Chapter 72

□【Reporter】/【Zetsuei】Mary Adler

I knew about the three top-ranking players of the Dryf Empire even before the war.

As a 【Reporter】... and as someone who engages in PK, gathering information on strong players is essential.

The three top-ranking players of Dryf are all different.

Top of the Duel Ranking, the leader of the Demon Legion who wields sacrificial rituals, “Paradox Formula” 【Demon General】 Logan Godhart.

Top of the Hunt Ranking, boasting the strongest stats among all players, “Physical Strongest” 【Beast King】.

And the top of the Clan Ranking, 【Grand Professor】 Mr. Franklin.

Among these, Franklin was the only one who was not a 【Superior Class】 during the war.

Moreover, he was the only non-combat class.

In terms of raw stats, his power is inferior even to lower combat classes.

Compared to the “Physical Strongest” 【Beast King】 or the “Magical Strongest” 【Earth God】, he would be like dust.

Of course, the Clan Ranking is different from the other two rankings, as it competes on the scale of the clan.

Even if the owner has no combat power, it's not a problem, though it might be unusual.

The top of the Clan Ranking in the war was meant to show the power of the clan, with individual combat power being secondary.

Indeed, it was whispered as such.

However, the results were entirely different.

Franklin's threat was not inferior to the other two, even though he was not a 【Superior Class】.

Through the war... Franklin's job and the characteristics of his 【Embryo】 became widely known.

The 【Grand Professor】 specializes in the study of monsters, and Franklin's 【Embryo】, Pandemonium, specializes in the production of monsters.

The combination of research and production, though similar, resulted in Franklin creating a terrifying army.

It was a diverse army of monsters with various characteristics.

Resistant to physical attacks, reflecting magic, self-destructing when near death, possessing and controlling, etc., etc.

Despite these varied characteristics, all the monsters had the same appearance.

Franklin faced a small number of the kingdom's 【Masters】 and the king's direct army who participated in the war.

When they clashed, the result was a disaster.

Confused by the unpredictable actions of the monsters, like a surprise box, they were overwhelmed, and powerful monsters with stats comparable to a 【Superior Class】 attacked them.

As a result, the army of the 【Masters】 was annihilated, and the king was devoured by the monsters.

It is said that producing and assembling the monster army that accomplished this required astronomical costs.

The materials needed to create monsters and the funds required to obtain them were enormous.

However, this was not a problem for Franklin, who led the largest clan in Dryf and had the empire as a sponsor.

He challenged the war with the scale of his clan and demonstrated his threat through personal ability.

After the war, as a PK... as a 【Superior Class Killer】, I received many requests to kill Franklin.

The main clients were the 【Masters】 who received Despair Penalties during the war and the relatives of the soldiers who were sacrificed.

However, I did not accept those requests.

I went to observe.

I considered accepting the request if I could kill him.

But it was impossible.

I knew at first glance.

He could be killed easily.

—But something terrible would definitely happen.

To me, Franklin looked like a cannonball with dynamite wrapped around his stomach... no, something far more sinister and vicious.

I abandoned the assassination of Franklin.

A little after I avoided fighting Franklin, he was frequently attacked because he had made many enemies, not just those who had requested his assassination.

Most of these attacks were repelled by monsters, but once... Franklin was defeated.

At that time, Franklin was still a 【Master】 of a 【Superior Embryo】... not yet a 【Superior Class】, so the person who defeated him did not become a 【Superior Class Killer】 like me.

However... after the war, Franklin received a Despair Penalty once.

In terms of stats, he was the weakest, which was expected.

But the problem was what happened after that.

After returning from the Despair Penalty, Franklin found and attacked the person who defeated him, and this time he won decisively.

The next time too.

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