The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 51

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Episode 51

Chapter 51.

-Does this even make sense…?

Jihad couldn’t believe the scene unfolding before his eyes.

Kraaah!

[You have successfully parried!]

[The attack is deflected.]

The sight of completely avoiding or deflecting all of the enraged Karuk’s attacks while dominating him was an utterly unfamiliar spectacle.

As if he knew in advance what attacks were coming, reactions emerged without even an inch of error.

He didn’t even seem to be moving particularly fast, yet every attack was being blocked.

Scrape- Thud!

And the skill to thrust attacks into every opening that appeared.

Kuuurrr!

[Hidden Field Boss ‘Karuk the Goblin Warlord’ uses ‘Merciless Strike’.]

The enraged Karuk seized a gap without parrying to deliver his full power strike to Dohyun who was cornered against the wall, but that was exactly what Dohyun had been aiming for.

Tap, whoosh-.

The moment the axe was about to split his skull, he briefly stepped on the wall to use the momentum and quickly rolled away to dodge.

[Using Charge Slash.]

Then, as soon as one foot landed, he used Charge Slash diagonally backward to position himself in Karuk’s blind spot.

In an instant, their positions had completely reversed. From a disadvantageous position to an advantageous one.

Thunk! Thud thud thud!

Then he immediately thrust his greatsword into the side and followed with a barrage of punches.

Vicious impact sounds echoed throughout the habitat.

-Ugh, yeah. That’s what happened to me.

Jihad frowned as if he couldn’t bear to watch the scene.

Seeing what he had experienced from a third-person perspective like this was unbearably pitiful. At the same time, he felt relieved.

-No wonder I got beaten….

Looking at it now, hadn’t it been designed so that defeat was inevitable?

Using parrying and distinctive movements to enrage the opponent while deliberately getting cornered against the wall, inducing them to use their ultimate skill, then moving behind for a counter.

It was a design that drew out the opponent’s ultimate skill while delivering the most powerful strike simultaneously.

When he was being beaten, he didn’t understand why, but watching from afar like this, he understood everything step by step.

The only difference was that unlike when fighting him, Dohyun didn’t suddenly disappear but directly rolled to execute the move, but the principle was exactly the same.

-…Is that really human?

He’s my master, but honestly, I have my doubts.

Not only deflecting and avoiding every attack without allowing a single clean hit, but how could a human be so good at exploiting an opponent’s psychology?

At this moment, Jihad sincerely thought.

-I did well not to resist anymore….

If he had stubbornly resisted out of pride and gritted his teeth in defiance?

Wouldn’t he have ended up looking like that Karuk?

…Thinking about it sent chills down his entire body.

From now on, he should obey without resistance when given orders, pick up items well, and the thought began to bloom.

[Loyalty increases by +2.]

‘Huh? Suddenly?’

Without doing anything, suddenly?

Dohyun was momentarily startled by the message that loyalty had suddenly increased during combat, but his movements remained sharp as a blade.

Whoosh- Crack!

Even while flustered, he dodged the double-bladed axe, then stepped on the axe stuck in the ground to make Karuk bend over before delivering a soccer kick.

After creating some distance, Dohyun pulled out the ‘Honest Axe God’s Iron Axe’ from his inventory and threw it.

Whoosh-.

Being a Hidden Field boss, Karuk easily tilted his head back to dodge.

But that was just a decoy.

Thunk!

[‘Assassin’s Dagger’ effect activates. Karuk the Goblin Warlord is afflicted with status ailment ‘Bleeding’.]

[Bleeding skill activates.]

He had thrown the Assassin’s Dagger at the heart while Karuk was stopped to dodge.

Luckily the option triggered, causing stacking bleeding damage. As HP steadily drained away, Karuk let out a shriek,

[Hidden Field Boss ‘Karuk the Goblin Warlord’s HP has reached 30%.]

[Trait ‘Warlord’ manifests.]

[Karuk the Goblin Warlord enters combat continuation state.]

Phase 2 had begun.

-Warlord! Be care… no. He’ll handle it fine on his own, yeah.

Jihad, who had been urgently shouting, stopped mid-sentence and nodded.

Warlord trait?

It was dangerous, true.

Combat continuation, which could be seen as a superior version of the Warrior’s rage, didn’t debuff the opponent but had a much greater stat increase.

Most importantly, it had the overpowered effect of eliminating pain sensation, so there would be no more openings created by pain.

[Due to Berserker trait, Karuk’s physical abilities increase.]

[Due to Physical Enhancement trait, physical abilities are strengthened.]

And that wasn’t all.

Berserker that grew stronger as health decreased, plus Physical Enhancement trait.

It was truly a combination of brute traits that grew more powerful as death approached, but what did any of that matter?

Whoosh- Swish-.

Kraaaah!

-Of course.

No matter how fast and powerful he became, if the attacks didn’t connect.

The openings from pain disappeared?

The openings revealed when posture collapsed during attacks had nothing to do with pain.

Thunk-!

[Bleeding activates.]

Thus Karuk was slowly but surely being hunted by Dohyun.

It was when Karuk faced imminent death that he realized Dohyun wasn’t simply an annoying fly, but a predator.

[Hidden Field Boss ‘Karuk the Goblin Warlord’s HP is below 5%.]

[Karuk the Goblin Warlord is afflicted with status ailment ‘Bleeding’.]

The sensation of blood gradually draining and his body growing cold and stiff was spreading throughout his entire body.

Facing cold death, Karuk realized.

Gurgle….

That from the beginning, he had been nothing more than prey.

Just as prey had always struggled desperately before him, not wanting to die, he too was doing the same.

Feeling his body no longer move, Karuk closed his eyes while still standing.

* * *

[You have defeated Hidden Field Boss ‘Karuk the Goblin Warlord’.]

[First defeat of the boss in Hidden Field ‘Habitat of the Warriors’ amplifies rewards.]

[The essence orb of Hidden Field ‘Habitat of the Warriors’ field boss ‘Karuk the Goblin Warlord’ appears.]

[Recorded in the Book of Adventures.]

[Utilizing the sword to its limits has greatly increased swordsmanship proficiency.]

[Swordsmanship proficiency has reached LV12.]

[Sword-related attack damage increase is now 11%.]

[Level increased.]

[Graduation level achieved. Graduation Quest generated.]

[The continent’s trial….]

[Recording ended.]

“Whoa…”

Dohyun stuck out his tongue at the dizzying parade of messages that floated up.

But despite that reaction, a smile bloomed on his face.

‘Level up and even swordsmanship proficiency!’

These were things that couldn’t be helped.

He had achieved his target level and even raised his swordsmanship proficiency that had been slow to improve.

There had been rumors that learning kendo made swordsmanship rise faster, and this was the moment that proved to be true.

He had utilized parrying to the extreme to gain greater proficiency experience.

[Guardian Jihad Black’s level has increased.]

[Jihad Black]

[Title: Hero-grade Named Guardian]

[Type: Goblin]

[Level: LV6]

[Loyalty: 23 / 100]

[Traits: Bloodline Factor, Curse Sorcerer, Necromancer, Quick Hands]

[Guardian Traits: Strong-Weak-Weak-Strong, Opportunist]

[Description: Survivor of a fallen clan.

Jihad, who carries excellent bloodline, is a goblin who has lived for hundreds of years. But now he has become a human’s guardian and lives accordingly.]

[Most abilities are sealed due to current low level.]

[Available Skills: 1]

-Undead Creation

It wasn’t just Dohyun’s level that had risen, but Jihad’s level had increased too.

It had risen little by little while hunting, but coming to this Hidden Field had caused it to explosively increase to reach level 6.

One might ask why it was only level 6, but originally guardians leveled up slowly.

‘Guardian max level was said to be 70.’

Unlike players whose maximum level was 100, guardians maxed out at 70.

The experience requirements had to be much higher.

This was also why guardians were treated like trash, but in the case of divine beasts, even at level 70 they showed growth comparable to level 100 players, so they weren’t called overpowered for nothing.

‘He didn’t even kill it directly, but this much is explosive leveling.’

For unknown reasons, his loyalty had also increased to 23.

Now it could be considered as definitely entering the stable zone. Dohyun, who had finished with Jihad’s matters, shifted his gaze to the essence orb.

‘They said equipment definitely drops, right?’

The reward from defeating Jihad had returned to Jihad’s possession, which was secretly disappointing.

Since it was a melee-type boss, wouldn’t some useful reward come out this time?

With such anticipation, he wanted to harvest the essence orb immediately, but it wasn’t time yet.

[Linked Quest ‘Great Warrior’s Trial’ has been completed.]

[Emergency Quest ‘Warriors’ Trial’ has been completed.]

[Reviewing test results.]

[You have transcended the completion conditions of the original trial ‘Blood Battle’. Having completed all trials with ridiculous results, rewards are greatly increased.]

[You receive 200 gold, abundant experience, 2 Intermediate Skill Draw Tickets, and Karuk’s Leather Top and Bottom Set as rewards.]

“Jackpot…”

The Emergency Quest’s rewards were welcoming Dohyun with open arms.

And rewards that far transcended the original standards at that!

200 gold? Abundant experience?

Having already reached level 24, such things were all meaningless.

Only 2 things entered Dohyun’s eyes right now.

‘2 Intermediate Skill Draw Tickets!’

Intermediate Skill Draw Tickets increased to a whopping 2!

When rewards that would make him fly even getting just one had dropped as 2, how could his eyes not spin?

If it had been the previous Dohyun, he would have worried whether rare skills would appear even with this, but now it was different.

“Ah, I am a man, a man who possesses the Eye of Truth…”

Because he had the cheat key Eye of Truth.

-…Here he goes again. I’m not watching.

Jihad shook his head at the sight of Dohyun crying out thanks to god for the first time with tears in his eyes.

During combat he was quite a demon-like master, but whenever it came to card draws or whatever, looking like an airhead was also a talent if it could be called one.

Ignoring Jihad who was actually covering his eyes with both black hands, Dohyun took out an Intermediate Skill Draw Ticket.

[Would you like to use the Intermediate Skill Draw Ticket?]

“Yeah.”

Then as always, a card pack was torn open and with a swooshing sound, ten cards scattered into the air.

Compared to the Basic Skill Draw Ticket, the light rays were slightly but noticeably stronger.

[Eye of Truth activates.]

The light visible to the actual eye was also somewhat more brilliant.

The problem was that it was really just slightly more brilliant.

A whopping 7 brown and 3 silver. It was an extremely terrible 7 to 3 ratio.

‘This is supposed to be an Intermediate Skill Draw Ticket…’

It was a probability that showed Godseeker’s strong will that while rare skills were indeed included, they never said they’d make them easy to draw.

Demroc would be more extreme if anything, certainly not less.

‘No wonder I failed at draws day and night.’

There was no point feeling wronged about it now. It was all in the past.

Dohyun reached out his hand even more confidently as if shaking off that resentment.

The moment he drew the second silver card like that, silver light rays pleasantly covered his vision.

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