The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 328

328.

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The news spread like wildfire.

[Kaiser! Stops the Doomsday City Quest, the Worst Quest in Imperial History!]

[Kaiser, is he really a god?]

[Let’s find out about Kaiser, the protagonist of the Doomsday City Quest.]

Articles with somewhat cheesy titles were plastered all over the God of OE official website, as well as various portal sites.

-Crazy!!!!

-Wow, daebak [Korean slang for “amazing” or “jackpot”].

-Oi, oi, I knew you could do it!!

-No way, he pulled this off?

-Kaiser, is he really a god?

-I’m bowing down, hail God Kaiser!!!!!!

-Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god! Kaiser, he is a god!

-Ah, I was hoping to see the Seven Stars for once, but it’s a bit disappointing that I can’t.

└I heard three of the Seven Stars went to the Imperial Palace.

The news, like a nuclear bomb, was followed by an explosive reaction from netizens.

The Doomsday City Quest, the Black Knight Garion.

As it was a major event that would determine whether the imperial family would fall and whether a third of the empire would be engulfed in the Abyss, the reaction was bound to erupt quickly.

In the past, there would have been those who would try to belittle it, but at least not today.

Rather, the atmosphere was feverish.

It couldn’t be helped.

-Whatever, the empire would have been ruined without Kaiser.

-Fr fr [short for “for real,” indicating agreement], my friend just entered the empire and was mentally broken asking what this was, but as soon as he heard that Kaiser had caught it, he ran around in his underwear like a mad dog.

-Wow, I spent 2 million won [approximately $1,500 USD] a week ago and was worried that it would be destroyed like a dog, but thank you, God Kaiser!

-I’m joining the Kaiser Church as of today.

If it weren’t for Kaiser, the power structure itself would have changed.

Perhaps the game God of OE could have been completely different from what it is now.

As the influence of God of OE is no longer just a game, this time, regardless of jealousy, they had no choice but to express their gratitude.

Of course, there were always a few bad apples everywhere, but they were crushed by the overwhelming firepower of positive comments.

Perhaps that’s why.

-Real-time breaking news) The number of Kaiser Church members is rapidly increasing.

-? It’s real. The number of members has more than tripled… Huh? What’s this, there are so many foreigners?

-There are so many English comments saying this is where people follow Kaiser lololol [laughing out loud]. Half of the Kaiser Church members are foreigners.

-All the TV shows are talking about Kaiser. The foreigners’ reactions are crazy? Forget the Korean Wave [Hallyu, referring to the global popularity of South Korean culture].

-Kya~ The national pride is crazy. Madam, give me another shot of national pride!

-All of Kaiser’s past achievements are being re-examined lololol

World Quest, Lion King Test, etc.

Due to this incident, Kaiser’s overwhelming achievements were re-examined, and he gained tremendous recognition.

That reached beyond Korea to foreign countries.

-Is this the cafe of the believers who follow Kaiser?

-I heard that they accept people regardless of nationality. I heard that the master here is the madman with clear eyes?

-Fanatic, she was right. Kaiser is God.

-Holy sh*t! Kaiser’s achievements are nothing short of a myth! It’s the Bible of God of OE!

-Think about how many more achievements he will write in the future, bro! I’ve decided. I’m going to make history with him.

In some Western countries, some people treat it as more than a religion.

With this kind of atmosphere, it was perhaps natural for Koreans to fall into national pride.

-Everyone, let’s all believe in the omnipotent Kaiser and find enlightenment. God Kaiser knows everything.

-I believe, Kamen…

-At this point, I’m confused whether they’re joking or serious.

-? Are you doubting my faith in God Kaiser right now? Kaiser Church members, over here! There’s a heretic here!

-It’s amazing that Kaiser, who started a year and a half late, was able to devour the established powers and be recognized.

Praising Kaiser was becoming a kind of meme.

-Ah, when is the video coming out? I’m so jealous of the people who watched it in real time.

-It was seriously amazing. Watch the video when it comes out, watch it twice.

-I really want to buy the eyes that saw it.

-Ah, and the main character this time is not only Kaiser. Charlie was amazing too. The knight of light himself.

└fr fr, the new sprouts who start in the future should listen respectfully to Charlie’s harsh words in the tutorial with both hands together.

└Charlie? Why Charlie?

└There’s something, you son of a b*tch. You should have logged in if you don’t like it.

└;;;

Before long, the number of community chat rooms exceeded the maximum.

Beyond the community, all kinds of NewTubes [a play on YouTube] and broadcasting companies were talking about Kaiser.

That was the same in reality as well as on the net.

At this point, users couldn’t help but wonder.

-Who would win if they fought Myeolsal?

It was a topic that had been mentioned from time to time, but a somewhat different flow was produced from then.

-? Of course, Myeolsal would win easily. Compare things that can be compared.

-So, did that Myeolsal even show his face? Kaiser stopped the 10 major guilds and NPCs from being unable to use their power and dying, right?

-That’s because Garion’s unblockable move was a scam. There was a way to counter Kaiser and Charlie.

-The world is judged by results. The Great Kaiser has already transcended the top 10 guilds. No rebuttals accepted.

Articles saying that it was not yet possible for Myeolsal and articles saying that it was worth a try began to alternate.

-Ugh;; As the Kaiser Church has grown, there are now more guys spouting nonsense.

└Leave them alone. They’ll praise him like that, and then when Myeolsal does his first raid, they’ll say Myeolsal is the best.

└lololol

└Myeolsal? I predict the Four Heavenly Kings will cut him lol

└Yeah, that Myeolsal couldn’t do anything to the Four Heavenly Kings~ The trend is Kaiser~

└There are still heretics who doubt God Kaiser. Believers, over here! There are heretics here!

-But honestly, I’m a Kaiser fan, but unless he grows more, it’s still impossible.

-Yeah, Myeolsal isn’t just standing still while Kaiser is growing. In fact, Myeolsal is currently in secluded training, so no one knows how strong he is.

-Still, it seems like it’ll be worth a try later? I can’t imagine Kaiser losing.

-I can’t imagine Myeolsal losing either?

Meanwhile, at that moment when netizens were busy fighting, moving from praise to national pride, and from national pride to fighting.

Dohyun, the person who caused the topic, was…

Fushuu-

“Hoo…”

He couldn’t come out even though the capsule had been opened for a long time, and he had a serious face.

It was because of the last message he saw.

[The fragment of fate cannot be found.]

[Expanding the detection area.]

[Failed to find the fragment.]

[However, traces of the fifth fragment of fate are felt in the Arnis Empire.]

[Main Quest ‘The Lost Fragment of Fate (1)’ has occurred.]

[The Lost Fragment of Fate (1)]

-Grade: Main Quest, Job Quest

-Description: The fifth fragment of fate that was sleeping in the Arnis Empire has disappeared. It is presumed that someone took it.

Inform Gamilion of this fact and discuss it.

-Deliver the facts to Gamilion (0 / 1)

-Quest success: Linked to the linked quest ‘The Lost Fragment of Fate (2)’.

-Quest failure: Disappearance of the Lost Fragment of Fate (2) quest.

-Time limit: None.

‘The fragment of fate has disappeared… Is this a joke?’

This had never happened in the process of obtaining the four fragments so far.

It was just absurd, but this was a serious matter.

This meant that there were guys aiming for the fragment besides himself.

No, this is natural.

From the beginning, Gamilion had told him that there were many people aiming for the fragment.

‘The problem is that they’re moving too early than expected.’

As it was originally a main quest that would occur a few years later, I know that there is a grace period of 3 years, which is the time when the successor of the prophecy appears.

Until then, those who are aiming for the fragment cannot easily move.

So Dohyun was thinking of collecting all 10 as quickly as possible before the 3 years were up…

-The day of promise is approaching. Unlike the existing prophecy, the situation has changed… Everything… War… Soon they will move…

Suddenly, what Cassiar said just before he disappeared came to mind.

‘Is this what it means that the situation has changed?’

I thought it was just a matter of the distant future.

Dohyun’s expression became serious at the change that came sooner than expected.

‘They are…’

In the circumstances, it is highly likely that they Cassiar mentioned are the culprits.

Even though he’s a gangster, he wouldn’t have said meaningless words and left at the last moment.

Then who are they he was talking about?

God? Abyss? Or the Wolyeongdan [likely a secret organization or cult]?

Perhaps it could be something else.

“Hoo.”

Dohyun, who sighed, shook off his thoughts.

There was no way to know even if he worried about it now.

‘I should go to Gamilion as soon as I log in tomorrow.’

At least he knows more than I do, so it was wise to talk to him tomorrow and think about it.

‘Tsk, if it weren’t for the login time limit, this wouldn’t have happened.’

As soon as he checked the message, his time was up and he was forcibly logged out, so he couldn’t even check the reward properly.

As he was as curious about the reward as he was about the whereabouts of the fragment of fate, he wished tomorrow would come sooner.

However, one unresolved question remained.

‘Why is the imperial family’s insignia the key to the fragment?’

And how did Garion get the insignia?

Dohyun had Bairan’s insignia, and the remaining insignias were all held by the emperor and the princes in proportion to the quantity.

It can’t be said to be the insignia of the dead former emperor, because the current emperor has that insignia.

‘It doesn’t make sense to have obtained it by chance… Did someone give it to him? Hmm, a person who is not a member of the imperial family can’t have it?’

Dohyun shook his head at the dead-end speculation.

‘Well, anyway, it’s in my hands now.’

As long as he proceeds with the main quest, he will eventually find out who gave him the insignia.

If he happens to run into them…

‘Then the key will react.’

The key is also strictly an imperial family insignia.

The ability to react to the original owner will be the same.

So, thinking of resting today, he stepped out of the room.

Squeak-

“Nice!! See, I told you I’d win? I said Kaiser would do it. How can you be such a bad fan with so little faith? That’s why you’re not an honorary member of the Kaiser Church… Ah?”

“…”

Hyuna, who was also coming out of her room and talking loudly on the phone, made eye contact with him.

She seemed to be about to go out, judging by the fact that she was wearing going-out clothes…

…Is this a deja vu?

I feel like the same scene flashed by before.

“…”

A chilling silence followed for a moment.

When Dohyun closed the door and went back in, a loud dolphin shout was soon heard beyond the door.

It seemed that Hyuna’s friend’s appointment would be canceled again today.

‘I don’t know. Let’s just sleep. I’m so tired.’

Dohyun, who sighed, threw himself on the bed.

‘Ah, I have to upload the video… I don’t know. I’ll upload it tomorrow.’

Anyway, this video was a guaranteed topic no matter when it was uploaded.

More than anything, he was too sleepy.

“…Golden Dragon! You son of a b*tch, you gave me sh*t last time… It wasn’t both sides? The middle? Then tell me… Hmmnya.”

As if to prove that it was the most tiring day ever, Dohyun fell asleep less than a minute after lying on the bed.

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And at that moment.

When Dohyun was repaying the enemy of Dobung in Dreamland(?).

-…I see. It failed.

A space full of darkness.

A faint candlelight was the only light that illuminated the field of vision, and in the faint field of vision that was revealed, five silhouettes were sitting around a huge table.

-I told you to trust me, but what is this? Dakan.

Among them, the silhouette of a woman with a voluptuous body standing out even in the darkness was heard clicking her tongue.

Whether she did or not, the silhouette called Dakan.

The shadow in the shape of a human man with a lion’s mane shrugged his shoulders.

-Why is this my fault?

-Didn’t you say there was no need to worry about the empire?

-I didn’t get caught. Then that’s it, what.

-Don’t you know that the imperial family had to be destroyed? There was a suitable sacrifice, but what is this… Anyway, you’re always like that. You only know how to start things, but you forget about the things you’ve started…

Perhaps he was angry at his shameless attitude.

As the voice gradually rose and echoed throughout the space, a heavy voice intervened.

-Stop.

The low voice was clearly small, but it contained an irresistible power.

The proof was that the space became as quiet as a mouse with just one word.

The owner of the voice was a man sitting at the head of the table.

He was least exposed to the light of the candle, so a dark shadow that nothing but sharp eyes could be seen.

-Dakan played a role.

Only the low voice was telling that he was a man.

-But Chief! The fall of the imperial family is necessary when you think about ‘that day’…

-Levi. Are you afraid of the empire?

The man called Chief said in a cold voice without any emotion.

-I understand if you’re afraid of half-baked humans.

-…That’s not it. I can punish those guys at any time. But what I need is not that…

-What’s important to us is that ‘that day’ comes. Whether the imperial family is destroyed or not, such things are nothing more than trivial things.

-…

It was Levi who pouted her lips, but he didn’t care and slowly leaned back.

Then, he rested his chin and spat out as if he was muttering.

-…Kaiser. This guy is the man of prophecy.

-That’s right, Chief. Still, he was a talented guy who even made a contract with Mayongjong, but seeing that he was defeated, his growth rate seems to be faster than I thought. He was clearly just a rookie until recently.

-Is that so.

-What should I do? Shall I move, Chief?

At the words of Dakan with the lion’s mane, he shook his head.

-No. It’s not time yet.

-I see, you have to keep your promise again? Prioritize the processing first.

-Yes.

-Well, it doesn’t matter. Anyway, we’ll run into each other someday. So then…

Dakan, who smiled slyly, continued in a terrifying voice.

-Can I step out?

-Reason?

-Because what that guy took is my insignia. I can’t live without being taken away.

-Ah, that’s right. You were originally from the imperial family? Can you do that with your own hands?

-The empire is not a vessel to hold me. It has to be our Chief.

-I agree.

A heavy voice suddenly intervened at Levi and Dakan’s words.

It was a huge silhouette over 4M tall with black wings standing out behind his back.

-Those guys are starting again.

-Don’t just agree with that kind of thing. It’ll make you a bad habit.

-Ah, of course, I agree that the Chief is the best.

Then, two silhouettes next to him stopped him.

Each with a man’s and a woman’s voice, and like the Chief, everything else was covered, so I couldn’t know the information.

When they all intervened, the man called Chief answered quietly.

-…Do as you please. However, it must be when the time comes.

-Okay, Chief.

Dakan, who clenched his fist at that, smiled slyly.

The white fangs revealed in the candlelight and the eyes like those of a beast flashed sharply.

Five suns and moons.

They are called Messiah to some and nightmare to others.

-I’m really looking forward to that time. I’m also curious about the whereabouts of the outlaws I sent to the present world.

Wolyeongdan (月令團) [Moon Order Group].

It was the moment they moved.

And…

[Moving to the Guardian Room.]

The world was turned upside down, Dohyun fell asleep exhausted, and the Wolyeongdan was watching Dohyun for the first time.

When all sorts of chaos were happening.

Turbuk,

A quiet footstep was echoing in a guardian room.

It was a castle.

A typical medieval castle. A castle with sacred fires illuminating the darkness and high walls.

However, the castle was very old and worn out.

What was once a trace of war had become a trace of nature.

Turbuk.

The knight walked over it.

With familiar and consistent steps as always.

How long has it been since he walked like that.

He was able to enter the castle after passing the outer walls of the old castle full of rags-clad skeletons and traces of nature.

Still, the knight continued to walk.

Turbuk, Turbuk.

The skeletons were still the same.

The only thing that had changed was that it was inside the castle instead of outside.

And the number of skeletons is relatively small, and the armor they are wearing is more noticeable.

Of course, even that was so old that it seemed like it would be scattered by the wind if touched.

Towering.

The knight, who seemed to be walking endlessly, stopped for the first time.

The knight stopped at the audience room.

Strictly speaking, it was not the audience room but the lord’s room, but for the knight, this place was the audience room.

A chair that is now old and worn out.

To the knight who stood by the lord sitting there, this place was the audience room.

Swish.

A skeleton was sitting on the chair.

The knight, who was always standing next to him, raised his head with a bitter face.

It was the first time.

When he was here, he always just stood with his head bowed.

-…You haven’t shown yourself even once. What happened this time?

“…”

No answer came.

But the knight continued to speak. As if he wasn’t expecting an answer.

-I still vividly remember how I felt when I first set foot here.

A place where he should be, but now he can’t be.

The world after the death of those who could not be protected.

Originally, this place that Charlie could not see was Arlen Castle long after the Arlen Massacre.

-I thought I could protect you and your subordinates here, even in this place.

Even though it’s just a meaningless attachment.

I felt like I would be a little more comfortable if I did that.

His subordinates who had already died and only skeletons remained, the old lord.

Even though they can’t even make eye contact.

And for the first time.

-But… I won’t come anymore.

The knight… Charlie raised his head and made eye contact.

Then, in a calm tone, he quietly continued to speak.

-You were not small enough to be held back by such attachments.

It was time to really let them go now.

That’s the only way to grow one step forward.

Also, that’s the only way to face them proudly when they meet in the future.

And above all…

-Don’t worry. I have met a good lord. He is always the one who makes the impossible possible. He sometimes gets hung up on strange things, but he is a good and respectable person.

It was always like that. From the first meeting until now.

I even felt confident that I could do anything with such a lord.

I wanted to be a proud knight for him.

-So please… Please watch over me. I will definitely protect everyone this time.

Charlie, who said that, bowed his head deeply.

For a very long time, as if he was offering a silent prayer.

But why.

Swish-

The skeleton, which had always been sitting with a blank expression, seemed to be smiling faintly.

-Then it’s done. Now, protect your lord, not my side.

The skeleton, which was smiling as if saying that, slowly began to crack, and soon disappeared into a handful of ashes.

The ashes spreading in the moonlight coming through the bars shone beautifully.