lord Rene!”

“Rare grade nice! Is this the energy of a lucky spot…? Holy shit.”

A place where some cried and some laughed.

A card-opening hotspot that every city had at least one of, that was the true identity of this ‘Irad Back Alley’.

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