The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 4

Part 4 of Season 2.

“This is it!”

The moment that thought struck him, Marty sent a message without hesitation.

Of course, he didn’t expect much.

He was well aware that Kaiser had never accepted a collaboration or advertising offer.

But what if a Hidden Quest was involved?

‘No user would ever refuse a Hidden Piece!’

The Empire’s Hidden Quest, discovered after half a year!

There’s no way a Ranker wouldn’t bite on such a huge bait.

Just in case, he also offered a 9:1 revenue split for the collaboration and agreed to let Kaiser upload the video separately on NewTube.

At this point, even Kaiser’s grandfather would agree, let alone Kaiser himself.

With a sigh of relief, he spent several days planning how to proceed with the collaboration.

“…What? This can’t be happening?”

About four days later.

Marty stared blankly at the messenger, still without a reply, and denied reality.

‘Ignoring this? Such a special offer?’

He couldn’t find any downsides, no matter how hard he looked. Why?

He could hide his face, get almost all the revenue, upload on NewTube, and even find the way for him.

Kaiser just needed to come and clear the Hidden Quest, but he couldn’t understand at all.

In the end, Marty, feeling desperate, added a few more offers.

‘Not 9 to 1, but 10 to 0… a bit more convenience… and this too…’

He essentially gave up the revenue entirely and created a structure that focused entirely on Kaiser.

He sent a proposal that couldn’t possibly be more generous.

And after another three days, now a week had passed.

“Damn it, I’m going crazy!”

Marty checked the messenger again today and screamed, making the forest echo.

“Why are you ignoring me, why! There are no more conditions to meet, damn it!”

No, has he even seen it?

Even so, he couldn’t believe it could go unread for a week, but considering Kaiser was known for being indifferent to people, he seriously doubted it.

‘What should I do? Should I meet him in person?’

He hesitated, worried about being treated like a peddler, but now his patience had reached its limit.

Marty was that desperate.

Forget about making a good impression, he had to make the offer first.

The moment he steeled his resolve.

Ding-

[You have unread notifications.]

“Huh?”

Unlike usual, a notification window appeared in the corner of the system.

With a hopeful thought, Marty carefully checked and let out a cry of joy.

[Hello, this is Kaiser. I have reviewed your proposal. First, I would like to meet in person to discuss it. When would be a good time…?]

“Uwaaaaa! Yes! It’s happening!!”

The moment of reward for a long period of endurance.

After jumping around and shouting for a while, Marty finally came to his senses and quickly sent a reply.

And a little later.

[OMG! Kaiser is doing a collab!]

└? Collab? Kaiser?

└Liar.

└No, it’s real. Check BJ Marty’s announcement.

└? Marty? Who’s that?

└There’s a guy who does exploration content on God of Seine Streaming. I heard it’s a Hidden Quest collab?

└OMG, really? This is real?

└Wow, crazy.

A post was uploaded to the community.

Soon after, a huge wave hit God of Seine Streaming and the community.

* * *

[Kaiser! Collaborating with BJ Marty?]

[Kaiser, always at the center of attention. His first collaboration is revealed to be a new Hidden Quest in the Empire, drawing great interest…]

The sudden news of Kaiser’s collaboration decorated various platforms.

This was enough to draw attention away from the users dominating the New Continent and sparked people’s expectations.

This was because it was Kaiser’s first time doing a collaboration.

└Wow, what a combination. It’s unexpected, so I’m even more excited.

└But Kaiser is still in the Empire, right? So, is it… an Empire Hidden Quest? I thought there weren’t any left?

└Ah, I wish it was 8 o’clock already. I’m so excited.

└I canceled my date with my crush and I’m on my way. If it’s a lie, I’ll kill Marty or Mattaeng [a popular streamer].

└Ah, is it really a crush? Not just a one-sided crush?

└Why go on a date? Watching Kaiser’s broadcast while eating chicken is better.

Moreover, the collaboration partner was a streamer they had never heard of.

That point rather stimulated people’s curiosity.

If Kaiser, who had never accepted a collaboration offer, accepted, how amazing must the Hidden Quest be?

└It’s the Empire’s new Hidden Quest discovered after half a year.

└Wow, I’m really excited. Is another destruction quest opening this time?

└No way. Then it’s a real *mang-game* [Korean slang for ‘ruined game’]. It’ll just be a unique quest.

└Whatever it is, it’ll be fun.

└I agree. Since Kaiser accepted, I’m even more curious and excited.

└Ah, when will it be 8 o’clock! My chicken is getting cold.

└30 minutes left. Just wait a little longer.

The people, filled with anticipation, chatted diligently as if trying to pass the time, and BJ Marty’s broadcast was no different.

-Ah, when does it start?

-Ah, I came in because the broadcast was on, but it’s still in preparation.

-Who is Marty anyway?

-Exploration broadcast.

-Boring broadcast. If you’re going to watch something, watch Barion’s broadcast, why watch this?

-That’s why he’s a small fry.

-ㅇㅎ [Korean slang for ‘okay’]

-Ah, these newbies are making the water murky. Why is this broadcast suddenly so crazy?

-It’s all because of Kaiser’s collaboration. Let’s just bear with it today since they’ll all all leave tomorrow.

-Marty, you’re working hard. Ignore those guys.

-Geez, being a fixed fan of a small broadcast is nothing to brag about, gatekeeping so much.

-LOL, right?

-What? A young punk with no manners…

-Ah, at least turn on the screen. It’s stuffy just looking at a black background.

Watching the frantically swirling chat, Marty swallowed hard.

‘…Crazy. How many people are there?’

His head was dizzy from the scrolling that went by in the blink of an eye.

He was experiencing the chat overload that only famous streamers experienced.

As they said, the viewers would all leave tomorrow, but he couldn’t express this feeling.

‘No, no. I have to make sure they don’t leave.’

The current number of viewers is over 5 million.

It continues to increase, so when the broadcast is in full swing, it wouldn’t be strange to exceed 10 million, let alone several tens of millions.

If he could make just 30% of them fixed viewers, he could join the ranks of the big streamers.

‘Ah, offering a collaboration to Kaiser was a divine move.’

So, how could Marty not look at Kaiser next to him with sparkling eyes?

Looking at Marty, who was looking at him almost like a benefactor, Do-hyun took a step back.

‘Hmm.’

Such sparkling eyes from a dark-haired man.

It’s quite burdensome.

Do-hyun checked the chat window to divert his gaze and was newly impressed.

‘A lot of people have gathered.’

It felt strange that so many people were talking about him in someone else’s broadcast.

Different feeling from when he turned on NewTube live broadcast?

The tone and atmosphere of the viewers were also quite different, and the feeling of being with another streamer was unique.

‘Well, it’s not bad.’

‘Kereuk kereuk, 5 million people are watching us, Master?’

‘Lizariza!’

‘Hmm! Isn’t this much natural for my lord?’

And it seemed that the Guardians were the same.

They didn’t even know what a broadcast was or see the chat window, but they were just satisfied with being the center of attention.

Once a *gwansimbyeongja* [Korean slang for ‘attention seeker’], always a *gwansimbyeongja*.

-Liza! Lizariza!

-How is it now? Perfect, Eliza. It suits your fur coat very well.

-Liza!!

‘Hmm…’

Eliza was also expressing her excitement while showing off her fashion, it seemed that she was close to Jihad for a reason.

‘More than that…’

Do-hyun shook his head and glanced to the side.

A neat appearance with green hair and appearing to be in his late 20s.

Neither too tall nor too short, just the right height.

The first impression he had of Marty was that he seemed full of pride.

It was as if he felt tremendous pride and self-esteem in being an explorer.

It wasn’t an unfounded pride.

[You have received a quest from player ‘Marty’.]

[Recorded in the Book of Adventures.]

[Quest ‘The Path Found by Jakub’ has been created.]

[The Path Found by Jakub]

-Rank: Heroic

-Restriction: The one who saved Jakub’s wife and one companion.

-Description: Jakub, a legendary explorer of the past, has given you, who saved his sickly wife’s medicine, secret information that only he knows.

Deep in the western forest of the Empire, there is a very old hidden path.

Go to the place Jakub told you and see if his words are true.

-Quest Success: Linked quest occurs

-Quest Failure: Linked quest deleted

‘A path that only the legendary explorer NPC knew… it certainly smells like something.’

Originally, the rank of the first quest is low, which is a common characteristic of linked quests.

Nevertheless, from the beginning, it’s a Heroic rank with information from a legendary explorer?

He already felt something unusual.

‘If he brought something like this, it’s no wonder he’s proud. Even just looking at the specs, he’s at a level that any guild would want.’

Three legendary exploration skills, and the Heroic-grade unique detection ability, Eye of Selection, which is close to Mythic.

And even the high-grade trait ‘Explorer’s Sense.’

Looking at the specs alone, he wasn’t inferior to famous explorers.

When he asked why he wasn’t famous, the answer he got was quite a sight.

-I explore as my heart tells me. It’s against my principles to only cater to what the guild wants. Thanks to that, I’ve been marked by several guilds, but I have no regrets.

At those words, Jihad said, ‘Yeah, you can’t give up romance,’ and then the explosion withdrawal symptoms broke out again, how much trouble he had.

It would have been dizzying if it hadn’t been for Charlie’s brilliant eloquence, Jihad’s professional problem solver.

Still, thanks to that principle, this Hidden Quest came to him instead of the guild, so good is good.

‘I just came thinking about experience, but I might have caught a bigger fish than I thought.’

At this rate, it might affect the Empire’s graduation quest.

While he was slightly raising the corners of his mouth in a satisfactory situation.

“Um… Kaiser. It’s time, can we start?”

“Ah, yes. Let’s do it.”

“Yes. I’ll start.”

Marty nodded and waved his finger in the air,

[‘BJ Marty’s streaming broadcast has started.]

-It’s on!!