The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 432

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Chapter 432
Chapter 432
The Demon Ant Queen was far larger than I had anticipated.
Well, it didn’t matter much.
With five rankers of our caliber gathered here, we would have more than enough power to clear out the entire Ant Colony.
The important thing wasn’t defeating those ants—it was demonstrating our strength.
“Haha, since I’m ranked lowest, allow me to go first.”
Million was the first to step forward.
Rising from his seat in casual attire, he manipulated a spatial ring and instantly changed into his equipment.
Full plate armor gleaming with golden radiance.
Even a beautifully crafted holy sword.
Not a single piece of gear looked inferior.
Well, I couldn’t exactly compare myself to him.
Excluding me, he was equipped with more expensive and superior gear than anyone else in Second.
“As I mentioned, I’m a Paladin. Holy combat is my specialty.”
What Million displayed afterward was truly impressive.
He cast buff magic on himself, blocked the Demon Ants’ attacks with holy shields, conjured holy swords, and swept through enemy lines with devastating effect.
It was a display that perfectly embodied the Paladin class.
‘Not bad at all.’
He would fall short compared to a Priest, but as a Paladin, he could handle support, healing, and defense for the party.
Moreover, he could balance out our team’s excessive focus on offense.
“According to rank, I’m next.”
Tae-ryeon stepped forward.
Indeed, her power had grown considerably stronger than when I last saw her.
The effect of her transition to Swordswoman must have been significant.
Now that I think about it.
‘That magic stone…’
A single gleaming jewel adorned her fan.
A blue magic stone.
No—the blue Evil God’s magic stone.
The magic stone we obtained after defeating the Blue Spirit God.
She must have used that stone to modify her fan.
I had wondered why she seemed so much stronger despite becoming a Swordswoman.
That weapon’s effect appeared to be substantial.
Yul-ha’s subsequent combat was something I had witnessed many times before.
Jeok-hwa’s display was much the same.
Of course, she had grown stronger thanks to the gauntlets I had crafted for her.
But aside from increased power, her combat style itself hadn’t changed much from before.
And then.
“Now it’s Mir’s turn.”
The long-awaited moment had arrived—my turn.
Unlike the others who descended toward the Ant Colony to display their strength,
I took only a few steps forward before beginning to chant an incantation.
Soon after completing the spell, dense aqueous energy converged into my hands.
– Using 7th Circle water magic ‘Wave Storm’.
I cast the spell.
Wave Storm—a magic that conjures a tempest of waves.
Though it’s ideally suited for maritime terrain,
Crash! Crash! Crash! Crash!!
there’s no problem using it on land.
A violent tempest of waves erupted from the empty air, sweeping across the Ant Colony.
Massive waves surged like a storm, crushing and sweeping away the Demon Ants.
Water magic was particularly devastating to creatures that burrowed and lived in countless tunnels.
Enormous torrents of water crashed down into the carefully constructed burrows they’d built.
Of course, this alone wasn’t enough to fell all the ants.
These weren’t ordinary ants—they were Demon Ants.
By level alone, they were formidable monsters.
I knew this well,
– Using skill ‘Spirit Summoning’.
so I immediately prepared my next attack.
Spirit Summoning.
The name of the spirit I called forth was:
“Rayoner.”
– He answered the call!
The Lightning Spirit King himself.
Rayoner.
Called by name, Rayoner responded cheerfully to my request,
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!!
and brilliant golden lightning erupted through the dimensional rift.
Lightning unleashed by the Lightning Spirit King.
Though Rayoner didn’t rank among the Four Great Spirit Kings, he stood as one of the mightiest beings in the Spirit Realm, just below that tier.
As such, the lightning Rayoner unleashed
“Screeeee—.”
“Kyiiiii—.”
“Grrrrgh—.”
was more than sufficient to fell the Demon Ants.
Especially since my Wave Storm had left them completely drenched in water.
Thanks to that, Rayoner’s lightning electrocuted the ants all the more easily,
and beyond that,
Crackle! Crackle! Crackle—.
The water penetrated deep into the Ant Colony’s tunnels.
Not only the ants hiding inside, but also the eggs planted in the spawning grounds.
I electrified every last one of them.
‘As expected, it works just as well in actual combat.’
I could perform double casting, but 7-Circle magic was difficult to cast, making double casting far from easy.
That’s why I came up with this method.
A combined attack using 7-Circle magic and elemental attacks through spirit summoning.
The method worked far better than I anticipated.
If I had used each attack separately, I wouldn’t have been able to devastate the Ant Colony to this extent.
But using both attacks simultaneously created a synergy that nearly destroyed the entire colony.
And then.
“Kiiiiiii-!”
Among the corpses of ants floating limply, drenched and electrocuted.
Proper ants began to emerge.
‘Soldier ants.’
If the other ants were workers.
What was emerging now were soldier ants.
Ones that knew how to fight properly.
No—Demon Ants born solely for combat.
Just how strong these creatures were became clear from the fact that they had withstood Rayoner’s lightning.
Seeing such creatures.
[ Midnight Meteor Bow ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Type : Bow
Grade : Legendary
Requirements : Level 600 or higher, Bow Mastery Lv 60 or higher, Strength 1,000 or higher, Agility 2,000 or higher
Description : A bow crafted in the image of a radiant meteor, created from a meteorite that fell from the cosmos.
I drew an arrow.
The Midnight Meteor Bow.
This bow possessed two unique abilities.
One was that its attack power grew stronger the darker it became.
The other was that it grew even stronger when arrows were fired downward from above.
And right now, I satisfied both conditions, which is why I had drawn this meteor bow.
Then, using a skill, I released the arrow.
– Skill ‘Silver Bird Soul Chase’ is activated.
Whoosh!
The arrow I fired became a silver meteor and shot downward.
The soldier ants that burst forth in rage had their attention stolen by the brilliant light of the meteor.
Thud!
Their heads pierced through by the meteor, they breathed their last.
With all enhancement conditions met and the mythic-grade skill piercing the vital point with perfect accuracy, the damage was catastrophic.
A powerful soldier ant collapsed from a single strike.
The enraged soldier ants thrashed about, but.
Whoosh!
Every last one of them fell to my arrows.
Perfect accuracy.
I didn’t merely land hits—every ant struck a vital point and fell in a single blow.
Among them, a named entity appeared, far more formidable than ordinary soldier ants,
and such creatures blocked even my arrows with their hardened exoskeletons.
[ Judgment’s Falling Dragon Spear ]
( Non-Tradeable )
Form : Spear
Grade : Mythic
Against such foes.
– Activating skill ‘Silver Bird Soul Chase’.
I hurled the mythic-grade weapon using spear-throwing technique.
Spear throws lack rapid-fire capability, but possess overwhelmingly superior attack power compared to arrows.
As such.
Splurch!
It pierced cleanly through the named soldier ant’s body.
Well, only one ant could be felled per spear throw, but.
“Luke, retrieve.”
– Yes, Master.
After all, I had Luke.
The Falling Dragon Spear, lodged in the ground after piercing the ant, was engulfed in black flames and vanished, only to reappear in my palm.
Normally, repeated spear throws would be difficult without retrieval functions attached to the spear or specific retrieval skills.
But not for me.
With Luke’s power.
– Activating skill ‘Silver Bird Soul Chase’.
Splurch!
I could retrieve the spear and repeat my throws whenever I wished.
Thanks to that, three named ants that appeared confidently never got a chance to act before falling.
Thus, most of the ants were defeated.
The Ant Colony had become an ant graveyard—a ghastly sight.
Water that hadn’t yet drained pooled there, and within it, Rayoner’s remnants crackled with residual energy,
“Kiiiiiiiii-!!!”
The final monster lurking within revealed itself.
The boss monster of this massive Demon Ant Colony.
The Demon Ant Queen.
Demon Ant Queen.
The creature collapsed the massive narrow ant tunnel and revealed its enormous body.
I hurled my spear at it as well.
Ting!
It swung a massive sickle-shaped foreleg and deflected my spear.
That alone told me everything.
This was no monster I could fell by throwing spears from a distance and firing arrows.
The moment I grasped this truth.
[ Activating Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ Borrowing the power of the Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton. ]
[ Entering Black Flame Rampage state. ]
Wrapped in black flames, I charged toward the Demon Ant Queen.
“Kiiiiiiieeeeeee—!!”
Before long.
I drove my blade deep into the creature’s neck.
* * *
The moment Mir revealed his true power.
The rankers of Second watching from behind found themselves unable to speak for a long while.
‘Good heavens.’
‘So this is Mir’s real ability.’
‘Was he holding back then? Or has he grown this much stronger?’
The reason was obvious.
The power Mir was displaying far exceeded their expectations.
They thought they’d been sufficiently shocked when they heard about the All Master class.
But seeing Mir earnestly wielding seventh-circle magic and the power of the Spirit King, combined with various mythic-grade weapons, was simply beyond their comprehension.
A great wall had formed between them and Mir.
And what’s more, wasn’t Mir the lowest level among them?
Yet he displayed such power nonetheless.
What would happen if given just a little more time?
Based on his growth trajectory thus far, if given even slightly more time, Mir would undoubtedly surpass Yul-ha and claim the number one spot in the level rankings.
If that came to pass, Mir would transcend their level entirely.
Each of the four harbored different thoughts.
‘I will never fall behind.’
Yul-ha steeled her resolve, determined not to be outpaced by Mir, not to become a hindrance to him.
“Kyahahaha, this is fun! I’ll make you my rival.”
Jeok-hwa’s fierce competitive spirit blazed forth.
“Hmm, people have been calling the Heukryeom Guild the One Emperor and us Major Guilds the Five Sovereigns—the One Emperor Five Sovereigns. It seems that will become reality soon.”
“Haha, isn’t that a good thing? To earn the title of Five Sovereigns, we must work all the harder.”
Tae-ryeon and Million resolved to deepen their relationship with Mir even further.
Though their thoughts diverged in different directions, watching Mir, all four shared one unified conviction.
That was.
“This world tournament should be quite entertaining, don’t you think?”
“This time, we’ll definitely win.”
“With this lineup, we might even aim for the championship.”
“Haha, I see. Certainly, if it’s you, Mir…”
Such was the anticipation surrounding this world tournament.
And naturally, as a result.
“Mir, would you be willing to take on the role of team leader?”
“Me, you say?”
Mir was decided as the leader of Korea’s representative team.

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