The Strongest in the Game by Dominating Monster - Chapter 40

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Monster Domination: Game’s Strongest Episode 40

 

[Ah, Teorn is definitely going to be first place lololol]

 

[Room leaders who are scared shitless that The More will join their league, upvote lol]

 

[Kairen the simp immediately goes into hiding as soon as the Dark Knight appears lololol]

 

[Teorn was pretty long though lololol]

 

[The tank high was definitely kicking in hard lol]

 

Just before the rankings were announced, viewers watching through streamers also spat out mockery toward Kairen and admiration toward Theorn.

 

What they saw was only Theorn’s performance.

 

They didn’t know where Kairen was or what he was doing, and they didn’t even care.

 

Kairen was already branded as a coward who ran away from the Dark Knight in their eyes.

 

However, once the rankings were revealed, a huge commotion erupted.

 

[??? But why is Kairen 1st place?]

 

[??? What? Is this a bug???]

 

[Does the Dark Knight raid contribution look like shit to you?]

 

[Fucking crazy, does this make sense?]

 

[Anyone know what Kairen did??]

 

[Teorn must be feeling like shit lol]

 

[Caught the Dark Knight but only got 2nd place? Isn’t this like the worst rigging ever? lololol]

 

In an instant, the streamers’ chat windows were flooded with question marks.

 

And it was the same for the Users who were at the scene.

 

Everyone’s gaze turned toward Kairen like iron filings drawn to a giant magnet.

 

“What, what is it?”

 

“No way, he contributed to the Dark Knight raid but still got 2nd place?”

 

“No. What the hell did he do?”

 

Even amid the storm of pouring questions and attention, Kairen remained indifferent.

 

Only one word reached his ears: ‘Dark Knight.’

 

‘A Dark Knight had appeared?’

 

Only then did all the clues fall into place.

 

Allen’s blood-spitting screams, and the reason why the two knights were nowhere to be seen.

 

And even why he had to face hundreds of undead legions alone.

 

His questions were answered, but bitter regret washed over him like waves.

 

A Dark Knight was a high-level undead comparable to a Minotaur.

 

If he could have tamed it, it would have been a being he absolutely had to get.

 

To miss such a golden opportunity right under his nose.

 

“Tsk.”

 

He clicked his tongue briefly in regret, but soon calmed his mind.

 

“Well, it would have been impossible anyway.”

 

He muttered while following behind the main force that had started moving.

 

He only had three Taming Arrows left.

 

Moreover, one of them was a Lower Grade Taming Arrow.

 

Going after the Dark Knight with such meager preparations would have been reckless.

 

If things went wrong, he might have wasted precious arrows and missed both targets.

 

Besides, even though he couldn’t catch the Dark Knight, there were gains.

 

Dozens of Magic Stones and tremendous experience points earned from facing hundreds of monsters alone.

 

Thanks to that, his level had risen by three stages.

 

Name: Kairen Job: Monster Lord Level: 20 Health: 550/550, Mana: 480/480 Stats Strength: 20 Agility: 25 Magic Power: 20 Luck: 20 Hidden Stats Authority: 25 Monster Lord’s Archery: 25

 

He nodded satisfactorily while looking at his status window, having finally reached the heights of level 20.

 

Then, he accidentally made eye contact with Theorn.

 

The man with the massive build groaned like a large dog that needed to poop.

 

He wanted to have a conversation but was afraid of being drawn a line like yesterday, so he just stamped his feet in place.

 

He moved his mouth and tried to approach, then hesitated.

 

Could someone be that naive?

 

That sight was quite cute and made him chuckle.

 

Soon, as if he had made a big decision, Theorn walked over confidently.

 

“Brother Kairen!”

 

The title he’d been using since yesterday – calling him brother. It didn’t feel awkward somehow.

 

How should he put it, he had an instinctive feeling that this guy was really younger than him.

 

“Wow, brother. You’re really amazing.”

 

As soon as he came over, he let out an exclamation, then scratched the back of his head as if embarrassed.

 

“I secretly thought I’d get 1st place this time, but not even close.”

 

“Not at all. From what I heard, you performed admirably. You withstood a Dark Knight’s attack.”

 

“Nah. That’s nothing compared to your performance yesterday, brother. And since you made an even more amazing play than me, that’s why you keep getting 1st place, right?”

 

Theorn waved his hands dismissively as if embarrassed, but it was far from modest.

 

An adventurer who was at most level 30 withstood a Dark Knight’s attack?

 

For an ordinary adventurer of the same level, it would be impossible even if they died and came back to life.

 

He looked over Theorn’s entire body, who seemed even more reliable now.

 

‘There’s a high possibility he has a hidden job.’

 

If not, that defense power couldn’t be explained.

 

And it wasn’t just any mediocre hidden job – it was definitely top-tier among tank classes.

 

If Lucia was a top-tier healer, then Theorn was a top-tier tank.

 

Not as much as her, but it wouldn’t be bad to get close to such a job…

 

“Ah. Right. Brother! I’m gathering courage to ask you once more today! By any chance, would you be friends…”

 

“I’m sorry.”

 

But this wasn’t right.

 

He quickly bowed his head.

 

He seemed like a good person.

 

However, he was a ‘Monster Lord.’ He might become the enemy of all humanity.

 

Rashly forming bonds was dangerous.

 

Moreover, to be coldly honest, he was less necessary than Lucia and wasn’t a newbie like her.

 

His main character was a ranker belonging to a famous mercenary group.

 

The moment his identity was discovered, he couldn’t even imagine what kind of ripple effects it would cause.

 

At the cold rejection, Theorn’s naive eyes shook mercilessly like a hurt puppy.

 

“…Yes. I understand.”

 

His back turning away with drooped shoulders looked like a disappointed Golden Retriever, making him smile slightly.

 

* * *

 

While the subjugation force was taking another sweet rest.

 

Someone posted on the New World Community.

 

[The reason Kairen wasn’t visible when Theorn killed the Dark Knight]

 

I was fucking running away when I accidentally found this and immediately started recording. Still gives me fucking chills watching it again;;

 

A video attached with a provocative title that drew massive attention.

 

In it, only one man shone alone in the gloomy and damp weather.

 

Though it was in Mosaic Mode, everyone could tell it was Kairen just from the trajectory of arrows flying like lightning.

 

─Holy shit lololol Is what I just saw real?

 

─Wow… Just how many is he killing by himself?

 

─lolol Gallery users who are so stunned they’re laughing in disbelief, upvote lolol

 

└Wait, that’s a low-level player who hasn’t even hit level 30? lololol

 

└Damn, feeling the class gap hard again today…

 

Even the fierce wind from the gray sky couldn’t stop his arrows.

 

Even the mud turned to mire couldn’t catch his footwork.

 

─Wait, why is his bow shooting so fast lololol

 

─The act of shooting the bow itself is just insane lolol So damn fast for real

 

─Vision is fucked lol How did he dodge the attack from behind?

 

─Where the hell do you get that damn dog? So fucking jealous

 

─Isn’t that bird the one from the Goblin Army event? Why is it traveling with Kairen?

 

└That bird seems to be a winner’s reward too???

 

└Holy shit that’s insane;;

 

Rookie and Garuda. And Kairen.

 

An overwhelming symphony of slaughter performed by the three.

 

Hundreds of undead fell helplessly at their hands.

 

─This is honestly the truth lololol

 

─Ah, it’s not like he killed the Dark Knight, what’s the big deal about taking one blade hit instead lolol

 

─Guys, after watching this video I’m really drawn to Archer, is that normal?

 

└Yeah, up to Kairen it’s normal.

 

└Dude. Please don’t cross that line.

 

─lolol The Kairen haters who were slandering him are just spamming dislikes in frustration right?

 

└They were spouting all kinds of bullshit about bugs and corruption lolol

 

And public opinion changed in an instant.

 

Those who had mocked Kairen as a coward, deserter, and attention seeker vanished without a trace.

 

Instead, only those singing Kairen’s praises overflowed, and some couldn’t resist the Archer hype and logged into New World to create alt characters.

 

And a little while later.

 

─Fuck, how many hours did I waste because of Kairen ㅡㅡ

 

Several victims emerged.

 

* * *

 

After taking a brief rest and logging back into New World, I felt the changed atmosphere.

 

The negative gazes had disappeared like a lie, and I could feel looks mixed with favor and admiration everywhere.

 

Since I had also seen the video that heated up the community, I could guess the reason.

 

However, I felt uneasy not knowing when it was filmed.

 

During combat I was too busy to have any time to notice whether there were users around or not.

 

“Well, it should be fine.”

 

I scratched my head and sat down next to Rookie.

 

Though it was unsettling that my fighting was becoming more known, the most important Taming scenes didn’t appear.

 

No one would figure out that I was a ‘Monster Lord’ just from watching that video.

 

As I was nodding my head, Theorn approached from the distance, extremely excited.

 

“Hyuuuung-nim!!”

 

Oh my. Seeing his highly elated face made me chuckle.

 

Even a real younger brother wouldn’t approach with such emotion, would they?

 

He quickly came right up to me, flaring his nostrils as he gushed with all sorts of praise.

 

“Wow!! You’re really amazing! You don’t know how much I admired you watching that video! As expected, it’s Kairen hyung-nim!!”

 

“No. That much is…”

 

“No! It is that much! Hyung-nim! I may look like this but I’m a ranker, I’ve seen quite a few archers who are supposedly good, but they’re all nothing compared to you, hyung-nim! Wow! I really got goosebumps watching it! It was only natural that you took 1st place!”

 

His booming voice continued to ring out.

 

“Ah. And the dog and eagle were really amazing too! As expected, the ones that hyung-nim travels with…”

 

“Stop.”

 

At my firm word, Theorn covered his mouth with his own hands.

 

“I’m sorry, hyung-nim. I was just so moved that I really wanted to tell you when I saw you…”

 

Theorn smiled awkwardly and scratched his head.

 

That innocent demeanor made me chuckle again.

 

“No. Thank you for seeing it favorably.”

 

“Hehe. I can’t help but see it favorably… Ah. Right. Hyung-nim.”

 

Theorn, who was about to habitually praise again, suddenly changed his expression as if something came to mind.

 

Soon, he whispered quietly with a rather serious face.

 

“You were part of the Bow Mercenary Group, right hyung-nim?”

 

I tilted my head at the sudden mercenary group talk.

 

Why is he asking about that now?

 

Is he trying to make another annoying recruitment request?

 

When I looked puzzled, what came out of his mouth was a completely different story.

 

“The atmosphere in the Bow Mercenary Group has been unusual lately, are you okay?”

 

“Hmm?”

 

I tilted my head and raised my tone at this story I didn’t know about.

 

Unusual? What do you mean?

 

When I made a confused expression, Theorn also tilted his head.

 

“Haven’t you heard? It’s already a widespread rumor among famous mercenary groups. Ah, maybe they didn’t tell you since you’re still low level, hyung-nim. Ah, I didn’t mean to disrespect you.”

 

Theorn waved his hands as if he realized his mistake.

 

I didn’t mind and asked back.

 

“I haven’t heard anything, what’s going on?”

 

At the returned question, Theorn hesitated for a moment.

 

Should he really be the one to say this?

 

Wasn’t he being unnecessarily meddlesome in someone else’s mercenary group?

 

However, his contemplation was brief.

 

Anyway, it was already a widely spread story.

 

Hyung-nim would surely hear about it soon.

 

“Actually…”

 

* * *

 

Bandits and undead.

 

Even after overcoming two crises, various disasters still blocked the path of the subjugation force.

 

A massive earthquake split the ground, and swollen river water swept through the formation.

 

An unknown epidemic spread, and some began dying from poisoning by an unidentified deadly toxin.

 

The hardships continued, and countless people dropped out along the way.

 

When the subjugation force that had started with thousands was reduced to barely a hundred.

 

“We’ve finally arrived.”

 

Allen muttered as he looked at the old fortress shrouded in mist, emanating a faint presence.

 

As it had been used by the Ancient Empire, the fortress was massive in scale.

 

It was spacious enough for thousands to live inside, and the castle walls were as tall as Gania Castle.

 

The interior of the castle would likely be quite substantial as well.

 

Allen swallowed hard and drew his sword.

 

“Everyone, prepare for battle. This is the final fight.”

 

Finally, the end of this long subjugation was in sight.

 

Now they just had to subjugate the Minotaur here and deduce the adventurer, and everything would be over.

 

However, the massive loss of power from his fellow knights’ deaths was concerning.

 

“Dagang. Are you ready?”

 

“Don’t worry.”

 

The mage Dagang still remained.

 

If the magic he had prepared worked properly, the subjugation wouldn’t be too difficult.

 

“Everyone, kill your presence. We’re going in quietly.”

 

At the entrance of the fortress they had approached.

 

Allen spoke in a hushed voice, and everyone nodded.

 

Inside the fortress was a clearing filled with building debris and corpses.

 

However, the thick mist made visibility poor.

 

They couldn’t even tell what was right in front of them.

 

As they carefully advanced through that blurry vision, stepping over building debris and corpses.

 

Woof-! (Master Kairen!! Be careful!!)

 

Rookie, who had been walking close to Kairen’s feet, suddenly barked fiercely and blocked their path.

 

He stared ahead with all his fur standing on end.

 

“I told you to be quiet!”

 

One user, whose nerves were on edge from tension, shouted in an irritated voice.

 

Allen, who was beside Kairen, also frowned and looked with puzzled eyes.

 

But Kairen paid no attention to their reactions.

 

He knew well that Rookie’s warning was not nonsense.

 

[Master Kairen!! Above you!!]

 

Then, hearing Garuda’s warning, he raised his head faster than the others.

 

He saw something flying through the mist.

 

As soon as he confirmed the trajectory of that thing flying with fierce momentum, he threw his body and pushed Allen away.

 

CRASH!

 

Simultaneously, a giant double-bladed axe fell and shattered the spot where Allen had just been standing with a thunderous roar.

 

“Cra, crazy…”

 

“What kind of power…”

 

The users couldn’t help but be shocked as they looked at the axe with one blade deeply embedded in the ground.

 

And then, the mist cleared and the master of this place revealed itself.

 

MOOOOOOO!!

 

With an ominously glowing red moon behind it, the Minotaur howled long from atop the castle wall.

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