The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 200

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Chapter 200
Chapter 200
At the heart of the Reef Zone.
The moment Pirate Island and the pirate vessels came within firing range, the Black Dragon Ship immediately dropped anchor and locked its position.
“Open fire!”
“Open fire!”
Boom!
First, we began firing upon the pirate ships within range.
Thunder Cannons, Ice Cannons, and Aqua Cannons alike.
To manage the mana consumption, I spared no expense in deploying the mana stones I possessed, continuing the relentless assault.
The mana stones depleted at a staggering rate, but I had more than enough reserves.
“If you run low on mana, I’ll go replenish the mana stones immediately, so fire whenever the cooldown resets.”
“Yes, my lord!”
Boom!
Under my command, the crew unleashed the arcane weapons without restraint.
By now, everyone had grown accustomed to operating the arcane weapons, striking even the pirate ships at the far edge of range with perfect accuracy.
Each time they did.
Crackle!
“Aaaahhhhh!”
The pirates struck by the Thunder Cannon convulsed violently from electrocution and collapsed.
Crack!
The pirates froze solid along with their vessels.
Boom!
A torrent of water shattered a pirate ship in a single blow.
The destructive power was overwhelming.
Once I’d replenished all the mana stones, I had enough breathing room to assist the attack, so I drew out my mana rifle.
‘…Too far away.’
Unfortunately, the mana rifle couldn’t reach that distance.
So this time, I decided to use a different weapon.
Given the distance, to bombard those distant pirate ships and crews, I needed something with greater range.
[ Tempest’s Bowstring ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Bow
Grade: Epic
Requirements: Level 300+, Bow Mastery Lv 30+, Strength 750+, Agility 750+
Description: A bow imbued with the fury of tempests. The moment the string is drawn, the arrows unleashed carry the force of the storm itself.
A bow seemed ideal.
Specifically, a longbow that demanded high strength but offered exceptional range in return.
However, that wasn’t the crucial part.
The Tempest’s Bowstring was merely a weapon to send arrows toward those distant vessels.
The true weapon I would use was none other than.
[ Muspelheim’s Flame Arrow ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Arrow
Grade: Legendary
Requirement: Level 700 or higher, Bow Mastery Lv 70 or higher
Description: A flame arrow crafted by refining the flames of Muspelheim, the land of fire said to exist at the southern edge of ancient mythology.
This was it.
A legendary arrow based on Norse mythology—Muspelheim’s Flame Arrow.
Just as the description suggested, the flame arrow I drew through Luke burned fiercely, with the arrowhead, fletching, and shaft all ablaze with scorching heat.
I nocked the arrow onto the bowstring.
Twang!
And released it.
Whoosh!
Muspelheim’s Flame Arrow burned brilliantly, tracing a trajectory of fire through the air.
“A-a flame arrow!”
“He’s firing an arrow from this distance? That’s impossible!”
The fiery trail was so conspicuous that the pirates at the target location immediately noticed it.
However, it was not an attack they could block.
Still, the pirates prepared their own countermeasures against the flame arrow attack.
“Everyone, dodge it!”
“Fetch seawater! If we just extinguish the flames as soon as the arrow lands, there’s no problem!”
“Furl the sails before it hits them!”
“There’s not enough time!”
“Turn the hull if you must, but keep those sails away from the arrow!”
An excellent response.
The hull twisted urgently, and the flame arrow I had fired landed on the pirate ship’s deck instead of its sails.
Just as the pirates exhaled in relief and moved to pour seawater on the flame arrow.
– The unique skill of ‘Muspelheim’s Flame Arrow’, ‘Múspellsheimr’, activates.
The flame arrow embedded itself in the deck.
The unique skill manifested automatically.
Boom!
The land of flames.
Muspelheim’s fire erupted.
“Ahhhhh!”
“Scatter!”
The pirates fled in shock at the sudden burst of flames.
There was no time to pour buckets of seawater.
The erupting inferno swiftly engulfed the ship, and the pirates had no chance to respond.
“Jump into the sea!”
“Argh!”
“My, my ship!”
I had no choice but to abandon the vessel and leap into the Sea.
Of course, jumping into the Sea wasn’t safe either.
Crackle!
“Gaaahhh!”
The electrical current spreading through the Sea from the Thunder Cannon that struck the pirate ship electrocuted the pirates who had jumped overboard as well.
Since the current dispersed across the Sea, it wasn’t particularly powerful, but it was enough to paralyze the pirates.
“Glub glub…”
The pirates whose bodies were paralyzed in the Sea couldn’t swim and sank helplessly.
And that wasn’t all.
Crack!
Some froze solid along with the seawater from the Ice Cannon’s blast.
Boom!
Others were swept away by waves from the Aqua Cannon’s impact, losing consciousness.
Meanwhile, I continued firing arrows relentlessly.
Muspelheim’s flame arrows.
The quiver held a total of twenty arrows and was single-use, but they refilled to twenty after some time passed, so there was no reason to conserve them.
Whoosh!
Flame arrows flew in succession.
“Everyone, stay calm! The moment an arrow embeds itself, pour seawater on it!”
Having witnessed the ship beside us catch fire and sink, the pirates had prepared to avoid being hit by the flame arrows.
They waited for the flame arrows to fall, buckets full of seawater in hand.
And not long after.
Thunk!
An arrow embedded itself.
– Activating the unique skill of ‘Muspelheim’s Flame Arrow’, ‘Múspellsheimr’.
The moment flames erupted.
“Pour it!”
A dozen pirates simultaneously dumped their buckets of seawater.
As such, I hoped the flames would be extinguished immediately.
But the flames produced by a Legendary-grade flame arrow were far too powerful to be snuffed out by merely pouring buckets of seawater.
Roar!
Muspelheim’s flames resisted the seawater, burning even more fiercely as if in anger.
“Ahhhhh!”
“It’s stuck to my body! Someone! Please put it out!”
“Just jump into the Sea!”
“B-but! If I jump into the Sea, there’s electricity! Ice! Waves!”
“There’s no other choice!”
“The ship is burning!”
“Jump in!”
The pirates had no choice but to abandon their burning vessels and plunge into the sea.
Dozens of pirate ships sank beneath the waves in an instant.
“That black ship is the greatest threat! Target it first, all of you!”
“Concentrated barrage!”
“Fire, fire!”
Boom!
Soon, all the pirate ships began aiming at the Black Dragon Ship.
Cannons roared to life.
But.
[ Great Shield ]
Crash!
No cannonball could penetrate the Great Shield bestowed upon the Black Dragon Ship.
The Great Shield’s weakness was its high mana consumption, but since I was continuously supplying mana through mana stones, I could easily block mere cannonballs.
As I defended against their attacks while launching relentless offensives, the pirates found themselves in a living nightmare.
“The attacks aren’t working!”
“What in the world is this?”
“Was there ever such a powerful mage ship among the Empire’s fleet?”
“Argh! We’re taking casualties!”
Even as their concentrated assault failed and they suffered one-sided devastation.
Some of the pirates recalled a strategy against mage ships.
“Even if it’s defensive magic, it only blocks cannonballs!”
“That’s right, I’ve faced them before! They block cannonballs, but if you board and engage in close combat, the shield and all that means nothing!”
“Good, close combat it is!”
“Everyone charge! Charge!!”
No matter how sturdy the Great Shield was, it only blocked external attacks above a certain speed.
Direct attacks from those boarding the ship could not be stopped.
The pirates attempted to approach the Black Dragon Ship, but.
“Ah, the reefs!”
“We can’t get close because of the reefs!”
“Damn it, how did that ship even navigate to the center of the Reef Zone?”
“Bring rowboats!”
“Do you really think rowboats can get close to there? You’ll be roasted by lightning or frozen solid before you even arrive!”
“Argh!”
The Black Dragon Ship sat at the heart of the Reef Zone.
No matter how familiar the pirates were with this place, approaching the Black Dragon Ship anchored in the center of the Reef Zone was impossible.
No matter how hard they racked their brains, there was no solution.
In this situation, the pirates had only one option available.
“Flee!”
To escape.
However, there were only two escape options available here.
One of them was.
“Break through! Since we’re in the center of the Reef Zone, they’ll have a hard time chasing us! Let’s escape for now and come back later!”
“Or we could ambush them from behind once we’re out!”
“Alright, let’s break through first!”
Escaping from Pirate Island.
However, at the exit of Pirate Island, the Imperial Army under my command had already formed a formation and blocked the passage.
The moment the pirates tried to escape through the exit.
“Fire!”
Boom boom boom!
“Ahhhhh!”
They had no choice but to sink under the concentrated barrage of the Imperial Army.
The pirates had to squeeze through one by one via the narrow passages between the reefs, while the Imperial Army was spread out in a wide formation.
No matter how hard they tried, there was no way to escape the concentrated fire of the Imperial Army the moment they exited.
Therefore, the remaining second method was.
“Retreat to Pirate Island!”
“This bastard is even attacking the ships docked on Pirate Island?”
“We have no choice! If we want to survive, we need to barricade ourselves inside Pirate Island! At least then we can engage in close combat!”
“There’s a Coastal Cave, right? Let’s take shelter there! Once we’re inside, that bastard won’t be able to attack!”
“Oh, that’s a good idea!”
“Everyone, head into the Coastal Cave!”
Retreating back to Pirate Island.
Dozens of pirate ships anchored at Pirate Island.
Hundreds of pirates living on Pirate Island fleeing from just one Black Dragon Ship was quite a sight.
Many of the pirate ships retreating to the island were sunk by the Black Dragon Ship, but the remaining vessels managed to enter the Coastal Cave of Pirate Island.
Now that they had retreated, there were no more pirate ships for the Black Dragon Ship to attack.
“My lord, what shall we do?”
The Captain asked me while observing the situation.
And my answer was already decided.
“We’ll advance.”
I had accepted a Quest from Admiral Sidrin to subjugate Pirate Island.
But my true objective was to recover Luke’s horn, which was hidden somewhere on Pirate Island.
To accomplish that, I first needed to enter Pirate Island.
Even so, it would be difficult for them to follow such a dangerous order to enter Pirate Island.
“Understood, my lord! Everyone, did you hear that? From now on, we advance into Pirate Island to completely eliminate the remaining pirate forces!”
“Yes, Captain!”
The effect of high loyalty was remarkable.
The Captain carried out my orders immediately without asking any further questions.
“My lord, the ship….”
“We’ll enter the Coastal Cave as well. Since we’ve committed to subjugating the pirates, we’ll block the ships inside the cave from escaping and finish eliminating them.”
“Yes, my lord!”
The Black Dragon Ship crushed through the reef once more, surging forward.
Before long, the Black Dragon Ship followed the pirates into the Coastal Cave of Pirate Island.
The moment we entered the Coastal Cave, we destroyed the pirate ships docked inside.
Crash!
“…It appears the pirates have already disembarked entirely.”
The pirate ships were already empty of their crews.
Still, not knowing when they might attempt to flee by ship, I rendered all the pirate vessels unseaworthy before advancing toward the depths of the Coastal Cave.
“All crew members remain on standby. Only combat personnel will disembark.”
I descended from the Black Dragon Ship alongside Kang Ju-hyuk and the other Heukryeom Guild members.
And not long after.
“You’ve finally come!”
“You damned bastards, you dared to destroy our ship?”
“You got cocky relying on that magic ship? And you dare set foot on our Pirate Island with fewer than ten men?”
“We’ll have our revenge for the Blue Devil Pirates!”
Dozens of pirates began to surround us.

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