Pick Your Ranker (1)
The Death Knight has perished.
The Death Zone surrounding it has vanished.
The time of the Calamity is receding.
The Death Knight has perished.
The Death Zone surrounding it has vanished.
The time of the Calamity is receding.
The Death Knight vanished without a trace from White Dragon's single attack.
Even back when it was only ten percent of its true power against the Megalodon, the overwhelming might of the White Dragon had already been evident. Seeing it now, at just ten percent, was enough to give a clear glimpse of what the full power of the White Dragon truly was.
'Is this good luck?'
Thanks to White Dragon, the Death Knight had died, and it seemed the Calamity would not strike immediately.
Pet has killed the Death Knight.
"Whoa. Crazy."
Was it because White Dragon had taken down the Death Knight?
Receiving the experience from killing the Death Knight caused an immediate surge. Even though it only gave ten percent of the experience, the amount was enough to raise the level by five.
While still reeling from the sudden level increase, Kim Min-seong heard Mi-seong's shout.
“Oppa! Those guys are still there!”
“Huh?”
Looking around at Mi-seong's words, several monsters summoned by the Death Knight remained.
Without their leader, the Death Knight, they had wandered aimlessly and now turned their gazes toward the surrounding people.
“White Dragon!”
Even if White Dragon's trait was still active, those monsters should be wiped out in one blow.
Even without the trait active, White Dragon in its evolved state would be of great help in combat.
“Huh? Why?”
“What?! Why did you revert back to normal?!”
“Eh?! What is this?!”
The once cool and composed appearance from the previous evolution had vanished, replaced by the small, unassuming White Dragon.
To check what was happening, Kim Min-seong opened the status window, and the message that appeared was:
-Restricted due to trait usage.
[Remaining time: 47:58:18]
It seemed White Dragon would take quite some time to revert to its original form after using the trait.
“Damn it. The Golem and Minotaur died earlier…”
The Grim Reaper was still there, but with two main monsters lost and those high-level foes remaining, it was questionable whether they could handle them.
Excluding the ones killed alongside White Dragon in the breath attack, about ten monsters remained.
Given their high levels, the others besides Kim Min-seong didn't even think of engaging them.
'Wait? Thinking about it, with my current level…'
The level had risen quite a bit.
Wisdom was important, but the condition for summoning Ursula required a minimum level of thirty-five. Despite sufficient wisdom, some summons had failed.
'I've invested all previous points into wisdom…'
After awakening, new points appeared.
Every five levels, ★Points were awarded.
Points previously used for skills had been refunded, allowing only stat increases, items, and answer keys.
Skills could now only be upgraded with the new ★Points.
Items were sufficient as they were, and few had invested five points into the answer key to see results.
Well, it wasn't exactly giving the correct answer, but rather something ambiguous.
Because of this, Kim Min-seong had decided to pour all points into wisdom, which felt wasteful.
Thanks to that, most monsters could be summoned, but Ursula, the Named Monster, had not been summoned.
But now that the restriction was lifted, it was different.
Summon Named Monster
📍 Location: Current Area
🎁 Reward: Ursula (★2)
[Named Monster Ursula ★★ Lv-1 has been summoned.]
Summoning Ursula, a Named Monster, made Kim Min-seong think about whether he could control it if it went out of his command.
“Uuuuum~”
Ursula appeared before him and quickly scanned the surroundings, moving her legs around.
Then, as if assessing the situation, she looked at Kim Min-seong.
“What should I do?”
Her voice was a bit raspy, but she spoke in a surprisingly gentle tone.
Kim Min-seong had her follow his commands and directed her to one side where the monsters were spreading out.
SWOOSH!
Ursula's legs shot out quickly with Kim Min-seong's command and began to overwhelm the skeletons.
CRACK!
CRACK!
The skeletons caught by Ursula were instantly shattered using only her leg strength.
'I caught that?'
Ursula, who easily handled Level 40 monsters like toys, was something Kim Min-seong still couldn't believe even after thinking about it.
'I don't even need to intervene?'
Before Kim Min-seong could move, she had already finished them all off.
The others were panicking, thinking some strange monster had appeared and fleeing in all directions.
“Oppa. Is that the one you summoned?”
“Yeah. Don't worry about it.”
Kang-mi and Mi-seong had been startled by Ursula at first, but seeing her pick off only the skeletons eased their tension.
After just a few minutes, the skeletons summoned by the Death Knight were completely wiped out by Ursula.
'But what about the scenario quest?'
Once the situation stabilized, thoughts turned to the scenario quest.
The quest to consume 'fruits'.
But what Kim Min-seong and others actually had were 'fruit seeds', not the fruits themselves.
Consuming them had produced no effect.
'Is there a hidden fruit somewhere else?'
After calming the surrounding people who were confused by Ursula, Kim Min-seong slowly walked toward the spot where the Death Knight had died.
Glint.
'Huh?'
Something sparkling caught his eye.
The Death Knight's corpse had already been completely erased by White Dragon's breath and could not be consumed.
Even after White Dragon's terrifying breath that erased the corpse, something remained. It was surprising.
'What is this?'
Approaching the glint, a small, bright red orb lay there, looking exactly like fresh blood.
'What is this?'
Kim Min-seong slowly approached and reached for the orb, and suddenly a message appeared before his eyes.
-Fruit discovered.
'Fruit?'
The completely red orb in front of him.
Was this the fruit?
'Am I supposed to consume this?'
According to the scenario quest, this fruit needed to be consumed.
But there was still doubt.
'It said to figure out the secret of this fruit…'
While still holding the fruit and pondering, a voice suddenly echoed from somewhere.
-Bap-bap-bap-bap-bap!
-Bara-bara-bam!
A sound echoed from somewhere.
“What is that?!”
“Oppa! What is this sound?”
Startled by the sudden noise, Kim Min-seong looked around, but it didn't seem to come from his vicinity.
It was like it was ringing in his ears.
“Hello everyone! This is Planetary Administrator 999. It seems many people are adapting to this world. It's quite gratifying.”
The damn Planetary Administrator.
What was so gratifying about adapting to this damned world? The guy was spouting weird words.
'What is he trying to do this time?'
If it was something good like an event, fine, but it might be trying to attack the shelter.
'This time, the feeling isn't good?'
They had already done an event before.
It wasn't too early to do another event.
-Let's first check Korea's current rankings.
The Planetary Administrator suddenly raised a window in front of everyone's eyes.
'Ranking?'
The ranking displayed now.
“Wow! Oppa is ranked second in Korea overall!”
“Eh, it's nothing special.”
“Nothing special!”
Kang-mi looked surprised at Kim Min-seong's ranking.
Kim Min-seong hadn't expected his own ranking to be this high.
'Speaking of which, who is that Kang Ha-seong?'
More important than Kim Min-seong's ranking.
Kang Ha-seong, who had held the undisputed first place until now.
If ranking showed strength, how strong was that person?
Of course, the ranking system wasn't the only measure of strength, but even so, the person's rank was impressive.
They were at least doing as much as Kim Min-seong.
'I want to meet them once.'
Honestly, even with just Kim Min-seong's experiences from that day to today, they had been spectacular. Kim Ha-seong was probably doing even more.
'But why are they showing this?'
While pondering that for a moment, a new message appeared.
-I think many of you will have questions about why this ranking window is shown. The reason I am showing you the ranking window is to proceed with 'Choose Your Ranker.'
“What?”
'Choose Your Ranker.'
What was he trying to do this time?
-From now on, people ranked 101st or lower in Korea will receive voting rights. You will vote for people ranked 101st or lower.
'Voting?'
Suddenly voting?
While pondering that, a ticket appeared in Mi-seong's hand.
“Oppa. This seems to be a voting ticket?”
“I got one too.”
Kang-mi and Mi-seong received voting tickets.
People ranked in the top 101 didn't get them, but Kim Min-seong received nothing.
'What are they trying to do?'
-Voting will last for one week, and you can vote once every week for a total of seven votes. During the voting period, anyone pushed outside the 101st rank will be automatically eliminated. After the final vote, the seven with the most votes will be selected.
'What?'
Not Producer X 101, but why were they doing this?
The Planetary Administrator, who didn't explain the reason and suddenly told them to vote.
-Oh, by the way, do you have questions about why you need to vote? I'll explain that after the voting ends today.
The Planetary Administrator, who didn't explain why voting was necessary.
Who would have thought such a thing?
-During the voting, the appearances of the rankers will be broadcast live in real time. Please choose your favorite ranker carefully.
“What?”
Live broadcast? What did that mean?
With that, a camera appeared beside Kim Min-seong.
Was this camera recording Kim Min-seong?
While pondering that, a new message appeared.
-Now, please select seven players. The voting deadline is one week! Voting has begun!
24:00:00 remaining
[Today's voting ends in 24:00:00]