The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 411

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Chapter 411
Chapter 411
Maniac, a user who entered the Crystal Palace alongside Mir.
His original role was to remain hidden so as not to interfere with Mir’s combat.
Especially in situations like before, when Crystal Soldiers were numerous, he needed to be even more cautious.
But now.
“Insane, insane, insane!!”
Far from fleeing.
He remained pressed against the Entrance, maintaining only his concealment skill.
In truth, using a concealment skill of this caliber wouldn’t allow him to hide from the boss monster’s eyes.
“Colossal!!”
The boss monster was far too preoccupied with Mir to notice Maniac.
Clang!
Ching!
Crash—
The boss monster was entirely occupied battling Mir.
This Dungeon’s boss monster was the strongest Maniac had ever witnessed.
No, even accounting for videos he’d seen, it was the most formidable boss monster he’d encountered.
Surrounded by Black Flame, Mir was holding his ground against such a boss monster with perfect equilibrium.
“How is this even possible? I thought his level hadn’t reached the top ranking yet!”
This boss monster was stronger than any Maniac had ever seen.
Against such a monster, it should be impossible for a user to face it one-on-one.
Yet Mir was shattering that very convention.
Confronting such a powerful boss monster in single combat.
“Truly, you’re the best, Mir!”
This was what they called success through fandom.
A successful fanatic, as it were?
Maniac maintained his concealment and began recording Mir’s battle.
Vowing to preserve it as a lifelong treasure.
Of course, he intended to seek Mir’s permission regarding the video’s storage later.
Though this came afterward, the footage Maniac captured here was later obtained by Ena and used in promotional videos for the Heukryeom Guild.
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Clang, clang!
The Queen of Julia was formidable.
Enhanced physical prowess, razor-sharp crystal blades, and ever-extending crystal spears.
Moreover, all of this regenerated even when severed by fire-attribute weapons, making her troublesome indeed.
And her physical abilities were as mighty as befitted a boss monster.
[ Entering Black Flame Rampage state. ]
I matched her physical prowess through Black Flame Rampage.
[ Ruin’s Blaze, Levateinn ]
I overcame the sharpness of the crystal sword and crystal spear with Levathein.
– Using 4-Circle Fire Magic ‘Fire Wall’.
I blocked the incoming crystal magic with magic of my own.
By bridging the combat power gap with the Queen in this manner.
“This cannot be! How did you evade that vicious annihilation! I cannot crumble like this!”
The battle had reached a stalemate.
Though the boss monster judgment was being applied to the battle, I held a far greater advantage in experience.
I had conquered and defeated every boss monster that existed in First.
A stalemate was merely the state of affairs at the beginning.
As time progressed.
“Why, why, why! I have fused with the power of the heirloom! How can you withstand my true strength!”
I began pushing the Queen back steadily.
Well, it was only natural.
Though I had faced monsters of a similar form to the Queen before, this was certainly my first time confronting this particular Queen.
Initially, I was unfamiliar with her attack patterns, so we fought evenly.
Now that the battle continued, her attack patterns were beginning to become clear to me.
‘Left shoulder.’
The Queen pulled her shoulder back.
I immediately tilted my body, and I felt the crystal spear brush past my ear.
In the moment I counterattacked immediately after.
‘Overhead strike.’
The Queen’s crystal sword came down from above.
Instead of dodging to the side, I crouched low and used White Fish Swimming to slip beneath the Queen’s skirt and penetrate her defenses.
Having slipped behind the Queen in this way, before her crystal sword even touched the ground.
– Using skill ‘Black Insect Flash’.
Thunk!
“Kyaaaaaaah!”
I drove my blade into her back.
The battle continued in this manner.
The Queen was certainly powerful, but now that I had closed the combat power gap through Luke’s strength and items.
Simply by identifying her attack patterns, I could easily overcome her.
In the final moment.
“Absolutely, I cannot allow this!”
Burst!
As she raged, crystal spines erupted from her entire body.
She resembled a hedgehog.
Her attack did not end there—the erupting spines were fired in all directions.
A powerful assault with no blind spots whatsoever.
Each individual crystal spine possessed enough force to easily tear through my ‘Great Shield’.
‘However strong, such straightforward attacks are easy to neutralize.’
[ El Cid’s Shield ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Shield
Grade: Legendary
Requirement: Level 700 or higher, Shield Mastery Lv 70 or higher
Description: A shield engraved with a golden eagle, said to have been wielded by the legendary general El Cid as he charged across the Battlefield
I felt no hesitation whatsoever.
Instead, I rushed toward the incoming crystal spines and drew forth my shield.
I knew that even a legendary-grade shield might shatter if I took a direct collision with those crystal spines head-on.
– Activating skill ‘Jade Stone Bastion’.
Ting!
A mythic-grade defensive skill.
As I activated Jade Stone Bastion, I angled my shield to deflect the crystal spines.
The impact was far from negligible, but I managed to redirect the crystal spines with only a fraction of the force.
– Activating skill ‘White Fish Swimming’.
In the same moment, I dashed toward the Queen of Julia.
She was riddled with openings from launching those crystal spines.
Luke’s dark eyes clearly revealed her vulnerabilities to me.
Where a human’s heart should have been.
Toward the crimson ruby embedded there instead of a heart.
Thud!
A mythic-grade sword.
I thrust Levathein forward.
Without hesitation, I activated the sword’s unique skill.
– Activating the unique skill ‘Ragnarok’ of ‘Flame of Ruin, Levathein’.
“This cannot be… We are, after all, destined to fall….”
I managed to completely defeat the Queen of Julia.
Though I failed to uncover information about ‘Ruin’, hadn’t I witnessed it just moments ago?
The Queen of Julia was not a being capable of meaningful dialogue.
Continuing to fight while trying to converse would have only resulted in the same repeated lines.
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
….
The successive level-up messages continued, and.
“Uaaaaaaah! Mir, you’re incredible! Mir! Mir! Mir! Mir!”
I ignored Maniac’s cries from behind.
As usual, I fed Luke first.
[ Luke has consumed the ‘Hidden Crystal Queen’. ]
[ Luke’s stats have increased by 300. ]
[ Accepting the nutrients left behind by the ‘Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton’. ]
The elevated stats were at their maximum.
They were the stats befitting a powerful boss monster.
But the important part came next.
The magic stone that the Queen of Julia had dropped.
While I was personally confident about it, the moment I tried to verify it, tension seized me.
By now, I had to admit it—my luck with items was decidedly poor.
Still, I had come here with Maniac.
Trusting in the “Destiny of Names” I had obtained recently through name reinforcement, I examined the item the Queen of Julia had dropped.
[ Queen of Julia’s Crystal Sword ]
Form: Sword
Grade: Legendary
[ Queen of Julia’s Crystal Spear ]
Form: Spear
Grade: Legendary
The first things I noticed were the crystal sword and crystal spear.
Those were the weapons that had been attached to the Queen of Julia’s arms.
Originally, the crystal sword and crystal spear weren’t so much weapons as they were crystalline growths that had adhered to the Queen of Julia’s body—but well, it was common enough for a body part to materialize as an item and become a weapon like this.
Two finished products.
Even with just these, my luck had been quite favorable.
‘This is a bit disappointing in times like these.’
It would have been better if she had dropped a legendary material instead of a legendary weapon.
That was my first thought.
After all, I had the potential to craft a mythic-grade weapon from legendary materials.
Well, since these didn’t seem necessary, I decided to list them on the Auction House soon.
The important thing came next.
‘A ruby?’
The identity of the final item was a ruby.
Moreover, it was a ruby fragment broken into two pieces.
I was disappointed again that it didn’t seem to be a magic stone.
But sensing an enormous amount of mana emanating from the ruby fragment, I quickly checked the Item Information.
[ Heart Fragment of the Crystal Queen ]
Form: Magic Stone
Grade: Legendary
“A magic stone!”
As expected.
It was a magic stone.
It was a legendary-grade magic stone, and when I examined it with my dark eyes, I sensed mana exceeding that of a special-grade magic stone.
And two of these magic stones had dropped.
Perhaps because I had come with Maniac.
Or perhaps it was the effect of Destiny of Names.
Perhaps my item luck wasn’t as poor as I’d thought.
I couldn’t say for certain, but obtaining two magic stones of this caliber was already a tremendous haul.
“Wow! Legendary-grade weapons? Amazing! Two legendary-grade weapons dropped? And the level requirements are incredibly high? Doesn’t that mean even current rankers can’t equip them?”
Maniac showed interest in these items.
“Oh, please don’t misunderstand! I have no intention of claiming ownership of these items! You did all the work, Mir, so you should keep everything!”
“Thank you. The Guild will provide you with a separate reward for assisting with the dungeon conquest.”
“Oh, I’m the one who should be grateful! This is the pride of my family!”
He merely gazed with wonder at the high-level, high-grade weapons.
He harbored no greed.
Still, since Maniac had genuinely helped with the dungeon conquest, I decided to arrange a separate reward for him later.
I immediately brought the ‘Heart Fragment of the Crystal Queen’ to the red crystal.
[ Will you absorb the ‘Heart Fragment of the Crystal Queen’ into the Red Eternal Crystal? ]
Perhaps it was because I was attempting to absorb a legendary-grade magic stone.
A warning message appeared.
But I had already made my decision, so I pressed the confirmation button immediately.
Whoooosh—
The Heart Fragment of the Crystal Queen began to be absorbed into the red crystal.
Even so, despite being a legendary-grade magic stone with far more mana than a special-grade stone.
Both legendary-grade magic stones were completely absorbed into the red crystal in an instant.
Until now, whenever I absorbed magic stones, it had only resulted in the stones being absorbed and the red crystal’s maximum mana increasing.
[ The Red Eternal Crystal’s maximum mana has exceeded its limit. ]
[ The Red Eternal Crystal grows. ]
[ The Red Eternal Crystal’s mana regeneration rate increases. ]
[ The Red Eternal Crystal’s magical amplification rate increases. ]
….
But this time was different.
‘I’ve already fed it several special-grade enhancement stones. It’s only growing now?’
A transcendent-grade magic stone—the Red Eternal Crystal.
This red crystal’s purpose was ‘growth’.
And now, at last, the red crystal had undergone one stage of growth.
As such, not only did its maximum mana increase, but the red crystal’s overall abilities had risen.
And there was one more thing.
[ The Red Eternal Crystal has absorbed the power of the crystal. ]
[ When using defensive magic with the Red Eternal Crystal, the strength of defensive magic and all elemental resistances increase. ]
This seemed to be the power of the Crystal Queen.
For me, it could only be beneficial.
This alone was enough to justify the ‘transcendent-grade’ classification.
What if I continued to feed it more magic stones and let it grow further?
Perhaps it could display power beyond the transcendent-grade?
I felt anticipation rising within me.
After all, this was precisely the advantage of growth-type items.
Indeed, the Crowned One’s Longsword and the Crowned One’s Ego that Yul-ha wielded grew alongside her, demonstrating power that transcended legendary grade, did they not?
Her blade had already reached parity with mythic-grade weapons.
No—it surpassed them.
In any case.
‘I’ve achieved my objective.’
There was meaning in having come all this way.
However, I had no intention of stopping here.
In a dungeon where the boss monster harbored a mana stone of such magnitude.
“Mir! Here—the mana scent is incredibly dense in this area. I think there’s a mana stone embedded within!”
There were bound to be additional mana stones scattered throughout the surroundings.
And naturally.
“Is this the one?”
[ Dwarf King’s Pickaxe ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form : Pickaxe
Grade : Mythic
I began mining them without hesitation.

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