The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 180

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An unexpected conversation unfolded.

“What?”

“No, it flashed by so quickly I couldn’t really see it. But I saw something in the sky that wasn’t there before. Murky? Blackish? Something like that.”

“What are you talking about? There’s nothing here.”

“Don’t be an attention-seeking brat during such an important situation. Focus.”

Unsurprisingly, the viewers’ reactions were negative.

Perhaps at any other time, it might have been different.

But no one appreciated someone being oblivious and trying to stir things up during such a crucial moment.

However, the chat’s originator didn’t back down.

“No, you morons! I’m telling you, something was really falling over there!”

“Then where?!”

“All I see are the raid boss and the strategy team members. What are you talking about?”

Just as the viewers were spamming question marks, as if *he* was the frustrated one…

“Huh?”

This time, a reaction came from elsewhere.

A strategy team member standing outside the barrier, preparing for any golems that might appear, suddenly shouted.

“Gasp!”

“Loo, look up!”

At the urgent shout, everyone looked up.

That included Zerfac.

‘Up?’

With an inexplicable sense of foreboding, he gazed at the mystical sky.

A world of mixed colors, a kaleidoscope of hues.

A beautiful and dreamlike landscape, like witnessing the aurora borealis.

Within that spectacle, a single black dot was visible.

The black dot grew rapidly. Or rather, it was getting closer.

Only then could Zerfac discern what it was.

‘A… a person?’

Three dots, vaguely shaped like people, were plummeting at an alarming rate.

‘No, why are people falling from the sky?’

He didn’t know what it was, but one thing was certain.

Something incomprehensible was happening.

As he realized this, he heard the sound of wind being torn apart, and immediately after, *thud!* The view was obscured by a cloud of sand and dust.

[Verze: What’s going on? What just fell?]

[Verze: Zerfac, answer me.]

[Verze: Can’t you hear me?]

Urgent messages from Verze flooded in, prompted by the impossible phenomenon.

But Zerfac couldn’t answer right away.

‘What *is* going on?’

Zerfac couldn’t understand what was happening, so what report could he possibly give? He could only blankly wait for the dust to settle.

The dust settled quickly.

After a brief moment of only a few seconds, three figures were revealed.

Zerfac’s eyes widened, and a sharp intake of breath echoed from somewhere.

“Gasp!”

“Crazy…”

It was a very familiar face.

At the same time, it was a face that shouldn’t be there.

The man who shocked everyone.

Now, he was so famous that there was a saying: if you played God’s Game and didn’t know him, you were a spy.

The most prominent celebrity among the current Fratell users.

“Ugh, what kind of save location is the sky? That was a surprise.”

-I seriously almost had a heart attack, Master.

-Rizariza! Riza!

-I must say, this is quite perplexing.

The identities of those who had suddenly joined the Luidra raid were none other than Kaiser and his Guardians.

“Huh…”

Was it because of the unexpected arrival? Despite the presence of so many people, silence descended. Their brains hadn’t properly processed what was going on yet.

But after a moment, the users who grasped the situation burst into shouts.

“K, Kaiser!?”

“It’s Kaiser! Charlie’s here too!”

“I, it’s crazy!!”

“Waaaaah!! What the, holy sh*t!!”

No, it was closer to shock than cheers.

It was surprising that someone had suddenly fallen from the sky, but how could they *not* be shocked that it was Kaiser?

-What is it? What’s going on!

-What fell?

-Is it a surprise? What’s happening suddenly?

-Argh, this delay is killing me!

On the other hand, since it was a broadcast, the viewers who were still watching the situation from a few seconds behind due to the slight delay couldn’t help but feel frustrated.

But that was only for a moment.

The moment they saw Kaiser and the Guardians revealed as the dust settled…

-WTF, what. That was a surprise.

-What? Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Why do I see Kaiser?

-Crazy!! It’s really Kaiser!!!

-Wow, is this real? Why is Kaiser here?

-No, is it real that he fell from the sky lololololol Kaiser, was he really a god?

-Crazy lololololol This is real.

-No, isn’t there a 15-person entry limit? How did he get in there?

-How dare you. A god is descending, where do you think you’re applying human standards! There is no one who can block the path of a god…

-Kaiser? Wow, holy sh*t!!!

-I can’t understand this situation. Please explain.

The chat room was in chaos.

Kaiser’s sudden, spectacular appearance turned everything upside down.

[Viewers: 37.13 million]

Nearly 37 million people were chatting, and the chat room was a festival of question marks.

-No, stop chatting so much. We’re going to get kicked out!

-Not chat in this situation? How do you do that!

-Crazy, crazy, crazy, crazy. Really freaking crazy!!

-Wow, I’m so jealous of the strategy team watching this live!!! If I didn’t have to poop urgently, argh!

-Kaiser vs Named Hidden Raid Boss vs Hero Guild? The lineup is insane… My heart is pounding.

-Ah, I should have prepared ten diapers instead of five…

-lololololol So much fun lolololol I wonder what Verze’s expression is like.

-No, so what’s going on? How is that even possible? Someone explain.

The chats were rising so fast that it was hard to see properly even with both eyes open.

In this chaotic situation…

The man who straightened his back while receiving everyone’s attention, Dohyun, blinked a few times.

“…?”

Then he slowly looked around and frowned, muttering softly.

“…What the hell is going on?”

He definitely used the 이동 [Idong – Korean for ‘movement’] Scroll to move to the Hidden Raid Boss’s habitat.

Dohyun couldn’t understand why there were so many people and why they were all looking at him.

‘Isn’t that the Hero Guild’s mark? Is that Roidra…? What’s going on? Are they already attacking? No, but isn’t this supposed to be a Hidden Raid Boss?’

Dohyun, as confused as they were, was busy spitting out questions when suddenly-

Ding-

Messages popped up before he could even understand the situation.

[Exceeded the maximum number of participants.]

[The Savior of the Forgotten Spirits and the Apostle of Prophecy have encountered Roidra together.]

[Hidden conditions have been met.]

[Hidden Phase is activated.]

[Hidden Raid Boss, ‘Horrific Nightmare Roidra,’ is upgraded to ‘Nightmare Dominator Roidra’.]

[Traits ‘Dream Room’ and ‘Nightmare Room’ are changed to ‘Dream Dominator’ and ‘Nightmare Master’.]

[Roidra forcibly summoned its true power without fully recovering.]

[Health drops to 30%.]

[The maximum entry limit is increased to 18 people.]

“Huh?”

-Huh?

-Riza……?

…I don’t know what’s going on, but one thing was clear.

Something seemed to be going seriously wrong.

* * *

[Hidden Phase is activated.]

“What? What phase?”

“What suddenly…!”

Zerpak and his crew, who had been spaced out by the sudden notification, shouted in surprise.

What was this nonsense out of nowhere?

They even wished they had misread, but Roidra, whom they stared at in horror, was clearly different from before.

[I see. So you weren’t just insignificant humans. You dare to disturb the eternal slumber that I have bestowed. May you be submerged in a terrible nightmare!]

A message popped up at the same time as Roidra’s clearer roar.

[The ‘Dream Room’ where player ‘Glide’ is located is transformed into ‘Dream Paradise’.]

And almost simultaneously, a scream-like whisper was heard.

-Aaaagh!! What is this! Sa, save me……. Keuheok!! Kkuaaak!

Swish- Thud- Pukpukpuk! Kieeek!

“What’s wrong, what’s going on! What’s happening?”

-Kkuaaaak!

It was Glide in the Dream Paradise.

Unaware of the situation outside, he was caught off guard while performing his mission.

They were curious and horrified about how the Dream Room had changed to elicit such a reaction.

Several seconds after the screams were heard.

A line of notification popped up as the continuous screams subsided.

[Player ‘Glide’ has died.]

“Crazy……”

A skilled executive had died in just a few seconds.

Even considering that his health would have been greatly reduced due to the nature of the mission to obtain the essence of dreams, it was beyond common sense.

Not only that.

[Hidden Raid Boss, ‘Nightmare Dominator Roidra,’ is enraged.]

[Be careful of indiscriminate rampages.]

Kya ha ha ha ha!!!

Roidra was sweeping through her comrades, wielding a scythe that had doubled in size.

“Aaaagh! What is this! There was nothing like this last time!!”

“Ru, run away!”

“No, block it! Running away won’t change anything. Block it… Uh? Keuheok!”

Those who tried to run away and those who tried to block.

The formation collapsed due to the unexpected situation, and to make matters worse, those who blocked with rational judgment were tragically blown away and slammed into the wall.

The power far exceeded expectations.

-Hidden Phase is crazy lololololol

-FuXX ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ [Laughing sounds in Korean]

-What is this? I don’t understand anything.

-How long has the raid started, and I’m already dizzy.

-No, what is it? What’s going on right now? Can we catch that?

-I don’t know. Something’s……. Something’s happening.

Of course, the chat room was a mess.

-What’s going to happen to Verze lolololol Our dating sim guy is going to be ruined again with Kaiser.

-But didn’t Kaiser cross the line here?

-Looking at the messages, it seems like they met while doing quests on different routes, so isn’t that not necessarily the case?

-Frankly speaking, it’s not like Kaiser said he would participate in the strategy team and then backstabbed them.

-So, was the quest that Kaiser was doing also the Roidra quest? Isn’t this much of a coincidence fate?

-Is that so…? Still, the Hero Guild must be dying of jealousy.

-What does that matter? It’s super fun for us to watch!

It was completely turned upside down by the series of events that were hard to see again.

[Number of viewers: 53.14 million]

Did some rumor spread?

Viewers were pouring in like crazy from somewhere.

It had already exceeded 50 million, and so many chats were coming up that it was impossible to tell whether they were in a foreign language or Korean.

Thanks to that, Zerpak was going crazy.

‘No, what is this?’

It was a raid that started with all the attention, but what the hell was this commotion?

There was no such thing as this kind of bad luck in the world.

This was too much.

[Verze: What is this situation! What is this Hidden Phase!? What does that mean!]

[Verze: No, before that, why is that man appearing from the sky! Why! Why is it that man again!]

[Verze: Aaaaargh!!!!]

The master’s urging didn’t leave his ears, even though he was already out of his mind.

Later, he couldn’t even speak, and only screams full of anger were heard.

Zerpak looked around, listening to the screams.

[Power……. Power is overflowing……! You dare to liberate me from my paradise without fear, may you be submerged in an eternal nightmare!!! Kya ha ha ha ha!!]

Whoo-oong- Whoo-oong! Swish!

“Aaaagh! What is this!”

“Don’t block it! If you get grazed, it’s a fatal wound, avoid it at all costs!”

“Someone cut off the pattern!”

“How can you cut that off, you idiot!”

The seductive atmosphere was gone, and Roidra was running wild like a madwoman.

The appearance of moving like a machine, showing off his expert force, was gone, and his colleagues were busy running away in a desperate state.

“Wow! Awesome!”

“Super fun!! Where’s the popcorn! Bring the popcorn!”

“No, shouldn’t we not fail the strategy?”

“Who cares! We’ve already completed all the quests!”

The former strategy team members, who had become spectators, were completely immersed in the spectacle and cheered.