The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 407

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Chapter 407
Chapter 407
The Crystal Knight was formidable.
Physical abilities on an entirely different level from the Crystal Soldiers.
A body forged from crystal was unyielding, and the sword crafted from crystal bore Blade Reinforcement—a technique I had only recently mastered—etched into its very form.
But most importantly.
“Form ranks! Exploit our numerical advantage to pressure the enemy!”
Click, click, click!
“Ignore the rabble. Focus only on the foe before you.”
Unlike the soldiers who rigidly adhered to predetermined formations.
The Crystal Knight wielded language itself, commanding its soldiers with tactical precision suited to each moment.
Well, regardless—it was still just an ordinary monster, not a boss.
And I had already identified the weaknesses of these crystal-forged enemies back in First.
[ Ignis Blade ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form: Sword
Grade: Legendary
The weakness attribute of crystal.
A weapon bearing a blade wrought from scorching flames.
I wielded the Ignis Blade against them.
The method of engagement was simple.
Since they were clad in crystal armor, I merely needed to thrust the blade with precision through the inevitable gaps between the joints that any armor must possess.
That was their weakness.
Target the joints accurately, and they crumbled helplessly.
Of course.
“Wow! How are you doing this?! Piercing the joint gaps with such precision! The position and size change with every movement! You’re so amazing!”
It was hardly an easy feat, though.
Truthfully, there was no need for such precision.
With the legendary fire-attribute sword I wielded, I could leverage my high stats by activating a mythic-grade skill instead.
– Activating skill ‘Crimson Talon’.
Screech!
“Gyaaaaahhh! Armor and all!”
I could cleave through the Crystal Soldiers along with their armor, joints be damned.
Of course, this method only worked on soldier-rank enemies; against a Crystal Knight, I would need to exercise more caution in my attacks.
Pressing forward.
[ Hidden Crystal Soldier ]
[ Hidden Crystal Knight ]
[ Hidden Crystal Ballista ]
The variety of weapons and unit types continued to increase.
Crystal ballistae positioned on either side of the staircase.
Each position held a soldier operating a ballista.
Thwang!
The massive crystal arrows struck with accuracy and power far beyond my initial expectations.
No matter how I thought about it, this didn’t seem like a Dungeon I could conquer alone.
At minimum, it would require a full party.
Perhaps this was a Dungeon meant to be challenged in raid format.
Well, regardless, it had nothing to do with me.
[ Blazing Bowstring of Flames ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form : Bow
Grade : Legendary
I drew a fire-attribute bow—their elemental weakness.
– I activate the skill ‘Silver Bird Soul Pursuit’.
Thunk!
By simply sniping the two soldiers operating the ballistas, I could easily neutralize them.
What followed was identical to before.
Whoosh!
I struck down all the knights and soldiers.
[ Luke has consumed ‘Hidden Crystal Soldier’. ]
[ Luke has consumed ‘Hidden Crystal Knight’. ]
….
I consumed all the defeated monsters.
That was all there was to it.
There was nothing difficult about it.
“Amazing! What’s the benefit of burning monsters like that? From the videos, whenever you defeat a monster, you always burn them like this!”
“It’s a secret.”
“A secret? How cool!”
Well, Maniac’s chatter from behind did bother me a bit each time I defeated a monster.
In any case, I continued passing through the rooms.
As I progressed, the number of knights increased, and new unit types like crystal mages began to appear.
The combat difficulty rose gradually, but it still wasn’t overwhelming.
Then.
“Hmm, it’s a bit ambiguous.”
“You don’t sense it?”
“No, I do sense it! I sense it, but… how do I put it. The magical aura is similar, but one feels strong despite being far away, while the other feels intense because it’s close?”
“That means….”
“The closer one seems to be a treasure chest. Based on the magical aura, it looks like there’s quite a decent reward. What will you do?”
New information reached me.
A treasure chest, no less.
In other Dungeons, I might have ignored it, but in a Dungeon of this caliber, the treasure chest would surely yield worthwhile rewards.
With that thought in mind.
“I’ll check the Treasure Chamber first.”
“Yes! It’s the left door!”
I entered the door where the treasure chest was presumed to be located.
[ Hidden Crystal Soldier ]
[ Hidden Crystal Knight ]
[ Hidden Crystal Sage ]
….
As expected, monsters here also formed ranks and attacked us.
– Using 7th Circle Fire Magic ‘Fire Storm’.
I had already anticipated that monsters would appear.
A 7th Circle spell I had cast before entering the door—Fire Storm.
The moment I saw the monsters upon entering, I activated the spell.
Whoooosh!
The inferno swept through the interior of the Crystal Palace.
“Wow… I knew Mir was skilled with magic, but to this extent! Isn’t 7th Circle magic something even Sage-ranked mages can barely use?”
An enormous area of effect.
But what made 7th Circle magic remarkable wasn’t just its range.
The scorching flames of the storm melted every crystal monster guarding the interior.
The Sage deployed a shield and the Knight unfurled a sword barrier to block the flames.
Slash!
While they were blocking my magic.
I personally cut down the ones defending against my spell, and the battle ended in an instant.
Ignoring Maniac’s amazement.
‘That must be it.’
I climbed upward through the staircase.
All the rooms Maniac had guided me through so far had four doors each, including the Entrance.
But this room had no doors visible except for the Entrance.
If I had chosen the wrong path, I would have encountered rooms like this one.
I wouldn’t have been able to turn back until I defeated all the monsters in the dead end.
This room itself was proof that Maniac had been guiding me well so far.
Anyway.
“The treasure chest is magnificent too! A chest made of crystal! I wonder what’s inside?”
“Explorers don’t gain experience when opening treasure chests, do they?”
“W-well, that’s true, but what have I done to deserve….”
“If I open it, I gain no experience anyway.”
“Ohhh! Then I’ll gratefully open it! Whatever comes out, it’s all yours, Mir! Thank you so much!”
Click!
I opened the treasure chest.
The lock itself seemed unusual, but Maniac, a seasoned explorer, skillfully unlocked it and opened the chest.
Inside, what I could see was.
“This is!”
“A magic stone.”
“And it looks like a really high-grade magic stone?”
It was a magic stone.
Maniac, lacking experience, hadn’t recognized it immediately, but I had seen countless magic stones before, so I could identify its grade at a glance without even examining it closely.
[ Supreme-Grade Magic Stone ]
“Su, supreme-grade!”
Just below the highest-tier magic stone.
A supreme-grade magic stone.
Since I had primarily used highest-tier magic stones until now and had even created the Crimson Crystal, calling it supreme-grade might make it sound inferior.
But supreme-grade magic stones are by no means low-level.
Highest-tier magic stones are so rare across the Continent that even I, back in the First era, couldn’t acquire many.
In practical terms, these supreme-grade magic stones are what the world calls the finest magic stones.
They have high efficiency and command extremely high prices as items.
But then.
Such magic stones.
“Five of them!”
Five came out.
Not as a reward for clearing the Dungeon, but from a Treasure Chamber opened during the Dungeon exploration.
An incredibly satisfying reward.
With supreme-grade magic stones, even if the efficiency is slightly lacking.
[ Crimson Crystal ]
“Huh? Mir, what’s that?”
Whoosh.
“Huh? Ugh, absorbing a supreme-grade magic stone! What on earth is this? Ugh, what a waste! If it’s a supreme-grade magic stone, it would fetch an astronomical price just putting it up at the Auction House!”
I could absorb it into the Crimson Crystal to make it grow.
Well, even so, this is a bit unfortunate.
Just as I had previously created the ‘Emerald Crystal’ from supreme-grade magic stones and embedded it in my summoned creature to extend its duration.
Since supreme-grade magic stones have many alternative uses, I set aside several without absorbing them into the Crimson Crystal.
Shortly after.
“Since we have plenty of time anyway, let’s search for Treasure Chambers in the Crystal Palace.”
“Yes! I’ll do my best to find them!”
I changed my objective.
From clearing the Dungeon to find highest-tier magic stones, to searching for supreme-grade magic stones, which could be called the mid-stage rewards of the Dungeon.
* * *
Maniac’s keen nose.
No, his magic detection ability was exceptional.
“Mir, this way!”
He was perfect at guiding me even to the Boss Room where the highest-tier magic stone would be.
As I progressed, I discovered the Treasure Chamber perfectly.
Just to be thorough, I ventured into a room Maniac hadn’t guided me to.
“Mana scent, definitely.”
“Of course! I’m really confident about this nose of mine, you know?”
Such rooms were merely infested with monsters.
Dead ends held no rewards.
After that, I proceeded through the Dungeon without question, following Maniac’s guidance.
Of course, Maniac only provided directions—I handled everything else regarding the Dungeon conquest.
Not just defeating monsters.
“Wait.”
“Yes?”
“A trap.”
“Huh? My trap detection skill level is quite high too, but I don’t see anything particularly….”
Boom!!
“… Huh?”
Traps included.
As an explorer, Maniac’s trap detection skill was certainly high, but I possessed trap detection as well.
Moreover, how many Dungeons have I cleared in Second so far?
Just the new Dungeons I discovered in the Southern Region, Eastern Region, and Western Region easily exceed a hundred.
Thanks to that, my ‘Trap Detection’ skill level was even higher than Maniac’s, an explorer.
And with the experience from First as well.
No matter how high the Dungeon’s level, discovering traps was simple.
And with trap disarming skills too.
[ Epic Tomb Raider’s Universal Tool ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Tool
Grade: Epic
Click!
“Whoa!”
For traps I couldn’t handle otherwise, I disarmed them directly with the Epic-grade tool.
Well, considering speed and time, I actually preferred destroying traps by attacking their weak points, finding it less tedious.
Regardless, as I advanced through the Dungeon.
“Ugh! Mir, is that really okay? It’s way too big!”
The monsters’ levels continued to rise.
Crystal Knights numbered over ten, and Sages and Ballistae kept increasing.
[ Hidden Crystal Giant ]
“Graaaaaaah!”
“That’s not even a regular unit type!”
A new monster appeared—the Crystal Giant.
Its form was exactly as the name suggested.
A giant twice the size of ordinary soldiers or knights.
And that wasn’t all.
[ Hidden Crystal Heavy Armored Soldier ]
The Crystal Heavy Armored Soldier wore plate armor so massive and thick it was in an entirely different league from regular soldiers or knights.
Even when this heavy armored soldier moved, the gaps between the joints barely exposed any vulnerable points.
The armor was so thick that ordinary attacks struggled to penetrate it.
[ Hidden Crystal Cavalry ]
And then, cavalry units appeared.
The Crystal Cavalry rode beautifully crafted crystal horses through the hall, their presence adding diverse tactical challenges to the battle.
With various other unit types joining the fray as well.
“Wow, is this really right? This is too much, isn’t it? Even if a raid party came here, it would’ve been difficult….”
The combat difficulty escalated rapidly.
Just as I was wondering if the difficulty would soon make even this vast crystal hall feel cramped, regardless of the battle’s intensity.
“Mir!”
“Did you find it?”
“Yes! Right there, just ahead!”
Finally, the entrance leading to the Boss Room of the Hidden Crystal Palace appeared.

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