The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 20

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Chapter 20

“Then please have a pleasant time.”

The employee who finished installing the capsule left.

Since it was a massive capsule that took up a third of the room, installation took quite a while.

“Wow… so this is a 30 million won capsule. It really looks amazing!”

Most capsules in capsule rooms were around 20 million won per unit.

That’s why Ha Jin couldn’t stop admiring the appearance of this upgraded capsule.

“Just looking at it won’t make it yours.”

Unlike public capsules, the capsule installed in Jung Hoon’s house was a personal capsule.

Since Genesis had registered Jung Hoon as the capsule user, no one else could log in with this capsule.

A capsule that only Jung Hoon could log into.

“Ugh, I’m suddenly getting really annoyed. I should go play New World too.”

Unable to bear his envy, Ha Jin left for the capsule room.

Since his mother had gone to work, Jung Hoon was alone at home.

“It would be better to tell her after I get back, right?”

The capsule was bigger than expected, so even after clearing the room as much as possible, the space felt cramped.

Jung Hoon opened the capsule and sat inside.

The smell of a new product stimulating his nose felt good.

Due to the nature of capsule rooms, you inevitably had to sit in capsules that others had used, but the fact that this capsule hadn’t been touched by anyone else felt amazing.

Is this why people buy personal capsules?

Enough with being moved – now it was time to raise Single Poison Immunity to level 10.

[Logging in.]

* * *

Earth Korea User Management Team.

The management team was having a busier day than usual.

Why was the management team, known as salary thieves, having such a busy day?

The reason was phone calls.

Ring ring-

The bell sound that rang as if it had been waiting every time employees hung up the phone.

“Yes. This is Earth Korea.”

[Can you tell us who the Martial Artist is that took first place in this event!?]

“I’m sorry, but we can’t know about things Genesis conducted.”

[Can’t you just run a program to check?]

It was thanks to the Martial Artist who recorded an absurd performance in the event hosted by Genesis this time.

The management team had a vague idea of who that Martial Artist was, but no employee was stupid enough to carelessly blabber about security matters.

“Events can’t be checked even with programs. If we forcibly break through, Earth Headquarters will immediately impose sanctions.”

Over 90% of the callers were guild officials.

If someone had the potential to defeat the scarecrow dummy, they intended to scout them even if they were a Martial Artist.

“Geez, why do they keep calling when they know it won’t work.”

Oh Jin Su pressed his fingers firmly against his forehead with an expression of being fed up.

Only the management team that manages users could watch users’ gameplay through programs, and because of that, he was called to the higher-ups this morning and had just returned.

‘Who the hell is it? Do you have any guesses?’

‘…I’m sorry, but you know it’s top secret.’

‘Can’t you just leak a little bit?’

‘Are you telling us to get fired?’

Seven years ago, there was a precedent where the entire management team was disciplined and replaced after slightly leaking information about a user who completed an Epic-grade class change.

It wasn’t even just a simple disciplinary action – they demanded massive compensation, and the amount was so astronomical that those who were disciplined even made extreme choices.

If you had a brain, you couldn’t even think of revealing anything.

‘If it’s related to users’ security matters, the management team inevitably gets involved.’

More than that, if it’s the Martial Artist who took first place… it must be that user.

The newbie user who showed extraordinary behavior from the beginning.

They couldn’t check detailed information so they didn’t know the nickname, level, or anything else, but considering the performance he showed, there was a high probability that he took first place this time too.

‘Really… wait, come to think of it, if he’s unclassed, that means he hasn’t done the class change quest yet, right?’

Suddenly, goosebumps rose all over his body.

What grade of class change would he achieve?

Throughout all of New World, the highest grade anyone had achieved in the first class change was Unique grade.

James Marcus, called the strongest Paladin of the American Continent.

Except for him, no one else had achieved a Unique-grade class change.

‘…No way.’

* * *

The place Jung Hoon headed to was a mini dungeon.

Unlike regular dungeons, these were dungeons that ended once you dealt with only the boss monster, usually used alone.

The mini dungeon he entered through the portal was empty.

It had to be because it wasn’t popular.

Newbie users who came to Primordial Village were busy spending time at the Training Hall or clearing the northern dungeon.

“Keeek!”

Jung Hoon’s arrow pierced through the monster’s forehead, and the battle ended instantly.

[You gain a small amount of experience.]

Also, mini dungeons give less experience compared to other dungeons.

It would be much faster to level up by receiving quests from the instructor at the Training Hall during this time.

Nevertheless, Jung Hoon chose the mini dungeon.

[You resist the poison.]

The most difficult mini dungeon in Primordial Village.

This place was a forest full of poison herbs.

Jung Hoon deliberately chewed and ate those poison herbs.

To raise Single Poison Immunity to level 10.

‘It’s better to make sure I get this done here.’

He could freely handle these poison herbs because this was Primordial Village.

If he went to other villages, not only would they be difficult to access, but there would be many deadly poisons in high-level areas that far exceeded Single Poison Immunity.

In contrast, this mini dungeon was perfect for leveling up since Single Poison Immunity could sufficiently respond to it.

‘I’d like to face Krasha, but…’

Krasha, who had already been severely beaten by Jung Hoon, had lost the will to fight.

Even if he entered the dungeon, it probably wouldn’t spew poison gas.

Even if he forced it to spew poison, since he had already raised his level considerably with that creature’s poison, leveling up with its poison would actually take longer.

‘Should I keep going?’

Jung Hoon entered the portal to the next mini dungeon.

[Lv.25 Orc Warrior]

Regular monsters that would be in the Northern Dungeon existed as bosses in mini dungeons.

“Where is this place… Gah!”

Jung Hoon’s arrow pierced through the Orc Warrior’s throat.

The Orc Warrior spewed blood and died gloriously in battle.

[You gain a small amount of experience.]

After finishing hunting the monster, Jung Hoon once again plucked and ate poison herbs in the forest.

He repeated this for quite a while.

[Single Poison Immunity’s level has increased.]

[You have leveled up!]

[All stats have increased by +1.]

[You have been granted +1 bonus stat.]

Finally, Single Poison Immunity reached level 10.

Before entering the mini dungeon, it was level 8, but he raised it by a full 2 levels here to reach 10.

Roughly checking the time, he had spent 22 hours just chewing poison herbs.

He was quite tired, but the proud feeling of finally qualifying to use Krasha’s Poison Fang made him forget his fatigue.

[Krasha’s Poison Fang]

-Type: Consumable

-Grade: Rare

-Upgrades Status Abnormality Resistance skills from Normal grade to Rare grade.

-However, the skill level must be 10.

Jung Hoon immediately used the poison fang.

[‘Single Poison Immunity (Normal)’ has been upgraded to ‘Ten Poison Immunity (Rare)’!]

Done.

He used Krasha’s Poison Fang to upgrade Single Poison Immunity to Ten Poison Immunity.

Currently, Strong Will couldn’t be upgraded in grade, so he needed to borrow the power of external items, and this was exactly that kind of case.

‘Should I stop here for today?’

Jung Hoon logged out with a satisfied smile.

He wanted to endure a bit longer, but he was too tired after struggling for 22 hours.

Whoosh-

When the capsule door opened, he saw his mother in front of him.

Startled, Jung Hoon hurriedly got out of the capsule.

“Mother, when did you come?”

“When did I come? When I came home from work yesterday, you were playing games continuously, but I didn’t think you’d still be playing until now.”

Today was Sunday.

A day when his mother didn’t go to work.

And the time was 2 PM.

Since he had installed the capsule yesterday and logged into the game around 4 PM, he had essentially shown his mother that he played games all day long.

He had planned to log out around the time she got off work, but in his determination to raise Single Poison Immunity’s level, he had forgotten.

“…I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine. But I really didn’t think you’d actually get 1st place…”

His mother’s gaze was drawn to the capsule.

Befitting its high price of 30 million won, its exterior was quite sophisticated.

Who would think this was a capsule for playing games?

“I told you I would get 1st place.”

“No, but still, I didn’t think you’d get 1st place in an event with over ten thousand participants.”

It was an event her son was participating in.

So his mother had apparently looked up information about the event hosted by Genesis in her own way.

“He’s your mother’s son. Can’t he get first place in something like this?”

“You’re right. I think we underestimated our son too much.”

“Yes. You underestimated me too much. So let’s go have dinner together today.”

“Dinner?”

“Yes. Let’s eat meat together. I’ll pay!”

Today was a really good day.

“Huh? We ate not too long ago.”

“That was pork. This time let’s eat beef.”

“It’s fine. Use the money for beef on something you need later.”

His mother didn’t like her son spending money.

But Jung Hoon wasn’t one to back down.

“Now is that time. When I need it.”

“…I can’t argue with you.”

They say no parent can win against their child.

In the end, his mother surrendered.

Having gotten permission, Jung Hoon finally went to sleep, and after sleeping for exactly 3 hours, he came out with his mother to have a meal.

The restaurant was the most expensive Korean Beef Restaurant in the neighborhood.

“Let’s go in!”

“Jung Hoon, isn’t this place too expensive…?”

“It’s okay! I saved money diligently in the military.”

This is when you spend money.

Jung Hoon paid 400,000 won at the Korean Beef Restaurant where he took his mother.

* * *

Yeo Min Ji couldn’t understand it.

A week had passed since the event ended, so how could he not come to do the class change quest?

The first class change was an essential condition to leave Primordial Village.

So he would have no choice but to visit this Hall of Combat Arts again.

But the protagonist of that Fist Technique still hadn’t shown himself.

“Don’t tell me he’s going to level more at level 50? That can’t be right…”

If he was good enough to take first place, he must have reached around level 50.

“…How long is she going to stay there?”

“Right. Doesn’t she get bored sitting still all day like that?”

The users were amazed by her patience.

They had received hunting training from the instructor, dungeon subjugation training, and visited the Hall of Combat Arts several times, and each time she was sitting quietly in the corner.

But now even that had reached its limit.

[Whisper/In Tae -> Minzi: Miss. You need to come back soon. You’ve been away from your position too long…]

[Whisper/Sunwoo -> Minzi: I heard from In Tae. Stop and come back.]

There was a whisper from Team Leader Park In Tae.

Besides that, there was also a whisper from her father Yeo Soon Woo.

‘It feels like if I wait just a little longer it’ll work out!’

Yeo Min Ji bit her lip.

Not only Park In Tae but even her father had sent whispers.

Dragging out more time would be pushing it.

[Whisper/Minzi -> In Tae: …Sigh, I’ll come back.]

[Whisper/Minzi -> Sunwoo: I’ll return right away.]

In the end, she got up from her seat.

“If you don’t want to be called a disgrace to Martial Artists, train properly. Results follow effort.”

Yeo Min Ji gave advice to the users.

While spending time at the Hall of Combat Arts, she had seen and felt many things.

Unlike ordinary games, in New World you could rise quickly with a single action, or stay in the same place no matter how much time passed.

Martial Artists especially suffered from this more than other classes.

“…Yes.”

“Understood…”

The users quickly nodded their heads.

“I’ll be going, instructors.”

“Yes.”

“Take care.”

The instructors’ attitude was respectful.

Once when Yeo Min Ji was a newbie user, they had trained her as instructors, but now the situation was reversed.

Since Yeo Min Ji had reached a much higher level, showing respect was natural.

“Instructor Altio, take care of your health too.”

“Thank you.”

Altio smiled kindly.

She was one of the very few trainees who had endured his harsh training in the past, so it was natural for him to have good feelings toward her.

“But who was she waiting for anyway?”

“I don’t know either.”

The users didn’t know why she had been sitting at the Hall of Combat Arts for days on end.

They could only vaguely sense that she was waiting for someone.

And not long after, a user entered the Hall of Combat Arts.

“Huh?”

“That person?”

The instructors recognized him at a glance.

“It’s been a while.”

He was the user who had achieved victory in One-on-One Sparring against Instructor Altio.

The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)

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