The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 18

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Episode 18

“What the hell!”

After everyone had left work, Oh Jin Su, who was working overtime alone, slammed his desk and shot up from his seat.

Was what he was seeing right now real?

He had finished his work and was about to head home when he suddenly became curious about the footsteps of the user who had been diligently performing the Village Quest.

Normally he shouldn’t do this, but he ended up opening the user’s gameplay once more.

And he was shocked.

“This Alchemist could give Quests…?”

The user went to find the Alchemist and placed Krasha’s Inner Core on the table.

Then something amazing happened.

A hidden Quest appeared above the Alchemist’s head.

And as if he had expected it, he began performing the Quest.

Oh Jin Su watched the scene of him playing without taking his eyes off it for even a moment.

The user who caught all the Mutated Mice in the building, collected Green Magic Stones, and ultimately succeeded in the Alchemist’s hidden Quest.

He logged out as if he had finished all his business.

“Haha… This is impossible.”

Then what was the Village Quest?

Could it be that the Village Quest was a prerequisite stage…?

No, no.

How could that be?

What does this user know to proceed with the Village Quest?

“…No. To say that, he finished it too quickly.”

Thinking about it, this user was a monster who finished a Quest that would easily take 2 months in just 2 weeks.

It was a grinding-type Quest that couldn’t be motivated by simply thinking about the Reward.

“He definitely knows something.”

How on earth does he know information about New World?

He was curious, but his anticipation grew large enough to suppress his curiosity.

Where would this user’s next steps lead?

* * *

Mother prepared a very hearty dinner, saying a friend had come over.

Thanks to that, Jung Hoon and Ha Jin ate until their stomachs were about to burst.

“Eat this too.”

Even fruit on top of that.

This was just like Mother, who always made sure to feed friends well before sending them home whenever he brought them over.

Seeing Mother like this, he felt a nostalgic emotion.

“I ate deliciously today!”

“Good. Come again next time.”

“Yes! Jung Hoon, I’ll tell you the rest through chat.”

After Ha Jin left, Jung Hoon looked around his room.

If he won first place in the event, Genesis would visit to install a Capsule, so he needed to secure enough space for it.

“Hm? Are you going to clean?”

Mother entered the room.

“Um… Mother, if I wanted to install a Capsule at home, would you allow it?”

“A Capsule? You’re going to pay money to buy that expensive thing?”

At the mention of a Capsule, Mother furrowed her brow.

Mother also knew that even the lowest grade Capsule cost an expensive 20 million won.

“No. I’m going to receive it with this.”

Jung Hoon showed Mother the event details announced by Genesis.

“An event? You mean they give a Capsule to first place?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm… But wouldn’t first place be a bit much?”

For an event of this scale, participating Users would be swarming.

Among all those Users, he had to get first place to receive the Capsule.

‘Even though he’s my son, this seems difficult.’

She was probably thinking that.

“Well. You won’t know if something’s long or short until you try, right?”

“Well… Right. This would be good experience too, so give it a try.”

Mother didn’t seem to have high expectations.

“Yes. Then I’ll plan to install it in my room.”

“Go ahead.”

Mother chuckled at her son counting his chickens before they hatched.

* * *

[Scarecrow Dummy Destruction Event]

-Participation Qualification: Users level 50 and below (Cannot participate from level 51)

-Event Details: Deal damage to a Lv.100 Scarecrow Dummy! (30 seconds)

-1st Place Prize (Capsule worth 30 million won)

One day left until the Scarecrow Dummy Destruction Event.

The capsule event targeting newbie users was being held for the first time in a really long while.

[Scarecrow dummy, it’s been a while lol]

-I think they did this 3 years ago, who won back then?

└Wasn’t it Ziffle? He’s forgotten now though lol

└He was quite a promising player back then lolol

└In the first place, it’s just about dealing the most damage to a Lv.100 scarecrow for 1st place… no need to pay much attention lol

└It’s just an event Genesis throws for newbie users lol

└Still, guilds seem to show some interest.

└Even so… with rankers already dominating the scene, they probably won’t make scout offers to newbie users.

Welcome’s reaction to Genesis’s event was lukewarm.

It was because this was an event only users below level 50 could participate in.

Over 80% of Welcome had surpassed level 50, and they were each active in different villages.

So there was no reason to be interested in an event targeting scrubs below level 50.

However, guilds were watching this event with interest.

“There might be users with decent classes.”

“We need to find users who obtained rare classes.”

The class you decide on first when starting New World.

Depending on how you play afterward, you can advance to rare grade or higher promotions of that class.

This was exactly what guilds were targeting.

Not users who do regular class changes, but users who do rare grade or higher first class changes through specific gameplay.

Such users, when they grow later, create a huge gap compared to regular users.

That’s why class changes weren’t an event to take lightly.

“It won’t be a complete failure like 3 years ago, right?”

Genesis hadn’t held any events for newbie users since the event 3 years ago.

Since they stopped a regularly held event, people say the event 3 years ago was problematic.

[The event was a failure.]

[Even rare class jobs… don’t show much potential.]

[Sigh… the 1st place barely scraped off 20% of the scarecrow dummy’s HP…]

[There’s no hope.]

They say Genesis stopped holding events for newbies because no promising players were visible.

It was a credible story since the actual results proved it.

But Genesis decided to hold an event once again.

“Well. One thing’s certain: if this fails too, Genesis won’t hold events anymore.”

“That’s right.”

Until now, Genesis had actively promoted to guilds whenever they held events.

But this time was different.

They didn’t actively promote to any guild, so guilds had to visit the homepage directly to find out an event was being held.

As a result, it’s true that named guilds lost interest in this event.

Of course, this is only by Korean standards.

“This is the perfect time when named guilds aren’t showing interest.”

“Exactly.”

An opportunity for guilds lacking recognition to recruit talent in large numbers.

They couldn’t miss such an opportunity.

“Huh…? It looks like Hoyeong is also showing interest?”

It was shocking news like a bolt from the blue.

“Why is Hoyeong suddenly…?”

The eyes of small guild leaders trembled.

Hoyeong already recruited a large number of talents above level 100 last year, so there should be no reason for them to show interest.

* * *

Jung Hoon visited the capsule room for the event.

Ha Jin had already arrived at the capsule room and was slurping egg cheese ramen.

Does he really never get tired of it?

It seems like he’s eating it every time I see him.

It’s definitely delicious, but it wasn’t a taste I’d want to eat that often.

“When you log in, there’ll be a message waiting. There’s a code in that message, so if you click it, you’ll be automatically transported. Okay?”

Ha Jin, who devoured the ramen as if swallowing it, told Jung Hoon once more before sitting in the capsule.

“I understood, so just explain it once.”

How many times is he going to say something I’d understand after just one explanation?

“Ah, right. Your memory is insane, isn’t it? Then I’m going in first.”

Only then did Ha Jin enter the capsule and log in.

Now it was Jung Hoon’s turn.

As he entered the capsule, the door closed.

Whoosh-

[Genesis has sent you an invitation. – Korean Server]

The event targets the whole world, but events are held separately for each server.

In other words, they select 1st place from each server and award a capsule.

Jung Hoon touched the code indicated in the message.

His vision went dark and the surrounding background changed to a training ground.

It was similar to the dojo where Myeongwang Dokgo Jun lived, but one difference was that a 2-meter tall scarecrow dummy stood in the center of the training ground.

That dummy was the highlight of this event.

[Korean Server users, all 17,732 of you who participated in the event, nice to meet you.]

Text appears on the right wall.

[Users participating in the event have been placed in separate training grounds.]

They had separated all 17,732 people individually and moved them to training grounds.

That’s why Jung Hoon was alone in this training ground right now.

[Currently, there should be a scarecrow dummy placed in front of each of you.]

Looking closely at the scarecrow dummy, a faint flow of mana circulates through it.

It was made so that it couldn’t be attacked with barriers.

[We will start the event in 5 minutes. The order is random, so please finish all preparations and wait.]

With that, the text disappeared.

* * *

The guild leaders were watching the Genesis event participants through screens.

Of course, they weren’t watching their gameplay directly.

[Event Rankings]

-1st Place: –

-2nd Place: –

-3rd Place: –

It was a system to see who took first place through the rankings.

The rankings displayed nicknames, levels, and classes, but if users didn’t want that, their nicknames and levels would disappear and only their class would be shown.

To ensure complete privacy, they would need to hide the class too, but Genesis made class disclosure mandatory.

[Starting the event. Scarecrow dummy elimination will proceed with 100 people at a time.]

The event had begun.

They could have done it all at once, but it was a small consideration to allow guild officials to check classes through the rankings.

Although there were 17,732 participants, with a 30-second time limit, it moved along quickly.

“Hmm… I don’t see any particularly noteworthy users.”

“Right.”

“The damage seems decent enough… but the classes are a bit disappointing.”

Most newbie users had disclosed their nicknames, levels, and classes.

It was to catch the guilds’ attention.

However, the guild officials mercilessly passed them over.

-1st Place: Uraime/46/Assassin (1st Class): Scarecrow Dummy HP reduced by 26%

First place had changed.

A level 46 Assassin.

The officials who confirmed the level and class were delighted.

“Oh! A user who changed to Assassin appeared!”

“Really?”

“Assassin is among the better ones in the Rare grade.”

“They even reduced it by 26%? At this rate, that Assassin will take first place!”

Guild officials hurriedly noted down his nickname, level, and class.

Currently the top recruitment priority.

-1st Place: Eun Wi/47/Sniper (1st Class): Scarecrow Dummy reduced by 26.3%

This time, a promising candidate appeared from the gunner class.

“In-incredible… Already 2 Rare grade class changes.”

“Perfect! This event is a success!”

The officials cheered again at the Sniper’s appearance.

However, the appearance of promising candidates wasn’t over yet.

-1st Place: Hart/48/Saber (1st Class): Scarecrow Dummy HP reduced by 33%

Saber?!

The guild officials’ pupils shook.

Saber wasn’t a Rare grade but an Epic grade class change.

Even Rare grade was amazing, but who would have thought an Epic grade would appear.

“This is insane. Without a doubt, that user Hart will take first place.”

“We absolutely must bring that Hart to our guild.”

“Wow… It’s a stroke of luck that the Named guilds aren’t interested because of the failure 3 years ago. Otherwise, we would have lost that Saber.”

“So what… Hoyeong is probably watching this screen right now too.”

Unlike smaller guilds, Named guilds would be watching the rankings from VIP rooms.

So that Saber would definitely be scouted by Hoyeong.

“Still, we have to make an offer. If we can’t get the Saber, we should at least take the Assassin.”

“Hey. We’re taking that one, so don’t drool over it.”

“If you don’t want to lose it, just bid higher, right?”

The atmosphere suddenly turned hostile.

Although they were having conversations and evaluating together, they were all competitors in the end.

Then, the rankings changed again.

-1st Place: Private/Private/Martial Artist: Scarecrow Dummy Eliminated

Huh?

What?

Return of the Legendary All Master (Serial)

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