The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 310

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Chapter 310
Chapter 310
The second floor of the Great Pyramid of the Abyss—the Path of Questions.
The stone statue’s first and second riddles were simple, but everything that followed was not.
‘Canopic jars.’
The objects contained within them.
From what had been a common trivia question, suddenly the statue began posing riddles that demanded a deep understanding of both games and mythology.
Most challengers would inevitably fail here.
“Liver, lungs, stomach, intestines.”
As I had mentioned, I had already conquered the Pyramid Dungeon in First before.
And I had opened a canopic jar in the treasure chamber of that Pyramid Dungeon.
The internal organs of the Pharaoh.
I had been bewildered at first wondering what these were, but once I confirmed that all four were high-quality alchemical materials, I felt quite pleased.
Regardless of anything else, when it comes to questions about items, I cannot possibly get them wrong.
– The sun god faces death each day and is reborn after passing through the night. What animal symbolizes this cycle?
“Scarab.”
This type of question was no different.
Just on the First Floor alone, I had used the “Scarab of Warning” item, so I remembered the symbolic meaning of the Scarab through its item description.
The problem came next.
– Name the three stars that form the belt of Orion, which is connected to the Pyramid.
This was not a riddle I could solve merely through my knowledge of items.
But.
“Luke, fetch me a book related to Orion.”
– Yes, Master.
My subspace contained not only weapons and armor, but also books diverse enough to be called a library.
[ Constellations of the Night Sky ]
And in that book.
“Alnitak, Alnilam, Mintaka.”
The answers to the statue’s riddles were written.
The questions that followed were no different.
– What is the value of the golden ratio used in the construction of pyramids?
[ On Pyramids ]
“1.618….”
– Correct.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
No matter how difficult the riddles the stone statue posed, the quantity of books I possessed was beyond imagination.
After all, whenever I obtained a new book while collecting items, I had placed them all in my Warehouse.
Thinking they would help me understand the game’s worldview, I had carefully read through most of them.
Simply by opening books related to the Desert, answering the statue’s riddles became simple.
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
No matter how difficult a problem the statue posed, it made no difference to me.
I was essentially holding the answer key in my hands.
Thus, the statue never once managed to rise to its feet, crumbling pathetically each time I answered correctly.
“Uoooooh!”
“Mir!”
“Remarkable knowledge!”
“How on earth did you….”
“Well, you are the Apostle of the Desert’s Three Deities, so it’s only natural you wouldn’t be ignorant of desert-related questions!”
“Indeed!”
Thus, cheers naturally erupted from the Expedition Party behind me.
Though it seemed I was harboring a minor misunderstanding.
Well, it didn’t matter.
After all, even in the Kalbera Territory, they had misunderstood me as being a sea dragon and black dragon.
In any case, as I continued answering questions in this manner.
– …That’s correct.
Rumble!
“A door! There’s a door!”
“Thanks to you, Mir, we were able to conquer the Second Floor with such ease.”
“Thank you, Mir.”
Having conquered the entire Second Floor, we arrived before the door leading to the Third Floor.
Compared to the First Floor, it had been an anticlimactically easy level.
Of course.
‘Had I fought each of these many statues one by one while ascending, even I would have struggled to protect the entire Expedition Party.’
But that was merely by my standards.
Had I not completely conquered First and possessed most of First’s knowledge.
Had I not been able to use the books I collected from First like an answer key.
The Second Floor would never have been easy.
Well, that’s in the past now.
“Mir, are you not feeling dizzy?”
“You recalled knowledge excessively. Wouldn’t it be better to rest a moment?”
“No, we’ll depart immediately.”
“If that is your wish, Mir, we shall follow without question.”
It was time to head to the next floor.
I had rested properly before logging in.
Since I had accumulated almost no fatigue on the Second Floor, either in-game or in reality, there was no need to waste time here.
With that thought, I immediately opened the door leading to the Third Floor wide.
Since the First and Second Floors had both been non-combat floors, I was beginning to wonder if combat would finally become the main theme.
“This is the Third Floor!”
“It appears we’ve finally escaped the corridors.”
“A vast cavern, it seems.”
The vast cavern of the Third Floor revealed itself.
This space too was composed of sand, and the floor in particular was piled high with dunes of sand, much like the Desert outside.
Countless stone blocks lay buried there, half-exposed to view.
[ Third Floor – Path of Cooperation ]
The moment the name of the Third Floor was revealed.
Kuguguguuu!
The stone blocks buried in the floor began to resonate.
At the same time, the stone blocks rose completely.
Boom!
Thud!
Crash-crash-crash.
The stone blocks merged together, stacking higher and higher.
What was created this way was.
“That is!”
“An ancient Colossus, is it not!”
“How does a Colossus of legend come to be in this place!”
A monster.
One that was clearly no ordinary creature.
[ Colossus of the Pyramid ]
That was the name of this monster.
From the circumstances, it didn’t seem to be a boss monster, yet the aura it emanated was no less formidable than a boss monster.
It was clear that this creature was at least stronger than the Sphinx outside.
The problem was.
‘This Colossus is somewhat different from the ones I know.’
It was the form of the Colossus.
I do know of Colossi from the Desert, but this one’s form differs from what I remember.
The Colossi I recalled typically had unified bodies, but this creature’s body was assembled from countless stone blocks.
Such a Colossus.
“Intruder of the Pyramid, I shall not forgive you!”
It began to stir its massive frame.
Its size was such that its head nearly touched the ceiling of this vast cavern.
With its entire body composed of stone blocks, each step it took caused the sand to sink and clouds of dust to rise.
Toward such a monster.
“Beginning the conquest.”
“Attack!”
“At last, the time has come to display our strength!”
“Uoooooo!”
The warriors of the Expedition Party, myself included, began to charge forward.
An Expedition Party composed of renowned warriors of the Desert.
We had ascended this far without a single injury, and with morale as high as it was, our battle cry seemed to shake the entire Third Floor.
And so began the assault on the Stone Giant.
I too rushed forward to meet it.
‘As expected, its entire body is composed of individual stone blocks.’
Just as I had observed when it first materialized.
The Stone Giant was constructed from roughly a hundred stone blocks.
First, I drew a hammer—the weapon most effective against golem-type monsters—and struck the creature with all my might.
– Activating skill ‘Crimson Claw’.
The impact thundered across the chamber.
It connected solidly.
But then.
“I am the Stone Giant of the Pyramid! I shall never fall!”
The Stone Giant appeared to have taken no damage whatsoever.
It was possible it had sustained injury yet still proclaimed such words, but from what I could observe.
‘It didn’t work.’
I had inflicted no damage upon the creature.
The stone block where I had struck the hammer showed not even a crack or the slightest blemish.
I quickly analyzed the situation.
Perhaps the creature possessed complete immunity to physical attacks.
– Activating 5th Circle ice magic ‘Ice Cannon’.
I cast a spell instead.
Specifically, ice magic—effective against stone-form adversaries.
The spell erupted with brilliant force.
The magic’s power was formidable.
It struck the Stone Giant’s joints with tremendous impact, and the freezing effect hindered its movement considerably.
I believed this would surely inflict meaningful damage.
“Against me, the Stone Giant of the Pyramid, such attacks are futile!”
I was wrong.
It had not worked.
While I could slow its movements by freezing the joints, I accumulated no actual damage to the stone blocks or the connections between them.
And this was 5th Circle magic, no less.
Neither physical nor magical attacks were proving effective.
Then there could be only one answer.
‘There must be some mechanism at play.’
This Stone Giant could not be defeated through conventional attacks.
It was undoubtedly a monster that could only be vanquished through specific means.
Even the warriors and mages of the Expedition Party were struggling, their attacks failing to connect properly.
Therefore.
‘What could it be?’
I ceased my assault and stepped back from the fray, beginning to observe the creature with deliberate calm.
There existed no dungeon monster that could not be conquered.
There had to be some method.
I cast aside my memories of the colossal stone guardian from First and focused entirely on discovering how to conquer the one before me now.
And moments later.
‘That is?’
I discovered faint rune characters carved into the stone forming the guardian’s elbow.
‘Fire?’
A fire rune.
There was no doubt.
The moment I confirmed it, I employed magic to test my hypothesis.
– Using 5-Circle Fire Magic ‘Fire Cannon’.
Fire magic was hardly effective against a monster composed of stone.
So it was reasonable to harbor no great expectations.
Boom!
“Grrgh! How dare you strike the Pyramid’s guardian!”
‘It worked.’
The guardian’s elbow, struck by the Fire Cannon, blazed with intense heat.
Defying its stone nature, it appeared on the verge of melting entirely.
Of course, the elbow did not shatter completely.
Yet with this, I had drawn one step closer to understanding the guardian’s weakness.
And there was something else.
Thunk!
“A sword is lodged here!”
“Now that I look closer, there are stones with what appear to be blade marks?”
“There are holes too!”
“And shallow circular indentations!”
The warriors had discovered new vulnerabilities on the guardian.
Indeed, upon closer inspection, each stone bore either rune characters denoting various elements, or bore marks from blades, holes, and other such features.
Though striking precisely at the blade marks with a sword would only pause that section momentarily, dealing no significant damage.
Yet I could be certain.
Those were the guardian’s weak points.
And there was one more revelation.
‘All of those weak points must be attacked simultaneously.’
I had fully grasped the method to conquer the guardian.
To attack simultaneously every weak point carved into the dozens of stones comprising the guardian’s body.
It was a strategy I could not execute alone, even with all my power.
‘Had the Expedition Party’s numbers dwindled.’
The Sphinx that guarded the Pyramid.
The First Floor, which seemed to demand one sacrifice at each trap.
The Second Floor, where we had to answer riddles or offer tributes to pass.
What if the dungeon’s malice had steadily whittled down the Expedition Party’s ranks through each of those trials?
Right here and now.
I would have struggled on the Third Floor.
But now, every single member of the Expedition Party surrounding me had regained their composure.
“You’ve identified it perfectly! The Stone Colossus’s weaknesses vary depending on each stone section! Sword marks require blades to be driven in, while broad, shallow areas demand blunt force strikes!”
I immediately began preparing for a full-scale assault on the Stone Colossus.
“We can interpret the runes as well! We’ll attempt to use incantations suited to the situation!”
“Understood. Then, let’s each assign ourselves one stone section to target!”
“I’ll take the left heel!”
“I’ll aim for the neck with the power of the sun!”
“I’ll drive my weapon into the center of the pelvis!”
Though they were all mighty warriors of the Desert, they came from different tribes and different ages.
I couldn’t say when they had developed such coordination, but in an instant they divided their roles and each selected their target area.
The critical factor was timing.
Everyone needed to strike the Stone Colossus’s weaknesses simultaneously and perfectly, which meant I had to freeze its movements.
That task fell to me.
[ Chronos’s Hourglass ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form : Orb
Grade : Mythic
Restriction : Level 1,000 or higher, Intelligence 4,000 or higher, Time Magic user required
Description : An hourglass said to have been used by Chronos, the god of time, to manipulate time itself.
A Mythic-grade orb.
Unlike other weapons, its unique skill wasn’t for combat—a Mythic-grade orb with a 1,000 level restriction that I hadn’t used during the Age of Fallen Mythology.
The moment I activated the orb’s unique skill.
– Using the unique skill ‘Time Stop’ from ‘Chronos’s Hourglass’.
Tick.
The Stone Colossus’s movements froze as if it were a lie.
“Raaaaaahhhhh!!”
The warriors of the Expedition Party seized their weapons and charged toward the Stone Colossus.

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