The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 441

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Chapter 441
Chapter 441
As the Korean Team utilized their advantage to select their position.
“What?”
“Are you serious?”
“They’re choosing the outer region?”
The other teams could only murmur in confusion.
They had assumed the Korean Team would naturally choose the center.
Even if they themselves were given the advantage of position selection, they surely would have chosen the central area.
The fact that they had chosen the outer region made no sense whatsoever.
And for good reason.
“The center looks suspicious at first glance. They’re not going there? The Korean Team said they were confident in raids, right? They even hunted boss monsters well during the preliminaries.”
“Even if there’s nothing in the center, wouldn’t the outer region be worse? It seems like the basic strategy would be to observe from the center in all directions while searching for and hunting monsters.”
“Exactly.”
You earn points by hunting monsters.
To accomplish this objective, no matter how I thought about it, the center was the answer.
Choosing the outer region severely limited strategic diversity.
It would be difficult to find monsters, and directional options would inevitably be constrained.
Yet if I were to infer the reason the Korean Team chose the outer region….
“Did they run away?”
“What do you mean by that?”
There was only one explanation.
“The Korean Team was pretty dominant in the preliminaries, right? So they probably thought other teams would mark or attack them, and that’s why they ran away?”
“Ah? If that’s the case, it does make sense.”
“Yeah, that’s it. If they spawn in the center, they’ll definitely be marked by every team. So they probably decided it’s better to act safely in the outer region.”
“Ah.”
“What? Is that what it is?”
“The Korean Team acted so confidently, but now that the match has started, they’re just running away.”
“Disappointing, Korea.”
“Well, on the other hand, I understand. Confidence or not, winning is what matters in the end, right? It’s better to act safely than to be stubborn about pride.”
The Korean Team had run away.
Because they had shown off too much strength during the preliminaries, if they went to the center as planned, they could become targets for all teams to mark.
The other teams were somewhat disappointed, but it was the most rational approach if they aimed for the championship.
In any case, even when the Announcer questioned them, the Korean Team had no intention of reversing their decision.
“Now, all competitors, please enter the capsules and prepare for the match to begin!”
The match preparations began in earnest.
Capsules prepared by team in the Tournament Arena.
As the competitors entered, a hologram was overlaid on the Tournament Arena.
The moment preparations were complete.
“The match now begins!”
“Roooaaaarrrr!”
The first match of the main tournament.
Monster Hunter had begun.
“Now, ladies and gentlemen! Do you see it! The sight of Monster Island!”
The massive hologram overlaid on the Tournament Arena was none other than Monster Island itself.
From this moment on, through this hologram, we could magnify and shrink Monster Island to monitor the competitors’ progress in real time.
“There, can you see the flags of each nation! Each team’s randomly assigned spawn location is marked!”
– Fascinating
– They’re spread out pretty evenly, aren’t they?
– Yeah, the balance looks decent
Through the hologram, the teams participating in the world tournament were visible.
Among them, what people were most curious about was, of course.
“First, let’s check the Korean Team! The Korean Team, which chose the outer edge using their advantage, I’m excited to see what strategy they’ll display!”
The Korean Team.
Korea had chosen the outer edge.
Did they really choose the outer edge just to escape from other teams?
As I pondered this, the Korean Team’s screen appeared.
– Oh no
– This is bad
– I knew this would happen
– So why choose the outer edge then;
– Even if you choose the outer edge, you should stay somewhat central, but they went all the way to the Coastline, that’s why this is happening
– I ruined it ㅠㅠㅠ
Not a single monster was visible around the Korean Team.
Just as the spectators said, they had ventured too far to the outer edge.
This was serious.
If they ran toward the center of the Island to hunt monsters here, they’d run out of time.
They could only fall behind the other teams.
And the strategy the Korean Team chose in that situation was.
“Huh? The Korean Team! The team is splitting up!”
Team dispersal.
Five players divided into three directions.
Tae-ryeon and Jeok-hwa went left.
Mir and Yul-ha went right.
Million headed toward the center.
One team had been torn into three.
“Ah, is this really a good strategy? It seems like they’re dividing into three teams to hunt more monsters! But wouldn’t it be better for the team to stay together and hunt stronger monsters!”
Was this truly the right decision?
After the Korean Team split up.
The screen shifted to another team.
And finally, the level of the monsters on Monster Island was revealed.
“Ah, they’re strong! The trash mobs are powerful enough that you can’t even call them trash! It seems advantageous for all five of us to take them down quickly! Is the Korean Team really okay?!”
– Why does Korea keep doing this?
– It was good during the preliminaries ㅠㅠ
– Their positioning was strange, and now their strategy is weird too
The level was quite high.
While the individual members of the Korean Team were skilled, the truth was that other nations’ players were equally capable.
Even those players from other countries could only hunt monsters smoothly by combining their strength as a team.
It wasn’t that players from other nations were weak or foolish—they fought in team units for good reason.
Because of this, people were thinking the Korean Team had made a wrong choice.
– But the Korean Team’s movements are strange, right?
– How do you know?
– Look at the map—the Korean Team is marked moving separately.
– So what’s strange about that?
– Look, look. The Korean Team keeps moving.
– Huh, really? Aren’t they hunting monsters? They just keep moving?
Several spectators noticed that the Korean Team’s movements were unusual.
And the Announcer soon noticed this fact as well.
Wondering what the Korean Team was doing, the Announcer switched the camera view.
“Ah, the Korean Team! What are you doing?! You’re ignoring all the monsters and running along the Coastline!”
– They’re literally just running?
– Even when monsters appear, they don’t pay attention
– What are they doing?
– Did they give up on the game?
– If they gave up, they wouldn’t be running so hard.
– What is this? Tell us what they’re doing!
– Wait, hold on. Tae-ryeon is drawing something right now.
– Drawing what?
– I don’t know either. It looks like she’s just drawing lines.
– Lines?
– Wait, could that be….
– Tell us what it is too!
– A magic circle?
– A magic circle?
– Like a spell formation or something?
The suspicious movements of the Korean Team—ignoring all monsters and running forward at maximum speed while drawing lines on the ground—caught everyone’s attention.
* * *
The first match of the main tournament.
The moment Monster Hunter began and our team dropped onto Monster Island.
“According to plan!”
“Yes!”
Tear!
We split into three directions instantly.
In my hand was a new blade.
[ Ancient Eight Trigrams Sword ]
( Non-tradeable )
Type: Sword
Grade: Mythic
Requirements: Level 600+, Taoism Lv 60+, Formation Lv 60+
Description: A sword imbued with the principles of the Eight Trigrams—the power to represent the laws of transformation in all things and the phenomena of every realm through eight symbols.
It was the Eight Trigrams Sword.
At first glance, the blade appeared dull and not particularly formidable.
Precisely because of this, the Eight Trigrams Sword’s purpose was not to attack enemies.
Its role was to inscribe formations through the subtle principles of the Eight Trigrams, not through direct assault.
As we sprinted forward and the sword marks carved into the ground grew longer,
Whoooosh—
the subtle principles of the Eight Trigrams Sword infused the marks, beginning to generate a mysterious energy.
That’s right.
The moment we confirmed that Monster Island was circular in shape, we selected the strategy from our pre-planned operations that best suited this terrain.
It was none other than—
‘the Taegeuk Formation.’
A strategy based on Tae-ryeon’s Taegeuk Formation.
In other words, a strategy to inscribe the Taegeuk Formation across the entire Monster Island.
Originally, the viability of this strategy was low.
To use it, the field had to be circular, there could be no obstructions to disrupt the formation, and the objective had to be hunting large numbers of enemies.
Yet we couldn’t simply attribute it to luck.
We had prepared an enormous arsenal of the most efficient strategies for various missions.
This strategy was merely one of them.
‘It’s wider than I expected.’
Monster Island.
I had roughly estimated the distance through the holographic map displayed earlier.
Indeed, the island’s size exceeded my initial expectations.
Still, it’s manageable.
This scale falls well within our margin of error.
At this pace, I can certainly complete the formation within the two-hour match duration.
As long as we aren’t interrupted midway.
…Or so I thought.
“Oh, it’s the Korean Team!”
A variable emerged.
While inscribing the formation as we ran, we were spotted by an enemy team.
I had assumed that with fewer monsters on the outskirts, we would avoid detection.
For some reason, it seemed that team was hunting monsters near the outer edges.
Still, since the objective of this tournament wasn’t team-versus-team combat but rather defeating monsters to accumulate points, I had hoped we would simply ignore each other and go our separate ways.
“Seems like they’re drawing something?”
“What is it?”
“Whatever it is, it looks suspicious!”
“Should we interfere a little? It looks like they’re executing some kind of strategy.”
“Then Cain, you go alone and just disrupt them. Don’t do anything too drastic.”
“Okay!”
Unfortunately, the opposing team wasn’t about to leave us alone.
It wasn’t a major disruption—just one member from the other team breaking away and approaching us.
This was problematic.
Since the core of this strategy was drawing a formation, if the enemy realized what we were doing and deliberately tried to disrupt it, the situation would become extremely difficult.
For that reason.
“I’ll handle this.”
“Since they came to interfere first, we can consider this self-defense.”
I couldn’t allow him to sabotage our strategy.
I halted my sprint abruptly.
Drawing the Eight Trigrams Sword from my waist.
[ I activate Black Flame Transformation. ]
[ I borrow the power of the Black Flame Dragon, Luknir Desperato Ignockton. ]
[ I enter Black Flame Rampage state. ]
Instantly activating Black Flame Rampage.
[ Phoenix Divine Bow ]
( Non-tradeable )
Type: Bow
Grade: Mythic
Restriction: Level 800 or higher, Bow Mastery Lv 80 or higher, Agility 3,000 or higher
Description: A supreme divine bow crafted from the feathers of the Phoenix, the supreme leader of all birds and symbol of the heavens.
Toward the opponent rushing to interfere with us.
– I activate the skill Silver Bird Soul Chase.
I fired an arrow.
“A, a bow?!”
The enemy froze in shock.
Understandably so.
It would be difficult for the opposing team, being users from another nation, to know much about me.
At best, they had analyzed my strength based on what I displayed during the preliminaries.
Had they paid closer attention, they could have learned about my information circulating throughout Korea, but since they were completely unaware that I wielded a bow.
Thud!
“Ugh!”
He was struck directly by my arrow with no way to escape.
And here comes another.
Through the Arcane Blade, I had hastily imbued my arrow with a 6-circle spell.
– Activating 6-circle fire magic: Flame Cannon.
Boom!
“Gahhh!”
A scorching explosion erupted from the arrow embedded in his chest.
A critical hit.
He should have taken catastrophic damage, but despite being a national representative, he didn’t fall in a single strike.
He managed to survive by activating a skill that drastically reduced the damage in that instant.
But I was not alone.
While the opponent was reeling from the arrow strike and explosion, Yul-ha rushed forward with swift precision.
Slice!
“Gack!”
She severed his neck.

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