The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 59

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Episode 59

Chapter 59.

Is this a god, or a thug?

Dohyun couldn’t hide his bewilderment at the truly suspicious character that made him question their very qualifications.

‘Has the game company really lost their minds?’

Having experienced all sorts of things in Demroc with his god-forsaken luck, Dohyun had been through quite a lot, but this time he couldn’t contain the absurdity that was about to burst out vocally.

Even if the balance was completely messed up, there should be some limits – what kind of nonsense was this?

Frankly speaking, it was because it was Dohyun that he passed; if any other ordinary player had gotten this class, they would have had to return it upon graduating from Raven.

Dohyun’s stats and other conditions were at a level that could never appear in this section.

Whatever level Kashiyar wanted, if you didn’t meet it, you’d helplessly lose the class without being able to do anything.

‘No, maybe that was the intention?’

So that just anyone couldn’t easily inherit it…

…No, no matter how he tried to think about it rationally, he couldn’t help but curse.

Dohyun let out an internal sigh and composed his excited mind.

‘Anyway, I cleared it.’

Difficulty aside, the inheritance conditions were a complete mess, but somehow Dohyun had passed fair and square.

This time too, he had made the right choice.

Someone might say this was just hindsight, but whatever the case, if you produced good results, wasn’t that the right choice?

[To carry on my will, you need to be at least this capable. And…]

Regardless of what Dohyun thought, Kashiyar, who had casually decided someone’s fate like it was a fly’s life, seemed quite nonchalant about it.

His gaze turned toward Dohyun’s side.

[I don’t know what trick you use to command those guys, but there must be a reason.]

‘Those guys?’

Following that gaze to look beside him, he saw Jihad blinking blankly and Eliza poking his cheeks.

[They’re not the type to follow just anyone.]

‘Is he talking about Eliza and Jihad?’

Jihad was currently being treated like a porter, but his identity was shrouded in mystery, so that was understandable… but it was unexpected that he’d group Eliza with him.

But thinking about it, it made sense.

A spider that parasitized field bosses and hadn’t reached maturity even after 150 years.

It was certainly no ordinary spider.

The fact that he recognized this immediately…

‘Could it be?’

With hopeful expectation, Dohyun opened his mouth.

“Do you know their identities?”

[What? Of course I know. Don’t tell me you’ve been dragging them around without knowing who they are?]

“…It just happened that way.”

[Wow, what kind of guy is this? Whether it’s luck or ability… anyway, those destined for greatness will achieve it.]

Do even gods know abbreviations like “destined for greatness” these days?

No, it was more surprising that Godseeker had the same kind of shortened expressions.

But why was it?

Somehow Kashiyar’s expression seemed to darken for a moment.

But that was really brief, and he quickly returned to his original indifferent face, showing an interested expression.

[She doesn’t seem to be mature yet… and this guy seems like he just learned to walk, but judging by the strength I sense, he’s beyond that.]

Muttering like that, Kashiyar raised the corner of his mouth in a grin.

[I’ve met an interesting successor. This will be fun to watch.]

With that sculptural face doing that, it looked like a pictorial just by itself.

‘Wow… so this is why looks are important.’

Even his voice was a pleasant baritone, so his presence was no joke even from another man’s perspective.

Despite that thug-like personality, he projected such an image…

Lookism wasn’t a term that came about for nothing.

If Kashiyar had been a player, wouldn’t the Hero Guild’s popularity have been cut in half?

‘Ah, this isn’t the point.’

It was when Dohyun, who had belatedly come to his senses from admiring, was about to ask what he was curious about.

“Then…”

[The identities of what you’re dragging around, you want to know?]

“Ah, yes.”

Kashiyar, who had intercepted him one step ahead somehow knowing again, chuckled.

[It wouldn’t be fun if I told you. Figure it out yourself. Isn’t that the attitude you should have as an owner?]

“…”

That attitude was really annoying, but this guy was a man called the Warrior God.

There was nothing to gain from arguing with him.

He might even make him return the class.

‘…That’s quite possible.’

It sounded absurd, but from the brief conversation he’d had with Kashiyar, he was more than capable of doing that.

Anyway, that was enough for the introduction.

Floating down from the box and landing on the ground, Kashiyar slowly approached.

He looked even bigger up close, but Dohyun was more focused on what Kashiyar said.

[We’ve taken up too much time. Since there’s no time, let’s talk quickly.]

Finally, it was time for the main topic about Dohyun’s class Quest.

* * *

The conversation wasn’t very long.

Rather, it was so short that he wondered if it could be this brief.

[See the box behind me? My relic is inside. It contains my divine power, not anyone else’s, so it should be useful.]

First, a brief explanation about the identity of the box.

Without giving him time to be distracted by that, Kashiyar continued speaking.

[Brion, when you go there, someone will come looking for you. You’ll hear the details from that guy.]

Having said that much, he jerked his chin toward the box.

[If you understand, move quickly. Time’s almost up.]

Dohyun wasn’t one to not understand that meaning, and immediately approached the box.

As he said, there was something in the box.

It was an old rod about 60cm long with appropriate thickness. No, it had such an ambiguous appearance that he wondered if it could even be called a rod.

‘This is the relic?’

When you think of a god’s relic, isn’t it usually a special weapon containing the god’s life story?

It didn’t need to be grand – even something like an iron axe from the god of honest axes would be nice, but this was too shabby.

It made his high expectations for high risk, high return seem pointless.

‘No, this can’t be the end.’

Wondering if there was something more hidden, he turned the box upside down and shook it, but nothing else came out.

[Hurry up and take it. I said there’s no time?]

“Ah, yes.”

Kashiyar frowned as if frustrated with Dohyun’s hesitation.

Feeling like even this might be taken away if he didn’t pick it up, he instinctively grabbed the rod and a system window appeared.

[You have obtained the relic of Warrior God Kashiyar, Thousand Changes.]

[Kashiyar’s will is about to disappear.]

Just as Dohyun was distracted by the more impressive name than expected, Kashiyar clapped his hands.

Thanks to that, without time to focus on the relic, the moment he looked back at Kashiyar.

“??”

Dohyun was flustered.

Whiiiing-.

“What the hell…!?”

And it wasn’t just Dohyun.

Jihad and Eliza, who had been watching nervously from behind, also jumped in surprise.

-Hiek!? What’s with this magic circle all of a sudden!

-Lizaliza!

It was because a huge magic circle had suddenly been drawn on the floor.

And it certainly didn’t end with just the floor.

The endlessly expanding magic circle climbed up the walls to the ceiling, carving itself throughout the entire space. It wasn’t a trap or ambush of any kind.

[What are you so surprised about? First time seeing magic?]

The culprit behind all this was Kashiyar, who had his hand pressed against the floor.

Light was growing increasingly intense around his palm.

True to his title of Allmaster, he possessed tremendous magical power. Jihad was even more shocked than Dohyun at this.

-This is spatial teleportation!?

-Liza…!

-What kind of ridiculous magical power… The purity doesn’t make sense!

“Spatial teleportation?”

Dohyun was also startled by this.

Spatial teleportation.

Literally magic that transfers an entire space to a desired location, it could be called the flower of spatial magic.

‘With just this one spell, the siege would have been over…’

Not only that.

Even in raids where escape was impossible, spatial teleportation would make escape possible.

Moreover, the moment it activated, anyone within range could be teleported without their consent, making its applications virtually limitless.

A skill truly worthy of its legendary-grade title!

It wasn’t strange for Kashiyar, an Allmaster, to wield it, but what surprised Dohyun was the casting speed.

[Spatial teleportation has been activated.]

[You will be moved shortly.]

[5…]

‘What kind of speed is…’

Normally, spatial teleportation takes at least a minute or more.

It’s a skill that requires an enormous amount of mana and has the disadvantage of being unable to move during that time.

But Kashiyar had activated the magic in just a few seconds.

[Tsk, it took too long since this isn’t my real body.]

‘This is…?’

Kashiyar even clicked his tongue as if he wasn’t satisfied with even that.

As Dohyun was thinking that he truly wasn’t called a fighting god for nothing, Kashiyar’s voice came through the increasingly intense light.

[Hey, come to think of it, I never got your name. What’s your name?]

“…It’s Kaiser.”

[Kaiser… I see. I’m Kashiyar.]

Now even his face was hidden by the light, making it difficult to keep his eyes open.

[3…]

[2…]

Instead of looking at the system window, he was gauging the remaining time by sound when it happened.

[See you again next time, Kaiser. By then, you’ll probably be… right…]

[1…]

As the light exploded, covering his vision and disorienting his ears.

Dohyun suddenly thought.

‘Huh? But why is he using spatial teleportation?’

Traditionally, when graduating and moving to the next continent, everyone without exception takes something called a warp.

It’s not possible to cross over using spatial teleportation like this, and no one does it this way.

In other words, Dohyun was experiencing not a safe warp, but spatial teleportation to an unknown destination.

[…iting.]

“Ah…”

Hearing the brief words, Dohyun sincerely thought.

This was deeply unsettling.

[The promised time has passed, and Kashiyar’s will disappears.]

[You are being moved by spatial teleportation.]

With that, the figures of all three, including Dohyun, flickered.

Kashiyar, gradually losing his form, looked at the empty space where the three had been.

[Perhaps… this time might be different.]

His expression was somehow mysterious.

He closed his eyes gently, turned to dust and disappeared, and the Egg Hatching Chamber returned to its previous state with no trace of anything having happened.

* * *

Meanwhile, while Dohyun was encountering Kashiyar’s will.

Godose was in complete chaos.

The first reaction came from the Western Forest of Raven.

[The Western Forest’s ruler field boss ‘Spider Queen Eliza’ has been defeated.]

“What?”

“What the fuck, what does this mean?”

“The boss didn’t even appear, so what did they defeat!”

It was already absurd that the boss had vanished, and now they’re saying the boss is dead?

This wasn’t deception – it was simply impossible to accept.

It was perfectly natural for them to rebel like this.

“Contact the game company right now!”

“But what changes if we contact them? They never send any replies anyway.”

“…Damn it, isn’t there anyone who recorded this? Let’s upload it to YouTube or whatever and spread it around!”

“I’ve lived my whole life and now I’m experiencing bugs like this in Godose. Did the AI go on vacation or something?”

The murmuring grew louder, and some were contacting someone through communication orbs.

“Yes, Guild Master. It’s really true. The boss suddenly disappeared and then got defeated!”

-What are you talking about? Does that make sense? You’re not slacking off somewhere again, are you?

“Ah, I’m so frustrated I could die, really. I’ll send you the recorded footage.”

Various players from medium to large guilds were reporting the news to their guilds.

However, their voices had no choice but to suddenly stop at a certain moment.

[The First Trial rankings have changed.]

“Huh?”

“What, what does this mean?”

“The rankings changed?”

A message had appeared before them.

Raven’s rankings, which recorded up to the top 1000, didn’t change often but occasionally did, so it wasn’t particularly rare.

But if it happened at this moment, that was a different story.

“How can this happen when the boss disappeared?”

“You have to defeat it for the rankings to change.”

How could the rankings change when the field boss for the graduation quest was missing?

Everyone unanimously checked the rankings with one mind.

And curses erupted.

“Shit!?”

“Crazy…!”

It would definitely be rare for so many different people to curse with one heart like this.

Even those who were recording were cursing freely.

But they had no choice.

[First Trial Rankings]

-1st Place: Kaiser S-Rank [1,471 points]

-2nd Place: Demroc A-Rank [713 points]

-3rd Place: ??? A-Rank [709 points]

….

-7th Place: Cheonma B+ Rank [649 points]

-8th Place: Ahdeo B+ Rank [641 points]

-9th Place: Slayer B+ Rank [628 points]

-10th Place: Berjhe B+ Rank [612 points]

“What the hell is this? Why are the rankings like this!?”

“What’s going on, I’m not seeing this wrong, am I?”

Because something so absurd had happened.

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