The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 62

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Episode 62

Chapter 62.

Godseeker boasts a vast world befitting its title as another world.

A world where countless Quests, hidden fields, and relics exist, and when you discover them, they’re recorded in a place called the Adventure Log.

The beauty of Godseeker was something that nothing in reality could fill.

To borrow their expression, once you get a taste of this adventure, you suffer from extreme frustration that simply cannot be satisfied by real-world travel.

Such people focus more on adventure than character development, and these are what we call casual gamers rather than hardcore gamers.

However, reaching the pinnacle in any field inevitably brings fame.

Even in the field of adventure, reaching the top could bring you fame comparable to any star.

Adventure King, Barion.

He was exactly that kind of case.

Among those who call themselves adventurers, he showed unparalleled obsession with a fanatical spirit of adventure.

A man more sincere about the world of Abtartel than anyone else.

His near-maniacal obsession with seeking out anything that could be recorded in the Adventure Log made the title of Adventure King not embarrassing at all.

That obsession allowed him to possess a more complete Adventure Log than anyone else.

At least, there were rumors that there was nothing Barion couldn’t find on the continents discovered so far.

But even such Barion had one thing he ultimately couldn’t find.

-Main Quest.

The Main Quest, which is basic and essential in RPG games, is directly connected to the worldview, making it the most important Quest of all.

There was no way players enjoying Godseeker wouldn’t think to look for it.

Countless players set out to find the Main Quest, and Barion was included among them.

-Everyone asks me about it. Starting from the open beta, it’s been 1 year and 6 months. It may be a short time, but based on what I’ve searched so far, I can be certain.

That’s why he could speak with confidence.

-There is no Main Quest in Godseeker. No, maybe it hasn’t opened yet… Whatever the case, at least at this point in time, you cannot obtain a Main Quest.

That there was no Main Quest.

Whether it hadn’t opened yet or whatever, at least at this point in time there was no such thing as a Main Quest, so don’t even think about looking for it.

His interview, delivered with a disgusted expression, spread around the world in an instant, and players who heard the news had no choice but to nod.

-If the Adventure King couldn’t find it, then it really doesn’t exist.

-This is the first time I’ve seen the Adventure King throw such a fit. He really must have searched everywhere and found nothing.

-If Barion says so, then I accept it.

The reputation of Adventure King Barion, a man who simply didn’t know how to give up, was famous.

-Is the Adventure King some kind of god? Just because he couldn’t find it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.

-That’s what I’m saying lol What’s so special about Barion? Whether it’s virtual reality or whatever, it’s still an RPG, so how does it make sense that there’s no Main Quest?

-Anyway, these kids just get swayed immediately when someone seems worth praising, tsk tsk…

Of course, there were those who doubted, but their opinions were quickly buried.

Barion’s notorious obsession was no ordinary thing.

-You’ve never seen the Adventure King adventuring, have you? He’s just not normal;;

-For real, in all my life, that’s the first time I’ve seen someone swim naked in Maino Elephant dung water just to find a single clue for the Adventure Log.

-That’s nothing compared to other times. Before, he was catching all kinds of bugs and tearing them apart piece by piece to eat while recording, saying he had to find a hidden recipe.

-Ah, I saw that. I was watching the stream when suddenly green fluid came out of the Adventure King’s mouth and I was shocked.

-Ah shit… I’m eating right now;;

-Ah, okay, I believe you. Please stop, guys. I was wrong.

And regardless of whether to believe Barion or not, the reality was that even when the Top 10 Guilds stepped in to search, they couldn’t find even a clue about the Main Quest.

When the most amazing people in Godseeker joined forces and seriously searched but couldn’t find it, what could ordinary players say to refute that?

The Main Quest hadn’t opened yet.

That was the reason it had become accepted as established theory in Godseeker by now.

‘Yeah, that’s right though…’

It was basic common knowledge that even those starting Godseeker for the first time knew, so Dohyun had never thought about looking for the Main Quest either.

To be precise, he didn’t have time for that.

At least he should reach the Empire before trying anything, and right now he didn’t have enough time even focusing solely on character development.

But…

[Class Quest ‘One Step Toward Truth’ begins. Listen to the history of humanity that was erased from him.]

…

[You cannot refuse the Quest.]

[Upon Quest success, the Main Quest category will be unlocked.]

‘…This appears here?’

That Main Quest is here?

And it wasn’t even that he was trying to find the Main Quest, he just discovered it while clearing a class Quest.

Even that class Quest was a new route he discovered by chance.

‘Wow, so if I had taken the existing route, the Main Quest would have disappeared too?’

Thinking about it that way, it was really such a good choice.

If he had chosen the existing route for safety, he might not have seen even the letter ‘M’ of Main Quest until Godseeker shut down.

It was a situation that took ten years off his life, but honestly, he was dumbfounded.

‘What kind of Main Quest is connected to a class Quest?’

No wonder players couldn’t find the Main Quest no matter what they tried.

You had to choose the hidden god Kashiyar, and then take a hidden route rather than the existing route for the class Quest that follows.

No, to find a hidden god in the first place, you needed the Eye of Truth. For that, you had to catch the Iron-Blooded Demon during the tutorial…

Looking at it one by one, it was at the level where all the fortunes of the world had gathered and converged.

‘What was that bastard who made this thinking when they created it?’

Frankly speaking, even Dohyun obtained it through real divine luck, but with this kind of setup, who could possibly discover the Main Quest?

Well, that’s why even after 1 year and 6 months, not even a clue about the Main Quest was visible…

‘All that suffering back then was worth it.’

If he hadn’t caught that monster during the tutorial, he wouldn’t have gained so many traits, and ultimately wouldn’t have reached the Main Quest either.

Thinking about it that way, he felt proud and his heart started pounding.

Wasn’t he the only one progressing the Main Quest alone in Godseeker?

That fact made his heart race.

The emotion that was hard to feel as Demroc started becoming a terrible game was visiting him every moment since starting Godseeker.

Is this why everyone called it a god-tier game?

However, he needed to put aside his excitement for now. There was something he had to go through first.

“Successor? Did I perhaps make you uncomfortable in some way?”

“Ah, no. I was just thinking about something else for a moment.”

“I see. Then may I now tell you the story you absolutely must know?”

“Yes.”

“Please have a seat over here. You two sit down as well.”

-Kyreuk! Good.

-Liza Liza!

A tragedy that was now torn apart without being able to fill a page of history.

“This story is both the life of Lord Kashiyar and the truth of history that has now been erased. I will tell it to you now. How humanity was in the past, and how strong and fierce they were…”

It was time to hear the truth of forgotten human history.

* * *

The story went back 1,456 years.

As explained by the Last Adventurer when he first chose his god, humanity of the past was very different from current humanity.

Humanity was the race that received all of Abtartel’s blessings.

Dwarves who had talent in handling fire and iron,

Elves whose nature affinity and dexterity were superior to anyone,

Orcs born with excellent reproductive ability and strong bones…

Compared to other races that were mostly born with only one or two potentials, humanity was born with excellent potential in all fields, so if that wasn’t a blessing, what would be?

‘That’s why I can use skills from all job classes.’

It was also the reason humanity could build stronger forces than anyone else despite having short lifespans.

Their explosive potential more than compensated for the disadvantage of short lifespans.

He had reached one of only five throne positions, the position of Ruler of Abtartel no less, showing just how mighty humanity’s power had been in the past.

One of those rulers was none other than the master of magic itself, a dragon.

But this raises a question.

‘Then why is present-day humanity different from ancient humanity?’

Why had that mighty humanity become weaker than other races now?

Why couldn’t they show talent in all fields?

“Humanity was truly mighty, and the title of one of the Five Masters was never something to be ashamed of. Given more time, they surely could have risen even higher. Yes, if only they had been given time.”

Humanity had the potential to become apex predators given enough time, but unfortunately, time was not on their side.

Just as they had established themselves as rulers of thrones with no time to properly maintain their position, ‘they’ invaded.

“By ‘they,’ you mean…”

“You must have guessed by now. Those detestable beings who command otherworlders as their subordinates and act as rulers… the ones called ‘Gods.'”

“Ah.”

At that shocking statement, Jihad made a bigger fuss than Dohyun himself.

‘Gods? The gods are the masterminds, Owner?’

‘Liza liza!?’

‘Whoa… if it’s gods, you mean those constellations shining in the night sky above. So the constellations are the enemies, Owner?’

‘Liza…!’

Jihad kept opening and closing his mouth in shock, while Eliza beside him made the same expression and chimed in.

Then, seeing Dohyun looking unfazed, they grumbled as if fed up.

‘Owner isn’t even surprised!? As expected of a Sata… I mean, amazing.’

‘Could you be quiet for a bit? Let me concentrate.’

‘…Yes.’

‘Liza…’

Dohyun sighed at the sight of Jihad zipping his lips shut and Eliza copying him.

It wasn’t that Dohyun wasn’t surprised either.

‘So this is what was mentioned in the class description.’

It was just that he could accept it easily because he had already seen a summarized text version when he changed classes once before.

Still, hearing it spoken aloud like this felt different.

“The great war Ragnarok that only ended when all pantheons were destroyed. It was because the gods who lost their place to stand turned their eyes to Abtartel.”

“…”

“Who would follow beings who suddenly rolled in from who knows where, claiming to be gods and demanding obedience? Countless races resisted, and eventually war broke out.”

The scale felt completely different from simply hearing it as text.

It wasn’t just a war with humanity, but a confrontation between all of Abtartel and the gods, which included the Five Masters of the thrones.

However, the gods were strong.

The war that lasted hundreds of years drove many races to extinction and destroyed a third of the beautiful, vast Abtartel.

“But their losses weren’t insignificant either.”

Six gods who had achieved mythology died, and countless other gods perished.

Other races aside, the strength of the Five Masters was something even the gods couldn’t ignore.

This great war, now called the Thousand Year War, caused great damage to both sides, but even then, the gods had the advantage.

Unlike the Five Masters who were gradually losing their territory and power, the gods had no spatial constraints and time was on their side.

At this rate, losing Abtartel was only a matter of time.

“They say heroes are born in troubled times. At that moment, one man appeared.”

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