First Demon Leader:
[Name: Branok]
[Title: Demon Leader]
[Class: Assassin]
[Level: B-Class]
Second Demon Leader:
[Name: Aldric]
[Title: Demon Leader]
[Class: Warrior]
[Level: B-Class]
Just about five meters apart, the two Demon Leaders stood in front of Gaseo, glaring fiercely at Gaseo. They hoped to intimidate Gaseo and shake his confidence. However, to their surprise, Gaseo showed no fear at all.
This surprised the Demon Leaders, leading them to suspect that Gaseo might be within the top 5 Player Rankings. Otherwise, what else could explain Gaseo's extreme confidence?
"Hey, kid! What's your Player Ranking?" Branok asked as he couldn't help but was curious to know.
"Yeah, what's your rank? Are you in the top 5 or something?" Aldric asked, expressing his curiosity as well.
Gaseo had heard players discussing the Tutorial Player Ranking before, but he never bothered to check his own rank because he had no interest in such matters. Ranking held no significance for him since he wasn't trying to compete with anyone. His goal was simple: survival, and that was it.
"Sorry, I don't know what rank I am." Gaseo replied.
"Huh? What do you mean you don't know??" Branok exclaimed in surprise.
"Are you for real? You're not joking with us, right?" Aldric asked doubtfully.
"Well, since you guys mentioned it, I guess there's no harm checking it now… Hold on, give me a second…" Gaseo said.
A hologram screen appeared in front of Gaseo, and he began checking it.
A short while later, Gaseo found it.
[Tutorial Player Ranking: Sol Gaseo, Rank 527,716,238.]
"Yeah… it says here my Ranking is 527,716,238…"
Upon hearing that, the two Demon Leaders burst into loud laughter.
"Hahahahahhaha!!!"
"Bahahahahahahaha!!!"
Gaseo looked rather confused and couldn't understand why they were laughing at him.
'The hell is wrong with these two Demon Leaders?? Did I do something wrong..?'
Gaseo wasn't surprised to find his ranking extremely low. Being classless and undergeared, it was no surprise that he wasn't at the top of the Tutorial Player Ranking.
After a good half-minute of laughter, the two Demon Leaders finally calmed down.
"Man, I can't believe I got scared for nothing!" Branok said.
"Haha! Same! I thought this kid was in the top 5 or something, but it turned out he was actually a complete garbage." Aldric said.
Branok and Aldric got scared for nothing as they thought Gaseo was in the top 5 Player Ranking. However, knowing now that Gaseo was actually trash, they felt relieved. Of course, they do have doubts that maybe Gaseo could have lied, but from the way Gaseo spoke, to them it doesn't seem like Gaseo was lying at all.
It was hard to explain why they believed Gaseo's words, maybe it was because of how Gaseo said and revealed his rank so innocently. Furthermore, Gaseo wasn't equipping any armor or weapon, making it evident that he was very undergeared. For these reasons, they were convinced that Gaseo wasn't lying and was truly Rank 527,716,238.
"Haha. Very funny, huh? Are you guys done?" Gaseo said.
Branok and Aldric were laughing so hard that tears streamed from their eyes.
"Sorry about that! Yes, we're done." Branok said as he wiped away his tears of laughter.
"Well, there's no need for both of us to fight this kid. So, Branok, I'll leave this trash to you to handle." Aldric said.
"Sure, no problem! This is going to be easy peasy anyway." Branok said.
During this time:
TIME FREEZE!
Gaseo wasn't mad, but was just annoyed with these two Demon Leaders.
[You have casted Time Freeze, time will stop for 10 seconds starting from now.]
"Hmm… Alright, let's see what I can do."
Gaseo was trying to be creative with his attacks. After all, ten seconds was plenty enough time to try out many different things.
'Hehe! This is going to be fun! Alright, for now, let's try and focus on their private parts first. Keke!'
Gaseo smirked and advanced, aiming directly for the private parts of the two Demon Leaders.
PUNCH! PUNCH! PUNCH!
UPPERCUT! UPPERCUT! UPPERCUT!
KICK! KICK! KICK!
[2 seconds remaining before time will resume.]
2 seconds later…
[Time Freeze has ended. Time will now resume.]
Unfortunately, Gaseo's attacks had no effect on Branok or Aldric; they were simply too weak to cause any harm.
'Hmm, what's this..? Did someone just touch my crotch?' Branok thought.
'What's this weird sensation...? It feels like someone just touched me down there.' Aldric thought.
Branok and Aldric felt a bit confused and had no idea what had happened to them. They didn't experience any pain or itchiness; instead, they simply felt as if someone had just touched their crotches.
Meanwhile, Gaseo was shocked to discover that his attacks had no effect on them at all.
'What?! They're still fine even after all that... Jeez, to think I only did so little damage to them, even though I kicked and punched their crotches so many times... Damn, these Demon Leaders are truly on another level…'
Branok was Rank 1 among the 10 Demon Leaders, and Aldric was Rank 2, which means Gaseo is currently facing the two strongest Demon Leaders right now.
Compared to Ingrid, the Rank 9 Demon Leader, Branok and Aldric were in a league of their own. Even someone like Kangho wouldn't last a minute against Branok or Aldric, let alone the top 100 players. Only the top 5 players stood a chance, and even then, there was no guarantee they could win.
[Time Freeze's Cooldown: 57 seconds remaining.]
Gaseo began to wonder if the Demon Leaders had any weaknesses or vulnerable spots that he could target to inflict significant damage.
'Hmm… maybe I should try aiming for their throat, nose, eyes, and mouth next time. Wait, what t—!!'
Out of nowhere, at lightning speed, Branok materialized in front of Gaseo and delivered a powerful punch to Gaseo's face.
"Time is up, kid! Now, die! Hahaha!" Branok said.