The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 121

121.

Pshhh-

“Kheuheu…….”

Dohyun emerged from the capsule, stretching as he always did, and headed into the living room.

He downed a glass of cool water in one go, then tilted his head.

“Is everyone out again today?”

The living room was unusually quiet and dark.

Hyun-ah, who would usually be leaning against the sofa watching dramas, and his mother, who would be humming in the kitchen while doing something, were nowhere to be seen.

He checked their rooms just in case, but no one was there either.

‘They’ve been going out a lot lately.’

Was it just his imagination, or had he been spending more time alone recently?

Well, it didn’t really matter to him, so Dohyun brushed it off. He was more disappointed about the final moments of the game today.

“Why did it have to crash there of all places.”

It was as if God was playing a prank on him, always causing this to happen whenever he tried to draw cards.

He should be grateful it didn’t crash midway like the first time he drew cards… But thinking about it, a lot had happened today.

‘Somehow I got Charlie, replaced all my equipment, got the Saint King’s Mark, and even a Level Chance, 크…….’

The rewards he had gained in a single day were countless.

Even obtaining just one of those would have people foaming at the mouth to get their hands on it. Each one was an incredible reward.

Among them, his favorite was definitely the Saint King’s Mark.

‘Legendary grade, no less.’

He had obtained the legendary-grade title or the Mythic-grade potential Thousand Transformations, but since it was a growth-type, he hadn’t felt a significant impact immediately.

But what about the Saint King’s Mark?

It was a clean, legendary-grade item, truly legendary in every sense of the word.

‘Ah, I wish it were tomorrow already.’

He had so much to test out since he had obtained so much.

And that wasn’t all. He needed to draw skills quickly and open the graduation quest rewards soon…….

‘Ah, right. The video.’

Suddenly remembering the recording, Dohyun immediately turned on his computer.

He had been so caught up with everything that he had momentarily forgotten about recording the video. Dohyun chuckled as he checked the saved video length.

[Video Recording Time: 02:34:21]

“……2 hours and 30 minutes?”

He hadn’t stopped recording once since heading into the secret dungeon, resulting in a massive amount of footage.

Just thinking about how long it would take to edit it all made his head spin.

Was this why editors charged so much and still couldn’t handle it?

He glanced at the time and saw that it was already past 8:30 PM.

Just playing the entire video would take 2 hours, 34 minutes, and 21 seconds.

Considering the time it would take to edit with Dohyun’s clumsy skills, it would easily exceed 3 hours.

‘……Should I just go to sleep?’

He almost succumbed to the tempting offer, but Dohyun resisted with superhuman willpower.

He was now a proper pro NewTuber with over a million subscribers.

If he postponed it once, there would be no end to it. It would be better to just finish the work and go to sleep.

‘Haa……. Let’s just get it done and sleep.’

Dohyun sighed and immediately started working.

“……I don’t need to include this part, so I’ll cut it out……. Ah, I’ll leave this part in. Hmm…… This is related to the main quest, so let’s remove it……. This is…….”

In the end, Dohyun burned the midnight oil, fueled by the desire to hire an editor no matter what.

* * *

Meanwhile, at that very moment.

The Gods of the Arena website and community were in chaos due to the aftermath of a nuclear bomb.

It was surprising enough that Kaiser had finally achieved first place, causing Verze to fall, but what was even more astonishing was the score.

-Hey GodsBro, is 4,561 points seriously even possible?

-fr fr [for real]…… If it was around 1,500 points, I’d be like, ‘Okay, Kaiser must have done something,’ but 4,561 points is just too much. I can’t understand it…….

It was such an absurd score.

Clearing Brion’s graduation quest, which is difficult for ordinary users to even exceed 300 points, with not just a thousand points, but 4,561 points?

-Is it a bug for real?

└Are you kidding me? LOLOLOL Kaiser’s skills are the bug, you know?

└No, you idiot, I’m being serious. I can’t understand it no matter how much I think about it. How can that score even be possible?

└Hmm…… That’s a valid point.

└fr fr Even though we’re making fun of Verze, 999 points is already an insurmountable score. But this is just…… does it even make sense?

└Now that you mention it, it’s true.

Naturally, doubts began to arise.

Those who had been thrilled by Kaiser’s reclaiming of first place gradually started racking their brains and speculating.

Was that score an error, or not?

-It’s not an error, for sure.

-It’s not managed by humans, but by an AI that’s dozens of times better than AlphaGo. Why would an error occur now? It should have happened a long time ago if that were the case.

-Then what is that score?

The discussion about that ended quickly, but the question only grew larger.

If it wasn’t an error, how could it be explained?

-Actually, Kaiser got a job from the Nine-Tailed Fox Goddess, didn’t he? He charmed everyone with his irresistible allure.

└Don’t be ridiculous LOL And my friend is the Nine-Tailed Fox Goddess, but she finished with 200 points.

└Isn’t it related to entering the Grand Temple? He was doing something, wasn’t he?

└Hmm……. That seems to be the case, but is there such a quest?

└Putting that aside, how can you get that much favor just by clearing one quest? Did he save a country or something? Even war veterans wouldn’t get that much.

└Ah, I don’t know at all. Won’t he upload a video or something?

No matter how much they racked their brains and talked about it, they couldn’t find a single clue.

The score was so far beyond common sense that no matter what assumptions they made, it couldn’t be resolved.

Just when this incident was about to remain as an unsolved mystery of Gods of the Arena.

[Kaiser TV video is up!!]

[OMG, this one is insane. Seriously insane. Everyone, grab five extra pairs of underwear and watch it. I’m warning you.]

[Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god!]

A video suddenly appeared without any warning.

The posts were turned upside down, stimulating the curiosity of users who were already wondering about it.

-Video? Kaiser uploaded a new video?

-Wait a minute. If he uploaded it at this timing…… could it be…….

-OMG. I’m going to watch it right now.

-I have to do Kumon [after-school program], but I can’t help it. Sorry, Mom!

└LOLOLOLOL

What greeted the people who rushed over was a video with a short title.

Contractor.

Those who saw the title couldn’t help but wonder.

-Contractor? What does that mean?

-What is it, is it clickbait?

-Did he upload the wrong video? Why is he suddenly talking about something random?

-Ah, it’s not a video related to the graduation quest…… I was looking forward to it…….

-If he can’t prove it, is it really some kind of error?

And that question soon turned into disappointment.

The title was so different from what they had expected that their hopes were dashed.

As the saying goes, the greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

Those reactions were fitting, but it was still a Kaiser TV video.

Since it was the hottest topic right now, they couldn’t help but be curious about what he had uploaded, so they ended up playing the video.

The moment the video started playing.

-……Huh?

-Huh……?

They straightened their posture at the completely unexpected introduction.

The video was about 25 minutes long.

Considering that there was no special editing other than the BGM, it was a considerably long running time for current trends, but they didn’t care about that right now.

Swish-

-What was that just now? The knight got one-shotted?

-Who’s that black guy? He looks so cool.

-Were there caves and bosses like that in Brion?

-No, that’s not the point. The knight got one-shotted, you know? Is that even possible?

The scene where the strong knight was instantly killed from the beginning was that shocking.

But the shocking part was just beginning.

A grotesque creature with a height of over 2 meters, horns on its forehead, and ominous darkness covering its entire body, walked over and reached out its hand.

KWAH-!!

The cave wall melted away without a trace.

-Crazy…….

It was the part where people couldn’t close their mouths and were drawn into the video.

The shocking scenes continued.

The scene switched to the Great Hall, where over a hundred high-ranking priests and High Priest Gildete were gathered.

The same monster from before suddenly appeared there.

The scene of numerous elders using divine magic against the monster, and Kaiser fighting the monster that had been resurrected from death.

And the moment Kaiser was in danger against the monster he had finally defeated, but was resurrected again.

Flash!

A knight in silver armor appeared from behind, emitting light.

-……Charlie?

-What, isn’t that Charlie??

-Why is he there!

To some, he was a tsundere [a character who is initially cold but later shows a warmer side]; to others, he was a master of harsh words.

The sudden, unexpected appearance of Charlie, who had been with everyone from the beginning, naturally brought up questions.

For a moment, Charlie worked with Kaiser and managed to defeat the monster without taking a single hit.

“Ah, the hero!!”

“The savior of Brion!”

Even the haughty High Priest Gildete and numerous other high-ranking priests and elders bowed down and praised Kaiser.

Over a hundred high-ranking priests were paying their respects to Kaiser, who was standing in the center.

They got goosebumps for a moment.

The screen went dark, and the BGM changed.

—!

A chilling darkness covered the hall, and a giant eye appeared.

Something they had never seen in any movie.

People forgot to breathe and focused on the bizarre existence that made them feel powerless just by looking at it.

Saa-

The moment black figures were vaguely revealed beyond the giant eye.

Flash-!

Suddenly, a burst of tremendous divine power flashed and cleared away the darkness, and the screen went black.

The video was over.

-Crazy. Seriously crazy. Seriously insane.

-Hey, you warned us earlier. Why did you tell us to prepare only five pairs of underwear? I already used them all up and just peed my pants!!!

-Wow, the priests praising Kaiser gave me goosebumps…….

-Each of them has an incredible position. I can see some high priests too?

-I’m the GodsBro who wrote that he saved the country, but why is this real? Seriously?;

-What was that knight in the middle? He looked like Charlie??

-Why would Charlie be there, you idiot?

-What was that eye at the end?? I got goosebumps as soon as I saw it. I also graduated from Brion, but why am I playing a different game?

-Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god!

And a beat later, the YouTube comments and the Gods of the Arena community exploded.

It was truly a series of nuclear bombs, and the number of views and all sorts of comments increased with each refresh. The news spread to numerous sites.

-Wow… so that’s how he got 4,561 points.

-Ah, to get first place, you have to be praised by the high priests~

-Seriously, is that what it takes to get an S rank? Seriously crazy.

└Huh? Isn’t Verze also an S rank?

└Huh? Who’s that? Ah, that loser who did favor farming and got all cocky?

└Why are you comparing a guy who plays dating sims? You have to be praised as a hero like that to be a man. 크…… So cool.

└Dating sim LOLOLOL He was a dating sim master, not a hero LOLOL

Among them, no one questioned Kaiser’s score.

They were just busy praising him.

Thud!!!

However, while Kaiser was receiving everyone’s praise, there was an unfortunate person who was receiving everyone’s ridicule…….

“Ughaaaa!! Kaiser!!”

It was Verze, who had been working all night to manage the damage to his image and was about to turn off his computer when he heard the news.

The guild members walking down the hallway were startled and stepped back at the shout he blurted out without being able to control his anger.

“……Ah, you scared me. Why is the master like that again?”

“Shh. There are a lot of posts cursing the master right now. They’re saying he’s playing dating sims……. Pfft. Ah, sorry. Anyway, that’s the situation.”

“His image is so different from when I first saw him. I thought he was gentle.”

“Isn’t it all image making? Let’s go quickly before we get caught up in it.”

The change in image that Verze was so worried about was progressing from within.

Meanwhile, Dohyun, who had thrown a second nuclear bomb at the people who were still in a state of chaos…….

“Yo, drag……! Gol, Goldeun……nya.”

Was having a sweet dream while muttering incomprehensible gibberish.