The Rankers Guide to Live an Ordinary Life - CH 5

Baek Do-hyun first met ‘her’ when one day, mankind was nearing its end

Hundreds of unexpected cracks appeared simultaneously all over the country

Since the country had been upgraded to ‘First Priority Country’ by babel, it was the first major crack incident

Monster waves showed no end and continued coming and coming

Hunters desperately fought in their respective areas, but it wasn’t enough

The situation at Jamsil Bridge which was being managed by a small number of elite guilds, such as Babylon, was especially bad

With no reinforcements coming in, their forces were pushed back more and more, and the shock-stated bridge was quickly collapsing

Right when he was in his limit

Instead of Baek Do-hyun who was in a crisis while trying to save the citizens, the guild leader Gyeon Ji-rok got fatally injured

「Rok! No way. Wake up, keep your eyes open, Gyeon Ji-rok!」

「…Fuck. It hurts like hell」

「Are you laughing right now? You, your arm. Damn it…」

One of his shoulders was completely crushed

Baek Do-hyun couldn’t bear to keep talking because of his terrible appearance. However, even as he was vomiting blood, Gyeon Ji-rok kept laughing

「Hey. Our nice and kind Baek Da-hyun. …If I, told you I had a Deus ex Machina that I hadn’t used yet, what would you do? Would you scold me for not using it until now」

(Deus ex machina is an unexpected power or event that can be used to save a hopeless situation)

「You son of a bitch, it’s not time to be joking. We have to stop the bleeding…!」

Tak-!

Ji-rok grabbed onto Baek Do-hyun who was about to get up. Something was going to go wrong

Then he whispered with some sort of madness

「Don’t tell anyone about what you see from this point onwards」

With his blood-soaked hands, Gyeon Ji-rok broke the necklace he always wore

After that it was like a dream… It felt as if everything was a ‘dream’

Starting with the color of the sky changing…

Like some sort of symbol, thunderstruck, and the roaring monsters were thrown down into the Han River all at once

Guuung-!

A long resonance was heard

The sound of a giant film tearing apart in the sky

As he held onto the fainted Gyeon Ji-rok, Baek Do-hyun looked up at the sky

The shadows that covered the sky grew bigger and darker. And…

There was a person sitting on top of a black dragon

It was the first time he had seen it, but he knew it instinctively

‘The Magician King…!’

The rumored Number 1

The first in the country, ‘Jo’

Rumble. The magician king lightly landed and walked towards them

Baek Do-hyun’s eyes were open wide

It was a marvelous sight

Every step the king took, the collapsed places around were being restored as if time was rewinding

The magician king asked

「Did you do that?」

「…I can’t say I didn’t」

「If you did, you will be dead. So tell me exactly what happened」

「I didn’t hurt him, but he got hurt because of me. Are you an acquaintance of the leader? There is no excuse for not taking responsibility …I’m sorry」

「What’s your name?」

「…It’s, Baek Do-hyun」

After hearing his name, they were silent for a moment, and then, they lifted their hood

Leaving the chromatic light behind, their gazes… met

Baek Do-hyun’s eyes trembled

It was the first time he felt such a strong feeling in his life. It wrapped around his whole body. It was, It felt like some sort of attack

It was beyond his imagination, Baek Do-hyun somehow managed to hold back his voice

‘Jo’ smirked

「I am surprised that this side is in the same situation. Show off your title. I will bother you for a bit」

「…what?」

「Whatever. I don’t want to get more entangled. I trust you since you are ‘the brave defender of good faith’. But look, at first glance, you don’t think I am a bad guy do you? I’ll take Gyeon Ji-rok with me, so you can relax

And that was the end of it

The black dragon flew back towards the sunset sky

Intense… that’s the only word that could describe the first and last conversation he ever had with her

He hadn’t told anyone about it, even Gyeon Ji-rok, But Baek Do-hyun never forgot that day

Until the very last moment where his life ended

***

And… now. For the 2nd time in his life

Still small, still cute, and still has the same indifferent face

“Eeh. There is nothing to eat here. Is this really a place people live in?”

“…”

“Hooo. tch, there is no bed. What is this? I’m disappointed”

“…”

Was… was she always like this…?

The magician king(Special: Ranked No 1) rolled up her blanket like a cocoon and poked her head out

“Excuse me”

“…yes?”

“Please order some tteokbokki. It’s been a while since I worked so hard that I am hungry. Very hungry”

“…Tteokbokki?”

“Oh my god, my stomach. I am so tired of working so hard that I have no strength left. I am about to die”

“…Where should I order from?”

“Yupdduk. Half n half. Light spice. Add cheese.”

This wasn’t right

This really wasn’t right

After finishing her order, while Baek Do-hyun was wearing his shoes she couldn’t help but mutter ‘it would be delicious if we added in sausages too’

“Also get a Melona on the way home”

“…”

…where was the convenience store?

He didn’t think there was any nearby

Not long after regressing, the surrounding area still felt a bit unclear. So he might have to be a little late…

‘I am going to need to hurry!’

Love… the chain of flare within the human race

The fucking handsome, pushover, Border collie Baek Do-hyun quickly hurried his steps

***

Few hours ago

The ability Gyeon Zio received from her deity was something like an archive, or an computer library

[Libraryzation]

Simply put, It was like a high level margin changing the surrounding environment into a customized field optimized for her…

Once ‘Libraryzation’ was activated, Zio would become the owner of the library as the sole contractor of the covenant

It would be possible to read character information within the area of control, edit the ‘development’ and ‘ending’, or find and implement ‘recordings’

When he first found out about Zio’s ability, Gyeon Ji-rok had exploded in anger, asking what kind of a OP character was she

But despite that, her covenant still insisted that Zio should climb the tower saying she was still immature

As if to prove that wasn’t wrong only 17% of the ‘libraryzation’ displayed in the status window was proficient

Anyway, the bottom line is, it was incredibly strong

‘I think, my ability… sounds kinda cool’

Zio who put a full stop in the air was doing a gesture without holding a quill

Even for an archmage who was capable of monstrous operation, ‘modification’ was the most difficult and dangerous area to deal with

However, this time it was relatively easy thanks to the regressor who knew the details of the incident

With all the possibility of ‘development’ blocked, the Seolleung station, where the accident was modified, was clean as if nothing had happened

Hiding her pride, Zio raised her hand. Well, it was time for her to go now

「Being together with you was embarrassing, so let’s never see each other again」

「Ah, wait…!」

「No way, I will throw away all the bonds shackles of this world and set off to find my own happiness」

Baek Do-hyun couldn’t hold onto her

With series of speed based abilities, Zio wrapped around the wind

She quickly hid into the alley next to the starbucks, slashing through everything

The main characters of box office movies were very scary people

According to the rules of the old genre, once they caught the so-called ‘big shot’ they would completely brush them off to the bottom

Even more, if it was Gyeon Zio the biggest figure ranked in number 1

The moment she makes a mistake and gets tangled up together in the wrong way and he says ‘is this person the one in the strongest support position’ it was all over

‘’That won’t do. Who would want that?’

There should only be one Gyeon Zio on board

How dare a regressor who looks like a fine border collie

[Your covenant ‘the reader of fate’ admires you for your speedy survival instinct]

Diing-

‘Who is it, is it an emergency?’

[Mother’s son: (Photo)]

[Mother’s son: (Photo)]

Sure enough, it was starbucks

Even though she was just in a side alley, the wi-fi connected, and kakaotalk exploded, she guessed they had a good router. Zio opened up her phone’s lock in admiration of the capital power of the Dragon franchise…

‘Oh, ah, nononono’

Two pictures were sent by Gyeon Ji-rok

It was Zio’s empty room

Only the faint traces of the bed were left there, touching the viewers heart

Following the earthquake, Zio had went into the temple in Gangwon-do, and the prayer was read quickly

‘Ga-Gangwon-do’

Yong-in’s boarding school was terrible, but now Gangwon-do temple?

Her brain melted

Even when she took the csat twice, she never had to think so quickly and fiercely

The consideration didn’t take too long

Yes, tomorrow’s pain is farther than today’s pain. I’ve decided!

Zio raised her body that she had hidden behind a telephone pole. She called out without hesitation with her fingers crossed

「Over here, mister」

「….!」

Baek Do-hyun who was looking around for the missing magician king turned around in surprise

Looking at his neat, trustworthy, and excellent looking face that suited his personality, Zio asked

「Things don’t look good. Do you have money and a house?」

***

It was the perfect runaway teenager comment… Baek Do-hyun finished his short recollection

People would often say he was chosen to be favored by street cats. But now, he fully understood how that felt

Except for the fact that she was a human, this person (Ranked no.1) didn’t have much habits different from those small animals

Shameless, lazy, unable to move well in one place, naturally commanding others…

“What are you looking at?”

Fierce and…

“Heeey. Oi, Mr.Baek, I’m sleepy. Turn off the lights”

‘…cute’

No, he had to get his act together

What are you doing…! Baek Do-hyun, were you always such an easy guy?

Baek Do-hyun shook his head and grabbed his heart. As a regressor who had gone through countless horrific and miserable battlefields, he always looked sternly serious during daytime

“”You need to brush your teeth before you go to bed. I got you a new toothbrush. Get up”

“Huu. That’s annoying”

“No you can’t. You’ll get cavities. Didn’t you eat two Melona? Come on’

Zio got up with a grudging manner

She had nowhere to go, so she hurriedly followed him, but this man was extremely strict

She was scolded if she spilled some tteokbokki broth, and he even gave her a hard time just because she chose sausages

He even scolded her for leaving the melona stick alone

‘Will I really live with the shame of staying in somebody else’s house…?’

[Your covenant ‘the reader of fate’ nods loudly]

[People can live without cleaning, but he is concerned that it would be hard to breathe]

‘What can I do, Unni? I need to be the kind one who will put up with it’

[Your covenant feels sorry for its cute little incarnation that is sometimes too soft

[In a scary world like this, you can’t live like that. And it’s been anxious since you have been staying at the house of an outsider]

‘Yes…’

[Exclusive skill ‘Spoiler Child’ evolves one level!]

‘…’

[…]

This damn Babel

In the distance the skirt wind… no the star wind leader coughed in vain

Gyeon Zio quietly focused on brushing her teeth