The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 311

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Chapter 311
Chapter 311
Warriors of the Expedition Party, the strongest of the Desert.
The moment I froze the Giant Soldier’s movements using Chronos’s Hourglass’s unique skill.
“Raaaaaahhhhh!!”
They charged toward the Giant Soldier, displaying flawless teamwork as if they had rehearsed this moment countless times.
The sorcerers prepared magical attacks of the same attribute as the rune characters inscribed on their assigned stone blocks.
The warriors rapidly scaled the Giant Soldier’s body, climbing toward their designated positions.
Many sorcerers had already prepared their spells, and many warriors had reached their assigned locations, yet they exercised patience and held their attacks.
The moment I confirmed that all members of the Expedition Party had finished preparing their attacks.
“Now!”
I gave the signal for timing.
“Attack!”
The warriors swung their swords, thrust their spears, and brought down their blunt weapons toward the gaps in the stone blocks.
They exploited the weak points of each stone block.
The sorcerers did the same.
“Blade of sand!”
“Gale wind!”
“Scorching sunlight!”
Each sorcerer attacked the Giant Soldier’s weak points with their respective attribute spells.
In a single instant.
The ‘Time Stop’ that had bound the Giant Soldier ended, and it could move its body again, but.
Thud!
Crash!
Whoosh!
The Expedition Party’s attacks had already concluded.
Spears were lodged in the narrow holes of the stone blocks.
Swords were swung against the blade marks.
Rune characters were struck by spells of each attribute.
Then.
“Worms, how dare you—!”
Even as the time stop ended, the Giant Soldier’s movements froze.
Originally, when attacked separately, even if a spear was lodged in a hole, only cracks would form, and they would soon regenerate.
But when all the weak points of every stone block were struck simultaneously.
Crack!
The cracks in the stone block where the spear was lodged spread further and further, until the stone block was completely destroyed.
The stone block struck by the flame spell melted away.
The stone block struck by the wind spell weathered and scattered into dust.
The Pyramid’s Giant Soldier, which seemed invincible to any attack.
Collapsed!
Stone crumbled from my entire body as I fell to one knee.
“I! I, the Giant Soldier of the Pyramid! I cannot fall like this!”
Yet the Giant Soldier refused to surrender even now.
Though stone shattered and scattered across my frame, threatening immediate annihilation.
Still refusing to yield, I drove both arms into the ground.
Then.
Ssssshhhhh!
Desert sand began absorbing into the Giant Soldier’s arms.
The absorbed sand filled the crumbling and scattering stone, attempting gradual recovery.
“Even in that state, it’s regenerating!”
“No! If it fully recovers, we won’t get another chance like this!”
“We won’t be able to identify its weaknesses again!”
As the Expedition Party warriors gasped in alarm.
Whoosh!
I sprinted toward the Giant Soldier faster than anyone else.
I would have preferred it to remain shattered, but I had already anticipated the possibility of it enduring and recovering.
For that reason, I had entrusted the Giant Soldier’s subjugation to the Expedition Party and prepared myself to handle any unforeseen complications.
In my hand was.
[ Rust-Red Greatsword, Screp ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type : Sword
Grade : Legendary
Restriction : Level 600 or higher, Sword Mastery Lv 60 or higher, Strength 2,500 or higher
Description : A terrifying greatsword that withstood the monstrous strength of Prince Utpo, which other weapons could not endure, and cleaved the enemy’s strongest warrior in a single strike.
A red greatsword.
Its rust-red blade was perfectly sized to cleave through that colossal Giant Soldier.
I infused the blade with magic and activated Red Night Blood Tide.
“I am…!”
Slice!
I severed the Giant Soldier’s neck.
The Giant Soldier’s neck, unprotected by its hardened stone, was cut through effortlessly by the rust-red greatsword.
There was no need to invoke Black Flame.
Thus, the severed head of the Giant Soldier fell to the ground, scattering sand dust.
“Uooooooo!”
“We won!”
“Truly magnificent, Mir!”
The battle with the Giant Soldier had ended.
Compared to the First and Second Floors, the subjugation time was remarkably brief, yet this floor left a far more intense impression than the others.
Had this been a different dungeon, one might have thought this was the final floor and the Giant Soldier the boss monster without hesitation.
Rumble.
“A door! A door has appeared!”
“This wasn’t the end after all?”
“Just how deep is the malice contained within this Pyramid….”
Opposite the Entrance.
A massive door materialized at the end of the corridor.
However, it was different from any door we had encountered thus far.
Not only was it far larger in scale, but unlike the stone doors we had seen before, this one was forged entirely of gold.
Based on my experience clearing countless Pyramid Dungeons in First, this was undoubtedly the true Boss Room.
“This must be the final floor.”
“Indeed….”
“So we shall conduct final preparations before entering.”
“Yes!”
“We’ll begin preparations immediately!”
Thus, we resolved to prepare thoroughly.
Following my orders, the Expedition Party swiftly arranged their rest.
Meanwhile, I.
“Luke, eat.”
– I gratefully accept, Master.
[ Luke has consumed ‘Pyramid’s Giant Soldier’. ]
[ Luke’s stats have increased by 150. ]
[ You accept the nutrients left behind by ‘Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton’. ]
I watched Luke devour the Giant Soldier.
‘The stat increase is quite substantial.’
The stat increase from devouring Sphinx was 100.
Even that was considered quite high.
Yet the stat increase from the Giant Soldier was a whopping 150.
Considering that consuming the Evil God grants a stat increase of 300, the Giant Soldier was certainly a formidable entity.
Of course, in the Evil God’s case, Luke can only absorb 300 stats due to the limits of his nutrient absorption capacity.
– Master, shall we also check the items?
“What dropped?”
– The Giant Soldier’s Rune Stone, the Great Pyramid’s Giant Soldier Spear, and the Great Pyramid’s Sand Grain.
“Store them for now. None of them seem immediately useful.”
– Understood, Master.
After storing the items away.
I quickly made my way toward the Expedition Party, who were rapidly constructing tents and preparing meals.
Tents and cooking.
One might wonder what we were doing right before the Boss Room, but in truth, this was a familiar method among users.
After all, boss monsters rarely ever break through the door and venture outside.
In any case, the reason I went to the cooking site was.
“Mir! Please go rest, and we’ll bring the meal to you as soon as it’s ready!”
“This time, I’ll handle it.”
“Absolutely not. How could we possibly entrust cooking to you, Mir!”
I intended to cook.
The warrior who had been preparing the meal immediately protested.
“No! Mir, please go rest while we cook!”
Even Rashid, who had been attending to the warriors’ needs, rushed over to block me.
“This time, I absolutely must do this.”
“But….”
“It’s for conquering the Pyramid.”
I had no intention of backing down this time.
We were facing the boss battle imminently.
I needed to maximize the Expedition Party’s combat strength by any means possible.
The meals the warriors prepared using their respective tribes’ secret techniques provided excellent buff effects, but it wasn’t enough.
If the ‘Giant Soldiers of the Pyramid’—not even boss monsters—were this formidable, the actual boss monster beyond them would be exponentially stronger.
Therefore, I had to maximize our strength before the boss battle.
“For the sake of conquest…! Understood!”
“Ah, Mir….”
“Rashid, step aside.”
“Yes….”
It seemed to trouble them that I, as the leader of the Expedition Party, would cook myself.
But faced with my resolve, both the warriors and Rashid withdrew.
Soon after, I stood before the cooking implements and began preparing the meal in earnest.
‘All the tribal secret recipes the warriors made were perfectly suited to the Desert. Building on those foundations should be most efficient.’
The ingredients were laid out for cooking.
I began preparing them based on what was available.
– Using the skill ‘Cooking’.
I placed the ingredients into a large cauldron and brought the water to a boil.
Up to this point, the process was identical to what others had prepared before, but now came the crucial part.
Namely.
‘A collaboration of cooking and alchemy.’
I would employ alchemy.
– Using the skill ‘Alchemy’.
I had already conceived which materials to add.
[ Desert Worm Entrails ]
I finely sliced the Desert Worm entrails, which granted various immunities and resistances in desert terrain, and added them to the pot.
[ Burnt Spirit Ash ]
I sprinkled the Burnt Spirit ash—beneficial in desert terrain—like seasoning into the mixture.
But that wasn’t all.
I added the detoxified venom of Gray Scorpions obtained while exploring the Desert with Rashid, along with egg sacs from Giant Sand Spiders and crystallized essence of Desert Wraiths.
I spared no expense in adding materials with excellent buff effects and synergistic potential.
I combined All Master with high-level cooking and alchemy simultaneously, and before long.
[ Cooking has succeeded. ]
[ Judgment : Transcendent Success ]
[ Desert Madness Sand Hell Banquet ]
Type : Food
Grade : Legendary
Restriction : –
Description : The finest nutritional sustenance of the Desert, created by chef Mir through thorough refinement by applying alchemy to cooking.
I had completed the dish.
The grade of a dish that received a transcendent success judgment was none other than Legendary.
If I had merely used cooking alone, I would never have received such a grade.
Indeed, adding alchemy to the cooking and investing in various precious ingredients was the right decision.
With just this meal, the boss battle on the next floor would become far more manageable.
Thinking thus.
“The cooking is finished.”
I began distributing the meal to the warriors of the Expedition Party.
* * *
Meanwhile.
“Mir is personally cooking for us!”
“What kind of dish could he be making to boast so confidently?”
“Heh, this is exciting.”
The Expedition Party waited for Mir’s cooking with eager hearts.
A dish made by Mir, the Apostle of the Desert’s Three Gods—what could it possibly be?
It was beyond imagination.
“It must be a desert delicacy incomparable to anything we’ve served so far.”
“Since the Apostle knows everything about the Desert, perhaps he knows the greatest recipe of the Desert!”
“Not just the taste—the efficacy must be extraordinary as well.”
“Of course, given his bold proclamation! It must have effects surpassing even the secret recipes of our tribe!”
What kind of dish could it be?
The anticipation was overwhelming.
Yet among them, there was one.
Rather than anticipate Mir’s cooking, there was one who wore a dark expression and could only sigh.
“Rashid, what troubles you?”
Rashid, the apprentice warrior of the Sandclaw Tribe.
His complexion was far from good.
“Warriors, it would be better not to expect too much. Rather, it’s not about expectations… ugh.”
“What blasphemy is this!”
“Rashid, no matter how close you are to the Apostle, such blasphemous words are dangerous!”
“Yes… No, half of the expectations might be correct. At least the efficacy is certain….”
The Apostle himself was personally cooking for us.
So why was Rashid, who seemed closest to the Apostle, reacting that way?
As I pondered this mystery.
“Cooking is finished.”
“Wooooo!”
“Finally!”
Mir’s cooking was complete.
The warriors immediately grabbed their bowls and rushed forward, forming an orderly line with military precision.
The Apostle’s food!
With such anticipation, they received their portions.
Splat.
The Sandcutter Tribe Great Warrior, who had rushed forward first to receive his meal, couldn’t help but be taken aback.
[ Desert Madness Sand Hell Banquet ]
Between an ominous violet liquid, something resembling grains of sand swirled in a vortex.
Though it shouldn’t exist, it looked exactly like a whirlwind spinning through the Swamp of the Desert, creating an antlion pit.
“Apostle…?”
This was not food meant for human consumption.
I wondered if I was seeing it wrong, but no.
This was definitely… not something a person should eat.
Questioning this, I looked toward Mir, the Apostle of the Desert Triad.
“To gain all the buff effects, it would be best to eat it all even if you’re full.”
Mir simply wore a satisfied smile.

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