The Return of the Genius Ranker’s Myth Warehouse - Chapter 82

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Chapter 82
Chapter 82
At the Second Crown award ceremony, rewards were given immediately.
However, the champions of each league were different.
The champions of the Beginner League, Master League, and Challenger League could “choose” their league championship prizes.
“Argh, what on earth is the first-place prize that they’re calling us separately like this? I’m so excited!”
“Just wait a moment. You’re being too loud.”
“How can I wait! This is the moment I finally get to see the Second Crown championship prize that no one revealed last year!”
Kang Ju-hyuk was also a Master League champion, so he waited to receive his award alongside me.
Before long, a summon message appeared before us.
When I pressed the accept button, I arrived in a pure white space.
What I saw immediately was.
“Wow, it’s Yul-ha!”
A fellow Second Crown champion like us.
It was Yul-ha.
That guy Kang Ju-hyuk was always praising Yul-ha in his everyday life.
The moment he saw her in person, he seemed to lose his mind.
“Yul-ha, I’m a fan! Please give me your autograph!!”
He immediately rushed forward, bending his waist at a right angle to ask for her signature.
As he did, he hurriedly pulled out a pen from his pocket, but since he had no paper to receive the autograph on, he took off his armor and offered it instead.
“I apologize.”
However, Yul-ha was as cold as I’d heard.
She politely declined the autograph, and I wondered if Kang Ju-hyuk might feel disappointed.
“Krrgh! That’s the real Yul-ha! I’m really a fan! I’m always cheering for you!”
Instead, Kang Ju-hyuk seemed to like her even more and continued to praise Yul-ha.
I wasn’t sure whether to be relieved or not.
While I was ignoring my childhood friend, who was embarrassing no matter where I took him.
“Mir.”
Yul-ha ignored Kang Ju-hyuk and approached me, speaking.
“Are you really Mir?”
Really Mir, she asked.
I could have asked what she meant, but I understood what she was saying.
‘She knew about me.’
I had often seen her while playing First.
But since we had never really conversed, I thought she wouldn’t know about me.
Yet that wasn’t the case.
She also knew about me.
“If you’re really that Mir….”
Just as she approached me and was about to ask something.
A brilliant flash of light erupted.
A brilliant light erupted from the center of the room.
– Heroes of the Second world.
– I congratulate you on your victory.
A voice reached my ears.
‘This voice….’
It felt strangely familiar.
Yet I couldn’t quite place who it belonged to.
Then.
An item shot out from the center of the burst of light.
[ Crowned One’s Longsword ]
Form: Sword
Grade: Legendary
Restriction: Level 150 or higher, Champion of Second Crown
Description: A sword that can only be wielded by those who have won the championship in the Beginner League of Second Crown. The sword’s weight increases proportionally to the weight of the crown.
A legendary-grade weapon, no less.
Moreover, reading the item’s abilities.
‘It’s a growth-type weapon.’
There was a level 150 restriction attached, but in truth, this item had no real level cap.
A weapon whose performance increased based on the user’s level and stats, independent of the level restriction itself.
For me, it showed that only those level 150 and the Beginner League champion could equip it, but it would likely display differently for Kang Ju-hyuk or Yul-ha.
‘Now that I think about it….’
I turned my head briefly to check the weapon Yul-ha was equipped with.
As expected.
It was the same weapon she was wearing.
This must be the reward Yul-ha chose from the first Second Crown.
Being a legendary-grade weapon, its performance was excellent, and as levels increased, the item’s performance scaled accordingly—with this alone, I’d never lack for a weapon in my lifetime.
And.
This longsword was merely the first item on the reward selection list.
[ Crowned One’s Greatsword ]
[ Crowned One’s Spear ]
[ Crowned One’s Bow ]
….
First came various weapons.
Basic weapons like swords, spears, and bows, as well as whips, claws, and scythes.
There was practically everything imaginable.
Choosing just one from these would allow a single-weapon specialist to play without weapon concerns for life, just like Yul-ha.
Legendary-grade weapons without level restrictions were that rare.
Next came.
[ Crowned One’s Ring ]
[ Crowned One’s Pendant ]
[Earring of the Crowned One]
….
It was an accessory.
Like weapons, it was a legendary-tier item whose abilities strengthened in accordance with level—usable for a lifetime without level restrictions.
As countless items continued to appear.
“Insane, jackpot! A legendary-tier weapon with no level restrictions that I can use forever? Hey, Mir. What do you think? Should I pick Claw?”
“Wait for now. We can choose after confirming all the options.”
“Argh! How am I supposed to hold back!”
Kang Ju-hyuk began examining the items one by one in his excitement.
Next came armor.
These possessed similar abilities to weapons and accessories.
Then.
‘Now it gets interesting.’
Finally, items that could capture my interest began to appear.
In truth, legendary-tier items and such held no meaning for me.
I could extract and use legendary-tier weapons suited to my level without needing to select such items.
And if necessary, I could even extract and use high-level mythic-tier items—that was who I was.
In contrast, the items now appearing were ones I could genuinely covet.
[Contract of the Phantom Beast]
[Contract of the Spirit]
[Contract of the Demonic Beast]
Contracts allowing summoner pacts regardless of class.
[Elixir of the Crowned One]
A legendary-tier elixir newly added to Second that wasn’t even in my warehouse.
[Millennium Gold Coin]
An exchange-type item that granted an enormous amount of gold simply by converting it immediately.
Truly diverse items appeared as reward options.
Rewards tempting enough to move even me.
Most of the rewards now displayed were items I didn’t possess.
They were items newly added to Second.
[Skill Book: Will of the Crowned One]
Among them, the skill book particularly drew my attention.
Legendary-tier skill books weren’t easy to obtain.
“Wow, should I just pick this? This seems like the real jackpot?”
“I said wait.”
As I restrained the excitable Kang Ju-hyuk beside me, my own eyes were drawn to the dazzling rewards.
Finally, at the last selection option in the reward list, the reward I had been anticipating appeared.
[Special Enhancement Voucher]
(Non-tradeable)
Type: Consumable
Rank: Legendary
Restriction: Winner of Second Crown
Description: As a reward granted to the champion of Second Crown, this item can ‘enhance’ all elements including skills, abilities, and items.
This was the special enhancement voucher I received after passing the graduation exam in the City of Beginnings with an SSS-grade rating.
From that moment on, I set my goal to collect special enhancement vouchers.
No matter how I thought about it, this special enhancement voucher was an exceptionally superior character enhancement element in Second—perhaps even beyond eternal-grade items.
‘I wondered if something like this might exist as a Second Crown championship prize, and it actually does.’
All the other items looked good too, but once I confirmed this one existed, my eyes could see nothing but the special enhancement voucher.
“I’ll choose this.”
– Are you certain you wish to select the ‘Special Enhancement Voucher’?
“Yes.”
– You have selected the ‘Special Enhancement Voucher’ as your Second Crown championship reward.
The reward selection was complete.
I had no regrets.
The moment I stepped out of here, I was already anticipating what I would enhance with the special enhancement voucher.
And beside me, Kang Ju-hyuk was fidgeting like a dog desperate for a bathroom break.
“Ugh, what should I pick? Maybe a claw? Weapons are the best, right? No, wait—I might get a mythic-grade weapon someday anyway! Maybe I should go for an eternal-grade item instead….”
“Pick this one too.”
“A special enhancement voucher? What’s that?”
“If you’re aiming for the distant future rather than what’s right in front of you, this is the best reward here.”
“Really? Hmm, but since I’m choosing anyway, a finished item right before my eyes….”
“Well, the choice is yours.”
“Argh! Fine, whatever!”
Kang Ju-hyuk also selected the special enhancement voucher.
Seeing him agonize over it while still following my recommendation showed that he’d built considerable trust in me.
Next, Yul-ha also hesitated briefly before attempting to follow our lead and select the special enhancement voucher.
“Wait.”
I decided to overstep my bounds a little.
“That’s good too, but if you have that sword, choosing a different reward would be better.”
“Yes…?”
“The Ego of the Crowned One. If you combine it with the sword you’re currently using, it will help you far more than using a single special enhancement voucher.”
This was a viable option since Yul-ha had already selected the Crowned One’s longsword.
With the Ego applied to that longsword, it would become the finest ego sword imaginable—rivaling any mythic-grade weapon.
I, on the other hand, preferred to constantly change weapons depending on my level and circumstances.
But from what I’d observed of Yul-ha back in First, she rarely changed weapons.
She could have ignored my sudden advice, certainly.
“…Thank you.”
Yul-ha selected the ‘Ego of the Crowned One’ just as I suggested.
Then she approached me and continued what she’d been trying to say earlier.
“Mir.”
An expression of utmost gravity.
What on earth was she trying to say that she’d been speaking with such weight since earlier?
I couldn’t get a read on it at all.
‘We didn’t have enough of a connection for her to be this serious about something.’
Had I done something wrong somehow?
No, that couldn’t be it.
We’d never even crossed paths before, so what could I possibly have done wrong?
The moment I tensed up wondering what she was about to say.
She suddenly bowed ninety degrees toward me and shouted.
“I’m a fan!”
“…Pardon?”
“Y-Yul-ha?!”
With that, she thrust a thick marker and autograph paper toward me.
Both Kang Ju-hyuk and I were so startled we stood there dumbfounded.
Regardless, she continued pouring out what she had to say.
“I’ve been a fan since First! Ever since you suddenly disappeared at the end of First, I’ve been waiting all this time thinking you’d appear in Second!”
“Um… thank you?”
Before I knew it, I’d signed an autograph for her.
Then.
“Thank you so much!”
She beamed with joy, practically bouncing as she held my signature.
I never imagined Yul-ha had this kind of personality.
I couldn’t have guessed it.
In the meantime.
– Please protect the second world above all else.
– Heroes of the second world.
A brilliant flash.
Light blazed as the space for receiving rewards began to crumble.
“I’ll definitely come find you next time and greet you properly! Mir!”
With Yul-ha’s steadfast voice ringing out even in that chaos, I was completely ejected from the space.
And with that, the Second Crown server came to an end.
Now all that remained was tomorrow.
Logging into the Main Server of Second.
‘What should I enhance?’
Using the special enhancement voucher was the only thing left.
While the situation with Yul-ha had been somewhat bewildering, thinking of the special enhancement voucher brought an unconscious smile to my lips.

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