The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 228

228.

[Inverting the Heavens]

-Rank: Legendary Signature (Growth)

-Restriction: Kaiser

-Description: Swordsmanship born from one who defies the will of the heavens.

A swordsmanship to obliterate all adversities and disasters that block the path, standing firm and alone, consisting of four forms.

Changes may occur upon mastering all forms.

-Effect: Allows the use of the four forms of Inverting the Heavens. Currently sealed to match the player’s level.

-First Form, Beginning (始)

-…….

“……Legendary! It’s legendary! Legendary!!”

After checking the skill information, Do-hyun widened his eyes and shouted.

As if that wasn’t enough, Do-hyun clenched his fists and expressed his joy with his whole body.

-Oh dear, here we go again…….

-Li, Liza…… LizaLiza…….

-Hmm. No one is here, so it shouldn’t matter.

-Ah, that’s right. Phew, thankfully. Oh? But Charlie, didn’t you say earlier that the master’s happiness is the humble sword’s happiness or something?

-……I don’t know what you’re talking about.

The Guardians instinctively looked around and sighed in relief at the usual reaction, but Do-hyun didn’t care.

It was legendary. Not just any legendary, but a legendary signature skill!

‘Signature swordsmanship skills are said to perform better than skills of the same rank.’

It was, in effect, a skill rated higher than Divine Descent of the Lightning Dragon or Blessing of the Guardian.

He was already making good use of those two skills, to the point of overusing them, so he was already excited about how good this skill would be.

It felt like only yesterday that he prayed for just one legendary skill.

‘Already the third legendary skill…….’

He was on the verge of tears.

A pang of regret suddenly arose, wishing he had something like this back in Dem Locke, but it didn’t matter now.

Thanks to it appearing now, he was able to obtain this new legendary skill.

In that sense, Do-hyun’s smile briefly disappeared as he looked fondly at the signature swordsmanship skill that looked particularly beautiful.

“……Wait a minute. What is that? Legendary Signature…… Growth?”

He was so excited about the word ‘Legendary’ that he didn’t see it properly, but looking again, there was something strange attached.

Growth?

‘It should be either Heroic or Legendary…….’

As far as Do-hyun knew, there was no such signature skill.

To be precise, it wasn’t that there were no signature skills that grew.

Just like Divine Descent of the Lightning Dragon, which became stronger in proportion to the user’s level, there were many such skills among signature skills.

‘No, it’s actually common.’

Especially since becoming stronger through training was the identity of swordsmanship, this type of skill was actually common.

But he could say for sure.

‘There is no skill with the word ‘Growth’ openly attached next to the rank.’

That meant that, at least officially, it was the first skill he had obtained.

That wasn’t the only strange thing.

‘A swordsmanship consisting of four forms…… this is literally a swordsmanship skill, isn’t it?’

This was very astonishing.

Generally, the signature skills obtained were not swordsmanship but single skills that could be called swordplay.

Of course, not all were like that.

It was just generally the case, and there were often cases where swordsmanship was obtained.

‘People like the Sword Saint or Slayer obtained swordsmanship, including Annihilation.’

Such swordsmanship skills were often rated even better than other signature skills.

The reason was simple.

Due to the nature of swordsmanship having multiple forms, one skill could have the effect of having multiple skills.

In God of Seoul, where skill slots were limited, having one skill produce various effects was a huge advantage.

‘Of course, each of those forms isn’t at the legendary skill level. Except for a few key forms, most are ambiguous to even call skills.’

Even considering that, everyone hoped to obtain swordsmanship.

In the beginning, it was treated as a flashy skill with meager effects compared to those who obtained swordplay, but in the later stages, the gap widened to the point where it was embarrassing to compare.

Some of them even demonstrated overwhelming performance when all forms were mastered, with Annihilation being the prime example.

‘It was said that signature swordsmanship had a great influence on creating the current Annihilation.’

And what he obtained was a legendary signature swordsmanship.

He would have been grateful just to get that, but this was even the first ‘growing legendary swordsmanship’.

“Keuh…… this is why I take risks.”

He couldn’t help but think it was a great thing to have taken on this crazy challenge.

If he had followed the forgotten king’s swordsmanship, he might have only obtained a part of the swordsmanship in the form of a skill.

He was filled with awe at the sheer reward.

‘If it’s a growth-type skill, is it like Myriad Transformations? But it’s already legendary. Does that mean it grows beyond legendary?’

What would be beyond legendary?

Except for what you get when you transcend, there was only the Myth rank.

So, does that mean it grows to the Myth rank?

For a moment, his heart swelled with that thought, but he soon calmed down.

‘No, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. This game is the sequel to that Dem Locke.’

There was the exceptional case of Myriad Transformations, but Myriad Transformations was a weapon containing the power of Kashiyar, the strongest of the ancient humans and called the God of War.

On the other hand, Inverting the Heavens, no matter how unbelievably it was obtained, was ultimately a swordsmanship created by the power of an individual user.

The possibility of it really growing to the Myth rank was not high.

That’s why Do-hyun focused on the last sentence of the description.

-Changes may occur upon mastering all forms.

Among the signature swordsmanship with various characteristics, this was the first time he had heard of a skill with such a sentence.

He didn’t know exactly, but he thought it was probably related to that.

‘It sounds like it grows after mastering all forms…… well, I’ll know when the time comes.’

Whether it was wishful thinking or not, he would find out later.

That’s when it happened as he was making his own guesses.

[The Lion King’s Spirit is so shocked that he can’t believe it, his jaw drops.]

A cheerful notification popped up along with the message.

‘The reaction is always the same. What’s with the Lion King’s Spirit?’

The Lion King, who was a great knight and king of the past who had reached the highest level, was gaping with his jaw dropped.

Thinking about it, he chuckled at the funny sight when.

[The Lion King’s Spirit acknowledges your qualifications, saying that the apostle he has been waiting for has finally appeared.]

[The Lion King’s Spirit cannot contain his excitement and stands up.]

[The Lion King’s Spirit manifests.]

“……? What?”

An unexpected message followed, and soon a dazzling light burst out.

Flash-!

-Ugh, I can’t see…… where is the light coming from?

-……Ah, I can see!

-Li……za! ?

He frowned at the sudden burst of light, but after Charlie’s words, he could tell.

Where this intense light was coming from.

‘That’s…… the King?’

The source of the light was the King’s rotten body.

The body, which had been standing quietly like a robot with the switch turned off after exchanging fierce sword strikes until just now, was emitting light and raising its head.

The fierce light gradually subsided, and a voice was heard.

-I, Raode Belnuros, acknowledge your qualifications. Now that my long-cherished wish has been fulfilled, I will end the trial according to the promise with the Tower.

A firm and rigid tone close to an oath. At the same time, a low voice full of power.

Do-hyun, who somehow managed to open his eyes wide and look ahead, saw it. The King’s rotten body was looking at him and smiling slightly.

The King, who made eye contact, was saying this.

-I’ll bet everything on you.

And with those words, the light disappeared in an instant, and a message popped up.

[The Lion King’s Spirit fulfills his long-cherished wish.]

[You have completed the Great Lion King’s Trial.]

[You have completed the Great Lion King’s Trial for the first time in history.]

[You have obtained the title, ‘One Who Completed the Lion King’s Trial’.]

[By achieving an unbelievable feat, all stats are increased by +5 due to the effect of the ‘Unbelievable Feat’ title.]

[The reward is enhanced by completing the trial with an unbelievable feat.]

……….

[The linked event changes due to an unbelievable feat.]

“……Wow.”

It was a feast of messages that made his mind go blank.

* * *

Is this what it means to be dumbfounded?

The messages that kept popping up were dizzying, and each of their contents was unusual.

‘Reward enhancement, title, achievement, linked event change…… even the trial is completed? What is going on?’

It was a complete mess.

Even if only one of these was revealed, it would be shocking, but the one that stood out the most was the word completion.

Completion. Literally, it meant that something was completely finished.

What this meant was one thing.

[The Great Lion King’s Trial has been completed, and you can no longer climb the Tower.]

[The Tower will disappear when the Lion King’s Spirit leaves.]

“This is crazy……”

-Wow…….

-Li, Liza…….

The system itself, the Great Lion King’s Trial, was completely terminated.

From now on, the Lion King’s Tower could no longer be climbed.

Do-hyun couldn’t hide his embarrassment either.

He thought it would be fortunate if he could pass all the trials, as only the Sword Emperor had cleared the hidden stage, but completion?

‘I didn’t intend to cause such a big accident.’

He was the only one who had climbed the Lion King’s Tower.

His head already ached thinking about what would happen when this news spread.

He was even more awkward about how Hyun-ah would react.

‘No, when you think about it, I didn’t do anything wrong, did I? What can I do if another hidden stage opened on its own?’

Do-hyun was confident. This was an act of God.

No, beyond an act of God, he was actually the victim.

He was just sucking up experience points and enjoying the honey, but suddenly they confiscated the honey pot and threw an Eternal Knight at him.

Moreover, that Eternal Knight used skills and even demonstrated swordsmanship from his lifetime, so what else could it be but telling him to just die.

If there was a fault here, it was that he broke the hidden stage that seemed to have been made not to be broken?

Who would blame someone for grabbing it to live? If there was such a person, they were a human without blood or tears.

‘Yeah, that’s right.’

That’s how he was working hard to rationalize himself and turning on the positive circuit when.

[……Apostle of Prophecy. I have been waiting for you to come here. This Tower was created waiting for a knight with the qualifications of the Apostle of Prophecy to come.]

“……….”

[But even I doubted it. Looking at the level of the apostles, I wondered if an apostle could really complete this trial…… Thanks to you, I was able to advance it by at least 3 years, so I express my gratitude.]

“……Ah, I see.”

Do-hyun sighed at the Lion King’s Spirit, who was possessing the rotten body and driving a wedge that it was all because of him.

To summarize those words, it was this.

‘An event that was originally going to happen a long time later appeared 3 years earlier because of me…….’

In the end, he was the problem.

Also, there seemed to be a high probability that it was related to the main quest.

‘Apostle of Prophecy…… Could this also be related to the main quest?’

He had heard that word from Luriell as well.

Moreover, 3 years later was also the time when Gamillion mentioned the promised day when he first heard about the main quest in detail.

More than anything…….

[Eye of Truth is activated.]

‘……I didn’t expect it, but is it really a fragment of fate?’