The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 142

142.

And still, less than three days had passed.

On the homepage and community forums, there was an unfailing topic.

None other than Kaiser.

His name had been mentioned every single day since he achieved first place in Raven, which showed just how popular he was.

-What’s Kaiser up to these days? No news lately?

It had gotten to the point where it felt strange if Kaiser wasn’t mentioned for even a few days.

Eventually, one user, unable to bear it any longer, cautiously brought it up, and comments flooded in as if they had been waiting for it.

└ Heard he’s just been hunting since getting rejected from Iron Fortress two days ago? Last I saw, he was in front of the Shadow Lycanthrope dungeon?

└ Rejected, lololol. Why is it so funny that Kaiser got rejected?

└ Even Kaiser couldn’t get past the lord’s majestic Iron Fortress.

The netizens gleefully started typing away as the story of Sargis Castle, which no one had entered in a year and a half, and was called the Iron Fortress because no one was allowed in due to its sturdy exterior, came up.

-Even Kaiser, who stole the hearts of all the NPCs [Non-Player Characters] in Brion, couldn’t do anything about the lord.

-As expected of the great lord of the Iron Wall Castle…….

-But seriously, what do you have to do to meet him? I know there are NPCs you can only meet by building rapport, but this one doesn’t even give you a chance to raise your favor.

-Agh, it’ll take a while for the video to come out this time. Guess I’ll have to wait for the graduation quest.

They spent dozens of minutes chatting idly.

Suddenly, a post was uploaded.

[Breaking News) Crazy, Kaiser Did It Again!!]

Naturally, since they were talking about Kaiser, they couldn’t help but widen their eyes at the title.

└? How long has it been since he entered Sargis?

└ What is it this time?

└ Huh? There’s no video uploaded.

└ Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, I’ll hold my breath until it comes out.

└ Help! Someone’s dying here!

Could it be that his silence had been to gain momentum!

The name Kaiser couldn’t help but evoke such expectations.

And as if to meet those expectations, a very exciting bombshell was dropped.

[Live, Kaiser Met the Lord!!]

└ ……What!?

└ Rly……!? Is what I would’ve said? Sigh, tsk tsk.

└ This troll is no fun. We already know he got rejected.

└ I know, right, lololol.

Of course, as with all trolling, no one took the words at face value.

Having become immune due to the many troll posts that came with Kaiser’s rise in popularity, they had reached a point where they wouldn’t fall for just anything.

[You idiots, it’s real. Look at the pictures below and then talk. He just logged out coolly after that……. (jpg)]

However, public opinion was overturned in an instant by the post that was uploaded soon after.

The post only had two images attached.

Those two images were of Kaiser entering the castle surrounded by a crowd of people and Kaiser coming out of the castle.

-Holy crap, this is real!?!?!

-Crazy, crazy, crazy!!!

-What, is this photoshopped? Is it real?

└ I checked my friend list and contacted everyone in Sargis, and they said it’s true. They said the atmosphere there is crazy right now.

└ Of course it’s crazy, it’s the first time ever in God of Creation!!

The impact was certain.

Not only those who were talking about Kaiser but even those who were indifferent to him rushed in at this unbelievable news.

That’s how significant it was to meet the lord in Sargis.

-Barion maxed out the favor with the guards to meet the lord, right?

└ He literally spent half a year grinding favor. All the guards in that area are probably besties with him? They still ask about him sometimes.

└ Verze wasn’t any less. He mobilized all his connections and bragged about taking first place here too, but he immediately went down the drain, lololol.

└ Why are you keep bringing up a guy who plays dating sims?

└ Lololol, what happened to Verze’s image?

-Arthur even offered hero-grade items. But how did he meet the lord who wouldn’t meet any users no matter what?

└ Ah, the lord was actually a Karsin follower~

└ Lololol, I can already see the zealous fanatic smiling smugly while proselytizing here too.

└ Of course, how could a mere human refuse the call of God. He just did a Kaiser…….

The lord was someone who wouldn’t even show the tip of their toes no matter what tricks the top-ranked players used to meet them.

There was a sense of spite, but there was a reason why they were so desperate to meet the lord.

-Sargis just had stingy ranking scores. Everyone must have been trying to攻略 [capture/conquer] the lord.

-Putting that aside, the picture is great. The first lord quest攻略 [capture/conquer]! Wow…….

-So, if he met the lord, can we expect him to rank high this time too?

-Oh? That’s right. Is he going to take first place again this time?

Compared to Raven and Brion, Sargis was particularly stingy with its scores.

Even though A-rank was always available, and S-rank even existed in Brion’s case, the highest rank in the third trial was B+ rank.

-I’m a newbie who just came to Brion, is the Sargis graduation quest that hard?

-No, it’s not. In terms of graduation difficulty, it’s actually the easiest.

└ Why? Is it about catching Shadow Lycanthropes or something?

└ No, it’s just automatic graduation. They grade you based on your achievements in Sargis.

└?? Then why is it only B+ rank? You’re saying Annihilation, Empress, Sword Saint, Heavenly Demon…… none of these guys could even get A rank?

It was a valid question.

It was normally incomprehensible that they, the top-ranked users who were so skilled, couldn’t cross the wall of A rank even though it was so easy.

And that was the same for the people involved.

“Strange.”

No, they found it even stranger.

They knew better than anyone that the achievements they had accomplished were not to be taken lightly.

Therefore, they came to a conclusion.

“The current users are not fully enjoying Sargis. There must be many things that have not been solved yet.”

“I, Barion, have completed everything that can be done in Sargis. Except for meeting the lord.”

“There’s definitely something hidden inside the castle.”

“Maybe. Maybe those damn outlaws have something to do with it?”

That was the reason.

That was why bizarre challenges like the Outlaw Challenge were held, and why the rankers gave the NPCs their livers and galls to get inside the castle.

Of course, no one has succeeded, and now they have given up altogether…….

-Crazy……. He did it?

-Wow, that’s amazing.

Kaiser was the first to succeed.

His past actions were shocking as well, but since he had met the lord who had been secretly hidden for a year and a half, how could they not be excited?

They wanted to ask him anything if they could.

-Kaiser is really amazing. How can he do this when it’s only been two weeks since he started the game?

-The guilds must be interested now that the news has spread.

└ You can’t help but be interested, lololol.

-Waiting……. Please, a video…….

-What does the lord look like? I’m so curious.

It was then that a netizen shouted in the heated atmosphere.

[Breaking News! Kaiser Logged Back In!]

Kaiser, who they thought would log in the next day because he was bothered by the attention, had come back in so soon.

Naturally, it was bound to be a mess.

└ Wow, where is he now? Where is he going? What is he doing? Did the lord come out too?

└ Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, I’m in a hurry.

└ Uh……. He’s going to the forest?

└ Forest? Why the forest? Is it quest content? What is he doing in the forest?

└ Ugh, this is so frustrating. Answer me quickly.

└ No;; I type 500 characters per minute, but if you’re urging me at 700 characters per minute, what am I supposed to do?;

└ So what is he doing? Answer me quickly;

The answer to the countless questions that were being asked with every refresh was simple.

└ He’s hunting.

└ ……?

└ No, it’s not just hunting, it’s a massacre? He’s killing them like he’s got a grudge against the Lycanthropes.

└??

At the same time, a hook came to mind.

└ Why?

└ Don’t you know? He’s just sweeping up the monsters while laughing.

└ I’m in Sargis too, and what he’s saying is true. I was trying to catch a Lycanthrope when suddenly a dagger flew and a black explosion happened? When I turned around, Kaiser was running like crazy. It was like watching a horror movie;;

└ Oh? You saw it too? I saw it too.

└ They say it’s hard to see the Lycanthropes now because they’re all dying. The hunting speed is crazy.

└?????

└ A man laughing while massacring wolves in a moonlit forest…… Ooh…….

Numerous questions arose at the incomprehensible behavior, but they shook their heads.

There’s no way he’s doing that just to hunt.

He must have gotten a quest and is doing that.

That’s what they thought.

But…….

[Kaiser Met the Lord 2 Days Ago, Still Hunting.]

[Day 3, Still Hunting Today.]

[Day 4……. Damn it, I want to hunt too;; Kaiser you son of a b*tch……. Ah, I misspoke. Karsin followers, please don’t mark my location.]

One day passed, two days passed, and even on the fourth day.

Kaiser was still only hunting, scouring the forest.

It was an amazing amount of persistence.

Without even visiting the castle or a city, he was only wiping out the Lycanthropes without wasting any time.

“……What is Kaiser doing?”

“I don’t know either. But he’s not stealing, so let’s not take our eyes off the monsters. He’ll take all the monsters again if we’re not careful.”

“Isn’t he doing a hidden quest? Like he’s looking for something.”

“……Does that look like he’s looking for something to you? All I see is a man who has a grudge against wolves.”

“I’ve been logging in every day for the past three days because I’m so curious, but I’ve never seen him pretend to look for anything. He’s just really hunting.”

With this series of bizarre actions, interest naturally began to wane.

Before long, not only the netizens but even the users of Sargis began to lose interest in Kaiser.

They felt that there was no point in watching any longer, at least for now.

That’s why it was even more shocking.

[The final full moon rises.]

[Drawn by the energy of the full moon, the Outlaws appear.]

“Once today passes, we won’t see those guys for a while.”

“It’s been exhausting…… Huh?”

“Huh?”

On the last day when the full moon was rising.

Kaiser, who they thought would still only be hunting today, changed his behavior for the first time.

And those who saw the change in real-time couldn’t help but be shocked.

[Ara……. Man…… Half…….]

[Must…… Find…….]

The leader of the Outlaw army, wearing a robe, was leading the way.

Behind him, Kaiser was repeatedly throwing a dagger into the air and catching it.

“Could it be……?”

The moment that thought crossed their minds.

Whoosh- Thud!

The dagger that Kaiser threw hit the leader of the Outlaws in the back of the neck,

And stopped.

The leader of the Outlaws, who had stopped, reached for the back of his neck to pull out the dagger.

Swoosh- Clack.

The dagger that had been pulled out on its own returned the distance it had come and was caught in Kaiser’s hand.

[……He……. How dare you……!]

The leader of the Outlaws, filled with anger, had his whole body dyed black.

[Kill…… Them……. Human…… Those who interfere……. Eliminate…….]

And the many Outlaws who had gathered around him surrounded Kaiser and his party.

The presence of the beings from the underworld, who were surrounding them on all sides with their chilling faces and ominous energy, was enough to make the onlookers shudder.

“Hey.”

However, Kaiser laughed instead.

“Let’s fight.”

Perhaps understanding those words.

The leader’s eyes twitched, and his face became even more ferocious.

Those words were a signal not only to the Outlaws.

“K, Kaiser is…….”

The users, who were stunned by the shock and staring blankly, opened their mouths.

One user stuttered for a long time as if he couldn’t speak, and then a reaction erupted from the other side.

“Kaiser has opened the Outlaw Challenge!!”

“Waaaaa!!!”

“Crazy!!! It’s crazy, it’s crazy!!”