Ranker’s Return

too murderous, Master?”

“Murderous? I believed you would avoid it.”

‘It's ridiculous,’ Hyeonu thought. If he had been even the slightest bit slower, it was clear that Lebron’s pure energy would’ve stung his entire body.

“Then I will act as well,” Hyeonu spoke with a cheeky expression and aimed his sword at Lebron. The technique Lebron used wasn’t unique. Hyeonu was also able to do it. Dozens of black-red pure energies filled Lebron’s surroundings. It was Mysterious Sky Range. Like Lebron, Hyeonu exploded all the pure energy blades. The dozens of pure energy blades became hundreds and thousands of fragments, and they were now about to hit Lebron.

However, Lebron’s expression was relaxed.
Rather, he seemed to be smiling.

“Your heart is still lacking.
Falling for such a light provocation…” 

Lebron waved his hand, and Hyeonu’s pure energies lost their strength and started to fade.
They dissipated.

“You don’t have much magic power left now, right?” Lebron looked like he was laughing.

In fact, there was obvious ridicule in his face. Even so, Hyeonu wasn’t angry. He just had a slightly despondent expression as he thought, ‘I can’t believe I got into a psychological battle like this…’

It was a ridiculous mistake. The source of the trouble was that this wasn’t a battle against players. He paid a price for forgetting that NPCs in Arena were more clever than players. Hyeonu had poured quite a lot of magic power into the skill he used in his anger, and it ate more than half of his remaining magic power.
If it had been used to damage a monster, that magic power would’ve returned intact.

However, not this time.

“Now, let’s start the full-fledged battle.” Lebron smiled wickedly.

 

*** 

 

As the battle continued, Hyeonu seemed to go crazy. He split the magic power he didn’t really have to form strong pure energy. Nevertheless, he was now truly approaching his limits. His magic power was at the bottom; he had no more magic power left to draw out.
This was the first time this had happened.

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‘I feel like I’m dying.’

It felt like his entire body had been sucked dry.
Nevertheless, Hyeonu still managed to pull out some magic power. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to block Lebron’s attack in front of him.

“Are you tired now? However, there is still a long way to go.” 

Lebron was lying when he said there was still a long way to go. Even consuming magic power was a type of training. The reason why he said that was simple. Like this, Hyeonu’s concentration would be exerted to the limit.

‘It is amazing enough already…’ Lebron admired Hyeonu’s overall combat ability including his use of magic power. The amount of magic power itself was amazing. Hyeonu’s magic power was like a large lake.
It took quite a long time to drive him to this state.

‘Now there are two techniques left.’

There were only two more things that Lebron could teach Hyeonu. Lebron’s teacher, Duke Blake, might’ve taught Hyeonu more, but the duke wasn’t here now.
No, they couldn’t get in touch.

“Now try a bit harder.
If you don’t have it, try with whatever you don’t have.
Think about using that magic power a bit more efficiently, Disciple.”

Hyeonu gritted his teeth and prayed earnestly.
It was to deal the final blow.

‘Please, just one pure energy…’

Nevertheless, there was no way the missing magic power could be created just by desperately wanting it. It would mean shaking up the rules of the game. Just then, a shallow but perfect black-red energy appeared on the Mysterious Sky Sword.
Simultaneously, message windows appeared in front of Hyeonu’s eyes.

 

[A skill has been created.]

[Magic Power Domination]

[Controls not only the body but also external magic power.

Type: Continuous

Rating: Unique

Skill Proficiency: F

Effect: Magic power consumption is reduced by 30%.
The power of magic power is increased by 30%.
Increase the speed of magic power recovery by 30%.]

 

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Hyeonu read the messages in front of him and forgot to wield the sword.
Seeing this scene, Lebron continued to watch Hyeonu while getting rid of his sword.

“You’ve mastered it.
Well done, good job.” Lebron smiled when Hyeonu’s gaze shifted over to him.
“You are the real preliminary knight commander from now on.
You aren’t just my disciple.”

Once Lebron’s words were over, another message appeared in front of Hyeonu’s eyes.
It contained the content Hyeonu wanted so much.

 

[Your class has changed to ‘Preliminary Commander of the Knights of Keon’.]

[All stats will increase by 200 respectively.]

[The title ‘Preliminary Commander of the Knights of Keon’ has been created.]

[Preliminary Commander of the Knights of Keon]

[A title that signifies the leader of the next generation of the Knights of Keon.
A title that can only be obtained by a knight who has been approved by the current knight commander.

Effect: Increase the effect of magic power-related skills by 10%.]

 

The rewards of the fourth class advancement weren’t a waste of effort to obtain. There was a large increase of 200 points in the stats that were fundamental to determining a character’s strength. Even the title that came as a bonus was significant. In a way, it was better than all stats +200.

Hyeonu had more skills related to magic power than anyone else. So it was good to see the power of all these skills increase by 10% at once.
Yet, Hyeonu wasn’t satisfied with this.

‘There are no skills…?’

He didn’t get another new skill. Although he gained the Magic Power Domination skill, that was too few in number.
He would only be satisfied if there were at least two new skills.

“Is there anything else?” Hyeonu asked Lebron shamelessly.

“There is.
There is one more thing left, but it is actually useless right now.
It took a long time for me and that person over there to see the effect.”

Lebron stared up at the distant sky.

‘The emperor?’ Hyeonu wondered.

The man Lebron spoke about was the emperor.
There was only one other person who studied with Lebron under Duke Blake after all.

“What is it?” Hyeonu demanded like a creditor coming to receive the debt.