The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 408

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Chapter 408
Chapter 408
The Hidden Crystal Palace.
I could identify the entrance to its final chamber—the Boss Room—without Maniac’s assistance.
And for good reason.
‘How exquisite.’
The Boss Room’s entrance appeared more beautiful than any crystal door I had encountered thus far.
As I approached the door, preparing myself to face the boss monster, something struck me as odd.
I sensed a dissonance.
‘What is it?’
The source of that dissonance was the crystal door itself.
But why?
Why did I feel this unease from a crystal door I had passed through countless times without incident?
Why did this door—adorned with even more lavish and beautiful patterns, decorated with crystals of various hues that mimicked precious gems—trigger such a sense of wrongness?
As I examined the crystal door carefully with these thoughts, I finally grasped the source of my dissonance.
It was none other than.
‘This.’
The ornamentation of the crystal door.
This ornate decoration.
I had seen it before.
I hadn’t noticed it because the crystals’ luminosity differed, but I had definitely witnessed this pattern during First.
It wasn’t entirely certain, but this was likely….
‘The emblem of Julia Kingdom?’
The kingdom that existed during First.
It was the emblem of Julia Kingdom.
I remembered it well because, unlike other places, I had completed quite a number of quests in Julia Kingdom.
‘Now that I think about it, Julia Kingdom was also in the Eastern Region, wasn’t it?’
Julia Kingdom.
A kingdom also known as the Jewel Kingdom.
The reason was naturally due to its gem mining output.
It was the wealthiest kingdom across the entire Continent—mining more gems than anywhere else and developing such advanced cutting techniques that it produced the most beautiful jewels imaginable.
‘And yet they were so obsessed with their survival.’
Most of the quests I received from Julia Kingdom concerned their safety.
Exterminating monsters in the surrounding areas excessively.
Conquering dungeons completely and sealing them off entirely.
Creating magical weapons to protect the kingdom and similar quests.
Whether it was a trait of the wealthy or not, the people of Julia Kingdom desired to live more safely and survive longer.
What they purchased most eagerly were elixirs that extended lifespan.
‘Julia Kingdom has become a dungeon?’
“You’re saying the Julia Kingdom itself became a Dungeon?”
Well, I understand.
This isn’t entirely unheard of.
Like how destroyed villages can spawn undead born from resentment, transforming into dungeons.
This place likely came into being the same way—the Julia Kingdom’s obsession combined with the mana of a special-grade mana stone to create this dungeon.
‘If that’s the case, then the boss monster here must be….’
I can roughly guess.
Though it probably won’t be a boss monster whose strategy I can discern just like that.
With those thoughts, I finished my preparations.
Click.
I opened the Boss Room door.
What appeared before me was a space even vaster than the Crystal Hall.
That expansive space, lacking any decoration compared to other areas, felt eerily empty.
At its center stood a woman adorned in ornate jewelry and an elegant dress.
“Ahhh….”
She was weeping.
Whether from sorrow or joy, or perhaps happiness—I couldn’t tell.
Her identity, with tears of crystal streaming down her face, was exactly as I’d suspected.
“Behold! My thoughts were correct! We survived! We survived that cruel destruction! In a destruction where no one else could survive, we endured!”
The Queen of the Julia Kingdom.
Her name was probably… Rubiera.
I don’t know her full name.
I don’t memorize every NPC name I encounter.
Since I’d anticipated it through the crystal gate, her appearance as a boss monster wasn’t surprising.
However, what she was saying posed a significant problem.
‘Destruction?’
Destruction.
The moment I heard that word, the conversation I’d had with the Celestial Fantasy Dragon came to mind.
After I disappeared, a destruction descended upon the First world.
All beings in First attempted resistance, but none survived that destruction, and all perished, or so I was told.
Thanks to everyone combining their strength, only complete annihilation was postponed, and a second world was created under the name Second, they said.
But.
‘She remembers the destruction?’
This boss monster right now.
The Queen of the Julia Kingdom seemed to remember it.
In my assessment, the ‘destruction’ she spoke of had a high likelihood of befalling Second as well, so it seemed wise to gather information.
Therefore.
“What do you mean? What is this ‘destruction’ you experienced?”
“Mir?”
A boss monster capable of speech.
Among such boss monsters, there were occasionally those with whom conversation was possible.
This primarily applies to boss monsters related to Quests.
I thought that if I could communicate, I might extract valuable information—but.
“We shall live on! As beautiful gems, forever! Forever we shall survive and sparkle!”
No response came.
Unfortunately, it seemed this wasn’t an opponent I could reason with.
Still, perhaps I could glean new information during the battle itself.
The moment I drew my weapon and prepared for combat.
“Awaken, my jewels! My glittering gems that have emerged from ruin! Let us all ascend and bask in the sparkling life beneath the sun!”
Ku-ku-ku-ku.
The boss monster.
The Queen unveiled her first attack pattern.
It was none other than.
“We greet Your Majesty!”
“Long live the Queen!”
“Gaaaaaahhhhh!”
Summoning the crystal soldiers I’d faced until now.
However, their numbers were staggering.
The Boss Room’s vast space wasn’t for nothing.
Far more monsters than I’d encountered before.
And among them, the count of powerful units like knights and mages was considerably higher.
The instant they materialized.
“Mir, don’t worry about me! I’ll stay hidden and move carefully, so focus on fighting!”
Maniac retreated backward.
From what I’d observed, he’d mastered concealment skills and various escape techniques—his evasion prowess was genuinely impressive.
I nodded and immediately deployed the magic I’d prepared beforehand.
– Activating 7th Circle fire magic ‘Fire Storm’.
Their weakness.
Fire Storm.
With this, I could incinerate them all the moment they appeared.
Since boss monsters summoning minions was the most common pattern, I’d prepared thoroughly, even equipping a fire-attribute staff.
In my left hand, I held a red crystal ready to channel mana if firepower proved insufficient.
And so.
Whoooosh!
A fiery tempest erupted in the Boss Room.
Unlike what I’d used in other chambers, this was magic carefully prepared for the boss arena.
Empowered by the fire-attribute staff and other enhancements, the inferno was far more potent than before.
Both Maniac and I expected the crystal soldiers to ignite crimson and helplessly melt away, but.
“How dare you bring flame upon my jewels! Did you think fire could affect us who are perfected!”
The Queen would not stand idle.
As the Queen’s cry unleashed a wave of mana that engulfed the soldiers.
“Your Majesty!”
“Ah, how beautiful!”
“We have become true jewels!”
The crystal soldiers’ bodies flashed brilliantly in unison.
Then, they remained completely unaffected by the scorching heat of the inferno.
It was as though they were entirely ignoring the flames.
I considered channeling more mana through the crimson crystal to amplify the Fire Storm’s power, but I shook my head.
The enemy wasn’t merely resisting the flames.
They were completely nullifying them.
They likely possessed complete immunity to fire attributes.
In this state, increasing the flames’ potency would prove utterly futile.
So I ceased the spell and lowered my staff.
– I activate the 5-Circle Lightning spell, Thunder Cannon.
I began attacking them through different means.
First, I needed to identify their weaknesses.
I unleashed all four elemental attacks, including lightning magic, but nothing worked against them.
Then came physical assaults.
I tried firing arrows first.
Ting!
They bounced off pathetically.
Even swinging my blade only left shallow scratches on the crystal soldiers’ armor.
I even tried wielding a hammer in desperation, but I could only manage to push them back slightly.
Unlike magic’s complete immunity, over ninety percent of my attacks were being blocked.
‘So this is a mechanic that can’t be broken through simple attacks.’
This happened occasionally.
Situations where attacks were completely ineffective.
In such cases, I had to break the mechanic by using the boss monster or environmental objects.
“Mir, look! When the Queen spoke, chandeliers descended from the ceiling!”
Maniac, who had been fleeing, called out with valuable information.
I looked up to see chandeliers that hadn’t been visible when I first entered the Boss Room now descending.
A chandelier red as flame.
A chandelier blue as water.
A chandelier golden as lightning.
Each chandelier representing its respective element gleamed beautifully, with a massive colorless chandelier at the center shining brilliantly.
Understanding wasn’t difficult.
‘So destroying that chandelier allows me to deal damage with the corresponding element.’
Breaking the red chandelier would make my attacks effective again.
The same applied to the others.
The problem was discovering how to shatter these chandeliers.
Such mechanics rarely broke from simple strikes.
Thus.
I decided to overcome this situation through a different approach.
– Activating the skill ‘Beast Realm Summon’.
A dimensional gate appeared as the Beast Realm Summon skill activated.
Through it, I called upon the being bound by provisional contract with me—the sovereign of the Beast Realm.
The Celestial Fantasy Dragon.
– Reincarnator?
Her voice reached me immediately.
“That mist from before, if you would.”
– This aura… Is it a remnant of destruction? As expected of you, Reincarnator. Remarkable. You’ve already discovered a remnant of destruction. I’ll help at once.
A remnant of destruction.
The Queen’s words had proven true after all.
The aura was potent enough for the Celestial Fantasy Dragon to sense it across the dimensional gate.
In any case, my mana drained away rapidly as she responded.
Fearing that losing too much would cripple my combat effectiveness, I channeled mana from the crimson crystal in its place.
Thinking of the Celestial Fantasy Dragon’s power, I infused enough mana to saturate the entire space.
– Breath of Spirit Dream.
Shhhhhhhhh—.
Through the dimensional gate, her breath emerged.
The dense mist of the Spirit Realm poured forth.
The soldiers who had been attacking me with overconfident immunity to all attacks froze.
They were caught off guard by the sudden mist.
On the surface, nothing appeared amiss.
The Queen’s crystal soldiers seemed perfectly intact—as if the attack had failed to connect.
And then, moments later.
“Your Majesty—!”
As if to prove the Celestial Fantasy Dragon’s illusion magic was genuine.
The Queen’s crystal soldiers began exhibiting abnormal behavior.

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