Chapter 162 Open Ranking Match (1)
The Temple of Valhalla.
Willas, a priest from the Cairo branch, grumbled as he watered the wilting flowers.
“How boring.”
last one year.
Valhalla Temple had a boring day.
Normally, even if it’s not often, when I was bored, applications for a ranking match came in, but as everyone promised, no one wanted a ranking match.
Willas knew why.
The moment Roman Dmitri, who returned from the southern front, mentioned the ranking match, the rankers stopped competing with each other.
“Exactly one year later. Roman Dmitri will cause a cataclysm in the Cairo kingdom rankings in earnest. Those who want to prove themselves just have to hone themselves for that year and prove themselves against Roman Dmitri.”
It was a huge event.
Roman Dmitri is a talent that the continent pays attention to.
Regardless of victory or defeat, if you show good skills against Roman, your position as a swordsman can change at once.
What is Ranking?
After all, it is the stage of confrontation where people with a desire for honor fight fiercely to prove each other.
If anything, a stage with a lot of spectators and clear rewards was inevitable, and Cairo’s rankers followed Roman Dmitri into closing training.
It was an unprecedented phenomenon in the history of the Cairo Kingdom.
A prosecutor in his mid-twenties turned the continent upside down, so people showed collective action that they hadn’t shown before.
Willas understood their feelings.
If the opponent had been specified, at least the ranking match would not have been completely cut off like it is now.
‘Roman Dmitri is indeed on a strange borderline. Although the official ranking is 100th due to the confrontation with Homer, he proved his skills by defeating Butler, who is ranked 2nd in Hector Kingdom. That’s where the problem starts. In common sense, it is correct for a ranked 100th ranker to prove himself one step at a time against the lowest ranked 99th ranker, but it is safe to say that his skills are already the highest in Cairo.’
1st to 99th.
Everyone was Roman’s prey.
Not knowing which method to choose, the prosecutors were wary of Roman’s request for a confrontation.
furthermore.
‘Age in his mid-twenties is holding back Roman Dmitri’s ankles.’
fallow year.
People had their doubts.
I admit that Roman is strong, but I wonder if there is a bubble in the achievement of defeating Butler.
If so, this could be a great opportunity.
It was virtually impossible to reach that level at the age of 20, so he hoped to win the achievement of defeating Roman Dmitri by swordsmen in Cairo.
vague borderline.
Cairo fell into silence.
With the appearance of a mutant named Roman Dmitri, rankers hid themselves and polished their skills to the fullest.
‘No matter what choice you make, it is certain that from the moment Roman Dmitri moves, Cairo’s ranking will be pushed sequentially.’
It was certain.
According to Valhalla sources.
The fight against Butler was real.
Whether Roman challenges from the top or the bottom.
It was undeniable that all the rankers in Cairo would be pushed out because of only one Roman Dmitri.
It was then.
“Priest, priest!”
A follower of Valhalla.
He came running after a month and spoke in an urgent voice.
“I got a call from Roman Dmitri. Finally, the open ranking match that the priest has been waiting for begins!”
at that point.
Willas smiled brightly like a child.
* * *
That time.
Marquis Benedict also received the same report.
“… Is it finally moving?”
last year.
He did his best to recruit Roman.
Roman Dmitri set an exact deadline of one year, but Marquis Benedict believed that only those who work hard can achieve beauty.
He periodically sent gifts to Roman Dmitri, took care of family congratulations and condolences, and one day sent his own daughter to win Roman’s favor.
despite such efforts.
Roman did not give a definite answer.
He may have been more favored than the other nobles, but Roman Dmitri never gave a firm answer.
‘The current situation in the international community is unusual.’
Kronos Empire.
They were like active volcanoes.
I didn’t know when it would explode due to those who insisted on conquering the continent from the inside, and most of all, an incident occurred in which the main figures of the Mage Towers in the Cronus Empire disappeared recently.
The beginning was the phoenix of the Frankish kingdom.
Even back then, people dismissed it as a personal case of a mage tower, but when cases in which the owners of the mage tower disappeared in succession occurred, people thought there was some kind of conspiracy behind it.
And of course.
The Kronos Empire, which suffered the most damage, expressed its anger.
Convinced that it was the work of other countries, he raised his voice saying that now is a good opportunity to conquer the continent.
Cronus’ age was great.
Even knowing what kind of ambition they had, people couldn’t stimulate the beehive with the thought that it might become ‘reality’.
It was the same in Valhalla, the same empire.
Although Valhalla quickly grew in power thanks to its geographical characteristics as a tropical rain forest and the advantage of not facing a border with Cronus, it was not yet certain of victory in a head-to-head confrontation with Cronus.
an imminent situation.
At times like this, it was the weaker countries that were more anxious.
In particular, Cairo, which borders Cronus, was not at all strange when attacked.
‘War with Kronos is an unavoidable reality. When they cross borders and show their ambitions in earnest, Cairo needs an orderly power system to stand against them. Fighting on the southern front already revealed a fatal flaw in Cairo. Now is the time for change. If the noble faction recruits only Roman Dmitri, then the current power system will no longer stand by.’
Royal Night.
It was the last puzzle Benedict wanted to defeat them, so he waited patiently even if he made his opponent struggle.
He is a person worth having.
It was not a problem for the aristocrats to overthrow the country as long as Cairo secured the best talent.
‘A weak king cannot endure the chaotic times. Even if Roman Dmitri doesn’t give us the answer we want.’
puck.
Kwajik.
broke the cup
Favor was born out of hope.
At the moment when even hope is not allowed, Marquis Benedict will not leave the variable called Roman alone.
Blood flowed from his hands.
After wiping off the blood with a handkerchief, he called his vassal and asked.
“So, where is Roman Dmitri?”
maybe.
It was highly likely that he had come up to the capital.
It was because most of the top rankers were in the capital, but the vassal’s answer was different from what was expected.
“… That’s why Dmitry Roman is now in the North.”
northern.
This made it clear.
Roman Dmitri chose to come up from the very bottom.
* * *
Ranked 99th.
Jaden swallowed dry saliva at the letter he received a few days ago.
[As a ranker in Cairo, I am applying for a ranking match against Jayden, who is ranked 99th.]
Finally.
The time has come.
Roman Dmitri, who had only been rumored, started to move in earnest and pointed to Jayden as his first opponent, contrary to expectations that he would challenge from the top.
In fact, looking only at the objective facts, Roman Dmitri was an overwhelmingly dominant match.
In the first place, there was no need to discuss the game with Butler, and with the achievement of defeating Homer, all the lower-middle rankers in Cairo were able to be crushed.
however.
Jaden saw the confrontation with Roman as an opportunity.
‘Roman Dmitri is a person aiming for the top ranking. If he was truly a person of skill who lived up to the rumors, there would be no reason why he would want a battle of attrition against the lower rankers. Perhaps the rumors of Roman Dmitry are exaggerated. That’s why, expecting the fact that he would lose to the top rankers at any time, he must have intentionally made us his scapegoats to increase his reputation.’
It was a reasonable hypothesis.
If Roman Dmitri’s skills were real.
Skipping the meaningless war of attrition and immediately challenging the ranking leader is inevitably beneficial in all respects.
The only thing that can be gained through useless wars of attrition is victory that people will take for granted, and even if fatigue builds up in the process, victory in other matches cannot be guaranteed.
Maybe that was the goal, I didn’t know.
If fatigue builds up and you get injured, you’ll be able to hold back with a suitable excuse.
Is that why?
Jaden did not avoid confrontation.
He showed up on the specified date and faced Roman Dmitri.
‘Like rumors, he’s really young.’
Age of mid 20’s.
It was revealed from the appearance.
According to rumors that he had already set up a schedule with his next opponent, Jayden’s sense of selfishness was burning hot.
‘I do my best from the start.’
this match.
I didn’t want to win.
Even if he had to lose, he hoped that the swordsman named Jayden would prove what kind of existence he was.
Judgment of the confrontation.
Willas took over.
As soon as he received the application for the ranking match, he came running in a month.
Palak.
“start-!”
A signal that falls like a thunderbolt.
That moment.
puck.
Jaden’s mind sank into the far darkness.
* * *
The people watching were astonished.
just 1 second.
A decision was made in an instant.
Wanting to see if Roman rushed in quickly, Jaden hit the opponent’s vitals hard before he could do anything.
That was it.
Nameless.
People couldn’t keep their mouths shut.
I knew that Roman was strong, but I wondered if they, like Jaden, were ‘perhaps’.
Willas checked Jaden’s condition.
I looked at Roman as if I couldn’t come to my senses at all.
“It’s a one-sided match that doesn’t really make any sense. Do you really need to go through such a cumbersome confrontation? With Roman Dmitri’s skills, you could challenge the top rankers right away, but why don’t you skip the matchup schedule and start at around 30th place? Don’t you know Roman? The fact that a confrontation starting from the bottom is not very beneficial for Roman-sama, who is aiming for the top.”
Willas had heard the rumors too.
A match against the 99th.
Roman was looking for an excuse to run away.
If he defeats only moderately high levels and retreats due to blood accumulation, Roman Dmitri can avoid the strong people he really has to deal with and secure his honor.
It was a really clever move.
If you can’t meet people’s expectations, the result of leaving ‘hope’ even if questions follow is beneficial to you.
Roman said.
“I understand why Mr. Willas said that. But that’s why we need to rise from the bottom up.”
public rumor.
Roman Dmitry’s life gave way.
If he had been called a swordsman’s genius since he was young, people would have looked at Roman’s progress without a single doubt.
But the truth was otherwise.
Before Baek Joong-hyeok became possessed, Roman Dmitri was a person called an idiot, and the period of notoriety was longer than that of Cairo’s hero.
so that.
People always had to be suspicious.
Even though he acknowledges him as a Cairo hero, he doubts whether his skills are as great as the rumors.
The confrontation with the 99th ignited suspicion.
No matter how much you think about it, there was no reason for Roman Dmitri to push himself so hard if he wanted the top spot.
“I know what rumors are going around about this showdown. The reason people doubt my choices is that they think I can’t claim the top of the kingdom of Cairo. So I made this choice. from the lowest to the highest. If I can take down all the strong without stopping, no matter what kind of life I have lived, there will be no doubt.”
end with that.
Roman took a step back.
A confrontation with the next turn was scheduled.
Seeing the back of Roman leaving the road first, Willas felt his blood boil.
‘This is it.’
From 99th to 1st.
Roman said he would deal with everyone.
Willas couldn’t help but be genuinely happy at the statement that he would prove it with his skills, whether people doubted it or not.
Boring Cairo life.
I was waiting for someone like Roman.
I don’t know where Roman’s challenge will be blocked, but Willas wanted Roman to last as long as possible.
A match that ended in vain.
The news immediately hit the Kingdom of Cairo.
* * *
First win.
People took it for granted.
No, it had to be negative.
“It’s a great challenge, but isn’t it too much? Roman Dmitri has a very tight schedule. No matter how great a person is, if he repeats his aura every day, fatigue will inevitably pile up. How the hell are you going to win against the top rankers?”
“I know. I can’t be late for that either. He said that he would defeat Jayden and challenge for first place. If he puts off his schedule, it is no different than making his own words miserable.”
this ranking match.
It was an unusual event.
Even those who acknowledged Roman Dmitri thought it was very difficult to get from 99th to 1st.
one per day.
It is at least 99 days.
It was virtually impossible to finish all of those schedules with victory.
however.
It took less than a week for such doubts to disappear completely.
