The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 39

Part 39.

Finding the intruder’s location wasn’t difficult.

The moment I received the quest and looked around.

[Eye of Truth is activated.]

‘Traces?’

I could see strange traces left everywhere.

It seemed that picking up those traces and finding the intruder’s location based on them was the strategy for the quest.

‘This is a piece of cake.’

It was quite challenging, but for Do-hyun, who had the Eye of Truth, it was like chasing Hansel and Gretel who had dropped breadcrumbs.

No, it was even easier.

Unlike breadcrumbs, there was no need to worry about these traces being eaten by bugs and disappearing.

[Acquired a strange trace.]

[Eye of Truth is activated.]

‘This time, to the right.’

How many times did I repeat that?

Kuh-heong-!

Puk!

[Defeated an elite monster in the Contaminated Spirit Land.]

[Acquired a strange trace.]

[Eye of Truth is activated.]

[Acquired a strange trace.]

…….

After about 10 minutes of killing the monsters that rushed in without a clue and finding all the traces?

[Eye of Truth is activated.]

[Acquire a concentrated root of contamination.]

“Huh?”

Do-hyun paused at the suddenly appearing message.

Among the messages he was skimming through, assuming they were just strange traces, he saw a familiar but slightly different name.

‘Concentrated root of contamination?’

Not just a root of contamination, but a concentrated one.

This, which looked unusual at a glance, wasn’t just in name.

[Acquired a very important root of contamination, strengthening the quest reward.]

[Acquired special information.]

[Take it to Periel and hand over the concentrated root of contamination.]

[Recorded in the Book of Adventures.]

‘Huh?’

The quest reward was strengthened.

The reward, which hadn’t budged even after beating dozens of elite monsters, was strengthened?

Even a message popped up specifically telling me to take it to Periel?

‘This is it.’

There’s definitely something here.

The intruder is important, but the intruder won’t run away right now.

After all, Periel will welcome him the moment he gets out of here.

‘……43 minutes left.’

Wouldn’t it be okay to do something else for about 20 minutes?

The deliberation was short, and the action was quick.

The moment the thought flashed through his mind, Do-hyun immediately turned his steps.

[Acquire a concentrated root of contamination.]

[Acquired a very important root of contamination, strengthening the quest reward.]

[Acquire a concentrated root of contamination.]

…….

[Acquired a large number of concentrated roots of contamination, greatly strengthening the quest reward.]

‘Ah, sweet…….’

That’s how Do-hyun was able to spend a very rewarding time with great excitement.

“Uaaaaaa!! Aaaaaaa!!!! What kind of root is that, how dare you! How dare a guy like you……!!!”

-Wow…… that’s a reaction like he’s lost the whole world, Master?

-Lizariza.

-Hmm, it’s a little hard to watch.

Of course, it didn’t seem that way to that guy.

When Do-hyun shook the bundle of roots he had harvested, the intruder Ibark’s appearance, which properly showed what a pipe dream was, was more than just a nation-less people [a person without a country or home].

‘……What should I say.’

It’s like the reaction of someone who has lost a dream they dedicated their life to.

That was actually right.

Ibark had been anticipating the moment the concentrated root of contamination would bloom for several years… no, for decades.

That was trampled on by just one Do-hyun.

“Never…… I’ll never forgive you…….”

There is no man who can forgive the person who crushed his dream.

Ibark’s eyes, showing anger after denial in the 5 stages of grief, shone fiercely.

The eyes of someone who has nothing to lose, who wouldn’t be strange no matter what he did.

The third stage of compromise he made was surprisingly reasonable.

“Now that it’s come to this, I’ll kill you and replant the 뽑힌 [ppophin – uprooted] roots. If you 뽑았으면 [ppopasseumyeon – uprooted] the roots, you should have run away, why did you come to die voluntarily?”

“That’s not it.”

“Keu, keuheuhe…… 그래 [geurae – okay], you think I’m easy, right? You were trying to 농락 [nongnak – make fun of] me…… at best, just one Apostle [a powerful player]. Let’s see if you can still do that even in death.”

He didn’t look like a reasonable person at all, but the conclusion was the closest to the correct answer at this point.

It was from the burning desire for revenge and the thought that it was just one Apostle and that Apostle’s Guardians.

“Hehehe…… can you really face my army with just three?”

With a bitter smile, Ibark stretched out his hand, and a gloomy energy filled the surrounding air, riding on his fingertips.

The energy, which sank low as if gravity was acting more heavily, was absorbed into the ground.

Gugugugu- Gugugu-

Tteojeok-

The ground shook, and a huge hand broke through the ground and soared.

But…….

-Good heavens…….

-Li, Lizariza.

-……It’s big.

Its size was strange.

A huge size boasting a height of at least 5m and a bulk comparable to its height.

That large mass was all made of stone.

“Golem?”

Moreover, there was more than one.

Kugugu- Gu-

More than seven golems rose one after another, breaking through the ground and filling this place.

Because the bulk was so huge and crude, this wide cave felt narrow even though there were only seven of them.

It felt like seven boss monsters were standing there just by their presence.

“You have an eye for an Apostle. Yes, this is my golem army. I can confidently say that I am the only one who can handle golems of this scale.”

The guy, who was full of pride, crossed his arms and showed off his pride.

But he didn’t know.

-Oh, so you’re a necromancer too? Ahem! I can’t lose either.

“?”

That he wasn’t the only one who could handle an army.

That Do-hyun’s party was, strictly speaking, not three but twenty-five.

Seueu-

As Jihad, with his unique sly smile, stretched out his hand in the same way, infinitely pure black mana filled the surrounding air.

And the undead army that appeared.

Tadak- Ttak-

Unusual skeletons wearing robes, Go-tong and the Outlaw Corps.

And Wooger’s bulk corps, which was getting bigger and bigger, appeared.

Was it because the number reached a total of twenty-two?

Compared to the crude golems, this side looked more imposing.

And it wasn’t just the presence.

Tadak.

Go-tong glanced around at the golems and then slowly stretched out his hand, and an old magic book floated up.

And the moment Go-tong, holding the magic book, flashed a red light in his eyes.

[Used Undead Weapon Creation.]

[The 1st Corps Commander, ‘Go-tong’, uses his exclusive weapon ‘Requiem’.]

[When touched by Requiem, you will take damage that ignores magic resistance and be exposed to the cold of the underworld.]

—–!!

The pillar of darkness that broke through the ground and soared covered the view.

The pillar contained a terrible cold that was chilling just to look at from a distance.

And it wasn’t just one.

Kwadeudeuk- Kwadeuk!

It rose randomly in a range of 6M in radius, and in an instant, it dyed this place with a terrible cold.

The golems were helpless without even having time to avoid it.

Because they were so big, they were directly hit just by standing there, and various parts of their bodies began to be destroyed.

When a little time passed and all the pillars disappeared…….

[Defeated Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem.]

[Defeated Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem.]

[Defeated Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem.]

…….

[Defeated Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem.]

The golems were all disassembled and piling up stone mounds.

“……Huh?”

Ibark was dumbfounded at the sudden disaster.

So was Do-hyun.

“……To me?”

He never thought that Go-tong’s Requiem would one-kill them, not anyone else.

Considering that the previous intruders were quite skilled and wielded the fraudulent weapon called Astra’s Arrow, the difference in skill was too overwhelming.

‘Were those intruders strong?’

……Isn’t it?

When I think about it, handling seven golems of that size is quite promising among golem masters.

It’s just that the opponent happened to be Go-tong, who has a wide-area magic resistance ignoring attack.

-……Ke, ahem! Did you see that, Master? This is me.

Tadak? Tadak.

-Ahem, the merit of the corps commander is the merit of the monarch. Isn’t it all because of this body’s magic power?

-Lizariza……?

Do-hyun, who lightly ignored Jihad, who was also dumbfounded and boasting at this time, tightly gripped Chunbyeon.

It was to finish it, although it was somewhat anticlimactic.

But the moment he tried to get closer.

Kugugugu- Gugu-

A sound like the ground was shaking was heard, and the disassembled stone mounds began to soar.

The stones that floated into the air began to shape themselves, and in just a few seconds, they took the form of golems.

[Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem regenerates.]

[Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem regenerates.]

…….

[Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem regenerates and becomes more solid and heavy. It becomes stronger as it regenerates.]

[Also, the number of golems increases each time it regenerates.]

[Currently regenerated once.]

-Kehehe! Kehe…… Kek!? No, this makes sense?

-Lizariza!?

-Good heavens.

It not only regenerated but came back stronger.

Do-hyun chuckled as he watched the Guardians who were shocked by it.

‘Huh, yeah. I knew it was too easy.’

It’s strange that the intruder in the hidden field, who came in at the request of a high-ranking spirit, was one-shot.

It regenerates when destroyed, and it gets stronger as it regenerates?

This was truly an immortal army.

“Hehehe, I clearly said it. There is no golem master as good as me. It’s true that I was momentarily embarrassed because it was better than I thought, but it’s actually a good thing if you destroy the golems.”

Ibark, who smiled bitterly, stretched out his arms and said with a proud face.

“Now, what are you going to do! How are you going to survive from my immortal army! Keuheuhehaha!”

The guy’s words were not a bluff.

So did the first message I saw…….

[Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem]

-Type: Golem

-Characteristics: Regeneration, Strengthening Body, Rock Body, Dividing Rock

-Description: A golem handled by Ibark, which can be said to be the essence of everything Ibark has.

Due to the characteristics he designed and 부여 [buyeo – granted/bestowed], it becomes stronger as it regenerates, and the number increases as the rock divides during the regeneration process.

The information window floating above the golem was proving that it was true.

The longer the fight, the more unfavorable the situation.

It’s most realistic to aim for Ibark, but there’s no way he wouldn’t have taken any countermeasures.

Even now, four of the golems were guarding Ibark, perhaps sensing the danger.

‘In addition to that, there must be at least a few more techniques to defend against.’

If I try to catch Ibark and kill the golems, they will 분열 [bunyeol – divide] endlessly.

It would be nice to know what characteristics Ibark has, but strangely, unlike other bosses, the information window did not appear for him.

Only the name Ibark was floating above his head.

‘Is it because revealing his identity is a quest?’

Whatever it was, it didn’t matter.

Ssik [sound of smirk].

Because I’ll see it soon anyway.

Perhaps he didn’t like Do-hyun, who was raising the corners of his mouth with a relaxed expression.

The guy’s voice, which had lowered as if he was displeased, was heard.

“……Are you laughing? This is not the time to be 여유 [yeoyu – relaxed], is it? If you’re bluffing, you should stop. You have to look at your opponent when you’re bluffing to make it work…….”

“Ha.”

Do-hyun, who cut off his words with ease, chuckled as if he was dumbfounded.

Bluff?

There was no reason to do that.

Of course.

Because Do-hyun already knew the answer.

[Eye of Truth is activated.]

[What is hidden inside Ibark’s Contaminated Rock Golem is revealed.]

‘Then where…… shall we see the performance of the weapon I got this time.’

Do-hyun, who saw the small red dot shining inside the golem, tore one corner of his mouth long and stroked Chunbyeon [his weapon].