The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 240

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Chapter 240
Chapter 240
I agreed with Ena’s suggestion to put on a “show.”
I wanted to develop the Kalbera Territory—my first territory spanning both First and Second—even further.
To do that, I needed to make the Kalbera Territory known to many people and draw them here.
Still, I had no intention of conducting the test carelessly.
Drawing on my memories from First, I wanted to assess the abilities users would need as thoroughly as possible.
If the theme of the first test I prepared with that mindset was survival, then the theme of the second test was—
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– The second test will proceed in order by zone!
– First, the test for Zone 1!
– The content is simple!
– From now on, you must defeat all the skeletons summoned from the magic circle!
Monster hunting.
It was essentially the most important criterion for combat-oriented users.
To accomplish this, I had drawn summoning magic circles in advance throughout the Test Chamber.
Thanks to the Blue Moon Knights’ Knight Commander, I had learned dark magic, but at my level, summoning vast numbers of undead was difficult.
Instead, I drew summoning magic circles, invested an enormous quantity of mana stones to activate them, and used items with skeleton summoning skills.
The more skeletons I summoned, the more mana stones were required.
‘But mana stones are abundant.’
Aside from supreme-grade mana stones, the quantity I could use was staggering.
Due to the non-tradeable restriction, I couldn’t sell them, but using them this way posed no problem whatsoever.
Thanks to that—
“Grraaagh!”
The number of skeletons I had summoned was—
“Grraaagh!”
“Grraaaaaagh!”
Clatter!
Several hundred in total.
With 412 test-takers remaining and divided into five zones, the number of users in the first zone was fewer than a hundred.
Therefore—
“Ugh!”
“Everyone, let’s combine our strength!”
“Right! We can’t break through this alone!”
“Form up!”
The users in the first zone urgently clustered together, pooling their efforts.
Then they began desperately engaging the skeletons.
Of course, even now I was carefully controlling the skeletons to maintain fairness.
I concentrated skeletons on users who tried to slip through without fighting.
I deployed the skeletons in varied ways so all users could demonstrate their true abilities.
Fortunately, the users succeeded in defeating all the skeletons.
– The test for the First Zone has concluded!
– Congratulations to those who passed the Second test!
The First Zone’s test had ended.
Just over twenty test-takers had passed.
Since there had been just under a hundred test-takers in the First Zone originally.
More than half of the test-takers had been eliminated.
This alone would have been an impressive test, but the real spectacle was yet to come.
– Next, the test for the Second Zone will begin!
I stepped onto the magic circle I had installed in the Second Zone.
Then I scattered magical stones one tier higher than those in the First Zone.
[ Grasp of the Departed ]
“Uuuuuuugh—.”
Undead monsters one level above skeletons.
I began summoning hundreds of zombies.
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“Insane, how many hundreds are there?”
“Wait, wasn’t Mir a ranged attacker?”
“And considering his involvement with magical weapons, I thought he was either an enchantment specialist or an elemental mage. But suddenly dark magic?”
“What in the world is going on?”
The spectators began to panic.
The Mir they remembered from Second Crown was clearly a ranged attacker.
Yet suddenly he appeared as an expert in magical weapons, and now he was using dark magic.
And not at a modest level either—he was summoning hundreds of skeletons and zombies in one breath.
So the audience had every reason to be bewildered.
However, what truly shocked the spectators came next.
– Next, the test for the Third Zone will….
The moment the Third Zone’s test began.
The undead that emerged from the summoning circle were neither skeletons nor zombies.
“Grrraaaaaaah….”
“Good heavens, ghouls?”
“Skeletons and zombies are low-tier undead, so we can overlook that, but ghouls? Ghouls are legitimate mid-tier undead!”
Hundreds of ghouls.
Skeletons and zombies could be summoned by other necromancers to inflate their numbers, so that was understandable.
But ghouls were an entirely different matter.
Ghouls were proper undead that only fairly skilled necromancers among their ranks could handle.
As such undead poured forth.
“Kyaaaagh!”
“Gather! Form up!”
“Why did it suddenly jump to ghouls in our turn!”
“At least their numbers are fewer than the zombies!”
“But they’re surging forward like a tidal wave?!”
The test-takers gasped in horror.
Watching this unfold, the spectators believed this would be the limit of what could be achieved.
Even if Mir, who had demonstrated himself as a ranged combatant in the Second Crown, was now suddenly revealing his power as a Necromancer.
They thought he couldn’t possibly summon creatures beyond ghouls in such overwhelming quantities.
But then, in the very next fourth zone.
“Mummies?”
“Good heavens…”
“At least they’re slower than ghouls! If we handle this calmly…!”
“But they’re far more durable and powerful than ghouls!!”
Hundreds of mummies—undead wrapped entirely in cloth from head to toe—poured forth.
And then came the long-awaited final zone.
In the fifth zone.
“Graahhh… Make the living… kneel before us…”
“Sever their… necks. Sacrifices to… death…”
“W-Wights?”
“Aren’t Wights the undead that Necromancers over level 400 use as their main force?”
“He’s summoning them in swarms like that?”
“This is insane…”
Though classified as the lowest tier among high-rank undead, they were still undead of high-rank standing.
A horde of Wights appeared, their eyes gleaming with madness as they radiated malice.
As the crowd reeled in shock.
The number of test-takers who survived the second trial that had just concluded was.
– The second trial has ended.
– Congratulations to all test-takers who have passed the second trial!
– The total number of successful candidates is one hundred!
– Such a clean number, as if someone had arranged it precisely!
– Could it be that Mir, the Guild Master of the Heukryeom Guild, calculated even this and conducted the trial accordingly?
– His skill transcending professions leaves us in awe!
– Now, the third trial!
– The final recruitment trial of the Heukryeom Guild will proceed one hour from now!
– We look forward to your continued attention!
Exactly one hundred.
Of course, this was a number I had calculated with perfect precision.
* * *
“Guild Master, you must be exhausted.”
As I descended from the trial chamber, Ena greeted me warmly.
Though I had substituted my mana consumption with mana stones, my reserves were completely depleted, so I immediately drank a high-grade mana potion.
I had consumed quite a number of mana stones, but I harbored no regrets about the expenditure.
Luke’s subspace contained so many magic stones that they were difficult to count unless they were of the highest grade anyway.
‘Indeed, I should conduct proper research into summoning as well.’
This opportunity had sparked a new possibility to strengthen my combat capabilities.
A summoning magic circle and a sufficient quantity of magic stones.
With just summoning-related items, I could summon as many creatures as I desired.
Having advanced to All Master, I could learn various summoning skills myself, not just through items.
If utilized properly, I could significantly amplify my overall strength.
‘Summoning skills come in more varieties than just one or two.’
For instance, there was the undead summoning I just used as a Necromancer, along with spirit summoning and phantom beast summoning.
Delving into subcategories, there were diverse options like demon beast summoning, holy beast summoning, and spirit summoning.
Some included weapon summoning, but that would be entirely useless to me.
“Now we finally reach the final trial.”
“Yes.”
“Guild Master, please sit down and rest for a moment. You’ll need to perform well in the third trial too, won’t you?”
I nodded at Ena’s words and settled into the prepared chair.
That’s right.
Just as I directly summoned the undead in the second trial, the third trial would also be one where I directly participated.
The reason was obvious.
Since these were guild members seeking to join the Heukryeom Guild, I wanted to personally assess each and every one of them.
“But, will it really be alright?”
“What do you mean?”
“The third trial. Even though you’re the guild master, I’m honestly wondering if that method is the right approach.”
Ena asked with a worried tone.
In truth, that question probably wasn’t born from genuine concern for my safety.
What if I made a mistake during the third trial and damaged the image I’d so carefully built?
Wasn’t that the real worry?
But it didn’t matter.
“It’s fine.”
“You’re really confident?”
“Yes.”
In the third trial.
I intended to display my true power not only to the examinees but also to the spectators and the users of Second.
* * *
– Please be seated, everyone.
– The final third trial will now commence.
– We remind you once more.
– Spectators, please take your seats, and examinees, please enter the Test Chamber.
“Man, this wait has been brutal!”
“Finally the last trial!”
“Did you see those hundred survivors? It was no joke!”
“There are quite a few people I’m seeing for the first time, but they all have incredible skill.”
“The test isn’t called a test for nothing, right?”
“Well, if they passed a test of this caliber, everyone here is guaranteed to have real ability.”
“How many people are they trying to recruit that they’d set the difficulty this high?”
“I mean, the Heukryeom Guild is known as an elite organization with selective recruitment. Maybe they’re only taking ten people or fewer this time.”
“That sounds about right.”
The spectators settled into their seats, their anticipation palpable.
Typically, Guild recruitment tests are conducted quietly within the organization itself.
Never before had a test been conducted so openly and publicly.
And certainly never with such spectacular pageantry, as if it were a festival.
Which was precisely why the anticipation ran so high.
And the same held true for the candidates entering the Test Chamber.
“Ugh, I’m so nervous.”
“This is the final test. It’s going to be insanely difficult, right?”
“Don’t even say it. The first test was surviving artillery fire. The second was defeating an endless wave of monsters. How hard could the final test possibly be?”
“I wonder what the pass rate will be this time.”
“Nine-tenths have already been eliminated, so maybe only about ten people will make it through the final test?”
“Huh? Ten people?”
There won’t be many spots left after they pick all those famous strong ones. Sigh.”
“No way. I’ve come this far! I absolutely cannot fail now!”
“Me neither!”
No one knew how difficult the final test would be.
No one knew how many would survive.
But having come this far, there was no way they could fall now.
With that resolve, everyone burned with the will to win.
Not long after.
– At last, the long-awaited final test.
– We will now begin the third trial.
– The final test of the Heukryeom Guild recruitment is…
Thud, thud.
As everyone held their breath in tension.
A figure emerged along the Coastline toward the center of the Test Chamber.
There was no mistaking him.
He was the Guild Master of the Heukryeom Guild, who had also appeared in the second test.
It was Mir.
“What? Why is Mir here again?”
“Don’t tell me he’s going to summon something as incredible as a Death Knight this time?”
“No way, that would be too much. Besides, wouldn’t that overlap with the test format?”
“Yeah, what is it?”
As the crowd murmured among themselves.
Mir suddenly drew his sword.
To any observer, his battle stance was unmistakable.
In that moment.
The announcer, who had paused briefly, opened his mouth once more and completed the introduction of the final trial.
– The Guild Master of the Heukryeom Guild.
– Defeating Mir.

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