Ranker’s Return

’t do this in the next match.”

Hyeonu patted Dwayne’s shoulder. There was the whip and then the carrot. “It’s fine.
Well done.
It was perfect except for this.
It is enough to get a bronze medal today.”

The viewers saw this scene, and the number of messages increased.

–Wow, our leader’s charms are showing!

–Isn’t the chemistry between these two too good? A super fun chemistry.

–However, it’s a bit different from usual. He isn’t pretentious and is like a real craftsman.

–The value of the gold coins is certain. It is expensive. I would learn if I had gold coins. These are real tips. It is true education.

***

“Isn’t this amazing? Just a few days ago, Dwayne was ranked 67,342,332nd.
Take a look now.
How many consecutive wins has he achieved?”

Dwayne ’s momentum was astounding. After winning against the first opponent, he gained confidence and was on a roll in the ranking matches. It didn’t matter what type of class they had. He literally destroyed them, regardless of whether they were a swordsman, a magician, or a knight with a shield. As a result, Dwayne was on a nine-game winning streak.

–Wow, nine consecutive wins…

-I’m really envious. I’d like to learn that.

–No. Are you supported by items like Dwayne? Or do you have a class like that? Most crucially, you can’t learn from Alley Leader.

–Shivers. It is an assault of facts.

“What is your current ranking?” Hyeonu asked Dwayne, who had returned from the rankings match.

“I’m currently 42,272,932nd.
I rose around 25,000,000 rankings.” Dwayne’s voice sounded as usual like he hadn’t won a single victory.

It wasn’t because he had gotten victory without joy. He had just adapted to victory itself.

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“You will have to rise by 32,000,000 to get the bronze medal.
I think it is possible.
Dwayne, your current skills are enough to gain a bronze medal.”

Hyeonu didn’t whip a running horse. He just increased the other person’s confidence. Dwayne’s skills were enough. Moreover, his personality made it clear that he wouldn’t become complacent, no matter who praised him. This was why compliments would stir up confidence in him.

‘The problem is the proxy knights…
I don’t know about items, but Dwayne will definitely fall behind in skills.’

There were risks. The proxy knights, those who got paid to run to the arena instead—except for them, there was nothing else that would prevent Dwayne from getting a bronze medal.

“The next match has already been decided.
Then I’ll be going.”

In the meantime, another match started for Dwayne, and he disappeared again.

“Let’s watch Dwayne’s match once again.
He’ll win this time.”

–How do you know that?

–Things can happen.

–Does it make sense to win unconditionally?

“Why? Who taught him? It is Alley Leader, Alley Leader.”

–Kuek…
It came out again—his pretentiousness.

-Yes, the Pretentious King.

–He is consistent. This isn’t a concept.
It is his nature.

-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ. What does he need to eat to be so confident? I’m really curious.

Hyeonu had a strange expression as he watched the chat window once again present him as a man who was only pretentious.

“Then do you want to bet again? Will Dwayne win this time? I’ll stream next week if I lose.
Then what if I win? I will take two weeks off.
How about it?”

Hyeonu threw bait toward the audience again. The idea was to spend as much time as possible doing the main scenario before the huge patch was released.

–Accept, accept unconditionally. This time we will win.

-Won’t we be watching a stream next week?

–However, two weeks of absence if we lose? Just don’t do it.

–Hey, it is 13 consecutive wins.
Accept unconditionally!

At first, the public opinion in the chat room half welcomed it. There were those who accepted Hyeonu’s bet and those who didn’t. Their logic was simple. Dwayne’s skills had definitely improved and he had nine straight wins so far, so he was likely to win again. The opinion of not accepting this bet momentarily surged.

However, as soon as the information about Dwayne’s opponent was revealed, the ones opposing the bet became waste like a delisted stock. Dwayne’s opponent had won 13 consecutive matches. Additionally, the items he wore were items that increased movement speed.
They were precious and difficult to obtain.

–That one is a proxy.

–I’m accepting it unconditionally. I’m going to watch a stream next week. We are!!

–I’ll take this bet, Alley Leader.

–It has fallen to the ground and can’t be picked up.

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Hyeonu’s expression obscured by the mask was rotten. He didn’t expect Dwayne to be matched to a proxy knight here.

“Ugh. It can’t be helped.
Let’s go.
If Dwayne wins this match, I won’t stream for two weeks.
However, if Dwayne loses, I’ll stream normally next week.”

–Good.
ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ

–Everyone, let’s have the stream next week.

-ㅋ ㅋ ㅋ No matter how good Dwayne is, he can’t beat a proxy knight.

–This is obvious. A knight is at least a silver medal.

Hyeonu was forced to accept the bet with a feeling of weeping and eating mustard. ‘My mouth, my frivolous mouth! Ah!!!’

***

Dwayne was looking at the information of his matched opponent without knowing Hyeonu’s circumstances.

‘13 consecutive wins? Wow…’

The opponent had won 13 consecutive matches. He had won four times more than Dwayne. However, that was all Dwayne thought. The opponent had simply won four more times than him. This was what he thought.

‘He should be a bit better?’

Dwayne never dreamed that his opponent was a proxy knight. It was because his knowledge of Arena was extremely shallow. Dwayne just enjoyed playing Arena and didn’t study. He didn’t know things unless it was information that everyone knew and information about the proxy knights wasn’t something that everyone knew.

[The ranking battle has started.]

This message rang out to mark the beginning of the battle. Dwayne raised his guard and slowly approached his opponent.

‘A warrior class with a sword.
I just have to measure the distance.’

The other man rushed toward Dwayne as he thought this. Dwayne didn’t panic, and his eyes followed the warrior’s movements to the end. The warrior’s sword moved sharply toward Dwayne.

‘Stop and counter.’

It was a natural judgment. It was an act of suicide for a fighter to just watch a swordsman, as if he had given up the fight. Dwayne stretched out his fists to block the warrior’s sword. At this moment, the trajectory of the warrior’s sword changed.

‘What is this?!!’

The sword that had been aiming for his shoulder shifted paths and flew toward Dwayne’s abdomen.