The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 52

52.

[Acquired ‘Rising Dragon Kick’.]

[Rising Dragon Kick]

-Rank: Rare

-Restriction: Martial Artist Class

-Description: A kicking technique that channels the energy of a dragon to launch high into the air.

It doesn’t actually channel the energy of a dragon, but the phenomenon of a dragon appearing upon activation led to the name Rising Dragon Kick.

-Effect: Deals powerful damage upon impact and can be applied to all parts of the leg.

-Cooldown: 21 seconds

‘Oh?’

Dohyun’s eyes sparkled.

Dohyun was very familiar with this skill.

The Rising Dragon Kick was a popular skill among martial artists.

It was gaining popularity due to its decent power, versatile application, and cool visual effects.

‘Nice.’

Dohyun had been secretly envious of the flashy martial artist skills, which were quite different from a swordsman’s techniques.

More than anything, martial arts skills would be very useful for Dohyun, who was actively engaging in close combat using his body without relying solely on his sword.

‘Alright, let’s ride this momentum and draw one more time!’

Dohyun, now excited, immediately used the remaining skill draw tickets.

Dohyun chuckled at the ten cards that appeared, emitting streaks of silver light as before.

This time, there were only two silver cards, not even three.

‘The probability shenanigans are still going strong.’

What kind of incredible luck do those players who overcome these rigged odds and draw Heroic or Legendary skills possess?

Dohyun, lost in these thoughts, drew a card.

With only two cards, there wasn’t much to deliberate over.

Ting-.

“Huh?”

However, the moment the skill card appeared, Dohyun paused, surprised.

[Acquired ‘Striking’.]

[Striking]

-Rank: Rare

-Restriction: Buffer Class

-Description: A buff that imbues the target with strong power for a certain period of time.

It is the most basic and practical magic that all buffers can use.

-Effect: When used on a target, it increases physical attack power by +40 by enhancing physical abilities for 40 seconds.

-Cooldown: 40 seconds

‘A buffer skill?’

A skill from a completely unexpected class had appeared.

Moreover, it was Striking, a buff skill that all buffers should learn as a fundamental skill.

It could only be applied to one person at a time, and although it was useful in the early stages, it showed slightly disappointing performance in the later stages, but almost all damage dealers hoped to receive this buff.

‘Because you can focus on buffing one person.’

Also known as the 444 buff [a reference to its stats: +40 attack for 40 seconds, 40-second cooldown].

A buff that increases attack power by 40 for 40 seconds with a 40-second cooldown.

There was no buff with better sustain for focusing on enhancing a single player, and receiving this buff implicitly proved that you were the ace of the team.

It was a skill desired more for its prestige than its raw performance.

‘That doesn’t necessarily mean the performance is bad either.’

It could be considered quite good.

This level of performance for a Rare skill was excellent, and the talk about it being disappointing in the later stages only applied when looking at the skill in isolation.

A Striking buff from an excellent buffer with sufficient buff-enhancing equipment or skills boasted tremendous power.

Rather, in terms of providing uninterrupted buffs, it could be seen as the core skill of a buffer.

‘My Striking probably isn’t like that though…….’

I’m just satisfied that I got Striking at this low level.

An attack power of 40 in the current stage of the game was by no means a small number. It was enough to allow me to deal greatsword damage while wielding a same-level rapier.

“Sweet.”

I was worried that some strange class skill would appear because I’m an All-Master, but thankfully, all useful skills came out.

Dohyun, relieved, was about to leave the field but stopped.

[Would you like to harvest the essence orb of the hidden field boss, ‘Goblin Great Warrior Karuk’?]

“I can’t forget this.”

There were still unconfirmed rewards left.

Moreover, it was a total collection essence orb with a guaranteed equipment item and a 30% increase in drop rate!

Dohyun reached out for the final reward before leaving.

* * *

Kireuk. Kireureuk.

In the middle of the western forest.

Dohyun, who had been walking blankly out of the warriors’ habitat for a long time, stopped for the first time.

Then, he stared blankly at the air as if frozen…….

“Kya…….”

He exclaimed in admiration.

Then, he walked a few more steps, stopped again…….

“Keuh…….”

Users wandering through the forest whispered at the sight of Dohyun repeatedly exclaiming in admiration.

“What’s wrong with that guy? Why is he acting like that?”

“I don’t know…… There are always weird people in God of Second Earth. It’s troublesome to get involved, so let’s just pretend we don’t see him and pass by.”

“Tsk tsk…… I knew something was off about him traveling alone.”

“But who’s that kid next to him? Is it kidnapping…….”

“Shh. What kidnapping in a game? That’s too much.”

“Ah, is that so? Let’s avoid him for now, just in case we get into a fight for talking nonsense.”

To them, Dohyun didn’t seem normal no matter how they looked at him.

They seemed to be whispering quietly, but people’s hearing is usually good at catching insults, even if they can’t hear other sounds.

Dohyun heard everything very clearly, and so did Jihad next to him.

-Hmm, those humans have good eyes.

Jihad strongly agreed with their opinion.

Even Jihad thought his master looked like a madman.

They only saw it for a moment, but Jihad had to watch this the whole time while walking from the warriors’ habitat.

-Master, I’m sometimes very scared of you.

“You too? I’m also afraid of myself. How far am I going to go like this…… Keuheuh.”

-…….

Jihad was sincerely grateful at this moment that his robe had a magic that interfered with facial recognition.

Dohyun was being seen as a crazy person, but Dohyun couldn’t help it.

[Karuk’s Red and Blue Leather Top]

[Rank: Heroic]

[Description: A top made from the leather of the great Goblin Great Warrior Karuk.

Karuk, who came from the Red and Blue tribes, possesses the characteristics of both tribes. As a top made from the leather of Karuk, who has lived for over a hundred years, it is very durable.]

[Level Restriction: 24]

[Equipment Restriction: None]

[Physical Defense: 94]

[Magic Resistance: 75]

-Strength + 2

-Agility + 1

-Sense + 1

-Stamina + 2

[Special Option: Recovers 3% of maximum health when defeating a monster.]

[Special Option: 40% chance to prevent knockback when knocked back.]

[Karuk’s Red and Blue Leather Bottoms]

[Rank: Heroic]

[Description: Bottoms made from the leather of the great Goblin Great Warrior Karuk.

Karuk, who came from the Red and Blue tribes, possesses the characteristics of both tribes. As bottoms made from the leather of Karuk, who has lived for over a hundred years, it is very durable.]

[Level Restriction: 24]

[Equipment Restriction: None]

[Physical Defense: 90]

[Magic Resistance: 70]

-Strength + 2

-Agility + 1

-Stamina + 3

[Special Option: Recovers 3% of maximum health when defeating a monster.]

[Special Option: Defense increases with each physical attack received, up to 6 stacks. Stacks are reset if no attacks are received within 15 seconds.]

[Karuk’s Red and Blue Leather Shoulder Pads]

[Rank: Rare+]

[Description: Shoulder pads made from the leather of the great Goblin Great Warrior Karuk.

Karuk, who came from the Red and Blue tribes, possesses the characteristics of both tribes. As shoulder pads made from the leather of Karuk, who has lived for over a hundred years, it is very durable.]

[Level Restriction: 24]

[Equipment Restriction: None]

[Physical Defense: 80]

[Magic Resistance: 64]

-Agility + 2

-Stamina + 2

-Health Recovery Speed + 5%

[Karuk’s Essence Ring]

[Rank: Heroic]

[Description: A ring containing the essence of the great Goblin Great Warrior Karuk.

Karuk never stepped down from his position after reaching the rank of great warrior. The ring, imbued with Karuk’s energy for over a hundred years, possesses special abilities.]

[Level Restriction: 24]

[Equipment Restriction: Warrior Class]

[Physical Defense: 101]

[Magic Resistance: 91]

-Strength + 3

-Stamina + 3

-HP + 400

[Special Option: When HP drops below 1%, a shield that blocks 15% of maximum health damage is created for 5 seconds. (Cooldown: 2 hours)]

“Keu…….”

The items finally obtained after catching Karuk this time.

I couldn’t help but admire the brilliantly shining ranks.

Not to mention the top and bottom set obtained as a reward for the enhanced sudden quest, the performance of the shoulder pads and ring harvested from the essence orb was also no joke.

Among them, the most noticeable were the top and the ring.

‘Knockback defense and a shield…… I got something amazing.’

Dohyun has a Heroic trait that prevents all kinds of status ailments.

However, the description of the Heroic trait, which seems to show fraudulent performance that will block everything, only states that it blocks mental contamination.

Then what about physical status ailments such as bleeding or knockback?

‘I probably can’t block them.’

God of Second Earth, like Demonic, requires considerable attention to the text when explaining something.

The fact that they specifically chose the word mental contamination means that it is reasonable to assume that it only blocks mental status ailments.

Although it is a probability, how could I not welcome something that blocks one of Dohyun’s major weaknesses?

‘Knockback is quite annoying too.’

Especially when fighting tanks, especially paladin classes, there were so many push skills.

In severe cases, they couldn’t even approach, so martial artist classes couldn’t even fight paladins.

There are many bosses with such push skills when going to higher-level content…….

It was equally annoying for Dohyun, who is based on melee, but I could rest a little easier knowing that there was at least one protection option.

‘The ring is still a scam [meaning ‘amazing’ or ‘broken’ in a gaming context].’

However, even that top was nothing compared to the ring’s shield.

It was a conditional ability that only activated when health dropped below 1% with a whopping 2-hour cooldown.

In other words, it only activated when faced with death, but it was a good option enough to fully compensate for that.

It was a skill that could block one of the opponent’s powerful techniques for free and counterattack.

To exaggerate a little, it was like earning another life.

‘Of course, it’s useless if more damage comes in than that…….’

In particular, non-tank classes generally don’t have high maximum health, so there were many cases where people got into big trouble after trusting it and acting recklessly.

Still, the shield option, which could be an extra life, was in high demand.

As death penalties are important in the game, options that could reduce them were very rare and precious.

And it didn’t end there.

[Red and Blue Great Warrior Set Option]

-3set: Range + 10% when performing a downward strike, Damage + 6.5% when performing a melee attack, All stats + 4

‘Kya~.’

A set option that makes you feel like you’re drinking a can of carbonated drink [a metaphor for feeling refreshed and invigorated].

This was the power of the Heroic set option, which is created by equipping three Heroic-grade equipment.

I couldn’t help but admire the options that increased range and damage, even if conditionally, and increased all stats by 4.

[Warrior Set has been unequipped.]

[Red and Blue Great Warrior Set option has been equipped.]

[Bastard’s Training Sword has been equipped.]