The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 434

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Chapter 434
Chapter 434
After defeating Jeok-hwa.
I began addressing the issues of my other teammates one by one.
Of course.
“Me? Do I have problems too?”
They all believed they had no issues whatsoever.
In truth, they were strong enough rankers that they didn’t need advice from others.
If I were anyone else, I wouldn’t have needed to offer guidance at all.
But weren’t we about to compete in the world championship together soon?
So I decided to at least correct what I could see in them.
First, Tae-ryeon’s issue was.
“Your accuracy drops when using spirit arts, doesn’t it?”
“…How did you know? I thought it wasn’t obvious enough to notice.”
“It’s plain to see.”
Precisely—her accuracy.
When I mentioned this, Tae-ryeon became slightly uncomfortable.
Well, she must have been aware of it herself.
But to compensate for the slightly diminished accuracy, she was likely relying primarily on wide-range spirit arts.
“Spirit arts have much stronger recoil than sorcery. Area attacks aren’t a major problem, but precision-based spirit arts are still difficult for me.”
The problem with spirit arts.
Well, it was only natural.
The stronger the power, the stronger the recoil—that was an obvious principle whether in reality or in games.
“It’s nothing to worry about. I’m working on getting used to it.”
She said it was fine, but from what I could see, it wasn’t.
“It’s not just because of the spirit arts.”
“…What do you mean? Then what?”
“That fan.”
“Why the fan?”
“You maximized its power with the blue spirit’s magic stone, didn’t you?”
“You caught that right away. Yes, thanks to that, the spirit arts’ power was incredibly enhanced.”
“That’s the reason.”
“…But I entrusted this to a master craftsman who ranks first in this field.”
Her accuracy drop wasn’t just because of the spirit arts.
In truth, even if spirit arts had strong recoil, someone of her skill should have already adapted to it by now.
The reason she still hadn’t adapted to the recoil.
It was surely because of that fan.
“Have you tried using spirit arts with a different fan?”
“I’ve tried, of course. Sure, the response was weaker, but…isn’t strong recoil natural when using powerful attacks? I can’t lower the power just because there’s recoil.”
“I’m not asking you to lower the power either.”
“Of course.”
“I’ll remodel Jedata for you. I’ll make sure there’s no recoil.”
Right now, I needed to strengthen the team’s overall power even slightly.
Tae-ryeon’s swordsmanship was crucial at this moment.
Excluding myself, she was the only one positioned as a mage on the team.
Moreover, excluding myself, she was the only ranged attacker we had.
“Hmm….”
She hesitated.
Well, despite appearances, that fan had been remodeled by Korea’s number one craftsman, after all.
She must be worried about entrusting her fan to me.
Then.
“Trust me. I made this too, after all.”
“I know your skill, Mir….”
“Wow, you’re really something else. Even when that busy guy offers to remodel it first, you’re going to refuse?”
Unexpectedly, Jeok-hwa stepped forward and said this.
Then Tae-ryeon made up her mind.
“Alright. I’ll ask you to do it. But the power absolutely cannot decrease.”
“Of course.”
“If you remove the recoil while maintaining the power, I’ll give you a generous reward. Thank you for your help.”
She handed me the fan.
* * *
Taking the fan, I first examined its information in detail.
[ Taegeuk Yin-Yang Fan ]
Type: Fan
Grade: Mythic
Restrictions: Level 700 or higher, Intelligence 2,000 or higher, Wisdom 2,000 or higher, Swordmaster exclusive
Description: A swordmaster’s divine artifact containing the principles of yin and yang following the mysteries of Taegeuk. A fan that captures the circulation of all things.
The Taegeuk Yin-Yang Fan.
A mythic-grade weapon, no less.
Tae-ryeon was also shrugging her shoulders proudly, clearly quite proud of possessing a mythic-grade weapon.
However.
‘They used the Blue Evil God’s magic stone and only got this?’
From my perspective, it was disappointing.
Since they used a mythic-grade item, the Blue Evil God’s magic stone, it was natural that a mythic-grade item would result.
The real question was how well they utilized the abilities of the Blue Evil God’s magic stone.
‘Such a waste.’
After examining the Item Information in detail.
This was, at best, a low-tier mythic-grade item.
No, honestly, even calling it low-tier was generous—it was a bottom-tier item.
It barely scraped by with a mythic-grade classification by embedding the mythic-grade magic stone as a formality.
I maximized the magical attack power, but that’s all there was to it.
If Raymond Mistborn, Owen, or Jorn had seen this, they would have struck the creator on the back of the head, saying the mana stone was wasted.
‘I was just going to modify the circuit, but that won’t work.’
I decided to change my plan.
I could reduce the recoil just by changing the circuit, but that wouldn’t be enough.
I couldn’t bear to see the Blue Evil God’s mana stone squandered like this.
With that thought in mind.
– Using skill ‘Crafting’.
– Using skill ‘Magical Enchantment’.
I began to seriously modify the fan.
First, I completely removed the mana stone.
Whether it was due to the craftsman’s insufficient skill or if they had anticipated such a situation from the start.
Fortunately, the mana stone’s condition was quite good.
It felt like they had preserved its original form as much as possible.
“Kyahahat, I’m curious what will come out?”
“You said you’d just do a simple modification!”
“Just trust me, will you? That guy’s skills are no joke.”
Tae-ryeon was startled when I removed the mana stone right from the start.
Fortunately, Jeok-hwa held it steady for me.
In the meantime, I proceeded to modify the fan.
‘The basic framework isn’t bad. It’s probably a legendary-grade fan I received as a job-exclusive item.’
I left the framework as it was.
Instead, I carved out the space where the mana stone would go and refined the circuit even more perfectly.
Scrape, scrape.
“Aaaaagh!”
Every time I carved into the fan while polishing, I heard Tae-ryeon’s screams.
But since Jeok-hwa was holding it steady, I didn’t mind and continued carving.
That wasn’t all.
I began to break the blue mana stone into small pieces.
“No, don’t doooooo!”
The blue mana stone was complete in itself.
So normally, breaking it would be no different from destroying it.
But I was someone who had recently analyzed and researched countless mana stones and created Eternal Crystals.
I had even created mana stones of the Transcendent grade, the tier above Mythic.
When it comes to mana stones, I could call myself an expert.
Using that knowledge to the fullest, I divided the mana stone and arranged the pieces according to the grooves I had carved into the fan’s framework.
Then, using the highest-grade materials I had obtained from countless Dungeons, I constructed the mana circuit.
And finally.
“All you need to do now is infuse all the immortal energy you currently possess into it.”
“Is this really going to be okay…?”
“If you wish to stop, you may do so. However, I cannot guarantee the performance.”
“I’ll do it, I will!”
Her power.
I pour all of my immortal essence into it.
Then, through the circuit I had created, the fan fills not with mana, but with immortal essence.
The blue Evil God’s magic stone is no exception.
Immortal essence, not mana, floods its interior, and a stronger immortal essence circulates throughout the entire fan.
And so.
[ Crafting successful. ]
[ Judgment: Transcendent Success ]
[ Immortal’s Taegeuk Yin-Yang Fan ]
My modification was completed without issue.
I confirmed the performance by reading the Item Information, then returned the fan to Tae-ryeon with a satisfied smile.
“Here you are.”
“Mm, that was faster than I expected…?”
Tae-ryeon accepted the fan carefully.
She began by examining the fan’s exterior first.
Originally, the magic stone had felt like it was plainly attached to the fan’s cross-section, but now.
“…It’s beautiful.”
The finely divided magic stones were embedded like jewels throughout the framework.
The mana circuits spreading across the entire fan.
Or rather, the immortal essence circuits appeared like finely crafted patterns.
If the original Taegeuk Yin-Yang Fan had felt noble, this one felt elegant instead.
In any case, after reading the important Item Information, Tae-ryeon.
“Is this… really true?”
“Yes.”
“No, this doesn’t make sense? It’s the same mythic-grade item, but the performance differs this much? This is practically a completely different item!”
She startled and checked the Item Information again.
She wondered if she had misread it, but of course, the Item Information was genuine.
Well, it’s worth being surprised about.
Even I could see that the fan’s performance had noticeably strengthened.
“Would you like to test it right away? If anything doesn’t fit, I’ll need to correct it immediately.”
“Yes, yes!”
She immediately grasped the fan again.
After a calm, deep breath, the immortal art she used while swinging the fan was.
“Wind Blade.”
Wind Blade.
An immortal art that conjured blades of wind.
As it involved wielding blades, it was an immortal art requiring precision, and one that would have been difficult for her to aim with due to recoil in the past, but.
Whoosh!
The blade of wind she unleashed carved through its intended target with perfect precision.
“How is it?”
“There’s no recoil at all? The power didn’t decrease either. In fact, the power increased. How is this even possible?”
“I modified the circuit. Think of it as using the Sage’s technique and then collecting the resulting backlash through the circuit to reuse it.”
“That’s actually possible?”
“As you can see.”
Satisfactory performance.
It wasn’t just the recoil that disappeared—the power of the blade itself had increased significantly.
Having hunted monsters alongside her and witnessed the Sage’s technique’s power firsthand, I could judge this with certainty.
“Let me try once more!”
She repositioned herself.
Closing her eyes, she began preparing a new Sage technique.
It didn’t seem to be an ordinary Sage technique.
No, it was different from what I knew, but I could still identify which Sage technique it was.
“Originally, the recoil and overload were so severe that I couldn’t use it as a Sage technique.”
A formation began to unfold around her.
Normally, one would need to install the formation directly through pure technique, but it seemed she had constructed it roughly through the Sage technique.
While this would reduce its power, using it as a Sage technique rather than a pure technique would allow it to exert far greater force than the pure technique version.
Not long after.
A massive Taegeuk symbol rose above the formation she created.
“Taegeuk Formation.”
Once upon a time.
Her finishing move—a pure technique.
Now unfolded as a Sage technique.
The moment the Taegeuk Formation deployed.
Boom!
The location she had targeted.
A small Mountain was completely covered by the Taegeuk symbol.
An enormous amount of Sage force gathered around the Taegeuk symbol, and as the Taegeuk symbol absorbed it, the power intensified further.
Click.
By the force of Sage energy, the Taegeuk symbol rotated half a turn.
A silent strike.
As the Taegeuk symbol vanished.
“Wow….”
The small Mountain where the Taegeuk symbol had unfolded was completely gone.
This was her finishing move.
The power of the Taegeuk Formation.
No, this was only because she deployed it in abbreviated form.
If she properly constructed the formation and used the Taegeuk Formation?
She might be able to obliterate an entire proper Mountain, not just a small one.
“That’s quite impressive, this fan. Really.”
“Will it work for you?”
“Yes. The recoil has decreased tremendously. Originally, the recoil from Taegeuk Spear was too severe and aiming was difficult. All the problems have been solved.”
“I’m glad to hear it.”
“It’s more than just glad. The recoil didn’t just disappear—the cooldown itself has been significantly reduced. With this, I’ll be able to use it freely even at the world championship.”
Confidence gleamed across her face.
Well, it hadn’t been long since she’d transitioned to being a Sage, and she hadn’t been able to properly handle the recoil of her techniques.
Thanks to the fan I’d modified for her, that recoil had completely vanished.
It was only natural that her confidence would grow.
“Um, would it be alright if I trained alone for a bit? With this fan, I think I’ll be able to use my techniques much more freely.”
“Of course.”
With that, Tae-ryeon carefully took the fan and left for somewhere.
I didn’t know where she was going, but wherever Tae-ryeon arrived, a couple of monster habitats would likely be wiped out without much effort.
In any case, with Tae-ryeon gone, it became difficult to work on team coordination.
“From now on, I’ll begin individual instruction.”
Just as I’d given instruction to Jeok-hwa and Tae-ryeon.
I began providing individual instruction to Yul-ha and Million as well.
Of course.
“Where do you think you’re running off to?”
“Eek….”
Jeok-hwa was no exception either.

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