The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 26
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Chapter 26
East of Edenhark.
In the field, Ppripong was hunting monsters.
[Lv.36 Will Tiger]
A monster that looked similar to a tiger but was about half the size.
“Kyaeng!”
“Human! I won’t forgive… Kyaeng!”
Ppripong struck down the charging Will Tiger with the axe he was holding.
There are various types of warriors.
Some handle swords, some handle spears, or like Ppripong, some handle axes.
The first job change gives common skills, but afterwards the path to the second job change splits depending on the weapon you handle.
The second job he wanted was Barbarian.
A profession that boasts a burly build and smashes everything with pure strength alone.
“User, I’ve dealt with the monster.”
“Good. Then take this.”
What was given to Ppripong after he dealt with the monster was an iron shovel.
A 3-stage foldable shovel that could fold into three sections.
“…What am I supposed to do with this?”
“What do you mean? We need to dig the ground here.”
Blanc had a habit of burying stolen treasures in the ground.
So users who received similar quests like this always had to dig.
They didn’t have to dig the entire ground, just dig out areas that showed traces of being dug once and then covered up.
‘If we’re lucky, we can get it in the field, but if we’re unlucky, we’ll have to go to a dungeon.’
Blanc was a monster that only existed in fields.
But occasionally, persistent ones would infiltrate dungeons and hide treasures somewhere.
Then, if unlucky, dungeon monsters would sometimes kill Blanc, judging that it had invaded their territory.
“Ah… User? Can I honestly say just one thing?”
“Go ahead.”
“I just protected you from the Will Tiger, right?”
“So?”
“I think I’ve helped you enough… What do you think?”
In other words, he was asking to be acknowledged for providing help.
The completion icon visible below the quest here.
If he pressed this, Ppripong would be able to complete the quest and level up.
“No. The help I want is for you to help me complete this village quest.”
Of course, Jung Hoon had no intention of pressing the completion icon.
Digging work was manual labor, so two people were better than one.
The time would be cut in half, so why send Ppripong away?
“…Damn it. Really!”
When Jung Hoon showed no signs of backing down, Ppripong threw the shovel he was holding onto the ground.
“Don’t want to? Then should I just cancel this?”
Not wanting to cause trouble, Jung Hoon was about to cut off Ppripong’s help.
Then Ppripong shook his head with an urgent expression.
“No! Stop right now!”
“Then dig.”
Jung Hoon gestured with his chin toward the thrown shovel.
“Ugh…”
Ppripong was conflicted.
How long would it take to dig all these places?
But it was too wasteful to throw away this honey quest.
Should he just threaten him?
In the village, PVP proceeded with mutual agreement, but in this field, PVP was possible without such procedures.
His current level was 56.
Meanwhile, that newbie Martial Artist was level 30.
One swing of his axe would probably kill him.
No… if he did that, it would be a one-month suspension from New World.
When intimidating low-level users for commercial purposes, New World imposed its own punishments, with a minimum suspension of one month or more.
“Aren’t you going to do it?”
He had barely managed to reach level 56.
How long would it take to reach level 57…
He absolutely couldn’t give up this quest.
‘Right. It’s better to dig the ground instead.’
Rather than hunting monsters, it was much more profitable to dig and level up.
After conflicting, Ppripong finally picked up the shovel.
“I’ll dig! I said I’ll dig!”
“Yes. Let’s start quickly.”
* * *
It was a lucky day.
Jung Hoon evaluated it as such.
The pendant didn’t drop, but a rather important item came out instead.
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[Woo Gang’s Fan]
-Type : Fan
-Grade : Normal
-A fan that NPC Woo Gang lost.
-You can probably receive a reward if you find NPC Woo Gang.
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A Quest that could be received from Woo Gang who resides in Edenhark.
It was a Quest that absolutely had to be completed, and that item came out here!
‘They say fortune comes to those who work hard.’
He dug the ground diligently and the reward followed accordingly.
Although the pendant didn’t come out, there was nothing to worry about.
If it wasn’t in this land, it definitely meant it was in this dungeon.
Jung Hoon’s gaze turned to the dungeon portal right next to him.
He had dug quite a lot from the field to the portal in front of the dungeon.
“No… how long exactly do we have to do this? We’ve already been digging for over 6 hours!”
Ppripong felt like going crazy.
The old man’s requirement was to find the pendant from the beginning, so why did they have to keep digging the ground?
Even if Blanc’s habit was to steal treasures and bury them in the ground, this was too much manual labor!
“It’ll be over soon.”
“Really?”
Ppripong brightened up.
Finally, hope arose that she could escape from this tedious digging.
Just quickly press complete already!
There wasn’t much left until reaching level 57.
“Yes. Then please accept the party.”
“Party?”
“Yes. We need to form a party to finish the next task.”
“Really? Then quickly send the request.”
“I’ve sent it.”
With the expectation that she wouldn’t have to dig anymore, Ppripong accepted without even reading the party details.
With this, Jung Hoon was set as the party leader and Ppripong as the party member.
Jung Hoon grinned after confirming the party.
It was really good that Ppripong was here.
That dungeon was impossible to enter alone from the beginning.
There were too many monsters.
That’s why he had hoped the pendant would be found in the field, not the dungeon.
Fortunately, Jung Hoon had Ppripong as a party member.
This Quest seemed like it could be completed successfully.
[Would you like to enter Lv.39 Red Tiger Forest? / Entry possible with 2 or more people]
“W-wait! No, you want to enter this dungeon now?”
As he tried to enter the dungeon, Ppripong urgently blocked him.
“Yes.”
“Wow… this person is really hopeless. This is a dungeon that needs at least 6 people at level 50-60. And you want to go in without a healer?”
Two or more people was literally just the minimum cutline.
To clear it safely, 6 users above Lv.50 would need to group up and enter to make subjugation possible.
And in dungeon subjugation, a healer was an indispensable position.
There were cases where people relied only on their level and entered without a healer, only to fail subjugation due to losing health.
“You don’t need to worry about that. Let’s just go in quickly.”
Jung Hoon waved his hand dismissively as if annoyed.
“Wait! I won’t do it! I absolutely won’t accept!”
Ppripong shook her head vigorously.
Dungeon subjugation wasn’t in the plan, so she hadn’t properly prepared food or potions.
Going in this state would be 100% death.
“Ah, it’s fine. I can enter even if you don’t accept.”
“Wh… what?”
Ppripong’s face turned pale.
Before creating a party, the party leader could set several options.
One of them was setting dungeon entry authority to the party leader’s discretion.
Ppripong, who had accepted without reading properly, was forcibly dragged into the dungeon.
* * *
‘Aaahhh! I’m doomed! I’m doomed!’
Ppripong screamed internally.
Who would have thought he’d enter the dungeon without any countermeasures.
She should have noticed when he asked for all authority!
Her inventory had nothing except a few potions.
Hunting all these monsters would be impossible.
“Let’s just go out and come back? Please?!”
Ppripong spoke to Jung Hoon almost pleadingly.
If you gave up midway after entering a dungeon, a penalty was imposed – experience gain became 0% for 12 hours, and all stats decreased by 20% during that time, an absurd penalty.
Still, it was better than being logged out for 24 hours after failing subjugation.
“Hurry up and pick up an axe.”
Of course, Jung Hoon had absolutely no intention of leaving.
“Damn it….”
What the hell is he thinking?
No matter how high level 56 is, you can’t clear a dungeon alone….
If I knew this would happen, I should have just given up the Quest and left.
Reluctantly, he picked up the axe.
“Grroowl, human. How dare you enter here.”
“We’ll kill you. Humans.”
Twenty Lv.39 Red Tigers burst out all at once.
That was the moment.
Jung Hoon, who was beside him, leaped toward the Red Tigers.
“Wha… What?!”
Ppripong reached out his hand belatedly.
Then something amazing happened.
Before he knew it, Jung Hoon had a sword in his hand, and with that sword, he cut down two Red Tigers in an instant.
[Dungeons aren’t just about having high levels]
-Of course, if there’s a 30-40 level difference it doesn’t matter, but if it’s a 10-20 level difference, it’s still good to be cautious.
When it comes to dungeons, monsters move around in hordes, so you shouldn’t try to take them on solo – it’s basic common sense to form a party, distribute roles, stock up on potions, and make thorough preparations before going in ㅇㅇ
└That’s completely basic common sense.
└ For real, there are so many assholes who don’t even do this much.
└There are so many stupid idiots lol
Just because it’s a dungeon that allows 1+ people doesn’t mean you should just go in randomly – please get at least 4 people together before entering lol
└Sigh… I went in alone, died, and got a 24-hour suspension.
That’s right.
Unless there’s a huge level difference, dungeons cannot be cleared solo.
The reason was simple.
There’s no winning against a gang-up.
Usually, dungeon monsters don’t attack one by one, but swarm together to attack intruders.
These Red Tigers were the same.
But why?
Swoosh.
A Martial Artist who was only level 30 was hunting Lv.39 Red Tigers.
And 20 of them at once!
“Fuck, how is that guy a Martial Artist?!”
Ppripong was confused.
That user was clearly a lower-grade Martial Artist who had just achieved his first job change.
But how could he handle a sword so skillfully?
He seemed to handle the sword much better than himself, who had changed jobs to Warrior.
What was even more chilling was….
Even though he was surrounded by so many Red Tigers, he was smiling.
“Crazy… Thank god I put away the axe earlier.”
Ppripong thought so.
He was only level 30, but if they had fought there, he would have gotten a 24-hour suspension.
* * *
[You gain a small amount of experience.]
[You gain a small amount of experience.]
15 minutes.
That’s how long it took Jung Hoon to hunt 20 Red Tigers.
Originally, it would have been finished in 5 minutes.
[Consecutive Slash’s level increases.]
[Sword Mastery’s level increases.]
[Martial Artist exclusive skill, ‘Strong Will’ activates.]
[You acquire the skill, ‘Single Strike (Rare)’.]
He deliberately dragged out the time to activate Strong Will.
‘Good. Now I’ve obtained Single Strike too.’
[Single Strike]
-Type : Active
-Level : 1
-Grade : Rare
-Gather mana and strike down powerfully. (150% damage)
-Cooldown 30 seconds
A skill that would be quite useful when used in combination with Consecutive Slash.
Was it because he obtained it as Rare from the start?
The damage that would have been 100% if it were Normal was raised to 150% damage.
100% damage means 100% of the value created by adding Jung Hoon’s stats and his weapon’s attack power.
Usually, when attacking normally, you deal 10-20% damage of your total stats.
It meant correcting that damage to 150%.
‘Let me try to get as much as I can from this dungeon.’
[You use Lower Healing.]
Jung Hoon healed the minor wounds he got from fighting the Red Tigers with Healing.
As they say, there’s no winning against a gang-up, so even the experienced Jung Hoon couldn’t avoid getting injured while deliberately dragging out the fight.
Although only minor injuries occurred, Healing was essential considering the upcoming battles.
“Are, are you alright?”
Ppripong, who had been watching from a distance, rushed over urgently.
“Yes.”
Jung Hoon wiped the blood off his sword and took out a shovel, handing it to him.
Ppripong’s face turned pale white as he received the shovel.
Surely he wasn’t going to tell him to dig the ground again after coming all the way here?
“Why the shovel…?”
“We need to dig the ground. You know the ground we dug in the field? Please focus on digging the places where there are traces of being dug up and covered.”
“…I understand.”
In the end, Ppripong began digging up the ground with the shovel.
Was it because he had worked so hard doing manual labor?
Now he could see which places needed to be dug.
“Do you know by any chance? If we dig the ground this hard, there might be something good.”
“…I really hope so.”
All they had gotten from digging the ground so hard was the fan that Jung Hoon had taken.
So he had no expectations at all that something would come out here.
But then.
‘Huh?’
As he dug the ground, a small book came out along with the dirt.
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[Skill Book: Sturdy Body]
-Type: Skill Book
-Grade: Normal
-Using this skill book allows you to acquire ‘Sturdy Body (Normal)’.
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Ppripong’s eyes nearly popped out when he checked the skill book.
Currently, Ppripong was in the state of a 1st tier Lower Warrior.
Lower Warriors were provided with passive skills related to the body, but the effects were so minimal they were practically useless.
But if he had this Sturdy Body, it would complement his passive skills to some degree.
“Gulp!”
Saliva went down his throat.
Ppripong didn’t even pick up the skill book, just rolled his eyes to observe Jung Hoon.
Jung Hoon was sweeping through with just one sword.
Rather than simply overwhelming with brute force, he attacked the Red Tigers’ vital points with minimal movements.
So the Red Tigers that charged at Jung Hoon couldn’t last long before dying, and seeing their comrades fall so easily, the shaken ones hesitated.
Then it was Jung Hoon, not the Red Tigers, who charged forward.
The situation had been reversed.
‘How does he fight like that?’
What exactly did this person do?
What level 30 Martial Artist could handle a sword at such a high level?
Still, it was fortunate that his attention was focused on the front.
‘Hehe, I should take it for myself.’
Now was the perfect time while Jung Hoon wasn’t paying attention to this side.
Ppripong stealthily put the skill book into his inventory.
‘Kahahaha! Now this is mine!’
It was worth digging the ground.
“Was there anything?”
Startled.
Ppripong trembled once like a thief caught red-handed.
When he carefully turned his head, Jung Hoon had finished hunting and returned.
“Um, there was nothing.”
“If you lie, it won’t be good for either of us.”
“Uh… well… you see. I did dig the ground, and something did come out, you know? But it wasn’t really that useful…”
Ppripong began rambling with a flustered face.
“Then I’ll ask you for one favor, so could you listen to it? I’ll just give you that skill book you put in your inventory.”
When he mentioned the skill book, Ppripong was startled.
What a ghostly guy!
Still, it was fortunate that he said he’d give him the skill book if he just listened to one favor.
“Understood!”
The Return of the Greatest All Master Ever (Ongoing)
Author │ Yeon I Yo
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