The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 181

181.

I’m screwed.

Could there be any better way to describe this situation?

This is a total mess.

I clearly blocked all variables and proceeded, but how could this ridiculous thing happen?

I couldn’t understand why that guy, who was supposed to be in the royal castle completing Ruriel’s quest, was here.

‘No, before that, the maximum number of people is already full, so how did he get inside the barrier? And what is he, a hero?’

I had many questions, but the most absurd thing was that he fell from the sky.

Is this some kind of hero landing? Why show up like this?

And why at this timing, which is arguably the most important moment after preparing with gritted teeth for six months?

How could the Master not go crazy and jump up and down?

Zerpak felt the same way, but he couldn’t just stand still.

‘A top executive is involved. This won’t do.’

Rather, this could be an opportunity.

If he handles this unexpected situation well and overcomes it, he can properly win the Master’s favor.

It’s difficult, but it’s not like there’s no way to survive.

Zerpak knew the only way to overcome this crisis.

‘The ember with mysterious power that Ruidra possesses.’

To offer it as a sacrifice to awaken the wraith sleeping in the monument.

That was their hidden quest to unleash the ‘Wraith of the Forgotten King’ and the final method to capture Ruidra.

Originally, it was supposed to be used as a finishing move in the final phase, but this was not the time to worry about such things.

‘First, we need to maintain the number of people as much as possible.’

Three have already died.

Fortunately, Ruidra’s health is at 30%.

They can unleash the Wraith of the Forgotten King to buy time and request reinforcements by using the increased number of entrants.

‘The problem is Kaiser… In the end, his goal is to capture Ruidra. If it doesn’t work out, we should consider joining forces with Kaiser.’

But Zerpak needed to know.

Why did the two of them enter Ruidra’s habitat through different routes?

The situation was so urgent that he couldn’t even think of that, and while he was hesitating, Do-hyun was also assessing the situation.

‘It seems the Hero Guild is attacking first. Is it okay for me to interfere? Why did the hidden phase activate?’

‘I think they met some conditions, Master.’

‘Tsk, it seems the Savior of the Forgotten Wraith is the quest they are attacking. If I had been a little late, I wouldn’t have been able to clear the main quest?’

This is the first time I’ve experienced something like this while doing a quest, so I’m embarrassed.

I didn’t know I could get involved with other users like this.

Well, it’s a game with 1 billion players, so it’s not strange that the routes overlap.

Rather, it was lucky that I had avoided it so far.

‘Still, I should think of it as fortunate.’

It was something to be grateful for that I met them before they killed Ruidra.

If they had killed Ruidra before I obtained the Ember of Purification, I would have been trapped here without a choice.

Of course, the situation wasn’t great now either.

To them, Do-hyun was just an uninvited guest.

Originally, it would have been a headache, but now there was still a chance.

Swish-!

Kkeuaaaak! Keheok!

The hidden piece that was suddenly activated was causing a crisis for them as well.

If left unchecked, they would self-destruct.

‘It’s all good as long as I take the Ember of Purification. I can let them handle the kill and help out a bit, so we can get through this amicably… Hmm?’

Ding-

Do-hyun, who was just as confused, couldn’t easily step forward and was assessing the situation.

[The Eye of Truth is activated.]

‘Suddenly?’

As he looked around due to the suddenly activated Eye of Truth, he saw it.

Behind Ruidra, who was slaughtering the Hero Guild members like a madman, diagonally.

The red light seeping out from beyond the slightly distant wall.

‘That’s….’

When people are desperate, their bodies move first.

By the time the thought that it might be had crossed his mind, he had already used Backstab.

[A mark is created.]

“Huh? Kaiser…!”

The member widened his eyes as Do-hyun used Backstab on Ruidra to close the distance.

Hope filled his eyes with the expectation that he was going to help him, but unfortunately, Do-hyun didn’t even look at him.

The expression ‘not even in his mind’ was more fitting.

“Keuheok!”

[Kyahahahaha!]

Thanks to that, the man stood there dumbfounded and was slammed into the wall.

A hint of resentment and betrayal flickered in his flying eyes, but Do-hyun couldn’t help it.

Whirr-

The ember, redder than the red light seeping out due to the Eye of Truth, filled Do-hyun’s eyes.

Beyond the redness, it had a golden hue, and the expression ‘radiant’ naturally came to mind.

The phrase floating above such a brilliant ember.

[Found the ember that chases away all evil, ‘Ember of Purification’.]

‘Found it!’

He had found what he had been wanting so badly, so how could Hero Guild’s nameless member No. 1 be on his mind!

Do-hyun wasn’t that much of a saint.

‘I found it so quickly, I was lucky.’

Now all that’s left is to take this and get out.

Ruidra was a bit of a shame, but strictly speaking, the Hero Guild was already in the process of attacking.

If they fail, then I can fight them then, or fight together.

Whatever it is, that’s something to think about later.

Right now, securing the Ember of Purification was the priority.

Thud.

The moment Do-hyun, who was so excited, picked up the torch with the Ember of Purification.

“Huh!?”

“Hmm?”

A scream close to a shriek erupted from behind.

“H, how did you know that!?”

The man was staring with wide eyes and his mouth wide open.

It was Zerpak.

‘How does Kaiser know that?’

The ember with mysterious power hidden in a specific location in Ruidra’s habitat.

The ember that had to be sacrificed to awaken the Wraith of the Forgotten King.

He found that in one shot?

It took them a week just to figure out its location?

‘No, it’s a good thing.’

Since he found the ember quickly, all he has to do is offer it as a sacrifice to the monument.

Zerpak was about to shout at him to quickly offer it as a sacrifice.

“No, why are you putting it in your inventory!”

Before he could stop him, Kaiser picked up the ember and put it in his inventory.

He was confused by the incomprehensible act for a moment.

Soon after, an alarm rang.

[The Apostle of Prophecy acquires the ‘Ember of Purification’.]

[The Ember of Purification disappears from Ruidra’s habitat.]

[The energy of the ember that was seeping into the monument disappears.]

[The ‘Wraith of the Forgotten King’ sleeping in the monument screams that it can’t be done.]

Kugugugugu-

At the same time, the monument shook greatly.

As the huge monument trembled, the ground moved violently as if an earthquake had occurred.

[This is……?]

“Wh, what is it?”

“Huh?”

Users, as well as Ruidra, stopped fighting and turned around due to the abnormal symptoms.

What they saw was a man.

Kaiser, who was stopped in the same position as when he was putting the torch in his inventory, behind the violently shaking monument.

There was someone who was looking at him more fiercely than anyone else.

[How dare you… How dare you steal the ember and shamelessly try to go somewhere, Apostle of Prophecy!]

It was none other than Ruidra. Ruidra’s eyes burned black.

In her eyes, the members she had been fighting with until just now were not in her eyes at all.

Only one person.

She was only looking at Kaiser, who had taken the Ember of Purification, and raised her scythe with both hands.

[Hidden Raid Boss, ‘Ruler of Nightmares Ruidra’ designates a target.]

[Activates the trait ‘Master of Nightmares’.]

[Forcibly summons the designated target to the inescapable swamp of nightmares.]

[The currently designated target is player ‘Kaiser’.]

Originally, the Nightmare Room interfered with the mind of the designated target, made them have nightmares, and marked them.

A kind of target-limited invincible pattern that does not inflict fatal wounds on those who are marked.

That became a more powerful trait and covered Kaiser.

Kwaaang-!

Zerpak clenched his fist as he watched the ominous dark energy cover Kaiser.

It was a stroke of good luck in a misfortune.

With this, Kaiser would never be able to kill Ruidra.

Everything was ruined, but at least he would be able to get credit for defeating Ruidra.

‘There are many viewers, and if I manipulate the public well by saying that I competed with Kaiser and won…….’

Anyway, the broadcast is a success, and if I take a good image since it turned out like this, there is hope.

I will have something to report to Verze.

It was when he was getting even a sliver of hope.

[The unique space of Ruidra is created by the effect of the trait ‘Master of Nightmares’.]

[No one except Ruidra and the target she designates can enter.]

[The terrible swamp of nightmares will only be lifted when one of the two dies.]

“……?”

An incomprehensible message appeared.

And after a while, there was no one in the place where the black energy had cleared.

Neither the raid boss Ruidra.

Neither Kaiser. Nor his guardians.

In Ruidra’s habitat, which was empty except for a dreamy landscape, there were only colleagues who were exhausted and collapsed with dumbfounded expressions.

-? What did I just see?

-Did the boss just get robbed?

-Crazy ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is so funny.

-I’ve seen boss steals, but this is the first time I’ve seen a boss kidnapping ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-Isn’t this the boss kidnapping Kaiser, not Kaiser?

-Ruidra: You’ve been kidnapped.

-Today’s broadcast is so fun ㅋㅋㅋ Was this a comedy broadcast? That’s why DogX is failing.

In the boss kidnapping drama that was shown for the first time in the history of God of Creation Online.

Zerpak, who was standing there blankly, couldn’t stand it and complained about the injustice.

“……Hey, give me back my boss.”

* * *

[Welcome to Ruidra’s unique space.]

[Entered the special field, Swamp of Nightmares.]

[The Swamp of Nightmares will only be lifted when one of the two dies.]

[You enter the Swamp of Nightmares and are marked. Those who are marked cannot inflict fatal wounds on Ruidra by being mentally manipulated.]

[The mental manipulation is nullified by the effect of the trait ‘Hero’.]

-Ugh……. What is it, Master.

-Hmm……. It’s an ominous place.

-Liza……. Lizaliza.

Do-hyun, leaving the voices of the guys behind, checked the message and looked around.

It was definitely an ominous space, as Charlie said.

If the outside space was full of colorful colors, this place was full of achromatic colors [lacking color].

That was the same for creatures beyond objects and landscapes.

-Ugh! What is this? Why is everyone’s skin like that? Heeik! I’m also dyed black!

-……Aren’t you originally black? Rather, it seems a little brighter?

-Ah, that’s right.

-Lizaliza.

-Wow, Eliza looks amazing when her color changes. She looks even more imposing?

Charlie and Jihad also appeared in black and white, and everything was in black and white.

[You cannot use the movement scroll in the special field.]

‘What kind of misfortune is this.’

Just in case, another scroll I received from Gilberun.

I tried to use the city movement scroll, but as expected, it couldn’t be used.

Since there was also the Hero Guild, I was going to run away with only the Ember of Purification as Gilberun advised.

The situation was turning in an unexpected direction.

‘I haven’t heard that she has this kind of ability.’

If Gilberun knew, he would have told me.

I wonder if it’s the effect of the hidden phase being activated and the trait changing.

I wondered what quest those guys were clearing, and why things were getting so twisted, but soon Do-hyun shrugged his shoulders.

‘Hmm, well, is that important right now?’

Zerpak who will be outside and Verze who will be watching the broadcast.

Do-hyun was saying something that would make their blood pressure rise.