The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 141

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Chapter 141
Chapter 141
“That was fast settlement.”
I converted most of the gold I received from Simons into cash through the Auction House.
After all, there wasn’t much to spend money on within the game.
Since gold had a roughly fixed exchange rate, the settlement process was incredibly quick.
The amount I obtained was.
“Is it really okay that I’m printing money in the hundred-million range like this?”
A staggering hundred and fifty million won.
Combined with the money I’d earned from selling orc equipment before, I was approaching three hundred million won.
I hadn’t even set out to earn money seriously.
I’d simply sold items I obtained while playing Second in small amounts, yet here I was.
Second must be incredibly popular.
“Back in First, no matter how well I did, I couldn’t earn money.”
In First, even if I sold mythic-grade items, there was no one to buy them.
A popular game really is different.
In any case, thanks to that, an unexpected fortune was accumulating in my bank account.
“Where should I spend it?”
I had nowhere worthwhile to use it.
I didn’t have enough to move to a new place.
A car would be pointless to buy.
Since I’d spent all my time gaming, I had no real use for the money even when it appeared.
So in the end.
“Hello! It’s good to see you again!”
“Hello.”
“With this upgrade, you’ll have the full upgrade! Most people don’t upgrade to this extent unless they’re professional players. That’s impressive.”
I decided to spend all my money on capsule upgrades.
This would be the final capsule upgrade.
Honestly, many of the remaining upgrade features seemed unnecessary, but since I spent so much time connected to the capsule, I wanted to maintain the best possible condition.
‘If they’re providing the capsule as a gesture of gratitude anyway, they might as well upgrade everything.’
Well, there’s no helping it.
At the time, I was grateful just to receive the capsule, upgrades or not.
As I watched the capsule upgrade proceed.
Ding!
Kang Ju-hyuk called me.
– Hey, you’re not even a celebrity, so why is it so hard to reach you?
“I’ve been busy lately.”
– Well, even if you’re not a celebrity, you’re a baron of the Baltika Empire, so you must be busy, right?
“I’m a baron now.”
– What? A baron?!
“I just got promoted.”
– Wait, how long has it been since you became a Baron, and you’re already a Marquis? And if you’re a Marquis, shouldn’t you receive territory too?
“They said they’d give it to me soon.”
– Wow, that’s incredible!
I could tell Kang Ju-hyuk about this, at least.
Despite his personality, he wasn’t the type to carelessly spread my business around.
– Hey, what do you think about creating a Guild?
“A Guild?”
– You’ve crushed all of the Five Great Guilds anyway. If you don’t plan to join another Guild, wouldn’t it be better to just create one yourself?
“Do I really need a Guild?”
– Of course! There are Quests you can only receive as a Guild unit, and your influence in Second becomes much stronger! And most importantly!
“Most importantly?”
– You’re about to get territory soon! If a player wants to manage territory, it’s much more advantageous to operate as a Guild unit, right? You could even hold territorial wars!
“Hmm….”
A Guild.
It was content I hadn’t given much thought to.
Back in First, I conquered every element of First without any help from a Guild.
I even solo cleared the Golden Dragon of Greed raid, which required guild-scale raid warfare, didn’t I?
– When you get your territory, you won’t manage everything alone anyway, right? If you leave it to the Guild, it’s convenient for you, and the Guild members get some scraps too. How great is that?
“Even if I create a Guild, would anyone actually want to join?”
– I’m right here! The champion of the Second Crown Master League! Kang Ju-hyuk!
“Hmm….”
– Hey, why are you reacting like that!
A Guild.
To be honest, even listening to Kang Ju-hyuk’s explanation, I couldn’t see what would be so great about creating one.
‘But it might not be bad.’
If I create a Guild, first of all, I won’t have to deal with recruitment offers from other Guilds anymore.
If annoying matters come up, I can just push them off to Kang Ju-hyuk.
And finally, if I think about the world tournament coming later….
“I’ll think about it.”
– If you create a Guild, you have to let me join first! I’m reserving the Vice Guild Master position!
“Sure, sure.”
It was worth considering positively.
“Is there anything else? I’m hanging up now.”
– Ah, why! Are you that busy?
“Yeah. It’s almost time to meet the Guide.”
– The Guide?
I ended the conversation with Kang Ju-hyuk and hung up the phone.
Then I logged into the upgraded capsule.
Whether it was just my imagination or if the functions really had improved.
The capsule I always logged into felt even more comfortable and pleasant than usual.
[ The Second World. ]
[ ‘Welcome to Second.’ ]
Soon, the capsule closed and my darkened vision began to brighten.
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The location of Dwarf was treated as classified information even at the Empire level.
Even searching the internet revealed no official location for Dwarf.
In truth, recalling Dwarf from First, I could roughly estimate where it might be.
Unaware of this fact, the Emperor had assigned me a ‘guide.’
“It should be around here.”
Naturally, it wasn’t inside Labelt.
I didn’t want to expose myself to people either, but more importantly, my guide didn’t want to be noticed by them.
Moving a bit further toward the location I’d been given.
‘Found it.’
The ‘guide’ the Emperor had mentioned came into view.
Its identity was, naturally enough.
‘A dwarf.’
A dwarf it was.
A race known as the people of earth and blacksmiths.
Short in stature with a muscular build, and a thick beard to boot.
A dwarf who looked exactly like the specimen I’d seen back in First.
“Are you Brak, who came from Moeldum, the Underground Realm?”
“Did someone from the Empire send you?”
“I’m Mir.”
“I’m Brak. You took your sweet time getting here. I made it clear how urgent this was. More importantly, where are the others?”
“The others?”
“What? There are no others? Did you really come alone?”
“I haven’t received any information about additional personnel.”
“What?”
Brak’s expression crumpled in frustration.
He seemed genuinely angry—even his beard appeared to tremble with rage.
“These blasted fools! I personally made the request on behalf of Moeldum! And all they send me is some green-eared brat?”
I could roughly grasp what had happened.
Brak had appealed to the Empire on behalf of the dwarves for assistance, and the Emperor had agreed.
And finally, reinforcements had arrived.
But what arrived wasn’t the Knight Order—just a single person. No wonder he was disappointed.
“They boasted they’d send me the hero who defeated a god! This won’t do. I’m going to…!”
“I did defeat a god, actually.”
“What?”
“I defeated the Red Beast God, the Red Lion, at Red Beast Fortress.”
I’ll treat defeating the Black Insect God as an unofficial matter.
Officially, I was the one who defeated Red Lion, so I spoke the truth.
“Does that make sense? A mere brat like you defeated a god of calamity? You look like you’d be crushed with a single tap of a hammer.”
Still, I couldn’t ignore being so openly dismissed.
“Would you like me to prove it?”
“Oh, you dare challenge me? Do humans not even distinguish between dwarf warriors and dwarf blacksmiths? Fine, come at me.”
I acknowledged that Brak’s skills were impressive.
I couldn’t speak for others, but I had encountered countless dwarves back in First.
Distinguishing between a dwarf blacksmith and a dwarf warrior was simple enough.
“I’ll crush you beneath my feet and then hunt down that Emperor bastard again.”
With those words, Brak drew out a massive hammer called a Battle Hammer.
Dwarf warriors, thanks to their compact yet muscular frames, wielded blunt weapons heavier than those of humans as if they were toys.
Against such a Brak, what I drew was.
[ Solid Iron Sword ]
“Ha, you think you can face me with such a crude iron sword?”
It was an unremarkably ordinary iron sword.
The reason was simple.
“No point in dragging this out. Block properly if you don’t want to end up with broken bones!”
Brak’s attacks with the heavy and solid Battle Hammer were certainly powerful.
But they had the disadvantage of being simple and slow, true to dwarf nature.
Recognizing that sluggish attack pattern at a glance, I lightly evaded the Battle Hammer, then simply extended my blade forward.
Tap.
“My victory.”
I was able to bring the tip of my sword to Brak’s neck.
Since there was no need to draw a superior weapon, I had chosen an ordinary iron sword.
Well, to be precise, it was more within his beard than at his neck.
“Try cutting me! Do you really think a weapon like that can cut through dwarven armor!”
However, Brak refused to acknowledge defeat and continued swinging his hammer at me.
Even with armor on, having a sword tip touch the neck should warrant admitting defeat.
Indeed, dwarves.
They apparently considered the quality of armor part of their combat ability.
If that’s the case.
“Luke, draw out a suitable legendary blade for me.”
– Yes, Master.
I too acknowledged that equipment quality was part of one’s combat ability, and drew a new weapon instead of the ‘Solid Iron Sword’.
[ Shotouran ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type : Sword
Grade : Unique
Requirement : Level 220 or higher, Sword Mastery Lv 22 or higher
Description: One of the three sacred swords that Oni Princess Suzukagouzen, daughter of the Fourth Celestial Demon King, seized from Otakemaru.
“Do you truly believe drawing a new blade will rival dwarven craftsmanship?”
Brak swung his battle hammer at me once more.
Aware that I had evaded his previous assault with ease, he now wielded the hammer horizontally—a trajectory far more difficult to escape.
I could have ducked or leaped clear, but my opponent was a seasoned warrior.
Should I lower my head or spring upward, he would likely exploit his dwarven strength to violently alter the hammer’s arc and strike me down.
So instead.
– I activate the skill ‘Black Serpent’s Shadow Dance’.
Using Black Serpent’s Shadow Dance, I drove closer to Brak instead.
Brak attempted a hasty kick from his hammer to intercept me, but I had already circled to his flank.
– I activate the skill ‘Black Insect’s Flash’.
I thrust my blade toward Brak.
Clang!
My sword met his armor and stopped.
Brak’s expression turned dismissive as he prepared to counterattack, but—
Crack!
“Huh?!”
My blade was burrowing through Brak’s armor.
To be precise, it was piercing the seams that existed within the armpit region of his suit.
True to dwarven craftsmanship, unlike other armor, fine chains densely sealed even the spaces between the armpits, yet the combined power of Shortoulen and Black Insect’s Flash—
Crack!
—shattered the chains and drove deep into the armor, touching Brak’s flesh.
Had I pressed further, I could have pierced through the armpit and impaled Brak’s chest.
Of course, I stopped before it came to that.
I had come at the Emperor’s request; I could hardly slay a dwarf outright.
“Damn it….”
With matters as they stood, Brak had no choice but to acknowledge his defeat.
Yet.
“You’re strong, I’ll grant you that. But it’s not enough. The evil god that appeared in Moeldum is formidable. You cannot defeat it with this level of power alone.”
Brak conceded defeat, but he did not fully acknowledge me.
He seemed to doubt that I alone could vanquish the evil god, even if I went with him.
For Brak’s sake, I decided to demonstrate the maximum power I could currently muster.
[ Daitoulen ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Sword
Grade: Epic
Restriction: Level 440 or higher, Sword Mastery Lv 22 or higher
Description: The mightiest of the three sacred swords that Oni Princess Suzukagouzen, daughter of the Fourth Celestial Demon King, seized from Otakemaru.
I drew Daitoulen, spoken of as the brother blade to Shortoulen.
I could have wielded a mythic-grade sword with a 1000-level restriction to display far greater power, but there was no need for such measures in a non-combat scenario.
I wielded the twin blades known as the Brother Swords—Shotoulen and Daitoulen—like a matched pair.
“Luke.”
[ I activate Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ I borrow the power of the ‘Black Flame Dragon, Luke Nihr Desperato Ignockton’. ]
In that instant, cloaked in Black Flame Transformation.
– I activate the skill ‘Crimson Wild Blood Claw’.
I unleashed the new skill I had obtained from defeating Red Lion.
In that moment.
A sharp whistle cut through the air.
Through the Brother Swords I swung—Shotoulen and Daitoulen—a crimson blade aura like the claws of a lion erupted forth.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-!!
It carved a massive, deep scar into the ground.
Brak, who had unconsciously swallowed hard, stared at me with tense eyes and spoke.
“…Is it true that you defeated a god beast?”

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