The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 100

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Chapter 100
Chapter 100
Cayden had been defeated.
On the very first exchange.
Not by a knight of the Imperial Palace, but by a stranger he’d never seen before—and he was now sprawled on the ground after exposing his vital chest.
Fortunately, the training garments possessed minimal protective enchantments, so despite taking a direct hit to a vital point, he hadn’t lost consciousness.
“Hack, cough! Hack!”
His solar plexus had been struck with perfect precision, leaving him gasping for breath as he rolled across the floor.
Yet even so, Cayden showed no signs of accepting defeat.
The moment he’d caught his breath, Cayden pointed accusingly at the adventurer and shouted.
“You coward! You threw your weapon? And you still have the audacity to—!”
“You seem intent on lecturing me about a knight’s honor, but I’m not a knight.”
“That’s not all! You threw your weapon without even a signal to begin—no courtesy whatsoever—!”
“Wasn’t it you who charged first without waiting for any signal to start?”
“Shut your mouth, you coward! I was caught off guard just now by your dishonorable tactics, but I won’t fall for such cowardly tricks twice!”
With that declaration, he charged at the adventurer once more.
Despite his bold proclamation, his stance was far more defensive than before.
The senior members of the Golden Spear Knights watching the match frowned.
“It seems he’s causing trouble again.”
“We’ve overlooked Count Albant’s youngest son more than once already. How many times is this now?”
“His skills aren’t particularly lacking, though. Impressive. Who is this stranger?”
“Impressive? How is a knight throwing his weapon impressive—”
“He’s clearly not a knight. To call someone a coward for throwing a weapon at a non-knight opponent? If you wandered the back alleys of Labelt with that mindset, your last words would be shouting about honor to thieves.”
“Tch.”
Cayden, the youngest of the Golden Spear Knights.
In truth, his standing within the order was not favorable.
While his skills were not poor, he was essentially a “parachute appointment” who had entered through Count Albant’s recommendation.
Had he simply followed his seniors’ guidance obediently, there would have been no issue.
But Cayden constantly sought to prove his worth, causing incidents both large and small.
His reputation within the order had naturally suffered as a result.
“But who exactly is this opponent?”
The knights watched Cayden’s match with keen interest.
The initial ambush had been a true surprise, so they’d attributed it to luck.
Yet Cayden’s opponent wielded sword and spear with effortless mastery, overwhelming him through sheer skill.
If such a master swordsman existed in the Imperial Palace, they surely would have known of him.
Who could this person be to so thoroughly dominate Cayden?
The answer came from behind them.
“So that’s the one who defeated the Orc Lord.”
“Commander!”
“You’ve arrived, Commander!”
“What brings you to the Training Ground at this late hour?”
The Knight Commander of the Golden Spear Knights had arrived at the Training Ground.
The knights instantly rose from their positions and bowed deeply toward their commander.
Ignoring them, the Vice Commander posed a question to the Knight Commander.
“Should we overlook this? The Capital Defense Commander and the Wyvern Knights have testified to the situation. Even if it’s hard to believe, there’s a high probability it’s true.”
“That would be the case.”
The knights were shocked at those words.
Of course, they spoke in voices too quiet for the Knight Commander to hear.
“Is that the adventurer who defeated the Orc Lord?”
“He didn’t look that strong to me.”
“Now I understand what’s happening. He’s trying to defeat the adventurer who slew the Orc Lord to prove his own strength.”
“As expected, he was trying to cause trouble again.”
“We should have stopped him from the beginning.”
Of course, even whispers couldn’t escape the Knight Commander’s ears.
However, the Knight Commander paid no attention to their murmuring and continued speaking.
“Given that…”
The Knight Commander’s gaze turned toward the Training Ground.
An adventurer who defeated the Orc Lord.
With testimony from the Capital Defense Commander and the Wyvern Knights, the probability of this being false was extremely low, yet it remained difficult to believe.
Therefore.
“I’d like to verify his abilities.”
The Knight Commander decided not to stop the duel between the two immediately.
If problems arose, he could simply blame Cayden for everything and have him expelled.
Besides, this entire matter was truly caused by Cayden alone.
“Cayden, was it? The youngest is finally doing something I approve of.”
Of course, today would be the last day Cayden was called the youngest.
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“Coward! Face a knight’s blade with honor!”
Cayden charged forward.
This time, determined not to fall victim to throwing attacks, he adopted the most defensive stance possible.
As our blades clashed.
‘In terms of level, around 300 to 400?’
I could immediately gauge Cayden’s level.
At least in terms of raw strength, he was definitely more powerful than me.
His level seemed high, and his skill levels would be proportionally higher as well.
From what I could tell, he seemed to be at the youngest level here, yet the youngest possessed this much power.
The Empire’s knights were certainly formidable.
However.
‘His technique is abysmal.’
I couldn’t sense any exceptional skill in his abilities.
It’s swordplay bound far too rigidly by form.
It was like watching a student wielding a wooden sword in actual combat for the first time after learning from a private tutor.
Aside from skills, it meant his combat experience was abysmal.
Though I was outmatched in raw stats, I was accustomed to fighting like this.
“Die!”
Cayden’s wooden sword came down in a direct overhead strike.
Clang!
I deflected it horizontally.
Even if he possessed greater strength than me, striking the blade like this would inevitably break the trajectory.
Cayden, flustered by this,
Thud!
“Ugh!”
received a kick to the gut.
He didn’t fall despite being a knight, but I could see him staggering backward, retching.
“Gaaahhh!”
Perhaps the kick hadn’t dealt enough damage?
He continued charging at me relentlessly.
But the result remained the same.
Crack!
I wrapped around his thrusting wooden sword and redirected it aside, then struck his jaw with the hilt.
Thump!
I smoothly evaded his desperate swings, then plucked a wooden spear from the ground and drove it into his abdomen.
Click.
“Release it! How dare you take my weapon—!”
Crack!
“Argh!”
I seized his wooden sword and delivered another kick toward him as he was pulled along with it.
This time he couldn’t endure it and tumbled to the ground once more.
The gap in our stats was too great to inflict serious damage, but
“You… you bastard!”
his wooden sword was now in my hands.
Losing one’s weapon was, for a knight, tantamount to losing both life and honor.
Though I could freely swap weapons, from his perspective, this was no different than admitting defeat in a knight’s duel.
“I think this is over?”
Cayden.
Though he appeared to be a reckless knight, wouldn’t he acknowledge defeat at this point?
That was my naive miscalculation.
“Gaaaaaahhhhh!”
He suddenly roared and rose to his feet.
In doing so, he touched the Knight Order insignia ring he wore.
The magic embedded in the ring manifested, and light pouring from it engulfed his body.
As the light faded.
‘A ring enchanted with subspace magic and automatic equipment exchange magic?’
In Cayden’s hand was a golden spear.
His body was clad in brilliant golden armor.
The Knight Order’s equipment stored in the ring’s subspace had been automatically equipped through the ring’s equipment exchange magic.
It appeared to be a magical item created in preparation for emergency mobilization of the Knight Order.
“I’ll kill you!”
He charged toward me.
An overwhelming level difference.
The equipment he wore also appeared to be high-tier gear of at least legendary grade, befitting the Imperial Army’s Knight Order equipment.
In contrast, I had come out enjoying horseback riding in casual clothes, so I had no proper armor.
By the numbers alone, even a graze would drain all my health.
“Mir!”
Lugard, panicked by this, rushed desperately toward me.
But it was too late.
The Training Ground was vast, and since only the combatants could be inside while others had to watch from outside, there wasn’t enough time for Lugard to reach me.
“That madman!”
“A knight acting like that!”
“Stop him!”
The Golden Spear Knights were equally panicked.
Fundamentally, equipping real gear during a sparring match was absolutely forbidden.
What Cayden was doing now was nothing short of tarnishing the Golden Spear’s reputation.
However, they too were too far away to stop him.
It seemed they thought the situation would become serious if I died like this.
But I had no intention of taking this lying down.
“Luke.”
– Yes, Master.
A surge of power erupted.
[ Using Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ Borrowing the power of ‘Black Flame Dragon, Luke Nihr Desperato Ignockton’. ]
Luke’s power seeped into my body.
Even though I had defeated the Orc Lord and thirty thousand orcs, my level still hadn’t exceeded 200 due to the experience cap from a single battle.
Luke’s power added to my stats, amplifying my original abilities tremendously.
Not stopping there, in my hand overlaid with Luke’s power.
[ Lancelot’s Sword, Arondight ]
( Non-tradeable )
Form: Sword
Grade: Legendary
Restrictions: Level 800 or above, ‘Knight’ must be in job title, Sword Mastery Lv 80 or higher
Description: The Lake Knight’s Holy Sword, wielded by Lancelot du Lac, also known as the Lake Knight, one of the twelve Knights of the Round Table.
A legendary holy sword was now in my grasp.
But that was not all.
Across my body, which had worn no particular armor until now, the equipment of Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table, began to manifest.
[ Lancelot’s Lake Helm ]
[ Lancelot’s Lake Plate Armor ]
[ Lancelot’s Lake Gauntlets ]
….
These too were legendary-grade armor pieces bearing Lancelot’s name.
The set effect was.
[ You have equipped the complete ‘Lancelot’s Lake’ set (5/5). ]
[ The set effect of ‘Lancelot’s Lake’ activates. ]
[ Lancelot’s Lake: Inheriting the power of Lancelot, the knight said to possess the greatest talent, all melee combat skill levels increase by 10. ]
It elevated my combat skill levels.
In other words, not only my All Mastery+ but also skills like Black Snake Shadow and Black Thrust Slash all increased in level.
The equipment this creature charging at me was wearing—the gear of the Knight Order?
Could the equipment worn by the youngest member of the Knight Order possibly compare to the legendary-grade equipment I now wore, restricted to level 800?
Clang!
I deflected the side of the creature’s blade.
It was an attack I had endured once before, but the creature could not adapt to my suddenly increased speed, and its sword bounced away once more.
The creature cursed and struggled to regain control of its blade, but.
– Skill ‘Black Snake Shadow’ is activated.
I had already penetrated the creature’s blind spot.
The effect of my combat skill levels rising due to the Lancelot’s Lake set was considerable.
Had this creature been a monster, I would have used ‘Black Thrust Slash’ to pierce its spine with Arondight right then and there.
‘But it doesn’t warrant that.’
No matter what, it had not committed a sin deserving of death.
Especially with the Golden Spear Knights watching right now.
And I could not kill a Knight Order member inside the Imperial Palace.
– Skill ‘Power Strike’ is activated.
I struck the creature’s back of the head with the flat of Arondight’s blade.
The creature’s eyes rolled back from the impact as it collapsed.
And with that.
“Good heavens….”
“Even if he is the youngest, he brought down a full-fledged knight wearing all of our Knight Order’s equipment so easily?”
“And he subdued him so cleanly at that?”
“The Orc Lord Slayer….”
“It seems that rumor was not a lie after all.”
Lugard and all the members of the Golden Spear Knights, who had been watching my duel, fell into shock.
And my gaze passed over those astonished knights, turning toward the man looking down at me from the highest position.
The atmosphere alone made it clear he was no ordinary figure.
I didn’t need to ask to understand.
He was the commander of the Golden Spear Knights.

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