The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 44

44.

However, Jihad’s attitude completely changed when he realized Do-hyun wasn’t there.

“Damn it… I really messed up this time… I’ve never seen such a heinous human being in my life. I think he’s not human; he’s Satan, Satan.”

How could he beat me up like this without listening to a word I said?

Of course, he couldn’t deny he had bad intentions, but still, this was too much.

“…He’s really gone, right?”

Jihad looked around again and then flopped down on his back.

His whole body throbbed and screamed. Jihad grimaced in pain and grumbled.

“If only my original power was intact…”

For some reason, almost all of his power was sealed when he was reborn.

Even the undead he had painstakingly raised were gone.

He was already upset about dying like a punching bag without even getting a proper fight, and thanks to that, he got beaten up the same way again this time.

If he could fight again in his normal state, he would definitely teach that guy a lesson…

Hmm.

The moment he recalled Do-hyun’s fist and the chilling blade, Jihad shuddered.

“…Can I win?”

Was it because he had been helplessly beaten twice?

For some reason, he felt less confident when he thought about facing that human. Not wanting to admit that fact, Jihad kicked a random stone.

“I will definitely punch that human in the back of his head someday.”

He was making that resolution when it happened.

[You will be moved to the Guardian Room.]

“Huh? What room?”

Before he could even question the sudden message, his vision flickered, and Jihad’s body was transported somewhere.

The dazzling light faded, revealing a new world.

“Wh-where is this…?”

The dark and gloomy cave was gone, replaced by a landscape where countless worlds seemed to coexist.

Clouds and land were connected, with a glacier area on the left and a lava zone on the right.

It might have felt out of place, but it actually seemed natural.

It was cut off at a certain distance, revealing only a part of the world, but that only added to the mystery.

“Ah….”

Jihad’s pupils were shaking as he looked at the world.

He was definitely seeing it for the first time.

But why?

“So this is what it feels like to step on the ground.”

He felt a sense of peace somewhere in his heart.

How long had it been since he had stepped on the earth? How long had it been since he had felt fresh air?

Jihad fully felt the wind tickling his face. It was a unique wind that coexisted with cold and heat.

“…It might not be so bad.”

Jihad had been practically trapped in his hideout anyway.

He suddenly thought that it might be better here than being trapped in an underground cave.

And so, Jihad fell asleep on different land for the first time in hundreds of years.

* * *

Poosh-.

Do-hyun stretched as he came out of the capsule. [Likely a VR capsule for immersive gaming.]

He felt his body loosening with a series of cracks and pops, and after a simple stretch, he turned on his phone.

[20:12]

“It’s already evening.”

He had logged in at 10 in the morning, and it was already past evening and into the night.

Still, he had logged in earlier than yesterday, so it wasn’t bad that he still had a day left even after filling 10 hours.

‘This is why you have to be diligent.’

…I don’t know if turning on the game early in the morning should be called diligence, but the world has changed these days.

The era has come when diligently playing God of Creation Online is recognized as living hard.

Normally, he would have shown extreme diligence by going straight to the gym from here, but unfortunately, he had something else to do.

Click.

Do-hyun turned on his computer and naturally accessed the God of Creation Online homepage.

It was to get information.

The homepage was called the sea of information for a reason, and as soon as he accessed it, countless posts greeted Do-hyun.

Among them were 攻略 [strategy/walkthrough] guides for the next city, but that wasn’t what Do-hyun wanted right now.

[What is a Guardian! A must-read for beginners who are unfamiliar with Guardians]

[Perfect Guardian攻略! [Strategy/Walkthrough]]

[Guardian Tier List]

[Not all Guardians are the same? What is a Divine Beast!]

‘No matter how I think about it, I can’t understand why there is such a Guardian…’

It was to get information about that strange Guardian, Jihad Black.

He had taken precautions to prevent him from stabbing him in the back, but he thought it would be better to have some information than nothing.

[Title: Guardian Tier List]

[Author: God of Creation Dr.]

-God of Creation Online is a game crazy about tiers. Everything is tiered; it’s a terribly discriminatory game.

Of course, there are also tiers for Guardians.

Salamanders and Golems, which are commonly used, are rare… but in reality, you can think of this as the maximum.

You generally can’t get anything above the Hero tier.

From here on, it’s the realm of the guys generally called Divine Beasts, not Guardians… (omitted).

“This is useless….”

Do-hyun already knew this, so he skipped it and looked through a few more posts, but most of them were knowledge he already knew or obvious things.

Like, raising Guardians is inefficient, or recommending the few useful Guardians….

He skipped three or four of those meaningless posts.

Click.

[Title: If you want to get a Divine Beast?]

[Author: God of Creation Dr.]

-Divine Beasts are the best partners and the strongest beings that users can obtain as Guardians.

There are no disadvantages except that they are terribly difficult to obtain and cost a lot of money.

Guardians like the Pegasus of Cheonoecheon, the Void of the Empress, and the 獬豸 [mythical creature] Haechi of the Renegade Monk are these Divine Beasts.

Each Divine Beast has a tier, but since they are at least Hero tier, they all have powerful power… (omitted)….

Most people ask: So where do you get Divine Beasts?

There are three abilities you need.

1. Powerful luck that calls for 奇緣 [fate/serendipity] serendipity.

2. A huge amount of cash to create luck.

3. Achievements related to Guardians.

In the case of luck, it’s when you get a Divine Beast-related hidden quest by luck, and cash is buying the whole process, so it’s not really accessible to ordinary people, so if you pass that, the only thing left is number 3.

Do-hyun, who had read up to this point, stopped going back for the first time.

‘Achievements….’

That achievement element caught his attention.

That’s because it was an element that didn’t exist in Demonic Land. [Referring to a different game or server.]

Maybe it existed, but at least Bora Ahjussi, who was quite knowledgeable about Guardians, hadn’t even mentioned it.

It might be nonsense, but it was interesting because it was new information anyway.

‘The author is that person again.’

To be honest, the author’s role also played a part.

That author, God of Creation Dr., seemed to be very interested in Guardians, and he posted a lot of related posts, most of which seemed to be from someone with considerable knowledge.

He was so serious that he seemed like a real doctor.

He didn’t seem like the type of person to lie.

-Everyone knows what achievements are. You achieve achievements and get rewards when you achieve something that is difficult for anyone to do.

This can be a title, a stat, or a hidden quest.

The same goes for Divine Beasts.

If you achieve an achievement that is not easy for anyone to achieve, and at the same time, an achievement related to Divine Beasts, you may have a chance to obtain a Divine Beast.

…(omitted).

“Hmm.”

There was a lot of content written after that, but the key information was up to here.

There was no information about the drop route or the contents of the quest.

Well, no matter how serious you are about Guardians, you wouldn’t post such valuable information on a post that everyone can see.

“Anyway, it was a big help thanks to you.”

First of all, catching monsters and getting Divine Beasts is impossible in both Demonic Land and God of Creation Online.

There are no such cases anywhere.

Instead, in God of Creation Online, a new route called achievements is open when obtaining Guardians.

‘Judging from the circumstances, it seems to be related to that achievement… I just found a secret dungeon and caught a boss, is there anything else?’

While Do-hyun was thinking for a moment, a memory flashed through his mind.

Come to think of it, there was.

Among the many messages that appeared when he caught Jihad, there was a phrase written in a single line of message.

-Achieved a hidden achievement.

‘Yes, it was definitely written like that.’

The puzzle was now complete.

Obtaining Jihad Black as a Guardian was not a simple 奇緣 [fate/serendipity] serendipity or a strange bug, but a hidden piece achievement reward.

I don’t know if it’s enough to be a hidden piece just because he cleared a dungeon, but when I think about it, it was enough.

‘It was an absurd dungeon.’

From the location hidden in the boss room of a 4-person party dungeon, to the condition that it only opens when you are alone, to the difficulty that a level 24 could never catch.

When I looked at each one, everything was unusual.

Even if you failed to 攻略 [clear/conquer] clear the dungeon, the dungeon would disappear.

‘Thinking about it this way, it was strange that I cleared it.’

It was like he had stubbornly cleared a dungeon that the developers had created to not be cleared.

If the developers were watching that scene, their mental state would have exploded like fireworks.

Anyway, achieving such an achievement must have been the hidden condition for monster taming.

If so, is it possible that there are other boss monsters that can be made into Guardians in this way?

‘If I bring a legendary dragon as a Guardian….’

He would gain a 간지 [stylish/cool] style that surpasses Bora Ahjussi’s Dragon Tiger Match.

Do-hyun, who was thrilled imagining that moment, shook off his thoughts.

Just because he got it this time doesn’t guarantee that he can get other bosses that way, and the reality is that he has a mere goblin as a Guardian, not a dragon.

‘Well… it’ll be useful if I raise it.’

Well, it wasn’t just a goblin.

It was a Hero-tier goblin, and it had a unique trait called bloodline factor, which he couldn’t use now.

He acted like he had a black dragon inside him, so wouldn’t something happen?

He hadn’t seen if it was a black dragon or a loach yet.

Tak.

Do-hyun turned off the computer and came out to the living room.

Now that he had solved his curiosity, his hungry stomach was rumbling.

Well, it was natural since he had been starving for 10 hours.

Originally, he had planned to buy beef… but looking at his empty balance, it seemed like that was ruined.

“Mom, is there anything to eat at home?”

“Nope~.”

Do-hyun frowned at the voice of a frivolous woman, not a graceful one.

Hyun-ah was leaning on the living room sofa and watching TV, laughing.

I don’t know why she’s so annoying, hugging her knees and dropping the snacks she’s eating on her stomach.

Is sibling hatred a human passive? [A passive skill in games that is always active.]

“Where’s Mom?”

“Appointment.”

“Did you eat? I’m going to go grocery shopping.”

“I ate. What time is it? Oh, there’s stew in the fridge. Mom made it yesterday for you to eat, but you didn’t eat it and went to sleep, right?”

“Ah….”

Come to think of it, she did tell me to eat it yesterday.

He was so engrossed in God of Creation Online that he forgot.

‘I was discharged from the army yesterday, right?’

It feels like a week has passed, but it’s only been two days….

He was surprised at his monstrous adaptability, having already adapted to the civilian level in just two days.

This was probably due to the many incidents that had occurred in the past two days.

‘But why isn’t anyone contacting me?’

My comrades are worried because they have appointments booked for the whole month after they are discharged….

He felt upset for no reason and looked around the KakaoTalk chat [Korean messaging app], but there were no unread personal chat rooms.

The only thing left was a group chat with five people….

-Kwak Jae-yeol: I want to have sex.

-Kim Doo-hyung: You crazy bastard.

-Yoo Jong-hyun: Hey, anyone in Fratell right now, come in. Field boss 떴 [appeared].

-Kim Hyun-soo: Yeah, the guild is already occupying it~ It’s not your turn~.

-Kim Doo-hyung: But when is Do-hyun getting discharged? I haven’t heard from him lately; is he dead?

-Kim Hyun-soo: This bastard seems to be finally dead. Planning to celebrate today.

-Kwak Jae-yeol: Huh? 1 disappeared. Seems like he’s not dead. ㄲㅂ [Too bad].

-Kim Doo-hyung: ㄲㅂ [Too bad].

-Yoo Jong-hyun: ㄲㅂ [Too bad].

-Kim Hyun-soo: ㄲㅂ [Too bad].

“….”

…Um. I shouldn’t have looked.