The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 151

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Chapter 151
Chapter 151
Deep within the First Abandoned Mine.
The Evil God who had collapsed before me during the First era, reduced to a state worse than rubble, had spent a long time absorbing the power of the underground to recover its strength—the Green Stone Demon.
The Green Stone Demon.
Though it had not fully recovered its power, the body of the Evil God, renowned for possessing the highest defense among all Evil Gods, trembled.
Crack!
It shook as if an earthquake had struck.
There was no helping it.
I had driven the legendary blunt weapon—the Ancestor Barbarian’s Monster Crusher—directly into it, channeling both skills and magic.
No matter how high the Green Stone Demon’s defense was, it could not escape taking damage.
– How dare you, insignificant creature, strike me…!
I had used my turn, so now it was the Evil God’s turn again.
Boom!
The shockwave erupting from the Evil God sent my body flying backward.
At the same time, sharp green crystals shot forth from the pillars that formed the Evil God’s body.
Each crystal was massive—as large as my entire torso.
Rather than using my shield as I normally would, I instead.
“Crash—crack—crack.”
Ting!
I hid behind a golem summoned by the Evil God.
Thanks to that, not only did I avoid taking damage, but the golem, its entire body pierced by the crystals, could not withstand the assault and collapsed to the ground.
Then, breaking through the Evil God’s defensive pattern once more as I had done before, I charged forward.
[ Bhima’s Iron Mace ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type : Blunt Weapon
Grade : Legendary
Requirement : Level 800 or higher, Blunt Mastery Lv 80 or higher, Strength 3,000 or higher
Description : The iron mace wielded by Bhima, the mightiest warrior and master of mace combat among the heroes of the Mahabharata, possessing strength equal to thousands of elephants.
– Activates the skill ‘Crimson Claw’.
– Activates the 3rd Circle earth magic ‘Ground Wave’.
Crash!!
I swung the blunt weapon at the Evil God once more.
Again, a shockwave erupted.
However, due to its considerable defense, even though I delivered the strike with full force, the recoil vibrated up through my wrist.
– How dare you!!
Again, a counterattack came.
Sharp spines shot out sporadically from the Evil God’s body.
If that were all, I could simply retreat slightly, but the problem was that spines were also erupting from the escape route where I needed to move.
A pattern that could only be endured if one knew it beforehand.
However, as I mentioned, I had already learned their pattern.
– I activate the skill ‘Leap’.
I bounded high into the air, completely removing myself from the Evil God’s range.
The Evil God raged and continued its assault, but I had no intention of taking attacks I could clearly see coming.
As I continued to pierce through the Evil God’s patterns and swing my club each time,
Crack!
Small but distinct fissures began forming across the Evil God’s body.
* * *
While I fought the Evil God,
a fierce battle was unfolding behind me among the dwarves.
“Ugh! There are too many!”
“Don’t fall back! Maintain formation and push forward!”
“Reinforcements keep arriving, so we must protect the railway at all costs!”
“This is our final battle! Everyone fight with every ounce of strength!”
An overwhelming number of golems.
Fighting golems had become routine, but the problem was that these golems, empowered by the Evil God, were far stronger than those we normally faced.
The Dwarf Warriors fell helplessly one after another.
Even the Steel Series piloted by the golem operators struggled to properly handle their enemies.
It took three operators working together just to suppress the Evil God’s golem.
But the greatest problem of all was this:
“Grrrrrrrrrr—.”
“Grrrrrrrck—.”
“Damn it, another one appeared!”
“Is this even possible?”
“Please, just stop coming!”
The golems continued to spawn endlessly.
Already formidable enemies appearing without end.
The dwarves were receiving maximum support from Mueldum, but this was simply unbearable.
“This is far too dangerous!”
“Shouldn’t we retreat for now?”
“We need time to repair the golems and let the warriors rest!”
Weak voices began rising from various corners.
Until now, they had continuously felt threatened under the Evil God’s assault, but they had never experienced such a genuine brush with death.
What danger could they possibly face, living isolated from the world in this underground city?
At most, they had only encountered a few underground monsters while mining in the quarries.
But now, facing golems so powerful that a single hit could mean instant death,
fear and terror were only natural.
“P-perhaps this is getting a bit dangerous….”
Such sentiment spread rapidly in all directions.
The Elders who had come to support with their aged bodies felt the same way.
I couldn’t voice it aloud, but I desperately wanted to escape this perilous place.
We’d already ventured quite deep into the mine—perhaps collapsing it entirely wouldn’t be such a bad idea.
Such naive thoughts crossed my mind.
Then.
BOOM!!
A sound reached the ears of every Dwarf Warrior gathered in the deepest chamber.
A vibration so intense it made their eardrums ring.
In that instant, all the idle thoughts that had occupied them vanished, and without thinking, they turned their heads toward the source of the tremor.
What entered the Dwarf Warriors’ eyes was.
“A human?”
“Mir…”
“He really was fighting the Evil God!”
It was Mir, locked in battle with the Evil God.
Even in their desperate situation, they found themselves, if only for a fleeting moment, mesmerized by Mir’s combat.
He evaded all the powerful attacks—sharp crystals hurled through the air, thick pillars erected, intense light unleashed.
He ignored every defense the Evil God threw up and charged forward.
BOOM!!
With a weapon so formidable that even the Dwarf Warriors’ eyes recognized its power, he struck the pillar.
He slammed the Evil God.
The Evil God appeared harder than any mineral the Dwarf Warriors had ever handled, but as Mir’s attacks continued.
CRACK!
“A fissure!”
Across the Evil God’s body.
That massive green pillar was developing a crack.
Not the microscopic fractures that had been imperceptible until now, but a genuine, visible fissure was spreading.
As Mir dodged the Evil God’s counterattack and struck the fissure once more.
CRACKLE!
The fissure instantly spiderwebbed across the entire Evil God’s form.
The moment they witnessed this.
The Dwarf Warriors found courage and hope.
“How can we flee when this human is fighting so desperately for us!”
“Hold the line—no, bring them down! We can do this!”
“Whatever it takes, don’t let these golems interfere with Mir!”
“It’s a race against time! If we just hold on a little longer, Mir will bring down the Evil God!”
“Steel Rune, activate!”
Where they had been losing hope to the endless stream of golems moments before.
Now hope bloomed—the hope that if they endured just a little longer, they could prevail.
Though the Dwarf Warriors’ condition remained dire, hope is an energy more powerful than any other.
BOOM!
“Mobilize every last resource Mueldum has left—stop them at all costs!!”
Hundreds of years had passed since the underground city of Mueldum severed all contact with the outside world.
During that time, the fervor they had forgotten began to ignite within their hearts.
* * *
I had finally succeeded in creating a proper fracture in the Evil God.
The Green Stone Demon possessed the highest defense among all Evil Gods, but by persistently attacking a single point and accumulating impact, I could create a fracture like this.
Moreover, the Green Stone Demon in its current state hadn’t even recovered its full strength.
And here I was, wielding Legendary and Mythic-grade blunt weapons with complete freedom.
Upon confirming the massive fracture, I evaded the Evil God’s counterattack simultaneously.
[ Chaos Wedge ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form: Dagger
Grade: Legendary
– Activating skill ‘Silver Shot’.
I hurled the dagger toward the fracture.
Using the gap created by the Evil God’s counterattack, the dagger I threw embedded itself precisely in the center of the Evil God’s fracture.
Normally, a sharp blade weapon like a dagger could never penetrate the Evil God’s smooth body, but this attack was only possible because I had created the fracture.
Of course, even so, it didn’t inflict any meaningful damage.
The dagger didn’t dig any deeper into the fracture.
It was merely lodged between the cracks of the fracture.
– You dare think such a trivial attack could affect me…!
The Evil God paid no attention to the dagger and continued its assault on me.
But I already knew every single one of its attack patterns.
Even without using Black Flame, I could easily evade the attack patterns of the Green Stone Demon in its crystalline state.
Thus, I approached the Evil God once more.
[ Demon’s Molar ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form: Hammer
Grade: Legendary
Toward the ‘Chaos Wedge’ embedded in the center of the Evil God’s fracture.
– Activating skill ‘Crimson Field Blood Claw’.
Kwaaang!!
I swung the ‘Demon’s Molar’ with all my might.
The Chaos Wedge served as the chisel, and the Demon’s Molar served as the hammer.
As a result of driving the chisel into the fracture and swinging the hammer with all my strength.
The Chaos Wedge buried itself so deeply that its handle was no longer visible.
Craaack!!
Centered on the Chaos Wedge, the fracture expanded tremendously.
The Evil God’s body, which seemed impervious to any attack, began to crumble.
Once the body began to break apart, even the Evil God could not restore it.
– Uaaaaaahhh!
A scream from the Evil God pierces the air.
With it, the golems that the dwarves had been fighting crumble to dust.
So now….
– How dare you!!
The Evil God’s second phase is about to begin.
Whoooosh!
Green energy flows from between the collapsed pillars.
The energy gathers and condenses, growing increasingly vivid, until the form of a demon with sharp claws materializes.
The golems undergo the same transformation.
– Crackle, crackle, crackle….
“The, the golems!”
“What is happening!”
“Golem spirits? I’ve never seen anything like this….”
The minerals that composed the golems’ bodies crumble entirely, and in their place, golems made of pure energy begin their assault on the dwarves.
That’s right.
The Green Stone Demon’s second phase—abandoning the physical form of minerals and transforming into a state of pure energy.
That is precisely what stands before us now.
And at that very moment.
[ Using Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ Borrowing the power of the Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton. ]
I activated Black Flame Transformation.
The true battle against the Green Stone Demon begins now.
I had not held back Black Flame Transformation without reason.
I had been waiting for this precise moment.
– I shall equip myself as you instructed.
“Very well.”
The moment Black Flame Transformation activated, my armor changed entirely.
My previous armor had prioritized speed and physical defense.
But the armor I would don now.
[ Robe of Ether’s Blessing ]
( Non-tradeable )
Type: Robe
Grade: Legendary
Requirement: Level 350 or higher, Wisdom 1,000 or higher
Description: A mystical robe imbued with the power of ether. It protects the wearer by regulating the flow of pure energy.
[ Headpiece of Ether’s Blessing ]
[ Gloves of Ether’s Blessing ]
….
The Ether’s Blessing set.
In other words.
[ You have equipped all 5/5 pieces of the ‘Ether Armor’ set. ]
[ The set effect of ‘Ether Armor’ activates. ]
[ Ether Armor: Defense against all forms of attack except physical attacks increases significantly. ]
Anti-magic defensive gear that substantially elevates magical defense.
Since the equip requirement exceeds my level, there would be a time limit due to penalties.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
I have to finish this within that window regardless.
By the time the Ether Armor deactivates, Luke’s Black Flame Transformation will have worn off as well.
If I haven’t defeated the Evil God by then, it’s no different from losing this battle.
– My thoughts are correct! This world has no need for mere lifeforms! I shall remake all of you into weapons like us!
The Green Stone Demon’s second phase had begun.
Since I had to end the battle before the Black Flame Transformation expired, the time remaining until combat’s end was not abundant.

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