Ranker's Return

Chapter 141

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Inside a fancy office, a man with neat pomaded hair was buried in a big black chair with his eyes closed .  He frowned, seemingly thinking about something intently, as his fingers tapped the desk incessantly .  The man tapped on his desk exactly 34 times . Then he stopped his fingers and opened his eyes .  

“What did I say, Rudd? It has been exactly two weeks,” Cheong Chen, branch manager of Adidas Asia, said emotionlessly . He was like a machine with no emotions .

Rudd replied while suppressing his sense of embarra.s.sment, “I made contact with Alley Leader . ”

“Then?”

“I said it failed . ”

“Then?”

“I’ll try again next time . ”

“Didn’t you say you didn’t get a chance to speak?”

“That’s right . . . ”

At this moment, Cheong Chen interrupted Rudd with a face revealing feelings of annoyance and anger .  “Then why do I have to be sworn at by that old man over the phone? I didn’t do anything!! Why should I suffer because of Lohan, an old man with no toenails?”

Upon hearing Cheong Chen’s shout, Rudd instinctively started making excuses . He felt desperate .  “Alley Leader just greeted me and left . I couldn’t make the transfer offer . ”

Cheong Chen’s expression cleared in an instant, and he tidied up his slightly protruding hair .

“Then find out where the information came from . Additionally, get in touch with those guys . If I can’t get a doll, then I have to rip it to pieces . That is the motto of my life,” Cheong Chen said with a smile .

It had been a week after Hyeonu met with Rudd .

Hyeonu’s hunting speed increased steadily .  He even thought it was a simple process .  The Fighting Energy Emission he gained from Racc.o.o.n played a part in it .  In fact, when he used the skill on the monsters in the Balder Mountains, the level of monsters was so high that there was no significant effect .

They just flinched briefly .  However, this brief gap was sufficient for Hyeonu .  It was enough for him to escape a crisis and insert Dark Star into the monster’s vital parts .

“Tang-E, when are you going to eat the essences?” Hyeonu asked Tang-E during a brief break between hunts .

“Essences? Why are you asking about that?” Tang-E asked from where he was lying on a sprawling rock .

“Nothing, I’m just asking in case you ate them . ”

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“I haven’t eaten them yet . I’ll eat them soon . I’m saving them . I won’t give them even to Master dude . ” Tang-E watched Hyeonu with hostile eyes .

They were the same kind of eyes that Yeongchan and Yuri had when Hyeonu sat down to eat with them .  It was a gaze that seemed to regard him as a compet.i.tor .

“I won’t take it! Why would I eat them?!” Hyeonu screamed like it was unfair .

Then Tang-E’s gaze became stranger . “Is that so, Master dude? I understand . Believe me . I’m a bear with a big heart . ”

Hyeonu ignored Tang-E’s ridiculous words and asked again, “So when exactly are you going to eat them?”

“I think I can awaken again soon . At that time, I’ll eat them . ”

“Awaken?”

‘Tang-E’s level is already approaching 200?’

When Hyeonu heard Tang-E’s words, he checked the status window .

[Status Window]

[Name: Tang-E

Level: 196

Species: Marionette Bear (First awakening)

t.i.tle: Bung Bung Island’s Heir

Stats: Strength: 787  Agility: 733  Physique: 899  Magic Power: 1,746

The heir of Bung Bung Island . Bear-like physical abilities and high magic power are racial characteristics . He is very affectionate, unlike his prideful tone .

Intimacy: 100

Skills Possessed: Bear’s Momentum, Forest’s Blessing, Magic Power Affinity, Lightning, Giant Transformation, Roar, Ice, Fire, Subs.p.a.ce . ]

Tang-E had gained the skills, Giant Transformation and Roar, after his first awakening .  Both skills were a huge help to Hyeonu while hunting .  Hyeonu was already looking forward to how good the skill from the second awakening would be when it corresponded to the player’s third cla.s.s advancement .

“By the way, what’s hidden in your subs.p.a.ce?” Hyeonu asked about the subs.p.a.ce in pa.s.sing .

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Tang-E flinched for a moment . “Nothing . There is nothing . It’s empty . ”

“Really? Then put some food in it later . I have the money to buy it . ” Hyeonu couldn’t help stroking Tang-E’s head .

“I understand, Master dude . Fill it up . ”

“If this continues, you can’t go to the compet.i.tion . Don’t you know that? Stop embarra.s.sing yourself . How can you lose at that ranking?”

Hearing Yoon Hyeongu’s words, Han Jaeyeol bowed his head .  Han Jaeyeol’s expression was severely distorted .  ‘I can’t compete?’ 

For Han Jaeyeol, the compet.i.tion was his immediate goal and hope .  It was the only hope that kept him afloat in the trashy Big Stars that didn’t give him proper support and made him work as a proxy knight .

“I’m sorry . I’ll practice harder . ” Han Jaeyeol couldn’t rebel against Yoon Hyeongu .  He still had hope though .

“Don’t forget there are many players besides you . You can go now,” Yoon Hyeongu stated .

Han Jaeyeol raised his head to reveal an expressionless face, but he was feeling rotten on the inside .  “I understand . ” 

Han Jaeyeol said goodbye to Yoon Hyeongu and left the office .

“I need to squeeze out a bit more . Are there another four months left?”

Four months—that was the amount of time left until the Arena Pro League ended .

Han Jaeyeol came out of the director’s office and returned to his dormitory .  After entering his room, Han Jaeyeol threw a pillow and vented his anger .  “Wah!!!”

The Big Stars’ players were scared by his yell and gathered in Han Jaeyeol’s room one by one .

“Why is Jaeyeol doing that?”

“I guess the director said something to him . ”

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“Did that happen again?”

“I guess so . ”

It had become routine for players like Han Jaeyeol to be called to the coach .  Everyone wanted to leave Big Stars if they had a chance .

“By the way, did you hear? What will happen in the next professional league?”

“What does that mean?”

At Kim Jinhwan’s words, everyone except for Han Jaeyeol looked at Kim Jinhwan .

“I secretly listened in on the director the other day . In the next league, it seems the patched castle will appear? Those who don’t have a castle won’t be eligible to partic.i.p.ate in the siege, and they will fall to the second division . ”

“What?”

“What does that mean?”

“So we’re going to the Second Division League?”

The other players asked Kim Jinhwan even though he wasn’t an employee of Quency .

He was so fl.u.s.tered that words came out randomly . “How many pro-gamers can earn enough imperial contribution for a castle? It is difficult to buy a t.i.tle for the next league even if you’ve been working hard since this talk came out . However, you can buy a castle from someone like Alley Leader . If not, buy it from a guild .  

“It is because the guilds aren’t in a hurry right now . If you give them money, they might sell it . Then what about us? The coach is a b.a.s.t.a.r.d who makes people act as proxy knights . He curses and hits them if they don’t . What can we do in this club? We will be sent to the Second Division League and have to continue acting as proxy knights . ”

Kim Jinhwan’s bombsh.e.l.l remarks made the players shut up .  They also knew how the club would act .  In fact, they knew better than anyone else as they had suffered for months already .

“So what can we do?”

“We can’t leave the team now . ”

“Do you need to invest some time in Arena now?”

“Who knows? Is it possible? We’re still pros . . . ”

“The gap is already too big . I still have two more weeks until I finish my third cla.s.s advancement . By that time, the famous streamers will already be past their third cla.s.s advancement . ”

The players were all over the place like merchants in the market .  However, as time pa.s.sed, the players’ words subsided .  The more they spoke, the more they realized that their future was grim .

“Sigh . . .  What should we do? Do we have to keep doing this?”

“If we go down to the second division, there will be less funding . . . We will be cut even further . Our salary . . . ”

All the players sighed .  They knew best as to what would happen to them the moment they were pushed out from the focus of people’s attention .  The players were still sighing when Han Jaeyeol approached them .  Han Jaeyeol’s expression looked like he had decided on something .  “Hey, if we continue like this, we won’t be able to go anywhere . We will be stuck under Yoon Hyeongu’s hand, and our lives will be over . Do you agree about this?”

The Big Stars’ players nodded .  Han Jaeyeol spoke harshly, but in a cold sense, this was their future .  Acknowledging this, the players showed their acceptance .  Then Han Jaeyeol continued, “So how about getting started four months earlier?”

Four months . . .

Han Jaeyeol’s words suggested that they stop being pro-gamers right now .

‘It is too much . Think slowly . ’ Lee Yeongjin expressed his opposition, “Isn’t this too extreme? Think a bit more and make a decision . . . ”

Some of the players nodded .

However, another player interrupted Lee Yeongjin .  It was Kim Jinhwan . “Yes, let’s go . I will no longer be a player here . If there is no place for me, then I’ll try to be a streamer . I can’t stand it anymore . ”

Kim Jinhwan helped Han Jaeyeol .  They had the same thoughts .  Seeing as they would be thrown away anyway, it would be better to walk out on their own feet .

“Jinhwan!” Lee Yeongjin called out Kim Jinhwan’s name loudly after hearing Kim Jinhwan’s words .

Kim Jinhwan just said whatever he wanted to say without any concern . “Yeongjin, I know what you’re worried about, but you should know this too . Four months later, we won’t be able to go out and become a streamer like we can right now . We will just be thrown away and rolled out . ”

“Jinhwan is right . In any case, we’re just consumables . Our only chance is right now . ”

Hearing Han Jaeyeol"s words, everyone looked at him .  They seemed to be asking for the method .

“Once something goes wrong, our life as pro-gamers is over . The domestic teams are already saturated, and they don’t have the strength to go to overseas teams, right?”

“That’s right . We wouldn’t have come here if we had that type of strength . ”

“Giving up on everything looks cool . We aren’t good enough to be professional gamers . I think this knowledge has come too late . ”

The players snapped at each other .  It was cold criticism .  Now that they gave up on the great foolishness of being a professional gamer, they could finally see reality .  Han Jaeyeol saw it and continued, “That’s why I thought about what to do . Our skills are good, so we’ll be able to stream 24 hours a day like those big guilds . We can also make a channel . Then we’ll make some money—more than we are making now . ”

The current salary they received from Big Stars was very low .  It was lower than what they would get from working a part-time job .

Someone asked, “In any case, the only thing we know is Arena . Let’s say this is true . Are we going to f.u.c.k over Yoon Hyeongu?”

Han Jaeyeol smiled with a confident expression . “You know how I lost to the man that Alley Leader taught?”

“Yes, that’s why you went to the office today . ”

“I will aim at Alley Leader . I saw on the stream that he’s a very nice person . If this is the case, he should come out unconditionally? He might accept if I speak to Nike . It is an opportunity for Alley Leader to become more popular . ”

This was the method Han Jaeyeol came up with .

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