The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 74

Part 74.

“What? Kaiser?”

“Kaiser appeared?”

“That blizzard and lion, even the Ice Qi Skill. It’s definitely him!”

“Crazy, so Kaiser is our team’s king?”

“Wow, awesome. I’m even on the same team as Kaiser.”

The users, excited by Kaiser’s unexpected appearance, shouted.

They knew he had entered Elannis [a virtual world or game setting] a few days ago, but they never imagined they would encounter him in the Tower of Disaster.

Especially not on the same team as them.

It was as surreal as finding a celebrity in a random restaurant.

-Kehehe, we’re popular, aren’t we? People recognize us wherever we go.

Jihad, seemingly pleased, smirked and puffed out his chest, to which Charlie calmly delivered a reality check.

-They’re recognizing our lord, aren’t they? I don’t think anyone actually recognizes you.

-Lizardriza [a playful or teasing nickname].

-N, no, they do. Just now, an apostle made eye contact with me, you know?

-Aren’t you wearing a face-recognition jammer? They probably just saw you, not your face.

-Stop with the facts!

Perhaps their little skit caught someone’s eye.

Some users began to recognize them.

“Hey, hey, that chattering dwarf and spider! They’re the Guardians. It really is Kaiser.”

“Then the guy with the sword next to him is Charlie?”

“Wait a minute, that giant next to him… doesn’t he look like he’s with them?”

“With Kaiser and that size? Could it be…?”

“Crazy, even the Owner of the Armory?”

And it wasn’t just the Guardians.

The giant man standing next to them with his arms crossed, Ast, began to attract attention.

Kaiser and the Owner of the Armory are on the blue team?

That alone was enough to spark hope, as if the despair had never existed.

Thwack! Thwack! Grrr…!

“Kuaaaah! Kuagh!”

Although it wasn’t clearly visible, judging from the sounds, Molbar seemed to be getting beaten by Kaiser.

Beyond just holding his own, it was a one-sided beatdown.

Not that Molbar wasn’t resisting.

He was, after all, one of the leaders of the Outlaw Zone 1.

Even if it was the lowest-ranked unit, being a leader in Zone 1 meant something.

Bang-!

Kerheok!

He was initially caught off guard and knocked down, but befitting his status, he quickly kicked the white lion and escaped, despite being completely mounted.

“Kuaaaah! Did you think I’d just take it! Die!”

Molbar immediately regained his stance and swung his saw.

His saw began to scatter a blood-red aura as if it were stained with blood.

[You have activated the Legendary Skill ‘Blood Thirst’.]

The Berserker’s legendary skill, Blood Thirst.

A skill that greatly increases physical abilities while taunting the designated target.

The risk of taunting was significant, making it seem less than legendary, but the true terror of this skill lay in its additional abilities.

[Attacking an enemy and getting their blood on your body restores health proportional to the damage dealt.]

[The more you are exposed to the target’s blood, the more the physical abilities and health absorption effect are amplified.]

It was all about overwhelming blood drain.

This skill, which maximized efficiency for those with strong damage and a penchant for madness, was the epitome of a Berserker [a class or character archetype known for high damage output and reckless aggression].

“It, it’s out!”

“That skill is seriously broken.”

“You can’t stop Molbar’s Blood Thirst.”

“Damn it, I knew he wouldn’t just take it.”

Perhaps it was because the effect was so red and flashy.

As the fog cleared somewhat, some users saw the two and mixed exclamations of dismay and cheers erupted from the surroundings.

Blood Thirst was practically Molbar’s signature skill.

Partly due to his somewhat unhinged personality and madman tendencies, but mostly because…….

[You have activated the Unique Ability ‘Severance’.]

[Inflicts critical damage to the enemy, severing the affected area.]

[You have activated the Trait ‘Taste of Blood’.]

[The power of your unique abilities is amplified when exposed to the target’s blood.]

It was due to the synergy with his other abilities.

It was said that Molbar’s Blood Thirst was twice as effective as that of ordinary Berserkers.

[The effects of Bloodlust will make you stronger for 70 seconds as you become covered in blood.]

[The effects of Frenzy greatly increase damage taken but also greatly increase attack power for 80 seconds.]

[You are using Madness.]

[For 90 seconds, your health decreases by 1% per second, and your stats and all speeds increase in proportion to your current health %.]

In addition to various buff skills.

Molbar’s attacks, which maximized the power of the saw, were extremely erratic, violent, and ferocious.

Weeeeng-!

Each time the saw tore through the air, a primal sense of fear was stimulated.

Just imagining what it would sound like to be sliced by that thing made the onlookers shudder, but…….

Whoosh- Swish-

Tapt.

That imagination never became a reality.

“Damn it! Why! Why can’t I hit him!”

No matter how bizarrely he swung the saw, he couldn’t touch a single hair on Do-hyun’s head.

His movements were so elusive, as if he could foresee the future.

Watching him, Molbar’s saw swinging in the air began to feel more ridiculous than terrifying.

And this was just the beginning.

Swish- Bang!

“Keheok!”

Do-hyun didn’t just dodge; he began to counterattack.

At first, it was just one hit, but…….

Swish- Crack!

Thwack! Thwack!

“Kueooh! You little fly dares to……! Keheok!”

That one hit became two, and two quickly became five.

Thud! Thud thud thud!

“W, wait…… Keheok!? S, stop……! Keueok!”

Eventually, he was getting beaten so badly that it was pointless to count.

Now, the number of punches and sword strikes was more frequent than dodging, making it almost embarrassing to call it a counterattack.

“……Was Kaiser always this strong?”

“He’s just completely outmatched? It’s like an elementary school kid picking a fight with a high schooler.”

“He’s not even attacking anymore; he’s just constantly raising his guard?”

“Well… there’s no point in attacking anyway since he just parries everything.”

“Is this even possible? Even if he’s Kaiser, he hasn’t even transcended yet. And it’s Molbar, not just some combatant?”

The spectators looked confused.

Where else could they see the infamous Molbar getting beaten like this?

And from such a close range, better than a first-class seat.

-Hmm! Our lord’s touch is always so satisfying to watch.

-Lizardriza.

-Ugh, every time I see that, my bones ache. What do the apostles call this? PT…… PTDS?

-Are you perhaps referring to PTSD [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder]?

-Ah, right, that’s it. What, what? Charlie’s studying apostle language these days? You know it well now?

-I’ve just been paying close attention to our surroundings because there are many who are targeting our lord these days.

-Lizardriza? Liza!

Even the Guardians, who could be considered Kaiser’s personal force, were standing in the back with their arms crossed, busy chatting among themselves.

It was as if they didn’t care about Molbar at all.

‘……What is this? Is Molbar actually a pushover?’

‘No, he’s definitely strong…….’

‘I saw videos of him getting like 10 or 20 kills…….’

‘How strong is Kaiser, really?’

‘No, but how long is he going to keep getting hit like that?’

It was so surreal that it felt like the world was playing a hidden camera prank on them.

And Molbar felt the same way.

Bang! Crack!

“K, keheok!”

Each time he heard the impact, his vision blurred, and his head spun.

‘……W, what is this!’

At some point, he couldn’t properly grasp where or how he was being hit.

All he could tell was, ‘Ah, I just got punched,’ or ‘Ah, I just got stabbed with a sword.’

Thwack! Slice-

Thud!

‘……Was that a punch? A kick?’

No, even that was a little confusing.

What was certain was that he had never been beaten so one-sidedly before.

At first, he managed to maintain some composure.

‘That bastard dares to……! No, he must have his limits. If I keep taking hits, there will be a chance to counterattack.’

He was the leader of the 11th unit of Outlaw Zone 1.

His head was screaming to tear that bastard apart, but his instincts, honed by extensive combat experience, remembered that an opportunity would come if he endured.

‘There will definitely be an opportunity…….’

Yes, an opportunity would definitely come.

If he was human.

Crack! Bang!

‘……An opportunity.’

It would definitely come…….

Thwack! Thwack!

Slice! Bang-!

[Your health is below 30%.]

[Be careful.]

‘……When is the opportunity coming?’

Something was wrong.

He had been getting hit all day, but he couldn’t see any openings.

If he occasionally saw an opening, it was a trap.

The moment he thought it was an opening and tried to strike, he would be parried and hit two or three times harder.

He even suspected hacking for a moment, wondering if it was even possible for a human to do this, but as they say, you see as much as you know.

‘That crazy bastard……!’

As befitting a leader of Zone 1, he had been beaten for a while and finally saw it.

‘……He’s managing his stamina and maintaining distance at the same time?’

At first glance, it seemed like he was relentlessly attacking, but each movement was streamlined, showing only the minimum necessary motion.

He was even using the Ever-Changing [likely a fighting style or technique] to use daggers or punches, which consumed less stamina.

He was distributing his stamina appropriately and maintaining a distance that allowed him to keep an eye on him and launch a counterattack.

[Your health is below 16%.]

[Your health is below 15%.]

…….

His health was constantly decreasing due to Madness.

[You have taken damage.]

[Damage taken is greatly increased due to Frenzy.]

Kaiser’s attacks, which shouldn’t have been this painful, were hitting hard because of the Frenzy skill.

It wasn’t that Kaiser’s attacks were painful.

The attacks themselves weren’t that painful. He was just self-destructing.

‘Am I going to lose like this? Without being able to do anything?’

He couldn’t accept it.

No, beyond not accepting it, he couldn’t understand it.

‘……This doesn’t make sense.’

His stats weren’t higher than his; even if he generously estimated, they were about the same.

But he was preventing him from using even a single proper skill, let alone his full power.

He was skilled enough to unilaterally massacre most users, so how could there be such a difference?

‘Is that…… even human?’

But for Kaiser…… no, for Do-hyun, it was perfectly natural.

‘Blood Thirst, Bloodlust, Madness, Frenzy combo, huh…….’

The Berserker’s buff combo, known as the Suicide Mode.

The person who created it and the one with the best physique, recognized by everyone, Kkukku Dak Kkukku.

The one now known as the Empress.

‘I’m so sick of it, and now I’m seeing a guy using that combo here.’

Do-hyun was the one who sparred with her more than anyone else.

He knew exactly how a Berserker in that state would think and move, even with his eyes closed.

‘If you’re going to use that combo, you should have used Die Hard too. Sacrificing 80% of your health to maximize your stats is the key. What’s with this knockoff combo?’

What if it was a fake that was embarrassing to compare to the original?

‘It’s even easier.’

He was going to be careful because he was the leader of Zone 1, even if it was the lowest rank, but this was like picking a counter-pick and saying, ‘Please hit me.’

Smirk.

“Let’s get beaten to death.”

“……Ah.”

You couldn’t see his expression because he was wearing a mask, but why?

For some reason, Molbar’s pupils shook violently at the sight of Do-hyun, who seemed to be smirking.

A madman, a slaughterer? A torturer, Molbar?

That heinous criminal was not here.

“I’m going to die soon anyway even if I don’t get hit…… Keueok!”

Bang!

There was only a lost lamb getting beaten.