The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 14

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Chapter 14
Chapter 14
Kyle, the Swordmaster Instructor at the Advancement Office.
For two years now, he had witnessed countless novice adventurers pass through these halls.
Most had never held a blade before, yet among them were those skilled enough to earn even Kyle’s acknowledgment.
Some possessed a talent for swift strikes and advanced as Sharp Bladers.
Others wielded their swords with unwavering resolve and became Knights.
A few showed aptitude for both blade and magic, and he coordinated with the Sage Instructor to advance them as Spellblades.
But this.
‘This is something else entirely.’
The examinee before him was different.
A swift blade approaching at breathtaking speed.
Just as Kyle moved to parry it effortlessly, the blade suddenly twisted its trajectory, transforming into a heavy sword that drove him backward.
Attempting to evade—
Whoosh.
The examinee’s blade twisted like a serpent, exploiting the subtleties of variable and illusory swordplay to press Kyle relentlessly.
‘It’s not just the sword.’
Had it been only this, Kyle would have dismissed it as mere talent with blades.
But the examinee was different.
The moment distance opened between them, a spear appeared naturally in their hands, blocking Kyle’s approach.
Should Kyle break through the spear’s defense, they abandoned it without hesitation and drew a dagger, thrusting at his vital points.
Sometimes an axe materialized from nowhere, threatening him; other times a blunt weapon negated his defenses entirely.
When pressed to disarm them, they kicked with greaves wrapped around their shins.
No weakness appeared anywhere.
Every weapon’s advantages were being utilized perfectly.
A combat style Kyle had never encountered before.
Even for Kyle, adapting to it was far from easy.
Facing such an examinee—
‘The King of All Weapons.’
That phrase came to mind.
Originally, the King of All Weapons was a phrase created to praise the sword as supreme among all arms, but what Kyle thought now was different.
The examinee before him.
The examinee themselves appeared as the King of All Weapons.
The sovereign of every arm.
One who wielded all weapons freely and drew their power to its absolute limit.
That was the true power of the examinee Kyle faced.
‘And they possess the strength to back up such technique.’
The examinee possessed exceptional physique from the start, but the moment black flames clung to their body, that strength surged dramatically.
Cowardly?
Hardly.
The examinee was fulfilling the conditions Kyle had set quite well.
He wasn’t using any items he possessed, only the practice weapons scattered across the floor.
Kyle had only forbidden the use of items, after all—he’d said nothing about abilities like that.
‘All Master, huh….’
At first, I thought it was an impossible path.
All Master.
It might sound appealing, but ultimately it was a path where one couldn’t focus on a single discipline and instead stumbled forward aimlessly, becoming neither one thing nor another—the worst possible route.
So I had hoped he would choose a single, dedicated path rather than advance into such a fantastical, legendary profession as All Master.
But now, things were different.
‘If it’s this person….’
It might actually be possible.
Truly, he might actually be able to walk the path of a genuine All Master.
If that’s the case.
“This is the final trial!”
I needed to properly verify the examinee’s qualifications.
With that, Kyle wrapped his weapon in sword energy.
The true power of a Swordmaster, also called a Mana Sword.
By Kyle’s standards, if the examinee couldn’t withstand this attack, it would be better for him to focus on a single path rather than walk the All Master’s road.
Kyle swung the sword energy, burning with passion that mirrored his own nature, toward the examinee.
In that moment.
Whooom—.
“…!”
Mana began blazing from the examinee’s wooden sword.
The exact same power now burning from Kyle’s blade.
Sword energy, a Mana Sword, was rippling across the examinee’s weapon.
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‘Did he really just use sword energy?’
Even in a battle against an Advancement Instructor, I thought there would be certain limits observed.
The moment sword energy appeared on the Instructor’s blade.
I realized that this Instructor had crossed every line without hesitation.
– Master, my power is still weak, and I don’t have much time left to endure.
Even Luke’s strength was running out.
Actually, for Luke to hold out this long was already pushing himself hard.
In that situation.
I nodded and deployed my final gambit.
Whooooom—.
I poured all my mana into the wooden sword.
Normally, the technique called sword energy or Mana Sword can only be used if one possesses the corresponding skill.
But who am I?
The rank 1 player of First, who wielded not only sword energy but even Sword Force with complete mastery.
It was Mir.
Though I possessed no skills, my command of sword energy and sword force felt as natural as moving my own limbs.
While I could never match the true sword energy channeled through skills, by infusing mana this way and layering a blade of mana over my weapon—
Whirrrrr—
I could conjure a counterfeit sword energy.
It would pale in both offensive power and duration compared to the genuine article.
But for now, this sufficed.
After all, I didn’t need to overpower the Swordmaster Instructor—I only needed to block a single one of his attacks.
Clang!!
The two wooden swords collided.
Sparks erupted as the sword energies clashed.
The Swordmaster Instructor’s sword energy burned with passionate brilliance, while mine burned black like Luke’s dark flame.
Naturally, my sword energy could not overcome his.
I felt vividly as my sword energy fractured and gave way.
I twisted the blade’s angle as sharply as possible to deflect the Swordmaster Instructor’s strike.
Without sword energy, I would have been cleaved in two along with my weapon, but thanks to the fledgling energy I’d managed to create, I could somehow parry the blow.
And then—
Thud.
I released the wooden sword from my grip.
A Swordmaster dropping their blade is shameful, but I was never a Swordmaster to begin with.
The moment I released the wooden sword, I grasped an invisible weapon with bare hands and swung it toward the Swordmaster Instructor.
“Luke.”
– Yes, Master.
All the dark flame remaining in my body converged into my outstretched hand, and my final weapon materialized.
The longsword—the most commonly used weapon in First, or rather, in Second.
That blade, now stripped of its dark flame and held by my exhausted, depleted hands, was swung toward the Swordmaster Instructor.
It was an attack so weak, so utterly spent—
Yet my strike—
Thump.
Found its mark precisely over the Swordmaster Instructor’s heart.
His left chest.
The blow lacked force to inflict true damage.
“Did I win?”
“I lost.”
The Swordmaster Instructor acknowledged my victory.
I’d worried he might refuse to accept it due to the weak impact.
But this proved sufficient.
‘Thank goodness.’
This had been my final gambit.
Once the Swordmaster Instructor manifested his sword energy and Luke’s power began to fade, this was the limit of what I could display.
Regardless, with this, you’ve passed all four Advancement Instructors’ trials.
And at that very moment, a System Message appeared.
[ You have completed the Hidden Advancement Quest ‘All Master’. ]
The Advancement Quest was complete.
“Remarkable! To think you’d pass all four trials. I never expected this. You’d achieve great things walking the Sage’s path, but looking at you now, I suspect even that wouldn’t satisfy you.”
The Sage Instructor approached me and tilted his staff.
The blue gem embedded in the staff’s tip began to glow, pouring its power into me.
“Indeed. I wanted to recommend the Dark Assassin’s path. But watching you, it seems you won’t stop at merely becoming the King of Night.”
Next, the black gem embedded in the Dark Assassin Instructor’s dagger began to shine.
“A pity.”
Then the white gem at the end of the Archer Instructor’s bowstring glowed.
And finally.
“I acknowledge you.”
The Swordmaster Instructor drew his blade.
The red gem embedded in the sword poured its light upon me.
Four lights converged, shimmering brilliantly as they enveloped my body.
The moment all that light was absorbed into me.
[ You have advanced to the Hidden Class, ‘All Master’. ]
I had successfully advanced to All Master.
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The Crisis Management Team of Second.
There were two primary methods to identify crisis situations here.
The first was automatic alarms.
When a situation matching keywords designated by the Crisis Management Team occurred, an alarm would sound automatically, alerting them to the crisis.
Depending on the crisis level of the registered situation, the alarm would trigger, making it useful, but upon actual verification, many situations proved trivial.
The second method was.
“Team Leader Kang.”
“Seo Deputy, don’t tell me that digger finally got a Hidden Class?”
“No, that’s not it yet.”
“Stop saying ‘not yet’—it’s making me genuinely anxious. So what is it this time?”
“The returning user from First that I mentioned before has received the All Master Advancement Quest.”
“What? How did you— Wait, you’ve been monitoring that user this whole time? I told you to just register them as F-rank!”
Monitoring.
It was the direct surveillance of users or specific situations selected by staff as monitoring targets.
While it had the advantage of being fast and accurate, the limited number of staff made it impossible to monitor every situation in the game.
Because of this, only users, Guilds, or situations with high crisis ratings would rarely be designated as monitoring targets.
Yet Seo Deputy, who had been wary of Mir all along, had persistently monitored Mir and confirmed that he received the All Master Advancement Quest.
“It’s All Master. Isn’t this sufficient to qualify as a crisis situation?”
“It certainly is. It’s the strongest class in Second that we only know from manuals.”
“It’s a main class that affects Second’s main episode. So we must hurry….”
“That’s enough.”
“Pardon?”
“I said that’s enough. Just bump up the crisis level a notch. From what I can see, their skills are exceptional.”
“Team Leader, but if Mir advances to All Master…”
“Sigh…”
Team Leader Kang exhaled heavily as he responded to Seo Deputy’s report.
“Do you know what the All Master advancement test entails?”
“I understand that the four Advancement Instructors at the Advancement Office each administer tests at the highest difficulty level.”
“Right, that’s correct.”
All Master.
The strongest class in Second according to the manual.
True to its name, it’s a class that can wield any weapon, use any skill, and reach the pinnacle through any path.
In theory, it was the All Master that could acquire all the abilities of the Swordmaster, Sage, Dark Assassin, and Archer.
But.
“You have to pass four tests of an impossibly higher difficulty than the existing ones. Does that even make sense?”
“…”
“Even the Advancement Instructors themselves know how absurd this is. They’re skeptical about the All Master class itself.”
“However…”
“There’s no way they’ll advance. Still, they’ll definitely acquire a top-tier class, so I’ll just raise the crisis level. It’s already been two years since the opening anyway, so ranking up will be difficult.”
The advancement difficulty was simply outrageous.
Because of this, anyone who had read about the All Master in the manual could understand.
That advancement to All Master was impossible.
A legendary class merely included for formality, the All Master.
No matter how much time passed, it seemed unlikely that anyone would ever advance to All Master.
As evidence, in the past two years, not a single person had advanced to All Master, nor had anyone even received the advancement quest, had they?
It was remarkable to receive the qualifications for such a grand All Master and take the advancement test.
But there was no expectation of success in the advancement.
And yet.
Wee-oop, wee-ooop-!
Suddenly, the Crisis Management Team’s crisis alarm blared.
If the alarm reached the team leader’s office rather than a limited location, there was only one reason.
“An S-rank crisis situation!”
The highest crisis level had been triggered.
Team Leader Kang urgently turned on the screen to check the situation.
And there was.
[ You have advanced to the Hidden Class, ‘All Master’. ]
“Wh-what…?”
“Look at that.”
The image showed Mir advancing to All Master between the four Advancement Instructors.

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