Ranker’s Return

During the week, there were many changes in Hyeonu’s quest. Other people were added to the Secret Camp quest, which originally only involved Hyeonu and New World. Hyeonu was now very familiar with the new additions—the New York Warriors and Red Bull America, with Reina and Mascherano. They were part of the Nike Management team and were now amongst the main characters for this quest.

Hyeonu assigned them 10 Secret Camp group leaders respectively. Four additional people were dealt with by Hyeonu this week, making for a total of seven. New World killed five, and New York Warriors and Red Bull America killed one each. So 14 people were killed altogether.

‘There are 36 people left.’

Hyeonu thought about the remaining numbers and shuddered.

‘This is a really tough quest.’

Hyeonu had been lucky the first few times. After that, he struggled to find the group leaders of the Secret Camp. He didn’t know about the other guilds, but it was hard for Hyeonu since he moved alone. It was easier for him to kill but harder to conduct area-wide searches.

‘I’m glad I gave some to Reina and Mascherano.’

It would’ve been terrible otherwise.

Hyeonu felt ashamed when he thought about how he had killed 30 people not that long ago. Thinking about it now, he felt it was crazy.

‘If I kill one more in today’s stream, there will be 35 left.’

Hyeonu exhaled and turned on the streaming mode. Clearing the black standby screen, he revealed himself. “Hello, I am Alley Leader. Thank you for watching my stream today.”

-Hello.

-Hi hi.

-Nice to see you, Alley Leader.

-Today, it is killing an NPC.

Hyeonu cleared up the miscellaneous remarks and immediately got to the main topic. He didn’t know how hard it would be, so he reduced the scheduled streaming duration as much as possible. The remaining time could be consumed with a conversation or something else. However, excess time spent on streaming content couldn’t be reversed.

‘I’m going to finish it quickly and play with Tang-E.’

With his grand plan in mind, Hyeonu started streaming in earnest.

“Today, we will go on the eighth target killing operation. Do you see where I am now?”

The viewers looked around according to Hyeonu’s words. In the area where Hyeonu stood, there were many green-leaved trees. Behind those, there were many other trees and then even more. Stones and dirt were also scattered everywhere.

-It is another mountain.

-The mountain climber Alley Leader is coming out.

-Even today, it is fun mountain climbing.

The viewers laughed crazily at Hyeonu. The background of Alley Leader’s stream was always wallpaper of a scenic mountain.

-The wallpaper appeared.

“Today, I will smash those preconceived notions. I will show you clean progress without any hardships,” Hyeonu said confidently.

There was a reason he was speaking proudly, and it was that he just needed to move five minutes from where he was currently standing to reach the eighth target. Once Hyeonu finished talking, he moved straight away. He summoned Tang-E and walked slowly to the place he had already seen. Hyeonu didn’t even run. He just showed his composure.

“Now, it’s here. Can you tell what it is at a glance?”

The place where Hyeonu stopped was familiar to the audience as it was a kind of place that had already appeared several times before in Hyeonu’s streams. It had many houses made of wood and stone. This was a mountain stronghold—the lair of bandits.

-Do you want to start the Alley Leader streaming collection?

-The full-fledged streaming collection.

-Bandits, run away!

The viewers felt sorry for the bandits. They remembered the Seongho Group incident and could still see the image of Hyeonu robbing the mountain stronghold before right their eyes.

“The NPC I’m looking for is here. I’ll cut him neatly and have a good meal with Tang-E,” Hyeonu said.

‘The eighth group leader of the Secret Camp, Jung Hoon. He is disguised as the leader of the Pahu Group. His specialty is using a huge sword. However, he doesn’t just wield it with strength alone. Rather, his technique is excellent.’

Before entering the stronghold, Hyeonu recalled the information about Jung Hoon, the leader of the Pahu Group—a man who could use the greatsword freely.

‘It will be pretty fun.’

The fun of fighting was great, so Hyeonu thought it would be an excellent experience.

“The mountain bandits really need to be educated.”

Hyeonu carefully climbed the mountain. The trees in the mountain were so dense that Hyeonu’s figure couldn’t even be seen. Still, Hyeonu thought of something and moved secretly so that his footsteps weren’t heard either. After a while, Hyeonu succeeded in infiltrating the mountain stronghold, and he hid well like a thief.

‘In this case, am I a robber?’

While thinking, Hyeonu continued to wander around. The mountain stronghold was empty.

“Everyone, why are there so few people? Have they gone out on business as a group?”

Hyeonu wandered around the mountain stronghold for a while before hiding in an empty house. He judged that it was pointless to scour the mountain stronghold.

-It looks like everyone has gone to work?

-Then we’ll have to wait.

-Let’s play with Tang-E and come back in a few hours.

-Will it be two hours? Let’s play for four hours to be certain.

The audience didn’t miss this opportunity and played tricks to see Tang-E.

“Tang-E will come out in battle. It’s because I don’t have the confidence to move quietly with Tang-E.”

Hyeonu was determined about it and immediately refused the viewers’ suggestion. He still had the mood from before he started streaming and maintained the mindset of work before play, rather than play before work.

‘I’m sure they are gathered somewhere...’

Hyeonu’s intuition was ringing, shouting that the bandits were gathered.

He just didn’t know where.

“I’ll look a bit more. Otherwise, I will think about it later.”

Hyeonu opened the door of the house and stepped out.

“Uh...?”

An unbelievable sight unfolded in front of Hyeonu’s eyes.

“Wait a minute?”

Hyeonu was flustered and couldn’t speak properly. Anyone would be flustered by this sight.

-Hey, what is this type of meeting? Why are so many people gathered all of a sudden?

-Is it a church?

-Where did so many people come from?

The scene that Hyeonu saw was of many bandits standing with their weapons. It was just like before going out on a battlefield.

“Hey, all the people of the mountain have gathered... Why are there so many people?” Hyeonu was wearing a mask, so he went out brazenly. While scratching his masked forehead, he continued speaking, “I got lost while climbing the mountain... Have a good rest. Let’s see you next time.”

Hyeonu raised his right hand, shook it slightly, and walked out. It was very natural. The bandits in the front row even tried to get out of the way. At least, until a yell came from somewhere: “Are you trying to make a fool of me?!”

The bandits regained their minds and moved toward Hyeonu.

“Everyone, the best strategy has failed. What should I do now?” Hyeonu murmured in a small, flustered voice.

-Just fight.

-Or tear the return scroll and climb the mountain again?

-Why don’t you tear the return scroll and eat with Tang-E?

-Of course, don’t come back here. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

It was like the answers said. The range of choices was very small.

‘I was thinking of fighting anyway...’

Things had become a bit twisted, but it wasn’t a big problem. After all, it wasn’t as if there were dozens of drakes or a monster like Lebron.

‘By the way, what is this uncomfortable feeling?’

It was the reason why Hyeonu was dithering. If he wanted to fight, then he would have just opened the door and run out when he saw the mountain bandits. However, the feeling that shot down Hyeonu’s back stopped him. Hyeonu usually had confidence in his senses, so he decided to trust his intuition this time too. He had never lost when he believed in it.

‘I will save some of my item skills.’

He wanted to hide some things until he knew the reason for the warning sensation.

Hyeonu pulled out a dagger. By the way, the sound was strange. It wasn’t the usual clear and fine sound. Instead, this was sharp and light.

-Why draw out a dagger?

-He doesn’t even need his weapon. Is it something like this?

The viewers were amazed by the weapon Hyeonu pulled out. His choice was a silver-colored dagger. It was a very short weapon with a blade length of around 20 centimeters, excluding the handle.

‘I’m going to use this so quickly...’

It was a dagger that Hyeonu obtained a few days ago by killing the Secret Camp leader disguised as the boss of a huge back-alley organization.

[Onseong’s Night]

[A dagger used by Loruk of the organization Onseong’s Night.

It contains the blood of many people but isn’t stained with blood.

Rating: Rare

Restrictions: 550 strength, 1,200 agility.

Durability: 1,800/1,800

Attack Power: 1,300

Effect: Defense penetration increased by 15%, has a chance to induce the ‘bleeding’ abnormal state, and blood can’t touch the weapon.]

It was a pretty good weapon. The durability was high, and the effects were good. The attack power was low, but it was sufficient for Hyeonu.

“What? When did they get so close?”

Before he knew it, the bandits had already gotten near Hyeonu and were within a stone’s throw. Hyeonu rolled his eyes and examined his surroundings.

‘Every path is blocked.’

There was nowhere for him to go. Just then, something caught Hyeonu’s eyes. It was the house he had just come out of. Hyeonu opened the door of the cabin and entered it. Then he shouted out the door, “Come, come!”

The door of the house was closed roughly, and Hyeonu disappeared from view. The bandits who saw this scene ran toward the door with a roar, “Waahhh!”

The house was on the big side. As such, the door was wide. Even so, only two or three adult men could pass through at the same time. Naturally, this meant the bandits were forced to gather at the door. Consequently, there were people behind the bandits who just stayed put.

“Wasn’t I right? He was aiming for that guy’s life,” Bi Yoon spoke to the man wearing a black mask.

“I see. You were right. After today’s work, I will have a good talk with the leader.” The man nodded.

He didn’t have much trust in adventurers, but now that he had confirmed it with his own eyes, he had to believe it. The adventurer’s words were true.

“Thank you, Turan.” A smile appeared on Bi Yoon’s face. His long-awaited revenge was finally here. In just a few minutes, he would be able to kill Alley Leader. Even Alley Leader wouldn’t be able to avoid being logged out today.

‘I’ll make him log out during the stream,’ Bi Yoon decided. After the humiliation they suffered in the Balder Mountains, Bi Yoon and Five Stars were desperate for revenge, and they targeted Alley Leader. As a result, the drake raid was successful, and they were able to reach the East Continent quite early. Then they came here.

-To Preby: Where are they?

-From Preby: Almost there. It will take five minutes. Just wait a bit longer.

The smile on Bi Yoon’s face grew wider in reaction to the increasingly perfect stage.