The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 165

165.

“Oh.”

Looking at the ten cards shimmering before him, Do-hyun made a small noise.

It wasn’t admiration.

After all, the Intermediate Skill Gacha Ticket’s limit was Rare at best. It would only yield a Rare skill, so what was there to admire?

However, he was indeed in a good mood.

‘Four cards, not bad odds.’

Six dung-colored cards, four silver ones.

That meant a 40% chance of getting a Rare skill.

As expected of a legendary spot that pulled a Legend, it was a pretty decent ratio.

At least, for Do-hyun. Now the problem was which card to pick.

Left, right, or maybe the middle?

‘The curse of the middle is broken.’

The glorious Descent of the Lightning Dragon had dispelled the powerful curse that gifted him Do-boong.

Then, a thought suddenly occurred to Do-hyun, and he paused.

‘Wait a minute, then if I had avoided picking the middle because of the curse back then…….’

What if he didn’t have the Eye of Truth [a skill that reveals hidden information]?

He would have definitely avoided the middle and picked something else. And he would have shed tears of joy, thinking he had pulled a Hero skill, never imagining he had missed out on a Legend.

No, he might have even pulled a Rare skill.

‘Wow……. That’s horrifying.’

The thought suddenly struck him.

Maybe he had been avoiding Legend cards all this time?

Not just bad luck, but perhaps a reincarnation of a golden poop hand [someone who consistently makes bad choices].

The thought sent shivers down his spine, and Do-hyun hurriedly shook his head.

[Eye of Truth is activating.]

He nodded, looking at the message in front of him.

‘Let’s not have such terrible thoughts. I have the Eye of Kingly Truth now.’

Poopmelier Kaiser was no more.

Do-hyun now had the ridiculously overpowered Unique Trait, Eye of Truth!

Steeling his resolve, Do-hyun reached out.

‘In times like these, something I’ve never tried before……. The very end!’

Not the middle, not left or right.

The very corner. If he had to pick, the far left!

Ding-

As he drew the silver card that was faintly glowing there, a message popped up.

[Acquired Rare Skill ‘Fireball’.]

[Fireball]

– Rank: Rare

– Restriction: Fire-attribute mage class

– Description: An attack magic that is the foundation of mages who manipulate fire.

It is a basic magic, but novice mages find it difficult to handle the aggressive fire contained in a Fireball.

– Effect: Creates a ball of fire and launches it at the enemy.

Causes a large explosion upon impact, dealing significant damage.

– Cooldown: 17 seconds

‘Jackpot!’

Do-hyun barely managed to suppress the cheer that was about to burst from his throat.

If he made a fuss here, he would immediately attract attention. He didn’t want to suffer the humiliation of being hugged by Charlie again.

It was just a Rare skill.

And a simple Fireball at that, but it was an incredibly moving skill for Do-hyun.

‘Ah, finally a proper magic skill is appearing……!’

He had obtained two magic skills so far.

Even Hero skills at that.

But none of those skills were truly magic-like. They were just used to enhance his close-quarters combat.

He had never launched anything from a distance like other mages.

‘What will Fireball feel like? The sensation must be electrifying, right?’

If you had to pick the most popular class in God of Creation, it would undoubtedly be the mage.

Unleashing dazzling magic in virtual reality, not some crude 3rd generation VR, was the fantasy of dreams itself.

‘Of course, they become rare in the late game.’

As with all RPG games, mages cost a lot of money. If it costs a lot of money in God of Creation, where the market prices are insane, there’s no need to say more.

Linny is cute compared to that.

Only those who are truly serious about God of Creation have the wealth to handle it.

In any case, he could finally use such magic!

‘I have to hold back.’

He wanted to use it right away, but Do-hyun held back.

He still had one more shot left. Borrowing the energy of the legendary spot, he had to pull Charlie’s skill with this momentum.

‘Let’s go for a quick win.’

After taking a deep breath, Do-hyun immediately tore open the second card pack.

[Using Guardian ‘Charlie’s Random Skill Gacha Ticket.]

Then, once again, light burst forth.

But it was slightly different from before. The silver light was noticeably less, but Do-hyun saw it.

A yellow card shining through the gaps!

‘Yes, it’s finally here……!’

Charlie was finally getting a Hero-grade skill.

The Sword of Light he had from the beginning was a growth-type skill, so it didn’t really have a rank.

Charlie’s class was a knight.

‘There are many Hero skills for knights.’

Knights are particularly dependent on Hero skills.

Most of the useful skills are in the Hero rank. Do-hyun could immediately think of several skills and reached out his hand.

There was no hesitation. There was only one yellow card.

Ding-

[Acquired Hero Skill ‘Oath’.]

‘Huh? Oath?’

Surprised, Do-hyun immediately checked the skill information.

[Oath]

– Rank: Hero

– Restriction: Knight class

– Description: A knight’s oath is absolute and symbolic.

It can make a knight strong or weak.

– Effect: Swears one of the following oaths with the target.

[Guardian: When the sworn person is within a certain range, defense, magic resistance, and health are greatly increased.

However, if they leave the range, the above stats decrease by 30%.]

[Judgment: When the sworn person is fighting a target they wish to judge, the knight’s attack power is greatly increased.

However, damage dealt to enemies other than the target of judgment is reduced by 30%.]

[Sacrifice: Takes a powerful hit that the sworn person would have taken once. If a fatal hit is taken instead, health becomes 1%.]

– Cooldown: 100 seconds

‘Wow, this came out.’

Looking at it from every angle, it was the skill he knew.

Oath.

It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it’s the first word that comes to mind when you think of a knight.

A knight’s oath is famous enough for everyone to know. Oath was a concept skill that actively reflected such a knight’s oath.

‘Depending on how you use it, it can be a transcendent Hero skill or a complete trash skill.’

If the level of the party member you swear an oath with is terrible or if you don’t work well together, it’s a suicide skill that’s no different from a complete failure.

Conversely, if you have good chemistry with the party member you swore an oath with.

Or if you use it in the right situation, it can be incredibly efficient.

‘Arthur always brings a knight with him.’

Arthur, who always moves as a team, is famous for making the best use of it.

So much so that there was talk that if the current Arthur, who had sworn an oath, had attempted the Outlaw Challenge, there would have been a possibility.

In addition to Arthur, many rankers also used it well.

This is why knights are in the spotlight as sub-tanks and sub-dealers.

‘It’s ambiguous as a main tank or dealer. But if you think of it as a sub, the concept is clear.’

A knight who serves their lord.

A knight who sometimes becomes a sharp sword, sometimes a strong shield.

It properly captured the concept of such a loyal knight.

And this ‘Oath’ was the symbolic skill of such a knight class.

The only downside is that trust is essential because synergy with the knight is important…….

-My lord, I feel a firm will in my heart. I feel like I can serve you better.

-Oh, I know that feeling too. Did you get something good too?

-Yes! It’s all thanks to you, my lord. I couldn’t be happier. Trust only in this humble sword, my lord.

“Yeah, thanks.”

It seemed like there was no need to worry about that.

Charlie was a guardian whose loyalty was maxed out from the start.

There was no reason not to trust him.

-Liza! Lizaliza!

-Eliza, you want one too? Hmm……. But you don’t have any other abilities.

-Liza!!!

-S, sorry. It’s because you’re not an adult yet.

‘Come to think of it, Eliza is affiliated with Jihad, right?’

A subordinate guardian who grows along with Jihad’s growth.

The advantage is that it grows on its own even if you leave it alone, but the downside is that there is no skill gacha [a lottery-like system for obtaining skills].

-Liza…….

“It’s okay, Eliza. You’re doing enough.”

-Liza?

“Yeah, really.”

Perhaps it was Do-hyun’s words that gave her strength.

Eliza’s eyes, which had been gloomy, sparkled.

Do-hyun smiled slightly as he stroked Eliza’s face with his index finger.

Of course, she’s doing her part.

Webbing and parasitism are enough as support roles, and above all, isn’t she cute?

[Acquired Oak Root Leaf.]

“One for now.”

Do-hyun smiled as he dug under the oak tree and got a root leaf.

‘Then shall we go try out the skills now?’

He was done with the card gacha.

It was time to use the first attack magic skill he had obtained.

* * *

Had he walked for about 10 minutes?

Do-hyun stopped walking after confirming that there were fewer people than before, though there couldn’t be no one at all.

He could have used it there earlier, but Do-hyun couldn’t allow that.

‘I can’t defile the legendary spot.’

Skill use is prohibited in legendary spots.

That was the unspoken rule that the gacha-loving people who do card pulls followed.

He wasn’t a member of the gacha gallery [online community], but Do-hyun’s heart was already one of them.

-……Do you really understand that?

-Hmm. Camaraderie is important.

-Yeah. What was I expecting?

Ignoring Jihad, who was chattering behind him, Do-hyun took out the Thousand Transformations.

He was planning to transform the weapon as usual. But Do-hyun paused for a moment, thinking.

‘Should I have gotten a staff too?’

He had neglected it because it had been useless, but when he thought about it, he didn’t have a mage weapon.

In the end, Do-hyun maintained the basic form, wanting to at least get the feeling, and lightly swirled it in the air.

It felt like he was holding a small wand from HaX Potter [a play on Harry Potter, implying a similar magical world].

“Abraca……. Ahem, not that.”

Do-hyun trailed off and scanned his surroundings, then found a troll standing alone and activated the skill.

[Using Fireball.]

Then a notification popped up and flames bloomed in front of the Thousand Transformations.

“Ooh…….”

The air heated up with a whoosh, and just as he was admiring it.

The flames soon grew and condensed into a sphere.

The flames were surging, but they maintained the shape of a sphere, and the surrounding air was shimmering, which was more realistic than he had imagined.

It really felt like he had become a mage.

Shuaaak- Boom!

As he sent it forward, the Fireball, which was burning the air, flew towards the troll at a rapid speed.

Then, the sound of an explosion as soon as it touched the troll.

“Wow…….”

It wasn’t a huge roar, nor did flashy effects explode.

But Do-hyun was feeling moved.

A different kind of sensation and pleasure than close combat was transmitted.

Putting everything else aside, the visual effects and the strange, heart-tingling buzz were electrifying.

Kuaaa!

Judging from the roaring reaction, it seemed to have quite an impact.

Well, even if he didn’t have a magic staff, Do-hyun’s magic stat was at a level that would slap the cheeks of most mages of the same level.

It was literally a beatdown with pure magic power.

‘A 17-second cooldown isn’t bad either.’

Mages basically have a structure that deals damage with skills.

So the cooldown of lower-ranked skills was lower than other classes.

Because it’s a class that doesn’t have a basic attack.

Conversely, powerful magic had ridiculously long cooldowns, but considering the power, it had to be that way to balance it.

It wouldn’t make sense if dropping lightning over a wide area had a short cooldown.

[Transforming Thousand Transformations into ‘Azure Sword of Radiant Taksenel’.]

[Using Darkness Coating on Thousand Transformations.]

It was when he was about to coat the Thousand Transformations, which had transformed into a sword in an instant, with darkness to finish off the staggering guy.

‘Huh? Wait a minute.’

A thought flashed through his mind.

Darkness Coating can be used on anything that is identified as belonging to the caster.

Just like it can be used on the Thousand Transformations, the undead, and himself.

Then…….

‘Can it be coated on Fireball too?’