The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 429

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Chapter 429
Chapter 429
While a hundred players, including Mir, were attacking the Stone Dragon.
“Jeok-hwa, what an incredible display! To shake that massive beast with nothing but your fists! Truly, the Guild Master of Parcheon Guild! Formidable!”
The Announcer raised his voice, broadcasting the players’ battle.
– Jeok-hwa! Jeok-hwa! Jeok-hwa!
– She charges in the moment combat starts—that’s Jeok-hwa for you lol
– So satisfying!
– This is what we came for!
The users’ reactions were equally intense.
After all, their favorite rankers had gathered together to conquer a powerful monster.
Of course they were thrilled.
– Wow, that brute is insane lol just rips the scales off with pure strength lol
– That’s the brute for you! Hope of all-strength builds!
– Look at Sword God, he’s going absolutely wild dude
– What gear is Million wearing? Looks ridiculously expensive
– At least Legendary tier. Looks like he’s even equipped with Mythic-grade gear that appeared at the Auction House before
– Classic Million dude
– Pay-to-win warrior
– Sure, he pays, but his skill in wielding those items is exceptional too
– Yeah, otherwise he wouldn’t have made it this far lol
Watching the rankers fight was a spectacle.
With their high levels, each attack was powerful and dazzling.
And the monster they were attacking was none other than a dragon, wasn’t it?
Few knew that the Stone Dragon was actually a pseudo-dragon rather than a true dragon, so everyone was thoroughly enjoying this spectacular dragon hunt.
But among them, the most eye-catching was undoubtedly.
“Mir! Extraordinary! Archery followed by magic! And it’s Seventh Circle magic at that! Ah, and combined with Tae-ryeon’s technique!”
Boom!!
“Look at that! The Stone Dragon is being pushed back! That colossal beast’s scales are being torn away, its flesh crushed, and it’s shrieking in agony!”
– Wait, wasn’t Mir a melee fighter?
– That magic looks stronger than what a proper mage would use lol
– For real. There’s Sage, the orthodox mage, but look at the magic he’s using now. Weaker than Mir
– Even with Tae-ryeon lending her power, the gap is too huge
– Uses a sword, uses a bow, uses magic! Isn’t that broken?!
– Definitely broken lol
It was Mir.
The moment the match began, Mir identified the Stone Dragon’s weak points and unleashed a relentless barrage of water-attribute attacks.
Not only wielding bow and magic, but closing the distance to unleash melee attacks with sword and spear, driving the Stone Dragon backward.
Normally, a class that uses such diverse attacks would sacrifice power in each individual attack for versatility.
But Mir was nothing like that.
Every attack appeared far more powerful than what someone specialized in a single discipline could muster.
Moreover.
“Mir! You’re unleashing Blade Force relentlessly! The Stone Dragon’s hide is being torn to shreds!”
– Wait, he already mastered Blade Force?
The more I look at it, the less sense it makes lol
I know Second doesn’t have bugs, but that still looks like a real bug to me lol
– Second needs to analyze Mir’s system logs immediately!
If they were a bug user, there’s no way they would’ve shown up here so conspicuously lol
You’re right, haha.
I was wielding Blade Force.
I wrapped Blade Force around every melee weapon while casting 7th Circle magic.
And on top of that.
“W-wait! What is that! Isn’t that… spirit summoning!”
– !?!
– That does look like spirit summoning…
– What’s that power?
– Even a supreme-tier spirit couldn’t unleash an attack like that…
– Could it be the Water Spirit King, Elquines?
– No way, even if Mir made the top 100, contracting with a Spirit King at that level is impossible
– Besides, the Spirit King isn’t even visible;
– He’s just opening a portal through spirit summoning to use attacks? What is that? Is that even possible?
– It’s technically possible, but it’s not a common approach. Most spirit summoners typically manifest spirits and control them directly
– Wow. He handles swords, spears, bows, magic, and now spirits too?
– This is insane, absolutely insane
I was even employing spirit summoning.
I had already transcended the boundaries of any single class by a vast margin.
The sight of me wielding unique skills from countless professions while conquering the boss monster was more than enough to captivate the users’ attention.
Naturally, as a result.
[ Contribution ]
1st Place: Mir
I held the top position in contribution.
Moreover, it was overwhelmingly dominant compared to the other users—utterly insurmountable.
It seemed that even if I paused combat, stepped back, had a cup of tea, and returned, the rankings wouldn’t shift.
And for good reason.
– Mir is basically carrying this
If it weren’t for Mir, I don’t think we could have cleared it at all.
– The Stone Dragon is strong, though.
– I’m confident I’d be one-shot the moment I spawned
Hahaha
I was essentially the protagonist of this raid.
Because Mir quickly identified the Stone Dragon’s elemental weakness, I could launch an efficient strategy.
Thanks to Mir applying water-attribute magic and water-attribute physical attacks, I managed to significantly reduce the Stone Dragon’s defense.
Mir was simply working to increase his own contribution by taking down the Stone Dragon.
But the other top-ranked players were able to hunt the Stone Dragon safely thanks to Mir’s strategy.
Especially.
– Tae-ryeon’s been fighting one-handed guard style the whole time following Mir’s magic lol
– That’s actually the most efficient.
– Tae-ryeon isn’t exactly a pure combat class. More like combat plus support. I heard that method works best for an all-rounder character like her
– Jeok-hwa’s also obsessively attacking only the weaknesses Mir created lol
– The Sword God’s doing the same
Yul-ha, Tae-ryeon, Jeok-hwa, and the others.
They were assisting Mir’s attacks as if fighting alongside him.
They were supporting Mir to a degree that seemed almost excessive, but Mir didn’t seem particularly bothered by it.
Those who proceeded through the raid by helping Mir or following in his footsteps like this were.
[ Contribution ]
2nd Place: Yul-ha
3rd Place: Jeok-hwa
4th Place: Tae-ryeon
….
accumulating high contribution scores.
Because of that.
“Look at that! The players are continuing the battle while supporting Mir!”
– For real
– Right, all the people following Mir are taking top rankings lol
– But isn’t that just because those people are skilled?
– That’s part of it, but supporting Mir is actually good for building contribution
– Mir’s basically the protagonist lol
The players who noticed this began moving one by one in Mir’s wake.
Most of the players continued the raid by assisting or supporting Mir’s attacks.
I had definitely thought this competition would unfold as a perfect individual battle.
Yet nearly a hundred players had somehow gathered around Mir as their central figure.
And so.
Boom!!
“Mir lands another direct hit! Jeok-hwa and Yul-ha rush in right after!”
– Wow, that’s amazing!
– This is what a boss raid should be!
– Man, what I was doing was child’s play lol
– True boss raid material
– With this combination, doesn’t this world tournament actually have a real shot…?
Mir and the players swiftly subdued the roaring Stone Dragon.
* * *
This preliminary selection had been organized by Second’s Planning Team.
The reason was simple.
“We can’t do a survival format.”
“But why not?”
“What if we run it as a survival match and those trash players gang up to eliminate Yul-ha? We’ve seen that happen before, haven’t we?”
“However, that’s also a matter of strategy, and Yul-ha made it through safely….”
“That’s just result-oriented thinking! Even now, there are plenty of attempts among the preliminary candidates to form teams beforehand. Last year, people watching the preliminaries said it was too unfair!”
“But that….”
“If it can’t be survival, then we need to plan something new? Then let’s do it! Isn’t that what the Planning Team is supposed to do!”
It was pressure from above.
Survival format was off the table.
They needed a competition where participants could compete fairly.
In response to those demands from above, the Planning Team had created this.
A raid battle.
“Sigh….”
I couldn’t begin to describe how much effort went into preparing this event.
They had to find an impactful boss monster that matched the users’ level.
In that sense, the Stone Dragon was a monster so perfectly suited for this competition that even the Planning Team itself was impressed.
But there was one small problem.
“Water is its weakness, but monsters with no weaknesses at all are rare. This should be fine.”
“Even though it’s a pseudo-dragon, its appearance is close enough to a true dragon that it should have good impact.”
“The issue is its level.”
“Will it be okay?”
“Even if we gather the top 100 rankers, defeating the Stone Dragon will be difficult.”
“And if the rankers act separately while aiming for contribution points, the raid could fail and everyone could be wiped out.”
“Should we prepare an additional boss monster just in case we need a rematch?”
“Wouldn’t that be too difficult? What if we just determine the successful candidates based on contribution points, even if the raid fails?”
“No way. If we do that, the higher-ups will cause another uproar.”
It was the Stone Dragon’s level.
Though it was a pseudo-dragon, the Stone Dragon was the closest to a true dragon among all pseudo-dragons.
So its combat power had to be formidable.
In the Planning Team’s assessment, even with a hundred rankers gathered together, it would be a close call against the Stone Dragon.
That’s why they were worried about what would happen if the raid failed.
Boom!
“…Team Leader, what do we do?”
“No, what. How is this even possible?”
Their expectations were shattered mercilessly.
The Stone Dragon they’d worried might not be defeated
– Let out a tremendous roar!
“Isn’t it falling too quickly?”
It was collapsing without any noteworthy resistance.
The Stone Dragon wasn’t weak.
As the Planning Team had analyzed, the Stone Dragon remained formidable.
The problem was.
“Mir, what exactly is that player?”
It was Mir.
Under Mir’s leadership, the players had unified and were rapidly subduing the Stone Dragon.
According to the Planning Team’s projections, the Stone Dragon would typically fell roughly half the players before being defeated.
Half? Hardly.
Except for one player who had died from carelessness when it was first summoned, not a single user had fallen since then.
“He was already famous, wasn’t he? The Crisis Management Team even warned us to be careful of that player.”
“But I never expected that player to participate in this preliminary! He’s only been playing for less than a year!”
“Team Leader, you need to calm down.”
And so.
– What’s with the Stone Dragon? Looked strong but it’s nothing lol
– An empty cart makes the most noise
– I was expecting more, but it’s weaker than I thought? This is supposed to be Korea’s representative preliminary, isn’t the monster too weak?
– lol fr
– Whoever designed this really underestimated Korea’s top rankers lol
– rip stone dragon
Eventually.
The very concerns the Planning Team had worried about began surfacing among the users.
“Ugh, Stone Dragon, hang in there! You can’t fall like this! Show us a bit more of your power! If it goes down this easily, they’ll definitely blame us upstairs for failing to balance it!”
The Planning Team found themselves cheering for the Stone Dragon.

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