Ranker's Return

Supplementary Story 51

“Now, let’s go to where Mason is.”

Hyeonu’s voice was very casual. It was hard to believe he was someone who had just fought a battle.

“What are you doing? Aren’t you going to guide me?”

Despite Hyeonu’s urging, Cancun showed no signs of moving.

‘Wasn’t it said that Teika and Yeongchan told him?’

The current battle—it was a thoroughly woven play. The original plan was for Hyeonu to defeat Cancun and reclaim Mason.

‘Perhaps...?’

Hyeonu’s eyes narrowed. For some reason, he got an ominous feeling. Hyeonu recovered the Mixed Sky Sword he was holding to Cancun’s neck and stepped back.

“It isn’t over yet!”

The moment Hyeonu stepped back, an intense wave burst out from Cancun’s body. It was incomparable to before.

“There is so much that I haven’t shown you!!”

Fighting energy and magic power gathered behind Cancun’s back and took on a pale form. It was a bit clumsy, but it was similar to what Raccoon had shown in the past.

-Wow, isn’t this a bit cool?

-It looks like a skill used by the orc great tribe chief in the past. Maybe it is a skill that orcs learn.

-Will Teika be able to use it later?

-Do you think so? Although I don’t know how many levels I need to gain ㅋㅋ

The viewers were busy admiring what Cancun was showing. Visually, it was really cool. However, Hyeonu had to deal directly with Cancun, so he had a completely different reaction.

‘He is using everything.’𝙛𝐫e𝚎wℯ𝗯𝒏𝗼ѵ𝙚l.𝒄o𝚖

Hyeonu sighed lightly and shook his head. He didn’t like Cancun’s behavior of using up everything.

‘Should I use a buff as well?’

At the same time, he was worried. Should he use the buffs he hadn’t used yet?

‘He looks pretty strong.’

Nevertheless, he was sure to beat Cancun. He was able to win as he was now. He just felt that it was a bit lacking to win in an overwhelming manner.

‘Yes, let’s just use one.’

It wasn’t much. Only one buff was enough.

“Tang-E, what are you doing? Give me the buffs now.”

Tang-E appeared at Hyeonu’s call.

“Umm... Are you fighting against my friend again?”

Tang-E looked worried when he saw Cancun exuded a fierce force in the distance.

‘He is obviously going to lose again.’

It was almost certain that Cancun could never beat Hyeonu. Hyeonu’s strength was now closer to Raccoon than to Cancun.

“Tang-E will give you the buffs. Instead, you should be gentle, Master dude. Understood?”

A tricolored energy flowed from Tang-E’s paws to Hyeonu.

“How can I do anything else? Aren’t I afraid of Raccoon too?”

Hyeonu received Tang-E’s buffs and shrugged. He was thinking about doing it in moderation. Just in moderation.

“You should’ve done your best from the start. You can’t come and act so pathetically now.”

Hyeonu put his sword away. Then he raised his magic power and injected it into a ring. A luxurious spear was held in Hyeonu’s right hand.

-That weapon has come out.

-He told Tang-E he would be gentle...

-Looking at it, that isn’t Alley Leader ㅋㅋ

The viewers burst out laughing when they saw the spear. Hyeonu’s words and actions were contradictory. Hyeonu’s spear was a better item than the sword.

“Still, I am generous, so I will give you one more chance. Come.”

Hyeonu raised a finger that wasn’t holding the spear. At the same time, Cancun’s body shot at Hyeonu like a bullet. Cancun swung his axe from top to bottom. Then the red figure behind Cancun struck down with the same huge axe. Hyeonu lightly aimed his spear at the approaching axe. It was a neat stab with no messiness. Yet it felt too light compared to Cancun’s attack. It looked like a praying mantis blocking an incoming carriage.

Hyeonu’s spear, which seemed like it would be pushed badly, completely blocked Cancun’s axe. Then while the spear and axe were stuck together, the spear pushed the axe away.

“Ohhhh!” Cancun screamed and added more strength to the axe. Despite his efforts, Cancun’s body started to be pushed back little by little.

‘Unbelievable! Am I being pushed in strength?’

Cancun’s expression distorted. It should be impossible for a human to push an orc with strength. Anger boiled up inside him. It was helpless anger at himself. There was also anger at Hyeonu for making him powerless.

“You can’t do this!”

The color of the red figure behind Cancun’s back became darker. It felt black-red, not red.

Cancun once again swung his axe. It was stronger and faster than before.

“Why not?”

Hyeonu’s response was consistent. He didn’t dodge Cancun’s attack and just blocked it.

Strength and skill—he didn’t show signs of being pushed in any of it.

‘I have to wrap this up...’

Hyeonu, who had been playing around with Cancun for a long time, looked around.

It was the atmosphere of the battle coming to an end.

‘I think it was over there.’’

Hyeonu had watched the surroundings carefully while fighting Cancun. As a result, he was able to find Mason, Teika, and Yeongchan. Since then, Hyeonu had pretended to be pushed and lured Cancun. Cancun didn’t know this and followed Hyeonu’s intention well. He thought he had a chance to win. Therefore, Hyeonu and Cancun naturally broke away from the battlefield.

‘Well, you could say there was an error.’

Hyeonu roughly checked the distance he moved and ended the live stream. The thing that was going to happen shouldn’t be shown to the viewers.

“This is enough. The spar is over,” Hyeonu said while taking back the spear.

“Listen to Master dude, my friend. That’s it for today. You have fought enough,” Tang-E also persuaded Cancun. It was time to stop. Nothing would change if he did more.

“Friend...” At Tang-E’s words, Cancun’s fierce aura disappeared. “I lost again.”

It was only then that Cancun could see Hyeonu properly. He was perfectly fine. There wasn’t a single scratch.

‘Even though I used everything?’

Cancun had poured out everything he learned from Raccoon. However, the result was right in front of his eyes.

“That’s enough.”

Cancun put the axe on his back.

“It is a good decision, my friend. I think you are a lot stronger today than you were before.”

Tang-E ran to the somewhat sullen-looking Cancun and started to comfort him.

“No, I didn’t become stronger at all. I lost again today, friend.”

“No, you are great. You are doing well enough. Just ignore that human. There is no comparison.”

“I can’t do that. I have to overcome him. I have to become the great tribe chief and lead the orcs.”

Cancun shook his head. His friend’s comfort was good, but that didn’t mean he could give up the struggle here. If he gave up on ever going beyond Hyeonu, then what about those who were higher than Hyeonu?

“Then I will just cheer for you. Do whatever it takes.”

Before he knew it, Tang-E was on Cancun’s shoulder and stroked Cancun’s head.

‘They are having fun.’

Hyeonu smiled happily at the scene.

“By the way... long time no see, Teika.”

Hyeonu waved at Teika, Yeongchan, and Mason.

“It has been a while? Didn’t we meet at the arena a few days ago?”

In fact, Teika had met Hyeonu a while ago. It was during the PvP training of Crescent Moon.

“Is that so? I thought it was quite a while ago.”

Currently, Hyeonu was living very split days. He paid more attention to Arena than before and the number and times he met Reina increased. In the meantime, he also had to keep in touch with Nike Management. He had no idea how the days went by.

“I thought you were only in the imperial palace... I was surprised to see you so much stronger than before.”

Teika was thrilled by the strength shown by Hyeonu today. Hyeonu used to be monstrously strong, but today he was more advanced than before.

‘I can’t win for the rest of my life.’

He had no confidence. Months had passed in real time, but he didn’t feel like he could win even before Hyeonu became an emperor.

“It is the emperor who becomes stronger just by sitting down and stamping. Teika, are you going to challenge the position of orc great tribe chief? Or perhaps lead the League of Different Species,” Hyeonu took off his mask, smiled, and made Teika an offer.

“That’s fine. I’m told the decision is made with mana or a knife. I don’t have the confidence to beat that guy. He might be helpless against Alley Leader, but he is like the mafia to me.”

Teika shook his hands violently. In order to become the orc great tribe chief, his biggest competitor was Cancun. Teika had sparred with Cancun numerous times at Raccoon’s order. Unlike the first time when they were similar in strength, he was gradually pushed by Cancun over time. In particular, he was pushed badly ever since the creation of the orc figure.

“You still don’t know, so you should give it a try. It is nothing to level up.”

Hyeonu didn’t give up and kept pushing the fishing line to Teika.

“That’s fine. I am satisfied enough.”

However, Teika avoided it lightly. He wasn’t caught by Hyeonu’s fishing attempt.

“How are you? You’re not in pain?” Hyeonu smacked his lips together like he was sorry and turned to Mason.

“It is here and there. It is all the same. In any case, I have been busy recently and haven’t been able to participate in the battle properly.”

Mason was really busy. Nike Management’s business has become bigger than ever, so there were more things he needed to pay attention to.

“Nevertheless, thank you for being willing to listen to this request.”

“If you want to thank me, then do more advertising. Even once or twice a month is good.”

“Advertising? All of a sudden?” Hyeonu asked with wide eyes.

He knew that there were many ads coming in, but among them, Hyeonu did almost none.

“I don’t need more money.”

There was only one reason why streamers advertised. It was money. However, Hyeonu was already making too much money.

“If I make money here, I just need to pay more taxes.”

He was already paying a huge amount of taxes. Nike Management managed it as much as possible, but this didn’t mean he had no taxes to pay.

“Who told you to do it for money? You’ve been doing some outdoor streaming these days. Just try it. Have I ever recommended something weird? Additionally, Hyung has to do this for others to get advertisements as well.”

“Let me think about it.”

Hyeonu left some room rather than flat out refusing.

“You... just work hard.”

Hyeonu patted Yeongchan’s shoulder and cut off the rope wrapped around Mason’s wrist.

“Let’s go.”

The moment Hyeonu grabbed Mason’s hand, a notification window popped up in front of Hyeonu.

[Rescued the disciple of Great Magician Suped 1/1]

At the same time, Mason and Hyeonu disappeared.

“You aren’t going to challenge the great tribe chief, right?” Yeongchan stared at the spot where Hyeonu disappeared and opened his mouth.

“Probably? I don’t really want to do it. I want to play games, not work hard.”

“Then I'm glad. Let’s go quickly. We have to clean things up.”

“Isn’t that our specialty?”

Teika and Yeongchan laughed and quickly left.