𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟗𝟕: 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 2
For a moment there,
The flames spewing out of the humanoid were definitely faster.
It was impossible to compare the attack speed of a human and a robot, no matter how much one tried to do so.
It usually took several seconds for a human to conceive a skill in their mind, gather magical power, materialize the incantation, and observe and fire it at an enemy.
However, the robot was able to perform this entire process in thousandths of a second.
Machines do not imagine.
They simply calculate the optimal attack, process the equipped magic stone, and output one of the input incantations along with the parameter values.
There were no unnecessary movements, and they did not hesitate or act stupidly like humans do when facing an opponent.
That was why they were called killing machines.
“This can’t be. . .”
Surely, dozens of people in the stadium should have been dead or injured, just as predicted.
Not because it was desired, but because it was inevitable.
Even being conservative, there should have been dozens of casualties.
Until the high-rankers arrived, a massacre was expected to take place.
Padma, the general manager of this ‘Humanoid Damage Check,’ covered his head with his hands in shock along with a sigh of relief.
He was so relieved that no one had died.
However, on the contrary. . .
‘How did they not die? No, that’s not it. . . How were they able to fight robots up to the 10th stage?’
He could not hide his shock as he looked at Siwoo, whose eyes were blazing from beyond the screen.
It was not just Padma.
All of the developers in the same space, as well as numerous Hunters and spectators in the stadium, were greatly shocked by Siwoo’s appearance.
It was a single attack.
Siwoo stretched out his hand against the humanoid’s advance.
Kaboom. . . KABOOM!!
The ground shook, and space distorted.
Invisible aura overflowed in the atmosphere, and a momentum like a tidal wave surged in from the robot’s position.
KABO━━━━━OM!!
The fierce momentum pulled in everything around it and crushed it forcefully toward the center point.
A loud and ferocious sound rang out.
Kwa-kwang! Sizzle!!
It sounded like the humanoid’s scream.
The pinnacle of cutting-edge technology surrendered entirely to the wave of force and began to crumple like aluminum foil.
“Oh my god. . .”
People lost their words to the majestic sight and simply exclaimed or gasped.
Just like that, the humanoid that even the world’s top high-rankers had struggled against became a giant lump of scrap metal with a single blow.
Siwoo did not let up his momentum and asked the game administrator,
“Is there no 11th stage?”
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The rankers who arrived late after hearing the rescue signal gulped.
“Ugh. . .”
“Is this possible?”
“I could only get to the 6th stage. . .”
They did not know what to do as they looked at the pile of robots that had been crushed like iron.
They had definitely received a radio message saying that the 8th, 9th, and 10th stage robots had appeared simultaneously and that the situation was dire.
Among the Hunters who had received the rescue signal, there were those who had participated in the ‘Humanoid Damage Check’ game, so they knew better than anyone how urgent the situation was.
Even Koga Haruki, the world’s 4th-ranked Hunter, and Giovanni Barberini, the world’s 2nd-ranked Hunter, had not been able to get past the 10th stage.
Just as there was a gap between S-rank and S+ rank among humans, there was also a difference in power between each stage of humanoids.
The developers currently judged that it would take the full power of a proficient SS-rank Hunter to fight the 10th stage.
Excluding ‘Mistilteinn,’ which surpassed human standards, the only people among the current Hunters who could do that were Choi Dae-soo of South Korea and Shamal of India.
Of course, all of the Hunters in the top 10 were SS-rank.
However, they were not yet at the level of mid-level Hunters who could skillfully handle their ranks like Choi Dae-soo or Shamal.
Padma, the general manager, had already rewound the scene of Siwoo’s fight several times and was trying to find the reason why he had won.
Just then, someone burst into the office door.
“Who’s in charge here. . .?”
“I’m sorry, but this is a restricted area for unauthorized personnel. . .”
“Are you in charge?”
He suppressed the protesting employee with his gaze.
The employee struggled in the air, his face gradually turning red as he clutched his throat.
“Hey, wait a minute! What’s all this fuss about!”
Padma, the administrator, jumped up from his seat and shouted.
“Oh, are you in charge?”
Zachary, the world’s 8th-ranked Hunter, threw the staff member to the floor and strode toward Padma.
“I-I am in charge, yes?”
“Did you mess around with the game, you bastard?!”
“Mess around with the game. . .? I did no such thing!”
“Cut the crap! How else can you explain this result?!”
“I really didn’t manipulate anything! In fact, I was worried that he might die!”
“You’re full of shit. I’ll crack your skull open and check to see how much you got paid to do this.”
Zachary gritted his teeth and reached out to Padma.
At that moment,
Kwa-kwang!
An overwhelming murderous aura poured out toward Zachary, sealing his movements.
This was not the aura of a mere bodyguard or a Hunter who had fought in battles.
Zachary quickly pulled his body back and tried to raise his rank, but he made a startled expression when he identified his opponent.
“. . .Harold Bloom.”
“Zachary. It’s ridiculous for a Hunter to try to use violence against a civilian.”
“Ugh! You damn HSIU bastards! Are you trying to protect this guy just because he’s one of yours?!”
“Protect him. . . ?”
“Even after seeing this guy’s record, you’re not going to turn this place upside down, Bloom! A guy who wasn’t even in the previous rankings surpassed my record!”
Harold stared at the record on the scoreboard.
1st place━Min Siwoo / 10th stage / 18,600,000 points
2nd place━Giovanni / 9th stage / 7,300,000 points
3rd place━Haruki / 9th stage / 5,900,000 points
4th place━Zachary / 8th stage / 4,200,000 points
“He didn’t just surpass you, Zachary. He completely crushed you.”
“Damn it! He’s four times higher than me, four times! And he’s more than double Giovanni!”
However, Harold did not seem to sympathize with Zachary’s anger. He only glared with fierce eyes.
His intention was simple.
He wanted him to stop this disturbance and leave quietly.
Zachary glared silently at that gaze, gritted his teeth, and suppressed his momentum.
It was not as if he thought he could win a fight against Harold Bloom anyway, and he had no intention of getting involved with an organization like HSIU.
“I’ll let this slide for now, but do you think Koga Haruki or Giovanni Barberini will stand idly by?”
“. . .The rules are the rules. If this game had an unreasonable outcome, we can simply ask the ‘Gaia System’ for an accurate result.”
Zachary clicked his tongue and walked past Harold Bloom and out of the room.
“T-Thank you. You saved my life.”
Padma sighed in relief and expressed his gratitude to Harold.
In fact, he had anticipated this kind of problem when Siwoo had destroyed the 10th stage humanoid.
Would the other high-rankers accept this result?
Would they understand that there was no problem with the performance of the robots themselves, even though there had been an error?
And Padma’s concerns had become reality with Zachary’s intrusion.
As he had said, it was obvious that other Hunters would also question this game.
“Padma, I’m not interested in Min Siwoo’s test results as much as I am in what happened during the process.”
Harold first reassured Padma and then heard the whole story from beginning to end.
After hearing the whole story, he first asked a question that everyone would be curious about.
Was there something wrong with the robots in this game?
“No, there wasn’t. I can bet my life on that. It was just that they were all released at the same time. We had no control over the performance of the humanoids themselves.”
“I see. Thank you for your cooperation.”
“Rather. . .”
Padma hesitated before continuing.
His words now would be enough to earn the resentment of other Hunters, but he could not betray his conscience as a researcher.
“Rather, Hunter Min Siwoo cleared the most difficult conditions out of everyone. And he took care of all the robots with a single blow. Even Giovanni couldn’t do that.”
“. . . .”
“I will reflect this result as it is. If the rankers want to, I will even take a lie detector test. But that will not change Hunter Min Siwoo’s score.”
Harold nodded and walked out of the stadium.
He saw numerous Hunters gathered around and trying to dismantle the pile of robots.
“As a senior of HSIU, I can only believe and support a promising newcomer.”
Harold smiled in satisfaction as he looked at the name in 1st place on the scoreboard.
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Banquet hall.
Only invited Hunters, Hunters with letters of recommendation, and a few high-ranking officials were allowed to enter the grand banquet.
“Long time no see.”
“Hey! You’ve gotten so handsome, my friend.”
“Hey, what did you see in the game today?”
People greeted each other and exchanged news while sharing drinks and food.
Some sat and ate, while others stood and chatted with people.
Of course, the most talked-about topic among them was today’s game.
“Hey, did you hear? A Hunter from HSIU set a new record for the competition.”
“I heard that too. He broke Giovanni’s record?”
“Broke it? He completely crushed it. The score difference is more than double.”
“Wow. . . That’s amazing. But I heard there was a system error during the game?”
“There’s also a rumor that the record came out wrong because of that.”
The Hunters engaged in heated discussions as they drank one or two glasses of alcohol.
The conversation continued like a debate, with some saying it was due to a system error and others saying it was impossible because the Hunter in question was a rising star.
Zachary tried to ignore the words he heard as he drank alone in the corner.
“Hey, Zachary. You got 4th place this time?”
But someone set fire to his heart.
“Damn it!! Is Skinner out of his mind?!”
Skinner, the world’s 7th-ranked and best tanker, approached Zachary and continued to speak sarcastically.
“Didn’t three dealers come out above your rank? If they had all come out, you would have been 7th among the dealers.”
“Shut up—or I’ll rip your mouth off.”
“Whoa, whoa. Calm down. Isn’t your real opponent that guy over there?”
Skinner pointed to Siwoo, who was drinking beer alone in the distance.
Zachary glared at Siwoo and threw his glass on the floor.
“That bastard. . . . This is the end of your showboating.”
He staggered toward Siwoo, drunk.
He thought that this bastard had ruined the whole banquet, which should have been enjoyable and fun with his own heroic tales.
Zachary shouted for the hall to clear out.
“How dare you raise your score so shamelessly, you bastard!!”
A moment of silence fell over the hall.
All eyes were on Zachary and the person he had shouted at.
Siwoo looked up at him as he sipped his beer, then looked away again.
It was clear disregard, as if he was not worth his time.
Zachary drew up his magical power from his dantian.
It was the first time he had ever been ignored like this since becoming a Hunter.
‘𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮.’
He did not even have time to examine the identity of the darkness wriggling inside his chest.
All he could think about was killing the bastard in front of him.
“Stop.”
As Zachary’s energy was about to extend from his body, someone blocked his way.
A woman with skin like moonlight and snow-white hair.
“You deserve to die for casting an unclean gaze upon my master.”
Aura was about to spread from his body, someone blocked his way.
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