The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 101

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Chapter 101
Chapter 101
After Cayden collapsed.
While Lugard and the knights fell into silence.
From the far end of the Training Ground, someone began approaching me.
‘The Knight Commander of the Golden Spear Knights.’
I could identify him immediately.
In truth, simply observing the knights bowing their heads to him made recognition effortless.
Proud knights would never bow to just anyone.
‘Is he coming for retaliation?’
It seemed Cayden wasn’t a beloved member of the Knight Order.
Still, from the Knight Commander’s perspective, seeing one of his subordinates in such a state couldn’t be favorable.
He might very well seek retribution against me.
Arondight and the Lancelot Lake set had already deactivated, but Black Flame Flower still had considerable duration remaining.
I prepared myself to draw a new item at any moment.
Tap.
Finally, the Knight Commander stood before me and opened his mouth.
“I heard your name is Mir. Is that correct?”
“That is so.”
“I am Casiel Lexspear, serving as the Commander of the Golden Spear Knights.”
An abrupt introduction.
What came next.
“As Knight Commander of the Golden Spear, I formally apologize for this incident.”
“Commander!”
He bowed his head to me and apologized for what had transpired.
An outcome I never anticipated.
The knights were equally shocked by his gesture.
Indeed, it was no simple matter for someone of the Knight Commander’s station to bow before an outsider.
“The knight who committed this rudeness, Cayden Albant, shall be expelled from the Knight Order immediately for his transgression.”
He even dismissed Cayden on the spot.
Though Cayden didn’t seem to be a beloved knight, I never expected matters to escalate this far.
Moreover, the Knight Commander’s words were far from finished.
“Should you desire anything further, I shall provide it. Merely expelling that wretch hardly seems sufficient compensation.”
Anything I desired.
Various reward possibilities flooded my mind.
‘Should I learn a skill?’
My counterpart was the Knight Commander of the Golden Spear Knights.
He surely possessed a high-ranking unique skill, one that would prove immediately valuable to me.
Yet, was it appropriate to request a unique skill for something like this?
My counterpart wasn’t simply granting my request out of obligation.
Outwardly composed, yet this was nothing short of a test.
Since Cayden had already been dismissed, I was being asked to demand an appropriately modest reward.
In any case, the Knight Commander’s skill wasn’t urgently needed at the moment.
“Would it be permissible to use the Training Ground while I’m at the Imperial Palace?”
I made only a simple request.
Yet it was far from a meaningless reward.
‘The Imperial Palace’s Training Ground couldn’t possibly be comparable to some mediocre facility.’
This was the very Training Ground used by the Imperial Palace’s Knight Order.
Just as brief rest in the Imperial Palace’s quarters had completely dispelled my fatigue, this place would surely carry similar enhancements.
For instance, skill training here would accelerate the rate at which skill levels increased.
With my level rising far too rapidly for my skills to keep pace, this space was precisely what I needed.
“Granted.”
The Knight Commander smiled in response to my words.
“Furthermore, during your time at the Imperial Palace, our Golden Spear Knights shall provide maximum support for your training.”
Thanks to this, my time at the Imperial Palace would prove most productive.
* * *
After Mir’s matter concluded.
Casiel Lexspear, the Knight Commander of the Golden Spear Knights, and his Vice Commander departed the Training Ground.
As they made their way back to the Commander’s Office.
The Vice Commander posed a question to the Knight Commander.
“Commander, do you truly intend to expel Cayden?”
“Would I have said something I didn’t mean?”
“However, Cayden is the youngest son of Count Albant. The Count himself even sent word requesting special consideration.”
“And what of it?”
“If you cast Cayden out, Count Albant will not remain idle. As you know, Count Albant is a core power of the Empire….”
“Vice Commander.”
The Knight Commander’s steps halted.
Turning to face the Vice Commander, the Knight Commander continued with a piercing gaze.
“Your words are peculiar. As if I had accepted Cayden into the order at Count Albant’s behest.”
“That’s not quite what I meant….”
“I accepted Cayden not because of his background like Count Albant, but purely based on his skill and potential as I assessed them.”
“….”
“Of course, it seems I failed to properly judge his impatience and character.”
The Vice Commander could only fall silent at those words.
His Knight Commander, Casiel Lexspear, was frustratingly honest.
Even as a Knight Commander, one couldn’t entirely disregard a noble of Count rank.
Yet he was discarding Cayden as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
Of course, there was another reason underlying this.
“In contrast, that adventurer Mir displayed remarkable skill.”
The Knight Commander spoke, recalling Mir’s prowess.
“The prowess he displayed was nothing short of heroic potential. No—it was legendary talent that had never even been recorded in history.”
“However, that mysterious power he revealed at the end….”
“Even if he himself doesn’t understand the nature of that power, does using an unknown force really change anything?”
“Of course it changes things!”
“No, it doesn’t change anything. It’s no different from a nobleman having a solid backing, quality education, consuming rare elixirs, and equipping expensive gear.”
The Knight Commander’s assessment of Mir’s abilities was… yes.
Exceptional.
There was nothing more to say.
Not a single talent I’d witnessed thus far surpassed Mir.
“The Capital Defense Commander didn’t bring him to the Imperial Palace on a whim to personally report his Achievement to His Majesty.”
What if the Capital Defense Commander had failed to recognize Mir’s potential?
Instead of bringing Mir to the Imperial Palace, he would have offered modest compensation and reported the Orc Lord’s subjugation as his own achievement.
That such a commander had fully acknowledged Mir’s accomplishments meant something.
It meant he’d calculated that acknowledging Mir’s achievements held greater value than stealing them.
“And I share that same conviction.”
With those words, the Knight Commander returned to his office, his expression graced by a genuine smile for the first time in ages.
* * *
The next day.
Since no word had come regarding the reward for slaying the Orc Lord, I scheduled my time to make the most of it.
First thing, right after rising early in the morning.
“Hya!”
“Neeeigh!”
“You’ve gotten faster.”
“It’s thanks to your excellent instruction.”
“No, that could have been taught by anyone. Rather… it seems I’m the one learning your horsemanship.”
I headed to the Riding Ground and galloped across it alongside Lugard on horseback.
It wasn’t merely to relieve stress.
There was some desire to recapture the sensations from my First days, but what mattered most was ultimately.
[ Your Riding skill level has increased. ]
Raising my skill levels.
Before long after circling the Riding Ground, several skill level-up notifications had already appeared before my eyes.
And for good reason.
‘I have more than one or two skill proficiency growth bonuses right now.’
First, the increased skill proficiency growth rate that appeared as the Returner’s Blessing.
Second, the All Master’s class ability.
Third, consuming elixirs that raise skill proficiency.
Fourth, the training efficiency buff for the Riding skill inherent to the Imperial Palace’s Riding Ground itself.
When all of that combined, and finally layered with my own horsemanship honed during my First days.
[ Your Riding skill level has increased. ]
[ Your Riding skill level has increased. ]
….
My Riding skill level was ascending at a pace that seemed impossible for something I’d only learned last night.
After raising the skill level to its peak, I moved on.
“You’ve arrived. Since the Commander has approved it, feel free to use the Training Ground’s facilities as you wish.”
“Oh, and by the way, Cayden is probably still sleeping in the Medical Chamber. Even if he wakes up, he won’t be returning to our Knight Order, so don’t worry about it.”
“Thank you.”
I found the Golden Spear Knights’ Training Ground.
Here, I practiced weapon mastery to my heart’s content.
In truth, I believed my weapon techniques, honed since my First days, were not lacking even when compared to the knights here.
But skill levels were another matter entirely.
My skill levels, which I’d raised too rapidly of late, were falling behind my character’s overall level.
To elevate those skill levels, I wielded the wooden swords and wooden spears provided with vigor.
[ Your skill ‘All Mastery+’ has increased in level. ]
Once again, the skill level rose swiftly.
Though I wasn’t only practicing weapon techniques.
[ Your skill ‘Black Insect Flash’ has increased in level. ]
[ Your skill ‘Crushing Blow’ has increased in level. ]
….
I trained evenly in high-tier skills like Black Insect Flash and Black Serpent Shadow, as well as fundamental skills like Crushing Blow and Throwing.
Though basic skills had lower grades, there was nothing quite as versatile as these fundamentals.
The Throwing skill was one I’d favored most since my First days.
As I continued raising my skill levels in this manner.
“Your skills are quite impressive.”
“So you didn’t defeat Cayden purely by luck.”
“With that level of ability, you must have slain the Orc Lord.”
“Your physical attributes seem a bit lacking, but your movements are on par with ours.”
“What are you talking about? Your movements look far more refined than his. Honestly, if that adventurer had just better physical attributes, he’d have taken you down easily.”
“What did you just say?”
“Or should we verify that right now?”
The number of knights observing my training from the sidelines had grown.
As more time passed.
“Ahem.”
One of the knights watching me approached and cleared his throat.
Wondering what the matter was, I turned my head.
“Would you perhaps need a sparring partner? Isn’t there a limit to training with wooden swords or hitting sandbags?”
“A sparring match, you say?”
“It would benefit us both, wouldn’t it? Ah, don’t misunderstand—this isn’t about the youngest’s revenge or anything. I never cared much for him anyway.”
One of the knights had proposed that we spar together.
Had it been a proposal with no benefit, I would have declined.
‘Skill proficiency does increase faster in actual combat than simply striking sandbags.’
This proposal holds significant merit for me as well.
Skill proficiency rises progressively through solo training, sparring against opponents, and real combat situations like battling monsters—in that exact order of increasing gains.
Since my current objective is raising skill levels, sparring would be far more advantageous than solitary practice.
“Understood.”
“Excellent!”
“However, might I use whatever weapons I choose?”
“Any training weapon would suffice, though our Training Ground only has wooden swords and wooden spears prepared. If you need more variety, I can borrow from another Training Ground.”
“No, this is fine.”
Though limiting myself to merely swords and spears felt constraining.
I was no mere swordmaster or spearmaster—I was an all-master of Second, wielding every weapon, skill, and spell.
“Luke.”
– I shall retrieve every variety for you.
Following my command, Luke produced an array of items.
[ Training Wooden Sword ]
Not merely longsword-form wooden swords, but various sizes and shapes—short swords, greatswords, and more.
[ Training Wooden Blade ]
Similarly, wooden blades in diverse forms: great blades, long blades, short blades.
Wooden spears followed the same principle.
Even within the categories of sword, blade, and spear existed countless specialized variants.
My training arsenal contained every single form.
Beyond these.
[ Training Wooden Bow ]
[ Training Wooden Staff ]
….
Bows, axes, hammers—weapons for different professions—as well as unconventional arms like scythes and claws existed within my collection.
Spreading every item across the ground for immediate access, I stood ready.
“Shall we begin at once?”
“Hahahaha! Splendid! Let’s go!”
I commenced sparring with the Golden Spear knight.
No—with the Golden Spear knights.
As we clashed, my skill levels surged forward at a pace that outpaced my character level itself.
“So the rumors about slaying the Orc Lord were true, then.”
Simultaneously, whispers about me began spreading throughout the Imperial Palace.

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