The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 85

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Episode 85

Chapter 85.

“Gaaack!”

“P-please spare me!”

“This monster… gack!”

When hunting teams arrived, they would be slaughtered in an instant, and when new hyenas swarmed in just as they finished killing everyone, Eliza would step forward again to draw aggro.

And then slaughter them again.

This simple and straightforward strategy kept working.

Of course, from the middle onwards, word had spread to some extent, so there were those who absolutely refused to attack the orc, but that couldn’t be helped.

Even when they gritted their teeth and tried to ignore the orc, the orc would somehow interfere and provoke attacks.

There were even frequent cases where it would tap the shoulders of hiding players, startling them into attacking.

“What kind of orc acts like this?”

“Is an orc even allowed to do this!?”

“Wow, this is so unfair. What does hitting an orc have to do with making the first attack?”

How many times did they repeat this cycle of Eliza brilliantly receiving justified self-defense and Dohyun appearing to slaughter them?

At some point, everyone who had stepped forward to catch Dohyun had disappeared.

Rather, the opposite picture continued for dozens of minutes – Dohyun using Eliza as bait to hunt in reverse.

“Hey, you there. Are you trying to go to the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest right now?”

In the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest, not only were there no hyenas targeting Dohyun, but even players trying to hunt orcs were nowhere to be seen.

It was because of a certain rumor that had spread throughout Brion.

“Be careful of orcs. If you attack an orc, ‘he’ will appear.”

“That guy appears anytime, anywhere. Remember this. You must never attack an orc.”

A bizarre rumor that you die if you attack an orc.

“Hey, want to go hunting? They say you can’t go right now.”

“Why?”

“Don’t you know? They say if you kill an orc now, you die instantly? Mountains of corpses have piled up.”

“A mutant orc appeared, and if you attack it, some monster comes flying. They say you absolutely can’t kill it.”

“No, I heard that when the orc dies, you die from exposure. It’s like a suicide squad.”

As rumors tend to do, this rumor gradually became distorted, and by the time it reached ordinary players, it had become completely different from the facts.

All these different bizarre rumors had one thing in common.

-Be careful of orcs.

The same advice always given to newbies who first came to Brion.

It was the moment that advice had been twisted into a different meaning.

* * *

[Your level has increased.]

[You have obtained quest material ‘Orc’s Concentrated Blood’.]

“Nice~.”

Dohyun couldn’t help but let out an exclamation at the level-up message.

This wasn’t the first time – it was already his second level-up.

With this, he was now level 29.

[Orc’s Concentrated Blood (50 / 50)]

[You have collected all the Orc’s Concentrated Blood.]

He had even collected all the Orc’s Concentrated Blood at perfect timing.

Hunting frantically like this, he had almost completed the main quest as well.

-Defeat monsters near Brion (776 / 1,000)

At this rate, he could probably clear it by tomorrow.

[Explore Foul-Smelling Rock Forest (0 / 1)]

Now all that remained was exploration.

If he had hunted while worrying about people watching, it would have taken twice as long, but thanks to the troublemakers disappearing, he could hunt comfortably.

“Yeah, this is how hunting should be. How peaceful this is.”

What a peaceful hunt this was.

Even now, there were occasionally players who looked over, but there were no guys interfering and causing trouble like before.

Not only that. He had also obtained plenty of items while beating up the guys who came at him.

‘One shield and 10 pieces of armor.’

A total of 11 pieces of equipment.

They were all pieces that overlapped with Dohyun’s equipment slots, and they were lower-grade versions that needed to be put up for auction, but not all of them were like that.

[Special Silver Shield Made at Special Forge]

[Grade: Rare]

[Description: A special shield made from silver iron, one of the rare ores.

Silver, known as a noble and sacred ore since ancient times, is said to contain divine power.]

[Level Requirement: 30]

[Equipment Restriction: Shield Warrior class]

[Defense: 110]

[Damage Reduction: 124~143]

[Durability: 90 / 100]

[Special Option: Upon successfully guarding three times in a row, defense increases by +30 for 90 seconds.]

A silver shield that dropped from the first guys who rushed at him.

Since it had a level requirement 10 higher than the existing silver iron shield, its stats were higher.

Moreover, unlike the silver iron shield that required handling divine power to fully utilize its potential, the silver shield had an option that anyone could benefit from.

[Cheonbyeon (Thousand Changes) devours ‘Special Silver Shield Made at Special Forge’.]

[There is already devoured equipment.]

[Will you spit out ‘Silver Iron Shield’ and devour ‘Special Silver Shield Made at Special Forge’?]

“Oh.”

[You have devoured ‘Special Silver Shield Made at Special Forge’.]

So Dohyun switched shields without a moment’s hesitation.

This was another advantage of Cheonbyeon (Thousand Changes).

When devouring other weapons, it would spit out the previously devoured equipment. It could be recycled indefinitely.

[Registering ‘Silver Iron Shield’ at the auction house.]

[Set for 24 hours.]

Having finished registering even the last piece of equipment, Dohyun’s face was full of smiles.

‘I should suggest going for beef again today.’

If all this sold, wouldn’t it bring in at least ten million won?

He hunted, completed quests, made money, and even got proper footage to upload to YouTube.

Truly killing four birds with one stone.

Dohyun looked fondly at Eliza, who was in the form of an orc.

“Eliza, you’re a lucky charm.”

-Risa risa!

This was all thanks to Eliza’s parasitic ability.

When he first saw the parasitic trait, he thought it was just interesting, but actually using it showed incredible versatility.

Especially for someone like Dohyun who had many enemies.

Just look at this time – thanks to Eliza’s performance while parasitizing an orc, all those annoying small fry disappeared.

‘Well, I’d be scared too. Some crazy orc charges at you, but if you hit it, it becomes a first attack.’

Not catching it would be problematic because of interference, and catching it would also be problematic.

Even Dohyun would probably get fed up and not approach.

‘But even considering that, isn’t it too empty? It seems like the number of players has been cut in half.’

They had disappeared a bit more than expected, but good was good.

For Dohyun, who was receiving public attention, this was more comfortable.

“Eliza, but how long are you planning to stay transformed?”

-Risa? Risa!

-She says she doesn’t know when bad guys might appear again, so she’ll continue patrolling.

“Mm… yeah. Thanks.”

Dohyun’s response was somewhat indifferent.

While he appreciated the sentiment, he still couldn’t get used to that cute voice coming from such a fierce-looking face.

No, if it were just the voice, that would have been manageable.

Given Eliza’s affectionate personality, when she was in a good mood, she would bounce around and nuzzle her head against him… Sorry to Eliza, but it gave him chills every time.

‘No. I have to endure this much. She’s such a precious lucky charm.’

Dohyun brushed his forearm and shook his head, steeling his resolve.

If she got hurt and said she wouldn’t possess him anymore, only Dohyun would lose out.

-Risa!

“Yeah, yeah…”

Dohyun, who had been stroking the orc’s large beard as it nuzzled against him, turned his gaze away.

It wasn’t because it was hard to watch. There was another important reason.

“It seems like we’ve searched everywhere, but it’s still not clearing.”

No matter how vast the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest was, by now they should have satisfied the conditions.

Even though they had ventured into areas where the fog was quite thick, there was no sign of clearing.

-There’s still a place we haven’t checked, Owner.

-Risa!

Eliza chimed in agreement with Jihad’s sudden interjection.

Right, those guys were correct.

‘There is a place we haven’t done yet.’

More accurately, it was a place they couldn’t do yet.

[The aura of death is very thick.]

[A field boss will respawn in the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest shortly.]

[Time remaining 00 : 03 : 01]

Because the field boss hadn’t respawned yet.

Still, since the quest just said to explore, he thought it might end under similar conditions to the Western Forest of Raven.

Apparently, that wasn’t the case.

Dohyun grinned at the timely message that appeared.

“Perfect timing.”

-Risa risa.

The field boss of the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest appears from within thick fog.

This wasn’t a metaphorical expression but literal.

The aura of death was also a system to prevent excessive mob hunting. When it became very thick, it would create particularly dense fog.

And the field boss would reveal itself at a random location within that fog.

‘Well, that’s how the setting goes.’

Even if you tried to cheat by deliberately mob hunting to increase the aura of death, the field boss wouldn’t respawn unless it was the designated time.

But it wasn’t just a simple setting gimmick either.

If a sufficient amount of death aura hadn’t accumulated, it really wouldn’t appear even when the time came.

Anyway, regarding Brion’s field bosses, people would say this:

-Damn, this RNG bullshit game!

The so-called field boss gacha.

For someone like Dohyun who hated gacha, this couldn’t be more tragic, but the current Dohyun was different.

“Heh… hehe… hehehe…”

-…Eliza, it’s dangerous, so don’t look at this kind of thing.

-Risa…

It was such a vile laugh that even Jihad found it distasteful to watch, and even Eliza agreed.

Once again, the Owner was being the Owner, but Dohyun couldn’t help it.

[Time remaining 00 : 01 : 58]

[Conditions have been met.]

The moment the remaining time entered the 1-minute range.

[Trait ‘Slayer’ is activated.]

[Confirmed that the corresponding boss is nearby.]

[The location of field boss ‘Orc Warrior of Death’ is revealed.]

Because the Slayer trait activated and displayed the field boss’s location on the minimap.

It was the moment when what was originally a gacha field boss became a guaranteed find for Dohyun.

‘So this is why people use map hacks.’

In the past, when playing StarCraft, he couldn’t understand people who used map hacks, but experiencing it firsthand, he could see why they did it.

Why wouldn’t you use such an amazing advantage?

‘The location isn’t that close, but…’

At this distance, if he ran at full speed, he should be able to arrive in time.

Dohyun grinned and immediately turned around.

Running at full speed while occasionally using Backstep, for dozens of seconds.

[Time remaining 00 : 00 : 05]

Thanks to his unbelievable speed for level 29 and using Backstep, he was able to arrive at his destination just in time.

-Hek, heek… O, Owner. Too fast.

-Risa risa…

As a result, Jihad, who was following behind, was dying from exhaustion.

Eliza, who had traveled comfortably on Dohyun’s shoulder since he had released the possession before moving, patted Jihad’s head consolingly.

Regardless, Dohyun was just staring at the empty ground.

The position where Dohyun was standing was exactly where the boss marker was located.

In 5 seconds, the boss would reveal itself.

[An orc warrior drawn by the aura of death reveals itself.]

[Field boss ‘Orc Warrior of Death’ has respawned.]

Chwiiiik-!

As expected, when the time passed, along with the message, a fierce roar was heard.

If the previous orcs sounded like pressure cookers, this one was as loud as a train.

Its appearance was equally menacing to match.

Chwik…

A height that seemed to be around 250cm, and a build more than 1.5 times that of regular orcs.

Even unarmed orcs looked quite fierce, but this one was wearing armor, befitting a field boss.

At least it had some conscience and wasn’t fully armored.

It felt more like a barbarian warrior than a medieval knight?

It was moderately protecting important areas like shoulders, vital spots, and head with armor.

But that alone was enough to create an intimidating presence.

Kkigik-.

Just its weapon alone was overwhelmingly larger than the double-bladed axes other orcs carried.

It was so large that it dragged along the ground.

Anyone would naturally be tense, but Dohyun’s eyes weren’t actually focused on the creature.

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