Read Ranker's Return Chapter 393

Chapter 393

Translator: rainbowturtle

Editor: LD & Jyazen

‘I was lucky.’

Hyeonu was really lucky. No more, no less—his luck was just insanely good. There was no other way to explain it.

‘Does God exist?’Hyeonu thought that he received this in return for helping the hungry. He helped a poor man, so the dungeon appeared as a reward for him.

“I will enter.”

Once Hyeonu finished speaking, the gate opened with a harsh sound. While gesturing with his chin for Tang-E to enter, Hyeonu walked in first. He passed through the gate, and a message immediately appeared.

[You have entered Lepil, the capital of the ancient empire Luos.]

[The title ‘First Visitor to the Luos Empire’ has been created.]

[First Visitor to the Luos Empire]

[A title given to the player who first visited the ruins of the capital of the ancient empire Luos.

Effect: The strength of magic power is increased by 15%.]

A title was created. This was unexpected, but it was a pleasant reward. Hyeonu had the sudden feeling of receiving an unexpected gift.

‘Moreover, the effect is great.’

The title had a decent effect worthy of the ancient empire’s name. It increased the effect of magic power. This was an effect that everyone wanted. Yet even with this good start, Hyeonu couldn’t smile. From his countless experiences, he was well aware that this type of luck wouldn’t last forever.

‘I hope it doesn’t become terrible after the beginning.’

Hyeonu quickened his pace again.

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It was gorgeous. This was Hyeonu’s first impression of Lepil after seeing it for the first time. Lepil even gave off a much more luxurious feeling than Yusma, the capital of the empire, let alone Phinis.

After that, he felt it was strange. It was against common sense. This place was obviously underground, and there was no sunlight, yet the surroundings weren’t dark at all. It was as bright as an ordinary day, and Hyeonu could see clearly. The reason was simple.

There was something else that lit up this place instead of the sun—the luminous stones that were inlaid into the buildings. The stones didn’t display an unpleasant glare; it was just the right level of illumination. Nevertheless, Hyeonu only admired Lepil’s appearance for a moment before watching the surroundings vigilantly. He focused on the monsters that he didn’t know when and where would pop out.

However, the monsters didn’t appear. The city was quiet, and the streets were bright. He couldn’t sense anything at all. The only footsteps were made by Hyeonu and Tang-E. There were only two people present.

‘Is it an empty city?’

Once such a judgment was made, Hyeonu started to increase his movement speed. He wanted to quickly recover the item and go back. It was too wasteful to spend time in a place where monsters didn’t appear.

‘Should I find a dungeon with high experience?’

Hyeonu was already thinking about what to do next after finding the bracelet.

‘I have to reach level 300...’

As he thought about it, he felt it was meaningless to be here now and pushed the task of getting the bracelet to the bottom of the list. He gave priority to leveling up and doing the class advancement instead of gaining one item. It was a personal choice, but Hyeonu needed the class change more than another item. After all, he already had enough items. Since the fourth class advancement was right around the corner, he decided to put more weight on that.

Just then, a rattling sound rang out in the distance. This was the moment when Hyeonu’s worries ended.

‘Guards?’

The sound came from a group of soldiers in cool armor. They had bodies made of blue smoke instead of flesh and blood. The soldiers looked like ghosts, but the armor they wore was definitely real. It was a type of living armor. This meant the soldiers were armor ghosts that had no physical bodies. Among the living armor, the one at the forefront had an unusual color. It was a much more luxurious set of armor than the other living armor.

‘He is the commander,’ Hyeonu concluded.

The commander of the living armor soldiers shouted loudly when he discovered Hyeonu: “Intruder... Kill... Charge...!!!”

He spoke slowly, but there was a strong feeling of anger in his tone. At the commander’s order, the dozens of living armor soldiers standing behind him started to attack Hyeonu.

“Tang-E, take care of yourself, be it by going to Bung Bung Island or hiding. Otherwise, fight alongside me. I don’t think I can protect you.”

Feeling the pressure from the living armor soldiers, Hyeonu presented this choice to Tang-E—escape or fight. Naturally, Tang-E’s choice was to fight. Abandoning Hyeonu was a story of the past. Their relationship had become so precious to Tang-E that he couldn’t imagine abandoning Hyeonu.

“There is no such thing, Master dude. I will help you as much as possible.”

After buffing Hyeonu, Tang-E immediately used Giant Transformation, growing large enough to overwhelm the living armor soldiers. The living armor soldiers had a height of two meters at most, which was because the armor was in a size that humans could wear.

“Yes, then let’s fight neatly as usual.”Hyeonu laughed as he watched Tang-E rush toward the living armor soldiers. Tang-E might grumble usually, but his loyalty was truly the best in important situations.

‘Up to three at most.’

Currently, this was the number of living armor soldiers that could attack Hyeonu. They were the only ones right before him. As long as there wasn’t an encirclement, they would only be able to attack him from his left, right, and front.

‘First come, first win!’

This didn’t mean Hyeonu was waiting for the incoming attack. Like Tang-E, Hyeonu rushed toward the living armor soldiers. It was a situation where both sides were running toward each other. Unsurprisingly, the distance between them narrowed in an instant, and the living armor’s blue magic power and Hyeonu’s black-red magic power collided.

Hyeonu overwhelmed the living armor soldiers. After exchanging a blow, the living armor soldiers flew back and crashed into the living armor soldiers behind them. Hyeonu didn’t attempt to attack the living armor soldiers that had fallen back. Even at this moment, there were attacks aimed at him.

So he was just going to do it step by step. Lowering the Mysterious Sky Sword that was burning black, Hyeonu supported the back of the sword with his left hand. At the next moment, two blue-colored swords struck the blade of the Mysterious Sky Sword.

Hyeonu momentarily bent his knees and endured the shock. Then he struck off hard from the ground and reached out a hand. He moved toward the blue sword that was aimed at an empty space. The fact that the sword was just pointing into the air meant the arm holding it had been turned upward, soon revealing a gap.

Simultaneously, Hyeonu pivoted and swung the Mysterious Sky Sword horizontally. Black-red pure energy was fired in the shape of a crescent moon, and two sets of living armor split in half before falling to the ground. At that moment, there was a message informing Hyeonu of the living armor soldiers’ deaths.