Ranker's Return

Supplementary Story 41

Horus Saga was a virtual reality game that was quite popular. It was the same role playing game as Arena and maintained the position of number one virtual reality game for roughly four to five years before Arena was released and got on track. As such, it naturally generated many stars and topics.

-The most shocking of them all is ‘that’ incident.

-What is the incident?

-Don’t you know about the ‘Fall of the Zeus Guild’ incident?ƒ𝓇e𝙚𝔀𝐞𝚋𝓃𝐨𝘷e𝙡.𝒄𝗼m

-The fall of the Zeus Guild? A guild disappeared? Is that something to be surprised about?

However, not all viewers knew about the incident. There were many viewers who didn’t know about it. Horus Saga might’ve been the number one game at the time, but it wasn’t as overwhelmingly popular as the current Arena.

“It was really amazing at the time. One player literally blew up a large guild.”

Reina gave a brief explanation for the viewers who didn’t know anything.

-A large guild? Alone?

-Does this make sense?

-It was Nutt who did that, but it turned out to be Alley Leader?

-That is why everyone is feeling surprised now. He did something that doesn’t make sense.

Hyeonu shook his head at the chat window that went up so quickly that it was burdensome.

“Yes, it doesn’t make sense. In Horus Saga, you always drop an item upon death in PvP. Additionally, the more you die, the more your specs will drop exponentially.”

-No, first of all, isn’t it impossible to win against a large guild with over a few hundred people?

-You have to kill them first before they drop anything... if you don’t kill them, you won’t be able to pick up the items. In the end, there is no power loss.

Despite Hyeonu’s continued explanation, the viewers weren’t easily convinced. “I just had to wipe them out. At that time, I didn’t have as many good items and skills as I do now, so I died a lot. Instead, I killed 50 people every time I died. I got all their items. Then...”

-The guild was gone?

-It was also a big guild?

-It is outrageous.

-Talk about it in detail. It is from the beginning-development-crisis-climax-ending.

“Okay, I will make an A-World video today.”

Hyeonu took a sip of water from the cup on the table. He had to moisten his throat well in advance because the story would be long.

“The beginning was a very minor conflict. I was a famous ranker at the time, so I received an offer from the Zeus Guild. I just declined the offer...”

***

‘It came again.’

The baby-faced young man frowned when he saw the young man standing in his way.

“Oh, I won’t do it.”

Hyeonu, the baby-faced young man, waved his hand roughly even though the man didn’t say anything.

‘It is obvious even if I don’t hear it.’

The purpose of the man must have been an offer to join the guild. It had been the case so far, so it was obviously the same this time.

‘Why is he so obsessed with a bad guild?’

Hyeonu cut off the man’s suggestion in a definite manner.

“Think about it one more time. The Zeus Guild is not a bad option.”

However, the man in front of him was really persistent. He kept running into Hyeonu under the guise of a coincidence. Every time, he invited Hyeonu to join the guild.

“How many times do I have to tell you for you to understand? I won’t join. I’m not doing it! I don’t want to join a guild!” Hyeonu shouted with an annoyed voice.𝘧r𝑒𝘦𝒘𝘦𝙗ｎovel.𝐜o𝒎

It was already the third time. At this rate, it was normal to understand the words unless he was a beast.

“If you refuse again... you will regret it a lot.”

The man’s face hardened. Hyeonu’s slightly harsh words of rejection touched his heart.

‘This much... I have done enough.’

The man offered Hyeonu a recruitment offer because of the guild master of Zeus, the guild he belonged to. He wanted to accept Hyeonu, but Hyeonu seemed to have absolutely no intention of joining Zeus.

‘He will soon regret his refusal...’

By then, it would be too late. It was because his character wouldn’t be left properly.

‘It is the same this time.’

The guild master of Zeus was the type of man who would break something if he couldn’t have it.

“Okay, I won’t offer to recruit you in the future.”

The man made a strange expression before disappearing.

‘What is with that face?’

Hyeonu looked at the back of the disappearing man and made an uncomfortable expression. The man’s last appearance was quite suspicious.

‘It looks like there is something going on...’

Things ended the way he wanted, but he wasn’t pleased.

He felt uneasy.

“They will probably do something like PK.”

Hyeonu shrugged and quickly left. A friend was waiting for him.

***

The man, who persistently suggested for Hyeonu to join the guild, met the guild master of the guild he belonged to at an inn in the city.

“The result?” Raphael, the guild master of the Zeus Guild, asked a question as soon as the man entered the room.

“The recruitment failed. I don’t think he will ever join our guild,” the man explained Hyeonu’s resolute attitude to Raphael.

“How many times did you try it?”

“I did it three times.”

“It didn’t work?”

“It doesn’t seem like a possibility at all. He said that belonging to a guild isn’t his preference.”

“So you are saying that he has no intention of joining a guild in the future?”

“I think he has received offers from quite a few guilds besides us. Seeing that he is still alone... there is a good chance that he will be alone for some time to come.”

Raphael heard the man’s answer and fell into thought with a regretful expression.

“No, is our guild not attractive?” Raphael kept tapping the desk with his finger before asking the man.

“It isn’t our guild’s problem. It is that guy who is weird. There is no one who doesn’t know about the Zeus Guild in Horus Saga.”

“Yet he didn’t budge...”

Raphael closed his mouth again and tapped the desk.

“Is it better to press him now?”

Raphael looked at the man with indifferent eyes.

“If we have to deal with him... I think now is the best time. It will get busier as time passes.”

The Zeus Guild had been growing in size for a while. If a bit more time passed, then they wouldn’t be able to afford to care about one individual. From then on, they would have to fight other guilds.

“Additionally, if he has come this far alone... nobody knows how big he will be in the future.”

The possibility of Hyeonu’s growth was a big problem. Like any other virtual reality game, Horus Saga had a limit to being alone. It was hard for one to even raise their level properly, let alone become a ranker. Under such circumstances, Hyeonu became a ranker alone. No one knew how much stronger he would be in the future.

“Yes, yes. Let’s issue a kill order. We will kill him around 10 times. That is enough to take care of him,” Raphael gave the order to the man with a casual expression.

“I think that is enough. It won’t be easy to recover items as a ranker.”

The man nodded. 10 deaths in Horus Saga was the same as losing 10 items. It was an extent that was impossible to recover.

‘It might be different if he is a chaebol.’

Otherwise, it was the end of the story. The ranker ‘Nutt’ would never appear again in the future. Instead, only the player ‘Nutt’ would be left.

“I’ll take care of it. I will take out the minimum amount of power.

“There is no need. Take enough people. There is no need to create variables.”

“I understand. Then I’ll pick 20 people.”

20 people—it was a number that both Raphael and the man thought was excessive. However, in Horus Saga, safety was the first and second priority.

“Then start today. There is nothing good for us if we postpone it.”

Raphael waved his hand at the man. It was a sign to go quickly.

“I will return with good news.”

The man nodded and left the room.

***

“Yeongchan,” Hyeonu was in the middle of hunting when he suddenly called out his friend’s name.

“Don’t talk to me, I am busy,” Yeongchan gave a rough reply to Hyeonu and swung his sword. He was likely to be beaten by the monster in front of him if he looked away.

“I don’t feel good today. Let’s stop here,” Hyeonu calmly avoided the monster’s attack and opened his mouth again.

Yeongchan’s sword slashed at the monster’s neck.

“You want to stop here? You didn’t do that much today, right?”

It was only then that Yeongchan responded to Hyeonu’s words.

“Didn’t I meet that person again in the village earlier? Something didn’t feel right.”

Hyeonu’s spear pierced the abdomen of a monster and the monster’s upper body exploded.

“Why? Will they act this time?”

Yeongchan picked up the item and money dropped by the monster and held it out to Hyeonu.

“It is probably the case? So we should stop here for today. You can’t die.”

“So you can die?”

“I’m not going to die. Additionally, I can die. It isn’t good for you with the items you’re wearing.”

Hyeonu received the item that Yeongchan offered and put it in his inventory.

“Yes, I am in the way, I am in the way.”

Yeongchan shook his head from side to side.

‘It is many times better to fight alone.’

If Hyeonu was fighting alone, then he only had to focus on his enemies. If Yeongchan was there, he would have to pay attention to Yeongchan.

“Okay, I am going. Don’t fight if you don’t have to. They are a big guild anyway. If you can avoid them for a few days, then they will give up on their own,” Yeongchan spoke in a voice full of concern.

“Who knows? I don’t think that will happen? Looking at the fact that they came three times, they are persistent. Won’t they unconditionally try to kill me?”

Hyeonu had experienced the man in person, so he intuitively felt that it wouldn’t end as easily as Yeongchan said. He also knew that he would have to struggle.

“Hurry and go. Otherwise, you will die for no reason,” Hyeonu urged Yeongchan.

“Okay, I’ll see you later. I’ll go to your house.”

Yeongchan tore the return scroll with an apologetic expression.

“Okay, I will keep in touch with you.”

Hyeonu confirmed that Yeongchan had disappeared and quickly stepped forward. At the same time, he listened to the sounds around him.

‘It looks like they will show up at any moment...’

For some reason, he kept thinking this might be the case. It was as Hyeonu expected.

“Where are you going in such a hurry?”

The man who invited Hyeonu to join the guild just a few hours ago appeared in front of him again. He was also leading quite a large number of people.

“Are you even hunting? You brought so many guild members.”

Hyeonu wasn’t flustered by the sudden encounter with the Zeus Guild and smiled.

“We came here to hunt. What else would we come here to do?”

“As far as I know, the Zeus Guild doesn’t hunt here... did you change the hunting grounds?”

“We didn’t change hunting grounds... we have something to kill...”

The man raised his hand and pointed at Hyeonu.

“Kill him!”

The moment the man’s words ended, the members of the Zeus Guild started to rush to Hyeonu.

“You won’t be able to kill me like this...”

Hyeonu threw his spear toward the approaching Zeus Guild members.