The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 10
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Episode 10
“You’ll help?”
Mauga, the guard standing watch, was slightly surprised by the unexpected reaction.
The young man before him must be one of the foreigners filling Primordial Village ahead.
Until now, countless foreigners had approached the village.
‘What? Village entry restrictions? Anyone would think it’s some amazing reward.’
‘Tsk, I thought they’d at least give experience points… Ugh.’
He had been willing to grant entry if they helped the village, but the foreigners all refused and went their own way.
As a result, he now openly expressed rejection whenever foreigners approached.
This person would probably refuse the request for help anyway.
But this foreigner who approached readily agreed to the request for help.
“Yes. What can I help you with?”
It had been a long time since a foreigner passed the first stage.
“It’s a request from the Village Chief. Can you get us an Aura Flower?”
“An Aura Flower?”
“That’s right. It would be great if you could bring that flower.”
“What does it look like?”
“Just a moment.”
Mauga held out a photograph.
The photo showed an Aura Flower.
“So I need to bring this.”
“That’s right.”
Aura Flowers are rare flowers that only grow on cliffs.
Moreover, they bloom in very small numbers in tiny hollowed-out places, making them extremely difficult to harvest.
So this foreigner would also refuse here and turn back.
All the foreigners who said they’d help had done exactly that.
“Yes. I understand.”
But Mauga’s expectation was spectacularly wrong.
“You’ll really get it?”
He was genuinely surprised.
“Yes. You said it was a request, right?”
“Can you really get it?”
“I’ll have to look for it to find out.”
The foreigner disappeared with those words.
‘This foreigner is quite a peculiar fellow.’
Mauga thought this as he resumed his watch.
* * *
Opening hidden themes is extremely difficult work.
The difficulty gradually increases as you pass through higher-level villages.
“They definitely said the Aura Flower was somewhere nearby.”
Jung Hoon retraced his memories as he walked.
This hidden theme wasn’t opened by Jung Hoon, but by the traitor Alessandro Braiden.
He was one of the world’s strongest mages and called a sage, and he was the protagonist who opened the hidden theme.
Of course, his opening of the hidden theme would happen much later.
Everyone had no interest until they discovered hints that it played quite an important role in reaching the pinnacle of magic, and only then did they start moving.
‘Jung Hoon, do you know that hidden themes exist in each village?’
That damn bastard’s voice still echoed in his ears.
Just thinking about it made his fists clench with strength.
‘Really? I’m not particularly interested.’
‘Doesn’t All Master include magic too? It’s a perfect place for developing magic.’
‘Didn’t you already take it?’
‘Hehe, that’s right. That’s why I’m telling you.’
The guy who constantly got on his nerves whenever he was bored, claiming he was superior in magic alone.
‘This time I’ll be the one to take it.’
The place Jung Hoon arrived at was a stream quite far from the field.
This stream was long enough to connect to Primordial Village. The water he had scooped up with the gourd ladle a few days ago was also from this very stream.
But ahead, a Lv.17 Red Slime had taken position.
It was an upgraded version of regular slimes and one of the troublesome monsters in the field.
Red Slimes spew poison, so while level doesn’t matter if you’re high enough, if your level is low, the poison status effect chance is high, making antidotes essential.
Of course, Jung Hoon, who knew how to counter Red Slimes, was an exception.
[Human! This is my territory! Come closer and I’ll spew poison at you!]
The Red Slime couldn’t speak, so a message appeared above its head.
“Sorry, but I have business over there.”
Jung Hoon rushed forward.
[So warnings won’t work?!]
Purple smog rose from the Red Slime’s body.
Jung Hoon held his breath tightly and thrust his fist forward.
His fist penetrated through the slime’s body.
To defeat a slime, you need to destroy the small marble-like core inside its body.
The slime’s core was caught in Jung Hoon’s hand.
Jung Hoon clenched his fist and crushed the core.
[Kieeak!]
The Red Slime left that message and turned into liquid, soaking the ground.
[Level Up!]
[All stats increased by +1.]
[Bonus Stats +1 awarded.]
Good.
His level increased to 16.
And the Bonus Stats he had been saving up also reached 15.
[Achievement unlocked! ‘Good Things Should Be Saved (1)’ completed! 1,000 Achievement points awarded.]
An Achievement given each time you accumulate Bonus Stats.
Most users immediately invest the Bonus Stats they receive when leveling up.
So there weren’t that many users who achieved this Achievement.
This Achievement awards points until Bonus Stats accumulate up to 100, but since the reward was marked with a question mark, most didn’t attempt it.
However, in any game, there’s always a crazy person.
[Got 100 Bonus Stats ^^v]
-But they only gave me one D-rank emblem… is this right?
└Wow really? Damn, that’s insane…
└An emblem? You don’t invest Bonus Stats for 101 levels just to get that?
└If there’s anyone who still won’t invest after seeing this, come out and show yourself lol
Right here.
An emblem obtainable with Bonus Stats.
Since he obtained the Completed Beginner’s Mark, he needed to get this emblem too.
Because it was a material needed to craft such items.
Since leveling becomes slower as you progress, if you don’t obtain these early, you’ll suffer a bit later.
It’s better to obtain as much as possible during the beginner period when Bonus Stats have little impact.
The valley water was clean.
When he put his hand in, it was cold enough to chill his bones.
New World is called a revolution in gaming because it perfectly implemented even these minor details.
Jung Hoon shook off the water from his hands and swam across the stream.
As if proving that users’ feet hadn’t touched this place for a long time, the grass growing beyond the stream showed no signs of being trampled.
Well, what user would visit this empty place.
‘Except me.’
He trampled through the overgrown weeds and went deeper.
Ahead was a cliff.
Only dark darkness was visible, showing how deep it was.
Jung Hoon approached the cliff.
He had no intention of doing the crazy thing of going down this cliff.
The Aura Flower was simply here.
‘It should be around here.’
He was certain since he’d heard it enough times to get calluses on his ears.
Jung Hoon crouched down and felt around the wall surface directly below with his hands.
He slowly moved sideways, searching for a hole.
‘Found it!’
After feeling around for a while, he finally discovered a small hole.
When he put his hand inside, a small flower touched his finger.
Jung Hoon carefully plucked the flower.
A beautiful flower tinged with silver.
The Aura Flower the Village Chief requested was now in his hands.
* * *
“Hey, Mauga. It’s time to switch shifts.”
Someone approached Mauga who was standing guard.
It was a dark-skinned, bald man with a build that didn’t lose to Mauga’s intimidating physique at all.
“Block? Has it been that long already?”
When he checked the time, 8 hours had already passed.
“What, you didn’t even notice time passing? I don’t know how you can do such boring work like it’s nothing.”
Block tilted his head.
Standing guard meant standing still at the Village Entrance for 8 hours.
It was tedious and boring work, but Mauga consistently held his position without moving for 8 hours.
“…You’re the strange one. Didn’t you get caught sitting and dozing off while on guard duty last time?”
“Ahem, anyone can get sleepy standing still for hours in the night.”
“What if intruders come in while you’re doing that?”
“Intruders? I can handle intruders on my own.”
Block flexed his arm muscles and spoke with a confident expression.
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[NPC Information]
-Nickname: Block
-Level: 40
-Class: Village Guard
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Block’s level is 40.
There are monsters lurking around this area, but they’re all below Lv.20.
So monsters like those aren’t even worth a single punch.
“Strangers might come though.”
“Strangers? Those pathetic guys?”
Block snorted.
The level of strangers who come to the village is at most 30.
In fact, if he put his mind to it, he was confident he could crush them one-on-one.
“Anyway, a stranger came by 2 hours ago.”
“A stranger?”
“Yeah. He said he’d go get an Aura Flower.”
“Huh… that flower?”
Block couldn’t understand it.
He too had been giving out quests to strangers who came by, following the Village Chief’s orders.
However, over 70% of strangers would kick him away before even hearing the quest content, and the remaining 30% would immediately give up after hearing what the quest was about.
“I’m sure he’ll give up.”
“I agree.”
He completely agrees with Mauga’s words.
The Village Chief’s request is one that no one can fulfill.
“Anyway, I’m going to head inside, so watch my back.”
“Anything unusual?”
“Nothing. If there was, I would have mentioned it first.”
“Alright. Then on your way in, just bring me some milk. I came in such a hurry that I left it behind.”
“Got it…!”
Mauga’s words were cut off mid-sentence.
He was staring at a certain spot with slightly widened eyes, and Block’s head naturally turned in that direction as well.
“Huh? A stranger?”
The stranger was walking quickly toward the entrance where they were.
“I’ve brought the Aura Flower.”
* * *
Jung Hoon held an Aura Flower in his hand.
“It really is an Aura Flower…”
“That’s really the real thing?”
At the entrance, there was one more person besides Mauga.
NPC Block.
Of course, just because he brought it back doesn’t mean the quest is complete.
“…I’ll guide you to the Village Chief.”
Mauga is merely an intermediary.
To complete the quest, he needs to go to the Village Chief.
The Village Chief happened to be watering the field.
“Hmm?”
Sensing someone’s presence, the Village Chief who was watering turned his head.
“Village Chief, the stranger has brought the flower.”
The Village Chief’s eyes widened.
The Aura Flower that he had searched for so desperately but couldn’t find had appeared?
“Is that really true?”
“Yes. Please take a look.”
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[NPC Information]
-Nickname: Mark
-Level: 60
-Class: Village Chief
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His fierce appearance is no joke.
At face value, he looks to be in his mid-to-late 70s.
Yet somehow he had maintained himself so well that his build was even more intimidating than Mauga’s.
With arm muscles as thick as Jung Hoon’s waist, there wasn’t a trace of fat to be found on him.
His level is even 60.
He’s probably the highest level in this village.
“…This is the right flower! Thank you for bringing it! Thank you so much!”
Mark’s eyes reddened after confirming the flower.
It was only natural.
That Aura Flower is used to treat the Village Chief’s only granddaughter.
‘Thank goodness it’s not too late.’
The quest’s validity period is until the granddaughter passes away.
After that, there would be no reason to obtain the Aura Flower anymore.
Finally shedding tears, Mark grabbed Jung Hoon’s hand and shook it.
True to his burly build, his strength is no joke.
[Quest completed.]
[You are the first to complete the ‘Village Chief’s Request’ Quest. 3,000 Achievement points have been awarded.]
[You have obtained a ‘Village Entry Permit’.]
Mark handed the Village Entry Permit to Jung Hoon.
With this, Jung Hoon could now freely enter and exit the village.
“Do you need an introduction to the village?”
Was it because he had fulfilled the Village Chief’s request?
Mauga’s voice had become more friendly than when they first met.
“It’s fine. I prefer exploring on my own.”
“Is that so? Then I understand.”
Mauga obediently returned to his house.
Left alone, Jung Hoon wandered around the village, observing his surroundings.
‘When I first entered the village, I was confused because there was nothing here.’
As Alessandro had said, none of the villagers offered any quests.
That was only natural.
There was only a place connected to a hidden theme within the village.
No one knew anything about the hidden theme.
“Is this the place?”
Jung Hoon arrived at an abandoned house where human warmth had long since disappeared.
The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)
Author │ Yeon I Yo
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