The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 20

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Chapter 20
Chapter 20
The first reward that came to mind was.
[ Achievement Unlocked: Outstanding Graduate ]
Condition: Receive a grade of S+ or higher in the Tower of Beginning trial
Reward: Experience and skill proficiency gain speed +10%
It was an Achievement unlock message.
The Achievement ‘Outstanding Graduate’—one that could only be obtained by receiving the highest grade in the trial.
However, the Achievements that came to mind weren’t limited to just this one.
My grade wasn’t something like S+, but rather an SSS grade that even I, who prided myself on having conquered all of First, was seeing for the first time.
[ Achievement Unlocked: Miraculous Graduate ]
Condition: Receive a grade of SSS or higher in the Tower of Beginning trial
Reward: Experience and skill proficiency gain speed +20%
The Achievement, Miraculous Graduate.
It seemed to be a newly created Achievement in Second.
Back in First, I had collected every single Achievement that existed in First and unlocked the Achievement called ‘Akashic Record’, but I had never seen an Achievement like this one.
This revealed that new Achievements I was unaware of had been added to Second.
“Wow, so my experience and skill proficiency gain speed increased by 30% total?”
This wasn’t an ordinary figure.
At first, I might not feel much difference, but as time passes, this increase becomes increasingly important.
Especially since skill proficiency is notoriously difficult to raise.
Increasing that gain speed by a full 30% is a tremendous reward.
The important thing was that this wasn’t the real reward—merely the Achievement reward.
I recalled the true reward from the graduation trial that I had been anticipating.
[ For receiving an SSS grade judgment in the Tower of Trial, a reward befitting that grade will be bestowed. ]
What kind of item could it be?
An elixir that raises stats?
It’s unlikely to be level 10 equipment, or perhaps an Ego Weapon that grows alongside my level?
If not that, could it be an incredibly powerful skill?
The reward from the graduation trial that appeared before my eager eyes was.
[ Player Mir is granted a ‘Special Enhancement Voucher’. ]
“A Special Enhancement Voucher?”
It was an item I had never seen before.
I caught the paper fluttering down below the System Message and checked its information.
[ Special Enhancement Voucher ]
Form: Consumable
Grade: Legendary
Restriction: Only for those who received an SSS grade in a transcendent-tier trial
Description: As the Tower of Beginning’s greatest reward, it can ‘enhance’ all elements including skills, stats, and items.
I couldn’t help but be startled.
That made sense.
“You can enhance stats and skills too?”
The special enhancement token wasn’t limited to items alone.
In truth, if this had been an item enhancement token, it would have been nearly useless to me.
Since I possessed every item in First, enhancing a single item wouldn’t help much, and even if I strengthened Astrape, I’d need to reach maximum level to use it without penalties.
But to enhance stats and skills?
Such an effect didn’t exist in First.
“How exactly does the enhancement work?”
I hurriedly searched the Second community, but found no relevant information.
Either it hadn’t been discovered yet, or the users who knew about it were keeping it hidden.
It had to be one or the other.
Probably the latter.
‘Hmm…’
The special enhancement token.
My gaze naturally first turned toward my stats.
I didn’t know exactly how the enhancement would apply, but stats would benefit regardless of my actions.
Especially agility—such a stat would increase attack speed, hit rate, and spell casting speed, applying in virtually any situation.
So as I moved my hand toward the agility stat,
“No.”
I shook my head and redirected my fingers.
What I ultimately chose was
[ All Mastery Lv 1 ]
a skill.
All Master’s unique skill, All Mastery.
Normally, I wouldn’t waste such a precious special enhancement token on a single skill, but this one was different.
“It applies in every situation more than agility itself. That’s exactly what this skill does.”
All Mastery is a mastery skill that applies to all equipment.
Weapons, armor, accessories—it applies to every piece of equipment I use.
As such, All Mastery applies to my every situation even more than agility does.
Moreover, wasn’t I currently in a position where I could always use the highest-performance items befitting my level?
If All Mastery were enhanced in such circumstances, my capabilities would undoubtedly surge dramatically.
[ You have selected the ‘All Mastery’ skill for enhancement with the special enhancement token. ]
[ Are you certain you wish to enhance the ‘All Mastery’ skill? ]
The system message posed the question once more, but my decision was already made.
“Of course.”
[ The special enhancement token is consumed. The ‘All Mastery’ skill is being enhanced. ]
[ All Mastery+ Lv 1 ]
As the unique skill of All Master, this is a superior skill encompassing all mastery skills in this world.
– Replaces the mastery skills of all equipment items, including weapons and armor.
– Possesses double to triple the effectiveness of all mastery skills.
The enhancement was successful.
A plus sign appeared next to the skill name, and simultaneously, the skill’s effectiveness multiplier increased from two times to three times.
One might think it was trivial, but considering that my multiplier applied to all my equipment, it was far from ‘trivial’.
Looking at the enhanced skill, I couldn’t help but smile.
“A special enhancement voucher, huh.”
There was no way an item like this only appeared here.
Surely, special enhancement vouchers must be hidden throughout the game as hidden pieces.
Since I had no regrets when it came to items anyway.
“Should I set my next goal as collecting special enhancement vouchers?”
I decided to make special enhancement voucher collection my objective.
I had used it to enhance All Mastery for now, but going forward, I would collect special enhancement vouchers and enhance all five attributes.
Satisfied with the reward, I nodded and decided to leave the Tower of Beginning.
Now that I had finished the graduation trial, it was time to leave the City of Beginnings.
The moment I exited the trial and returned to the First Floor.
“That’s the person!”
“Is that really them?”
“They’re the only one who came out of the highest-tier trial right now, so it has to be them!”
“Hello! Could you tell us your nickname?”
“We heard S-rank is the highest, but how did you get an SSS-rank rating!”
“…What?”
A crowd of people rushed toward me, bombarding me with questions.
* * *
Here’s what had happened.
The moment Mir cleared the transcendent trial and received his rating.
[ Player ‘Mir’ has received an SSS-rank rating at the Tower of Beginning. ]
[ Player ‘Mir’s Achievement has been recognized and his feat is engraved on the Record Stone. ]
That result spread throughout Second.
Mir wouldn’t have known, but this was a unique system that existed in Second.
A system where outstanding player Achievements were recognized and recorded on the Record Stone.
Since only exceptionally outstanding Achievements were engraved on the Record Stone, many users desperately wanted their names recorded there.
Once your name appeared on the Record Stone, you could gain instant fame throughout Second.
As Mir’s feat spread.
“SSS-rank?”
“Wait, wasn’t S the highest rank for the Tower of Beginning?”
“To be precise, it was S+ rank.”
“Who cares about such trivial details right now? If an SSS-rank rating came out of the Tower of Beginning, it means the records of all those top-ranked players who received S-rank ratings are no longer the best!”
Most users began taking interest in Mir’s achievement.
If someone said they defeated a boss monster from a hidden powerful dungeon, people would just think it was impressive and move on.
But the Tower of Beginning—wasn’t that the graduation trial that every user playing Second had experienced?
For such a result to come from that trial.
The users became even more interested and focused on this fact.
“How on earth did they manage that?”
“The highest grade you can get from the highest-tier trial is S+ grade! Is this a bug? It doesn’t make sense!”
“Who is Mir?”
“Since the record came from the Tower of Beginning, they must be a complete beginner who just started the game?”
“Wait, the game has been open for over two years. How is a record like this appearing now?”
“I’m telling you, it’s a bug!”
Eventually, people began to believe that Mir’s record was a bug.
It was a claim with some basis.
After all, the very existence of transcendent-tier trials had been hidden from the public, and it was only natural that people didn’t know about the SSS grade that could only be obtained from transcendent-tier trials.
As rumors spread that Mir’s achievement was a bug, The Number Entertainment, which operated Second, made a rare official statement.
– As a hidden piece, we cannot provide detailed explanations, but the ‘SSS grade’ recognized as an achievement this time is absolutely not a bug.
“The official statement dropped!”
“It’s not a bug?”
“So they really did receive an SSS grade judgment from the Tower of Beginning?”
The Number Entertainment acknowledged Mir’s achievement.
With this, people couldn’t help but have expectations.
“Wow, didn’t almost everyone who got an S grade on the graduation exam eventually climb to the ranker positions?”
“If someone received an SSS grade, wouldn’t the Second rankings be shaken up?”
“Could the number one ranking position finally change?”
“Nah, the game’s been open for two years. How would they suddenly take the ranking now?”
“Still, who knows? It’s an SSS grade, after all.”
The emergence of a supernova.
Along with it came the expectation that the rankings would change.
Of course, some of the rankers in the ranking positions couldn’t help but furrow their brows.
“It’s not a bug?”
Until now, wherever they went, they boasted about the S grade they received on the graduation exam.
If this continued, it would become difficult to boast about an S grade anymore, wouldn’t it?
Moreover, rumors were spreading that they might even lose their ranking to a complete beginner who just started the game, so their mood couldn’t help but sour.
Of course, among them were those who held pure interest and curiosity rather than jealousy.
“…Mir?”
A returnee from First and the current number one ranker of South Korea—the Swordmaster.
Yul-ha’s expression hardened as she recalled her memories of First.
* * *
Surrounded by unknown users the moment I emerged from the trial, I panicked at the thought of hiding my body.
[ Helm of Hades, Kunee ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type : Helm
Grade : Mythic
Restriction : Level 1,000 or higher, Seal of Hades
Description: The golden helmet of Hades, one of the twelve Olympian deities and ruler of the underworld.
I retrieved the mythic-grade helmet, Kunee, and slipped away from my seat.
Kunee was among the finest concealment items available, so escaping unnoticed was effortless.
Though it felt wasteful to use a mythic-grade item for something so trivial.
“Wait, that notification went out to everyone?”
Only then did I realize my SSS-rank achievement had been engraved on the Record Stone and broadcast across all of Second.
Worse, countless users had taken screenshots as I fled the trial.
I had planned to remain hidden until I grew stronger.
But that unwanted achievement message had exposed my existence to the entire world.
“Couldn’t they at least hide my nickname?”
They displayed the achievement without asking my permission.
I was considerably flustered, but there was nothing I could do about it now.
So I had no choice.
“I never thought I’d have to wear this so soon.”
I reluctantly retrieved a new item.
[ Ring of Deception ]
The Ring of Deception.
An item that altered how others perceived my face and concealed my nickname.
Fortunately, it had a level 20 restriction, so with my All Master ability added, I could wear it without worrying about duration limits.
Once I finished equipping the item.
“Since it’s come to this, I’ll leave immediately.”
I decided to depart the City of Beginnings at once.

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