The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 141

141.

[Disconnecting from the game.]

[The recorded video will be saved automatically.]

*Whoosh*

As Do-hyun disconnected and heard the familiar sound, he nodded.

‘The video saved properly.’

So that’s why people use the auto-save feature. It’s much more convenient since it saves automatically even if I press logout right away.

I turned on video recording before entering the castle just in case, but now that I think about it, I wonder if I should have recorded since the King’s Tomb.

But after thinking for a moment, there was nothing to regret.

‘No. It was a video I couldn’t upload anyway.’

Since it was full of content related to the main quest, it was too early to upload it yet. The Araragi’s Remains ended up vague without being properly addressed, not to mention the Shadow Lycanthrope.

‘Is it because the previous video was so large in scale… it’s hard to pick a suitable video?’

That’s just how people are. Before, people would applaud even if I just caught and uploaded a Death Orc Warrior. But now that I’ve shown the Destroyer Gaiman and the Abyss, wouldn’t they feel disappointed if I uploaded a video of catching a normal dungeon boss?

They might still enjoy it, but Do-hyun himself would be disappointed.

“The sun is up.”

Do-hyun muttered in amazement, looking out the window. It wasn’t night yet, and the clear sky was noticeable.

‘I don’t think it’s ever been afternoon when I logged out before….’

Perhaps because he always filled his 10 hours completely, this scenery felt unfamiliar. Originally, Do-hyun’s real-life day consisted only of morning and night. There was a reason why Hyun-ah always clicked her tongue, calling him a game addict.

*Click.*

After drinking a glass of water, Do-hyun turned on the computer and manipulated the mouse. There was only one reason he logged out.

[Kaiser TV]

[Subscribers: 5.913 million]

“Wow… it’s really growing rapidly. Awesome, the views have surpassed 20 million too… Ah, that’s not it.”

Do-hyun, who had been clicking his tongue, snapped out of it and exited his channel. He checked it out of habit without realizing it, but that wasn’t Do-hyun’s main purpose.

[Outlaw Challenge]

– Views: 4.342 million

[Outlaw VS Arthur]

– Views: 173.518 million

[The Overlord of Sargis]

– Views: 32.141 million

…….

It was the battle video with the Outlaw.

‘There are plenty of videos, so I should refer to them.’

As the saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. Until now, he couldn’t refer to information because he didn’t need it or couldn’t confirm it, or because the enemy was unknown. But there was a lot of information about the Outlaw of Sargis since the Outlaw Challenge was held there.

‘I only have one chance, so I need to be careful.’

If this strategy fails, a massacre will occur in Sargis Castle. That means the Outlaws will invade. It was necessary to thoroughly investigate what the patterns were and what the strategy was.

‘Let’s take a look.’

As he played the video, a field with a full moon appeared. Ten users were fighting, surrounded by numerous Outlaws. This was the characteristic of the Outlaw Raid.

‘The Outlaw Legion requires at least two parties [groups of players], and sometimes up to three or four parties.’

In severe cases, they even use up to five parties, but seeing 10 people proceeding with the strategy, they must be quite confident in their skills.

Well, it’s understandable. The equipment of all the users was shining, and it seemed like they were all equipped with Hero-grade items. Considering that the video was over a year old, it was amazing, but it was also natural.

‘That person is Arthur.’

The video with over 170 million views. It was the challenge video of Arthur, the master of the current top 10 guild, The King.

-Stop the outlaws! The boss is ours to deal with.

-Yes, sir!

The most shining paladin among them shouted, with a height of 190cm [approx. 6’3″] and shoulders like the Pacific Ocean, resembling a Captain from some hero movie, and the positions were quickly set.

-Arthur! Arthur! Arthur! Arthur!

His name came out from those who were watching the challenge in a circle. The cheers grew louder as he raised his fist.

[……No…… You…….]

And the battle began. As Arthur and the executives of The King, the early battle proceeded smoothly. Six people excellently blocked the Outlaws, and four people proceeded with the strategy without being pushed back by the leader.

-Hah!

*Flash-!*

Among them, the most eye-catching was Arthur. Fighting with a brilliant golden light, he was like a hero from a heroic saga. It was even more so because the opponent was the leader of the ghost soldiers.

[I will…… kill…… those…… who…… interfere…….]

The leader of the Outlaws, with a chilling voice and eyes gleaming in the darkness, and Arthur, emitting a sacred light and blocking him. It was truly a battle of light and darkness. The cheering voices for the spectacular battle were interspersed throughout the video.

‘He’s good?’

Was the saying that he was in a unique position at the time not an exaggeration? His combat sense was more outstanding than anyone he had faced in God’s Era. It wasn’t the combat power that a typical level 49 could produce, and the movements of each executive were all excellent. It was like they were making the best moves they could at that level of spec [character build/stats]. There was nothing to criticize.

‘He would have been in the top tier even in Dem Locke.’

Indeed, it was not without reason that he was one of the pillars of the top 10 guilds.

But that was only for a moment. The moment the leader of the Outlaws took something out, the tense battle was overturned in an instant.

*Shhhhh-*

-Ugh!

-Ughhhhh…….

A terrible chill surged around the leader, and soon covered a radius of 20M [approx. 65 feet]. Then, the executives who were fighting the Outlaws groaned and froze. They were frozen like fools, unable to control their bodies. Except for one person.

-Hmph!

Arthur alone did not freeze, as if he alone was immune to CC [crowd control, abilities that impair movement or actions].

‘Heroic Trait…….’

It felt strange to see a trait he used to cherish on someone else, but he quickly accepted it. One of the words that symbolized Arthur was Hero. It was common knowledge that even Do-hyun, who had only started God’s Era a few days ago, knew that he was one of the nine Heroic Trait holders.

*Swish, whoosh-*

*Thud!*

Anyway, thanks to Arthur buying time, the executives escaped from the freeze and rejoined the battle again…….

But this wasn’t the end of the crisis.

*Ugh-*

One of the executives who was fighting well suddenly died. He wasn’t the only one showing abnormal symptoms. The skin of the executives was noticeably turning purple, and they were staggering as if they were about to collapse.

-Huff, huff…….

Arthur, who was a paladin, was relatively better, but he was just a little better than them. One-third of his white skin had turned purple. Arthur, he was slowly dying. And the shocking phrase floating in front of him.

[The Hidden Field Boss, the leader of the Outlaws ‘???’, has reached 50% health.]

[Phase 2 is activated.]

[The Requiem of the Underworld is activated.]

[Contact with the Requiem will result in instant death.]

-……What?

Immediately after, pillars of darkness soared through the ground. The pillars contained a terrible chill that was chilling even to see in the video. And it wasn’t just one.

-What the fuck!

-God damm!

It soared randomly in a range exceeding 20M [approx. 65 feet], and exploded one after another like landmines. The executives who were barely enduring the terrible chill died in an instant.

-Holly Shit!!!

-Oh, Fuck! Fuck!!

Even the users who were watching were swept away by the splash and met a terrible death. A scene that turned into hell in an instant.

[You have been exposed to an overwhelming energy of the underworld.]

[The divine power cannot push back the energy.]

[You will take damage per second until the owner of the energy dies, and the damage you take will be amplified the closer you are to the owner of the energy.]

[Health is below 10%.]

*Clench-*

Arthur, who was lucky enough to avoid instant death, had the leader of the Outlaws approaching him.

-Shit…….

The screen turned black at the end of Arthur’s frustrated curse, as his vision rose as if his neck had been grabbed. It was too futile to be the death of the master of the top 10 guild, The King.

-Crazy……. Is the scale real?

-No, something like that is in Sargis? It wouldn’t be strange if it was in the Empire?

-Isn’t this just made to not be caught? ;;

-Wow, I accidentally stumbled upon this through an unknown algorithm for the Outlaw Challenge, and it’s amazing ;;; Arthur can’t even use his skills.

Of course, the NewTube comments were also a mess. Even just looking at the Korean comments that were occasionally seen among the comments full of various foreign languages, they were all in shock.

-Wow, what did I just see.

-Wow, he only took off half of his health even after doing that ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ The difficulty is really insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-What, Arthur was all about showing off, but he wasn’t a big deal in the past ㅉㅉ

└?? What’s wrong with this idiot?

└Arthur’s 50% record is the highest record in the challenge. Know it before you speak.

└Even making 70% of the health would have been treated like royalty. The difficulty goes crazy from 80% or less with freezing and poison damage, so making it to 50% is amazing.

└Really? That’s insane. No wonder it made a name for itself with a 0% success rate and a total annihilation ending.

└Then did Myeolsal or the Empress also not make it to 50%?

└I don’t know. I don’t think anyone has challenged it since Arthur couldn’t use his strength.

It was as they said. Just in case, I searched for other videos, but it was hard to find even those who went to 70%, let alone 50%. Do-hyun couldn’t help but laugh in vain.

“……It’s stronger than I thought?”

Of course, I thought it would be strong, but wasn’t this beyond common sense? It seriously seemed stronger than the Destroyer Gaiman. Even if the Destroyer was alone, that guy has a legion of soldiers. If the Outlaws had reached the King’s Tomb first, wouldn’t the existence of the gatekeeper have become meaningless?

He was a guy that even Do-hyun, who had overcome adversity and raised his specs [character stats] a lot, and had gained confidence, wasn’t sure about.

‘That’s Phase 2……. Then what’s after that?’

What’s even scarier is that this isn’t the Outlaw’s full power. If it’s a boss with that level of difficulty, it usually has up to 3 phases. If Phase 2 is activated at only 50%, then it’s certain.

Phase 2 alone is that strong, so how much stronger will it be in Phase 3?

“Sigh…….”

I was just trying to see the strategy and feel, but if it’s like this, the story changes. Do-hyun, who had a serious face, thought for a moment and then entered the capsule again.

-What, Master. Why did you go out so quickly today, only to come back in again.

-Welcome, Master.

-Lizariza!

Do-hyun, who was greeted by Jihad, who was tilting his head as if he found it strange, and Charlie, who was always the same, and Eliza, who was always cheerful, headed straight to the field.

“Oh, it’s Kaiser.”

“What, weren’t you logged out? You’re back so soon.”

“Did he go eat?”

“He’s going straight to the forest. Is he going to do a quest?”

Do-hyun arrived at the forest while still receiving a lot of attention, although there were fewer eyes on him than before.

-What, Master. Are you going to catch the Outlaw right away?

“No.”

-Then?

Instead of answering the question, Do-hyun raised his head. A pitch-black night, and a huge full moon that illuminates the night was subtly illuminating the forest.

[It is a night with a full moon.]

[The physical abilities of the Lycanthropes are amplified by the energy of the full moon.]

[The energy of the full moon is full. The souls of the Outlaws become even darker.]

*Clatter- clatter-*

*Awooooo-*

He turned his head at the sound coming from all over the place. As the message said, the Lycanthropes were huge, and the Outlaws also had clearer shapes.

‘Today is the 3rd day.’

And the days when the full moon rises are a total of 6 days. The buff of the Lycanthropes disappears on the 5th day, and those guys disappear when the 6th day ends.

‘Three and a half days…….’

It was time given to Do-hyun. Time to raise his specs [character stats] before facing the Outlaw. It was a very tight time, but…….

‘It’s enough.’

Do-hyun took out the Fuse and wrapped it around Cheonbyeon, raising the corners of his lips. Three and a half days from now, he was planning to run properly.

-……I have a bad feeling. Looking at his expression, it feels like something is going to happen again.

-Lizariza…….

Ignoring Jihad’s muttering, Do-hyun threw Cheonbyeon, which had turned into a dagger. That night, the screams of Lycanthropes echoed throughout the forest all day long. And so, three days passed.