The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 93

93.

[Player: Kaiser]

[Level: 32]

[HP: 5,120 / 5,120]

[MP: 2,750 / 2,750]

[Stamina: 790 / 790]

[Class: The Last Adventurer [Heir of Kasiyar]]

[Titles (7)]

-Max Favorability From the Start?

-The First Slayer

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[Stats]

[Strength: 80(+70)] [Agility: 55(+69)]

[Constitution: 5(+69)] [Sense: 37(+67)]

[Magic Power: 45(+65)]

Remaining Points: 20

‘I was hesitant to invest in Magic Power just for Darkness Shroud….’

Darkness Shroud is fundamentally based on close combat, and aside from mana, it doesn’t significantly rely on Magic Power.

So, I didn’t want to invest in it if I could avoid it….

‘But I have no choice.’

The hunting speed was better than expected, so I couldn’t resist investing.

It was still insufficient, but it became easier to handle than before.

It was a worthwhile investment.

I briefly considered investing all the remaining stats, but I quickly stopped myself.

‘Going all-in is risky.’

Dohyun is an All-Master [a character build that focuses on maximizing all stats].

It was always better to have some spare points.

A strategy made possible by the Latent Dragon trait, which gives more points than others.

‘Latent Dragon is definitely overpowered. If it weren’t for ‘that’ after reaching max level, it would have been completely unbalanced.’

Dohyun chuckled and put away Thousand Transformations.

-Huh? Are you stopping? I can summon you again if I rest a bit….

“I caught everything, so it’s okay.”

Originally, I was just planning to test out the skills and return to the city, but I fell for the charm of auto-hunting and ended up completing the main quest.

And that’s not all.

[Swordsmanship Proficiency has reached LV14.]

[Spearmanship Proficiency has reached LV8.]

[Dagger Proficiency has reached LV9.]

[Shield Proficiency has reached LV5.]

I felt good just from leveling up twice, but I was also able to smoothly increase the proficiency of various weapons.

‘It’s easier to level up various skills when using Thousand Transformations.’

Maybe it’s because my proficiency level is high, and I’ve been using other weapons more often than swords for a while.

I’ve only managed to level up twice since becoming a Grand Warrior.

The growth rate is somewhat slow, but it’s not bad. Others without a Weapon Master will level up even slower.

‘Besides, I don’t just use swords.’

In that sense, this is not bad.

With this, I’ve finished my business in the Rocky Forest… now it’s time to go to the city and proceed with the quest.

However….

[You have 10 seconds of available playtime remaining.]

[Your session will end shortly. Please move to a safe location.]

It seemed I would have to postpone that moment until tomorrow.

‘Has it already been this long?’

Well, a lot has happened.

I spent more time hunting than on any other day I played GoS.

Reluctantly, Dohyun shrugged, deciding to wait until tomorrow.

“It’s time for me to go.”

-Ah… already? Well, okay. You’re coming at the same time tomorrow, right?

“Yeah.”

-Be careful, Master.

-Lizardiza!

Eliza hopped and waved, and Jihad waved his hand.

Now that we’ve spent a few days together, they seemed used to saying goodbye.

Maybe it’s because they share the Guardian Room. Either way, it was a good thing.

Divine Beasts are highly intelligent, so many of them hate being alone.

In severe cases, some Divine Beasts even suffer from separation anxiety.

‘The cost of investing in stress management can exceed tens of millions of won [tens of thousands of dollars], right?’

They are truly money-guzzlers.

There’s a reason why people say that not just anyone can raise a Divine Beast.

Along with Necromancers, Divine Beast Tamers were a symbol of the wealthy.

In that sense, Dohyun was lucky that they felt comfortable playing with each other without him spending a penny.

[Your session has ended due to reaching the maximum playtime.]

Dohyun opened his eyes in the capsule after seeing the message and stretched lightly.

His bones screamed.

It wasn’t just his bones that were screaming.

“Ugh, I’m hungry.”

His stomach rumbled, demanding food.

He still had plenty of money, so Dohyun went to the living room, wondering if he should have some beef again today, and tilted his head.

“No one’s here?”

Not in the living room, nor in Hyunah’s room.

And no one was in the master bedroom either. Panicked, he sent a KakaoTalk [Korean messaging app] message and quickly received a reply.

[Me: Hey]

[Mom’s Daughter: ?]

[Me: Where r u]

[Mom’s Daughter: Drinking]

[Me: Ah ok]

[Mom’s Daughter: Why?]

[Me: Nvm Where’s mom?]

[Mom’s Daughter: Mom’s at a gathering too. She’ll be back later?]

[Me: Ok ok]

Dohyun turned off KakaoTalk and tossed his phone away.

If it’s a gathering, Mom must be eating too, so he would have to eat alone.

‘McDonald’s it is.’

When ordering delivery alone, nothing beats a hamburger.

Dohyun generously ordered a Big X set and a Snack Wrap and went back to his room.

Thump.

Dohyun naturally sat in his chair and clicked the mouse.

Normally, it would be to check the homepage out of habit, but today was different.

‘Let’s see… how much did it go up?’

He was now a full-fledged NewTuber [Korean slang for YouTuber].

He was going to check how much change had occurred while he was playing the game.

After logging into NewTube [Korean version of YouTube] and entering his channel.

“Huh?”

Dohyun’s eyes widened.

He couldn’t help but be surprised.

[Kaiser TV]

Subscribers: 1.44 million

‘1.44 million? More than 1 million?’

The last time he checked, it was 790,000.

Nearly double the subscribers had been added in 10 hours.

In just over 20 hours, he had become a 1.44 million NewTuber from scratch.

‘Then what’s the view count?’

He swallowed hard and checked the bottom of the video.

[View Count: 7.461 million]

“…Crazy.”

…Am I seeing this wrong?

It was an unbelievable situation even after seeing it with both eyes. No matter how many times he blinked, nothing changed.

Well, something did change.

-Sniff sniff, take me, oppa [term of endearment used by younger women to older men].

└Are you a girl?

└Nope, I’m a guy.

└?

└If you’re handsome, you’re always oppa.

└How do you know he’s handsome when he’s wearing a mask?

└His gameplay is amazing.

└Ah, okay; 인정 [acknowledgement]

-Seriously, this is unbelievable… I’m watching it for the fifth time, and it’s still new every time. Always thrilling.

-14:01 How did he dodge that pattern here? Was it possible to parry that?

└Nope, it’s not.

└Then what is that?

└He’s a god;;;

-I wonder what this man is like in bed?

└Kaiser would probably dodge everything in bed too.

└lol true

└Forbes’ pick for the worst man in bed, #1 lololol

The comments on the video.

It was increasing in real-time.

-Look at the speed at which subscribers are increasing. You can really feel how hot it is these days.

-I heard Kaiser blew something up at Brion again this time. Is the video not up yet?

-I’m really going to wait until my neck falls off

└The video has only been up for a day lololol

└A day is too long~

└We need 3 videos a day fr [for real]

“…Hmm.”

Dohyun scratched his head as he watched the comments increase with each refresh.

He felt strange for some reason.

Dohyun had quite a thick fan base before, but he didn’t feel it back then.

In the game, only those trying to stab him in the back approached him, and most fans watched from a distance.

He only knew that people praised and admired him.

He didn’t feel like he was communicating like this.

‘So this is what it’s like.’

It wasn’t a bad feeling.

There were quite a few people who left malicious comments or weird jokes in the middle, but the favorable comments were overwhelming.

‘So this is why people do NewTube.’

You can communicate, get support, and even make money?

There’s no reason not to do it.

He was still reluctant to have his face known, but it didn’t matter because there was a mosaic function when uploading videos.

‘Things like mask mosaics are good.’

Since virtual reality doesn’t allow for significant changes in appearance, I guess it was created to protect portrait rights.

Thanks to that, virtual NewTubers and those who are reluctant to reveal their faces are using it well.

Somehow, Dohyun became one of the beneficiaries.

‘I’m glad I processed the mask and uploaded it yesterday.’

…Well, he’s so famous that people recognize him even if he covers his face.

This is something that can be solved by changing equipment or changing Jihad’s outfit when it becomes too much.

“In that sense, please take care of me this time too.”

Dohyun smiled and clicked the mouse.

Thanks to synchronizing with the capsule, the quickly downloaded video changed with each mouse click. Still, his hand movements were a little less awkward after uploading once yesterday.

But it wasn’t like he was doing much editing.

“Cut out the parts that are hard to show… mosaic them. It’s better to divide the video into two parts, right?”

Still, it wasn’t easy for Dohyun, who was still a beginner editor.

Dohyun, who had finished editing for a full two hours, finally uploaded the video.

[Uploading.]

[Please wait.]

“Done.”

Dohyun finally took his hand off the mouse and stretched his stiff body.

‘I should hire an editor later.’

Right now, he’s getting away with uploading so sloppily because he’s famous, but when time passes and his popularity fades a little, the power of an editor will definitely be needed.

Aside from that, he was already tired of doing this every day.

‘But I have no choice for now.’

Of course, he had to endure it for now.

Because he doesn’t have a stable income yet. It wasn’t too late to find out calmly while raising it a little more.

‘If this momentum continues, I can expect profits next month?’

With subscribers flocking in, if he uploads videos well, he’ll make a lot of money.

It seemed like he could hire an editor after seeing the situation for a month or two.

He still had money left, and if the items he put up for auction were sold….

‘What is it? Why is everything going so well?’

Dohyun questioned rather than rejoiced at the smooth flow of things, as if the money luck that had been blocked had burst.

Isn’t there a saying?

If things are going too well, start with suspicion.

It was a famous saying often said by businessmen who went bankrupt in an instant after doing well.

‘Have I ever been this successful?’

Every time he tried to enhance something, it exploded, and Dohyun didn’t have a single legendary skill that any high-ranker would have.

No, the fact that the first game he played was a 망겜 [failed game] called Demonic Realm Online was already a problem.

He worked hard to achieve first place, but the service was terminated.

‘It would have been fortunate if that was all.’

He was able to take advantage of that experience, and GoS, an all-time sequel, was released, but Dohyun went to the army on the exact release date.

He was truly a man who had no luck.

That was the life Dohyun had lived.

But after being discharged from the army, wasn’t everything going too well while playing GoS?

‘Was everything I’ve suffered so far actually a jinx? Is it all building up for this moment?’

The reason I knelt was to gain mobility! [parody of a popular meme]

Like that, he might have suffered all that hardship to live well in GoS… but that couldn’t be the case.

Dohyun chuckled at the ridiculous thought and soon put his thoughts away.

‘Whatever.’

What’s important now is that he’s been given an opportunity.

Then he just had to cherish and handle that opportunity more carefully than anyone else.

Just like he’s been doing so far.

‘The same goes for quests.’

The main quest, where you can lose everything if you fail once.

The hidden quest that can only be obtained by getting 1st place in Raven, but disappears the moment you fail.

These were all opportunities.

That’s why Dohyun was going to complete them more wonderfully than anyone else. Dohyun wasn’t stupid enough to waste the opportunity he had finally obtained.

He would have to wait until tomorrow to find out what kind of quest he would get.

[10:36 PM]

Dohyun glanced at the time and shook off his thoughts.

He’ll know that tomorrow anyway.

There was a more important concern now.

‘1 hour….’

The gym closes at 12, so considering the time it takes to get there, there’s about an hour left.

Enough time if he focuses.

‘Sigh, should I go? Or should I rest?’

But he was too sleepy to do that.

Sleepiness was rushing in as if he was about to pass out.

How sweet would it be to lie down on the bed like this.

His heart kept weakening to the sweet temptation, but he couldn’t get the fact that he had missed a few days of exercise recently and hadn’t kept up with the 6 days a week out of his head.

‘This is the dilemma of the century.’

Should I go because it would be a waste if the body I worked so hard to build falls apart?

GoS is technically a job, so should I not overdo it and sleep, thinking about my condition tomorrow?

Dohyun’s face, weighing the two options, was more serious than ever, and he was finally able to make a choice.

“…Haa. I guess I have to go.”

Wouldn’t he be the only one who would lose out if the body he worked so hard to build fell apart?

He was just playing games at home anyway, so it was reasonable to go to the gym and fill his activity level.

With that, Dohyun took heavy steps with a darkened complexion.

* * *

And that night.

When Dohyun, who had finally gone to the gym, dived into bed without looking back and was embracing dreamland.

A new post was uploaded to the official GoS website.

-It’s up! It’s up, you 씨X! [Korean swear word]

└?? What’s up?

└My porn!!

└???

A post with a strange title that no one could understand.

But the moment they checked the words that followed, they could all understand.

Because what more than 1 million people, who could be said to be the hottest people in the current situation, had been waiting for was uploaded.

-Kaiser TV video is up!

-Crazy!??

-Wow, it’s real. I’m going to watch it right away.

-Me too, me too!

It was the moment a huge bomb was dropped on NewTube.