The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 59

59.

Is this a god, or a thug?

His personality was so dubious and questionable that Dohyun couldn’t hide his bewilderment.

‘Is the game company really out of its mind?’

Dohyun had experienced his fair share of things in Demlock with his divinely forsaken luck, but this time, he couldn’t help but feel the absurdity bubbling up inside him.

The balance was already a mess, but this was just ridiculous.

Frankly, Dohyun was only able to pass because of who he was; if an ordinary user had obtained this class, they would have had to return it as soon as they graduated from Raven.

Dohyun’s stats and other conditions were simply beyond what should have been possible in this section.

He didn’t know what level Kasiyar wanted, but if you didn’t meet it, you would lose the class powerlessly without being able to do anything.

‘Or maybe that’s what they were aiming for?’

To prevent just anyone from easily inheriting it…….

……No, no matter how rationally he tried to think about it, he couldn’t help but curse.

Dohyun sighed inwardly and calmed his excited mind.

‘Either way, I cleared it.’

The inheritance conditions were terrible, to say the least, but Dohyun passed fair and square.

He had made the right choice again.

Some might say it’s just hindsight, but if you get a good result, isn’t that the right choice?

[To carry on my will, you must be at least this good. And…….]

Whether Dohyun did or not, Kasiyar, who had decided people’s fates as easily as swatting flies, didn’t seem to care much.

His gaze turned to Dohyun’s side.

[I don’t know what trick you used to control those guys, but there must be a reason.]

‘Those guys?’

Following his gaze, he looked to the side and saw Jihad blinking blankly and Eliza poking his cheek.

[They’re not the type to follow just anyone.]

‘Is he talking about Eliza and Jihad?’

Jihad was being treated like a porter now, but his identity was shrouded in secrecy, so that was one thing… but it was unexpected that he was lumping Eliza in with him.

But thinking about it, it made sense.

A spider that parasitizes field bosses and hasn’t reached adulthood even after 150 years.

It was clear that she was no ordinary spider.

The fact that he recognized that at once…….

‘Could it be?’

With a hint of anticipation, Dohyun opened his mouth.

“Do you know their identities?”

[What? Of course, I know. Don’t tell me you’ve been dragging them around without knowing who they are?]

“……It just happened.”

[Wow, what kind of guy is this? Is it luck or skill…… Anyway, some people are just destined to be.]

Do gods these days even know words like ‘destined’?

No, it was even more amazing that G.O.S.E. had the same abbreviation.

But why?

It seemed like Kasiyar’s face darkened for a moment.

But it was only for a moment, and he quickly returned to his original indifferent face and showed an interesting look.

[It doesn’t seem to be an adult yet…… and this one seems to have just started walking, but the strength I feel is more than that.]

Muttering to himself, Kasiyar raised the corners of his lips.

[I’ve met an interesting successor. It’ll be fun to watch.]

With his sculpture-like face, it looked like a pictorial just by doing that.

‘Wow…… so that’s why looks are important.’

Even his voice was a pleasant baritone, so even as a man, he had an incredible aura.

Despite his thug-like personality, he still had that image…….

There was a reason why lookism existed.

If Kasiyar was a user, wouldn’t the Hero Guild’s popularity be cut in half?

‘Ah, that’s not it.’

Dohyun, who belatedly came to his senses from admiring him, was about to ask what he was curious about.

“Then…….”

[What are the identities of the things you’re dragging around?]

“Ah, yes.”

Kasiyar, who somehow knew and cut him off, chuckled.

[It wouldn’t be fun if I told you. Find out for yourself. Isn’t that the attitude a master should have?]

“…….”

He was annoying, but he was the man called the God of Combat.

It would be a loss to argue with him.

He might even make him return the class.

‘……It’s possible enough.’

It was ridiculous, but Kasiyar, who he had talked to for a short time, was capable of doing that.

Anyway, that’s the introduction.

Floating down from the box, Kasiyar landed on the floor and slowly approached.

He was even bigger up close, but Dohyun was more focused on what Kasiyar said.

[I’ve taken up too much time. I don’t have time, so I’ll talk quickly.]

It was finally time for the main topic, Dohyun’s class quest.

* * *

The story wasn’t long.

It was so short that he wondered if it could be this short.

[You see the box behind me? There’s my relic inside. It contains my authority, so it’ll be useful.]

First, a brief explanation of the box’s identity.

Without giving him a chance to take his eyes off it, Kasiyar continued.

[Brion, there’s someone who will come to you there. Get the details from him.]

After saying that, he gestured to the box.

[If you understand, move quickly. Time’s running out.]

Dohyun understood his meaning and immediately approached the box.

As he said, there was something in the box.

A short, 60cm-long, moderately thick old staff. No, he wasn’t sure if he could even call it a staff with its ambiguous shape.

‘This is a relic?’

God’s relics are usually special items that contain the life of the god.

It didn’t have to be grand, even a simple iron ax from the God of Honest Axes would be fine, but this was too shabby.

All the expectations he had with the high risk, high return were fading away.

‘No, this can’t be the end.’

Just in case there was something hidden, he turned the box upside down and shook it, but nothing came out.

[Pick it up quickly. I don’t have time.]

“Ah, yes.”

Kasiyar frowned, annoyed by Dohyun’s daze.

He instinctively grabbed the staff, feeling like he would lose even this if he didn’t, and a system window popped up.

[You have acquired the God of Combat Kasiyar’s relic, Thousand Transformations.]

[Kasiyar’s will is about to disappear.]

As Dohyun’s eyes were drawn to the surprisingly plausible name, Kasiyar clapped his hands.

Thanks to that, the moment he looked back at Kasiyar without even having time to focus on the relic.

“??”

Dohyun was embarrassed.

Whoosh-.

“What is this……!?”

And it wasn’t just Dohyun.

Jihad and Eliza, who had been watching from behind, also jumped.

-Heeik!? What’s with the magic circle all of a sudden!

-Lizariza!

It was because a large magic circle was suddenly drawn on the floor.

It didn’t just end on the floor.

The magic circle, which had grown endlessly, was drawn on the walls and even the ceiling, engraved throughout the entire space. It wasn’t a trap or an ambush.

[What are you so surprised about? Have you never seen magic before?]

The culprit of all this was Kasiyar, who was holding his hand on the floor.

The light around his palm was getting stronger and stronger.

As befitting his title of All-Master, he possessed tremendous magic power. Jihad was even more shocked than Dohyun.

-This is space transition!?

-Liza……!

-What unbelievable magic power…… The purity is insane!

“Space transition?”

Dohyun was also surprised by that.

Space transition.

It was a magic that literally transferred the entire space to a desired location, and it was the pinnacle of space magic.

‘If I had this, the siege would have been over…….’

Not only that.

Even in raids where escape was impossible, space transition made it possible to escape.

Moreover, the moment it was activated, it could transfer the target without their consent as long as they were within range, so its versatility was endless.

A skill that was worthy of the legendary title!

It wasn’t strange that Kasiyar, who was an All-Master, was using it, but what surprised Dohyun was the casting speed.

[Space transition has been activated.]

[You will be moved shortly.]

[5…….]

‘What speed is this…….’

Usually, space transition takes at least a minute.

It also requires a tremendous amount of mana and has the disadvantage of not being able to move during that time.

But Kasiyar activated the magic in just a few seconds.

[Tsk, it took too long because it’s not the main body.]

‘This……?’

Kasiyar clicked his tongue, as if even that wasn’t satisfactory.

Just as he was thinking that he was indeed the God of Combat, Kasiyar’s voice was heard beyond the increasingly intense light.

[Hey, now that I think about it, I didn’t hear your name. What’s your name?]

“……Kaiser.”

[Kaiser…… I see. I’m Kasiyar.]

Now even his face was covered in light, making it hard to even open his eyes.

[3…….]

[2…….]

Instead of looking at the system window, he was figuring out the remaining time with the sound.

[See you next time, Kaiser. Maybe then I’ll be able to wi…….]

[1…….]

As the light exploded and covered his vision and disturbed his ears.

Dohyun suddenly thought.

‘Huh? But why is he using space transition?’

When graduating and moving to the next continent, everyone without exception takes a warp [teleportation].

You can’t move with space transition like this, and no one does that.

In other words, Dohyun was being subjected to a space transition to an unknown location, not a safe warp.

[……ting.]

“Ah…….”

Listening to the short words, Dohyun sincerely thought.

He was very uneasy.

[The promised time has passed, and Kasiyar’s will disappears.]

[You will be moved due to space transition.]

With that, the figures of the three, including Dohyun, flickered.

Kasiyar, who was slowly losing his form, looked at the empty space of the three.

[Maybe…… it might be different this time.]

His expression was somehow subtle.

He closed his eyes tightly and disappeared into powder, and the egg incubator had returned to its previous state, with no trace of anything.

* * *

Meanwhile, when Dohyun was encountering Kasiyar’s will.

G.O.S.E. was in an uproar.

The first to react was the western forest of Raven.

[The field boss ‘Spider Queen Eliza’, ruler of the western forest, has been defeated.]

“What?”

“What the f*ck, what is this?”

“The boss didn’t even come out, what are you defeating!”

It was already absurd that the boss had disappeared, but now the boss was dead?

It was nothing but mockery, and they couldn’t accept it.

It was only natural that they protested.

“Contact the game company right now!”

“But what will change if we contact them? They don’t send any answers.”

“……Damn it, are there any guys who took videos? Let’s spread it on Newtube [a fictional video platform] or something!”

“This is the first time in my life that I’ve experienced such a bug in G.O.S.E. Did the artificial intelligence go on vacation?”

The murmuring grew louder and louder, and some were contacting someone through communication orbs.

“Yes, Vice Guild Master. It’s true. The boss suddenly disappeared and was defeated.”

-What are you talking about? Does that make sense? Are you slacking off somewhere again?

“Ah, I’m so frustrated, really. I’ll send you the video.”

Various users, from medium-sized guilds to large guilds, were reporting the news to the guild.

But their voices had no choice but to stop at a certain moment.

[The ranking of the 1st trial has been changed.]

“Huh?”

“What, what is this?”

“The ranking has changed?”

It was because a message appeared in front of them.

Raven’s ranking, which recorded up to 1000th place, didn’t change often, but it sometimes changed, so it wasn’t uncommon.

But if it’s at this point in time, the story is different.

“How can it change when the boss is gone?”

“You have to catch it to change the ranking.”

How can the ranking change when the field boss, which is the graduation quest, is gone?

With that, everyone checked the rankings with one mind.

And curses erupted.

“Sh*t!?”

“Crazy……!”

It was rare for so many different people to curse with one mind.

Even those who were filming were cursing coolly.

But they had no choice.

[1st Trial Ranking]

-1st place: Kaiser S rank [1,471 points]

-2nd place: Annihilation A- rank [713 points]

-3rd place: ??? A- rank [709 points]

…….

-7th place: Cheonma B+ rank [649 points]

-8th place: Arthur B+ rank [641 points]

-9th place: Slayer B+ rank [628 points]

-10th place: Verze B+ rank [612 points]

“No, what is this? Why is the ranking like this!?”

“What, am I seeing things wrong right now?”

That’s how ridiculous it was.