The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 30

Chapter 30.

Thud-.

Kiiiik! Kii!

It was a giant centipede.

The giant centipede, which had been biding its time behind a rock, was trying to sink its poisonous fangs into Do-hyun’s neck.

Do-hyun, grabbing the monster’s head, frowned.

“Seriously, these insect bastards are just as cowardly no matter where you go.”

Their behavior hasn’t changed, whether it’s in Demonic Realm or God of Seoul Online.

Even in Demonic Realm, there wasn’t a single insect-type monster that didn’t employ cowardly and dirty fighting tactics.

They’re disgusting to look at, and their actions leave much to be desired.

And since this hunting ground is full of those insect bastards, Do-hyun had anticipated their ambush patterns from the start.

They target when users are off guard.

Crack-.

Even though he crushed its head with force, the creature wriggled, trying to escape.

True to its insect type, its vitality was tenacious.

Stab, stab-.

After stabbing it a couple of times with his greatsword, a cheerful notification sound finally rang out.

[You have defeated the Forest Giant Centipede.]

[Swordsmanship proficiency has increased to LV10.]

[You have leveled up.]

Only then did the battle end.

Do-hyun, quickly picking up the dropped loot from hunting, finally checked his status.

‘I didn’t expect my proficiency to increase too.’

His axe proficiency also increased earlier, so Weapon Master was definitely good. Proficiency rises at an amazing rate.

With this, his sword-related damage has already increased by 10%.

If it continues like this, he’ll be a cheat character, but unfortunately, God of Seoul Online wasn’t such an easy game.

‘Damage doesn’t increase well from level 10 onwards.’

Weapon proficiency only increases damage by 1% per level up to level 10.

From level 10, it increases by 1% every 2 levels, and the proficiency required to level up also increases significantly.

It becomes ridiculously large every time you level up.

Most people aim to reach at least level 20 in proficiency, so you can see how bizarre the difficulty is.

‘I have a long way to go.’

The experience needed for proficiency levels will also increase as you go, so there was a mountain of things to do.

Anyway, that’s a problem to think about later…….

Do-hyun, shaking off his sword, turned on the status window.

[Player: Kaiser]

[Level: 19]

[HP: 2,110 / 2,450]

[MP: 320 / 600]

[Stamina: 170 / 350]

[Class: The Last Adventurer [Apostle of Kasiar]]

[Titles (3)]

– Max Favorability From the Start?

– The First Slayer

– King of Time Attack

[Stats]

[Strength: 35(+38)] [Agility: 35(+37)] [Stamina: 5(+37)] [Sense: 22(+36)] [Magic: 5(+34)]

Remaining Points: 49

“I’ve already leveled up twice.”

He heard that it’s hard to level up from the West Forest, but he leveled up twice in less than an hour.

It was a speed that other users wouldn’t believe.

From level 17, the experience pool also increases, and since party play is the default in Seomun, it’s considered good if you level up once an hour.

That was the standard for skilled parties.

If the party synergy isn’t good, it can take 2 hours to level up.

Do-hyun leveled up twice in just 1 hour, so it was truly a crazy growth rate.

“It’s a bit annoying, but it’s a honey hunting ground. They attack well even while being affected by intimidation.”

Whether they trust the terrain or not, it’s such a sweet deal that they attack on their own without having to go out of their way to find them.

It was a thought possible because Do-hyun can kill one with one hit.

Normal users would have become neurotic from their ambushes.

Their escape?

That wasn’t a big problem for Do-hyun, who even had Backstab and Charge Slash. As long as they were in sight, he could catch them at any time.

‘Backstab is still a broken skill.’

It’s a combo-type instant skill that deals damage, is a movement skill, and has high utility, yet it’s Heroic grade?

Even the cooldown is only 50 seconds?

If he equips some skill acceleration items later, it will drop to 40 seconds, so then you really won’t be able to escape.

It was balanced because the Assassin had it, but if you just look at the skill, it’s a cheat skill like no other.

‘What if you get the Mage’s ‘that’ or the Swordsman’s ‘that’ here?’

And every class has one of these skills.

A skill that makes you think, ‘Would this have been a cheat if another class had it?’

It’s ambiguous to ask if it’s as broken as Backstab, but depending on your point of view, it could be an even better skill.

Just mixing a few skills that come to mind with Backstab paints a picture.

‘Yes, it paints a picture. A picture where the balance collapses.’

Well, this is only possible if you can draw it, but for Do-hyun, who has the Eye of Truth, it was just a matter of time.

And that second opportunity is just around the corner.

‘If I level up just one more level, it’s gacha time.’

There’s only 1 level left until level 20, which gives you the second random skill gacha ticket.

In the past, he didn’t have much expectation even while waiting for this moment. What’s the point of expecting when you’re going to get a dud anyway.

Rather, he was more obsessed with guaranteed grade gacha tickets.

That’s why Do-hyun doesn’t have a Legendary skill.

‘Legendary skills only come from random gacha tickets.’

In other words, Do-hyun has spent countless random gacha tickets he received from a total of ten gachas up to level 100, quests, and Hidden Piece rewards, and still hasn’t obtained a Legendary skill.

Truly amazing luck!

It was gacha luck worthy of Do-hyun, who was called the luck abandoned by God!

‘I’m so excited.’

But this time it’s different!

This God of Seoul Online life of Do-hyun has the strongest unique trait, the Eye of Truth!

He was so excited that he couldn’t help but be thrilled about what grade he would draw.

The only drug that was not allowed to Kaiser in the past in Demonic Realm…… No, allowed in God of Seoul Online!

It was when he was walking while imagining that moment.

Ting-.

[West Forest Exploration Complete.]

[Go to Linda and tell her about the situation in the West Forest.]

“Huh?”

When he checked the quest in the suddenly appearing notification window, the conditions were really met.

He had already caught twenty giant insects, so now there was only one quest left.

[Lost Pendant]

-Grade: Normal+

-Description: A request from Camilla, a girl whose precious pendant was stolen by a cat. Find the pendant outside Seomun for the girl.

-Lost Pendant (0 / 1)

-Clear Reward: 1 Gold, a certain amount of experience, Camilla’s small gift

-Failure Risk: Emily’s favorability may decrease.

-Time Limit: 28 hours

The only Normal+ grade quest among the Seomun quests.

That doesn’t mean the difficulty is high.

Rather, the opposite.

‘This is because the location is already well known.’

You just have to go to the location written in the strategy guide and pick up the pendant to finish.

Since you can pick it up anytime, he just prioritized other quests.

The reason why Do-hyun didn’t come to find the pendant right away was because the time overlapped earlier and the line was terribly long.

‘It’s worth waiting this time.’

Fortunately, this line wasn’t that long.

Only about six people.

He could spare this much time since he only had to wait 1 minute.

As he was standing in line blankly, he heard the person in front of him talking.

But familiar words came out of them.

“Hey, did you hear that a kill order has been issued for those power-leveling bullies?”

“That Assassin Boy bastard? I know, serves him right.”

“I heard it was properly issued on a guild level, so he’s not even able to resist and is getting beaten up.”

“Tsk tsk, he should have lived a little nicer. When you see what they do, it’s really annoying.”

Assassin Boy. Power-leveling bully.

Do-hyun knew all the names.

‘Those PKers [Player Killers]? A kill order has been issued in the meantime?’

Do-hyun was the one who gave them a harsh lesson, so he couldn’t not know.

But it was somewhat unexpected that a kill order had been issued.

‘The guild wouldn’t bother to do that… Did they mess with the wrong person?’

Do-hyun has only played Demonic Realm, but even if you listen to the words of users who have played other RPGs, they are all similar.

The only cases where guilds issue kill orders are when it benefits them or when it’s revenge.

Of course.

Chasing after the opponent wherever they are and endlessly slaughtering them is a kill order.

How much manpower, resources, and time would go into such a kill order.

‘That’s all money.’

There was no reason to bother making such an investment for something that wasn’t a big deal.

Unless it benefits the guild by killing them, or to avoid being looked down upon as retaliation against those who have touched them.

As expected, Do-hyun’s thoughts were correct.

“But I also don’t like how they suck up to the Hero Guild. Honestly, haven’t they done trashy things more than once or twice?”

“Well, dungeon control, quest control… If they don’t like it, they just crush it, and they’re called heroes, but what they do is no different from villains.”

“I don’t know why they’re so popular.”

“It’s all because they have a lot of fans. The guild master’s fan base is better than most celebrities. I heard that two-thirds are female fans….”

“They can’t even make a peep in front of the Execution Guild, tsk tsk. Anyway, if there’s no tiger, the fox is king [a Korean proverb meaning someone acts powerful only in the absence of real authority].”

“Shh. Your voice is too loud.”

Do-hyun pretended not to hear as he glanced around.

Fortunately, his pretense worked, and the two people’s voices became smaller, but they didn’t stop talking.

‘Hero Guild… There were similar guys in Demonic Realm too.’

Was it the Heroic Guild.

They set up a guild saying they would become heroes who help the weak and don’t bend in front of the strong, and they were definitely believers at first.

‘Yes, at first.’

Those heroes changed when they tasted money over time.

They pretended to be nice in front, but behind the scenes, they degenerated into trash who did all sorts of dirty things.

They were also the ones who sent all sorts of assassins to Do-hyun.

They hadn’t really clashed with each other, but it seemed that Do-hyun, who was firmly standing, was annoying.

He thought he should properly deal with them someday, but as a result, there was no need to do so.

‘They left without looking back when the game went bankrupt.’

The Heroic Guild and the Hero Guild.

Is it just my imagination that the two guilds overlap?

“Isn’t it the first or second time they’ve recovered their image by catching PKers like this… Tsk. In reality, it’s just trash catching trash, but why do people like it so much….”

“That’s how fed up people are with PK [Player Killing].”

“Well, looking at the post about the Assassin Bitch, she’s not just a crazy bitch. They’re the perpetrators, but they’re cosplaying as victims.”

“Hehe, that’s what I’m saying. I heard they were talking about Kaiser or something in the post?”

Do-hyun, who was listening quietly, flinched without realizing it.

Why is my name coming out here?