Ranker's Return Chapter 76

Published at 18th of March 2020 01:15:03 AM
Chapter 76: 76

[Five Elements Spider Crasul has been killed . ]

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[Experience has been acquired . ]

[You have leveled up . ]

[All health and magic power have been restored . ]

[Your fighting energy stat has increased by 12 . ]

[The skill proficiency of You and I in One Shot! has increased to C+ . ]

[The skill proficiency of Magic Power Compression has increased to D . ]

[The skill proficiency of Weapons Mastery has increased to B- . ]

[The skill proficiency of Magic Power Explosion has increased to E+ . ]

'12 points in fighting energy? Good, good . '

Hyeonu enjoyed the constant sound of the notifications .  It was a rewarding moment after the battle that lasted one hour .

'Haven't a lot of skills risen in proficiency?'

Throughout the hour, he had used all types of skills against the boss monster .  Most of his skills had risen in rank .  Originally, Hyeonu's skill rank surged rapidly .  It was due to the t.i.tle effect of First Person to Enter the Imperial Palace that increased proficiency gain by 10% .  The effect was added to high-rated skills, and they grew really rapidly .  The rank of Magic Power Explosion had already reached E+ .

'The rings and t.i.tles also played their part well . '

At this moment, a message appeared again .

[The t.i.tle 'Ruler of the Spider Mine' has been created . ]

[Ruler of the Spider Mine]

[-A t.i.tle given to a player who defeats Five Elements Spider Crasul, the boss monster of Mine Spider's Lair .

Effect: Movement speed is increased by 10% . ]

“It gave a t.i.tle? This is a high-level dungeon?”

It was great .  Hyeonu saw the t.i.tle and smiled widely .  He rejoiced .

Movement speed wasn't marked in the status window, but it was an important effect that anyone who played Arena knew about .  At present, Hyeonu had a 40% rise in movement speed due to strengthening his body and the Great Gorge set .  The effect of Ruler of the Spider Mine was a 50% increase in movement speed .

Based on the same points in the agility stat, Hyeonu was at least 1 . 5 times faster than other players .  This was a great advantage in PvP as well as hunting .

“Now all I have to do is gain items . . . ”

Hyeonu wanted the finis.h.i.+ng touches .  He had leveled up, ranked up his skills, and gained a t.i.tle .  The sketch was perfect .  Only the final finis.h.i.+ng touches were left .

“Please, please!!!” Hyeonu approached the body of Crasul that was gradually disappearing .

One step, two steps . . .

Every time he took a step, Hyeonu's heart started to beat faster .  By the time he arrived in front of Crasul's corpse, Hyeonu's heart was about to burst .

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“Nothing . . . ? Nothing? Nothing?!!!”

Once Crasul's body disappeared, only gold coins and two small eggs remained in a shabby manner .

“Sob . ” Hyeonu knelt down without even thinking about picking up the gold eggs .  The preceding rewards seemed in vain .  At this moment, all the intangible rewards Hyeonu previously gained was worth nothing .  The type of reward item that was immediately visible was more important .

Hyeonu was sobbing for a long time when Tang-E approached .  Tang-E had picked up the gold and items on behalf of the frustrated Hyeonu .

“Master dude, I picked it up a little while ago . Take it . ”

Tang-E was holding a small disc .

“What is this?” Hyeonu asked in a hoa.r.s.e voice .

“It was under the gold coins . ”

“…?!! Give it to me!!!”

Hyeonu took the disc from Tang-E .  He immediately checked the information of the disc .

[Crasul's Curse]

[-A mask containing the grudge of Five Elements Spider Crasul . It feels sinister .

Rating: Unique

Restrictions: Ruler of the Spider Mine

Defense: 350

Effect: All stats + 50, 'Curse of the Five Elements Spider' can be used .

Curse of the Five Elements Spider: If the attack succeeds, randomly grants one of five curses to the target . Can be stacked up to five times (burning, freezing, petrification, binding or bleeding) .

However, the duration of the status isn't renewed and it doesn't apply to players .

Duration: 5 minutes . ]

Hyeonu confirmed the ident.i.ty of the disc and shouted with joy, “Wow!”

It was an item he finally saw after a long time .  Moreover, it was a mask item, which was extremely rare .  It was unique rated .  This was sufficient reward for hunting the five elements spider .  Just looking at it made Hyeonu feel full .

'I didn't expect to get a mask here . I was going to ask Edchan . . . '

Fortunately, he obtained it .  This eliminated the need to waste time bothering Edchan .  There were some types of objects that could be called rare in Arena .  They were items like the mask that Hyeonu acquired, gaiters, wristlets, and various tattoos .  Since their drop rate was low and they sold in an instant when put on the auction house, there were many players who didn't know they existed .

That's why Hyeonu was going to ask Golden Hammer Edchan .  If he couldn't find any, then he would have to make it .

“The options are good . Abnormal states that can be stacked up . . . ”

Hyeonu would cherish this mask for a long time .

Tang-E was bored .  His master was marveling and admiring something that gave off an ominous smell .

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“Sigh, my life . That Master dude has to take it . . . ” Tang-E sighed and sat down .  Then something caught Tang-E's eyes .  It was a blue bead and a red bead .  “They smell quite delicious?”

Tang-E was troubled by the two beads that he hadn't handed to his master .

'Do I have to give these to Master dude? He won't like it if I don't give them to him . . . However, he won't return them if I give them to him . . . '

Tang-E's troubles didn't last long .  Seeing his master squirming in the distance, Tang-E closed his eyes and swallowed the beads .  He swallowed the two in a row .  Shortly after Tang-E swallowed the beads, a white light exploded from Tang-E's body .

Hyeonu was feeling happy when a message window appeared in front of him .

“What?!! What does this mean?!!”

[Your pet 'Tang-E' has taken the Five Elements Spider Crasul's Essence (Sapphire) . ]

[Your pet 'Tang-E' has taken the Five Elements Spider Crasul's Essence (Ruby) . ]

“What? What did you eat? Essence?” Hyeonu was shocked and quickly started to look for Tang-E .  Finding Tang-E wasn't difficult .  Light was coming from Tang-E's entire body .

Hyeonu shook his head when he saw such a Tang-E and pressed a hand against his temple .  'No matter what he looks like, his greed is huge . '

“Sigh . . .  The essence isn't pet food, but he ate it . . . I could've sold it or given it to others . ”

Hyeonu's sighing didn't stop .

'I hope nothing goes wrong?'

He didn't stop worrying about Tang-E .  Just then, more messages appeared in front of Hyeonu .

[The strength stat has increased by 96 points . ]

[The agility stat has increased by 76 points . ]

[The physique stat has increased by 87 points . ]

[The magic power stat has increased by 256 points . ]

[Your pet 'Tang-E has created a new skill . ]

Hyeonu was relieved when he saw the messages that continued to appear .  Nothing had gone wrong .  Tang-E had successfully absorbed the essences .

'I didn't know . There isn't enough information about pets . '

Thanks to this incident, Hyeonu felt he needed to know more about pets .  How many essences could they eat? Was awakening possible only once? How could skills be learned? Could they wear equipment?

'Tang-E's status window . '

Hyeonu sighed with relief and opened Tang-E's status window .  He had to know what had changed after the essences were eaten .

[Status Window]

[Name: Tang-E

Level: 104

Species: Marionette Bear (First awakening)

t.i.tle: Bung Bung Island's Heir

Stats: Strength: 583   Agility: 549  Physique: 715  Magic Power: 1,368

The heir of Bung Bung Island . Bear-like physical abilities and high magic power are racial characteristics . He is very affectionate, unlike his prideful tone .

Intimacy: 85

Skills Possessed: Bear's Momentum, Forest's Blessing, Magic Power Affinity, Lightning, Giant Transformation, Roar, Ice, Fire . ]

“There are two attribute skills like lightning . . . ”

It wasn't a loss .  The stats have also risen by 500 .  There were two more skills like Lightning .

“So there are three attributes?”

[Fire]

[The fire attribute is emitted from magic power .

Type: Immediately Activated

Rating: Rare

Skill Proficiency: F

Emits up to three streams of fire .

Skill Cooldown Time: 10 seconds . ]

[Ice]

[The ice attribute is emitted from magic power .

Type: Immediately Activated

Rating: Rare

Skill Proficiency: F

Emits up to three streams of ice .

Skill Cooldown Time: 10 seconds . ]

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“A three-disaster bear, Tang-E . Good . A three-disaster bear . ” [1]

Tang-E's new nickname, 'three-disaster bear', was given to him by his master .  Now there was a lot of light coming from Tang-E .  Soon, the light from Tang-E's body disappeared completely .  Tang-E's appearance was slightly altered .  His fur, which had been close to yellow, was now a golden color .  There was red fur on both his cheeks like patches of rouge, and the ends of his paws were tinged with blue .

'Um . . . ' When Hyeonu saw Tang-E's altered appearance, he couldn't speak for a long time .  After a while, Hyeonu finally opened his mouth and said, “Isn't this good? You look much better than before . So cute, Tang-E . ”

Hyeonu was very pleased with Tang-E's change .  Tang-E soon opened his eyes . “Master dude, I can now make fire and ice . ”

A red light appeared around Tang-E's left foot .  It wasn't big, but it would show great power if the ranking was increased .  Tang-E's right foot was covered with ice .  It was poor compared to Reina's ice at the Masked Fighting King .  However, Tang-E's magic power was close to 1,400 .  It would be similarly powerful if his rank were higher .

“Yes, well done . ” Hyeonu stroked Tang-E's head after he took the essence safely .  He was angry, but this happened because of how much Tang-E wanted to eat .

“Huh? Why is there so much?!”

Hyeonu's eyelids were lowering .  It was 3 o'clock in the morning, and he had been unable to leave his laptop for more than five hours .  He had felt very happy when he sent the video of the five elements spider raid to Ellis .  The problem came after he checked the mail from Kale .  The email that he opened joyfully contained something huge .

“A sponsor proposal? What is this?”

Hyeonu downloaded and opened the enclosed file out of curiosity .  It was the prelude to a tragedy .

“500 pages? I have to decide as soon as possible?”

The result was Hyeonu's current haggard face .  His eyes were on the verge of falling shut .  No matter how many pages he turned, the end couldn't be seen .  There were still more than 200 pages left .

Hyeonu despaired at the impossible situation .  Some people might say that he could do it when he woke up .  However, this didn't fit with Hyeonu's personality .  He shouldn't have opened it in the first place .  Once he started, he had to look to the end . He didn't know how to give up because of his tenacious personality .

There was just a weakness with this personality .  He had to keep running on the highway until it ended .  This was despite the fact that he could have rest stops, and the chances appeared frequently .

“I will watch the streams in World before looking at the sponsor file again . ”

It was unknown who Hyeonu was talking to as he entered the cube .

“Who should I look at? It is only for 30 minutes . . . ”

Hyeonu connected to World and was troubled by the many available streams .  There were many streams to watch including those of Reina, the Mano Guild, Rain, and Red Bull America .  At this moment, something caught Hyeonu's eyes .

[JT Telecom - Being Questioned]

“This is it today . ”

After a while, Hyeonu came out of the cube .  It had been less than 10 minutes since he entered the cube .  Hyeonu's expression wasn't very good .

“What? Small fry? Can't compare?”

Something squirmed inside him that seemed like it would explode at any moment .

“Pro gamer? Son of a b.i.t.c.h, just wait . I will step on all of you . ”

Hyeonu's pride was cracked .

[1] Referring to the three disasters of flooding, fire, and wind

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