Ranker's Return

Chapter 711

“His identity is a secret. He agreed with the condition of hiding his identity. It was really hard for me to invite him,” Hyeonu said to the viewers while waving his hand. However, this didn’t suppress the viewers’ curiosity.

-Ah, please tell me!

-Who is it? Why not tell us?

-Is that such an important person?

-Who? Looking at the body shape, he is unconditionally a man.

-Yes, there is no female ranker taller than Alley Leader.

The viewers speculated that the blond-haired person brought in by Hyeonu was a man. First of all, Hyeonu’s height was over 180 centimeters tall. The blond-haired masked man also had a similar build to Hyeonu. None of the existing female rankers were similar in stature to Hyeonu, so this person definitely had to be a man.

-Who are the blond-haired rankers?

-What is the point of the hair color? Dyes are sold at stores.

-Ah, right. So there are no clues except for the height?

-We will know once the spar starts and weapons are used. There will be a list just by looking at the weapon.

-Our Alley Leader’s connections are narrow. We will find it quickly.

-I agree.

The viewers tracked the identity of the one-day instructor Hyeonu brought in like it was content. Hyeonu smiled with satisfaction when he saw the chat window.

‘Look for it all your life. You can search for it even until death.’

Hyeonu was convinced the viewers would never find the identity of the instructor. This was natural as the instructor brought by Hyeonu wasn’t a player. Tang-E had used the Polymorph skill to transform himself into an adult.

“It is unlimited meat for a week if you do well. Understood?” Hyeonu whispered in Tang-E’s ears so that Ray and Jamie Moore couldn’t hear him.

Tang-E nodded while answering, “Understand, Master dude. Keep your promise. Tang-E will do it properly.”

He had to work hard due to Hyeonu’s condition. He was going to work really hard to get unlimited meat for a week.

‘Instead, I will accept it endlessly.’

Tang-E wasn’t intending to provide labor for a small amount of meat. He had the subspace and Bung Bung Island, so he thought about eating meat and filling his subspace every time he was summoned.

“You’ve rested, right? I will start the spar with Ray.” Hyeonu started the next spar straight away in order to get as much help from Tang-E as possible.

“No... It has only been three minutes...” Ray looked at Hyeonu.

The spar with Jamie Moore had just finished. It might not be a long break, but Ray still needed at least five minutes to rest.

“Ah, is that so? Then I’ll start it in a while. In the meantime, I will explain today to you.” Hyeonu adjusted the arena’s function and summoned a long wooden sword that resembled the Mysterious Sky Sword. “Today’s instructor is a rare ranker who uses a single-edged sword as a weapon. Of course, after seeing me use the single-edged sword, there are many people who use it too these days.”

Hyeonu handed the summoned wooden sword to Tang-E. Tang-E received it silently. Then he injected magic power into the wooden sword. The same golden magic power that matched Tang-E’s hair surrounded the wooden sword.

Tang-E swung it at Hyeonu without hesitation. The golden wooden sword descended toward Hyeonu’s shoulders. Hyeonu naturally raised his hand and grabbed the wooden sword. A gauntlet made of purple magic power had appeared around his hand.

“Look, isn’t it very natural? Everyone, I’ve invited a great expert. Viewers, you don’t know how much I paid.” Hyeonu passed through the series of processes like it was a well-structured play.

-He swung it the moment he got it.

-They are almost like enemies? Isn’t it to this extent?

-In fact, it doesn’t seem like he paid a price. It seemed like he squeezed this person to bring them in.

-Still, the speed of making pure energy is fast, and there is nothing extra when swinging the wooden sword. This is a real expert.

-In addition, it is Alley Leader who turned it into a mischievous joke, right? ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ

The viewers were busy enjoying Tang-E’s abrupt behavior. It was a dangerous action, but no one perfected it as dangerous because Hyeonu responded as if nothing had happened. It was just like a common prank between friends.

“Then I will now start the spar to improve skills. Ray?” Hyeonu lowered the wooden sword he was holding and turned to look at Ray. After receiving Hyeonu’s gaze, Ray nodded and moved to the center of the arena.

“Do it in moderation and finish it. There is no need to go easy on him. It is good to push him to the limit,” Hyeonu whispered in Tang-E’s ear for the last time while touching the setting that would prevent the whisper from being sent to the stream. The process was so natural that no one noticed that Hyeonu had lowered the volume of the audio and then raised it again. Tang-E nodded at Hyeonu’s words, held the wooden sword, and moved to the center of the arena.

“Ray!” Hyeonu called out to Ray.

Ray’s head turned toward Hyeonu. “Yes?”

“Do your best. Success isn’t guaranteed no matter how you attack.”

“I understand.” Ray engraved Hyeonu’s advice deep in his bones. Hyeonu’s words might seem like he was ignoring him, but Ray didn’t feel bad at all.

‘It is a natural fact,’ he thought.

Ray had experience sparring against some top-tier rankers, including Hyeonu. If he had felt anything at those times, it was a terrible sense of helplessness—like kneeling down before nature. Ray had been thoroughly blocked and damaged in every spar. He thought it would be the same this time, so Hyeonu’s words sounded like heartfelt advice.

“I don’t know who you are, but please take care of me.” Ray bowed toward Tang-E in a gesture of politeness. It was an action he did because all the people Hyeonu brought in previously were great rankers. Tang-E responded to Ray’s greeting by nodding.

Ray rushed toward Tang-E with his sword without any distress. Based on his experience during this period of time, he felt it was better to attack first when fighting people more powerful than him.

‘There is a high probability of variables here.’ Ray knew it well.

No matter how high a ranker he was, it wasn’t possible for him to stop his opponent from attacking. Ray’s level wasn’t lacking compared to anyone, but it would be really difficult for him to break through his opponent’s offensive and fight back. Ray aimed his wooden sword at Tang-E’s shoulder. It was a very clean and neat attack.

Tang-E didn’t make any special moves even when Ray’s wooden sword approached. He just followed it with sharp eyes. Then, at last, Tang-E stretched out his sword.

The wooden sword struck the side of Ray’s wooden sword like a whip. However, the direction of Ray’s sword didn’t change; he came straight for Tang-E. Tang-E took a step to the side and swung the wooden sword again. His wooden sword once again struck the place that he hit previously.

If it didn’t work once, he’d do it twice. If it didn’t work the second time, he would swing it a third time. This time, Tang-E’s desired scene played out. Ray’s wooden sword swung like a reed. However, it wasn’t toward Tang-E and instead toward a wrong spot.

“Ack!” Ray groaned at the heavy feeling conveyed through his wooden sword. It felt like the blond-haired man’s attack came from a hammer, not a wooden sword.

‘It’s heavy,’ Ray lamented inwardly.

He could endure it the first time but not the second time. The balance of his body was disturbed, and he was unable to stop the wooden sword from going to strange places. Ray used magic power to forcibly twist his movements. The wooden sword moved horizontally and swung at Tang-E, moving in a different trajectory from before. Nevertheless, the destination was the same.

The greatsword crushed the space as it made its way to Tang-E. Tang-E’s face that was covered by the mask became slightly stiff. It was because Ray’s actions reminded him of himself some time ago.

‘Stupid human.’

Tang-E swung the wooden sword from bottom to top, exquisitely striking the side of Ray’s wooden sword again. The sword that was pointing at Tang-E was now pointed at the ceiling of the arena. Tang-E immediately stuck to Ray and pushed the latter’s upper body with his foot. Hit by Tang-E’s kick, Ray lost his balance and fell, rolling onto the ground.

‘Is he going to end it this quickly?’ Hyeonu’s face stiffened when he saw Ray and Tang-E’s spar. Tang-E finished the spar too lightly. It ended in an instant without the feeling of Ray being beaten.

“The spar is over. It is worthy of being a one-day instructor with great strength,” Hyeonu said something to the viewers before running straight to Tang-Eang-E.

Hyeonu removed the volume of the sound being sent to viewers and roared at Tang-E after approaching, “Hey, what am I supposed to do now if you finish this so quickly?”

“Didn’t you tell me to let loose?” Tang-E replied with his pinky finger in his ear like he hadn’t done anything wrong.

“First of all, you should do it appropriately. Then step on him later if you want to do so. Aish...” Hyeonu rubbed the back of his neck with his right hand as he felt his blood pressure rising due to Tang-E.

“What should I do if I learned it like this? So why didn’t you teach me carefully?” Tang-E giggled as he looked at Hyeonu. It was as if he was teasing Hyeonu. However, Hyeonu couldn’t refute Tang-E’s words. Most of Hyeonu and Tang-E’s spars were as short as the spar just now, and the result was naturally Tang-E losing.

“You... You’ll see next time. I will surely repay this humiliation,” Hyeonu said words similar to those of a third-rate villain and returned to his original position.

“So be gentler next time, gentler,” Tang-E’s voice came from behind Hyeonu as he returned to his original position. Hyeonu felt angry, but he still had to continue streaming.

-What conversation did they have?

-Who is it that managed to increase Alley Leader’s blood pressure?

-As far as I know, there is no such person.

-It is in front of us now. ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ. By the way, it is the first time I’ve seen him speechless in front of a player and not an NPC.

The viewers weren’t very interested in Hyeonu getting rid of the sound. It was because what happened in front of them was much more interesting. They didn’t hear the conversation, but they saw Hyeonu’s and Tang-E’s actions. Tang-E had casually picked at his ears. Then upon seeing that, Hyeonu grabbed the back of his neck. No matter who saw it, it was obvious that Hyeonu had received a blow from Tang-E.

This was what the audience liked very much.

“The conversation is a secret, a secret. In addition, today’s live stream might be over soon. I have something to do.” Hyeonu’s voice lowered when he said there was something he had to do.

At first glance, it seemed like he was grinding his teeth.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ. He is angry now, angry.

-Once today’s stream is over, the instructor should run away quickly.

-It is a minimum of death if caught.

-I don’t know why he is angry, but why am I so happy? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

The viewers found this version of Hyeonu very funny.