The Return Of The Genius Ranker Of All Times [EN]: Chapter 95

Part 95.

What Do-hyun saw.

It was a clue.

[You have acquired an item related to the Main Quest.]

[You sense a trace of the key.]

[You have acquired a trace that could be a crucial clue to the remaining half of the Key of Destiny.]

[Recorded in the Book of Adventures.]

A crucial clue to finding the remaining half of the Key of Destiny.

[You have discovered a clue related to Elanis’ Great Cataclysm, ‘The Eye That Swallowed the Sky’.]

[Recorded in the Book of Adventures.]

An item that could be a clue to the Eye That Swallowed the Sky.

“……Huh.”

Do-hyun let out a hollow laugh.

Because it was a fraudulent item that could cover both clues?

No, that wasn’t the only reason.

Since it was a quest reward in the first place, it was understandable that those two rewards could be covered by one item.

Nevertheless, the reason Do-hyun was so surprised.

[Trace of Grandel]

-Grade: ?

-Description: Lusia Grandel, the greatest warrior in Akrana’s history.

A strong energy, presumed to be hers, has resisted something and maintained its form for a long time.

This is a part of that energy.

[You have acquired a trace left by Akrana’s strongest warrior, ‘Lusia Grandel’.]

[Recorded in the Book of Adventures.]

‘I never imagined I’d see this name here.’

That was because the owner of this trace was the reason Do-hyun climbed the Tower, and the woman he had to find to awaken the Nymph Queen.

‘I’m sure she was in the Forest of Rupalo?’

From the beginning, why did Do-hyun try to find the Great Sage and climb the Tower?

It was partly for Transcendence, but the biggest reason was to obtain a map to the Forest of Rupalo, where he last saw Lusia Grandel.

But to get the clue here?

‘……Could it be that she left it before going to the Forest of Rupalo?’

He couldn’t know.

The scene the Nymph Queen showed was from memories 100 years ago.

Do-hyun had no way of knowing whether this clue was left before or after that.

But the important thing wasn’t that.

‘The Eye That Swallowed the Sky and the Key of Destiny.’

What’s important now is that all of that is deeply related to her.

And…….

[Condition satisfied.]

[You have acquired a quest item, triggering the sudden quest, ‘The Lost Great Hero’.]

[The Lost Great Hero]

-Grade: Sudden Quest

-Description: Lusia Grandel, the lost great hero of Akrana.

It has been confirmed that she, who was practically known to be dead, was alive and even in the Tower of Disaster.

Judging from the traces, she is presumed to have been fiercely resisting some kind of energy.

There may be more traces of her left in the Tower of Disaster.

Investigate to the top floor of the Tower.

However, if you die before reaching the top floor and return to the first floor, you will fail.

-Clear Condition: Investigate the Tower of Disaster (0 / 1)

-Quest Success: Second trace left by Lusia Grandel, linked quest generated.

-Quest Failure: Quest deleted and related quests deleted.

There may be more traces of her left somewhere in the Tower.

Smirk.

‘……Is that so?’

Do-hyun, who slightly raised the corners of his mouth, flashed his eyes like a beast aiming for its prey.

‘Then there’s no reason to refuse.’

Perhaps…….

There seems to be more to gain from the Tower than I thought.

* * *

In front of the door to Avison’s domain, where the master of the 10th floor of the Tower of Disaster resides.

This place was currently in chaos.

However, it was a different kind of chaos than the precarious situation just a moment ago, when disaster seemed imminent.

[The challenging player has survived, and the out-of-spec being has departed.]

[All systems of the Tower of Disaster are normalized.]

[Having achieved an unbelievable feat, the names of players ‘Kaiser’ and ‘Astro, Master of the Armory’ are engraved on the Tower.]

[The planned event scene has been deleted.]

“? What? Cleared?”

“What the hell? How long has it been, and now they’ve cleared it again?”

“It’s an anomaly, but it’s damn weird.”

“No, is this right?”

“Damn it, I’m dying of curiosity. What the hell happened inside?”

It was only a minute ago that a strange energy was leaking from the door, giving off a strong sense of oppression.

The system was pouring out all sorts of warnings, saying that disaster would strike if they failed, but after only a minute, it was cleared?

They were beyond dumbfounded, feeling like the handle of a millstone had fallen off [feeling utterly helpless and useless].

“Is it even possible to achieve an unbelievable feat in one minute?”

“What’s with the planned event being deleted? What was supposed to happen?”

“Hey, give me back my event.”

“They’re taking away what they didn’t even give us.”

“Seeing it engraved on the Tower, it seems real…… Huh.”

Honestly, if someone said something like this, they would have been neck-sliced for talking nonsense, but since they were the parties involved, they couldn’t help but believe it.

[The aura of death lingering at the door disappears.]

Swoosh-

Indeed, the strange energy of the door, which was difficult to approach, disappeared along with the message.

Moreover,

Being engraved on the Tower requires achieving an incredible feat within the Tower.

That means something amazing really happened inside…….

“Damn it, won’t they upload a video? I’m so curious about what happened.”

“What is this? In the end, we were conquered without doing anything.”

“Then what happens to us?”

“I don’t know. I guess we’ll have to see what happens when Kaiser and the Master of the Armory come out.”

“If this was going to happen, I should have stayed still…… Damn it, I think I killed a lot of the top 100 guild members, so I’m going to get targeted for no reason.”

“Ah…… I made such a fuss to the guild leader…….”

“I boasted that I would take an amazing video, but I’m going to have to write a report.”

Curiosity, frustration, anxiety, regret…….

Various reactions intertwined, and the scene gradually became more chaotic.

And just as the users’ murmurs grew so loud that it was difficult to understand properly.

Ding-

The same message appeared in front of everyone.

“……?”

“?”

“Huh?”

In an instant, a thick silence enveloped the space.

As if they had promised, they all wore blank expressions and blinked blankly.

Some couldn’t speak, their jaws dropping as if they were about to fall off.

It was only natural that they showed such a reaction.

[The players to ascend to the 11th floor have been determined.]

[The players to ascend to the 11th floor are ‘Kaiser’ and ‘Astro’.]

[Having achieved an unbelievable feat, the names of ‘Kaiser’ and ‘Astro, Master of the Armory’ are engraved on the Tower of Disaster.]

[The remaining players will be forcibly removed after 120 seconds and will be treated as dead.]

Because it was such an absurd message.

But this silence was only a brief moment of respite.

Soon, a commotion several times more intense than before erupted, engulfing the scene.

“What the hell!!”

“What are you saying now! Only two people are going up? Are you saying that over a thousand of us will fall!?!”

“Have you ever seen such a crazy game? Is this even a game?”

“Is this right? You XXXXX……!”

“Are you telling us to die now? Why do we have to die? We didn’t do anything!”

The users, who had suddenly gone from chasing chickens to being in the position of cows waiting for death in a slaughterhouse, could not easily accept it.

At that moment, when all sorts of curses were rampant.

Thud, thud!

“……Huh?”

“Thud?”

A creepy sound that was too inappropriate for the current situation.

The users hesitated, wondering if they had misheard, but the sound did not stop and continued to be heard.

Thud! Thud!

Thud!

Even faster and more intense than before.

“What, what is it! Who the hell is PK-ing [Player Killing] in this situation!”

“Damn it!”

“We’re all going to be eliminated and die anyway, so let’s do it? Okay, come on. Try me…… Huh?”

“……Crazy.”

The startled users hurriedly looked around, and soon they were able to identify the cause of the sound.

No, it was embarrassing to even use the grand expression of identification.

“Ah…… Kashin. I will follow your will.”

“May there be infinite glory in Kashin’s path…….”

“Kamen…….”

The sight of the lunatics each holding their own weapons and openly mutilating themselves…… No matter how you looked at it, it didn’t quite fit the expression of understanding.

“These crazy…… What are those guys doing?”

“No, we’re going to die anyway, so what kind of crazy짓 [짓 is a Korean word referring to an action or behavior, often negative] is that?”

“Wow…….”

Whether the users were stunned by the insane짓 that went beyond common sense or not, the Kashinkyo [Kashin Order] believers only continued to commit suicide with their eyes flashing.

“In accordance with Kashin’s will, everyone commit suicide! We must not delay even a moment!”

“Yes!!”

“Everyone, receive the glory of becoming fertilizer for Kashin’s glorious path!”

“Ah, Kamen!”

Thud!

One stab while shouting glory.

“May there be light in the Kashinkyo!”

“For the great Kashin!”

Thud! Thud!

One stab while shouting Kashinkyo and Kashin. And another stab while praying.

The sight of hundreds of masked people simultaneously committing harakiri [ritual suicide by samurai] like a decalcomaniac was truly a collection of madness itself.

They were praying as if they were truly glorious.

The users, who had suddenly become the audience of a unique stage that was hard to see anywhere else, felt chills.

“Th, those crazy bastards…….”

“What am I looking at right now?”

“What the fuck!”

It is said that the greatest fear a person can feel is when encountering something that transcends common sense.

In that sense, they were feeling a fear they had never felt before.

Where else would you see such a crazy sight!

“Damn it, those bastards are really crazy.”

“Holy shit, fucking crazy dog! What the fuck!?”

“Kashinkyo, der soul terrorball [intentionally misspelled German for ‘the soul terror ball’]!!”

“What is Kaiser that they’re doing that for?”

The users, who were truly moved, uttered exclamations close to curses, regardless of whether they were foreigners or Koreans, and that was a mistake.

This is a virtual reality game that runs on artificial intelligence.

Any language you hear is automatically translated,

“……Terrible? Fuck? Bullshit?”

The Kashinkyo believers, who had ears that listened to Kaiser’s curses like ghosts, stopped committing suicide all at once.

Then, all at once, they turned their heads to look at the users, creaking like broken machines.

“……Ah.”

“Crazy…….”

The users, who suddenly felt chills, quickly closed their mouths, realizing they had made a mistake, but it was already too late.

The believers began to rise from their seats one by one.

“Ah…… I see. There was a reason why we remained here.”

“No, that’s not it. Put it away.”

“I will follow your will, Kamen…….”

“Damn it, I don’t know. I’m going first.”

“M, me too! Let’s go together!”

Thud! Thud!

In the end, the users who could not overcome their fear could not stand it and continued to commit suicide one by one.

“It was another fruitful 교화 [gyohwa – Korean for proselytization/conversion] today.”

“Let us also go to the bosom of the believers.”

“Good.”

“Kamen…….”

The believers, who had been glaring as if they would cut their throats at any moment, also smiled peacefully and stabbed their own stomachs.

They were the believers who had fulfilled their mission to 정리 [jeongni – Korean for clean up/dispose of] the heretics and 감화 [gamhwa – Korean for influence/convert] them today.

* * *

The first two-person clear in the history of the 10th floor was born!

This sensational news spread in an instant,

[The Tower of Disaster, known as the Sanctuary of Trolls! The master of the 10th floor changes for the first time?]

[The new master of the 10th floor, Avison, what kind of boss is he?]

[Kaiser and the Master of the Armory! Defeat the first named boss who massacred 70 raid members with just the two of them!]

[Only two people passed the 10th floor? The smallest number of passers in the history of the 10th floor.]

[What is the out-of-spec being that appeared in the Tower of Disaster?]

…….

└? Named boss? Out-of-spec being? What is all this?

└Only 2 people passed the 10th floor? Does that make sense? There has never been such a thing before. At least 100 people have to go up, right?

└It seems that a new master appeared exceptionally, making a two-person challenge possible. It seems that they defeated it together, so only the two of them passed?

└If that’s the case, isn’t the newly appeared named boss actually a pushover?

└70 people were cut in 5 minutes, but two people defeated it, so what pushover, Kaiser is just a god.

It quickly 잠식 [jamsik – Korean for engulf/dominate] the God of the Oaths website and various platforms.

└The out-of-spec being was cut in 1 minute?

└It’s really out of spec. How much of a pushover is it to be cut in 1 minute? Even by two people who were in bad condition after the raid.

└Ahㅋㅋㅋㅋ Is that what out-of-spec being meantㅋㅋㅋ

└But an acquaintance was there, and they said that when the out-of-spec being or whatever 강림 [gangnim – Korean for descend/manifest], the system was paralyzed, people were 날아가고 [nalagago – Korean for flying away], and it was a mess. They said that just approaching the door gave them chills, so it seems like there was something there.

└It’s true that if it’s engraved on the Tower, it says it all. How many users are engraved, only about 40 people?

└Ah, I’m so curious. I hope they upload the video soon…… They’re climbing the Tower, so it’ll take some time, right?

└No, why doesn’t Kaiser ever take the normal route? Every time he goes somewhere, something happens.

Of course, the reaction was 뜨거웠고 [tteugeowotgo – Korean for hot/heated], various platforms were 난무 [nanmu – Korean for rampant] with all sorts of comments and posts.

But none of them were 확신에 찬 [hwaksine chan – Korean for confident/certain].

Only the results came out abruptly.

Because nothing was properly revealed about what the process was like or what exactly appeared.

At least the users of the 10th floor, who can be said to be witnesses…….

-Be careful of the Kashinkyo.

-Those guys are real.

-I saw the real ones today. I have to worship Ka, Kashin…….

-Holy fucking crazy believers…….

└What is all this? Why are even the foreigners going crazy?

└Don’t ask. If you say it, you’ll be harakiri.

└? How can you be harakiri?

└I didn’t want to know either…….