The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 183

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Chapter 183
Chapter 183
Kalbera Territory was under attack.
Though this land was unfamiliar to me, it was the first territory I had been granted, and knowing it was being assaulted left me anything but at ease.
“Let’s hurry!”
Kang Ju-hyuk urged me forward.
However, bringing all my guild members with me at this pace would take far too long.
Kalbera Territory would be half-destroyed by monsters before we even arrived.
So then.
“I’ll go ahead. Kang Ju-hyuk, bring everyone else.”
“Huh? You’re going ahead?”
I decided to go first.
I considered summoning a faster mount than Lakshi, but even that wouldn’t be enough.
Where I stood was a cliff connected to the sea.
Since the bay curved inward, even the fastest horse would have to circle around the cliff, making the journey take considerably longer.
Given that.
Whoosh!
I leaped from the cliff without hesitation.
“Ahhhhh?! Hey, Mir!”
I ignored Kang Ju-hyuk’s cry from behind and focused on my vision.
The refreshing sea breeze rushed past my body, and the azure waters drew rapidly closer.
I savored the ocean wind only briefly.
Through Luke, I retrieved an item I had prepared before jumping from the cliff.
[ Water Whistle – Sky Fish ]
( Non-tradeable )
Type: Mount
Grade: Unique
Requirement: Level 250+, Riding Lv 25+
Description: A colossal flying fish that dwells in the heart of the vast ocean. A wind hunter that dominates the sea’s surface with its exceptional gliding ability.
The water whistle.
A mount whistle used to summon a rideable creature from the sea.
I blew the whistle.
Whoooosh!
A massive flying fish gleaming with silver light materialized.
Most mounts summoned by water whistles can only move in water, but this flying fish was somewhat unique.
Flight through wing-beats was impossible, but this fish could spread its fins wide to achieve gliding.
That was precisely what this colossal flying fish, the Sky Fish, was.
Flap!
The flying fish spread its wings—
No, it spread its fins wide.
The broad fins caught the wind, and I began to glide through the sky.
Flapping was impossible, and gliding like this meant I could only descend gradually.
‘I’ve built up speed.’
That speed was far faster than running around the coast outside the shoreline.
It was even faster than swimming through the sea on an ordinary mount.
Impressive as it was, I couldn’t continue indefinitely like this.
The Sky Fish descended slowly until it finally touched the water’s surface.
But.
Splash!
The Sky Fish was a speed-specialized mount.
Even with the glide broken, its speed remained more than sufficient.
Rather than swimming through the depths, the Sky Fish bounded across the surface, leaping and gliding in succession.
The ride wasn’t particularly smooth, but what did it matter?
The Kalbera Territory, which had seemed so distant, was rapidly drawing near.
As the territory came closer.
“Hisssss. Hisssss.”
“Kyaaaah!”
“Run away!”
“Someone! Someone help!”
The sounds of monsters mixed with the screams of people reached my ears.
“Just a bit faster.”
Whoosh!
The Sky Fish squeezed out its remaining strength and accelerated.
In that final leap.
As I soared into the air through gliding, the situation in the Kalbera Territory spread out before me in a single glance.
‘So it really is fish-men.’
The monsters I’d heard about beforehand from the Emperor.
The decisive reason the Empire’s Southern Front had been pushed back.
White fish-men were attacking the Kalbera Territory.
Of course, it wasn’t just the fish-men.
Whether the fish-men had tamed them or they were acting together under the power of the white aquatic deity.
Various aquatic monsters had crawled out of the water and stood alongside the fish-men.
In contrast.
‘Are those the Guard Captain’s forces… or not even that?’
The Kalbera Territory’s military forces were far too meager.
No, they couldn’t even be called forces.
The original inhabitants who lived in the Kalbera Territory were standing against the fish-men with crude weapons, but both their equipment and skill were pathetic.
If left as is, the Kalbera Territory would surely fall.
For that reason, I had to step in.
‘There are too many.’
The number of monsters was far greater than I had anticipated.
If I took my time methodically, I might be able to bring them all down, but in doing so, Kalbera Territory would crumble.
‘But the situation isn’t favorable for unleashing an area-of-effect skill either.’
The natives of Kalbera Territory were locked in confrontation with the monsters.
If I drew my mythic-grade weapon and unleashed an area skill, I risked sweeping up the natives as well.
An impossibly delicate situation.
Yet even in such circumstances.
“Luke, pull out the Dragon Horn for me.”
– Understood, Master.
I found a way to save Kalbera Territory.
* * *
“They’re too strong!”
“Were the fishmen always this powerful?”
“It’s not just the fishmen! All the other monsters have become incredibly strong!”
“At this rate, we’re truly in danger….”
Kalbera Territory.
Known as a strategically vital stronghold of the Empire, it was a place where the Imperial Army resided and maintained its defense.
Originally inhabited by natives, they had entered into a contract when the Imperial Army offered its hand, promising to hold back the monsters, and had lived in relative peace.
But then.
At some point, the sea monsters began to bleach white.
These bleached monsters became far more powerful than before and began attacking people.
How much time had passed since then?
“Baltika Empire! You said you’d protect us!”
“So you really did abandon us after all!”
“Uuuugh….”
The Imperial Army that had promised to protect them withdrew.
The original Kalbera Territory.
Or rather, Caldera Village had possessed some preparations to deal with monsters.
But not anymore.
Due to the Imperial Army’s protection, now that they had vanished, no preparations remained whatsoever.
“No! Reinforcements are supposed to arrive!”
“That’s right! They said they’d send a nobleman!”
“Exactly!”
Of course, the Empire hadn’t simply abandoned the territory.
They claimed that Kalbera Territory had been granted to some nobleman, and that he would soon return to protect the Territory.
Some believed this.
“You believe that?”
“It’s a lie meant to cast us aside!”
“Even if a single nobleman arrived right now, how could he possibly hold back all those monsters?”
“Our village is finished….”
At this moment, more people refused to believe those words.
And for good reason—Kalbera Territory was collapsing under the onslaught of monsters even as they spoke.
Unless the continent’s greatest archmage arrived immediately, saving Kalbera Territory was impossible.
No, even if the greatest archmage came, protecting the people while sweeping away the monsters would be difficult.
“We have to flee!”
“Flee? To where?”
“The sea is ahead, and the Swampland is behind! If we flee into the Swampland, we’ll all die!”
“But we can’t just stand here and offer our necks!”
Morale had collapsed.
With it confirmed that the sea creatures could not be stopped, the natives’ reactions split into two distinct groups.
Some accepted death and sank to the ground where they stood.
Others abandoned their homes and fled, desperate to save their lives.
But then.
“L-look! Someone’s there!”
“Who is it?”
“Doesn’t seem to be from the south?”
Upon Kalbera’s walls.
A figure stood atop the ramparts, half-collapsed from the monsters’ assault.
Who could it possibly be?
Before that curiosity could be satisfied, the man on the wall drew forth an enormous horn.
“A horn?”
“What is he trying to do?”
“It’s meaningless anyway. We’re finished….”
While everyone wondered.
The man raised the horn to his lips.
In that instant.
“Th-that’s!”
A phantom materialized above the man.
Its form was unmistakably that of a dragon.
Though it had not revealed itself recently, all who dwelled on this continent knew of it—the continent’s mightiest monster.
A dragon.
As the man blew the horn, that dragon’s phantom.
– ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!!
Released a deafening roar.
The natives who heard the roar instinctively collapsed to the ground and covered their ears.
Yet covering their ears could not muffle the roar.
The dragon’s roar echoed across all of Kalbera Territory, overwhelming both natives and monsters alike with its oppressive presence.
But the natives’ and monsters’ reactions were entirely different.
The natives were merely startled by the dragon’s roar, overwhelmed by the sheer pressure.
“Shhhhhhiiek!”
“Croak, crackle?”
“Screeeee….”
The monsters fled with terror-stricken eyes, their tails tucked between their legs.
As if a true dragon had appeared.
As if that very dragon were chasing them down relentlessly.
By the time the natives opened their eyes again.
“The, the fishmen…!”
“The fishmen have retreated!”
“We’re alive!”
“Waaaaaaaaa!”
“We lived, we really lived. Sob.”
The fishmen and monsters that had been attempting to destroy Kalbera Territory mere moments ago had vanished entirely.
And so the people could not help but wonder.
The man who had manifested a dragon’s roar to drive back the monsters.
What was his true identity?
Thus, everyone in Kalbera Territory focused their gaze upon the man.
* * *
Kalbera Territory under attack.
The only way to stop the monsters while keeping the natives unharmed was to make the monsters retreat.
Not to kill them, but to make them withdraw.
The method I devised for this was.
[ Dragon Horn ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type : Instrument
Grade : Legendary
Restriction : Level 800 or higher, Class – Bard
Description : A horn crafted from a dragon’s fang, capable of manifesting a dragon’s roar imbued with Dragon Fear.
This was it.
The Dragon Horn.
Just as the item description stated, when I activated the Dragon Horn’s unique skill.
– Activating the unique skill ‘Dragon’s Roar’ from ‘Dragon Horn’.
Roooooooooooooaaaaaarrrrr!!
I could harness Dragon Fear.
Dragon Fear was an innate ability of dragons—it inflicted a dragon’s unique oppressive presence upon opponents, inducing terror.
Using that power.
“Shrieeeeek!”
“Croak, crackle?”
“Screeeee….”
I could selectively instill fear in only the fishmen and monsters, not the natives.
Fortunately, the monsters, lacking higher reasoning, succumbed to terror and withdrew from the Territory.
Since they were aquatic monsters, they all went into the sea.
Once they were gone, I felt the natives of Kalbera Territory looking up at me.
I’m not one to enjoy being the center of attention, but…
‘Still, I should introduce myself.’
Kalbera Territory.
This was my territory, granted to me along with the title of Baron by the Emperor.
As such, I needed to introduce myself to the people of Kalbera Territory, with whom I would be working going forward.
Well, it wasn’t the right moment for a lengthy speech anyway.
“I am Baron Mir, who has come after receiving Kalbera Territory from the Emperor.”
I finished my explanation simply.
It was a self-introduction I’d thrown out without much expectation, truth be told.
“Waaaaaaaaa!”
“Baron Mir!”
“Thank you!”
“So you didn’t abandon us after all!”
“Hraaaaaa!”
A far more intense roar of cheers answered me than I had anticipated.
Because of that.
“…Huh? What’s going on here?”
Kang Ju-hyuk and his companions, who arrived late, could only be bewildered by the battle that had already ended and the natives’ intense cheering.

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