The Return of the Genius Ranker of All Times - Chapter 93

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Episode 93

Chapter 93.

[Player: Kaiser]

[Level: 32]

[HP: 5,120 / 5,120]

[MP: 2,750 / 2,750]

[Stamina: 790 / 790]

[Class: Last Adventurer 【Successor of Kashiyar】]

[Titles (7)]

-Max Favorability from the Start?

-First Slayer

…(Expand)

[Stats]

【Strength: 80(+70)】 【Agility: 55(+69)】

【Stamina: 5(+69)】 【Perception: 37(+67)】

【Magic Power: 45(+65)】

Remaining Points: 20

‘It felt wasteful to invest in magic power just for Shadow Cloak….’

Shadow Cloak is basically based on close combat anyway, and it’s not a skill that’s greatly affected by magic power aside from mana.

So until now, I didn’t want to invest in it if possible….

‘Can’t help it.’

The hunting speed was beyond expectations, so I couldn’t help but invest.

Even though it was still lacking, it had become much easier to handle than before.

It was a reasonably good investment.

I briefly thought about whether it would be fine to invest all the remaining stats, but I held back.

‘I need to be careful about going all-in.’

Dohyun is an all-master.

It was always better to have at least some spare points.

A strategy possible because the Hidden Dragon trait gave him more points than others.

‘Hidden Dragon is definitely overpowered. If not for ‘that thing’ after max level, it would have been game-breaking.’

Dohyun chuckled and put away Cheonbyeon (Thousand Changes).

-Huh? You’re stopping hunting? I can be summoned again if I rest a little….

“It’s fine, we caught them all.”

Originally, I planned to just experiment with skills a bit and return to the city, but I got captivated by the charm of auto-hunting and ended up clearing the main quest while enjoying the benefits.

And that wasn’t all.

[Sword Mastery has reached LV14.]

[Spear Mastery has reached LV8.]

[Dagger Mastery has reached LV9.]

[Shield Mastery has reached LV5.]

I was already happy about gaining 2 levels, but I could also smoothly raise the proficiency of various weapons.

‘Using Cheonbyeon makes it convenient to raise various skills.’

Maybe it’s because the proficiency level is high, and I’ve been using other weapons more often than swords lately.

Since the Great Warrior, I’ve only managed to raise it by 2 levels so far.

It feels somewhat slow to rise, but it’s not a bad growth rate. Others without Weapon Master would rise even slower than this.

‘Besides, I don’t just use swords.’

In that regard, this was pretty good.

With this, I’ve finished all my business in the Rock Forest… now it was time to go to the city and proceed with the quest.

However….

[10 seconds remaining for connection time.]

[Connection will end shortly. Please evacuate to a safe location.]

That moment would have to be postponed until tomorrow.

‘Has time already passed this much?’

Well, a lot did happen.

Just in terms of hunting time, it was the most among all the days I’ve played Godseeker.

Though regrettable, Dohyun shrugged his shoulders, deciding to look forward to tomorrow.

“It’s time for me to go.”

-Ah… already? Well, alright. You’re coming at the same time tomorrow, right?

“Yeah.”

-Take care, Owner.

-Risa risa!

Eliza bouncing around in greeting and Jihad waving his hand.

Now that they’d spent several days together, they seemed to have gotten used to parting.

Maybe it was because the two were sharing the Guardian Room together. Whatever it was, it was a good thing.

Since divine beasts have high intelligence, I heard many of them dislike being alone.

In severe cases, there were even divine beasts that suffered from separation anxiety disorder.

‘I heard the cost of investing in stress management alone exceeds tens of millions of won?’

They were truly money-eating hippos.

It’s not for nothing that people say not just anyone can raise divine beasts.

Along with Necromancers, divine beast tamers were like symbols of wealth.

In that regard, how lucky was it that Dohyun didn’t have to spend a single penny, and they felt comfortable playing among themselves.

[Connection ends after reaching maximum connection time.]

With that message as the last, Dohyun opened his eyes in the capsule and stretched lightly.

His bones screamed.

It wasn’t just his bones that were screaming.

“Ugh, I’m hungry.”

His stomach was churning, demanding food.

Since he still had plenty of money, thinking he might as well eat beef today, Dohyun went to the living room and tilted his head.

“No one’s here?”

Not only the living room, but also Hyuna’s room.

And there was no one in the master bedroom either. Panicking, he sent a message and got a reply right away.

[Me: Hey]

[Daughter: ?]

[Me: Where are you]

[Daughter: Drinking]

[Me: Ah okay]

[Daughter: Why?]

[Me: Nothing, what about mom?]

[Daughter: Mom’s at a gathering too. She’ll probably come home later?]

[Me: Okay okay]

Dohyun turned off the messenger and tossed his phone aside.

If it was a gathering, mom would be eating too, so it seemed he’d have to handle his meal alone.

‘Times like this call for MacDonald’s.’

When ordering delivery alone, nothing beat hamburgers.

Dohyun generously ordered a Big Mac set and a snack wrap, then returned to his room.

Thud.

Dohyun naturally sat in his chair and clicked his mouse.

Normally, this would be out of habit to check websites, but today was different.

‘Let’s see… how much did it go up.’

Now a proper NewTuber.

He was planning to check how much had changed while he was playing the game.

After logging into YouTube and entering my channel.

“Huh?”

Dohyun’s eyes widened.

He couldn’t help it.

[Kaiser TV]

Subscribers: 1.44 million

‘1.44 million? Not just 1 million?’

The last time he checked, it was 790,000.

Nearly double the subscribers had been added in just 10 hours.

In barely 20 hours, he had become a YouTuber with 1.44 million subscribers from nothing.

‘Then how many views are there?’

Gulping, he checked the bottom of the video.

[Views: 7.461 million]

“…Insane.”

…Was he seeing this wrong?

Even seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn’t believe it. No matter how many times he blinked, nothing changed.

Actually, there was something that changed.

-Waaah oppa take me.

└Are you a girl?

└No, I’m a guy.

└?

└If you’re handsome, everyone’s oppa.

└He’s wearing a mask, how do you know he’s handsome.

└His gameplay is handsome.

└Ah okay; I agree

-This is really unbelievable… I’m watching this for the 5th time and it’s new every time. Always thrilling.

-14:01 How did he break through that pattern? Was it possible to parry that?

└No way.

└Then what was that?

└He’s a god;;;

-What would this man be like in bed?

└If it’s Kaiser, he’d probably dodge everything in bed too

└For real lol

└Forbes’ worst man in bed #1 lololol

Comments on the video.

They were increasing in real time.

-Look at how fast the subscribers are growing. You can really feel how hot he is these days.

-Kaiser seems to have caused something in Brion again this time. Isn’t a video of that coming up?

-For real, my neck’s gonna fall off waiting

└The video was just uploaded a day ago lololol

└Ah one day is too long~

└Need 3 videos a day for real

“…Hmm.”

Dohyun scratched his head as he watched the comments increasing with each refresh.

Somehow his feelings were strange.

Even before, Dohyun had a fairly thick fanbase, but back then it didn’t feel real.

After all, in the game only people trying to stab him in the back approached him, and most fans were those who watched from a distance.

He only knew that people praised and admired him.

He hadn’t felt this kind of communication before.

‘So this is what it’s like.’

It wasn’t a bad feeling at all.

While there were quite a few hate comments and weird jokes mixed in, the positive comments were overwhelming.

‘So this is why people do YouTube.’

Communicate, receive support, and even make money?

There’s no reason not to do this.

He was still reluctant about his face being revealed, but that didn’t matter since there was a mosaic function when uploading videos.

‘Since there are things like mask mosaics, this is nice.’

Due to the nature of virtual reality where you can’t drastically change your appearance, this probably came about because of portrait rights protection.

Thanks to this, virtual YouTubers and those who dislike having their faces revealed make good use of it.

Somehow Dohyun had become one of those beneficiaries.

‘I did well to process the mask and upload yesterday.’

…Well, he became so famous that people recognize him well even with his face covered.

This could be solved later by changing equipment or changing Jihad’s outfit when it really becomes a problem.

“In that sense, please treat me well this time too.”

Dohyun grinned and clicked his mouse.

Thanks to synchronization with the capsule, the quickly downloaded video changed rapidly with each mouse movement. Still, having uploaded once yesterday made his hand movements a bit less awkward.

That said, he wasn’t doing enough to call it editing.

“Cut out some of the awkward export parts… add mosaics. It’d be better to split the video into two parts, right?”

Still, for Dohyun who was still an editing newbie, it wasn’t easy work.

After 2 whole hours of editing, Dohyun finally uploaded the video.

[Uploading.]

[Please wait a moment.]

“Done.”

Only then did Dohyun take his hand off the mouse and stretched his stiff body.

‘I’ll need to hire an editor later.’

Right now he was riding the wave of fame so even uploading roughly like this worked, but once time passed and popularity cooled down a bit, he’d definitely need an editor’s help.

Apart from that, doing this every day was already tiring.

‘For now, there’s no choice.’

Of course, he had to endure it for now.

He didn’t have stable income yet. It wouldn’t be too late to look into it calmly while developing more.

‘At this rate, I can expect income next month, right?’

Subscribers were flocking in, and if he rode this momentum and uploaded videos well, the income would be solid.

After watching the situation for a month or two, it seemed fine to hire an editor.

He had some money left, and if the items he put up for auction sold…

‘What’s this? Why is everything going so well?’

Rather than joy, Dohyun felt doubt at how smoothly things were flowing, as if his blocked money luck had burst open.

Isn’t there a saying like that?

If things suddenly go too well, be suspicious first.

It was a fairly famous saying since it’s what businessmen who went bankrupt in an instant after doing well often said.

‘Have I ever had things go this well?’

Dohyun was someone whose enhancements failed whenever he tried, and who didn’t have even one legendary skill that any High Ranker would have.

No, the problem started with his first game being the shit game called Demroc.

He worked hard to achieve 1st place, but the service ended.

‘If only that was all.’

Just when the epic next work called Godseeker came out so he could use that experience, Dohyun went to the military exactly on the release date.

Truly a man whose luck had been fed to dogs.

That was the life Dohyun had lived.

But after being discharged from the military, wasn’t everything going too well while playing Godseeker?

‘Was everything I went through actually bad luck cleansing? All buildup for this moment?’

I knelt down to gain mobility!

It might be that he endured all that hardship just to live it up in Godose like that… but that can’t be right.

Dohyun chuckled at the ridiculous thought and quickly dismissed it.

‘Whatever the case.’

What mattered now was that an opportunity had been given.

Then all he had to do was handle that opportunity more preciously and surely than anyone else.

Just as he had done until now.

‘The same goes for the Quest.’

The main Quest where one stumble could cost him everything.

The hidden Quest that only Raven’s #1 could obtain, but would disappear the moment he failed.

These were all opportunities too.

That’s why Dohyun intended to complete them more brilliantly than anyone else. Dohyun wasn’t stupid enough to waste a hard-earned opportunity.

What kind of Quest they would give him was something he’d find out tomorrow.

[10:36 PM]

Dohyun glanced at the time and shook off his thoughts.

That was something he’d find out tomorrow anyway.

Right now, there was a more important concern.

‘One hour…’

The gym closed at 12, so considering travel time, he had roughly an hour left.

If he focused, it was enough time.

‘Hmm, should I go? Or should I rest?’

But he was too sleepy for that.

Drowsiness was washing over him like he might pass out any moment.

How sweet it would be to just lie down on the bed like this.

Though his heart kept weakening to the sweet temptation, the fact that he’d missed several workout days recently and failed to maintain his 6-day-a-week schedule wouldn’t leave his mind.

‘The dilemma of the century.’

Should he go, if only to not waste all that daily exercise from the military?

Or should he sleep without overexerting himself, thinking about tomorrow’s condition since Godose was technically his job?

Dohyun’s face was more serious than ever as he weighed these two choices, and finally he was able to make a decision.

“…Sigh. I have to go.”

If the body he’d worked so hard to build deteriorated, he’d be the only one at a loss, wouldn’t he?

Since he was already just playing games at home, it made sense to at least go exercise to meet his activity quota.

And so Dohyun took heavy steps with a darkened expression.

* * *

And that night.

While Dohyun, who had ultimately gone to work out, was diving into bed without looking back and embracing dreamland.

A new post appeared on the Godose official website.

-It’s up! It’s fucking up!

└?? What’s up?

└My porn!!

└???

A post with a strange title that made no sense.

But the moment they saw what followed, they could all understand.

Because what over a million people had been waiting for so eagerly, the hottest thing in current times, had been uploaded.

-Kaiser TV video is up!

-Crazy!?

-Wow, it really is. Going to watch it right now.

-Me too, me too!

It was the moment a massive bomb dropped on YouTube.

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