Chapter 13
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 13
Chapter Title: Ranker Guild Leaders' Prostration
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Title: Recent Video of Wiz Guild Leader's Staff
Author: Anonymous
[Video Playing]
Lmaoooo this is insane.
He's flying around with aerial flight magic, carpet-bombing monsters from above,
and magic's pouring out of the staff like a machine gun—monsters can't even get close, just exploding everywhere. Pure dopamine hit, fr, totally nuts.
Look at Guild Leader Kim O-jun's face—he looks like the happiest guy on earth lololol.
They say he cleared 100 F-grade gates in an hour—speedrun world record. Basically just wiped out the whole area?
Never felt sorry for monsters before, but damn—that's not hunting, that's cleaning house.
The ultimate mage fantasy. Fr, wish I'd become a mage.
Big bro blacksmith's work, right? Gear carry is OP as hell.
Author: Anonymous
Back in the day, parties were all "What's that trash gear? You're just a porter," picking fights daily.
If you didn't like it, leave—that was the meta.
But now? Total 180.
"Hello, Hunter! Got any 6-option weapons?"
"Yeah, took out a loan for one."
"Whoa! Welcome aboard! Pleasure to have you. Let's crush it together!"
Everyone's polite as hell now lololol.
Nobody wants to trash-talk and get reported for hostile behavior—their gear shuts down and they're blacklisted forever.
This is... forced peace?
Fr, forced personality education via injection. Beatings work wonders.
Hunter world this clean? Association head couldn't do it in 20 years—one piece of gear fixed it.
Blacksmith bro is a god. Nobel Peace Prize fr.
Author: Anonymous
Was so curious about the 6-option weapon structure that I tried using Dismantle skill,
just to peek at the mana circuits.
Red warning popped up instantly.
[Warning: One more attempt and you're permanently banned.]
My A-grade blacksmith master tried to examine it with a Clairvoyance skill and nearly went blind—he panicked and quit on the spot.
System's blocking it completely. Analysis impossible. That's not human tech.
How dare you covet a god's creation lololol know your place.
Entry-level gatekeeping on point. Copycats all doomed lol.
Just when peaceful days seemed to stretch on, the system wasn't so forgiving.
[Linked Quest: Contaminated Zone Activation Stage 1]
- The seal from the ancient pact with the Demon King has loosened.
- Demonic energy is leaking out, corrupting gates worldwide.
📍 Caution: Gate difficulties rising globally!
📍 Caution: Purple corrupted gates appearing!
💀 Failure: Humanity's extinction countdown begins.
Rewards included [Cooperative System: Party System Enhancement], [Doppelganger Creation: Higher Option Success Rate], and other massive perks.
But failure meant huge risks. Humanity's extinction? No joke.
I immediately called Irmi.
"Chief."
"Yes, Do-ha? What's up? You look pale."
"Just got an emergency quest. Corrupted gates opening worldwide. Way tougher than before."
"Got it. Issuing emergency alerts to all guilds now."
Worldwide corrupted gate alert.
Report purple gates immediately.
General hunters prohibited. Difficulty massively increased—proceed with extreme caution.
Watch for contamination debuff.
Of course, some idiots do exactly what they're told not to.
Author: Anonymous
Curiosity killed the cat—it's fucked.
Contamination debuff hit right on entry.
Body feels like it's got lead weights, mana sticky like mud—skills won't fire.
Output at half my normal specs or less.
Without big bro blacksmith's 6-option weapon, I'd be dead already.
It's padding my inflated stats—barely hanging on.
Monsters have purple blisters, tankiness tripled, speed jacked up.
F-grade gate but feels E, no D-grade+.
If I die, spread this capture.
You crazy bastard, survive! Called rescue?
Thanks for the info. But we're screwed—how fight with debuffed stats?
Regular hunters can't clear this. Disaster level.
As things got dire, S-grade hunters mobilized.
Results were stark.
"Listen up! I'll handle this—you lot chant from the bunker!"
"Got it, Guild Leader!"
Kim O-jun soared into the corrupted gate clutching his staff. The foul atmosphere clung to him, disrupting mana flow.
He couldn't help furrowing his brow.
"Body feels heavy... mana not circulating right."
Definitely nerfed.
The staff's performance mocked the penalty with overwhelming power, but for noobs, it'd be tough.
Thanks to mana efficiency optimization and bunker's infinite mana support.
For regular hunters, pure hell.
"Die."
Boom boom boom boom!
Magic barrage from the staff melted corrupted monsters before they could approach.
"Let's go."
She zipped through the battlefield with an A-grade healer under her arm.
Corrupted air stabbed her lungs, hindering shadow jumps, but emerald bow in hand.
[Gale Arrow]
Gale Aura tears through space.
Body sluggish, but bow's [Auto-Aim] perfectly compensated.
Even as she staggered, arrows pierced monster foreheads dead-on.
Her movements were heavier than usual,
but S-grade senses and weapon sharpness unchanged.
No matter how tough corrupted monster hides, they sliced like tofu before Lee Do-ha's craft.
She bulldozed the field with debuff-ignoring DPS.
Author: Anonymous
[3-Video Compilation]
Kim O-jun, Irmi, Sylphsong massacring right now.
Debuff heaviness obvious, but weapon firepower so nuts monsters just pop.
Gear carry real?
Where the other guild leaders at? Hard to spot.
Contamination debuff nerfing output—takes forever to kill one now.
Mitu, Haedam, Genesis leaders probably beating the ground in regret lololol.
Mitu Guild Leader, undisputed #1 for 10 years, dropped to #4. Real?
One weapon makes this big a difference? Even S-grades pulling apart.
Similar skills, but gear stomps—drives you mad.
[Mitu Guild Office]
"Arrrghhh!!!"
Mitu Guild Leader flipped the desk.
Plaque clattered across the floor amid shattering glass. Every gallery peek twisted his guts.
'Me? #4?! After 10 years at #1, all because of one piece of gear?!'
This wasn't skill—it was survival.
Kidnap? Threaten? Tempting, but impossible.
[Anti-Theft System] glared watchfully.
Hostile act? Gear bricks, permanent ban. Social death sentence in this world.
"Blacksmith, please... just one weapon for me..."
The plea from Korea's ex-#1 fit the dire straits.
Clutching his corruption-creeping body, he decided.
"Convene emergency guild leader meeting! Now!"
[Association HQ Lobby]
The seven guild leaders gathered for the first time in ages.
But the vibe? 180 degrees different.
Kim O-jun and Sylphsong sipped tea leisurely; others sweated, legs jittering anxiously.
Mitu Guild Leader broke the heavy silence.
"I have a favor."
Gear gap post-corruption gates = guild life or death. This path led to oblivion.
"What?"
Irmi set down her cup coldly.
"Please... ask the blacksmith to make weapons for us too. We'll pay."
"That's up to Do-ha. Can't force it. And after last time, doubt he'll open up."
"I know! I know, but...!"
Mitu bit his lip. Bitter blood seeped.
Pride? Fucked that dog long ago.
Gates kept spawning; rivals pulled ahead. Extinction loomed otherwise.
Then Genesis Guild Leader shot up—
And
Thud.
Kneeled.
Korea's #4 mega-guild head dogeza'd in the lobby center.
Before hordes of hunters and reporters.
"Please! I beg you! Money no object! Ask for that great success weapon!!"
"...!!"
Shocking scene.
Untouchable elites bowing like this? Unheard of.
Mitu and Haedam followed suit instantly.
Thud thud.
"Please! Save our guild! I beg!"
"Give us a chance! Anything you say!"
Korea's kings prostrating to an unknown blacksmith.
Author: Anonymous
[Photo: #1, #3, #4 Guild Leaders kneeling before Irmi]
Wtf... real?
Top dogs dogeza lololololol.
Not photoshop—watching live fr.
World upside down lolololol.
Makes sense? lolol How bad did they want it? Survival beats pride, insane.
Blacksmith bro's aura nuts—first time S-grades kneel from a basement. Legendary.
F-grade blacksmith in under a year dominates Korean hunters? True power.
Can't say no after that, right?
Hearing the news in the forge, I stared blankly at the monitor.
"Hah."
Live long enough, see it all.
Heroes kneeling for one weapon from me. To stop corrupted gates, needed their power anyway—solo impossible.
'Alright, time to lock them in as allies. Bind with obligation.'
I opened the system window.
This time, a sword.
And this sword—not my pick.
The system would anoint it as the saving blade.