The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 299

299.

└Wow, look at those moves, crazy… Damian can’t land a single hit. Considering the stat difference, even one solid hit should win it for him.

└Empress is so cool lol. Her entrance is a massacre, so awesome.

└Take me, Empress!

└What, was Swordsman always this good at fighting?

└That Legion Commander is insane… Is this difficulty for real? How did they actually beat this?

└That parrying is totally OP lol. What was that instant-kill parry at the end? Is that even a skill?

└Ah, damn it, here come the trolls again.

└No Swordsman allowed in parties for a while. You’ll be screwed.

The reaction was explosive.

Comments flooded every video in sequence, and the view counts soared at an unbelievable rate.

You could see tens of thousands of views added with each refresh.

Initially, the views increased by 10,000, but now they were jumping by 100,000, as if gaining momentum.

‘Crazy… Is this speed even possible?’

Even the Forgotten Tomb video, which hit a billion views, wasn’t this fast.

This was at least twice as fast.

At this rate, hitting ten million views today didn’t seem impossible.

‘Is it going to hit twenty million at this rate?’

Considering that the Forgotten Tomb achievement was just as significant, this was puzzling, but soon, he understood why.

└I heard a spot in the top 10 guilds is opening up because of this?

└Kaiser, the man who destroys even the top 10 guilds, is he a god?

└He’s seriously awesome. The ambition to crush anyone, even a top 10 guild, if they mess with him.

└He’s doing in reality what ordinary people only imagine. (laughing sounds) [Korean slang for ‘lol’]

└Ah, if you touch a god, you must die~

└The top 10 guilds had built up their position over time, but this incident will shake their standing significantly?

└True. Until now, they felt like an unshakeable absolute power, but now it seems like they’re just people after all.

The top 10 guilds’ reputation in GoS [Game of Soldiers] was absolute.

It was to the point where people said the top 10 guilds were GoS, and GoS was the top 10 guilds, so this was natural.

With three of those top 10 guilds about to have vacancies, the impact was enormous.

‘Honestly, the Legion Commander raid was harder.’

Ironically, the Legion Commander raid, which was so difficult to complete, was only a minor factor.

The focus was on the defeat of the top 10 guilds.

‘Hmm. I guess I did fight well.’

Perhaps it was because he was so focused due to the danger at the time, but even watching the video, there was nothing to criticize.

It was the textbook example of how to fight a tank in PVP [Player versus Player combat].

Everything that was only theory, often called ‘keyboard warrior’ talk, was shown in practice, so it was natural.

└He’s good, but it seems like he only won because it was Damian?

└True, Kaiser is a tank counter. The matchup was bad. If he fought Arthur or Leon, who knows.

└Agreed.

Of course, there were negative comments mixed in, but these comments underwent an amazing transformation the moment the Legion Commander video was released.

└Kaiser’s one-man show (laughing sounds) [Korean slang for ‘lol’]

└Wow, that control is insane. Is that even the same person? There’s no wasted movement.

└He’s taking all the aggro, so what? Fight Arthur and maybe? Come on, Arthur was just a sidekick.

└Raids and PVP are different, idiot. He’s playing both tank and dealer roles, so of course his score will be high.

It was thanks to his great performance against the Legion Commander.

There were still those who argued, but the comments were coming in so fast that they didn’t have much effect.

Then, a few comments caught Dohyun’s eye.

└I wonder what the other top 10 guilds’ reactions are.

└Well… they must be furious?

└Are they going to start another war?

‘I’m curious about that too.’

It wasn’t just stirring up a hornet’s nest; it was half-destroying it.

It wouldn’t be strange if they came for revenge, full of anger, but the current situation was somewhat strange.

└I don’t know about later, but it doesn’t seem like they will right now. They’d get ganged up on if they did.

└Leonne, Cheonoecheon, and Aegis are already at war with large guilds led by Myeolsal, and you’re saying the other top 10 guilds will join in? They’ll all self-destruct (laughing sounds) [Korean slang for ‘lol’]

└True (laughing sounds) [Korean slang for ‘lol’]

└I’m curious about Myeolsal’s reaction, but he doesn’t do interviews…

└They have to focus on the war, who cares about this.

└Wow, this is exciting. The Holy War is over, and now Myeolsal is at war.

└What Holy War?

└Kaiser, he’s a god. A god waged war, so it’s a Holy War.

└Ah… I can feel the increase in the number of Kaiser followers;;

‘Myeolsal and their war…’

Myeolsal.

The man who was ranked 2nd in Demonic Realm.

Dohyun didn’t know much about him either.

He wasn’t the type to cause trouble, so Dohyun had never had a conflict with him, and there was no situation to fight.

Perhaps that’s why Myeolsal was almost the only one he hadn’t fought in Demonic Realm.

‘I heard he’s much stronger now, I’m curious.’

There seems to be someone called the Death King, but he’s someone Dohyun hasn’t seen in Demonic Realm, and there’s so little known about him that he can’t figure anything out.

But considering he’s recognized as an unprecedented necromancer, he can’t be weak.

‘Someday, I’ll clash with them too.’

Maybe they’ll meet soon.

Dohyun was planning to run straight ahead, and if he cleared the main quests, he would eventually have to clash with them.

He had no intention of avoiding it.

He was now building up the specs to do so.

Of course, he was still far behind his companions in terms of specs, so he was lacking.

‘I have the advantage in raids, but I’m not ready for one-on-one fights yet.’

Especially Empress and Swordsman, who are so outstanding that it would almost certainly be a defeat.

But that’s only a matter of time.

He’s come this far in just a few months, so what if he had more time?

‘I can definitely catch up.’

In that sense, it would be perfect if the 1st Prince showed up.

Getting the fragment of fate would greatly increase his stats.

Even if the 1st Prince wasn’t the mole, it would naturally mean the 2nd Prince was.

Anyway, that’s something he’ll find out in due time.

[Kim Doohyung: The video is up!!]

[Kwak Jaeyeol: I prepared five diapers. Let’s meet up later.]

[Yoo Jonghyun: Will five be enough? You need to bring ten to see a god.]

[Kim Hyuns: lololol]

‘Sigh, what should I say when I meet those guys?’

His friends must be busy watching the video because he hasn’t received any more KakaoTalk messages since then, but he can’t get used to their reactions.

It’s not just that he feels disgusted, but he’s becoming more and more afraid of the aftermath.

He needs to meet them sometime, but he doesn’t have the confidence to see them acting like that in front of him.

‘Hmm.’

Dohyun, who had been imagining his friends praising him to his face, came to a serious conclusion.

It would be better for his well-being to avoid meeting them for the time being.

‘I don’t know. Let’s eat first.’

Was it because he edited without eating?

His stomach clock was clamoring for food, so Dohyun got up.

He opened the door and came out.

“Huh?”

“Hmm?”

He made eye contact with a familiar face he hadn’t seen in a while.

It was Hyuna, sitting on the sofa with her back against it, wearing casual clothes.

A chilling silence, as if even breathing had stopped, filled the living room.

-Why! Why doesn’t it work!

Whoosh- Whoosh-!

What broke the silence was the sound of Hyuna’s phone and her face turning pale in real time.

“H, Hyaaah!!!!”

“Oh geez, you scared me! Why are you screaming?”

And following that was Hyuna’s scream.

Dohyun recoiled from the high-pitched shriek that would make a pterodactyl jealous, but Hyuna was one step ahead.

“Kyaaa! No! That’s not it!”

She dropped her phone, startled as if she had seen a ghost, and ran away without looking back.

The entire process took less than five seconds.

“What? Why is that crazy b*tch acting up again?”

He knew she wasn’t normal, but not to this extent.

It seems her condition has gotten worse since he came out as Kaiser.

Even though they haven’t run into each other lately because he’s been busy, why is she acting like she’s seeing a ghost?

“What the heck was she doing to act like that?”

Dohyun couldn’t help but wonder.

Coincidentally, the phone Hyuna dropped was on the floor with a video playing.

The video that appeared was one that Dohyun knew well.

-Why did it turn out like this when everything was in your favor?

-Because you’re weaker. What other reason could there be? If I were weaker, I would be in that position.

-If you were going to crush someone, you should have been prepared to be crushed in return.

That’s because…

“This is… my video?”

It was the latter part of the War (2) video that he had uploaded from his room earlier.

In the video, Dohyun, wearing a black rain mask, was muttering in a cold voice to Damian, who was kneeling with a blank expression.

Dohyun turned up the volume a little.

-I think you broke the unspoken rule?

-I’m looking forward to it. To see what your future holds.

-Kaiser, you son of a b*tch…!

“Wow, seeing it like this, his blank expression is quite a sight.”

It even made him think he was pathetic.

He chuckled at that, and perhaps the sound of the video reached beyond the room.

“Kyaaaa! What are you doing now! Did you touch my phone? Why are you watching that!!!”

Suddenly, a dolphin shout that surpassed Ailee’s three-octave high notes burst through the door.

The sound of stomping and jumping could also be heard.

“Were you watching my video?”

“A friend kept sending me the link, so I just went in for a second… Anyway, it’s not me! Why would I watch your video!”

“Aaaaargh!!!!”

Is this what it means to die of shame?

It seemed like he should stop here before he got reported for noise between floors.

Even when he first came out, he was secretly worried that they would become awkward, but it seems like it was an unnecessary worry.

Dohyun shook his head, listening to the sound of her hitting the pillow and groaning.

“Sigh, it’s going to be tiring for a while.”

A faint smile appeared on Dohyun’s face as he said that.

* * *

And the next day.

Dohyun’s prediction that it would be tiring for a while was accurate.

The first start to those tiring days was at breakfast.

“Kids, come eat!”

It was a weekend, so his mother, Chaemiseok, Hyuna, and Dohyun were having breakfast together when Chaemiseok made an unimaginable statement.

“Oh, right. Do you guys know someone named Kaiser?”

“Pfft!!!”

“Oh my! What are you doing so dirty at the table!”

Hyuna, who never imagined that the word Kaiser would come out of her mother’s mouth, spat out what she was eating.
Dohyun quietly wiped his mouth, watching Hyuna get a back smack.

‘…I spat out too.’

Hyuna’s actions were so big that it wasn’t noticeable.

Dohyun was also quite embarrassed.

Why was his name suddenly being brought up?

Hyuna, whose face turned red as she made eye contact with Dohyun, jumped up from her seat.

“I don’t know! I don’t want to eat anymore!”

“Hey, what are you doing now… You’ve only eaten three spoonfuls, what do you mean you don’t want to eat anymore? Sit down quickly?”

“Why are you only doing this to me! Mom doesn’t know anything!”

Chaemiseok muttered in disbelief at Hyuna’s appearance, who shouted and ran to her room.

“Why is she suddenly acting like this? Do teenagers go through puberty twice?”

She was dumbfounded to see her daughter, who used to be crazy about food, even refusing to eat.

“Don’t you know anything, Dohyun?”

“…I don’t know. More than that, why suddenly Kai, Kaiser?”

“Oh, Kaiser these days? That person is so popular. I was wondering if you guys knew him since you play God of… anyway, that game~ He’s popular among mothers too.”

“…I see.”

Dohyun, who had learned from experience that it was best to pretend not to know in situations like this, played dumb.

Fortunately, Chaemiseok, who was boiling water in the kettle, quickly got up from her seat, saying she was losing her mind, and the conversation could be stopped.

But the problem wasn’t just at home.

‘Let’s go to the gym first today.’

Dohyun, who had been troubled since morning, went outside to work up a sweat, but he was soon taken aback.

‘W, what is this!’

That’s because.

The world had changed.