The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 14
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Episode 14
[You have discovered an Undiscovered Dungeon! 1,000 Achievement points have been awarded.]
All dungeons in New World were discovered by users.
So discovering an undiscovered dungeon didn’t mean there was something tremendously hidden inside.
However, for Jung Hoon, the undiscovered dungeon before his eyes would play an incredibly important role.
[Would you like to enter the Lv.38 Venomous Krasha’s Dungeon?]
The Venomous Krasha is a centipede-type monster.
It carries poison, so special caution is needed when hunting it.
“Shaaaaak- Where do you think this is to come barging in!”
And this dungeon is a mini dungeon.
Without distinguishing between regular and boss, the raid is completed by just hunting the Venomous Krasha.
Of course, that doesn’t mean the difficulty is easy.
A giant centipede crawling on the cave ceiling.
The Krasha itself is quite powerful for level 38.
‘The discoverer ultimately failed to clear it, and users over level 60 gathered in a 4-person party to deal with the Krasha.’
Jung Hoon first took out his bow and drew the string.
If it won’t come down from the ceiling on its own, he’ll have to force it down.
When he released the string, a mana arrow shot out in a parabolic arc.
However, the arrow that hit the Krasha’s body bounced off powerlessly.
The Krasha snorted as if it took no damage at all.
“How ridiculous. You think you can do something to me with just this!”
Whoooosh-
Poison gas spewed from the Krasha’s mouth.
Right. If you can’t overcome that, you die.
This is a cave.
The poison gas from its massive maw instantly fills the surroundings.
[You have been poisoned.]
[Your life force is rapidly decreasing!]
[You will die within 20 seconds if not detoxified!]
The level gap between Jung Hoon and the Krasha was a whopping 17.
Having inhaled the poison of such a creature, it was natural he couldn’t last long.
‘Not yet.’
He had experienced this level of status ailment to the point of being sick of it before his regression.
He had experienced even worse poisons and curses.
Jung Hoon drew the string again and shot an arrow.
“How amusing that you’re trying to struggle in your pathetic state.”
The Krasha didn’t even consider the arrow worth dodging and just took the hit.
Of course, the arrow couldn’t pierce the Krasha’s skin and bounced off again.
Even so, Jung Hoon repeated such actions.
‘1 second.’
Jung Hoon took out the ‘Status Ailment Recovery Potion’ he received as a gift and drank it down.
[You have recovered from poisoning!]
Though he escaped the poisoning, since his health was on the verge of reaching 0, he used Lowest Grade Healing consecutively.
Then he drew the string again and shot an arrow.
[The Fighter exclusive skill ‘Strong Will’ activates.]
[You have acquired the skill ‘Arrow (Normal)’.]
Perfect.
The basic skill that users who choose archer obtain.
He had acquired Arrow.
[Arrow]
-Type: Active
-Level: 1
-Grade: Normal
-Consumes 1 mana to increase arrow attack power by 10.
Arrow is a skill that can only be obtained by repeatedly attacking monsters that cannot be damaged with regular arrows.
Jung Hoon shot an arrow again.
An arrow with 10 increased attack power by consuming 1 mana.
Flinch.
With the arrow’s increased attack power, the arrowhead succeeded in inflicting a slight wound on the Krasha’s skin.
The skill effect was definitely there.
However, the arrow didn’t stick and soon fell to the ground.
That alone was sufficient.
“Shaaaaak! Human! I was playing along because you were putting on a show!”
The Krasha, thoroughly enraged, rapidly moved its 150 pairs of legs and charged at Jung Hoon.
Its massive venomous fangs were revealed.
Jung Hoon slung his bow on his back and drew his sword.
‘Vital Strike’
The Vital Strike skill provides correction to accurately strike a monster’s vital points.
Clang!
Jung Hoon’s sword and Krasha’s poison fang clashed, producing a heavy collision sound.
Krasha thrust its poison fang forward, continuously pressuring Jung Hoon.
Clang! Clang!
Jung Hoon blocked its attacks while stepping back to create distance.
He needed to recover from his poisoned state.
[You have recovered from poison.]
He consumed another Status Ailment Recovery Potion.
Due to the poison gas filling the surroundings, a 20-second timer was set.
[Casting Lowest Grade Healing.]
He quickly cast Lowest Grade Healing repeatedly.
[The level of Lowest Grade Healing has increased.]
Good.
By repeatedly using Lowest Grade Healing, the skill level had increased.
[Fighter exclusive skill ‘Strong Will’ is activated.]
[You have acquired the skill ‘Single Poison Immunity (Normal)’.]
After drinking Krasha’s poison repeatedly, Strong Will reacted and he acquired the skill he had been aiming for.
[Single Poison Immunity]
-Type: Passive
-Level: 1
-Grade: Normal
-Increases resistance to poison. (Poison resistance)
-Resists health reduction caused by poison.
Single Poison Immunity.
A passive skill that creates resistance to Krasha’s poison.
‘Eventually, I’ll be able to progress to Ten Thousand Poison Immunity.’
The realm of Ten Thousand Poison Immunity that he hadn’t reached before his regression.
This time, he would definitely achieve it.
[You resist the poison.]
After acquiring the skill, the speed at which he fell into status ailments noticeably slowed.
“Shaaak! Human! What trickery have you used!”
Confirming that he was resisting its poison, Krasha pressured Jung Hoon.
It contained the will to quickly end this battle.
However, Jung Hoon, who had no intention of ending it easily, raised his sword and engaged with Krasha.
Clang!
The fierce collision sounds repeated once again.
[Fighter exclusive skill ‘Strong Will’ is activated.]
[You have acquired the skill ‘Sword Mastery (Normal)’.]
Good.
If what he had obtained before was Vital Strike, this time he acquired a skill that enhanced swordsmanship overall.
[Sword Mastery]
-Type: Passive
-Level: 1
-Grade: Normal
-The sharpness of swordsmanship becomes more pronounced.
-Sword attack power increases by 5%.
-Critical hit probability increases by 2%.
The repeated confrontations had been worthwhile.
Indeed, continuously clashing with high-level monsters yielded quick results.
The corners of Jung Hoon’s mouth twitched.
“How dare you against me!”
Seeing that smile, Krasha became enraged.
‘Should I gradually move on to the next skill?’
Jung Hoon’s eyes turned menacingly cold.
At that moment, sword strikes incomparable to before unfolded.
Slash.
Each time Jung Hoon swung his sword, Krasha’s legs were severed.
Its vital points weren’t just the head.
The joints between that body and legs.
If he precisely targeted only those joints, severing the legs was no trouble at all.
“Kieeeek!”
As its legs were severed, Krasha writhed in pain.
It became even easier to attack.
Jung Hoon continued swinging his sword.
[Fighter exclusive skill ‘Strong Will’ is activated.]
[You have acquired the skill ‘Vertical Slash (Normal)’.]
Following Sword Mastery, he had acquired Vertical Slash.
A skill that could be obtained when dealing consistent damage through repetitive slashing.
‘Magic Missile.’
Simultaneously, he rapidly rotated the circle to circulate mana, then released it following the incantation.
A blue mass of energy floated in the air.
When Jung Hoon marked Krasha’s head, the Magic Missile shot toward Krasha.
Boom!
The Magic Missile struck Krasha’s head, creating a small explosion.
“Kieeeeeek!”
Krasha’s scream became sharper than before.
It meant the damage was considerable.
Jung Hoon continued slashing at Krasha’s legs with his sword.
After doing this for quite a while.
Eventually, Krasha couldn’t endure any longer and collapsed to the ground.
Thud!
Given how massive its body was, when Krasha fell, the cave ceiling shook and rocks tumbled down.
[Using Lowest Grade Healing.]
But then Jung Hoon began pouring Lowest Grade Healing on Krasha.
To the point of depleting his mana.
“Shaaaaak…?”
Krasha was puzzled.
Why was this crazy human, who had just severed all of its legs, now healing it?
“Get up. We need to continue, right?”
“What, what are you…?”
“Try to knock me down.”
Jung Hoon wiggled his finger.
“Shaaaaak!”
Enraged by his provocation, Krasha charged at Jung Hoon once again.
* * *
“Does that even make sense…?”
The Earth Korea Management Team was watching the user’s subjugation process in real time.
They had doubts when they saw him take the northern portal alone, but then he discovered another undiscovered dungeon there.
That wasn’t the only surprising thing.
“Wow… how does he fight so well?”
“Right? Normally, he should have been knocked out in one hit, shouldn’t he?”
A newbie user was fighting on equal terms with a boss monster from an undiscovered dungeon that was level 38.
“Wait, isn’t he a martial artist?”
“His skill with bow and sword doesn’t seem inferior to warriors and archers at all, does it?”
“More importantly, how is he enduring the level 38 deadly poison?”
Despite being a martial artist, that user was also proficient with sword and bow.
Did this mean he wasn’t just skilled with fist techniques?
Even healing?!
“Wow, look at him using healing too. Does it make sense for a martial artist to have divine power…?”
“This is really crazy. He’s even using Magic Missile?”
“Uh, that… damn, I’m so shocked I can barely speak.”
How could a martial artist handle skills from other classes?
The staff lost their words and blankly watched the user’s hunt.
They got goosebumps.
“Management Team! Didn’t you hear the call to gather in the auditorium?!”
At that moment, someone appeared to interrupt their viewing.
It was Park Geon Ha, the team leader of the neighboring System Management Team.
While the User Management Team led by Oh Jin Su managed users, they managed the system overall.
And today at 3 PM, training was scheduled in the auditorium.
“Agh! It was just getting to the important scene!”
“Why does time pass so quickly?”
Looking at the clock, it was 2:50.
“It was the highlight…”
“Right.”
Eventually, the staff headed to the auditorium with the feeling of being interrupted mid-business.
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Jung Hoon continued his battle with Krasha, repeatedly consuming potions.
[The level of Lowest Grade Healing increases.]
He raised his healing skill level once more.
[The level of Magic Missile increases.]
[The level of Arrow increases.]
[The level of Sword Mastery increases.]
[The level of Single Poison Immunity increases.]
He continued to raise the levels of the newly acquired skills as well.
[The Fighter-exclusive skill ‘Strong Will’ activates.]
[You have acquired the skill ‘Horizontal Slash (Normal)’.]
[‘Horizontal Slash’ and ‘Vertical Slash’ are fused by ‘Strong Will’.]
[You have acquired ‘Consecutive Slash (Normal)’.]
He acquired additional skills and even obtained the Consecutive Slash he had targeted.
“Shaaa…”
And the Krasha no longer attacked.
It was crouched in the cave corner with an extremely docile attitude.
‘Monster… it’s a monster…’
The Krasha just wanted to stop recovering now.
If you’re going to end it, please just end it.
‘This should be enough, right?’
Having lost its will to fight, the Krasha had even given up on spewing poison gas midway.
So the thick gas had also become much thinner.
He had extracted almost everything he could from the Lv.38 Krasha.
Actually, he wanted to obtain a few more things, but that would only be possible if the Krasha charged at Jung Hoon as if trying to kill him.
In this state, there was no point in continuing the battle.
Jung Hoon approached the Krasha and pierced its head with his sword.
[You have cleared the ‘Lv.38 Venomous Krasha’ Dungeon for the first time.]
[1,000 Achievement points have been awarded.]
[Additional experience points have been awarded.]
[Your level has increased.]
[All stats have increased by +1.]
[Bonus Stats +1 have been awarded.]
After hunting the Venomous Krasha, he gained a full level at once.
Considering it takes considerable time to go from 21 to 22, this could be called a very satisfactory result.
“Nice.”
Jung Hoon picked up the Magic Stone and 2 items that had dropped where the Krasha’s corpse disappeared, with a satisfied smile.
[Boss monster items drop at 100% rate for first clear.]
Items that would normally almost never drop due to low probability.
[Krasha’s Poison Fang]
Krasha’s Poison Fang came into Jung Hoon’s hands.
And one more.
A small orb tinted purple.
Unlike Krasha’s Poison Fang, this wasn’t an item for his own use, but a material needed to progress a Quest.
The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)
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ⓒYeon I Yo 2024
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