The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 266

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Chapter 266
Chapter 266
Rabelth’s underworld forces attacked the Grand Auction House with grand ambitions.
Their operation went awry from the very start.
Precisely because—
– ROOOOOOOOOAAAAAARRR!!
A dragon’s roar suddenly pierced the air.
“Ugh!”
“Gah!”
The organization members who heard the roar lost consciousness and collapsed.
Those with high mental fortitude managed to endure, but the psychological impact was so overwhelming that they could barely maintain their composure.
The roar caused the nobles and influential figures within the Grand Auction House to lose consciousness as well, but—
“Who are these bastards!”
“Stop them!”
“How dare they infiltrate the Grand Auction House!”
“My Lord Marquis!!”
Somehow, the range had been precisely controlled.
The dragon’s roar affected only the people inside the Grand Auction House with surgical precision.
Because of this, the organization members who entered the Grand Auction House lost consciousness and collapsed, while those guarding outside remained completely unaffected.
The Grand Auction House’s Guard Captain, the mercenaries gathered for protection, the nobles’ escort knights—
As they rushed in urgently, the organization members who had lost consciousness or taken damage couldn’t effectively stop them.
“Damn it, what is this!”
This wasn’t how it was supposed to go.
They had planned to take the nobles and influential figures hostage to pressure those guards, mercenaries, and knights.
Since it was the Grand Auction House, they would have brought substantial funds, so they intended to extort a large sum and leave.
There were targets they wanted to kill in revenge, but they hadn’t even begun yet.
In any case, their plan had completely fallen apart in this manner.
“How did this happen!”
“It’s because of that roar.”
“A roar, you say….”
“Mir the Marquis. No, Mir the Marquis now. I’ve heard rumors that he can unleash a dragon’s roar, but I never thought it was true.”
One of the underworld forces’ leaders identified the cause of their failure.
Marquis Mir.
It was because of him.
Rumors aside, most of them had witnessed firsthand how Mir rose from his seat the moment they appeared, conjured a dragon’s form, and unleashed a roar.
As leaders of their respective factions, they hadn’t lost consciousness, but the situation was already spiraling into the worst-case scenario.
“If things have come to this, we might as well seek revenge.”
“Revenge? Against Marquis Mir?”
“Yes. And isn’t Marquis Mir said to be the Emperor’s most favored noble and adventurer? It’s the only way to take revenge against the Emperor who drove us to this point.”
“An excellent idea!”
“Marquis Mir is heading to the Grand Auction House’s Warehouse! Let’s go!”
“Fine. We’ll take him down and grab the expensive items from the Grand Auction House before we leave.”
“Vengeance!”
Thus, the leaders of each faction began entering the Warehouse to defeat Mir.
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“Hahahaha! I’ve heard much about you. Marquis Mir! The hero who defeated the Evil God! But do you really think you can catch me, the great thief Jesper?”
The man who introduced himself as the great thief Jesper began circling rapidly around me.
He was certainly fast.
The title of great thief didn’t seem to be a lie.
His speed was so incredible that his mere movement left afterimages, which he wielded like a clone technique.
‘He’s faster than me.’
My agility with Black Flame had now surpassed even the most agile players among users.
Yet this speed seemed beyond even my ability to keep pace with.
Not only was it difficult to chase by running, but even my dynamic vision couldn’t track him.
The thief’s afterimages were indistinguishable from his real form.
Still, there was no problem.
I was about to draw an item and strike down the thief when—
– Master, I have a method.
“A method?”
– Please obtain my eye for me.
A suggestion came from Luke.
His eye, he said.
The “eye” he referred to was undoubtedly the Black Eye I’d just won at auction.
Now that I thought about it, I could see Luke’s Black Eye lying just a short distance away.
One of the thieves had tried to steal it but was struck down by my magic, causing the Black Eye to fall to the ground.
Fortunately, the distance wasn’t far.
“Understood.”
Whoosh!
I immediately dashed toward the Black Eye.
“Are you trying to escape? Hahahaha! Foolish! Do you think you can flee from me, the great thief Jesper? I’ll steal all your equipment and leave you naked!”
Jesper quickly pursued me.
Certainly, he was faster than me.
– Activating skill ‘White Fish Swimming’.
Using a movement skill made it effortless to shake him off in an instant.
No matter what anyone said, White Fish Swimming was a mythic-grade skill imbued with the Evil God’s power.
With diverse applications depending on how it was used, focusing on maximum speed in a straight line allowed for incredible velocity.
Whoosh!
“Wha—!”
I heard Jesper’s voice filled with shock.
Of course, he never expected I could produce such speed.
Of course, the faster I moved, the shorter the distance I could cover.
‘Got it.’
It didn’t matter.
I already had Luke’s black eye in my grasp.
In that instant.
Whoosh!
The black eye burned away in black flames.
[ Black Flame Dragon’s Dragon Eye ]
Form: ??
Grade: ??
Restriction: ??
Description: ??
The Black Flame Dragon’s dragon eye.
Luke had reclaimed his eyes.
Immediately, a System Message appeared.
[ ‘Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton’ absorbs the ‘Black Flame Dragon’s Dragon Eye’. ]
[ ‘Luke’ reclaims his eyes and partially recovers his former power. ]
[ The synchronization rate achievable through Black Flame Transformation with ‘Luke’ increases. ]
[ Eye power enhances visual acuity including dynamic vision. This becomes even stronger in Black Flame Transformation state. ]
The description was complex, but I didn’t need to read through it all.
Since I was already in Black Flame Transformation state, the absorbed dragon eye’s abilities applied directly to my vision.
Whoosh!
My vision shifted to a dark crimson hue.
As if I’d placed a red filter over night vision goggles.
It was a form of vision completely different from ordinary human sight, but thanks to the Black Flame Transformation, it didn’t feel particularly uncomfortable.
More than anything.
‘That is…’
A new phenomenon appeared in my new vision.
Flows emanating from the artifact that had fallen to the ground.
A form of flow both unfamiliar yet strangely familiar.
Its identity was unmistakable.
‘Mana.’
It was mana.
Just as I had recently pulled out an item called ‘Dragon’s Discerning Eye’ and examined the surrounding mana in detail.
In this current vision too, mana currents and flows, and the mana contained within objects appeared crystal clear.
Well, it made sense.
‘Dragon’s Discerning Eye’ was a legendary pair of spectacles crafted from the pupils of a dragon, also called the incarnation of magic itself.
And now I was borrowing the vision of the Black Flame Dragon Luke, one of those incarnations of magic.
But the changes didn’t end there.
‘Everything looks slower.’
The world seems to flow in slow motion.
Time isn’t actually moving slowly.
My tracking vision has maximized, and the overwhelming flood of information makes it feel that way.
Jesper, rushing toward me right now, experiences the same phenomenon.
His movements, which were too swift to follow with the naked eye, become crystal clear.
I watch him plant his feet, draw a poison-coated dagger from his sleeve, and hurl it at me.
Whoosh.
Thanks to this clarity, I effortlessly sidestep the dagger that flies faster than my agility should allow.
In the instant Jesper’s eyes widen in shock,
[ Cursed One’s Crimson Edge ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form: Sword
Grade: Legendary
I immediately draw the legendary blade
and slash it forward with a sharp metallic ring.
I swing it toward Jesper.
“Ugh!”
Normally, my attack speed would make it difficult to land a hit on Jesper.
But with my vision transformed, I strike him with ease.
In the moment between Jesper’s first step and his second,
I launch my attack from an angle he cannot escape, along a trajectory he cannot evade—a strike impossible to avoid no matter how he twists his body.
This timing is only possible thanks to Luke’s dragon eyes.
Because of them, even Jesper’s overwhelming speed cannot help him dodge my attack.
“Cough! H-how…?”
A master thief is still a thief.
It’s a class with high agility but extremely low defense and vitality.
By level, Jesper might be far higher than me, but having received a fatal wound from a legendary blade, he’s now effectively incapacitated.
And then.
‘I can see them.’
I perceive what lies before me.
Upon the platform I shattered to enter,
figures with presence equal to or greater than Jesper’s are advancing.
I wish they were allies, but through the dragon eyes, I sense their killing intent and hostility—they are enemies.
– Skill ‘Silver Bird Soul Chase’ is activated.
I hurl my blade toward one of them.
Not an ordinary throw, but one enhanced with the throwing skill I obtained after defeating the Silver Storm God.
The ‘Cursed One’s Crimson Edge’ I threw soars through the air, its original blood-red hue mingling with the distinctive silver radiance of the Silver Storm God,
piercing through.
“Gahhh!”
“What?!”
I had perfectly pierced through one of those who had just entered below the stage.
Since they hadn’t even entered my field of vision yet, they had no chance to evade.
In the end, the moment one of the four pursuers revealed themselves, they died instantly, leaving only three.
“Attack!”
Given the circumstances, one might have expected panic.
Yet these creatures, despite their reputation as the strong, rushed at me the instant they landed.
First, to the one approaching me faster than anyone else, merging with the shadows.
[ Final Spear, Final Spear ]
( Non-tradeable )
Form : Spear
Grade : Epic
I thrust the spear forward.
Though the creature’s form remained invisible, the moment the spear pierced into the shadow on the ground.
“Gack!”
The Dark Assassin gasped, rising above the shadow.
The revealed Dark Assassin lost consciousness with the spear embedded in her abdomen.
The next enemy met the same fate.
I effortlessly dodged the whip being swung at me with my dynamic vision, then rushed forward and severed her neck.
The one beside her, pulling out a bomb with a complex expression, I cut down along with the fuse.
“Phew.”
The battle had ended.
I surveyed the surroundings with Luke’s vision, but no further threats appeared.
– Master, how is my vision for you?
“Excellent. I’m very pleased with it.”
Dynamic vision so acute that time seemed to slow.
And eyes that could clearly perceive the flow of mana around me without needing to equip related items.
Dynamic vision alone elevated combat power significantly, but seeing mana flow made it far easier to identify an enemy’s weaknesses.
Dodging or countering incoming magic became far simpler as well.
Satisfied with this.
“The, the Warehouse!”
“Did they break in to steal the Grand Auction House’s merchandise!”
“It was a diversion tactic!”
“But why are they all collapsed?”
“What is this…”
I heard voices.
They appeared to be the Grand Auction House’s administrators.
However, those who had rushed inside in confusion at the sight of all intruders already collapsed and auction items scattered across the floor were.
“M, Marquis Mir?”
“Could it be that Marquis Mir defeated them for us?”
“Wait! Isn’t that man the boss of Moon’s Scream, the worst assassination organization?”
“The White Moon?”
“That’s not all. The one collapsed with the whip—he’s the leader of the Crimson Fragrance Society that supposedly fell apart recently!”
“There’s even a master thief among them!”
“Good heavens. The proud leaders of the underworld joined forces to attack the Grand Auction House?”
“And Marquis Mir held them all back alone?”
I watched their jaws hang slack as their eyes darted between the fallen enemies sprawled across the floor and me standing above them.

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