The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 90

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Episode 90

Chapter 90.

With Jihad stepping back, Dohyun was able to focus entirely on the cards.

He calmly counted the numbers.

‘Four silver, three brown.’

Seven cards in total.

Unlike players, perhaps because the Guardian’s max level was set to 70, it was three cards fewer than a player’s card draw.

Still, the odds weren’t too terrible.

‘Roughly 6 to 4.’

A 60% chance to draw a rare-grade skill was quite high odds.

There was a reason why divine beasts were particularly strong.

The problem was that among those amazing odds, not a single yellowish color could be seen.

Thinking about how Yongyongi got a Hero-grade skill in the first room made it even more painful.

‘Sigh.’

Dohyun let out a sigh and shook off his greed.

‘Well, let’s say this was bad luck cleansing. Honestly, silver isn’t bad, right? It’s at least average.’

In the old days, he wouldn’t even have been able to hit that average and would have shed tears.

Compared to then, now was excellent.

Most importantly, Dohyun still had one shot left.

‘My skill might turn out well.’

Who knows.

Maybe this was bad luck cleansing for Dohyun’s skill.

With small expectations, Dohyun drew the second card from the left among the four silver cards.

Flash-.

The skill card revealed itself with a gentle glow.

“Huh?”

And the moment he checked that card.

[Legion Control]

-Grade: Rare

-Restriction: Necromancer Faction

-Description: A commander should naturally be one who leads legions.

Commander, lead your legion! Your faithful subordinates will follow you through death!

-Effect: Controls undead in legion units.

While the skill is active, individual commands cannot be given and it’s treated as controlling one entity.

-Cooldown: 30 seconds

‘This is…’

His eyes, which had been slightly agape, sparkled.

It was a perfectly natural reaction.

‘Right, this existed.’

Legion Control.

A skill that was like the essence of a commander necromancer.

It wasn’t a skill that boasted performance exceeding its grade like Backstab or Parrying.

But Legion Control was like the essence of a Necromancer.

‘Because it allows handling overwhelming numbers.’

What was a Necromancer’s advantage?

Stably handling large quantities of legions while boasting consistent DPS.

An advantage unique to Necromancers that Explosive Necromancers couldn’t achieve.

The most basic and fundamental skill that made this possible was Legion Control.

‘With this, mana consumption is absolutely reduced.’

Thanks to the effect of treating the legion as controlling one entity, mana consumption was also only the amount needed to control one entity.

That was why Necromancers’ potential exploded in the late game.

Leading countless legions stably, they were truly one-man armies themselves.

That said, it wasn’t omnipotent.

‘The inability to give detailed commands is the disappointing part.’

Since it’s treated as one entity, you can’t assign individual tasks to each entity like usual.

Attack, defend.

You can only command with such simple orders.

Even then, you can’t combine two commands, so usually one legion would be sent to attack while another legion would defend.

Still, this much was tolerable enough. The real problem was separate.

‘It’s weak against CC skills.’

Due to being treated as one entity, if hit by targeting skills like Mental Corruption, the entire legion gets affected.

In the right situation, it could unleash overwhelming violence, but with bad luck, it could self-destruct from just one skill.

You had to use Legion Control at the right timing through strategy.

It was a legendary skill that got cursed at for having such a screwed-up structure, but ultimately you had no choice but to use it.

Given Necromancers’ characteristic of exerting power based on overwhelming numbers, it was an indispensable skill.

Therefore, by now, how well you utilized Legion Control had become the measure that distinguished skilled necromancers from novice necromancers.

‘This kind of thing is the same in both Demroc and Godose.’

Anyway, it was typical of the game’s sequel to not tolerate easy wins.

For Dohyun, who had no particular interest in necromancers, it was just someone else’s story, but obtaining it like this opened up his breathing room.

‘Right now, there’s no better skill than this.’

Even if it was a much-cursed skill, for the current Jihad who was practically mana-impotent, it was like sweet rain in a drought.

“Damn, you lucked out.”

-Krrk… Kehe, kehehe.

Did he instinctively sense it?

Perhaps because it was his skill, Jihad burst into laughter even though it wasn’t shown to him.

-Kehe… Kuk. Kukhehe.

He quickly tapped the back of his neck to shut him up, but the laughter leaking out seemed unavoidable.

Jihad, who had been covering his mouth and giggling, only raised his head after several seconds.

-Owner, just say the word. I’ll sweep away all those arrogant monsters.

“Yeah, yeah.”

-It’s not as good as explosion, but Necromancer was pretty decent too, huh? Krrk.

-Risa risa!

Watching Jihad’s spirited appearance, Dohyun chuckled.

He’d felt this before, but this guy seemed really happy whenever he got even a little stronger.

Well, being someone who bullies the weak and fears the strong, he probably understood the importance of power better.

Still, perhaps because his loyalty had increased considerably now, it was fortunate that he no longer glared with fierce eyes as if he might backstab him.

-Kuhehe…

The sight of him covering his mouth and laughing quietly for fear of being hit looked innocent if you put it nicely, or like the village idiot if you put it badly.

-Risa risa!

-Right, Eliza. You want to see my strengthened form quickly too?

-Risa? Ri… sa!

Leaving the two chattering Guardians behind, Dohyun focused on what was in front of him.

Jihad’s mana problem was roughly solved, and now it was time to focus on himself.

[Would you like to use the Random Skill Draw Ticket?]

‘What will come out?’

The skills obtained so far totaled 6.

Starting with Charge Slash, then Assassin’s Backstab, Thief’s Bleeding, Martial Artist’s Rising Dragon Fist, Buffer’s Striking, etc…

He had obtained skills from various classes. That made him even more excited.

‘What class skill will appear?’

Indeed, what class skill would appear?

This time, what kind of combinations could he use it with?

It was a concern only Dohyun could have, an anticipation only he could feel, something no one else could do.

‘The flow is good.’

Moreover, this time the feeling was good too.

He had gotten rid of bad luck once with a silver, and that silver had perfectly matched with an amazing skill that came up, so he would ride this momentum all the way to Hero, and then to Legend!

It was while Dohyun was getting excited like this.

“Huh? Isn’t that Kaiser?”

“I think it is?”

Had the slight commotion from the incident been somewhat noisy?

The gazes of those who had been focused on drawing turned toward Dohyun and Jihad. Then their eyes widened slightly as they began whispering among themselves.

“What, Kaiser comes to places like this too.”

“Even gods can’t do anything about this damn luck-based game.”

“Kekeke… That’s why he feels strangely relatable.”

Their gazes soon became friendly, as if looking at their own kind.

It was completely different from just moments before when their eyes had been gleaming desperately.

“What will he draw?”

“Well. Probably card drawing.”

“Looks like he’s going for skill draw. Maybe he hit 30 while hunting?”

“Don’t know, but I’m curious what he’ll draw.”

“I never thought I’d live to see Kaiser doing card drawing and skill draws.”

If it’s Kaiser, he’ll probably draw at least a Legend skill.

No wait, isn’t Kaiser human too? Even Kaiser can’t escape the curse of this damn luck-based game.

It would be hilarious if he draws a normal skill and breaks down crying, etc…

More and more people became interested in Dohyun, and before long everyone had stopped what they were doing to watch him.

Receiving their cheers(?), Dohyun reached out his hand.

Flash-!

Brilliant light enveloped Dohyun as ten cards spread out in the air.

At the same time, Dohyun’s eyes widened.

‘Y-yellow!’

Among the cards filled with brown and silver, there were two yellow cards.

‘Jackpot…’

How long had it been since he’d seen yellow!

After drawing Backstab, he had only seen silver and brown, so seeing it after so long, the color couldn’t be more beautiful.

It was so shiny he almost mistook it for gold…

It wasn’t just one card but two whole cards sparkling, making it look even brighter.

Since it’s important, let me say it again. Not one card, but two cards.

‘My goodness, what is this? Will the sun rise from the west tomorrow?’

This must be what being dumbfounded feels like.

He would have been happy with just one card, but with two appearing, that joy was indescribable.

He had drawn with inner expectations, but now that they actually appeared, his feelings were strangely complex.

But is human greed always like this?

After some time passed and his heart calmed down, regret came as if he had never been happy.

‘If two were going to appear anyway, why not just boldly give me one gold?’

Still, yellow was a taste he’d experienced before, so if something was going to appear anyway, wouldn’t it be nice if something new appeared?

Of course, he was just saying that.

If a Legend appeared after just three random draw tickets, how could it be a Legend? It wasn’t for nothing that Dohyun hadn’t possessed a single one during his Demroc days.

‘Now that two have appeared, it’s troubling.’

If only it would show what skills they were when he examined them, how great would that be?

Thinking that one of the two would disappear made him worry more. It was especially so for Dohyun since skills from various classes appeared for him.

The remaining card might be an even better fit.

‘Hmm…’

At this moment, Dohyun had become the most serious man in the world.

He was so serious that even the players watching were impressed enough to exclaim.

“Seems like things aren’t going well?”

“No. Based on my long experience… that’s the face right before drawing a card.”

“At that level, you’d think he’d just draw casually, but a man who knows to be serious about even one skill draw… romantically approved.”

As if he couldn’t hear their whispers, Dohyun stared intently at the cards for a long time before finally deciding.

‘A man goes right.’

Right-side walking is basic among basics, isn’t it?

If there was a center, he would pick the middle, but it was exactly the second from the left and third from the right, so Dohyun chose the right.

—!

Then bright light covered his vision.

A brilliance whose quality was different from when drawing silver cards!

Despite the blinding light, Dohyun stubbornly checked his skill window, and his face instantly hardened.

“Looks like he drew something.”

“Sigh, his expression doesn’t look too good?”

“Oh no… just looking at him, it’s a dud.”

“Shh shh, he might hear. Speak quietly.”

At that reaction, the players who had been watching Dohyun closely shook their heads as if feeling sorry.

17 to 1 Legend, hot potato.

Though Kaiser was currently the most famous person in Brion, to them he was just a fellow who had drawn a dud.

Before the draw, everyone is equal. This was their humanity.

That must be why.

“Look how he’s still dazed. Must have been quite a dud.”

“Even Kaiser couldn’t escape this damn luck game.”

“…Tsk. Let’s give him space. We already finished today’s draws anyway.”

“Yeah, that would be good.”

The reason they lifted their heavy bottoms and stood up.

It was because they understood that feeling and gave him minimal consideration. At times like this, wanting to be alone was the sentiment of any ruined gambler.

Left alone in this misunderstanding, Dohyun was staring blankly into space.

[‘Shroud in Darkness’ has been acquired.]

[Shroud in Darkness]

-Grade: Hero

-Restriction: Dark attribute mage class

-Description: Darkness is the source and fear of all things.

Within it, nothing can be done… A true dark mage must know how to shroud desired places in darkness.

-Effect: Shrouds a desired location in darkness to grant the power of darkness. Consumes 150 MP per second and can last up to 20 seconds.

However, it cannot be used on others.

-Cooldown: 40 seconds applied per body part.

More precisely, at the skill window floating in the air.

‘This appeared?’

It was the moment he obtained his first magic skill throughout both Demroc and Godseeker.

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