Chapter 311 – I Will Bring an End (2)

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Breaking news poured out.

[Lee Ho-yeol, “Balance patch is an illusion……”]

[“My existence is the proof.”]

[“If you can, try denying me first.”]

Even more comments poured out below.

-Did the reporter get a perfect score on Ho-yeol’s language? The paraphrase is great lol
-No-back-down interview, crazy
-Isn’t the user challenging the admin to a duel??
-And it’s not just an admin, he’s virtually the creator ㄷㄷ

Demon race monsters.

The pattern of constantly pressuring players by putting forward the highest status effect, [Fear], was trickier than most named or boss monsters. They were like a nightmare to players.

What about a Demon King, the boss monster of such a demon race?

The first appearance of a Demon King.

The Reclamation of Frost.

At that time, humanity had fallen into despair.

-It still gives me goosebumps even seeing it after a long time, seriously;;

Decarabia, who was no different from the lowest-ranked Demon King.

To think that Frost, the great city of the north, would fall to such a fellow.

Players who knew the majesty of Frost could not contain their astonishment.

But in Frost, there was Ho-yeol.

Starting with Decarabia, he overwhelmingly hunted Demon Kings of all sorts of ranks.

He, who had blown the wind of counterattack not only to humanity but also to the Arcana Continent.

-But no matter how much it’s Ho-yeol-nim……
-Hunting all the Demon Kings would be impossible, for real
-Isn’t deletion on a different dimension from hunting……?

The opponent was not a demon or a monster, but Raymond Sean, who was no different from the creator of Arcana. While Ho-yeol had been crushing Demon Kings, Raymond Sean deleted all Demon Kings with a single patch.

Therefore, the reaction to Ho-yeol’s declaration was clearly divided.

-Seeing him so confident, he must have a plan.
-I acknowledge that, but the problem is that it’s Raymond Sean??
-He has no pride, so words don’t work, phew.
-Isn’t it common sense before pride?
-Pride comes before common sense, what are you talking about?
-???

No matter how much Ho-yeol had shown so far.

It was true that it was unreasonable to turn the tide with a simple declaration alone.

The players’ gaze was not much different.

Returning to Seoul Station.

Phew──────

The smoke of a cigarette had not yet been extinguished.

“So how is he going to show his health?”

He scratched his head.

It was not an easy thing to understand Lee Ho-yeol-style speech with an already complex head. But such a minor question did not last long. Hadn’t he said so?

Even at this moment, the Rift collapse rate was soaring.

Now that the players had lost their motivation.

There were forces moving to fill their vacancy.

Soon, a commotion occurred at Seoul Station.

“Wait a minute, what is this?!”

The sound of citizens murmuring was heard. Players only then stood up from their seats and checked the source of the commotion. It was a sight rarely seen.

“……Uh, uh?!”

Lion Heart Knights, Commander Harkon.

The Empire’s strongest knights, who could only be seen in videos, were right before their eyes. The knights moved systematically and surveyed the surroundings. Capturing a Rift, they immediately entered into action.

Harkon commanded concisely.

“All forces, close the Rift swiftly. That is all!”

Arcanans raiding Rifts.

It was already an amazing thing as a scene rarely seen.

It was not only the Lion Heart Knights.

“I-Is this for real? They say the Mage Tower has appeared overseas?!”

“In Busan, the Goddess Cult……!!”

“What’s the Yusra Kingdom Army doing here?”

It was no exaggeration to say that the entire Arcana forces existing in reality were moving.
For the discouraged players, they were acting to raid Rifts on their behalf.

“What on earth is this……?”

The reason could be found without difficulty.
For they were the Holy War Allied Forces, and the head of such an allied force was none other than the player, Ho-yeol.

“……?”

The surprise was brief.

Players who were staring at the Rift with dazed faces began to flinch. Not even 10 minutes had passed since they entered. Brilliant light began to flow out from the Rift.

Astonishment followed.

“C-Cleared already?!”

It was natural for the Holy War Allied Forces. All the enemies the Holy War Allied Forces had dealt with so far were mostly demon race monsters that were ultra-high level and possessed vicious patterns at the same time.

A situation where that life-and-death struggle became experience, and that experience led to growth. In contrast, a Rift with an appropriate level of at most 100 to 200…… it wouldn’t be strange to clear it in an instant.

Triumphant news heard from everywhere.

-The Mage Tower is for real crazy;;; 500-level Rift 1-minute cut!!!!
-Soldiers were on standby because it was on the verge of collapse, what a relief ㅠㅠ
-If this isn’t a Holy War, what is lololol

Surprise was brief.

Players realized.

That’s right.

“A single player……”

That the Holy War Allied Forces currently shaking the world started from a single player, Ho-yeol. To think that a mere single player had a profound influence not only on Arcana but also on reality……?

From the perspective of the creator, Raymond Sean.

“……Wasn’t this a kind of provocation?”

Wasn’t it a situation where he had no choice but to be annoyed?

Raymond Sean, the reason he put forward while deleting the Demon Kings was because of balance. From that perspective, Ho-yeol would be precisely the out-of-the-norm existence that needed balance adjustment.

Players murmured.

“He’s literally going to prove it……!”

“He’s saying ‘do it if you can’!”

“Does it mean it wasn’t just words?”

Even at that moment, Rifts all over the world were being cleared at a fast pace.

That wasn’t the picture Raymond Sean wanted from his perspective either.

Players were certain.

“If possible, he will definitely touch Lee Ho-yeol……!”

But if, by any chance, a balance patch regarding Ho-yeol did not appear.

That meant Ho-yeol’s declaration was the truth.

It would be evidence that the concern was nothing more than a groundless fear.

In the midst of tension, someone said.

“No, but does that serve as evidence? Rallying the Arcana forces is a great ability, of course…… but it’s not a personal ability, is it? Is that also a target for balance adjustment?”

It was a sharp point, befitting a fellow player.

But who was Ho-yeol?

Thinking of all possibilities.

The owner of a drive that did not tolerate even a single complaint.

There was no gap in his handling of affairs.

Soon, news was delivered to the players.

“……Wait a minute, they say Lee Ho-yeol is moving personally?!”

It was not an ordinary Rift raid.

“Which Rift is it? Is it a Rift in our country?”

A man who asked the person next to him, even forgetting his cigarette was burning out.

“Let’s see. First, one in our country. One in Osaka, Japan. And one in the USA. One in Canada. One in Italy…… Wait, just how many is this?!”

It was not just a few, not even dozens.

A simultaneous raid of as many as one hundred Rifts.

Overturning the common sense of Arcana since the Cataclysm.

For an out-of-the-norm power had begun to reveal its entity.

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The bigger the performance, the better it was.

‘I’ve spat it out, so I have to keep it.’

If it is for balance, try denying my existence first!

A boast overflowing with confidence.

To realize that, first of all, I had to prove that I was an existence surpassing balance. Perhaps because I had experience raising a failed character, a Demon Hunter, in the past.

I was quite good at self-objectification.

‘I must be precisely the balance breaker.’

To be accurate, it wasn’t thanks to me but to Granfel.

Manifesting magic just by seeing it, not to mention the handsome appearance and immense family background, and connections stretching across the Arcana Continent to the point of bringing down a flying dragon……

‘I can’t get used to it, really.’

Since settings that would make one’s face heat up just by reciting them were realized and were with me. Looking at the fact that Raymond Sean, who wanted the destruction of both worlds, was leaving me alone, one could tell, right?

Creator my foot.

“To claim omnipotence, how laughable.”

Of course, there was also the fact that I was more confident after sealing the Omen.

In the first place, I did not consider Raymond Sean omnipotent.

Even just because of Granfel’s high pride.

“It is time to reveal your wretched bare face.”

However, since the world could not know the complex power struggle between me and Raymond Sean, I’d effectively provoked Raymond Sean openly. The current Rift raid was also a part of that.

[Draco’s Swamp]

[Appropriate Level : Lv. 150]

[Orc’s Village]

[Appropriate Level : Lv. 200]

[Skeleton in the Sewer]

[Appropriate Level : Lv. 180]……

At most level 250~300.

Naturally, raiding such Rifts was a waste of time for me, who had broken through level 700. It wasn’t a metaphor; my experience points really didn’t budge.

“I express my respect to you all who do not lose your bravery.”

Manifesting a portal while grandly monologuing.

I was hunting monsters rushing at me while crossing from Rift to Rift, but there was no actual gain. Of course, it would look quite plausible on the outside.

‘I’m literally doing the work of a hundred people, aren’t I?’

So, to use an analogy from the days of Chronicles of the Arcana Continent…… it was like a single player using a hundred hunting grounds exclusively. Not just occupying the space, but carrying out a massacre.

Naturally, it had no choice but to attract everyone’s attention.

“I regret that I cannot respond to that bravery.”

For Granfel, things like public evaluation and interest……

He didn’t give a damn, so it wouldn’t matter.

But I, Lee Ho-yeol, was uncomfortable in many ways……

‘First of all, this monologue itself is quite embarrassing.’

No matter how serious I was in every matter.

To a monster of at most level 200.

Did I really think it was right to deliver such a grand line……?

‘……Fine, what am I even saying.’

For then, I just focused on clearing the hundred Rifts. In that sense, it wasn’t bad. Big and flamboyant things were practically my specialty.

Click──────

I stepped into the Rift shown beyond the portal.

[You have entered the Rift, ‘Grizzly’s Lair’.]

Roar!

“A grand welcome, indeed.”

At the same time as the entry message, numerous monsters rushed in. It was like I’d dropped into the middle of the enemy camp rather than entering through the entrance. Thanks to that, I could encounter the boss monster without difficulty.

‘Well, to me it’s not much different from a normal mob.’

Still, the fact that I was serious in everything remained unchanged.

The trinity of swordsmanship, magic, and tenacity that I didn’t forget even when dealing with weak enemies.

Anyway, thanks to that, I could clearly leave a trace on the world.

‘That I am such an out-of-the-norm existence.’

At the point where he couldn’t do anything to me, it was that authority like creation and deletion did not exist for Raymond Sean. It wouldn’t be long before people realized that, right? Players were quite quick-witted.

Furthermore, another piece of news would be delivered from the Mage Tower after a while. I had received a contact from AAU earlier. News that an initial setting regarding the ‘Descendants of Twilight’ existed in the AAU database.

‘From suspicion to now material evidence.’

Didn’t I tell you?

That my lingering resentment would be quite long.

I was not satisfied with just sealing the Omen.

‘I’ll make it so you can’t wiggle out of it, Raymond Sean.’

It was the moment I was chewing on the residue.

“……!”

Suddenly, a presence touched my five senses.

To put it nicely, high, and to put it badly, looking down on everything, there weren’t many existences that annoyed Granfel’s nerves. As you could see even now, Granfel was fundamentally benevolent.

‘He’s kind to monsters as well as humans.’

The target toward which such a Granfel explicitly revealed hostility was only one.

I opened my mouth coldly.

“I smell an inferior race.”

Demons.

But it was different from before.

First of all, [Natural Enemy] was not activated.

It meant no demons existed in the surroundings.

But my footsteps headed there naturally.

Soon, I stopped in my place.

What entered my sight was bloodstains.

Yes, I smelled the demon from the dried-up bloodstains.

A Demon Hunter’s sense that had become diversified incomparably to before.

I was sensing the reason for that growth.

Why else would it be.
For the great Akshan had been resurrected.

I really had no day when my eyes were dry because of Akshan.

Mourning, reunion, now I was about to shed tears because it was so absurd.

[The legend, ‘Akshan, Hero of the New Era’, materializes.]

The black Akshan uniform fluttered in the air.

……So I was completely into that kind of appearance?

No way, tears shed because of shame were added too……!