The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 19

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Episode 19

Jung Hoon stood in front of the scarecrow dummy and waited for his turn.

The event wasn’t particularly kind to participating users.

When it was your turn, the text on the wall would change, a 30-second timer icon would appear, and the countdown would begin.

During that time, users would unleash everything they had prepared to strike the scarecrow dummy.

‘An assassin appeared.’

Assassin was a rare-grade class change among the thief classes.

Normally, after completing the 1st class change, you could qualify as a low-grade assassin.

It was a basic profession that hunted monsters while concealing one’s presence.

And assassin was a higher-grade class change from that assassin.

If you achieved excellent results in the class change quest, you could receive the privilege of advancing to assassin from the instructor.

‘An assassin from the 1st class change… That person will definitely get scouted 100%.’

The reason even rare-grade drew attention from many was because the acquisition difficulty was that challenging.

Of course, it became much easier to raise your class grade through class change quests as you progressed through 2nd, 3rd, and 4th in order, but getting rare-grade from the 1st class change?

It meant there was a high possibility of upgrading to epic~unique grade in the later 3rd and 4th class changes.

In other words, it was like proving what kind of potential you possessed.

This was exactly why Genesis made classes public.

‘It seems like it’ll be my turn soon.’

17,732 people in South Korea alone.

It was by no means a small number, but since each person was only given 30 seconds, there wasn’t a need to wait that long.

‘Oh, a sniper appeared too.’

A sniper, not a low-grade rifleman.

Finally, a promising candidate appeared in the gunner profession as well.

Perhaps because it was an event held for the first time in 3 years, already 2 users with rare-grade class changes had participated.

It was too early to be surprised.

‘Saber.’

After that, even a saber appeared.

An epic-grade class change from the 1st class change.

Jung Hoon immediately recognized who it was.

‘Is that Nine Spear?’

A person who class changed to saber in the 1st class change quest, then later reached sword master, a legendary grade, in the 4th class change.

Since he was someone cherished by Sword King Sa Jae Hyeok, he remained in Jung Hoon’s memory as well.

“I didn’t know Nine Spear participated in this event.”

If it wasn’t memorable enough, it probably wasn’t that famous of an event.

[Defeat the scarecrow dummy!]

At that moment, the text on the training ground wall where Jung Hoon was changed.

It was his turn.

The barrier surrounding the scarecrow dummy disappeared.

‘Shall I begin?’

Now was the time for the Martial Artist’s true value to be revealed.

No other weapons or skills were needed.

‘I’ll finish it with just the Myeongwang Fist Technique.’

The legendary Myeongwang Fist Technique unfolded in Jung Hoon’s hands.

Thwack! Thwack!

Jung Hoon’s fists struck without rest.

However, the scarecrow dummy’s HP was decreasing by only 0.01%.

This was due to the damage reduction effect caused by the level difference being too severe.

At this rate, he wouldn’t be able to reduce even 1% in 30 seconds.

Nevertheless, Jung Hoon continued to strike the dummy with the Myeongwang Fist Technique without rest.

[You have struck the same area consecutively. A critical hit has occurred. The scarecrow dummy’s HP decreases by 5%!]

This was a basic passive that most Martial Artists didn’t know about because it wasn’t displayed separately.

New World had hidden 1-2 passives for each profession.

As a result, users had to discover them directly, but nothing had been revealed for Martial Artists so far.

Since there couldn’t possibly be a Martial Artist who could repeatedly strike consecutively without even an inch of error, it hadn’t been discovered until now.

Critical hit met its activation conditions when striking the same area 10 consecutive times when the level difference with the opponent was 100 or less.

That was to unconditionally reduce the opponent’s health by 5%.

[Poison Attack has triggered.]

Poison Attack also triggered, adding poison damage to the scarecrow dummy.

The overpowered nature of this skill was that there was no damage reduction effect based on level difference.

Jung Hoon’s fist continued to strike the exact center of the scarecrow dummy’s chest.

Once a critical hit triggered, it would repeatedly trigger again with just 3 more consecutive hits.

[You have struck the same area consecutively. A critical hit has occurred. The scarecrow dummy’s HP decreases by 5%!]

[Poison Attack has triggered.]

The scarecrow dummy’s HP began to decrease rapidly.

Thwack! Thwack!

[You have struck the same area consecutively. A critical hit has occurred. The scarecrow dummy’s HP decreases by 5%!]

[Poison Attack has triggered.]

Crack!

Finally, Jung Hoon’s fist pierced through the chest of the Scarecrow Dummy.

[Lv.100 Scarecrow Dummy]

[HP 0%]

The Scarecrow Dummy’s HP had reached 0%.

And the remaining time was.

[1.84 seconds]

There were still 1.84 seconds left on the time limit.

[Congratulations!]

[You are the first to defeat the Scarecrow Dummy!]

[Would you like to reveal your nickname and level on the rankings?]

Jung Hoon touched X without hesitation.

‘It would only interfere with my plans.’

He didn’t mind being in the spotlight when unavoidable, but he had no intention of begging for the spotlight to shine on him.

Rather, if he became known to many people, it would restrict his movements.

There was no need to create grounds for disrupting his future plans.

[Nickname and level will not be revealed.]

[You have achieved 1st place on the Korean Server.]

[Please enter the address where you would like to receive the Capsule.]

[The address will be destroyed the moment the Capsule is sent and will not be disclosed to any external parties.]

From the moment he defeated the Scarecrow Dummy, first place was already Jung Hoon’s.

* * *

At the same time.

Yeo Min Ji was sitting around in the Hall of Combat Arts.

This kind of behavior had already been going on for several weeks.

“…Wow, she’s here today too.”

“Who on earth is she waiting for?”

The Martial Artists who visited the Hall glanced at Yeo Min Ji in the corner while receiving training from the instructors.

“Isn’t she the owner of that video posted on Welcome?”

“Video owner?”

“You know, that user who defeated the instructor over there.”

“Ah.”

The Martial Artists’ gazes turned toward Instructor Altio.

He was harshly training three users.

“Ugh… this is fucking hard.”

“I accepted this because they said they’d give me a rare skill, but what is this?”

“Crazy… stop working us so hard!”

Those were novice Martial Artists visiting the Hall of Combat Arts for the first time.

“Ha, this is ridiculous. You’re collapsing from just this much?”

Altio snorted.

Perhaps because he had recently taught a Martial Artist who exceeded his imagination?

His standards had risen a level.

Thanks to that, the Martial Artists gave up on the Quest without even reaching halfway.

“Fuck, I’m not getting any rare skill.”

“Screw this. I’m not doing it!”

They cursed at Altio and turned toward other instructors.

Like most Martial Artists, they took the same route.

“Tsk, truly pathetic.”

Yeo Min Ji, who had been watching the Martial Artists’ training from the corner, clicked her tongue.

She absolutely could not accept the fact that Martial Artists had inferior performance compared to other classes.

Martial Artist was the only class that could push its performance to the extreme depending on how you developed it.

The reason the incredibly attractive Martial Artist class received poor evaluations was because of those spineless users.

‘To not fall behind other classes even a little, you need to push your body even harder.’

The advantage of Martial Artists lay in ‘Strong Will’.

This Strong Will could grant normal-grade skills just by surpassing certain conditions, and you could even strengthen these skills later.

However, because the process of obtaining skills was too harsh, most Martial Artists couldn’t properly utilize this Strong Will.

‘If they could follow even half of what that Martial Artist did, Martial Artists wouldn’t receive such poor treatment…’

The user who had been challenged to a 1:1 duel by Instructor Altio.

And Yeo Min Ji had been the first user to receive a 1:1 challenge from Instructor Altio.

Of course, she had been soundly defeated by Altio at that time.

While her stamina had already hit rock bottom, she would have lost to Altio even with full stamina recovery.

The difference in skill was that clear.

But that user had proudly claimed victory against Altio.

[Whisper/In Tae -> Minzi : Miss! I think I found the Martial Artist!]

Just then, a whisper arrived.

Yeo Min Ji’s lips curved upward after checking the whisper.

[Whisper/Minzi -> In Tae : As expected, they participated in that event, right?]

[Whisper/In Tae -> Minzi : Yes! I’m not certain, but an unclassed Martial Artist took first place in this event.]

Yeo Min Ji was certain that this Martial Artist was the protagonist from the video.

[Whisper/Minzi -> In Tae : Oh, really? So what’s his nickname and level?]

[Whisper/In Tae -> Minzi : Well… it’s private.]

[Whisper/Minzi -> In Tae : I see… Understood. Then I’ll have to stay here a bit longer.]

[Whisper/In Tae -> Minzi : Miss…]

[Whisper/Minzi -> In Tae : Don’t try to stop me. Bye.]

After sending the whisper, she closed the whisper window.

Notifications kept ringing, but she paid them no mind.

‘He’s a smart person.’

This was an event targeting users below level 50.

If a Martial Artist took first place, it definitely meant he had leveled up to 50 while remaining unclassed.

To obtain a Rare-grade first class change for Martial Artist, it would be safe to proceed at level 50.

With the Fist Technique she had seen, taking first place wouldn’t be impossible.

‘Then he should be coming soon, right?’

* * *

[Crazy, someone broke the Scarecrow Dummy.]

-Destroyed it 100% and took first place. I participated in this event and only managed 9% wtf

└Stop lying lol

└Where are you spouting nonsense lol

└There was a user who defeated a Lv.100 Scarecrow Dummy in 30 seconds in an event for users below level 50?

└What are you talking about lololol

└Anyway, 100% is bullshit. Even if it’s a Scarecrow Dummy, with a level difference of 50+, damage reduction is insane… Even reducing 20% in 30 seconds would be amazing.

A testimony from a newbie user posted on Welcome.

However, no one believed it.

But the situation reversed when Genesis announced the rankings along with the HP reduction amount of the Scarecrow Dummy.

[I was right!]

-I told you he destroyed the Scarecrow Dummy 100%…

└It’s real wtf

└A Martial Artist? lol;;;

└Even an unawakened Fighter, damn

└Are you crazy… Who the hell is it?

└This is just speculation, but there was a Martial Artist who defeated an instructor at the Hall of Combat Arts before. Could it be that person?

Defeating the Scarecrow Dummy was surprising, but what was even more shocking was that it was achieved by an unclassed Martial Artist.

Martial Artist was a shunned profession worldwide.

Because the performance compared to effort was too terrible.

There was no reason to choose Martial Artist, which required grinding, when there were professions that could achieve high efficiency with just a little effort.

But this supposedly terrible Martial Artist appeared and didn’t just take first place—he completely destroyed the Scarecrow Dummy.

[For real, it’s chaos overseas too]

-If you look at the homepage, there’s only one Korean user who reduced the Scarecrow Dummy by more than 40%, but he completely defeated it at 100% lololol

└For real, the whole world is bewildered.

└Users complaining to Genesis are swarming lol

└Forget Epic, an unclassed Martial Artist who doesn’t even have Rare-grade class change took 1st place lololol

└Geez lol Anyone would think it’s strange.

└But seriously, how did he do it…

Genesis’s event was heating up the entire world.

However, Genesis dismissed it with just one statement.

[The event was conducted fairly, and detailed information will not be disclosed.]

“Seriously, how did you do it…?”

Ha Jin’s voice was trembling severely as he held up his Welcome device.

He had rushed over immediately after hearing the news that Jung Hoon took first place.

“What?”

Jung Hoon tilted his head.

“You’re level 24, right? So how did you smash the Scarecrow Dummy?!”

“You’re being loud, so sit down first.”

His voice was so booming that Jung Hoon frowned.

Ha Jin, quick to read the mood, obediently sat down.

“…So how did you do it?”

“With passive skills.”

“Passive?”

“Yeah.”

Jung Hoon explained the basic passive that Martial Artists possess.

Ha Jin’s expression became blank after hearing it.

“So… you’re saying if you keep hitting the same spot consecutively, Critical Hit activates?”

“That’s right.”

“And you have to hit without even an inch of error?”

“You understood correctly.”

“No, fuck! Does that even make sense?”

Humans aren’t machines—how can you hit the same spot consecutively without any error?

You should say something that makes sense.

But the result was right there in front of their eyes.

The fact that Jung Hoon, a Martial Artist, had defeated the Scarecrow Dummy.

“Even after I tell you, you still react like this.”

“Who could calmly accept hearing something like that?”

“Anyway, go home soon. The capsule is coming.”

“Capsule?”

“Yeah. He said he’ll come in an hour.”

“…Damn, I’m so jealous.”

Ha Jin was genuinely envious of Jung Hoon.

He didn’t have a capsule at home, so he had to use a Capsule Room.

It was because capsules were too expensive.

But this friend of his, despite entering New World late, had won first place in an event and gotten a personal capsule.

Honestly, it would be a lie to say he wasn’t jealous, but since it was something Jung Hoon had earned through his own skill rather than just luck, he had no choice but to cleanly acknowledge it.

‘Now I can focus more on leveling instead of travel time.’

Jung Hoon grinned as he thought about the capsule that would arrive.

And next was the class change quest.

Before his regression, he hadn’t been able to achieve a rare-grade or higher class change, but this time would be different.

The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)

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