The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 89

Part 89.

To be honest, when I unleashed the 2nd Form Strike (Break), I thought I might be able to handle it.

After all, it was an incomplete descent, and I thought that if I were stronger now, I might be able to put up a bit of a fight.

But after one clash, I knew.

‘I can’t win no matter what.’

At least, I can’t win now.

It’s not just that I can’t win; I just can’t compete.

Thinking about it, it was obvious.

He is a god.

A being that all the races of AvatarTel had to unite to fight.

Even then, they were so powerful that they were on the verge of defeat until Kashiyar and the Five Kings appeared.

‘There’s no way I can beat a guy like that, incomplete descent or not.’

I had a hunch…….

Still, I don’t like running away without doing anything, so I took a shot, but I didn’t expect him to be so unfazed.

Thanks to that, I only got angrier, and the difficulty only went up.

‘Even if my attack is so-so, I can’t believe he’s okay after Ahjussi’s [term for an older man, often used respectfully or affectionately] attack.’

The fact that Ahjussi, who is the strongest in terms of pure power, couldn’t use his strength meant that no user could harm him.

‘Maybe in a few years.’

As is the case with RPG games, there will be a lot of content, and users will be stronger.

Come to think of it, wasn’t the main quest itself scheduled to open in three years?

If it had opened then, I suddenly thought that it might not have been such a series of frustrating challenges.

I always think about it, but there was a reason why I was thinking about it so much today…….

Paht! Pababat!

“Oh, come on, is this even possible!? How can attacks keep popping out like this?”

-Kiek! Keuaek! Save me! Ttadak!

Ttak! Ttadak!

-What? Be quiet because you’re distracted? How dare you say that to your lord…… Heuik! I’ll see you when this is over.

-Lizariza!

-Keueuk…… It’s so distracting.

It was because he was dizzy from the Demiseus’s relentless barrage of attacks.

Kaang-!

[Successfully parrying Demiseus’s little fingernail.]

[Deflect Demiseus’s little fingernail.]

If you parry the little fingernail that soared from the ground, this time the thumb fingernail pops out from behind and aims for the back of your head.

Keureureu……!

Kang!

The blizzard and the white lion are blocking as much as possible, but even that is only once.

[Demiseus’s little fingernail]

[Demiseus’s left hand]

[Demiseus’s index fingernail]

…….

‘There’s no such thing as a freebie.’

The entire place is Demiseus’s domain.

No matter where I ran, many attacks came from all directions at the same time, and there was no end to parrying them.

Even the moment of parrying should never stop.

Because if you stop even a little, you’ll get hit.

[Using Backstab.]

[Using Lightning Movement.]

You have to keep moving and struggle not to be surrounded by Demiseus’s attacks.

[Remaining HP is below 30%.]

[HP is decreasing rapidly.]

[Be careful.]

As a virtual reality that reflects reality to some extent, it is the perfect condition for HP to plummet.

Even this is thanks to Do-hyun, who is an All-Master and has many skills to deal with, but others will soon reach their limit.

Puk! Puk!

[Outlaw Undead is unsummoned.]

[Outlaw Undead is unsummoned.]

…….

[Outlaw Undead is unsummoned.]

The undead, who were gathered to protect Jihad, collapsed with their bodies pierced.

[Using Requiem.]

[When touched by the Requiem, you will take damage that ignores magic resistance and be exposed to the cold of the underworld.]

[The 1st Legion Commander, ‘Pain’, uses intermediate black magic ‘Terrible Sensation’.]

[The 1st Legion Commander, ‘Pain’, uses Outlaw-style Battle Magecraft.]

Ttadak…… Ttak!

Pain, who had been holding out as a legion commander, eventually collapsed with his back pierced.

-Ke, Kehek! I’m dying, I’m dying.

-Lizariza…….

The same goes for Jihad, who was usually amazing at surviving.

Each of those body parts boasts a brutal deal, and the moment you think you’ve been hit once, dozens of body parts are stuck in you, so you can’t stand it.

Surprisingly, Eliza, who was in Jihad’s robe pocket, survived without any damage…….

‘Is it because she’s in the pocket that he doesn’t care?’

Of course, she couldn’t get out of the pocket, so it was the same as being retired.

What about Charlie?

-My lord! This humble sword has not yet fallen! Just wait a little bit…… Keueuk!

He shouts without giving up while dangling from Demiseus’s hand, which grew like an ominous tree, but in reality, it was game over.

And our strongest one-shot dealer, Ahjussi…….

“I’m sorry. I’ll leave the back to you.”

“……Isn’t a 5-second cut too much?”

“……Ahem. I used up all my strength earlier.”

He collapsed with his whole body pierced faster than anyone else.

It’s probably natural for Ahjussi, who is vulnerable to patterns where reaction speed is important.

In other words, everyone except Do-hyun has been retired.

Even so, the reason why they can hear them talking is because of the Death God Demiseus.

[You cannot die as you please. Even death must be granted by my permission here…… Watch. The end your comrades will face.]

In a place declared as the realm of death, you cannot die even if you die without Demiseus’s permission.

Overwhelming strength than any enemy I’ve ever encountered.

The power to twist even things that have become common sense.

That was the being I would have to face in the future.

[You are the only survivor in the realm of death.]

[The Death God Demiseus begins an all-out attack on you.]

And that being was now launching an all-out attack on Do-hyun.

Paht! Pababat!

Ssuk!

A black arm thicker than Ast’s iron mace falls from the sky.

Fingernails sharper than any artisan’s spear pierced through the ground, and the Death God’s gastric juices covered it like a tsunami.

[Demiseus’s little fingernail]

[Demiseus’s left hand]

[Demiseus’s index fingernail]

…….

[Demiseus’s gastric juices]

[Demiseus’s right foot]

…….

In the heavily sunken darkness.

Chwaak-!

I had to face the overwhelming offensive that came without a break alone.

It was a situation that would make any user lose their will to fight, but Do-hyun still moved forward.

Jeobeok.

He deflected the bodies covering him from all directions by spinning his sword like a top, parried the fingernails piercing his eyes, and took a step forward.

[The coordinates of Demiseus’s gastric juices are changed by ‘Vergina’s Magic Gloves’.]

[It’s an overwhelming energy.]

[Only changes a small amount of coordinates.]

[Fuse – Explosion is activated.]

Kwaaaang-!

He took a step forward, blocking the tsunami-like gastric juices with the gloves and the explosive power of the fuse.

Kaang!

[+15 Thousand Transformations transforms into ‘Silver Iron Shield’.]

He took another step, blocking the baby fingernails flying like arrows, barely stopping the gastric juices with the shield.

It’s such a short time that it’s embarrassing to count in seconds.

It was the time Do-hyun stopped to block with his shield.

[Demiseus’s left hand’s little fingernail splits.]

[Demiseus’s left hand’s index fingernail splits.]

…….

[Demiseus’s right hand’s ring fingernail splits.]

In that short amount of time, the black rain of arrows that decorated the sky emitted an ominous light.

An overwhelming amount that you would see on a battlefield.

Kaang! Kaang! Kang!

Peogeok-

He tried to push through with his shield, but the shield broke in just a few seconds.

Even so, Do-hyun moved forward.

[Using the Holy King’s Mark.]

[The power of faith is activated, reducing the cooldown time of all skills by 65%.]

Kaang-! Teobeok.

[Using the second ability of God’s Tears.]

[Temporarily does not consume mana. (Cooldown 70 minutes)]

[Using Dark Coating on Lightning Dragon Descent.]

—–!

[The Lightning Dragon is affected by the Dark Coating and gains dark properties.]

[Approaching the power of the Black Dragon through an abnormal route.]

[The effects of the dark properties are additionally applied, giving it the energy of both the Lightning Dragon and the Black Dragon.]

Black Dragon Descent and the characteristics of others that disappear the moment they are activated.

[+15 Thousand Transformations transforms into ‘White Lion’s Snowflake Sword’.]

[+15 Thousand Transformations transforms into ‘Silver Iron Shield’.]

[+15 Thousand Transformations transforms into ‘Kayana’s Dagger’.]

…….

[+15 Thousand Transformations transforms into ‘Terrible Nightmare Scythe’.]

And all the weapons that Thousand Transformations devoured.

He continued to move forward, changing weapons to block, cut, and deflect incoming attacks.

Why move forward instead of away?

Because that is the only way to survive.

‘I’ve been watching his actions, and I’ve felt it.’

An appearance and overwhelming size that stimulates the target’s primal fear.

Darkness that all living things cannot help but feel fear.

‘Everything is focused on fear and surrender.’

A deliberate nature that even feels obsessive.

Do-hyun watched with suspicion and was able to be more certain thanks to the sacrifices of the Guardians and Ast.

That the further away you get, the greater the power of his influence.

To be exact, it was a matter of mindset.

Originally, death is something everyone fears.

[This guy…… Has he already realized the root of my power……!]

And that Death God is a being that grows stronger by feeding on the fear of mortals.

The more you run away in fear, the more powerful he can exert.

Then, what if you confront him and approach him?

[The Death God Demiseus’s power weakens.]

[The influence and power that Demiseus exerts on the realm of death decreases.]

‘Bingo.’

As expected, when I got closer than a certain distance, wide-area skills like gastric juices did not fly in.

The speed and power of the flying bodies were also greatly reduced.

[……Amazing.]

Demiseus honestly admired him.

He knew that his thought process was different from the moment he threw the first punch, but he never thought he would be able to do this.

But that was it.

[So what? Just because you know the secret doesn’t mean anything will change, you foolish one…….]

Weakening influence?

Even if it weakens, it is the power of God.

[It’s just a little weaker…….]

He can still exert a powerful influence, and killing a dying guy is as easy as taking a fly’s life.

[Above all…… Aren’t you at your limit now?]

“…….”

Do-hyun was silent.

[HP is below 10%.]

[Stamina is below 10%.]

His HP and stamina were at rock bottom, and his mana would run out when Black Dragon Descent was released.

…That’s right.

As he said, I was at my limit.

[In the end, you are destined to lose no matter what you do. Foolish human…….]

“…….”

Maybe that’s right.

[Time Limit: 00:21:03]

Considering how difficult it was to endure 30 seconds even in full condition, it was logically close to impossible to endure 20 seconds in his current state.

But that couldn’t be a reason to give up.

“I can confidently say that I’ve heard the words ‘impossible’ and ‘unreasonable’ the most.”

Even when he started later than others in the Demonic Mercenary days and rose to the ranks of the rankers.

Even when he took first place without a single legendary item.

Everyone shouted impossible at Do-hyun until he finally reached it.

“I’ve won everything except for the damn gacha [a type of vending-machine-dispensed capsule toy popular in Japan] and enhancement.”

And Do-hyun had always proven it.

That was the same even now that he had started God of Creation.

[……You were lucky. Humans have an unfounded confidence that if they have done it once, they can definitely do it. They don’t even know that they were frogs in a well…… You humans haven’t changed at all. Rather, you have regressed.]

It’s still a creepy and grotesque voice, but I can feel that it contains a different kind of ridicule than before.

How dare he talk about his experiences with humans in front of himself, a god.

That’s what Demiseus was saying.

Saaa-

And Demiseus didn’t just express that meaning in words.

[The Death God Demiseus is launching an all-out attack.]

[The Death God Demiseus’s index fingernail splits.]

[The Death God Demiseus’s ring fingernail splits.]

…….

[The Death God Demiseus’s middle fingernail splits.]

…….

“……Crazy, that’s too much, isn’t it?”

-M, Master…….

-Ugh, move! I said move! How pathetic is it for a sword to be in this state when its lord is in danger!

An overwhelming amount that cannot even be compared to before.

The black figures filling the sky were too cruel for just one person to handle.

Is the speed slowing down? Is the power decreasing?

Such things were of no importance in the face of overwhelming quantity.

[It was fun while it lasted…… Let’s end the fun here.]

The moment I heard a grotesquely smiling voice.

Paht! Pababak!

-No!

“Damn it!”

-L, Liza!

Demiseus’s split bodies that decorated the sky poured down like rain.

1 second, 2 seconds, and 5 seconds…….

The black rain that poured down endlessly showed no sign of stopping.

In the face of that brutal quantity offensive, Do-hyun looked as precarious as a candle in front of a typhoon, about to go out at any moment.

[Overcoming great adversity.]

[All options of the Reversal Heavenly Garment are amplified.]

[The effects of the Avison’s Accessory Set are activated.]

…….

However, what blooms in adversity is the foundation and will of the Reversal Heavenly Garment.

Paradoxically, that will shines in times of crisis like this and comes in the form of an opportunity and takes its place in the heart.

‘Ah…….’

What Do-hyun saw was not the countless Demiseus’s bodies.

Beyond that, something mysterious that was faintly visible.

[Showing an indomitable will that does not give up in the face of great adversity.]

[The power of the Reversal Heavenly Phase increases.]

[Saw the path to the next realm.]

Reversal Heavenly Phase 4th Form.

It was the moment when the realm was finally glimpsed, even faintly.