The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 425

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Chapter 425
Chapter 425
The Golden Demon, Goldishark.
The creature’s attacks upon entering phase two were incomparably more dazzling and powerful than before.
First of all.
“Kahahaha!”
“Can you tell who the real one is?”
“Go ahead and try to guess!”
Those sharks.
I couldn’t even tell which one was the real Goldishark, or if the real Goldishark was among them at all.
The problem was that every single shark was powerful.
Multiple sharks erupted from the Gold layered across the floor, attacking me.
Even with so much Gold covering the ground, the actual depth shouldn’t have been that deep.
Yet the sharks moved about freely as if this place were truly the Sea itself.
This must be Goldishark’s ability.
That alone was troublesome enough.
“Taste the calamity of the Golden Sea!”
Whoooosh!
The creature’s assault didn’t end there.
The Golden Sea surged upward, transforming into a waterspout that crashed toward me.
And that wasn’t all.
Tidal waves of Gold crashed down upon me, and whirlpools materialized as if the very ground had ceased to exist, pulling me into their depths.
In the midst of that chaos.
– Activating skill ‘Spirit Summoning’.
I activated Spirit Summoning once more.
I had no choice.
Defeating Goldishark required the power of mighty flames.
– We meet often.
“I must ask for your aid once again.”
– As our contract dictates.
Ifrit, the Spirit of Fire.
She nodded impassively and granted my request.
Whoooosh!
Through the dimensional gate, the Spirit King’s flames erupted forth.
Even a Golden Demon could not withstand the Spirit King’s flames.
“The Spirit King’s flames? To borrow the power of that troublesome Spirit King… you truly are a formidable one! But it matters not.”
Yet the creature did not simply accept its fate.
The Golden Sea, which had been undulating regardless of physical depth, split wide open.
Centered on me, the fractured Sea began constructing a barrier of Gold around my position.
Of course, the barrier of Gold melted and dripped away the moment it touched Ifrit’s flames.
“No matter how powerful the Spirit King’s flames are, they can’t burn through the entire Golden Sea!”
Golden walls continued to manifest.
Well, this entire area was composed of the Golden Sea, after all.
With an abundance of Gold available to construct the walls, it was difficult to destroy them completely.
While Ifrit’s flames and Goldishark’s golden walls remained in a tense standoff.
Finally, I completed the incantation of my spell.
– Using 7th Circle Fire Magic ‘Fire Storm’.
In that instant, a crimson cloud materialized.
Along with it came a scarlet tempest.
The crucial part was this.
A brilliant flare!
Ifrit’s flames and my magic.
The two fires began to fuse together.
This was exactly what I’d been planning all along.
A combination of the Spirit King’s power and my magic.
Sure enough, the moment my flames and Ifrit’s merged.
A tremendous roar of fire erupted!!
The two flames began to create a synergistic effect.
The flames grew massive.
It wasn’t just the size that increased—the firepower itself skyrocketed to insane levels.
Because of that.
“What is this…!”
The golden walls Goldishark had erected began to melt away rapidly.
He poured all his strength into raising the golden walls again, but the speed at which they melted far exceeded his efforts.
What melted wasn’t just the golden walls.
Once the walls crumbled completely, even the sea composed of Gold began to melt.
While molten gold could be manipulated, Goldishark’s sea was fundamentally made of Gold coins.
That Golden Sea, glowing red-hot, melted away entirely.
“Kyaaaaaaagh!”
Even the sharks that had kept their distance from the flames could no longer escape.
The sharks dissolved.
Screams from Goldishark echoed from all directions.
Which one of these is the real Goldishark, you ask?
What does it matter?
I’ll just melt them all.
My magic and Ifrit’s flames.
The combination made the fire incredibly powerful, but it wasn’t without its drawbacks.
‘The mana consumption is enormous.’
The mana cost of the spell.
The mana cost of borrowing the Spirit King’s power.
It wasn’t simply one plus one combined.
The moment I activated both powers simultaneously, my mana consumption skyrocketed to more than double the original rate.
If magic originally consumed 1 unit and spirit summoning consumed 1 unit, using both powers at once meant I was burning through 4 or more units of mana.
Even with my elevated Wisdom stat, sustaining this mana drain was grueling.
[ Red Eternal Crystal ]
A deep hum resonated.
Wasn’t I equipped with a crimson crystal?
By channeling the mana depletion through the red crystal instead, I could maintain both powers continuously.
Of course, even the vast reserves of mana stored within the crimson crystal were being depleted at an alarming rate.
‘If I hadn’t crafted the red crystal, I’d be in serious trouble.’
Had I relied on premium mana stones or standard Eternal Crystals instead?
My mana would have already run dry, or the spell would have collapsed mid-exchange when swapping stones.
No matter how I analyzed it, creating the red crystal had been my finest decision yet.
So I pressed onward, sustaining the inferno.
“Screeeeeeeeeeeech!”
Its shriek reached a crescendo.
The Golden Sea had already melted away entirely.
Following suit, the final golden shark was dissolving as well.
Whether that was truly its core form, I couldn’t say—but it didn’t matter.
I’d successfully incinerated every shark inhabiting the Golden Sea.
‘So, what happens now?’
Would the conquest end here?
That would be ideal.
I checked the time and began to wind down the flames.
“How dare you resort to such cowardly tactics! You despicable wretch!”
“Is that a compliment?”
“Screeeeeech! I will never forgive you! Never! I am the Golden Demon! Do not underestimate the power of Goldishark!”
The completely liquefied Golden Sea churned and began coalescing into a single mass.
An astronomical volume of Gold—enough to warrant the name “sea.”
All of it converged at one point, taking on a distinct form.
Its identity was unmistakable.
‘Phase three, then.’
Goldishark’s true form materialized.
The golden shark-human hybrid I’d encountered at the beginning.
The difference lay in its colossal size.
And the massive golden spear gripped in its hand.
With the entire Golden Sea compressed into this singular entity, both its dimensions and physical prowess had undoubtedly magnified exponentially.
“So this is finally the last phase.”
Its form.
Its words made that much clear.
This was the final phase.
If I defeated him this time, I could finish him for good.
And taking down a boss monster that relied solely on brute strength and had swollen with power was one of the easiest strategies in the book.
“I, the Golden Demon! Behold the power of Goldishark! Witness the magnificent might of gold itself!”
Boom!
Goldishark hurled a golden spear at me.
The thrust of the colossal golden spear was formidable, but using the White Fish Swimming skill while in Black Flame Rampage state made dodging it effortless.
In that moment.
[ Agni’s Bow, Agnidanu ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Bow
Grade: Mythic
Requirements: Level 1000+, Agility 4000+, Bow Mastery Lv 100+
Description: Agnidanu, crafted by borrowing the power of Agni, the fire god. It is known as the dedicated bow for wielding his arrows, ‘Agneyastra’.
I drew forth the weapon to end him.
Agni, the fire god from Hindu mythology.
I had drawn his bow.
[ Agni’s Arrow, Agneyastra ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type: Arrow
Grade: Mythic
Requirements: Level 1000+
Description: Agneyastra, created by borrowing the power of Agni, the fire god. It is said to emit an inextinguishable flame imbued with Agni’s power.
Next, I drew Agni’s arrow.
Agneyastra.
Beside the spear Goldishark had thrust, I pulled the bowstring taut with all my might.
Whoosh!
I released Agneyastra.
At the same instant.
– Using the unique skill of ‘Agni’s Bow, Agnidanu’.
– Using the unique skill of ‘Agni’s Arrow, Agneyastra’.
– Using the combined linked unique skill of Agnidanu and Agneyastra, ‘Agni’s Wrath’.
I activated the unique skills of both bow and arrow.
Whoooosh!
Flames erupted from the arrow.
Engulfed in that terrible inferno, the arrow flew even faster.
Boom!
It collided with Goldishark.
“Grrrraaaaaahhh!”
Goldishark did not take it lying down.
I reconstructed one of my arms and instantly created a massive golden shield.
I began blocking Agni’s Wrath with that shield.
The golden shield couldn’t withstand Agni’s flames and melted away, but Goldishark continuously drew upon his own gold to regenerate the shield.
The shield melted completely, and even his arm was melting away.
“Do not underestimate the power of gold! I am Goldishark, the Golden Demon! The demon of gold who will eternally toy with you humans!”
Goldishark was brimming with confidence.
Confidence that he could endure Agni’s Wrath and survive.
It seemed he was filled with the certainty that if he could just block this attack, he would immediately thrust his spear forward and pierce me down.
And in truth, he was formidable.
This was an attack using both the bow and arrows of Agni, a mythic-grade weapon, simultaneously.
The fact that he managed to block the attack despite it being an elemental weakness strike was remarkable.
With his arm and roughly half of his upper body melted away, Goldishark was still able to deflect the arrows.
“Khahaha! I held on! I held on! Now my victory…!”
Goldishark, bursting into laughter and lifting his head, could see it.
Already prepared for the next attack.
A dimensional gate entrance flowing with the black demonic energy unique to the Demon Realm.
“I humbly request this.”
– In exchange, come to the Demon Realm as soon as this battle ends! There’s no opponent in the Demon Realm who matches you, and my body is itching so badly I’m going mad!
“…I’ll try to visit as soon as possible.”
– It’s a promise!
“This is the aura of the Demon Realm? And isn’t that the aura of the Demon King himself! Human, what exactly are you…!”
Before Goldishark could even attempt a response.
Whoosh!
The King of the Demon Realm.
Barakar’s attack shot through the dimensional gate.
Flames.
Or rather, claw marks filled with thick heat closer to magma than mere fire.
Those claw marks.
“Krraaaagh!”
Reached Goldishark, who had lost half his upper body to Agni’s Wrath and was now defenseless.
He tried to pick up his golden spear and block it somehow, but it was futile.
He attempted to draw upon all his gold to withstand Barakar’s attack.
Crack!
In the end, Goldishark couldn’t endure Barakar’s assault.
Massive claw marks split Goldishark’s body into four pieces.
From the cross-section of the torn wounds, intense heat erupted, and Goldishark’s body melted away completely.
Could it be.
I wondered if his body would reconstruct once more from that place and a fourth phase would begin.
[ Your level has increased. ]
Seeing my level rise, I could be certain.
The boss monster of the Golden Altar.
The fact that I had completely defeated Goldishark, the Golden Demon.
But what was truly astonishing.
[ Your level has increased. ]
[ Your level has increased. ]
….
The level-up message hadn’t appeared just once.
My level had already risen to the point where I could be called a “ranker.”
Even defeating Golden Ogres wouldn’t grant me levels so easily anymore.
Yet my level surged dramatically—what could only be described as an “explosive level-up.”
But that wasn’t all.
[ You have defeated Goldishark, the Golden Demon. ]
[ The Golden Altar that had been sealing Goldishark loses its purpose and crumbles. ]
[ All the Gold that had been invested in the Golden Altar up to this point is recovered. ]
From the collapsing Golden Altar.
Just as Goldishark had created the Golden Sea, an enormous torrent of Gold began erupting forth.

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