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

Part 364

Part 2, Episode 30.

‘This won’t do.’

Since the ill-fated relationship with that bastard has already begun.

The events in the village involved the 4th Affiliates, who are just small fries, so it doesn’t matter, but things are different starting from District 3.

Moreover, it’s not just any combatant from District 3, but the vice-commander of a unit leading his members, getting unilaterally crushed by one person?

‘A report will definitely go up.’

Then the higher-ups won’t just sit still.

This is a matter of pride.

And before that, they would never let those who tarnished the name of the lawless zone get away with it.

‘I have to catch him now.’

I have to deal with him now, no matter what.

Having made his decision, Kayan hurriedly opened his friend list.

It was to request support from the 5th and 8th Units that participated in the competition.

‘……?’

But something was strange.

Clearly, the names of those who participated in the competition were all grayed out.

They wouldn’t have logged out now, when they should be accumulating points.

‘What is this…….’

As he was blankly wondering what was going on, it happened.

“Kuh-huh-uck!”

“Is it two now?”

A low, deep voice echoed with a death cry.

Kayan, startled, covered his mouth and held his breath. The emergency lights in his mind blared loudly, showing no signs of turning off.

‘Damn it, why does this have to happen now……! What should I do? Should I run now? If I can just reach the area that the 5th Affiliate is supposed to cover…… No, if I run, I’ll definitely get caught. At that monster’s speed, I won’t last even a minute.’

Kayan’s brain was working faster than it had in recent memory.

But no matter how much he thought, he couldn’t see a solution.

Thud, thud.

The footsteps were getting closer.

Feeling them approaching within striking distance, Kayan squeezed his eyes shut.

He thought this was the end.

Thud.

‘……?’

But what was this?

The footsteps that should have stopped didn’t stop and continued.

The sound was even getting farther away.

Only then did Kayan peek behind the tree, and he saw Kaiser walking in the opposite direction.

‘What is it?’

It was strange.

Wasn’t this Kaiser, who easily found them even when they had obtained stealth effects as a group with the help of the 5th Affiliate’s ‘that person’s’ power?

Kaiser, who caught the fleeing guys like a ghost, can’t find himself hiding so carelessly?

‘Is that even possible?’

It didn’t make sense, so Kayan thought Kaiser was deliberately playing a trick.

He thought he was trying to give him false hope, and then appear and trample on him the moment he felt relieved.

But after 10 seconds, and then 20 seconds passed.

Watching Kaiser still unable to find him, Kayan realized.

‘……He can only find stealth?’

Kaiser, he really can’t find him.

Rather, hiding without using stealth was the way to escape from him.

Thinking about this in reverse, it meant that it was also advantageous not to use stealth when ambushing.

‘……Then if I ambush him now?’

Kayan, he is a rogue.

Although he is ridiculed as a ‘rogue-trash’ in the world, he is a job comparable to an assassin when it comes to stealthy ambushes.

Compared to assassins who are close to being one-trick ponies with stealth, rogues, who are specialized in reducing traces, were in some ways more optimized for ambushes.

What if he was a combatant from the 3rd Affiliate of the lawless zone who became a rogue-trash?

‘I can do it.’

Kayan’s eyes flashed.

The eyes that had been like a herbivore hiding in fear of a beast had already disappeared.

It was because he had learned that the monster he had only thought of as a monster had a fatal weakness.

There was also a reason why Kayan was so confident.

[You are using the legendary skill, ‘Killing Intent Suppression’.]

[For 30 seconds, no traces or sounds will be generated in your movements.]

[If you succeed in attacking the target, you will inflict critical damage.]

[Movement speed increases by 2 times.]

He had Killing Intent Suppression, one of the best skills of a rogue.

Not only that.

[You are using the unique ability ‘Sense Reduction’.]

[You are using the trait ‘Stealth’.]

A fraudulent combination that reduces the opponent’s perception and adds stealth, and an ambush that only he, an assassination-type rogue, can use.

‘I threw away all the setup and support skills and invested only in ambushes.’

The reason he couldn’t do anything and was hiding was just because he thought that monster noticed all approaches.

Now that he knew it worked, there was no reason to hesitate.

‘If I report that I caught that monster who killed even the vice-commander in an instant alone…… I might be able to aim for a two-rank promotion.’

Kayan, who raised the corner of his mouth with a bitter smile, took out the marble from his inventory and held it tightly.

[Emergency Marble]

[When destroyed, a signal is transmitted to those who have the same marble.]

A marble that everyone belonging to the lawless zone has.

He decided to hold it in his hand in case of an emergency.

Swish.

Kayan, who had finished preparing, came out of the tree.

He saw Kaiser walking forward with his back turned.

The distance was about 40M.

To him, who could move at twice the speed without worrying about sound, it was practically right in front of him.

‘Hehehe…… Hehehehe.’

Even now, when he had already caught up, Kaiser was not looking back.

-Liza…… Liza? Lizaliza!

-Hmm? What’s wrong……!?

-Why, that…… Huff, Master! Behind you! Look behind you!

It was caught because Eliza, who was rubbing her sleepy eyes, happened to peek her head out this way, but it didn’t matter.

Kayan was already holding his dagger high.

‘Die, Kaiser!’

The moment he, who smiled viciously like a demon, was about to plunge his dagger into Kaiser’s back.

“……!”

He made eye contact with Kaiser, who turned his head.

The moment he met his indifferent eyes, Kayan felt an unknown fear.

Even though it was clear that the dagger would pierce him in a fleeting moment of less than a second, he felt an instinctive threat.

But then it happened.

“?”

Kaiser’s eyes, which had been indifferent, gradually widened, and then an emotion of surprise arose.

He wasn’t surprised to see himself.

He didn’t even have himself in his eyes, as if he didn’t care about himself.

‘……Behind?’

The moment Kayan, who felt something long passing by reflected in Kaiser’s eyes, instinctively tried to turn around.

Swishhhhh-

Thwack!

“Kuh-heok……!”

Something that flew faster than that pierced Kayan’s back.

Kayan’s eyes widened as he saw it piercing through his heart and flying away, unable to stay in his back due to the high degree of rotation.

‘……A spear?’

A spear that scatters blue waves and rotates.

It was a weapon that Kayan knew well.

That’s because there was only one person in God’s Play who wielded such a mysterious spear.

“Lai……!”

But Kayan couldn’t shout the name of its owner.

—-!

“Kuh-heok!”

The waves remaining in the trajectory through which the spear had passed exploded and swallowed Kayan.

That was Kayan’s last memory.

The grand dream of ambushing Kaiser and succeeding in promotion ended in vain by being ambushed instead.

Do Hyun was also surprised.

“Huh.”

A mysterious spear with flowing blue waves stuck in the tree right next to him.

Considering the power he had just seen, it was clear that if he hadn’t tilted his head back by a hair’s breadth, he would have suffered considerable damage.

It was obvious who the spearman with this kind of power would be.

Rustle-

Hair of ash-gray color that immediately catches the eye as he cuts through the bushes.

A warm impression.

And a sleek yet sturdy body and a blue phoenix pattern engraved on the blue armor.

“Oh dear…… I’m sorry. I was trying to help because it looked dangerous, but I almost harmed Kaiser-nim [nim is a Korean honorific].”

“…….”

The master of the top 10 guild, Arc, and the man called the strongest lancer.

The moment he faced Laihas again.

* * *

He already knew that Laihas was participating from the news he had heard.

He also thought that he might run into him while the competition was in progress.

But he didn’t know he would run into him this quickly.

“Will you forgive my mistake?”

“……It’s okay. I didn’t take any damage.”

“Thank you for your great generosity.”

Moreover, he didn’t expect it to be this kind of picture.

-Um, since the Lord forgives you, I’ll let it slide, but you better be careful next time.

-Liza! Lizaliza!

“Yes, I will be careful, Sir Charlie.”

-Ahem! Yes, yes. Be careful.

Laihas smiling brightly with a good-natured face.

Was it because he liked his polite attitude?

The expressions of Charlie and Jihad, who had been on guard with a battle posture, relaxed.

His affability was not only allowed to the Guardians.

“More than that…… that man from just now. He’s from the 3rd Affiliate. There are many traces of battle around him, so I guess you had a fight here too.”

“……That’s what happened.”

“Amazing. I guess there were dozens of them, but you took care of that many people alone. You must have had a proper bad relationship with the lawless zone as soon as you entered, are you okay?”

“I heard that you avoid poop because it’s dirty, but I tend to clean it up without avoiding it.”

“Indeed…….”

Laihas, who was impressed as if he had received deep inspiration, nodded.

“That’s right. Villains are beings that must be cleaned up. I think we can have a good relationship after all.”

“……Is that so.”

“Yes, of course, Kaiser. I can feel the experience from you, like me, who has dealt with many villains.”

“…….”

There was sincerity in Laihas’s voice as he said that.

Do Hyun did not directly agree, but quietly cast Heavenly Change.

‘I thought we were going to compete this time.’

It was because he saw what kind of expression Laihas had when he threw the spear at the minion aiming for his back.

There was no killing intent towards himself at all, just eyes focused on killing the villain.

‘Yeah, at least one of these top 10 guilds should be like this.’

With all the intruders and lawless zones.

Now that he has so many enemies, it wouldn’t be bad to have someone with the same intentions.

Of course…….

‘……Assuming that’s not a lie.’

He had no intention of trusting that guy.

Do Hyun can only truly trust his Guardians and colleagues.

There have been countless times when guilds have worn masks pretending to have the same intentions and be on the same side, only to stab him in the back.

“It was nice to meet you again. I can’t take up any more of your time, and I also have someone I’m chasing…… Let’s part ways here today.”

“Yes.”

“Ah, I’m on my way after cleaning up all the villains around here, so you don’t have to worry about being disturbed for the time being…….”

Before leaving after exchanging short greetings like that.

It was the moment when Laihas confidently said as if he had suddenly remembered.

Rumble-

“It’s here!”

“Huh? What is it.”

“What is it? Why are those two together?”

Suddenly, the surroundings became noisy, and burly men who had come like ghosts from all directions surrounded the area.

Everywhere on their bodies, which looked somewhat bewildered, the same snake tattoo was engraved.

Lawless Zone 3rd Affiliate.