The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 144

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Chapter 144
Chapter 144
“If it’s manual, how do you open it?”
“Of course you have to use force! Just wait a moment. I’ll pry it open for you.”
Brak manipulated something, and a handle-like protrusion shot out from the door.
So “manual” meant pulling the door open directly with that.
“See, it’s not just about arm strength—you use your lower body too. Got it? Like this, pull it wide open!”
Brak then began pulling the door in earnest.
But.
“Hnnnnngh!”
“….”
“Hnnnnnnaaaaaaagh!!”
Despite Brak’s struggles, the door didn’t budge an inch.
The door looked heavy to begin with, but from what I could see.
“It appears to be warped at that point.”
The door’s seams were so bent that it couldn’t function as a door at all.
At this rate, we weren’t just opening the door—we’d need to wrench it out entirely.
“Is there another way?”
“There is a back passage, but it’s been unused for so long I’m not even sure if it’s open. I limited the number of entrances for security, but I never thought it would become a problem like this.”
“Can’t you fix it, Brak? You’re a dwarf too.”
“I may have better hands than humans, but I’m a warrior, not a blacksmith. I can’t do it.”
Fixing the door was impossible.
Then there was only one option.
“I’ll open it myself.”
“Forget it. I know you’re strong, but pure strength won’t cut it. Do you have any idea how heavy this is?”
“I can at least try, can’t I?”
I would open the door myself.
Brak was a fairly high-level dwarf warrior, and if even he couldn’t open this door, I’d need preparation before attempting it.
“Luke, take out equipment with strength options first.”
– Yes, Master.
First, equipment.
[ Twin-Head Ogre’s Breastplate ]
[ Twin-Head Ogre’s Leg Armor ]
[ Twin-Head Ogre’s Helmet ]
….
I equipped defensive gear that increased the wearer’s strength simply by being worn.
When it came to strength, the first monster that came to mind was the ogre.
Since this equipment belonged to the Twin-Head Ogre, a boss-class specimen, strength would increase dramatically just from this alone.
But considering Brak’s strength, this alone wouldn’t be enough.
So.
“Luke, Megingjord.”
I begin equipping myself with mythic-grade gear tied to strength rather than conventional armor.
[ Megingjord ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Belt
Grade: Mythic
Restriction: Level 1,000 or higher, Strength 4,000 or higher
Description: The belt of strength worn by Thor, the god of thunder. It is said that merely fastening it around the waist dramatically increases strength without any conditions.
I equip the belt first.
Just as one wears a lifting belt during weightlifting, this alone—being mythic-grade equipment with a 100-level restriction—causes my strength to surge tremendously.
And then.
[ Jarngreipr ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Gauntlets
Grade: Mythic
Restriction: Level 1,000 or higher, Strength 4,000 or higher
Description: The gauntlets of strength said to have been worn by Thor, the god of thunder, to ensure he never lost his grip on Mjolnir.
Similarly, mythic-grade equipment with a 1,000-level restriction.
I slip the Jarngreipr onto my hands.
And then.
[ Using Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ Borrowing the power of the Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton. ]
I use Black Flame Transformation to enhance my stats while simultaneously reducing the equipment penalties.
Now for the final touch.
[ Twin-Head Ogre Serum ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Potion
Grade: Epic
An elixir that dramatically boosts strength in an instant, and.
– Using the 3rd Circle fire magic ‘Strength’.
Combined with the spell I’d recently learned.
“Haaah!”
Kuguguguugu!
I begin pulling the handle of the massive iron door.
* * *
Brak, the dwarven warrior of Moeldum.
He was a formidable dwarven warrior, even by Moeldum’s standards.
Precisely because of this, he volunteered as an envoy to resolve Moeldum’s crisis, traveling to the Capital of humans and arriving at Labelt.
The support he received in return was merely a single human.
“I have defeated the Red Beast God, the Red Lion, at the Red Beast Fortress.”
He was a human who claimed to have defeated the Red Beast God.
At first, I didn’t believe him.
However, the Red Beast God’s hide that the human showed me was genuine, so I had no choice but to believe.
Still, I couldn’t fully accept the fact that a single human had defeated the Red Beast God, and doubt continued to gnaw at me.
But from the moment we arrived at the Torg Stone Field in that state, my suspicions began to crumble away.
Crash!
The Stone Golems of the stone field, famous for their durability, collapsed pathetically.
And then, what came next.
Boom!!
“A Stone Golem… in a single strike?”
The Stone Golems of the Torg Stone Field were particularly sturdy compared to other golems, and even the dwarf warriors of Moeldum struggled against them.
Yet this human had destroyed such a golem in one blow.
Unbelievable power.
And watching him perfectly overcome even the remnants of the Red Beast God that had been blocking the entrance to Moeldum.
“Is it really… truly possible that he defeated the Red Beast God?”
My belief in the claim that this human had defeated the Red Beast God was growing stronger.
No, I was becoming certain of it.
And.
If this human truly was the one who defeated the Red Beast God.
Could he perhaps restore peace to Moeldum?
However, there was one problem.
‘Even if he defeated another Red Beast God, the one in Moeldum would be in a different class.’
The Red Beast God that appeared in Moeldum.
The Green Stone God was, true to its name, a Red Beast God made of stone and one that commanded stone itself.
In terms of defense alone, it might be the strongest among countless Red Beast Gods.
To defeat such a Red Beast God would require an enormously powerful force.
Honestly, looking at this frail human, I wondered if he could truly defeat the Green Stone God.
But then.
“Huff!”
This human.
Crunch, crunch, crunch, crunch!
Began manually opening the door leading to Moeldum.
Or rather, since it was broken and no longer functioned as a door, it would be more accurate to say he was tearing it out.
“Even when I gave it everything I had, it wouldn’t budge!”
As Moeldum’s great warrior, Brak prided himself on his strength alone.
Yet even with all his might, the door hadn’t moved an inch.
And now this human was tearing it out single-handedly.
Did this even make sense?
Watching this, a certain scene naturally formed in Brak’s mind.
The image of this human swinging a hammer and shattering the Green Stone God.
If it was him, it truly seemed as though he could save Moeldum from the evil god.
“I-I’ll help too! Hrraaaagh!”
Brak, having regained his senses, rushed forward and began helping to pull the door open.
* * *
The door was far heavier than I’d anticipated.
As if it were never meant to be opened by a single person, even with Thor’s gloves and belt equipped, pulling it open proved difficult.
The moment Brak and I combined our strength to create just enough space for one or two people to squeeze through, I quickly slipped inside.
Clang!!
The iron door slammed shut behind me with a tremendous crash.
Surely that had made the damage even worse.
“Don’t worry about it. Our blacksmiths in Moeldum will have it repaired in no time.”
“Understood.”
“Fortunately, the lighting is working properly. You’ve never seen this before, right? It’s a mineral called Luminate that we use here in Moeldum.”
Luminate.
I was already familiar with this ore.
It was a mineral that emitted a soft glow on its own, commonly found as a light source in caves and dungeons.
“The cart is in perfect condition too. Come on, climb aboard.”
“A cart?”
“Wasn’t it called a Lisper? This is far more stable and faster—let me show you Moeldum’s technological prowess!”
Impressed by Brak’s confident demeanor, I climbed onto the cart.
The moment Brak grasped what looked like a lever and pulled it.
Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter.
The cart began to move gradually, building momentum.
Clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter-clatter!!
Then it started descending at tremendous speed.
Certainly, there was a sense of stability with no motion sickness whatsoever—even faster than the Unique-grade Lisper.
However.
“How does it work when going uphill?”
“Ahem. When going uphill, the wheels turn using the power of the magic stones embedded in the cart, so it does take a bit longer.”
That was only true for descents.
There was no way this speed would be achieved going uphill.
Unless we used the highest-grade magic stones to move the cart, there was no way to achieve this kind of speed on an incline.
Still.
‘It’s certainly convenient going downhill.’
On descents, I could travel faster and more smoothly than most vehicles.
As we descended further, the sight of Moeldum finally began to reveal itself through the opening in the wall.
“Behold—this is Moeldum, the largest dwarven city on the continent.”
Moeldum was colossal.
An underground cavern of a size comparable to Labelt.
The space was elliptical in shape, and at the center of the ceiling, an enormous Luminate illuminated all of Moeldum.
On the right side, scorching lava cascaded downward, and countless forges operated around it.
Much had changed.
Though the location remained the same, the dwarf city looked different from what I remembered.
The dwarf city in my memory was smaller than this, with walls made simply of earth and stone.
Now it was far more expansive, and the walls were properly refined.
It clearly showed far greater development than before.
“What do you think? Impressive, right?”
“Yes, it’s quite impressive.”
The dwarf city I’d seen in First was impressive too.
Moeldum, the dwarf city of Second, felt like an advanced underground dwarf city, making it even more impressive.
I’d worried that things might not be going well since the Evil God appeared.
From above, nothing seemed particularly amiss.
The way steam continuously billowed from the forges actually gave it a sense of vitality.
As I rode the cart down eagerly like that.
Boom!
“Whoa!”
A sudden thunderous sound accompanied by violent tremors.
The cart descending at high speed shook, nearly flinging me off the rails.
“What’s happening!”
Brak quickly poked his head out of the cart, surveying the surroundings urgently.
I, having found the cause first, pointed with my finger to indicate the location.
“It seems to be because of that.”
“Where? The lava field?”
The most important place in Moeldum.
Where lava flowed down, and that lava was utilized as an energy source with countless forges operating.
From that place.
“Burrrrrrrrrr—.”
Something was rising up.
A giant that looked like lava itself had stood upright.
No, a golem.
A lava golem, also called a Lava golem.
A high-tier monster incomparably stronger than the Stone Golem I’d hunted above.
The moment that monster rose from the lava.
Crash!!
It swung its fist of lava, destroying the forges.
Even up to this point it was serious, but what mattered was the green aura emanating from the Lava Golem’s body.
Remnants of the Evil God.
Just like the golem guarding the Entrance of Moeldum.
This was definitely a golem influenced by the green Stone God.
“Damn it, the Evil God’s influence has finally reached deep into Moeldum!”
From the railway where Brak and I stood, Moeldum spread out below us in perfect clarity.
And precisely because of that vantage point, I could see exactly how the dwarves were moving.
‘At this rate, we’ll be too late.’
Even the dwarves hadn’t anticipated a golem erupting from the lava, so their response was slightly delayed.
At that speed, by the time the dwarves arrived, the lava golem would have already demolished three or four forges.
To prevent that very outcome.
“I’ll provide support.”
“You? Wait, isn’t the distance too far? How could you possibly—?”
[ Using Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ Borrowing the power of the Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton. ]
I decided to step forward.
“Luke, hand me the Sea God’s Spear.”
– Yes, Master.
The cart moved swiftly.
Standing upon it, I steadied my stance.
With the Sea God’s Spear—shaped like a dragon’s form—gripped firmly in hand, I drew my right shoulder back as far as possible, assuming the fundamental throwing posture.
– Using skill ‘Silver Shot’.
Whoooosh!
I hurled it without hesitation toward the lava golem invading Moeldum.

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