The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 22
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Episode 22
In the end, Yeo Min Ji returned to the guild headquarters.
She couldn’t ignore the continuously piling work, and this time, with the epic-grade Saber appearing at the event that Hoyeong observed, chaos erupted within the guild as well.
Since Hoyeong was the only named guild, if they moved to recruit, they would be in a position to bring Saber over.
Along with that, the fact that Yeo Min Ji was at the Hall of Combat Arts was also reported.
‘Please go to the Hall of Combat Arts in my place.’
‘Miss…’
‘I’m begging you like this!’
‘…I understand.’
At her earnest request, Park In Tae had no choice but to head to the Hall of Combat Arts.
“Hmm? You don’t have the qualifications, so why are you trying to enter here?”
The instructor guarding the main gate of the Hall stopped him.
Only Martial Artists could enter the Hall of Combat Arts.
Of course, to break such rules, one had to perform a Quest given by the instructor to lift the entry restriction.
“…I want to do a Quest.”
Who would have thought he’d end up performing a Beginner Zone Quest at this level.
“Really? Then could I ask you to do some cleaning?”
“Yes.”
Most Quests in the Beginner Zone were menial tasks like cleaning.
Park In Tae could only enter the Hall after receiving the Quest.
‘I need to observe the situation while cleaning.’
Park In Tae took out a mop from the cleaning supply box and began mopping the floor.
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[Player Information]
-Nickname: In Tae
-Level: 269
-Class: Insight Mage (3rd tier)
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“Wow… What? Why did a level 269 come here?”
“That’s a mage, right?”
“If it’s Insight class, that’s epic?!”
With Park In Tae’s appearance doing cleaning, the users receiving training went into an uproar.
It made sense since a level 269 was cleaning the Hall where they were training.
“Ha, does it make sense for an instructor to beat up a user?”
“Exactly. Not satisfied with just showing favoritism.”
As he was diligently cleaning, the inner door opened and two users were coming out.
They were Martial Artists who had reached level 30 and completed their 1st class advancement.
‘Huh?’
Park In Tae perked up his ears.
The instructor beat up a user?
Did they have a sparring match?
From the situation, it seemed the instructor and users had engaged in sparring.
“Excuse me, may I ask what happened?”
To hear the detailed story, Park In Tae approached the user who was coming out after completing their class advancement.
The user was startled by Park In Tae’s sudden appearance but soon chattered away, telling him about what had happened inside.
‘Found it!’
* * *
[Rewards are greatly increased.]
[You can advance to 1st Class (Epic).]
A smile formed on Jung Hoon’s lips.
He could now make the epic class advancement he had aimed for.
With this, he would be able to reach the path of All Master more quickly.
But there was something strange.
Below the list of rewards he could receive, there was a rejection option.
In New World, class advancement was not a choice but a necessity.
Therefore, once you took the test, you had to unconditionally accept the given result.
But now Jung Hoon was given the option to refuse.
‘Strange? There shouldn’t be a rejection option?’
Next to the rejection option was a small exclamation mark icon.
Jung Hoon lightly touched that exclamation mark.
[If you want a higher grade class advancement, please press reject.]
Jung Hoon’s eyes widened slightly.
‘Higher grade?’
Did that mean he could make a class advancement beyond epic?
Kwon Hyeon Je had recognized the Myeongwang Fist Technique.
Was it because of the Myeongwang Fist Technique?
‘Kwon Hyeon Je lived in the same era as Dokgo Jun… I never expected it to change like this.’
Unlike Dokgo Jun, Kwon Hyeon Je had not achieved enlightenment by his own will, but remained in the Hall of Combat Arts to test challengers.
“I have never given anyone the opportunity to obtain a grade above Epic. However, you are qualified. If you wish, I will give you that opportunity. But be careful in your choice, as you may end up with a class change of a lower grade than Epic.”
Kwon Hyeon Je’s face and voice were serious.
He was certain that the fist technique shown in the test belonged to Myeongwang Dokgo Jun.
That’s why he had drastically increased the reward.
‘All or nothing. This is an incredible opportunity.’
Yeo Min Ji from Hoyeong had completed a Rare-grade class change, and in the future, a Martial Artist in Argentina was scheduled to achieve an Epic-grade class change.
What Jung Hoon had aimed for from the beginning was precisely an Epic-grade class change.
The condition was to completely defeat Martial Artist: A.
The defeat condition was to have more than 50% health remaining.
The plan was to rise 2 full grades from a normal 1st class change, allowing him to reach the realm of All Master more quickly.
It seemed he would need to completely revise his plan.
Thump thump.
Jung Hoon’s heart began beating violently.
If he achieved a Unique-grade class change, it would mean he could stand on equal footing with James Marcus, who had been a Paladin from his 1st class change.
‘I refuse.’
Jung Hoon chose to refuse.
“Good. However, I will not be the one to grant the power of class change.”
But Kwon Hyeon Je’s words were unexpected.
“You won’t grant it?”
“Epic is the limit of what I can grant.”
For a class change beyond that, he would need to seek out another soul.
“Then…?”
“I’ll connect you. The grade will be determined by your choice.”
At that moment, a red question mark appeared above Kwon Hyeon Je’s head.
[Hidden Class Change Quest(1/2): Blue Flame Kwon Hyeon Je]
-Restriction: Martial Artist recognized by Blue Flame Kwon Hyeon Je
-Reward: Hidden Class Change Quest(2/2) execution
-Description: You have received Blue Flame Kwon Hyeon Je’s recognition. Discover traces of the Fist King beyond the portal.
When he accepted that Quest, a new portal appeared behind Kwon Hyeon Je.
‘Even if an opportunity comes, it’s useless if you can’t seize it.’
An incredibly precious opportunity had arrived.
So he would definitely seize this opportunity.
Jung Hoon, having steeled his resolve, entered the portal.
“I wish you good fortune in battle.”
Kwon Hyeon Je quietly gazed at the portal where Jung Hoon had disappeared.
His role was finished.
The rest was in that Martial Artist’s hands.
* * *
Earth Korea User Management Team.
The employees were staring at the monitor screen with eyes filled with astonishment.
“What? He’s doing a class change Quest, so why is he crossing through another portal?”
“It says it’s a Hidden Class Change Quest…?”
“What does that mean…?”
They had joined Earth Korea and watched various users’ gameplay.
And they too were users who enjoyed New World.
But this was the first time they’d seen a user reach such an extreme peak.
In a situation where he was taking all sorts of fortuitous encounters, they wondered if he would even cause trouble with his class change.
That thought proved correct.
He passed the test set by the Martial Artist’s soul perfectly, securing a class change of Rare grade or higher.
Yes. Up to this point, they could accept it.
‘What? Why is the NPC giving a new Quest?’
Oh Jin Su couldn’t hide his confused feelings.
What conditions had he met for a Hidden Class Change Quest to newly appear?
“Team Leader… what kind of class change do you think that user will achieve?”
“…I don’t know.”
Currently, the highest class change that had appeared in South Korea was Epic.
And expanding to the entire world, Paladin James Marcus, who had currently reached level 540, was the only one to achieve Unique grade in his 1st class change.
They had heard that even James Marcus hadn’t performed a Hidden Class Change Quest.
What on earth was this user?
“Wow… this is really interesting.”
“How is watching more fun than actually playing the game?”
“That person would be a huge hit if they streamed, right?”
“They’d rake in money.”
The employees had forgotten their work and were completely absorbed in the user’s gameplay.
Meanwhile, Oh Jin Su intervened and controlled the real-time monitoring program to adjust the user’s position.
The employees looked at Oh Jin Su with confused eyes at his action.
“N-now isn’t the time to watch that user. Several other users have been reported as suspicious. We need to check on them first.”
They only got to watch for 20 minutes!
The employees sighed in disappointment.
“That was such an important scene though…”
“Aren’t you curious what he’ll do inside that Portal?”
“What grade will he class change to?”
Oh Jin Su was equally eager to keep watching.
However, since headquarters handled most of the work and he was already rumored to be a salary thief throughout the company, he couldn’t postpone his duties to spectate when reports had come in.
‘He’s definitely going to get something amazing, right? I’m dying of curiosity.’
He was desperately curious about what lay beyond the Portal and what kind of class change he would undergo.
* * *
Beyond the Portal, the main gate of a massive mansion came into view.
The entrance was blocked by a door, and Jung Hoon stood before it.
[You are a qualified individual.]
[The door opens.]
The tightly shut door slid to the side, revealing the inner garden.
What was presumed to be a garden had become a complete mess, with no trace of its former state remaining. The fountain in the center was also severely damaged, and only through the faint remnants could one vaguely guess that a fountain had once been installed there.
‘Is this really where the Fist King lived?’
The mansion’s gloomy atmosphere made the name “Fist King” seem ironic.
Jung Hoon passed through the garden and entered the mansion.
‘I’d believe it if someone said there were ghosts here…’
The interior of the mansion was even worse than the garden.
The windows were cracked and broken, the floors and walls were rotted, and insects crawled everywhere.
The chandelier that should have hung from the ceiling had fallen to the floor and was completely shattered, and dust had accumulated everywhere, proving that a considerable amount of time had passed since all this destruction occurred.
Entering an abandoned house gives you chills, but this mansion was far worse than that.
It felt like hundreds of years had passed since human footsteps last graced this place.
‘He said to find traces of the Fist King, right?’
Jung Hoon moved his steps and thoroughly searched every space, starting with the reception room.
However, his gains were zero.
There wasn’t a single thing that could be called a trace.
He had naturally assumed there would be items the Fist King had used during his lifetime.
Whether everything had been looted when the mansion fell to ruin, there wasn’t a single item worth mentioning.
However, he was certain that something must be somewhere in the mansion.
New World always provides proper rewards when a Quest is given.
This class change Quest was no different.
The fact that a Quest was given meant there were traces somewhere in this mansion.
‘Nothing on the First Floor.’
Jung Hoon climbed to the Second Floor via the central staircase.
[You are a qualified individual.]
[The Bedchamber door opens.]
At that moment, an old door inside creaked open with a grinding sound.
“So it was there.”
If it was going to open, it could have just opened quietly.
The old door opening automatically made the gloomy atmosphere even thicker.
Jung Hoon moved his steps and entered the Bedchamber.
And he was able to discover it.
“You have come.”
The spirit of an old man who appeared to be in his late 80s, sitting in the Bedchamber.
His well-trained body, inappropriate for his age, showed not a trace of excess fat.
He rose from his seat.
His height was just over 2 meters.
Jung Hoon, who was 183cm tall, had to look up at him.
“Are you the Fist King?”
The old man shook his head.
“Not anymore.”
“Not anymore?”
“Look at this place. Hasn’t it already fallen to ruin and many years passed?”
The old man looked at the Bedchamber with a bitter expression.
Though he didn’t know the reason, from the situation it appeared the Fist King had died and the mansion had fallen to ruin.
This wasn’t in New World’s original setting either.
He had thought it would simply be finding an object, but he never dreamed the Fist King’s spirit would be waiting.
“I came here to find traces of you.”
The old man nodded.
“Haven’t you found them?”
“Pardon?”
“It is I.”
With those words, an exclamation mark appeared above the old man’s head.
[You have completed Hidden Class Change Quest (1/2).]
[You can perform Hidden Class Change Quest (2/2).]
When he touched the exclamation mark, a new question mark appeared.
[Hidden Class Change Quest (2/2): Fragment of Soul]
-Restriction: Martial Artist who found the Fist King’s trace
-Reward: 1st Class Change (Hidden)
-Description: You have found the Fist King’s trace. Qualify yourself and inherit the power.
And the reward was revealed.
‘Hidden?!’
Jung Hoon’s pupils dilated.
Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)
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ⓒYeon I Yo 2024
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