The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 87

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Episode 87

Chapter 87.

To be precise, it wasn’t Kaiser who moved, but the robed Carrier standing beside him.

As he casually extended his hand, something black seemed to flow into the ground, and soon grotesquely shaped monsters burst through the earth.

“What’s that, aren’t those Undead?”

“Don’t tell me that Carrier summoned them?”

They weren’t typical skeleton soldiers, but their appearance could only be described as Undead.

With dead eyes, rotting skin, and ominous black energy emanating from their entire bodies – what else could you call them but Undead?

“What? So he wasn’t a Carrier but a Necromancer?”

“Then he wasn’t a Guardian but a real companion? Amazing… witnessing the first of the 7 great mysteries being solved.”

Normally, Archercoins would have scolded the two for making such a fuss, but not this time.

To be precise, he didn’t have the leisure to do so.

Thwack!

“Oh? It’s really starting.”

Before anyone could react, Kaiser had already charged toward the field boss.

Swoosh! Crash-!

Kaiser lightly twisted his body while charging, dodging the Orc Warrior of Death’s heavy double-bladed axe strike, and thrust his spear into its chest.

Thud!

Stab! Stab stab!

Then, as if they had been trained, four Undead moved in perfect coordination, consecutively stabbing with various weapons.

Shriek!

Just as the enraged Orc Warrior of Death was about to kick-

Splat!

Screech!?

Something shot from Kaiser’s shoulder covered the creature’s eyes.

Whether silver or white, its adhesive power was considerable, as the creature struggled without being able to shake it off in one go.

Even against a boss-level opponent, Eliza’s web had worked splendidly.

Whoosh- Swing-.

Groan-.

As the creature flailed its double-bladed axe in the air, Undead approached from all sides and grabbed both its legs, toppling it over.

Swoosh-.

Without hesitation, Kaiser threw Cheonbyeon (Thousand Changes).

Thud, crash-.

Cheonbyeon, transformed into an assassin’s dagger, embedded in the creature’s neck as it fell backward.

When Kaiser extended his hand, the weapon flew back as if magnetized.

Thwack! Smack!

Stab, stab stab, stab!

Meanwhile, the Undead enthusiastically beat the fallen Orc Warrior of Death.

…That was a beating.

No technique or skill involved – just the kind of kicking and slashing that street thugs would use when gang-beating a fallen person.

‘Wh-what is this.’

Archercoins gaped at the absurd spectacle.

It was a combat method he’d never seen before.

‘What kind of low-class hunting method is this…’

It was natural he’d never seen it before.

No Necromancer would train and command such crude methods.

Yet why did it seem quite efficient when actually watching it?

Flail- Thwack! Thwack!

Screech, screech…

…Perhaps it was because the grandly named Orc Warrior of Death, the final boss of the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest, was struggling and getting beaten like a child.

-Kehel… Cough!

For a moment it seemed like some sound came from that Necromancer, but when Kaiser’s hand moved, it was instantly muted.

Thanks to that, they could focus entirely on that amazing combat method.

“Huh.”

Archercoins wasn’t the only one bewildered by the unimaginable scene.

“…Is that how you hunt bosses?”

“Right. It’s quite different from what I expected.”

“Why are the Undead so underhanded? That must all be trained, right?”

“The Carrier… no, that Necromancer doesn’t seem to have a good personality.”

Even Professor Hogwarts and Damakajum momentarily stopped eating popcorn and let out hollow laughs.

Shriek!

Perhaps it felt wronged at becoming an object of ridicule.

The Orc Warrior of Death desperately shook off the Undead and stood up.

Groan-?

Its tremendous strength easily pushed away the charging Undead like children.

The creature seemed quite angry as it tore at the web stubbornly clinging to its eyes.

It wasn’t just its momentum.

[The trait ‘Warrior’ is manifesting.]

[All abilities of the Orc Warrior of Death increase and it enters ‘Berserk’ state.]

‘Warrior activated.’

The Warrior trait that most bosses named warriors possessed.

Though mockingly called “Warrior,” its destructive power had to be acknowledged.

Just that one activation visibly enhanced physical abilities.

An already strong boss becoming even stronger was hell for tanks engaging in one-on-one combat.

“Ugh, I really hate that.”

“True, watching you block it looks brutal. It charges with eyes rolled back.”

Damakajum shuddered, brushing down both arms.

Normally Professor Hogwarts would have told him not to exaggerate, but this time he had to agree.

Whether due to the difference between Goblins and Orcs, when that creature’s ‘Warrior’ trait manifested, its entire personality completely changed.

Roar-!

Even its previously squeaking sounds had become more forceful.

From then on, the Undead couldn’t perform as well as before.

Whoosh- Crack!

Groan-.

Each time the creature swung its double-bladed axe, the charging Undead were sent flying like paper.

The Orc-like Undead held out somewhat, but only briefly.

Groan-.

Eventually overpowered, it was slammed into the ground.

Keeping the Undead any longer was meaningless. It would just be pouring the little remaining mana into the ground.

“Jihad, just cancel the summoning.”

-…Okay.

At Dohyun’s words, Jihad dejectedly canceled the summoning.

Poof- Swoosh-.

Roar!

Even Eliza tried her best, but her webs no longer had much effect.

It blocked the surprise web attacks by casually waving its hand as if it knew they were coming.

It wasn’t stupid enough to fall for the same trick twice.

And targeting other areas was ineffective since the Orc Warrior’s body was too thick and sturdy.

-Risa…

“It’s okay. You did great.”

Dohyun, who had comforted the dejected Eliza, immediately gripped Cheonbyeon (Thousand Changes).

The boss, snorting like an angry bull as he watched him.

A proper one-on-one confrontation had formed.

“What, looks like he’s going for a one-on-one?”

“Well… the undead attacks aren’t working anymore anyway.”

“Anyway, you gotta acknowledge that when warrior guys activate one of their traits, their combat power gets boosted like they’re using some kind of martial arts technique.”

“Still, I’m looking forward to it.”

The two also focused on the heated confrontation between the boss and Kaiser.

Archercoins felt the same way.

‘What is he trying to do alone?’

A boss with activated warrior traits is violent.

As such, its patterns aren’t regular either, and it goes berserk as if it has anger management issues.

The already increased speed and enhanced power are burdensome enough, but when it goes berserk on top of that, the burden on the player receiving it all is bound to be great.

That’s why tanks usually hold aggro well through duels so dealers can safely deal damage…

‘Is he really going to duel? As a dealer?’

Kaiser was alone.

Even when the necromancer was summoning undead, he thought they would use those undead as sacrificial lambs to draw aggro, but to cancel the summoning?

This meant he would perform the tank role alone while dealing damage.

And deal damage worth at least two people at that!

‘That’s crazy. There’s no way that’s possible.’

To Archercoins, who had extremely common sense, he just looked like a madman.

Kaiser or whatever aside, wasn’t this just absurd?

‘Shouldn’t I help?’

If it had nothing to do with him, he wouldn’t care, but watching and leaving it alone right before his eyes felt somehow unsettling.

“We’ll get to see a Kaiser-style duel here.”

“I’m totally excited right now. Ah, if only portrait rights laws weren’t strengthened, I’d film it and keep it as a collection.”

“You do YouTube anyway. You’ll upload the video soon, right?”

For him, he couldn’t understand his friends who were leisurely munching popcorn.

Did they really think that was possible?

Now he couldn’t tell whether his common sense was strange or they were strange.

‘Well, whatever. He must be confident since he’s doing it.’

It was when the pondering Archercoins reached a “whatever, I don’t know” mindset.

As if hearing that thought, Kaiser and the Orc Warrior of Death clashed with ghostly timing.

Bang! Crash!

The heavy roar that came every time the massive double-bladed axe was swung.

It was powerful enough to make flesh tremble just from watching from afar, but Kaiser, facing it up close, showed no wavering.

That wasn’t all.

Going even further, he didn’t retreat as if dodging was a luxury, and instead charged forward.

“Crazy?”

“Look, I said it was absurd…!”

Charging when avoiding would barely be enough?

It was an act that only a tank trying to engage in a power struggle would do.

A power struggle with a guy who had even activated warrior traits – there was no suicide act like this suicide act. Just as Archercoins was about to shout “I told you so.”

Swish-.

Cr… huh?

“Huh?”

An amazing scene unfolded.

A spear that was only long with a thin shaft, and a double-bladed axe several times larger in size.

Thud.

Contrary to the expectation that Kaiser’s spear would naturally be crushed, the double-bladed axe was embedded in the ground.

There was no grand movement or tremendous power there.

It simply deflected to the side like flowing water the moment it touched the spear and fell to the ground.

It was so natural that it looked like the boss had deliberately missed the attack.

“…Isn’t that parrying?”

“Crazy, he parried that?”

While they were admiring, Kaiser moved.

As he stepped fluidly and moved his hands, the spear dyed golden in an instant tore through the air with fierce momentum.

Stab! Stab stab!

[The effect of the Raven Trial Set option activates.]

…

[The movement speed of the hit target is reduced by 4%.]

The Orc Warrior of Death, stabbed five times in an instant, tried to react belatedly, but by then Kaiser had already stepped back.

Whoosh-.

Having missed like that, in the moment a very brief opening was revealed.

Stab! Stab stab! Stab!

Graaah!

Another series of stabs followed.

When the angry Orc Warrior of Death swung his double-bladed axe again, Kaiser used parrying as if he had been waiting.

Swish- Stab!

The attack crumbled helplessly as if swept away by an irresistible current.

Then those gem-like stabs came flying again.

Graaaah!

For the Orc Warrior of Death, it was maddening.

He couldn’t understand this situation.

Why exactly wouldn’t his attacks hit, while that guy’s attacks were each critically effective? But what he couldn’t understand most was…

Whooom- Boom-.

That his body had become significantly slower at some point.

He could clearly see the guy taking backsteps but couldn’t chase after him. It was as heavy as if he had dozens of kilograms of shackles on his ankles.

Tap.

Thanks to that, when that human created distance, it had to be created.

Pop!

When he closed it, it had to be closed.

Attacks that were already hard to land became a hundred times more difficult. Then when he was lucky enough to time it right and the axe hit.

[Used at perfect timing to succeed in parrying.]

[Successfully deflects the attack.]

It would invariably just strike the ground.

No matter how much he swung his axe and extended his limbs, he couldn’t reach.

Far from reaching, he was getting farther away, and the enemy’s blade was coming at timing and angles that could never be avoided, strangling his neck.

It felt like slowly but surely approaching a predetermined destination called death.

Hiss, hisss…

Yes, this was the aura of death.

The day he nearly met death here in the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest. An aura more vivid and certain than what he felt that day.

Graaaah!

[The trait ‘Aura of Death’ manifests.]

[Phase 2 begins.]

The Orc Warrior of Death, recalling memories of that time, roared.

Around him was filled with an ominous aura.

A mist so thick that the fog covering the Foul-Smelling Rock Forest would look laughable.

It would be more appropriate to call it storm clouds instead.

“Phase 2?”

“This is impossible. You’re saying we already shaved off 50 percent!?”

“Good Lord….”

Damakajum and Professor Hogwarts, who were watching this unfold, had their eyes bulging out in disbelief.

It had only been a few minutes since they properly entered combat….

Even combining the total battle time, it seemed like just over 10 minutes, yet what kind of ridiculous damage was this.

‘…What am I even looking at?’

Archercoins wasn’t much different in that regard.

No, he could confidently say that among everyone here, he was the most shocked and bewildered.

His face had gone beyond bewildered to completely dumbfounded.

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