Ranker’s Return

s Reina’s sword.
It was thrust forth in a clean stab aimed at Hyeonu’s shoulder.

Hyeonu lightly deflected Reina’s blow and then extended Dark Star toward her in return.
This was a slow counterattack.
He made it slower than before to help Reina.
Reina intercepted Hyeonu’s attack, and Hyeonu stepped back.
If it were normal PvP, he would’ve broken Reina’s defense with his strength.
However, this was a spar for her sake.
It was right for him to withdraw the moment his attack was blocked completely.

“You are really good,” Hyeonu complimented Reina.

He felt it before, but this woman was truly a great player.
She hadn’t become the ace of a team in the world of professional gaming for nothing.

“Then I’ll start again.” Hyeonu looked at the frowning Tang-E before once again narrowing the distance to Reina.
He thought he needed to get it done quickly.

***

After the spar with Reina, Hyeonu shook the hands of the New York Warriors’ players and left the camp with Tang-E.

“It should be right this time?”

Still, it wasn’t easy to find the waterfall even if he knew the location.
It wasn’t called the largest forest in the Hejin Great Mountain Range for nothing after all.
Hyeonu didn’t know where the center of the forest was, so he had to move through the forest blindly.
Moreover, there were several waterfalls in the forest, not just one.
Cold water fell from the cliff, spraying downward.

“This is already the third one.
It should be the last one,” Tang-E said like he hoped his wish would come true.
There were so many waterfalls in the forest that chances were high it wasn’t the one Hyeonu wanted.
Hyeonu had already failed twice.

“I hope so too, Tang-E.”

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Hyeonu and Tang-E carefully approached the waterfall.
The moment he arrived at the edge of the waterfall, Hyeonu saw the message window he so desired to see.

[Are you sure you want to enter Bung Bung Island?]

“Tang-E, we’ve found it!” Hyeonu picked up Tang-E and shouted the moment saw the information window in front of him.

Then Hyeonu said without hesitation, “Enter!!”

They finally arrived at the end of their journey.

***

Hyeonu enjoyed the changes in the surrounding landscape.
Would the Garden of Eden be like this? It was a forest filled with lush green scenery.
The stream flowing through the forest boasted a white color.

‘It is truly worthy of all the boasting Tang-E has done about it.’ Hyeonu admired it.

It was a superb sight that was hard to see in reality.
Bung Bung Island was beautiful.
Hyeonu watched the scenery for a long time before turning his head toward Tang-E.
“Tang-E, where should we go now?”

Tang-E’s expression changed strangely after hearing Hyeonu’s words.
“To my house, of course.
Now you have to meet my parents.
Be prepared, Master dude.”

“Huh?” Hyeonu was flustered by Tang-E’s answer.
It wasn’t unexpected, but it was embarrassing to hear the word ‘parents’ come from Tang-E’s mouth.

“Really? Then I should go to see them…
By the way, is it far from here? How far? How long does it take to get there?”

Tang-E’s head shook from side to side at Hyeonu’s constant questions.
“It should be soon.
10 minutes is enough.
This is close to my home.”

Hyeonu shook his head at Tang-E’s resolute words.
Tang-E continued to say to Hyeonu, “Right, you better take off that mask.
My father doesn’t like it.
Additionally, take off those gloves.
Are you going to show such a bad thing at the first meeting?”

Tang-E’s words made sense.
Hyeonu’s mask, ‘Crasul’s Curse’, and gauntlets, ‘Memories of Murder’, were items that were filled with killing intent and resentment.
In other words, they were items that were quite awkward for NPCs to face.

At Tang-E’s words, Hyeonu took off his mask and gauntlets straight away.
Then he placed Tang-E on his shoulder and moved according to Tang-E’s words.

“By the way, do your parents look like you?”

It was a question Hyeonu had from the moment he heard they would meet.
Tang-E looked like a 50-centimeter-tall teddy bear.
So what about Tang-E’s parents? Did Tang-E’s parents look like him? Did they have small and round appearances?

“No, my mother and father are different.
They are bigger than me—much bigger,” Tang-E said with a proud expression.

‘Much bigger?’

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When Hyeonu heard Tang-E’s answer, some images rose in his mind.

A polar bear…

A grizzly bear…

A brown bear…

A sun bear…

“Pfft!” Hyeonu couldn’t resist the laughter that emerged.
A mother bear, father bear, and baby bear—there were three bears.
The main character in the rhyme was Tang-E.

“Let’s go quickly, Tang-E.”

There was no sense of panic anymore.
Hyeonu’s heart was full of childlike innocence.

***

As Tang-E stated, they walked for around 10 minutes.
Then in the dense forest, something appeared in his field of view.

“Tang-E, is that your house?”

“To be exact, it is a village—a village for my clan.”

Hyeonu was pointing at a huge fence.
Then he approached the fence, and a black figure appeared.

“You…? How are you here?”

“Uncle Tommy, this is the human who is my master.
I brought him through the outside entrance.”

“Is that so? Your father will be very happy to know you’re back.” The person called Uncle Tommy disappeared into the forest after speaking.

Hyeonu asked Tang-E, “Is he your uncle?”

“That’s right.
Why? What are you complaining about?”

Hyeonu questioned with a baffled expression, “He is a person, right? You’re a bear!!”

That’s right.

The existence that Tang-E called Uncle Tommy wasn’t a bear but a human.

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