The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 145

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Chapter 145
Chapter 145
Rumble!
Moeldum, the city of dwarves.
The dwarves who lived their lives swinging hammers and excavating in that vast underground city felt the tremor.
At first, they didn’t react too strongly.
“An earthquake?”
“Earthquakes have been quite frequent lately.”
“Still, the structures of Moeldum built with our technology will never collapse!”
“Right, right.”
For dwarves living underground, earthquakes were a rather familiar phenomenon.
As such, all underground caverns and structures were designed with earthquakes in mind.
Unless it was a truly massive earthquake, the city wouldn’t be affected by a little trembling ground.
But then.
“Gurrrrrrrrrr—.”
“Hm?”
“Didn’t you hear that sound just now?”
“I heard it too.”
“It sounds like lava boiling….”
An anomaly different from an earthquake was felt.
The lava of Moeldum always churned, but this was the first time it sounded like it was exploding rather than merely boiling.
And not long after.
“Enemies! Enemies have appeared!”
Someone’s cry echoed out.
“Enemies? The entrance to the mine should be thoroughly sealed?”
“Not the mine! A golem burst out from the lava!”
“W-what? Lava? This can’t be! A golem burst out from Moeldum’s core area?”
“That’s why move quickly! The Smithy is in danger!”
If you asked what the most important place in Moeldum was, it would naturally be the Lava Eruption Site.
Moeldum operated its Smithy using the power of this Lava Eruption Site, and obtained energy for charging magical stones and other purposes.
But a golem appeared at that Lava Eruption Site?
This was absolutely no ordinary matter.
“Run!”
Dwarf warriors armed themselves and rushed forward quickly.
Dwarves weren’t fast runners, but all areas of Moeldum were connected through carts.
Thanks to that, the warriors could move swiftly.
The problem was that most of the dwarf warriors, who never expected a golem to emerge from the Lava Eruption Site, were stationed guarding the Mine.
The carts were fast, but the distance was too great.
At this rate, they wouldn’t be able to properly stop the golem.
Not only would the Smithy collapse, but the blacksmiths could be put in danger as well.
At that moment.
Drip.
“Hm? What’s that?”
“A raindrop?”
“Raindrops shouldn’t be falling in Moeldum, should they?”
In the midst of the urgent situation.
Water droplets fell onto the dwarves’ heads from somewhere.
Raindrops falling in the underground city of Moeldum? What in the world was happening?
Had dew condensed on the ceiling from the heat radiating off the Lava Golem and fallen down?
Naturally, I looked up out of curiosity.
“…A dragon?”
“A dragon, you say?”
“Not a dragon?”
A dragon made of water.
The Azure Dragon soared above the dwarves’ heads.
The Azure Dragon scattered raindrops wherever it passed, and its form was breathtakingly beautiful.
Dwarves normally trembled at the mere mention of dragons, yet they found it impossible to tear their eyes away from the Azure Dragon’s beauty.
“No, it’s not a dragon!”
Anyone else would have simply thought it was a dragon.
But not them.
They were dwarves.
Born with the innate craftsmanship of artisans.
Even their warriors possessed at least the minimum eye for discerning objects.
And so, when they focused their gaze upon the Azure Dragon’s true identity.
“It’s a spear!”
“That’s a spear?”
“My goodness….”
It was a spear.
A blue shaft with a black spearhead crafted as if from compressed storm clouds.
The Azure Dragon’s form was delicately carved into that magnificent shaft.
It was unmistakably a supreme masterwork spear, one that even dwarven craftsmanship would struggle to create.
And the destination of that spear was.
“There!”
“The Lava Eruption Site!”
The Lava Eruption Site.
Where the golem had revealed itself.
The dwarves who realized this harbored hope.
Perhaps that beautiful Azure Dragon would pierce through the golem.
And the Azure Dragon spear soaring through the sky flew with precision, as if answering the dwarves’ hopes.
Thwack!
“Excellent!”
I pierced through the golem’s chest.
That alone wasn’t enough to bring it down, but the Azure Dragon’s attack didn’t end there.
The moisture erupting from the spear writhed like a living Azure Dragon, biting at the golem’s neck.
Along with that, the elongated form of the Azure Dragon coiled around the golem’s body like a serpent.
Ssssshhhhh!
“Gruuuuuuu—.”
As I’d said, the Azure Dragon’s form was made of water.
As the Lava Golem was ensnared by such a dragon, its magma-forged body rapidly cooled and hardened.
Naturally, the golem’s movements slowed, and thanks to that, all the smiths were able to evacuate.
Then, just before the Azure Dragon’s form vanished, the dwarves arrived.
“Hyaaaaaaah!”
They began demonstrating the strength of dwarf warriors against the Lava Golem.
* * *
The spear I threw had neutralized the Lava Golem.
A Lava Golem is a monster that ranks among the highest species of golems, and the fact that I could neutralize such a creature with a single thrown spear was undoubtedly due to—
[ Dragon King’s Sea God Spear ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Spear
Grade: Mythic
Requirements: Level 900 or higher, Spear Mastery Lv 90 or higher, Wisdom 500 or higher
Description: A sea god spear imbued with the power of the great Dragon King, known to rule rivers and seas, streams and lakes, and govern wind and rain.
It was thanks to this mythic-grade spear I had thrown.
In particular, the Dragon King’s Sea God Spear was a water-attribute weapon, making it the perfect counter to the Lava Golem forged from magma.
“Who the hell are you! This is no joke! What exactly did you throw!”
Brak’s eyes widened in shock as he witnessed my attack.
Still, the distance was too great to finish it cleanly, which posed a slight problem.
“Leave the rest to us dwarf warriors! The positioning isn’t ideal, but we’re more than strong enough!”
While the Dragon King’s Sea God Spear I’d thrown kept the Lava Golem immobilized,
the dwarf warriors arrived at the scene rapidly aboard their carts.
And the weapons they drew were—
‘All water-attribute weapons.’
Water-attribute weapons shimmering with azure radiance.
I’d worried whether dwarves, unable to use magic or spirit arts, could stand against a Lava Golem.
But dwarves possessed an extraordinary level of forging mastery in place of magic or spirit arts.
Through this, they had apparently prepared various attribute weapons suited to different situations.
The dwarf warriors skillfully wielded their water-attribute weapons and began attacking the Lava Golem,
and fortunately, before long, without major casualties,
“Gruuuuuuu—.”
the Lava Golem fell.
I hadn’t actually seen Brak fight properly, so I hadn’t held great expectations.
But the dwarven warriors, armed with top-tier equipment unique to their kind, appeared far more formidable than I’d anticipated.
Clang.
“Let’s disembark. I was about to seek out the Elders, but it seems they’ve all gone to the Lava Eruption Site, so we should head there as well.”
We arrived at Moeldum.
The moment I stepped down from the carriage, I followed Brak’s guidance toward the Lava Eruption Site.
Since Brak knew how to operate Moeldum’s carriages, we were able to travel comfortably.
Compared to Labelt, which still relied on walking and horse-drawn carriages, Moeldum—with its bus-like vehicles—seemed far closer to a modern era.
Thanks to the carriage, we arrived at the Lava Eruption Site quickly.
“What’s going on?”
“A golem appeared at the eruption site, apparently serving the evil god.”
“At the Lava Eruption Site? I never thought something could emerge from there.”
“It’s dangerous. If the evil god’s legions start pouring out of the eruption site one after another…”
I could see dwarves muttering among themselves.
Brak gripped my wrist and pushed through the crowd of dwarves, moving deeper inside.
As we did so.
“A human?”
“Why is there a human here?”
“A human in Moeldum…”
“Hasn’t it been centuries?”
“I’ve never seen a human before.”
“Neither have I.”
“Well, it’s been hundreds of years since we cut off contact with humans.”
“But what about that human?”
“Didn’t you hear? The Elder Council decided to request support from the humans.”
“But… just one person?”
I could feel the dwarves’ stares and whispers as they looked at me.
It felt like I’d become an animal in a zoo.
Well, Moeldum had apparently forbidden contact with humans for the past several hundred years, so it made sense that I’d be a curiosity.
That said, dwarves hadn’t been entirely absent from Second, but most of them belonged to small dwarven tribes scattered across the continent, or so I’d heard.
“Elder!”
“Hmm? Brak? You’ve arrived already?”
Pushing through the dwarves, I could finally spot the Elders at the innermost point.
Dwarves whose beards had grown all the way to the ground, testifying to their age.
Some of them even had beards so long they’d tied them in knots to keep them from dragging on the ground.
“Yes, Elder! As you instructed, I went to the capital of the humans and brought back reinforcements!”
At the grandiose word “reinforcements,” the Elders’ eyes widened as they looked past Brak.
But naturally, there was only one person standing behind Brak—me.
“…Did you not say reinforcements? Where are the others?”
“Could it be that the single person behind you is the human reinforcement?”
“W-Well, that’s… true, but…”
“Hmph!”
“You sent just one human as reinforcements?”
“You’re clearly looking down on us.”
“We broke a taboo of five hundred years and extended our hand first. And you send just one? It’s not merely disrespect—it’s mockery!”
The Elders began to grow indignant at the fact that I alone was their reinforcement.
Most of the dwarves would have preferred outright rejection to this—they raged at the notion of sending only a single person.
Seeing the situation deteriorate further, Brak cut through the Elders’ words and cried out desperately.
“This human is the Empire’s one and only Evil Slayer!”
“…Evil Slayer?”
“Brak, the term Evil Slayer…”
“Yes! This human is the only one in the Empire who has slain an evil god!”
Where did this “Evil Slayer” title even come from?
I’m hearing it for the first time myself.
It seems Brak invented this term on the spot just to package me favorably.
When the Elders still wore skeptical expressions despite his words, Brak urgently jabbed me with his elbow.
In response, I did as I had done with Brak before—I retrieved the evil god’s hide through Luke and displayed it to the Elders.
[ Hide of the Red Beast God’s Emissary ]
Immediately.
“Ooooh!”
“This, this is!”
“Extraordinary.”
“It bears divine essence. Different from the evil god that appeared in Moeldum, but… this is unmistakably the hide of an evil god.”
“Did you truly slay an evil god?”
“This frail-looking human?”
The Elders recognized the hide’s true nature.
Had they been human, I would have needed to explain the hide’s identity in detail.
But true to their dwarven nature, their eye for craftsmanship was so refined that they discerned the hide’s nature without any explanation.
“That’s the hide of an evil god?”
“You truly slew an evil god?”
“How is that possible?”
“We haven’t even dared attempt it, yet a human…”
Even the dwarves around me were astonished.
In that moment, to establish my identity beyond doubt,
Brak pointed to the remains of the fallen Lava Golem before us and shouted.
“The spear that flew at that Lava Golem! You all saw it! That spear was thrown by this human—Mir!”
“That spear?”
“Surely not…”
“That attack which immobilized the Lava Golem and greatly diminished its heat—it came from a human?”
“Hm…”
“If you can unleash an attack of that magnitude, then you truly might have defeated the evil god….”
At Brak’s words, the Elders seemed to believe me somewhat.
Though they didn’t appear to trust me completely, at least they seemed willing to listen.
“You said your name was Mir? Tell me truthfully. Have you really defeated the evil god?”

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