The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 196

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Chapter 196
Chapter 196
The pirates who dove into the water advanced rapidly toward the enemy vessel.
A speed no ordinary human could achieve.
Scales born from the power of the White Water Deity reduced water resistance, fins increased speed, and gills allowed them to breathe.
Thanks to this, the pirates moved swiftly.
Whoosh!
“Kahahaha! As expected, humans can’t be stopped!”
“Magic ships or whatever—they’re no match for people!”
The defensive magic installed on the enemy vessel.
They pierced through the Great Shield and reached the enemy ship.
Normally, ordinary merfolk would have struggled to climb aboard a ship.
Splat!
But these were different.
The power of the White Water Deity didn’t merely grant the strength of fish.
Otherwise, it would have been called the White Fish Deity instead.
The power of the White Water Deity granted the pirates the strength of various aquatic creatures living in the sea.
Among them were even the suction cup abilities possessed by remoras and octopuses.
Through this power, the pirates ascended onto the enemy deck in an instant.
“Kahahaha!”
The moment they stood upon the enemy ship’s deck.
The pirates could smile with satisfaction.
In ship-to-ship naval combat they had been outmatched, but now they saw the enemy vessel had far fewer combat personnel than expected.
Fewer than ten in total.
Instead, they had many magical weapons, and ordinary crew members wielding them made them formidable.
“We should have done this from the start!”
Ordinary sailors without weapons could be crushed with just fins alone.
The small number of combatants appeared quite strong, but that was nothing a numerical advantage couldn’t overcome.
The moment they thought this.
Boom!
From where the enemy ship’s captain stood.
Someone rushed forward at tremendous speed.
Before the pirates could even respond.
Slice!
“Gasp!”
A throat was severed in a single stroke.
A pirate whose gills still gasped, unaware of his own death from such a sudden attack.
The figure that appeared above him.
Crackle!
The Guild Master of the Heukryeom Guild and Lord of the Kalbera Territory, wielding a brilliant golden lightning sword.
It was Mir.
* * *
Pirates empowered by the White Water Deity.
The weapon I drew against such pirates was.
[ Heavenly Punishment Lightning Blade ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type : Sword
Grade : Epic
Requirement : Level 300 or higher, Sword Mastery Lv 30 or higher
Description : A single bolt of lightning said to have been wielded by the Judge of Heaven to deliver divine punishment upon sinners.
This was it.
Those blessed with the power of the White Water Deity were fundamentally weak to electricity.
Especially for the pirates who had just emerged from the water with their bodies completely drenched, electrical attacks were extraordinarily effective.
Well, truthfully.
Crunch!
“Gack!”
There weren’t many pirates who could withstand my pure physical attacks regardless of weaknesses.
“What, what is this! Take down that bastard first!”
“Push forward!”
“Don’t go one at a time—rush together! All of you, stomp him down!”
Had the pirates sensed danger at my arrival?
They prioritized me and began their assault.
The pirates surged forward, wielding their numerical advantage.
“Guild Master!”
“Don’t look away! Kuhaha!”
Kang Ju-hyuk and the guild members noticed me, but they too were engaged with a superior number of pirates.
However, I didn’t need their assistance.
I lowered my stance as the pirates rushed at me in a group, pressing my palm against the deck.
Then.
– Using 3rd Circle Lightning Magic ‘Lightning Wave’.
I unleashed electrical magic toward the floor.
True to its name, Lightning Wave manifested as waves of electricity spreading outward in all directions.
The deck was damp from the pirates’ presence, and the pirates themselves were thoroughly soaked.
“Screeeeeech!”
The electrical wave electrocuted every pirate rushing toward me.
However, even with such an effective attack, it was difficult to fell the pirates with a single strike.
Yet the reason I deliberately used Lightning Wave was.
Whoosh!
The paralysis inherent to electrical magic.
While the electrocuted pirates’ bodies were frozen, I charged forward.
– I activate the skill ‘Crimson Claw of the Scarlet Field’.
Shing!
I swiftly carved through the pirates’ bodies.
Among the pirates were some quite high-leveled and sturdy individuals, but enduring the attribute damage of the Lightning Blade while empowered by the White Water Deity and drenched in water proved impossible.
After a single sweep of my blade, over a dozen pirates collapsed at once.
Then.
“I-insane. What the hell is this guy?”
“Wait, isn’t this him? The one the Apostle mentioned….”
“The black coat! It’s definitely him! That’s the one!”
One of the pirates pointed at me and shouted.
Instantly, every pirate’s gaze fixed upon me.
Hearing those words, I could now perfectly comprehend the full scope of this situation.
‘The White Apostle of the Water Deity.’
Just as other Evil Gods had their Apostles.
He had undoubtedly sent them to attack me.
Likely, this was revenge for me defeating all the monsters that attacked the Kalbera Territory.
And I had also defeated his familiar.
“Forget the others! We must bring down this one! Everyone, we must take him down no matter what! Even if we have to retreat, if we just capture him, the Apostle will grant us greater power!”
“Ooooh!”
“If we bring down that bastard, we can gain more power!”
With that cry, every pirate aboard the ship rushed toward me.
To bring them down.
[ I activate Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ I borrow the power of the Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton. ]
“W-what!”
“Doesn’t matter! No matter what you do, there’s no answer to overwhelming numbers!”
“Attack!”
The moment I borrowed Luke’s power, I drew a weapon from his subspace.
The weapon I drew was neither sword nor spear.
A golden sphere.
Its true identity was.
[ Thunder Dragon’s Orb ]
( Non-tradeable )
Type: Orb
Grade: Legendary
Restriction: Level 500 or higher, Orb Mastery Lv 50 or higher, Intelligence 2,000 or higher
Description: A precious orb possessed by the Thunder Dragon as it ascended to the heavens upon comprehending the power of lightning. Within it dwells the formidable power of lightning that the Thunder Dragon cultivated during its ascension.
The Thunder Dragon’s Orb.
One of the weapons wielded by those called Sages.
Immediately, I poured mana abundantly into the orb.
Crack!
Lightning erupted from the orb, and its unique skill activated.
– The unique skill of the ‘Thunder Dragon’s Orb’, ‘Thunder Dragon’s Descent’ is being used.
Rumble!!
Lightning struck down from the clear sky.
That massive bolt electrified all the pirates rushing toward me, unleashing a roar that echoed like the cry of a Thunder Dragon itself.
“Aaaaaaahhhhh!”
“This is insane!”
In truth, this Thunder Dragon’s Descent doesn’t have a particularly wide attack range.
However, because all the pirates were charging toward me, most of them fell within the lightning’s radius.
Thanks to that.
Sizzle.
“Cough.”
Thud.
With that single attack, I was able to fell most of the pirates.
* * *
Captain of the magical ship, the Black Dragon Ship.
Urbanta.
He couldn’t regain his composure in the current situation.
“Those white scales and fins! Could it be that he’s been consumed by the same sinister power as those monsters!”
First, the pirates’ appearance was deeply unsettling.
Pirates by nature attack innocent vessels and plunder their cargo.
But those white scales and fins reminded him of the monsters that had attacked the Kalbera Territory not long ago.
And what shocked him next.
Boom!
“Whoa!”
Was the Black Dragon Ship’s combat power.
He knew magical weapons were installed, but he never imagined it could single-handedly face five pirate ships.
Perfectly blocking enemy attacks while launching one-sided assaults with magical weapons.
Even the Empire’s magical ships that Urbanta knew of weren’t this formidable.
And then.
“Kahahaha!”
When the pirates broke through the barrier and boarded the pirate ship, he was even more astounded.
Slash!
“Cough!”
The Lord of the Kalbera Territory.
Baron Mir cut down the pirates with such ease.
With lightning-fast movements, he wielded a blade that seemed to be lightning itself given form.
Not only that, but he was also casting magic, freely commanding actual lightning.
Especially that final attack he displayed.
Crash!!
It felt as though lightning had truly fallen from the heavens.
An absolutely shocking display of combat.
This stirred memories of rumors about the Lord in Urbanta’s mind.
‘A dragon….’
The rumor that the Lord was a dragon.
Urbanta had initially dismissed the rumor as mere hearsay.
While the Lord was certainly impressive, he had assumed he was ultimately human—he couldn’t bring himself to believe such an absurd notion that a dragon had descended for amusement.
But now.
‘Is the Lord truly a dragon…?’
Witnessing this spectacle made it far stranger to doubt that the Lord was indeed a dragon.
It seemed as though the dragon was desperately concealing its power while protecting them.
Especially the way it wielded lightning with such effortless mastery in combat.
‘The Black Flame Dragon…!’
The legendary dragon known to command rain and lightning with absolute freedom.
It evoked the image of the Black Flame Dragon.
Now that he thought about it, wasn’t the coat the Lord always wore a pitch-black color as well?
Perhaps even while mimicking human form through polymorphism, the Lord couldn’t shed the distinctive coloring of the Black Flame Dragon.
And such a misunderstanding was.
“My Lord…!”
“So the Lord’s true identity is…!”
Not something only the Captain of the Black Dragon Ship, Urbanta, was experiencing.
* * *
All the pirates struck by the lightning fell.
A small handful who survived outside the lightning’s effective range attempted to flee in panic.
“Where do you think you’re going!”
“Ugh!”
Kang Ju-hyuk and the Guild members finished off the remaining pirates.
I immediately called out to Luke.
“Luke, can you devour these creatures?”
Luke cannot devour players.
However, if the target is an NPC, that changes everything.
Moreover, these pirates were human in name only—they had accepted the power of the White Water Deity and were essentially no different from merfolk, were they not?
Because of that.
– Of course.
– I shall feast well, Master.
Whoosh!
Luke unhesitatingly engulfed the pirates in Black Flame.
[ Luke has consumed a ‘White Sea Pirate.’ ]
[ Luke has consumed a ‘White Sea Pirate.’ ]
….
[Luke’s stats have increased by 100.]
[You have absorbed the nutrients left behind by the Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton.]
Perhaps it was thanks to the lingering power of the White Water Deity.
Simply devouring the pirates had resulted in far greater stat increases than I had anticipated.
But that wasn’t the important part.
I had been certain that all the pirates struck by the lightning had been defeated.
“Ugh….”
One survivor remained.
A single survivor of the lightning strike—someone who had not been included among my prey.
“The Captain?”
Upon closer inspection, the charred clothing was slightly different, and the aura of power noticeably stronger. This must have been the pirate captain.
He should have been a formidable foe, worthy of a named monster’s rank.
But even a captain proved helpless against a Legendary-grade lightning strike.
Still, the fact that someone of his stature had survived at all was fortunate.
In his current state, he would only suffer. I moved to end his misery quickly.
– Master.
Luke’s voice suddenly reached me.
Wondering what he meant, I paused my attack.
– I sense the energy of my body parts emanating from that human.
An utterly unexpected revelation.

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