The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 404

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Chapter 404
Chapter 404
Barakar.
He was formidable.
If the Celestial Fantasy Dragon had felt like a troublesome opponent due to her use of illusion magic and other abilities, Barakar was genuinely powerful through sheer brute force alone.
“Krahahahaha!”
Powerful claws.
Blinding speed.
Raging flames.
There was nothing to let my guard down against.
Even when clashing with him while using Black Flame Rampage, I could only manage to endure.
With my current state, victory seemed impossible against such a formidable foe.
Of course, the geographical advantage of the Demon Realm itself made facing the Demon King even more challenging.
“I never thought such a being existed among humans! You please me greatly! Endure more! More, more!”
In the end, the first confrontation did not reach a conclusion.
The duration of Black Flame Rampage expired, forcing me to retreat.
However, the Demon King paid no mind to this.
So whenever Black Flame Rampage became available again, I repeatedly entered the Demon Realm to challenge him.
‘A strong opponent, but no matter how strong, there is always a way to overcome them.’
I analyzed his attack patterns.
Dodging what could be dodged, blocking what could be blocked.
Whenever an opening appeared, I immediately thrust a counterattack through it.
All the while, I continuously observed him through Luke’s Dark Eye, searching for his weaknesses.
As a result.
Thud!
I finally managed to match his movements, pierced through the scorching flames, and drove my blade toward where his heart lay.
My Mythic-grade sword overcame the level difference with the Demon King and penetrated his flesh.
“Krahahahaha!”
Boom!
Flames erupted explosively from his body.
The flames burst forth like an air bomb, sending me flying backward despite my resistance.
It seemed to be a form of defensive technique.
Even that alone was causing the durability of my equipment to completely wear down and melt away.
Still, I thought that with just a few more encounters like this, I would completely uncover his weakness, so I rose to my feet.
“Excellent, excellent! You truly please me!”
Even though I had pierced his heart, rather than anger, he acknowledged me simultaneously.
[ You have successfully formed a provisional contract with Barakar. ]
[ Demon affinity has increased significantly. ]
[ The skill level of ‘Demon Summoning’ has increased. ]
[ The skill level of ‘Demon Summoning’ has increased. ]
….
I could form a provisional contract just as I had with the Celestial Fantasy Dragon.
However.
“To maintain a provisional contract with me, come find me every day and fight me! If you defeat me, I’ll forge a proper full contract with you! Kahahaha!”
“Every day is… somewhat difficult.”
“Hmm? What’s so difficult about it?”
“I lack the time to visit daily.”
“Khem, I’ve heard that the sense of time felt outside differs from this place. Still, you must visit at least once a week! If you don’t show up, I’ll break the contract and bite you to pieces!”
“Once a week… I understand.”
Fortunately, I received acceptance.
Come once a week to challenge him, then.
It was bothersome, but not unfavorable for me either.
Since I was conquering the Demon King, the thrill of the First era came to mind.
Merely maintaining the provisional contract state would allow me to borrow the Demon King’s power for a time.
Eventually, I would have to defeat him and forge a proper full contract anyway.
With my business in the Demon Realm concluded, the next step was obvious.
– Using the skill ‘Holy Beast Summoning’.
– Entering the Holy Beast Realm.
It was time to earn recognition from the Holy Beast King of the Holy Beast Realm.
The holy beasts’ methods were different again.
Holy Beast affinity was necessary, but what was needed even more was ‘renown’.
It was an unusual approach.
“Oh, how impressive!”
“One who has accumulated such high holy beast affinity and such renown among the masses!”
My holy beast affinity was supreme.
As for renown, I was confident no player possessed greater fame than I.
Because of that, I was able to build favorable relationships with the holy beasts quickly.
“Are you the new visitor?”
I was able to face the Holy Beast King.
A bird composed of light.
Lumiere, the Holy Beast Sovereign.
Fortunately, she was even more benevolent than the Celestial Fantasy Dragon, so I revealed that I was the reincarnation of the one called the Savior during the First era.
I also informed her that Evil Gods were approaching the Physical World, and that I was repelling them.
“I see. Yes, to avoid repeating past mistakes, we ourselves must change first. However, I cannot entrust the fate of the Holy Beast Realm to just anyone.”
Fortunately, she believed my words.
But she didn’t immediately grant my request.
“If you wish to earn our trust, you must first prove your strength.”
She gave me a Quest bearing the name of trial.
Escaping from the Celestial Fantasy Dragon’s illusion and striking vital points in combat with the Demon King.
It was an extraordinarily difficult trial of appropriate difficulty, but.
“Indeed, it seems the tales of the Savior’s reincarnation are true. I, Lumiere, shall acknowledge you.”
[ You have successfully formed a provisional contract with Lumiere. ]
[ Holy Beast affinity has increased significantly. ]
[ Skill ‘Holy Beast Summoning’ level has increased. ]
[ Skill ‘Holy Beast Summoning’ level has increased. ]
….
In the end, I managed to form a provisional contract with her.
With this, I had successfully formed provisional contracts with all three realm kings, and my affinity with Spirit Beasts, Holy Beasts, and Demon Beasts had risen to transcendent levels.
All summoning skills had reached level 100.
Accordingly, I expanded my contracts with summoned creatures, and Ena welcomed this enthusiastically, increasing the frequency of ship tours even further.
‘Now….’
With this, I had utilized a total of four summoning-category skills.
Taming and Spirit Beast Summoning, Holy Beast Summoning, Demon Beast Summoning, and the Undead Summoning skill known as Raising Undead.
However, even with this, I couldn’t say I’d exhausted all summoning-category skills.
There were still countless skill varieties within the summoning category.
Prime examples included.
‘Spirit Summoning.’
There was Spirit Summoning, which could be called the flagship of summoning-category skills.
‘Golems, plants, weapon summoning, and so on. The varieties are endless.’
There were many other diverse skills as well.
The reason I only used Taming, Spirit Beast, Holy Beast, Demon Beast, and Undead Summoning this time was simply because these were most suitable for protecting the ship.
‘I should try them all while I’m at it.’
I had just returned to my Territory to refine my summoning-category skills.
I intended not to stop at creating escort forces for the ship, but to test other skills as well.
First, I planned to use Spirit Summoning, the most renowned skill, and move to the Spirit Realm.
“Mir!”
I heard Ena’s voice.
What was the matter?
Was there something urgent enough for her to seek me out like this?
If there was something like that….
Could it be.
“Has a supreme-grade Demon Stone been discovered?”
“It seems so!”
As expected.
A supreme-grade Demon Stone had been discovered.
Or rather, to be precise.
“You say it seems….”
“A promising location has been found. Demon Stones have been discovered in the surrounding area, and the mana detection levels are high too. However, we haven’t been able to confirm it properly yet.”
A location that seemed to contain a supreme-grade Demon Stone had been discovered.
Still, that’s fine.
If she would say such a thing, the probability of a special-grade mana stone actually existing in that location would be at least 50% or higher.
However.
“Is there some problem?”
“As you know, special-grade mana stones themselves are ores found extremely rarely in places where mana is densely concentrated.”
“That’s true.”
“That’s the problem. Apparently, the surrounding mana disasters make it difficult to even approach, and even if one does approach, it’s impossible to enter the entrance.”
It doesn’t seem to be 100% certain after all.
It appeared I hadn’t been able to confirm the Dungeon at all.
Well, when I recalled the Dungeons where I’d been able to obtain special-grade mana stones during my time in First, it wasn’t such a strange occurrence.
‘They were all absurd places.’
The Hill of Storms, where mana tempests raged and tore apart every existence that approached, filled with wind spirits driven to madness.
Dungeons of hellish difficulty where enormous numbers of monsters drawn to dense mana transformed into the form of a curse called gu poison.
I’d seen it often enough—the area around a single special-grade mana stone becoming dungeon-fied.
Given as much.
“I will go find it myself.”
“Yes, it seems confirmation would be difficult unless you go there directly.”
I decided to go to that place myself.
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When I previously headed to the Eastern Region, I was in Labelt.
So I rode a horse and galloped to the “Volcanic Heart Ore Vein” that the Guild members had told me about.
But now it’s different.
Whoooosh!
The Black Dragon Ship—a vessel I had personally crafted as a magic-powered weapon.
Aboard that Black Dragon Ship, I was sailing the sea toward the Eastern Region’s Garrison.
“It has been a long time, Captain.”
“It is an honor to serve you again, Lord!”
The Captain I had previously appointed continued to command the Black Dragon Ship.
I heard that his standing had risen considerably since then, and he now held the highest position among all captains.
‘The sea routes have been refined much better too.’
Sailing the sea doesn’t simply mean moving across water.
There are reefs blocking passage, ocean currents that don’t match the routes, and true to fantasy game fashion, powerful monsters abound.
However, accumulated experience had made the routes far more efficient.
We moved along optimal currents, removed obstructing reefs with magic, and so forth.
Thanks to that, I was able to arrive at the Eastern Region’s Garrison faster than expected.
‘This place has developed quite a bit too.’
The Eastern Region’s Garrison.
I had marveled at it when I visited last time, but now it was even more impressive.
Originally, this place was merely a temporary garrison for mine development.
Now it had become a place where no one would dream of calling it “temporary.”
‘It’s grown even larger than before.’
True to the Eastern Region, which was filled with quality stone on all sides, stone buildings constructed from processed rock filled every direction.
“Ore’s arrived! Get it moving!”
“Why does it feel like we’re getting more ore the further we go?”
“Tell me about it. The ore supply never seems to run dry.”
“It better not run dry! If it does, we’ll all be out of work!”
To transport the mined ore, I had borrowed the Dwarf’s strength to connect a sled track all the way to the distant Mine.
Clang, clang, clang!
“More ore coming in!”
“Ugh, we haven’t even finished processing the stockpiled inventory yet!”
No time to rest! Start swinging those hammers!”
“Who’s managing the furnace temperature? It’s not right!”
“Raise the temperature now! At this rate, the warehouse will burst!”
Smithies had been constructed to immediately smelt the brought ore and extract metal from it.
And they were built on a truly massive scale, several of them at that.
The scale of Mueldum, the Dwarf’s underground city that I had thought was large, had long since been surpassed.
And that wasn’t all.
Beyond just these work facilities.
“Caldera’s special seafood set!”
“Fresh seafood just arrived!”
“Come on over and try the stone-steamed dishes you can only eat in the Eastern Region!”
“Miners! Come here and recover from your fatigue! A fatigue recovery specialist priest is standing by!”
As the population grew, all manner of commercial and entertainment facilities continued to increase.
This place was no longer a temporary garrison.
It had become a proper city.
So the people here had already begun calling it not a “temporary garrison” but “Senion.”
Following the Tyranny Kingdom Cronion that had originally existed in the Eastern Region.
Since it was the second to be created, the name was formed by combining “Second” and “Cronion.”
Honestly, I wasn’t thrilled that Cronion became the basis for the name, but what could I do about it when it was already being called that?
I suspect that before long, this place’s name will be officially registered as “Senion.”
– Ahem, Master.
“Are you hungry?”
– Not exactly hungry, but rather, for the management of your satiety level….
“No excuses. What do you want to eat?”
– That stone-steamed dish over there is said to be a native food you can only eat in the Eastern Region. The nutritional balance is quite suitable, so I highly recommend it.
“Sounds good, let’s eat.”
Since I’d come all this way anyway.
And with Luke’s recommendation, I decided to fill my stomach first.
The Eastern Region’s traditional cooking method of heating stone until it glowed hot and cooking through it.
Combined with Caldera’s seafood cuisine, this fusion dish was delicious enough to surprise even me.
In any case, as I was tasting Senion’s cuisine.
“Mir!”
“Who are you?”
“I’m Maniac, the guide assigned to show you around the Dungeon! It’s a pleasure to meet you!”
My guide had arrived—the one who would lead me to the location where the premium magic stone was presumed to be.

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