The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 15

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Episode 15

[You have arrived at the entrance to the ‘Lv.25 Orc Warrior Forest’ dungeon.]

Through the portal emerged two level 15 users and one level 43 user.

A 3-person party consisting of a warrior, archer, and healer.

“Wouldn’t it be better to just do the quests given at the Training Hall?”

One of the level 15 users asked with a displeased expression.

He had wanted to skip this time, but was forcibly dragged along by these two.

“Hey, how long will it take to reach level 30 with those quests and dungeons? When someone’s giving you a carry, just take it gracefully.”

He completely agreed that the instructor gave pathetically little experience.

Even after completing the dungeon subjugation quest, his experience only increased by a measly 12%.

This is why people say it takes weeks just to do the first job advancement.

“Right. Ji Seong is correct. It’s much better to run higher level dungeons instead.”

These three were childhood friends who had been close since elementary school.

And Han Ji Seong was the highest level among them, a level 43 warrior.

Since Ji Seong the warrior would sweep away the monsters, the lower level friends just needed to ride the bus.

The leveling speed was also faster than receiving quests from the instructor.

So usually users who had completed their first job advancement would carry low-level users through dungeons and take all the rewards.

The reason for this was that the northern dungeons required a minimum of 3 people to proceed.

“But why is this forest so wide?”

“I wonder? Other dungeons weren’t this expansive.”

The portal leading to the Orc Warrior Forest was uniquely surrounded by dense woods.

“Hmm, shall we explore around a bit?”

Yu Jin Ho, the level 15 mage, suggested.

The other two tilted their heads at his suggestion.

“Why bother?”

“You said it’s different from other dungeons, right? Then there might be something here.”

“Hey, why waste time? Let’s just clear the dungeon and be done with it.”

“You never know. Since we have time anyway, how about exploring for just 30 minutes?”

“If it’s just 30 minutes…”

“Okay! Then let’s go!”

In the end, they decided to explore the forest for 30 minutes following Jin Ho’s suggestion.

“What could possibly be here…”

Han Ji Seong grumbled, but his complaints disappeared when they discovered a cave.

“See! Doesn’t it just reek of having something interesting inside?”

As if proving it wasn’t an ordinary cave, the interior was bright.

Could there really be something here?

“…That does seem to be the case.”

“Let’s go in.”

Even Park Seong Ho, who had been dragged here against his will, actively agreed.

Eventually, the three entered the cave.

And inside, they were able to discover a portal.

“There it is!”

“Huh? There’s a dungeon here?”

“Hey… it’s Lv.38?”

The level was too high for a dungeon lurking in Primordial Village.

“Ji Seong, please do us a favor!”

“…You crazy bastard, I’ve never entered a dungeon this high level either.”

Even if his level was high, being scared was natural.

It was the Venomous Krasha, a full 13 levels higher than the Lv.25 Orc Warrior.

At that moment, the portal glowed and a user returned.

Normally, if you fail to clear a dungeon, you’re forcibly logged out and can’t log in for 24 hours.

Returning safely meant the dungeon had been cleared.

“Um… did you happen to clear this place?”

“Yes. Why?”

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[Player Information]

– Nickname: Hoon

– Level: 22

– Class: Martial Artist

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A level 22 Martial Artist hunted the boss solo?

And the Venomous Krasha that was 16 levels higher?

“That’s impossible…”

Han Ji Seong muttered in a daze.

“Well then, good luck.”

That user passed by the three and exited the forest.

“Ji Seong, this looks doable, doesn’t it?”

“Yeah. If it’s a dungeon that a level 22 can clear, it should be fine, right?”

If a level 22 Martial Artist could hunt here, then the Lv.38 Krasha must definitely be in a weakened state.

Right. This is Primordial Village. It doesn’t make sense for a Lv.38 to be here.

“…Okay, let’s go in!”

Led by Han Ji Seong, Yu Jin Ho and Park Seong Ho boldly headed toward the Venomous Krasha.

“Shaaak! Humaaaans!”

The Krasha, having lost its life once to Jung Hoon, charged at them in fury the moment humans appeared.

“Ji, Ji Seong! Do something!”

“Damn! The thing I’m most afraid of is centipedes! Of all things, it had to be a centipede!”

“You’re level 43! You useless bastard!”

“Aaaaah!”

They were logged out without putting up any real resistance.

* * *

So those three were the ones who discovered the undiscovered dungeon.

‘They’ll fail to subjugate it.’

The Venomous Krasha spews poison gas, so it would be easy to subjugate only with a party of high-level users.

From Jung Hoon’s perspective, only one of those three had completed their first job advancement.

If they went in like that, they’d probably face a 24-hour forced logout.

[Krasha’s Poison Fang]

– Type: Consumable

– Grade: Rare

– Upgrades Status Abnormality Resistance skill from Normal grade to Rare grade.

– However, the skill level must be 10.

An item that allows further enhancement of Single Poison Immunity.

It’s such a rare item that you’d have to hunt Krasha 1,000 times to maybe get one drop.

[Single Poison Immunity]

– Type: Passive

– Level: 5

– Grade: Normal

– Increases resistance to poison. (Poison resistance)

– Resists health reduction caused by poison.

The current level of Single Poison Immunity is 5.

Actually, he wanted to keep beating up Krasha to raise Single Poison Immunity to level 10, but aside from Krasha losing its will to fight, the bigger issue was that skill level progression had slowed down as he became accustomed to Krasha’s poison.

So he couldn’t use Krasha’s Poison Fang right away.

‘There are plenty of opportunities to raise it to level 10.’

But it wouldn’t take long anyway.

Jung Hoon planned to raise Single Poison Immunity to level 10 in this Primordial Village.

And the item that would become material for a Quest.

[Krasha’s Inner Core (Cannot be used)]

– Type: Material

– Grade: Normal

– The inner core where Krasha contained its poison.

– Contains powerful poison, making it seem difficult to use.

‘I absolutely have to do it.’

After all, it’s a Quest reward that once heated up Primordial Village.

[Poison Damage]

An insane skill that can add additional poison damage to all attacks with a low probability.

This inner core could be said to be the starting item for obtaining that skill.

Of course, he couldn’t start the Quest right away.

He needed to meet the alchemist belonging to Primordial Village, but you couldn’t just visit them randomly to receive the Quest.

To obtain that Quest, he first had to clear all the Quests given by the village NPCs.

‘I also need to get what everyone else is missing.’

Most users are obsessed with leveling up and progressing through job advancement Quests.

And users who have completed their first job advancement move on to the next city.

Naturally, very few users bothered to clear all of Primordial Village’s Quests one by one.

Of course, there weren’t none at all.

Some streamers who used New World as broadcast content had once done a segment on completing all of Primordial Village’s Quests.

[Wow… the reward is just one title. ‘Contributor of Primordial Village’ appeared.]

– As you can see, it’s a title… and the options just end with +1 to health and mana. Damn, is this for real?

└ hahahahahaha

└ hahahahahahahaha

└ What a waste of time~ In that time, I would’ve done job advancement and moved to the next village.

└ It’s fine, he makes money filming that content anyway~

└ Let’s not waste our time lol

Village Quests that no one challenges anymore because the rewards are too stingy.

But do they know?

That this is the path leading to Primordial Village’s alchemist.

[General Quest: Ten’s Worry at the General Store]

– Restriction: All New World users

– Reward: 250 Exp

– Description: Ten fell down in the general store and hurt his back. So the general store cleaning hasn’t been done. Clean the general store in his place!

They only give 250 experience points while asking me to clean this general store.

This was Jung Hoon’s second time visiting the general store.

Cleaning the general store, which consisted of 3 floors total, was no easy task.

“Oh my! Thank you so much for helping!”

Ten, the store owner, grasped Jung Hoon’s hands with tears welling up in his eyes.

‘….’

Jung Hoon smiled silently.

This guy who claims to have hurt his back is doing business just fine?

This was a Quest created for the purpose of making users do cleaning.

“Then please get to it quickly!”

Ten showed him the location of the cleaning supply box and then fled to the counter.

‘Let’s start.’

Whatever the case, since he had to do it anyway, he picked up the mop with the mindset of getting it done quickly.

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Befitting a large general store on Market Street, many users came and went repeatedly.

“Huh? That’s not an NPC, right?”

“Right? Why is he cleaning over there?”

On the 1st floor of the general store, some user was diligently mopping.

“It’s a Quest.”

“A Quest?”

The users pointed to Ten at the counter.

Above Ten’s head, a light bulb was blinking, and the blinking shape was a question mark.

Newbie Users touched Ten’s question mark out of curiosity.

“What, 250 experience points? Are you crazy?”

“Wow, that’s insane. Only 250 for cleaning this 3-story general store?”

The users who checked the Quest contents were furious.

“Ah, of course you don’t have to help if you don’t want to.”

He had offered the details when they said they’d help, only to get thoroughly cursed at.

Ten felt quite disgusted, but he couldn’t let the customers in front of him go, so he maintained his business smile.

“Wow, so that user is working so hard cleaning just to get 250?”

“Maybe he’s mistaken thinking there’s something more?”

“Come on, that was exposed on YouTube ages ago.”

Any user who had done even a little information gathering would know that village Quests are Quests you trust and skip.

“Should we tell him?”

“Don’t be a busybody, just leave him. He looks like the type who just charges in headfirst without thinking.”

“True… choosing Martial Artist already gave us the answer.”

Just looking at Welcome, most posts say Martial Artist is absolutely not recommended.

Of course, there is a Martial Artist among the top rankers, but most are other job classes, with only one Martial Artist.

It was natural since Martial Artist was evaluated as unable to keep up with other job classes in close combat, ranged combat, and utility in every aspect.

But choosing Martial Artist when there are good job classes available?

They somewhat understood why he was clinging to village Quests.

“Cleaning is finished.”

“Oh my, thank you! Please take your reward!”

The Martial Artist stubbornly finished cleaning all the way to the 3rd floor and leisurely left.

After that, his figure began appearing all over the village.

Starting with Blacksmith Assistant Work, then Weapon Shop Delivery, Kitchen Work, and so on.

“Wow… is he really going to do all of that?”

“Is he really crazy?”

The users were amazed at the Martial Artist who didn’t refuse any kind of odd job.

* * *

A whole 2 weeks.

Jung Hoon had spent 2 weeks on village Quests alone.

[Level increased!]

[All stats increased by +1.]

[Bonus Stats +1 awarded.]

He had done so many he couldn’t even count them.

He had succeeded in leveling up using only village Quests.

“Thank you so much for resolving our troubles!”

By finishing the Quest from the NPC instructor guarding the entrance of the last Swordsmanship Training Hall, he was able to complete all the Primordial Village Quests.

[Normal Quest completed!]

[‘[Title] Contributor of Primordial Village’ acquired.]

By completing all the village Quests, he obtained the title he had aimed for.

A title called trash among users.

Jung Hoon checked the title with a satisfied expression.

‘With this, I’ve caught one rabbit.’

Now it was time to catch the remaining rabbit.

The Alchemist’s House, located a short distance from Primordial Village.

It was time to visit that place.

The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)

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