Ranker's Return

Chapter 910

The surroundings were engulfed in silence. No one opened their mouths.

‘I almost collapsed.’

Hyeonu gave strength to his body, which was about to falter, and held on. It was because he poured out too much magic power at once. Things might have been different when his concentration was at its peak, but once he released his concentration, a feeling of weakness dominated his body.

‘I’m just glad that my magic power is back...’

The feeling of weakness didn’t last long though. It was for just a moment.This was because his magic power recovered at a tremendous speed the moment Hyeonu’s attack hit Luke.

‘The attack was successful.’

Hyeonu calmly changed the Guardian’s Spear back to the form of a ring. In the first place, the blow was aimed at Luke’s heart. Now that the attack was successful, the possibility of Luke recovering was close to zero.

‘Then why isn’t he dead?’

On the surface, Luke was fine. The cog was still there. It obscured the view between Hyeonu and Luke.

“He is already dead.” Raccoon grasped Luke’s condition with one glance. The fire of life had already run out. Just then, Luke’s cog disappeared, and Raccoon’s axe fell, becoming stuck in the ground. Raccoon reached out to retrieve the axe. It returned to him at a fairly fast pace, unlike when it flew from him.

“Do you have anything you want to say before you die?” Raccoon asked Luke.

“Something to say...” Luke stared at the sky. “This is such a futile end...”

The last bit of vitality was fading from Luke’s face. His pale face now looked almost like that of a corpse.

Luke looked at Hyeonu and asked, “The one who killed Ragand... Was it you?”

“Killed... It is a bit ambiguous… to say that I did it...”

It was really ambiguous as it had been an act of self-defense. Hyeonu had stayed still, but Ragand attacked him. So, Hyeonu attacked to protect himself. However, the attack was accompanied by Callioraks’ assistance and led to Ragand’s death.

“It doesn’t matter. Dead is dead.” Luke let out a deep sigh. “It ended up like this. This is what happened in the end.”

The ra and ran tribes led the giants, and the empire established by the descendants of the giants down the road of destruction. Yet in the end, the two tribes were taken down the road of destruction by an adventurer associated with the giants.

‘I don’t know if a person like he and I will appear again...’ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ novelenglish.net . (f)ire.ɴet

The chances of that were very small. No talent comparable to them had appeared since they became the chiefs.

“If only Jeras were still alive...

In addition, there was no Jeras now. There was the tree in the divine world that he had created, but it simply perfected the magic power and body that was the foundation. They would just be idiots with a bit of strength without the secret arts that Luke knew and had passed on to Jeras.

Just then, Luke’s body started to crumble little by little. It started with the chest area. Then the hole grew little by little, upwards and downwards.

“Right... You know…” Hyeonu carefully opened his mouth to speak once Luke’s body was half gone.

Luke’s eyes turned weakly to Hyeonu.

“Jeras isn’t dead. There is a hole in his stomach, but... he is fine,” Hyeonu added with a smile.

Luke’s eyes widened, and he opened his mouth when he heard this. However, no sound came out. The lower part of his face had already disappeared without a trace. There was nothing he could use to make a sound. Soon, Luke’s face completely disappeared.

Message windows appeared in front of Hyeonu’s eyes.

[The chief of the ra tribe, Luke, has been defeated.]

[Experience has been acquired.]

[You have leveled up.]

[All health and magic power are restored.]

[You have leveled up.]

......

[All health and magic power are restored.]

[You have leveled up.]

[All health and magic power are restored.]

[You have leveled up.]

[All health and magic power are restored.]

His level rose steeply. Hyeonu had been at level 440, and he gained 10 levels to reach level 450. It was a tremendous amount of experience.

‘I got a lot more than last time.’

His level increased more than when he had killed Ragand. It seemed to be because he had an extraordinary amount of contribution this time.

‘Or maybe it is because Luke is different from Ragand.’

Ragand had only just been resurrected, so he only had the basics. There was such a big difference between Ragand and the normal Luke that it was meaningless to compare them.

‘Anything is good.’

Hyeonu didn’t care about anything else. It was just good. He gained 10 levels, and things had gone according to his plan.

‘Items...?’

There was also something else that made Hyeonu more satisfied. They were the items left in the place where Luke disappeared.

‘Items appeared here?’

He once had a history of being disappointed with Ragand, so he wasn’t expecting anything this time. However, they appeared.

‘A book and a ring.’

The items that Luke dropped were a book believed to be a skill book and a ring. It could be called stingy, but he didn’t feel any disappointment because he didn’t have any expectations from the beginning.

‘Let’s just take it first...’

Hyeonu quickly grabbed the book and ring before approaching Raccoon.

“Raccoon, what will you do after this?”

“Let’s see? I think I should go back.”

Raccoon had now lost interest in the war as he had already gotten sufficient revenge for the dead tribe members and the different species. He had killed dozens of times more divine creatures and members of the god tribe as well as their chief, their spiritual support. Raccoon thought he had done enough. It was time to go back to his original place.

“Why don’t you leave the adventurers behind?”

“You want me to leave them? I don’t think that is necessary?” Raccoon cocked his head. Adventurers were those who moved according to their own will. There was no justification or reason for him to force the adventurers.

“If the adventurers all leave at once, there will be problems with maintaining the battlefield."

This was why Hyeonu asked Raccoon to do this. It was due to the balance of the battlefield. The NPCs of the different species, the NPCs of the Yuxin Empire, and the adventurers had joined forces to wage a war. If the NPCs of the different species left here and adventurers scattered, the balance of the battlefield would collapse instantly.

‘I will be leaving as well...’

“Isn’t just one sentence from you enough reason for them to stay?” Hyeonu persuaded Raccoon. This was a necessity.

“One sentence?”

“A good sentence.”

Raccoon nodded at Hyeonu’s words. This was enough for the adventurers.

“By the way, all they need is to gather energy, right? Is there anything else?”

“So you just have to say one more thing. ‘I recommend gathering energy from this place.’ Just like this.”

It wasn’t really a lie. After Luke’s death, the war here would still continue. In addition to the battlefield against the undead in the northern part of the West Continent, it was an optimized field for hunting. Naturally, it was easier than anywhere else to get the energy called experience.

“It isn’t difficult. I will say thosee words. Instead, I’ll ask you for a favor.” Raccoon nodded. Hyeonu’s request really wasn’t difficult after all.

“Yes, Raccoon.”

“Spar with Cancun around once a month.”

Raccoon’s request was also simple. There was nothing difficult. It was just sparring with Cancun once a month.

“That is easy. I’ll visit once a month for a fight.” Hyeonu nodded.

“I understand. Then I’ll be going now.” Raccoon leisurely left the battlefield. No one caught sight of the departing Raccoon. Raccoon disappeared, then Hyeonu also left the battlefield. There was no reason for him to stay here any longer. It was because they had achieved their goal.

‘I’ll meet Jeras tomorrow to get confirmation... I should leave here as well.’

Hyeonu briefly thought about what he needed to do in the future. Meanwhile, the chat window was on fire. It was the result of Hyeonu’s actions.

-Excuse me, that... Do you have some strange hobbies?

-Or did we do something wrong?

-Or has the growth of the A-World channel slowed down a bit?

This was caused by Hyeonu turning off the sound during the live stream. It was an act to hide important information about the giants, but it caused unbearable curiosity and frustration for the viewers who didn’t understand.

“Ah, I’m sorry everyone. There was a situation... I ask for your broad-minded understanding.”

Hyeonu only remembered that he had turned off the sound after looking at the chat window.

-What? He is hiding something.

-What is this?

-By the way, I can’t get a sense of anything. There are always so many secrets.

-Honestly, we wouldn’t understand what he was doing even if he streamed all week.

-It just seems that I can see it has something to do with this war and Alley Leader.

The viewers deduced why Hyeonu had turned off the sound from his apology. However, they didn’t know anything. Hyeonu had a lot to hide, and he hid them thoroughly. There was no known information.

“Now that the raid is done, I will end the live stream for today.”

Hyeonu rushed the viewers without a break. Immediately after apologizing, he announced that he would end the live stream.

“Today’s streaming video will be uploaded to the channel with exquisite editing. There will be silence, but to a certain extent, the parts that the viewers didn’t hear well will come out well.”

The conversation with Luke wasn’t streamed, but this didn’t mean there was no sound at all. Therefore, it could be released to the public if appropriate editing was added.

“Then I’ll see you next time.”

Hyeonu waved his hand and ended the live stream at once. He didn’t drag out the time. There were too many things that attracted his attention for him to do that.

-See you next time.

-I have to wait for today’s video.

-Is it our fate to wait for the live stream and videos?

-Sigh... I want to eat dumplings all week long and play games.

-I’m already eating chicken breast? That seems like a luxurious diet ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The viewers now accepted Hyeonu’s goodbye as they wished. They realized that the more they talked, the more they were the ones who lost money.

***

Hyeonu ended his live stream and immediately headed into a deserted forest. It was because his actions from now on shouldn’t be seen by others.

‘I can’t look ugly.’

He was certain he would show his true self once when he checked the items he obtained after killing Luke. This was why he came to a place without anyone’s eyes. Hyeonu sat on the ground and took out a few items.

They were a book and a ring—the two items that Luke dropped.

‘Ah, one more.’

Hyeonu thought of something the moment he saw the ring in his hand. He immediately searched through the past message windows.

[The chief of the ra tribe, Luke, has been defeated.]

Then Hyeonu immediately opened the quest window. A message window entered his sight.

[Purification of the Divine Object has been cleared.]

[Experience has been acquired.]

[You have obtained the true divine object of the Luos Empire.]

Light started to rise from Hyeonu’s fingers.