The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 421

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Chapter 421
Chapter 421
Kant.
His true identity was none other than.
“Ha, seriously. These people I’d never cross paths with outside are acting all high and mighty just because of this game?”
He was the son of the chairman of Haedeul Industries, a mid-sized company of considerable renown in Korea.
Of course, the chairman of Haedeul Industries was famous for having many sons.
Five sons and one daughter, to be precise.
Kant was the youngest son among them, and he had been completely sidelined from the position of de facto successor.
This game was where he chose to vent that stress.
Second.
“Yeah, go ahead and try. I bet you’ll regret it the moment you first spend your Gold, won’t you?”
Recently, Kant had descended to the Golden Altar to catch up with peers from a neighboring corporation.
The Golden Goblins were proving more troublesome than expected and difficult to catch, and experience points weren’t rising well, so he was already irritated when.
A user he’d never seen before climbed onto the Golden Altar.
Since the Gold consumed at the Golden Altar was no trivial amount, he thought the user would be shocked the moment he first spent his Gold.
Clang.
“…Looks like he brought some startup capital.”
The man poured out Gold without any hesitation whatsoever.
The amount of money going into the Golden Altar was enough to shake even Kant, who was already investing considerable allowance into the game.
But still.
“He might take down one? Hehe.”
Defeating a Golden Goblin would be difficult.
He didn’t know what level the user was, but it didn’t matter.
The Golden Goblin’s strength was determined by the level of the user standing on the Golden Platform.
He knew firsthand.
Just how troublesome a Golden Goblin was as a monster.
Even he had only managed to defeat two of them after receiving buff magic from his assigned staff member.
Without buffs, one would be the limit.
Thinking this way, he was about to enjoy watching the man struggle against the Golden Goblins when.
Swoosh.
“…What?”
Something impossible happened.
“What, what?! This can’t be right!”
With a single slash from the man’s sword, the heads of five Golden Goblins were severed simultaneously.
Was this even possible?
A Golden Goblin defeated in one hit?
And five of them at once?
It was an utterly abnormal sight.
“Is this a bug?”
Though he said as much, Kant knew better.
There couldn’t possibly be bugs in Second.
Still, Kant found this situation difficult to accept.
He had barely managed to slay two Golden Goblins, yet this man cut one down in a single strike!
“Right, it must be a skill. Yeah, a one-time skill with an incredibly long cooldown.”
That’s what he thought.
But the man climbed back onto the Golden Altar.
Rumble!
“Huh?”
He poured in roughly twice as much Gold as before.
Naturally, having poured in twice the Gold.
“Keke keke.”
“Kee ek, kek.”
Ten Golden Goblins emerged.
“Ten? Is he insane?”
Ten Golden Goblins surrounded the man.
The difficulty hadn’t merely doubled just because there were ten of them.
With ten Golden Goblins actively forming formations and executing tactics, the difficulty rose exponentially beyond that.
So it would be far more challenging to handle.
And yet.
Thwack!
“No, this is insane….”
The man was hunting the Golden Goblins far too easily.
Golden Goblins that he had barely managed to slay two of.
Golden Goblins that had mockingly toyed with him in their cowardly, cunning way.
He was cutting them down as if they were mere goblins from a low-level hunting ground.
Watching this, Kant was consumed by inferiority.
Wasn’t this situation like the man was mocking him, saying “Only two?” right before his eyes?
“How dare you pull this stunt right in front of me? You’re doing this on purpose, aren’t you?”
Rage surged through him.
But what could he do?
How could he make this player taste defeat?
At a glance, the man’s level appeared higher than his own.
Just then.
“Huff, huff! Young master!”
“I told you not to call me that in the game!”
“My apologies! Kant! I, I’ve brought the funds! Just as you instructed, I’ve liquidated some stocks along with the allowance and brought all the Gold!”
His Errand Boy had arrived.
Perhaps because he worked in business, his task execution was swift.
As Kant confirmed the money the Errand Boy had brought, a brilliant idea occurred to him, and he smiled.
“Hey, pour about thirty percent of that over there.”
“Huh? Thirty percent? Kant, even thirty percent is already massive. And it’s not even your turn yet, is it?”
“That’s exactly why I’m saying it! Stop talking back and just pour it!”
“But….”
“Why have you gotten so mouthy lately? Just do it when I tell you to!”
“Yes, yes! Understood!”
That’s right.
Kant’s plan was to pour Gold onto the Golden Altar.
So that would be good for that man, wouldn’t it?
Of course, it would be ideal if he defeated all the golden goblins, but….
‘No matter how strong you are, can you really handle all of this?’
The amount of money Kant had converted to Gold was staggering.
Thirty percent of that would be enough to fill the Golden Platform completely with golden goblins.
It’s a bit wasteful, but honestly, this much money is something I can replenish easily by saving up a little pocket change.
I’m already stressed as it is.
If I can blow off that stress with this money, wouldn’t it actually be beneficial for my mental health?
Thinking it over that way.
Rumble!
His employee began pouring Gold onto the Golden Altar.
Whoooosh!
“Kiek?”
“Kiki kik.”
Beneath the Golden Altar.
On the Golden Platform where the man was engaged in fierce combat.
An enormous number of golden goblins began to materialize.
* * *
Golden goblins.
Even if creatures like these appeared at a level matching mine.
‘Even being generous, they wouldn’t be a match for me.’
Most of the dungeons I’ve hunted so far have been at a higher level than me.
Boss monsters were no exception.
Take the Evil God alone—those were enemies with levels at least a hundred tiers higher than mine.
Having hunted such foes, monsters on my level are barely worth a handful.
Scrape.
“Kiek-.”
Ten golden goblins?
Honestly, this is nothing more than a warm-up, but from this I could tell that the golden goblins’ condition was identical to when I was at First.
I was about to pour Gold onto the Golden Altar to begin hunting in earnest.
“?”
Upon the Golden Altar.
Someone had climbed onto the Golden Altar.
A familiar face.
A user who had been casting buff magic on Kant.
Yet I found it strange—why would such a user climb onto the Golden Altar during my turn, not Kant’s?
“I apologize!”
He suddenly offered me an apology.
Then came a thunderous roar.
Gold began pouring onto the Golden Altar in torrents.
But the amount was extraordinary.
How much Gold did he intend to dump?
Of course, to properly utilize the Golden Altar, spending Gold like that made sense.
“But it’s my turn right now?”
The timing was off.
Even if Kant had been using it, this would have been equally strange.
How could a user who could only defeat two Golden Goblins possibly overcome all the Golden Goblins that would appear from pouring out that much Gold?
As I pondered this mystery,
“Keke, once the Altar summons monsters, the challenger cannot leave the Golden Platform until all monsters are defeated or time passes and they disappear.”
I understood the situation as I watched Kant below, wearing a vicious grin identical to that of a Golden Goblin.
“For daring to disrespect me, prepare to be crushed by the Golden Goblins!”
His pouring of Gold was no accident or act of kindness.
He was trying to kill me.
By exploiting the fact that once the Golden Altar activates, one cannot leave the Golden Platform.
He was summoning an overwhelming number of monsters to kill me.
Yet something puzzled me slightly.
‘Why go to such lengths?’
The amount of Gold he was pouring into the Golden Altar was staggering.
Even for someone wealthy, it wasn’t the kind of amount one would spend without hesitation.
Had I ever incurred enough of a grudge to warrant him spending that much Gold?
No matter how I thought about it, the answer was no.
We had exchanged a brief conversation when I climbed up, but I hadn’t said anything harsh enough to earn such hatred.
Still, well.
‘This works for me.’
I had been planning to pour Gold into the Altar anyway.
If he was willing to do it in my stead, I had no reason to refuse.
“Keke, keke, keke.”
The Gold poured onto the Golden Altar began to melt away.
And Golden Goblins began manifesting in earnest on the Golden Platform.
But their numbers were staggering.
Not merely dozens.
Hundreds of Golden Goblins were materializing simultaneously.
The Golden Platform was incredibly vast, but when several hundred golden goblins materialized simultaneously, it suddenly felt cramped.
To what extent, you ask?
“Shriek!”
Golden goblins were spawning right beside me due to the lack of space.
So I.
Slash!
Immediately began clearing the golden goblins surrounding me.
Honestly, with the defensive power of the Purple Mechanical God’s Dominion set, these creatures’ attacks wouldn’t burden me no matter how much they assailed me.
But they would interfere with my spellcasting.
‘Magic is truly convenient, isn’t it.’
Back in First, I could only use magic through item unique skills.
Now, I could wield such magic with confidence.
Using magic freely, I began to understand.
Just how effective magic was when facing multiple enemies.
Especially when attacking monsters with weaknesses to specific elements, freely wielding magic of that attribute was an enormous advantage.
As I cut down the charging goblins.
The spell I rapidly completed was.
– Using 7-Circle Fire Magic ‘Fire Storm’.
A large-scale flame magic of the 7th Circle.
Fire Storm.
I designated the entire Golden Platform as the range of Fire Storm, and beneath the crimson clouds that formed above the platform.
Whoosh!
A firestorm began to rage.
Scorching flames swirled and engulfed the golden goblins.
“Shrieeeek!”
The golden goblins were, true to their name, monsters composed of gold.
They had no choice but to be vulnerable to fire.
The goblins caught in the inferno screamed and began melting away.
A veritable massacre.
The hundreds of golden goblins Kant had created by pouring out enormous amounts of Gold melted away in less than a minute.
Thanks to that.
[ Your level has increased. ]
My level, which had begun to stagnate, immediately rose.
Indeed, the Golden Altar.
With enough Gold, it’s a place where one can accumulate experience faster than anywhere else on the Continent.
After defeating all the golden goblins.
“Insane! You were a Sage? But weren’t you wielding a sword just now? Could you be a Spellblade? Was that not sword energy but a Mana Sword?”
Kant’s bewildered voice came from below.
Well, he must have imagined me being crushed by the golden goblins.
Far from being crushed, the golden goblins melted away in less than a minute, so it made sense for him to think that way.
Watching Kant like that,
a brilliant idea for using him came to mind.
“Heh.”
“…What?”
I flashed him a contemptuous sneer.
No, this alone won’t be enough.
“Is that all you’ve got?”
I launched a full-fledged provocation.
A man who harbored such resentment toward me and squandered that much wealth just from a brief conversation at the Golden Platform.
Against someone with such poor anger management,
if I delivered a proper provocation like this,
“Th-this bastard! Hey, dump all the Gold you brought!”
“Kant! You must regain your senses! This won’t do! If you dump it all at once….”
“Talking back again? You’re fired! Fired! Get out of my way, I’ll pour it out myself!”
“Kant, please….”
“Scram!”
Rumble rumble rumble!
He knew to dump the Gold on his own.

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