The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 84

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Episode 84

Chapter 84.

Right now, the Godose homepage and community were in complete chaos.

-Special Mission! Catch Kaiser! Hey, you can become a star too!

It wasn’t like a title with such old-fashioned nostalgia had actually been posted.

It was just someone’s one-line summary of the current situation.

“They say if you catch Kaiser, you go straight to the Top 100 Guilds?”

“Top 100 Guilds? Top 10 Guilds are totally possible.”

“They say if you catch Kaiser, you become a star immediately? There are already over 10 Kaiser hunting teams in Brion.”

“Damn, I’m in Brion too. Should I join?”

“Your specs aren’t bad either, right? What are you doing not joining quickly? The lottery jackpot is right in front of you and you’re not grabbing it? Even if you can’t eat it, you must go for the high ground!”

Countless people were talking about Kaiser, and just as many were targeting him.

Eventually, competition naturally ignited.

With Kaiser’s symbolism and rumors spreading that he met a Caretaker, he became a golden goose laying golden eggs.

No, he had become a golden Goblin itself.

“First to catch him wins!”

“I’m first, get out of the way!”

“Hey hey, Scorpion Guild already gathered everyone. Tell our guys to assemble quickly too!”

Was it because of this atmosphere?

Or was it a phenomenon caused by the exceptional ripple effect in the previously calm low-level zone?

Everyone moved swiftly without exception, and soon a flow formed where whoever found Kaiser first would be the winner.

The thought that they might lose against Kaiser?

“What’s he gonna do alone? He doesn’t even have a guild.”

“Only the Netizens worship him. Not field workers like us, that’s what I’m saying.”

“Let them worship hard. The more they do, the greater our prestige becomes.”

“Damn, what should we do after catching Kaiser?”

“First, turn on the video. If we can’t record it, it’s all for nothing.”

Such thoughts didn’t exist at all.

No matter how amazing Kaiser was, he was just a lone individual without a guild or party to protect him.

It seemed like he had some Guardian or companion with him, but that was probably just someone picking up loot.

That much was perfectly manageable.

A porter was just a porter no matter how good, and if he was good at hunting, wouldn’t he be hunting as a combatant instead?

‘With all the experience I have, there’s no way I can’t beat one person.’

‘Five people charging at him, surely we won’t lose?’

‘If we can’t catch him, I should just die.’

No consequences, and if they caught him, countless glory would follow.

Where in the world would there be someone who wouldn’t take a bite of this?

There seemed to be many enthusiastic about the return of gods and whatnot, but when anything has many fans, it tends to have just as many enemies.

However, contrary to their ambitions, no one was actually making proper moves.

“Damn it!”

More precisely, they couldn’t.

“Kaiser logged out.”

“Ah damn, no wonder things were going so well.”

“Why would he log out at a time like this?”

The hunters targeting their prey were all ready, but the prey itself had disappeared.

Left helplessly in the city, they could only complain.

“He’s scared too.”

“Well… how many people are targeting him, keke. So why show off? Thanks to that, it’s good for us though.”

“He probably thought ‘oh crap’ after causing all that trouble.”

“Just in case, let’s stay logged in.”

“I think he’ll come in tomorrow. I’m going to play some billiards.”

Soon they divided into three groups.

People staying in the city just in case, people logging out and waiting to save playtime, and finally people who thought today was a bust and just went to have fun.

While each group was spending time in different ways.

“Kaiser appeared!!”

At a completely unexpected moment, shocking news broke out.

“What?”

“Don’t lie. It’s only been an hour?”

“Foul-Smelling Rock Forest. Quickly reassemble!”

“Ah damn, what’s with all this back and forth?”

When news spread that Kaiser had appeared in Foul-Smelling Rock Forest, everyone competed to be first as they rushed to the field.

Among them, the first team to arrive was the Scorpion Team.

‘Yeah, I knew this would happen! Opportunities come to diligent people.’

Among the three groups, those who didn’t give up and waited just in case.

Among them, the one who took the first step as soon as he heard the news was Scol, the leader of the Scorpion Team and commonly called ‘Scorpion’.

And he could see it.

“It’s Kaiser!”

Kaiser’s figure, truly hunting boldly in the middle of the rock forest.

A sweet opportunity that came to him for moving diligently.

There were no questions about why Kaiser appeared or why he was hunting so conspicuously in the center, drawing attention.

More precisely, he was curious, but it didn’t really matter.

‘What a windfall.’

In Scol’s eyes, Kaiser just looked like a shining golden box.

Therefore, he moved without hesitation.

“We go according to plan.”

“Roger!”

Swoosh-.

Quickly forming formation and charging, they held Western-style swords and shields in their hands.

They planned to use a strategy where they’d press forward armed with shields, then Scol, who handled magic, would intercept.

Fortunately, Kaiser seemed to have discovered them late, as his reaction was slow.

Only after they had closed the distance considerably did Kaiser’s eyes widen as he belatedly noticed them.

‘Here we go!’

Just as excited Scol was casting ice magic.

Thud thud!

“Ugh!?”

“What’s with this Orc?”

Suddenly an Orc that barged in with loud thuds struggled while snorting.

It wasn’t strange.

Brion’s Orcs, with their naturally fierce temperament, were originally famous for surprise charges.

“Ah, how annoying.”

But the position was the problem.

As if it was intentional, wasn’t it blocking exactly between Kaiser and them? They could just ignore it and go, but he didn’t want to create variables in this hard-won opportunity.

Flap flap!

More importantly, that guy’s movements were unusual.

Rather than targeting those two at most, it was looking at them while waving both arms angrily, so the aggro had definitely transferred properly.

“Clear that thing first.”

“Yes.”

They were all over level 30.

They were among the strong in Brion and numerous, so they could clear it quickly.

The moment he judged so and struck with his sword.

[You have launched a preemptive attack on Player ‘Kaiser’.]

[The probability of dropping items when killed by the opponent increases.]

“…?”

“Huh?”

An incomprehensible message appeared.

Right after, an eerie shadow loomed over them.

[A mark is being created.]

“Huh?”

The subordinate who had just struck down an orc flinched at the deep voice coming from behind.

He could feel cold sweat running down his spine. Kaiser, who should have been in front, was nowhere to be seen.

Which meant….

“K-Kai…!”

Slash-!

Kaiser, no, Dohyun cleanly cut through the waist of the subordinate who was shouting without even turning around.

Curses erupted at Dohyun’s sudden appearance.

“What the hell…!?”

“Shit, just kill him!”

Though they were flustered by the inexplicable ambush, they had the numerical advantage.

Even their positioning was good.

He had stupidly walked into the center and volunteered to be surrounded.

Block his escape route with shields, then skewer him like a kebab—that would be the end.

Tap tap tap, thud!

“Huh?”

That thought changed in an instant.

The moment they drove him to the center and thrust their swords in unison, Dohyun’s figure vanished.

[The mark disappears.]

And where he appeared was behind the companion whose waist had been cut first.

Those who witnessed this scene became dumbfounded.

‘Backstabbing…?’

Why would Kaiser do that?

Wasn’t Kaiser a swordsman? Turns out he wasn’t a swordsman but an assassin?

[Using ‘Charge Slash’.]

As if mocking such thoughts, this time Dohyun used a swordsman skill.

Whoosh, as Dohyun charged forward sliding swiftly and swung Cheonbyeon, the sword-form Cheonbyeon transformed into a spear.

Slash-!

“Gaaah!”

One strike, double kill.

Having cut through two bodies in an instant, he changed Cheonbyeon’s form again.

This time it was a dagger.

As he stabbed the dagger into the vital points of the fallen men like acupuncture, the screen turned black.

“Haa, haaah!”

A man heavily brought down his sword toward Dohyun.

With corpses scattered around, there was nowhere to dodge, nor time to do so.

This time it would definitely hit!

[Cheonbyeon transforms into ‘Silver Steel Shield’.]

Clang!

…as if mocking that thought, a large shield blocked his sword.

“Ah.”

The man whose hope instantly turned to despair closed his eyes.

That was his last moment.

Scol, the leader of the Scorpion Team who had lost all his subordinates in an instant, became vacant-faced as if his soul had left him.

‘What just happened?’

Wasn’t he a low-level player not even at level 30 yet?

But what was that ridiculous damage and speed?

No, no. Even if it was surprising, they still had the advantage in numbers and level.

But he had overturned that with an overwhelming difference in skill.

‘This is Kaiser….’

Suddenly, he remembered the posts that had compiled Kaiser’s achievements.

Those posts listing numerous achievements all commonly contained this content.

-Don’t even think about beating Kaiser in PvP. It’s absolutely impossible.

Don’t even think about picking a fight with a man who boasts an undefeated record.

Of course, he thought it was an exaggeration.

No, even if it wasn’t an exaggeration, he thought it would be worth trying under current conditions.

But that was a mistake.

That wasn’t like a person but rather like the grim reaper of death.

“One left.”

Scol, who made eye contact with the grim reaper armed in black attire, opened his mouth.

“Aah….”

He instinctively felt that escape was impossible.

Dohyun cut him down without hesitation as he humbly accepted death.

[You have defeated Player ‘Scol’.]

[Recognized as self-defense, karma value does not increase.]

[Would you like to loot the dropped items?]

“One team eliminated for now.”

Swish swish, Dohyun shook off Cheonbyeon and grinned.

“Hurry up! Before those Scorpion bastards take it, quick… huh?”

“…Huh?”

Other hunting teams that arrived at the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest a beat late hesitated upon seeing Dohyun.

Corpses that clearly appeared to be the Scorpion guys.

And Dohyun standing alone above those corpses.

“…What’s this situation?”

“Don’t know, but let’s take him down first. He must be tired from fighting.”

“Want to lose it while taking it easy? Take him down!”

They were a bit flustered, but only briefly.

Keeping other hyenas that would soon swarm in check, they immediately charged forward.

-Risa!

And in front of them appeared an orc waving both hands.

“Huh?”

“What’s with this orc?”

“It’s annoying, so get rid of it.”

Like the Scorpion Team, they also chose to deal with the orc first.

[You have launched a preemptive attack on Player ‘Kaiser’.]

[The probability of dropping items when killed by the opponent increases.]

Thus they had to see the same message as the previous guys,

“Threw the first punch? Then you should die.”

“Ah….”

And met the same fate.

“Quickly! Kaiser is here… hmm?”

“Uh….”

And the new hyenas who arrived half a beat late had no choice but to shut their mouths.

They had hurried here after hearing that other teams were already hunting Kaiser, but the situation was completely opposite to their expectations.

‘Look at those corpses, how many people is that?’

‘…Did he kill all of them by himself?’

‘Isn’t that Kim Jinwoo who just died? I heard he was a super rookie that the Top 100 Guilds had their eyes on.’

‘Hey hey, all the guys collapsed on the ground are super rookies. I recognize all their faces.’

What’s more, the dead weren’t just some small fry either.

They were prominent rookies that anyone with even a little interest in rookies would recognize.

Since they were people who came to hunt Kaiser, they were those who had considerable pride in their own abilities.

Warning lights went off in their heads.

‘Let’s run.’

‘We can’t win.’

They needed to escape. Just when they made that judgment and were about to flee.

“Hieek!?”

“What, what’s wrong.”

The companion next to them suddenly screamed.

When they instinctively turned around, they saw it.

The sight of their companions struggling with some ugly orc, and the text that appeared above their heads.

[You have launched a preemptive attack on Player ‘Kaiser’.]

[The probability of dropping items when killed by the opponent has increased.]

“…”

After a moment of silence, they glanced at Dohyun nervously and asked.

“Um… could we just leave?”

To that shy question, Dohyun smiled brightly and answered.

“No.”

“Ah, I figured as much, right?”

They smiled back at him, and it didn’t take very long for those smiles to turn into screams.

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