Ranker's Return

Chapter 659

Chapter 659

Translator: rainbowturtle

“Just now in the spar, your choice was excellent. It was the right decision to launch an offensive in the spar to improve your skills.”

Hyeonu didn’t teach with his body. He explained the main points first in order for Jamie Moore to understand. It was only after establishing a definitive theory that it would be put into practice.

“However, the difference in skill is obvious, so the attack didn’t work. Jamie, the most important thing for you to practice in the future is reaction speed.”

“Reaction speed?”

Jamie Moore cocked his head in a confused manner at Hyeonu’s words.

Reaction—it was an ambiguous word.

“Jamie, you already know, right? What should you do in that situation? You just couldn’t think about it at that moment. Right?”

The reaction speed Hyeonu mentioned meant two things. First was the reaction speed brought about by experience. Jamie Moore had multiple indirect experiences and knew what to do in certain situations. The problem was that he couldn’t think about it during the battle. In other words, the first reaction rate was to bring about the action quickly.

The second was to actually implement the solution that came to mind. In other words, actually implementing what he knew indirectly. This was exactly what Jamie Moore had to practice.

“There is nothing better than actual combat in digesting experience. I’m not making you fight for nothing. Don’t worry, I’ll tell Tang-E separately.”

In the end, the final point of the spar was actual combat. Jamie Moore had no choice but to practice constantly until his body realized what he knew with his brain.

‘This is the fastest way.’

Through his conversation with Jamie Moore, Hyeonu knew how many videos Jamie had watched. He failed to play Arena, so he watched A-World instead. The videos of those who wanted to make a name for themselves were in Jamie Moore’s head.

‘If he grows up well… he can catch the rankers like they are rats…’

Of course, this was only when Jamie Moore had the same level and skills as them.

“Tang-E, let’s do it again. This time, fight a bit weaker. I’m telling you not to fight fiercely!” Hyeonu shouted at Tang-E. The urgent thing right now wasn’t to kill monsters, but to kill lizardmen.

***

The scimitar with a sharp momentum crossed through the air. Jamie Moore crossed his two swords to stop the scimitar.

“Now!” Hyeonu shouted when he saw this.

Upon hearing Hyeonu’s cry, Jamie Moore gritted his teeth and added strength to his hands holding the swords. At the same time, he moved his back foot and kicked off hard against the ground. He pushed Tang-E using this posture. It was in combination with Bash. Bash was an attack skill that quickly narrowed the distance. He used it together, so he naturally pushed away his opponent.

“Good!” Hyeonu clapped and praised Jamie Moore’s actions. It was a neat use of the skill.

‘Not many people know how to use this.’

Hyeonu was sometimes surprised to see Jamie Moore’s skill usage. He demonstrated an unexpected application. Jamie Moore must’ve seen it in a video, but it was amazing that he could remember and utilize it.

‘He should keep learning like this.’

Jamie Moore was clearly developing during the sparring that lasted for three hours. Just then, Jamie Moore continued his attack. He didn’t miss the hard-won advantage.

“Hoh?”

Both of Jamie Moore’s hands swung in a dizzying manner. The double swords moved gorgeously. The air was covered with dark red traces.

‘How are you going to respond, Tang-E?’

Hyeonu wasn’t bored at all during these three hours. The fight between Tang-E and Jamie Moore had several points worth watching. What type of unique battle would Jamie Moore show and what hidden appearance would Tang-E reveal?

Tang-E quickly swung the scimitar at Jamie Moore’s attack. The scimitar didn’t emit much light. It reflected the sunlight and only an eerie black light flashed. A light started to break through the dark red remnants. A series of sharp metallic sounds burst out.

Tang-E moved forward and Jamie Moore continued to be pushed back. Just then, Jamie Moore’s eyes flashed. Two rays of magic power that were a darker red than before shot at Tang-E. It was Double Slash, the most powerful skill Jamie Moore could use.

Tang-E grabbed the scimitar with both hands and quickly moved it from bottom to top. Jamie Moore’s Double Slash was destroyed in vain. The two rays of magic power shot up into the air. However, Jamie Moore’s attack wasn’t over yet. The two swords still contained a dark red magic power.

Heavy Blow—the basic skill given to the warrior class still remained.

The two swords vibrated and shot at Tang-E. Then something swung through the air like a whip. It wasn’t a sharp metallic sound, but a dull sound. Jamie Moore literally flew through the air and slumped down in one corner of the arena.

“The tail?”Hyeonu spoke the identity of the thing that just moved.

The identity of the thing that struck Jamie Moore’s abdomen was Tang-E’s tail. To be precise, it was the lizardman’s tail. Tang-E was currently in the shape of a giant lizardman.

“Stupid human. Since when have you seen a lizardman only wielding the sword? The tail is more dangerous than the sword,” Tang-E gave light advice to the fallen Jamie Moore.

‘Tang-E is so good at using the scimitar that I forgot about it.’

In a battle against lizardmen, a person had to be careful of both the scimitar and the tail.

“He took one blow properly?”

Hyeonu showed a strange smile. Then he shouted loudly at Tang-E, who was still in the form of the lizardman.

“Tang-E, you can come back now.”

Upon hearing Hyeonu’s words, Tang-E immediately turned his body back to the original bear form.

“The daily pay is 30 meat skewers. Okay, Master dude?”

“I’ll give you 300, not 30. You did very well today.”

Hyeonu stroked Tang-E’s head. Tang-E did a really good job. He instilled great vigilance in Jamie Moore. This alone was enough.

‘He will be really careful when dealing with lizardmen.’

He would never let go of his guard after experiencing this terrible thing. Jamie Moore’s three hours of sparring had given him enough skills to take on the lizardmen. He also gained vigilance.

“Then let’s go eat meat, Tang-E.”

***

Before Reina connected, Hyeonu first roamed the instance dungeon with Tang-E. It was to exit the instance dungeon even the slightest bit faster.

‘There is no change at all.’

Hyeonu frowned when he saw the items that had fallen to the ground. The monsters remained unchanged. The same vengeful spirits kept coming out.

‘Where will the boss come from?’

Now he slowly became anxious. The boss monster didn’t appear at all. He didn’t know the emergence condition or area of emergence of the boss monster at all.

“Ah, I’m so annoyed!”

Hyeonu stomped his foot with an irritated expression. The ground at Hyeonu’s feet was turned upside down. Hyeonu didn’t care about his magic power and used it indiscriminately.

“Over there, there!”

Tang-E, who was sitting on Hyeonu’s shoulder, hurriedly waved his paws.

“What is it?”Hyeonu was still unable to control his emotions and spoke in an irritated voice.

“There is something over there.”

Tang-E pointed to one side and stretched out his paw. Hyeonu turned his gaze in the direction where Tang-E’s paw was pointing.

“What are you talking…?”

Hyeonu reflexively asked the question, only to close his mouth. There was really something. It was something different from the vengeful spirits so far.

“A fence?”

It was a huge wooden fence.

‘Since when was there a fence here?’

Hyeonu cocked his head.

It was a fence that hadn’t been seen just before the previous hunt.

‘Do I have to be within a certain distance to see it?’

Hyeonu chose to act rather than question it. Nothing would change just worrying about it alone. Hyeonu moved quickly toward the fence. Hyeonu, who seemed to be walking at first, soon widened his stride and started to run. He quickly arrived at the fence. In the first place, it wasn’t that far.

‘I can’t see it.’

He couldn’t see beyond the fence. A white aura that gave off a gloomy feeling obscured his vision. Hyeonu moved without hesitation this time. He broke the fence and headed toward the inside that was covered by white energy.

‘A tomb?’

The inside of the fence was full of graves. There seemed to be at least a few hundred, not just one or two.

‘Somehow… it is a good thing I came here.’

Hyeonu instinctively noticed that this tomb was closely related to clearing the instance dungeon.

[A quest has been created.]

[Liberate the Vengeful Spirits]

[The souls of the demons and demonic creatures, which should’ve disappeared, have been captured. It isn’t hiding, but being bound. Free the vengeful spirits and eliminate XXX who bound them.

Rating: SS

Conditions: Liberate the captured vengeful spirits 0/999, kill XXX 0/1.

Rewards: Experience, XXX’s treasure.]

‘Good. Very good.’

Hyeonu smiled when he saw the quest window in front of him. It was a very bright smile.

‘The rewards are definitely set.’

He could tell without looking.

XXX was probably the name of the instance dungeon’s boss monster. It also had XXX’s treasure written as a reward. This meant there was a 100% chance of dropping an item.

‘I hope it is a unique item…’

Epic would be even better. However, it was probably unlikely that an epic item would come out. It was too valuable to be given by an instance dungeon’s boss monster.

‘It should be a specific quest or a demon king.’

Of course, an epic item could come out. The problem was that the boss monster would have to be that strong. However, this wasn’t the only reason why Hyeonu was smiling brightly. There was a bigger reason.

‘Now I can get out.’

It was because he could clear the instance dungeon. It was no longer a time issue, but actually clearing the instance.

“We can go out in a bit, Tang-E,” Hyeonu said as he closed the quest window.

“Really, Master dude? Haven’t you been repeating these words for a week? In fact, I don’t believe it anymore,” Tang-E replied grumpily to Hyeonu’s words.

Hyeonu had been repeating for a week that they would be exiting the dungeon. There was no way for Tang-E to believe it.

“It is real this time,” Hyeonu spoke to Tang-E with an expression that showed he felt it was unfair. It was real this time. A quest window even appeared.

“Stop talking nonsense and be prepared to fight, silly Master dude. This isn’t the time to say that.”

Tang-E grabbed Hyeonu’s temple with his front paws and turned Hyeonu’s head to look forward.

“The ghosts are swarming.”

999 vengeful spirits—they showed up at the same time.