The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 127

127.

“……Huh?”

Gyucheolhyungnimasiya [likely a gamer tag or nickname], who was charging forward, questioned the bizarre behavior he witnessed.

Even if Kaiser had the Weapon Master trait, hence the dagger instead of a sword, throwing the weapon didn’t make sense.

‘Putting that aside… why is he throwing it there?’

He would have understood if it was thrown at him or the monsters.

Whoosh-

The dagger, cutting through the air sharply, only sliced through empty space next to the monsters.

Grrr……?

Grr?

Even the Lycanthropes seemed puzzled, their eyes widening for a moment.

Hmph.

They soon scoffed.

A blade suddenly flew at them, and they were on guard, but it flew to a ridiculous spot, leaving them dumbfounded.

Gyucheolhyungnimasiya felt the same way.

‘Right, Kaiser is still human.’

No matter how much they hype him up as a god, he’s still just a person.

He only uploads perfect videos on NewTube [a fictional version of YouTube], and he makes mistakes like this in real life.

This is my chance.

‘A chance to take down Kaiser and impress the guild hyungs [older brothers/senior members in Korean].’

He would leave a very deep impression here.

[RCD video recording has started.]

Gyucheolhyungnimasiya, who started recording, gripped his longsword tightly.

The blade, reflecting the moonlight, which was especially bright due to the full moon, gleamed sharply.

The distance to Kaiser was only about 6 meters. With a skill, he could stab him in the back in the blink of an eye.

Moreover, Kaiser was completely unaware.

He didn’t even have a weapon now.

‘Here I go……!?’

The moment Gyucheolhyungnimasiya, thinking this was truly a kill opportunity, charged forward.

Whoosh-

‘Whoosh?’

Just as he heard a strange sound, an anomaly occurred.

The dagger, which was clearly flying towards a harmless tree, suddenly changed its trajectory in mid-air.

Swoosh-

The dagger flew back towards Kaiser at an even faster speed.

Then.

Thud!

As Kaiser sprinted sideways with his hand outstretched, the dagger changed direction again and flew towards him.

It felt like they were doing a circle dance, the dagger and Kaiser.

Roar?

Grrr……?

The Lycanthropes were bewildered by the bizarre circus and stared blankly, and Gyucheolhyungnimasiya somehow got caught in the middle.

No, Gyucheolhyungnimasiya’s expression was even worse than the Lycanthropes’.

‘……How is he so fast?’

He lost his target because Kaiser sprinted at an unbelievable speed.

Was this how a hunter felt when they missed an opportunity right in front of their eyes?

He scratched his head, watching the Lycanthropes, but on the other hand, he was also impressed.

“Uh…….”

Looking towards the bushes, Pukjjikkeut [another gamer tag/nickname] was frozen in the posture of jumping out a beat late.

Pukjjikkeut’s expression, who made eye contact with him, was no different from his own.

‘Is that even possible? What is going on?’

‘……I know, right.’

After exchanging such glances, they looked back at Kaiser.

In a very short time, only a few seconds at most, Kaiser had already made one full rotation.

The moment he realized that.

Thwack-

Something faintly visible in the moonlight seemed to be tightening.

‘……Thread?’

It was a thread.

A thin thread surrounded him and the Lycanthropes.

The memory from a moment ago suddenly flashed through his mind.

It seemed like the fuse he saw when Kaiser set up the fuse looked like this…….

‘Could it be……!’

Something ridiculous briefly flashed through his mind, but Gyucheolhyungnimasiya couldn’t continue thinking.

The faint thread darkened,

—–!

A tremendous explosion occurred, as if a chain reaction had been triggered.

It was a silent explosion.

The black explosion erupted spectacularly, obscuring the view, regardless of front, back, or sides.

And that was their last memory.

[Player ‘Gyucheolhyungnimasiya’ has died.]

[Player ‘Pukjjikkeut’ has died.]

Because they had to watch the black screen after that explosion.

Some Lycanthropes with tenacious vitality survived, but it was only a desperate struggle.

Sizzle- Thud!

Clang! Clang-!

Kaiser, who had appeared unnoticed, nonchalantly ended their lives.

“Crazy…….”

Jipangi and Bawicheoreomdeundeunghage [more gamer tags/nicknames], witnessing the death of their comrades while hearing their pitiful cries, instinctively lowered their bodies.

They looked at each other, almost prostrating themselves.

‘……I don’t think we got caught, right?’

‘Uh…….’

Swallowing hard, they didn’t bother to say the next words, but their eyes were clearly saying.

‘……Let’s get out of here.’

‘……Good idea.’

They were wise.

They had no intention of dying a dog’s death at the hands of a murderous clown who was putting on a circus with fuses, regardless of their comrades.

That day, the eyewitness accounts of this event spread in Sargis, and a rumor about Kaiser’s achievements was added.

[You have defeated a Lycanthrope.]

[You have killed player ‘Gyucheolhyungnimasiya’. Karma does not increase for actions in lawless areas.]

[You have killed player ‘Pukjjikkeut’. Karma does not increase for actions in lawless areas.]

…….

[You have defeated a Lycanthrope.]

“Wow, this is really effecti…… Huh? Gyucheolhyungnim?”

After finishing off the last Lycanthrope, Do-hyun tilted his head, marveling at the effect.

He was sure he had only caught Lycanthropes, but for some reason, it said he had committed PK [Player Kill].

He wondered if he had accidentally killed someone without seeing them, but he was sure that no one was around when he first threw the dagger.

There was no one within dozens of meters, so it wasn’t his carelessness.

‘Ah.’

Then there was only one thing left.

Another hyena aiming for him was hiding.

Whether they were aiming for his life, information, or trying to recruit him.

Judging from the circumstances, it was clear that someone with a purpose was lurking and trying to ambush him from behind.

‘It’s a good thing this is a lawless area.’

He almost unnecessarily raised his karma.

Do-hyun chuckled and quickly stopped caring.

This wasn’t the first time this had happened, and since it was a lawless area anyway, there was no need to worry.

If they interfered, he could just kill them without hesitation.

If they were going to make excuses about being innocent citizens, they should be careful not to cause misunderstandings in the lawless area.

‘No items dropped. It’s a bit disappointing…… but oh well.’

In the lawless area, the probability of dropping equipment even if killed by PK was low.

It wouldn’t be common for someone to be unlucky enough to break through that low probability.

‘More importantly…….’

Do-hyun’s gaze, which he had casually dismissed, turned to Cheonbyeon, which had turned into the ‘Assassin’s Dagger’.

More precisely, to the fuse tied to the dagger’s handle.

‘It actually worked.’

The moment he thought of Cheonbyeon’s ability while setting up the fuse, a brilliant usage flashed through his mind.

-Ego: Responds to the owner’s call, and those who are not qualified cannot use special options.

It was a collaboration between Ego, one of Cheonbyeon’s special options, and the fuse.

The principle was simple.

‘To use the fuse properly, you have to extend it to the maximum distance and attach it.’

To do that, you have to pull the thread, which means you have to exert that much physical force.

That’s why you can only see the proper effect when using it as a trap.

‘How can you pull 20M [meters] on the spot?’

Well, sometimes when facing a giant boss, he could wrap it around their ankles and pull up to 10M, but that wasn’t easy either.

The moment you let go of the thread even once, the activation of ‘Fuse – Thread’ ends.

If it accidentally breaks at 10M, you can’t extend it even if you try.

That’s why it’s cursed as Ssibal-seon [a Korean curse word, roughly equivalent to “damn” or “shit”].

The activation conditions for his only dealing skill and trap skill are all so difficult that he unconsciously curses whenever he fails, hence Ssibal-seon.

‘It’s an accepted theory that traps are the only answer for hunting, let alone PvP [Player versus Player].’

That’s why Do-hyun had been doing the tedious fuse installation work every time.

But if he had Cheonbyeon?

‘Why bother installing it? Just throw Cheonbyeon and do a circle dance.’

You don’t have this in your inventory, do you?

Do-hyun, possessed by a famous young boy, smirked.

He could say with certainty that if the fuse could be used at its maximum distance as an instant skill, not a trap, it would never have been called Ssibal-seon.

It might have become God-boong instead of Do-boong [terms likely referring to his in-game status or abilities].

‘The fact that the activation conditions are difficult also means that the power is strong when the conditions are met.’

It was the same now.

He just reached out and ran around once, and most of the Lycanthropes were wiped out at once.

Even for Do-hyun, the fuse was the only way to put in an AoE [Area of Effect] with such burst damage.

In other words, Do-hyun could reliably and easily put in the maximum damage of the fuse, which had difficult conditions, as long as he had Cheonbyeon.

‘This is really awesome.’

There was no other awesome like this.

So awesome that he might get diabetes.

This was the collaboration of a Mythic item and All-Master.

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

The sound of applause came from behind at that moment.

It was the sound of Charlie’s switch being pressed, the reaction bot who couldn’t stand this amazing synergy.

-As expected of my lord. A hero with both martial and intellectual prowess……!

-Wow…….

Ugh…….

Not only Charlie but also Jihad and the Undead were impressed, and Jihad’s expression was especially spectacular.

He was trembling with his soul completely gone, almost in denial of reality.

‘Ah……. I was excited, but was it shocking?’

Well, with Charlie joining recently, he might have felt that way.

Charlie was the epitome of an excellent talent, except for his excessive reactions and harsh words.

He must have felt a sense of crisis, as he had felt threatened by Eliza.

‘I can’t help it.’

Do-hyun was about to carefully offer words of comfort after pondering for a moment.

-Beautiful…….

“Ahem. Jihad, thanks for gathering them so I could catch them easily…… Huh? What did you say?”

-T, this is too beautiful…… Master.

-Liza?

Do-hyun, as well as Eliza in his pocket, peeked out at the unexpected remark.

Jihad didn’t care about the silent gaze demanding an explanation.

-Ah…… after all, explosions are…….

His eyes were sparkling as if he were looking at a work of art, or on the other hand, as if he were recalling his longing hometown, which was unusual.

Then Jihad carefully raised his black mana.

This look, and atmosphere. It’s somewhat familiar.

‘That’s like when a Sword Demon saw a Sword Saint’s swordsmanship in front of him……!’

The look that someone chasing romance would show when they witnessed that romance.

It was also a look that he had often seen from the Sword Demon, the king of concepts, who was trying to see the extreme of the sword.

He was sure because he had been by the side of the Sword Demon, who was unmatched in this field, among his unique colleagues.

Do-hyun, feeling uneasy, made the first move.

“Hey, just in case, you know you’re a Zigg, right? Your path is Zigg.”

-Ah……. C, cough. Ah, I know.

Jihad nodded, startled, but Do-hyun could see it.

That tongue smacking his lips in regret and those fingers trembling as if he were going through withdrawal.

He must have been trying to write Corpse Explosion in the air as a habit.