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

Part 93.

Event scene deleted?

The existing route disappears, and a new route opens?

‘……What is all this supposed to mean?’

What kind of nonsense is this?

Stunned by the bewildering situation, Dohyun momentarily froze. He then desperately read the message, trying to calm his racing heart.

‘The scheduled event scene was deleted because you achieved an impossible feat?’

This seemed to be the key point.

If what it said was true, this quest was originally meant to result in total annihilation, and the event scene was prepared for that moment.

In other words,

‘……So, you’re saying it wasn’t meant to be cleared in the first place?’

Some RPG games have this kind of system.

It’s designed to be impossible to *gonglüe* [conquer or complete], creating extreme tension and immersion, and then, just when you’re on the verge of death and despair, *jjajan!* [a Korean onomatopoeia for ‘ta-da!’] the story progresses.

For example,

‘……The Iron-Blooded Mayong.’

Just like how users were inevitably meant to die to that guy in the tutorial.

Thinking about it that way, it makes sense.

Even when he died to the Grim Reaper Demise, he wasn’t immediately killed but left to watch.

It wasn’t just to show off the power of God.

‘It had to be that way. There was an event scene that would only trigger upon total annihilation.’

The salvation that chases death is said to be light…….

Perhaps it was meant to be a moment of salvation from the Grim Reaper, a feeling of being rescued and driven away.

The problem was that Dohyun cleared it without knowing.

‘No, they should have told me if there was something like that.’

I gritted my teeth and worked my ass off to achieve it, and now what? The standard route was supposed to be total annihilation?

Is this some kind of joke?

In an instant, deep frustration rose from his core, but he took a deep breath and tried to regain his composure.

‘……Okay, let’s see what the new route is.’

Who knows?

Maybe this *gusaeng* [suffering or hardship] I went through led to a better route.

No, I was just angry for a moment, but honestly, there was a high probability of that.

‘I caught Mayong and obtained the Eye of Truth.’

And through that Eye of Truth, I became a descendant of Kasiyar and obtained the main quest.

God of the Century is a game where high risk equals high return.

This is a similar situation, so it’s only right that it’s more upgraded than before, even if it’s not to that extent.

Gulp.

Feeling a mix of tension and anticipation, Dohyun slowly reached out.

[A new route has opened.]

[Confirming the new linked job quest ‘Man of Prophecy’.]

[Man of Prophecy]

-Rank: Job Quest, Derived Main Stream.

-Description: With the sacrifice of humanity, the war came to an end, and the fairy race’s prophet ‘Rahtarche’ and the prophecy god ‘Praponea’ made one prophecy.

On the promised day, a human will appear in the center of the battlefield.

It is an inevitable fate, the will of Avartel, and it will disrupt the balance.

You are walking a path like a prophecy.

But the current humans are ignorant of history. Only those who have experienced the war will know the details.

Meet the races called the owners of the five thrones and hear about the prophecy and the promised day.

-Clear Condition: Meet the Fairy King, the king of Elannis and the owner of the fourth throne.

-Quest Success Reward: Linked job quest occurrence, information on the lost ancient history, information on the Five Kings.

-Quest Failure: The related quest is deleted, the current route, the second route, is deleted, and the game proceeds with the existing route.

[If you fail to meet the Fairy King by the time you graduate from the Elannis continent, you will fail.]

[The appearance of the Man of Prophecy earlier than expected has cracked the promise.]

[Warning! The more you learn about prophecy and history, the sooner the ancient promise may be broken.]

Dohyun’s eyes widened as he checked the quest.

He couldn’t help it.

‘Derived Main Stream!?’

At first glance, it might not seem different from the main quest, but it is distinctly different.

The main stream is the framework of the story.

It can be said to be the root of the main story tree.

And the main quest is like the stem or branches that extend from that root.

Depending on the scale of the main quest, it can become a stem that leads to the core or just a branch that is insignificant.

This was only the second time he had seen the word ‘main stream’ while progressing through the main quest.

One of them is…….

‘……Collecting the fragments of fate to *haejoe* [release or undo] Kasiyar’s seal.’

In other words, this was as crucial a quest as collecting 10 fragments of fate.

‘To be exact, it’s more accurate to see it as a story related to that.’

It’s not just a main stream, but a derived main stream.

I experienced it once with Mayong, so I thought something grand would come out…… but this exceeded expectations.

That’s why I was more puzzled.

‘If the new route hadn’t opened, this is a story that wouldn’t have been progressed in the first place.’

Even if it’s derived, is it okay to be a main stream?

Honestly, when I think about whether this derived main stream would have opened 3 years later when the original main quest would have opened, I can’t help but shake my head.

‘It’s a route I got by *ggaeji mallan geol ggaeseo* [breaking what shouldn’t be broken] in the first place, so there’s no guarantee I would have *ggaeda* [broken or solved] it 3 years later.’

Just like how no one caught the Iron-Blooded Mayong, the boss of the tutorial, for 2 years.

In other words, the main stream would have progressed well even without this…… then is there a need to call this a derived main stream?

‘Hmm, I’ve heard that there are games like this sometimes.’

Games where you unlock hidden content in the main story by pushing sub-quests.

It was most reasonable to think of this as a similar Easter egg.

Then, it would be one of two things.

It’s just content like a sub-story of a character related to the main story, or.

‘It becomes the key point of the game…….’

And…… it was highly likely that this one was the latter.

It’s talking about the promised day and ancient history.

Above all,

‘The information about the Five Kings is information that Gamillion couldn’t even find out.’

Information that even the tomb of information couldn’t show.

Since this is critically related to Dohyun’s job, it was necessary to find out.

‘It feels like the scale is getting too big.’

Dohyun smiled and closed the quest window.

I wanted to hear it right away, but I’ll *ggaeda* [solve or break] it anyway as I progress through the main quest.

I had to meet the Fairy King because of the fragments of fate.

However, one thing that bothered me was…….

-The more you learn about prophecy and history, the sooner the ancient promise may be broken.

Similar to the warning message that appeared below when the message that a new route had opened first appeared.

‘……That ancient promise must be referring to the promised day.’

Based on the circumstances so far, that was highly likely.

The only thing that matched both the Man of Prophecy and the ancient promise was the promised day that Gamillion and Kasiyar mentioned.

That was the problem.

‘Gamillion clearly said that his family had been waiting for 997 years. It was said to be a thousand-year prophecy, so that means it’s content that will open at least 3 years later…….’

That’s the case with the main quest, but still, the main quest is about collecting fragments step by step, so it’s manageable somehow.

But the promised day was different.

Even Kasiyar, who seems to have no backing, warned about it.

I don’t know exactly what it is, but the moment it opens, there’s a high possibility that the current Dohyun and users won’t be able to handle it.

‘This is like openly advertising that the more you progress, the faster the promise will be broken.’

Is it right to activate this time bomb?

In the first place, Gamillion said that he had to collect 10 fragments of fate before the promised day came?

‘Ah, I should have just died quietly. What kind of *gusaeng* [suffering] is this?’

Dohyun scratched his head in frustration.

I wouldn’t have worried like this if I had gotten it about 3 years…… no, at least 1 year later.

As Dohyun’s situation is still behind the high rankers, his mind was complicated.

‘I don’t know. It’ll work out somehow.’

Nothing is solved by just sitting at the desk and worrying.

When you can’t see the answer, you have to *budijhida* [bump or crash] yourself.

Of course, *budijhida* [crashing] without thinking was just hitting an egg against a rock, and Dohyun had no intention of becoming such a *meojeori* [fool or idiot].

‘First, I’ll raise my specs. I can proceed with this after that.’

At least I have to *ggaeda* [clear or conquer] all the currently prepared content and stand in the same position as the other guys.

The first step was the Tower of Disaster.

The Great Sage Brillion Rasha, who would give me signature traits and transcendence.

They were all here.

Ting-

As if hearing Dohyun’s thoughts, an alarm rang.

[The players to go up to the 11th floor have been decided.]

[The players to go up to the 11th floor are ‘Kaiser’ and ‘Astr’.]

[By achieving an unbelievable feat, the names of ‘Kaiser’ and ‘Owner of the Armory, Astr’ will be engraved on the Tower of Disaster.]

It was an alarm announcing the attack team to go up to the 11th floor.

“Wow, I didn’t think so, but only the people who caught the 10th floor owner passed. It must be *nanri* [chaos or a mess] outside?”

“……I guess so.”

Dohyun nodded at Astr’s words, who was sticking out his tongue.

I didn’t even have to look to know how *nanri* [chaotic] it was outside.

If Dohyun thought it was the opposite situation, he would have foamed at the mouth and screamed.

Well, I challenged and did it myself, so I had nothing to feel *jjillida* [guilty or uneasy] about,

‘……I feel a little sorry for the Kashin followers.’

Even though it was burdensome, they were the ones who blindly helped me, so I felt bad that they all fell.

Failure in the Tower of Disaster meant death.

I wouldn’t drop items, but I would receive the access time limit effect.

“Well, those people would be like, ‘Ah, I can be of help to Kashin! I will die honorably!’ and commit suicide.”

“……Please stop, I can imagine it.”

“Hey, would they really do that? They’ll just offer some prayers.”

“I guess so?”

Dohyun turned around after exchanging such trivial words.

[Qualification has been confirmed]

[Would you like to go to the next floor?]

A warp was created so that you could go straight to the next floor without leaving this place.

You can see that he is excited enough to jump in right away just by looking at his back.

“You’re going straight up, huh? Well, you don’t need to *jeongbi* [prepare or gear up] because you’ll automatically recover when you arrive on the next floor.”

Astr smiled and was about to follow when.

“No.”

“……Huh? Then?”

An unexpected and firm answer.

Astr, who thought he would *dangyeonhi* [naturally or obviously] go straight up, asked back in confusion, and Dohyun stood solemnly as if he couldn’t be more serious and answered.

“There’s something important left.”

“Something important? What is it…… Ah. You don’t mean?”

Astr’s eyes widened at something that flashed through his mind at that moment, and Dohyun nodded once with a face that said that was right.

Dohyun’s nostrils were flaring severely.

-Ah, the time has come.

-Lizariza…….

-Hmm, I don’t think there’s a need to stand guard, so I’ll step back.

The guys who *mulleona* [backed away] as if it was engraved in their brain wrinkles in that *moseup* [appearance or figure].

Everyone knows what Dohyun is trying to do.

[The reward is *ganghwa* [enhanced] by *gongnyak* [conquering] the 10th floor with unbelievable results.]

[The existing reward ‘Intermediate Random Skill Additional Ability Grant Ticket’ is changed to ‘Superior Random Skill Additional Ability Grant Ticket’.]

[Would you like to use the Superior Random Skill Additional Ability Grant Ticket?]

‘I’ve been waiting for this moment.’

It was card *kkada* [opening or drawing] time.