The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 37

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Chapter 37

Edenhark Plaza.

Lord Knight Park Jin Hyeok shook his head back and forth.

“Hwa Rang, I don’t think we’re going to find them.”

They had spoken to over 90% of the users residing in Edenhark, but their gains were zero.

This meant that the user who obtained the Red Dragon Bone Bow had likely already left Edenhark.

“Fuck!”

Lee Hwa Rang slammed his fist down on the table.

The table couldn’t withstand it and shattered, causing the plates and food that were set on it to fall and crash loudly.

Everyone in the restaurant turned their attention this way.

“Hey! What a waste of this…”

Park Jin Hyeok looked regretfully at the food scattered on the floor.

What he had ordered was the most expensive dish in this restaurant – a Premium Course Meal.

Consuming the entire course meal would grant a random buff, and since the buff effects were quite decent, he frequented the restaurant often.

“Is there perhaps some problem with the food?!”

An NPC who was serving rushed over anxiously and asked.

Park Jin Hyeok smiled warmly and shook his head.

“No. My friend here couldn’t control his anger over another matter, so please don’t mind it.”

He then paid for the food and the cost of the table.

He also paid for all the tables where users were sitting as an apology for causing a disturbance.

“As expected of Lord Knight Park Jin Hyeok…”

“He’s really a good person.”

“But why is Lee Hwa Rang acting like that?”

“Right. I heard he doesn’t have that kind of personality.”

Before the users could say anything more, Park Jin Hyeok left the restaurant with Lee Hwa Rang.

Only then did Park Jin Hyeok pat Lee Hwa Rang’s shoulder.

“Hey, even so, that was too much. Did you have to break the table there?”

“Wouldn’t it be strange not to get angry in that situation?”

He had worked tirelessly day and night to collect the Red Dragon Set.

All that effort had turned to bubbles in an instant.

It was a situation where emotional control wouldn’t be easy for an ordinary person.

In Lee Hwa Rang’s case, he was consumed not by sadness or frustration, but by rage.

“You usually don’t get angry easily though?”

It had been truly a long time since he’d seen Lee Hwa Rang consumed by such rage.

It didn’t seem like he was acting this way simply because he missed the Red Dragon Bone Bow.

There was definitely something more.

He just didn’t know because Lee Hwa Rang kept his mouth tightly shut.

It would be more accurate to say that his accumulated feelings had exploded.

“…Go back first.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I need to stay and search a bit more.”

Just one more weapon until the complete set.

Lee Hwa Rang absolutely couldn’t give up on that weapon.

“Tsk, then I guess I’ll have to stay a bit longer too.”

“You can go back. Aren’t people starting to talk in the guild too?”

“That’s true, but… who knows what trouble you might cause?”

Just a moment ago, if Park Jin Hyeok hadn’t responded quickly, there would have been chaos.

Ah, there was already chaos.

No doubt Welcome was already plastered with posts about Lee Hwa Rang.

Still, there was a world of difference between handling the situation and not handling it.

“Then just two days. Let’s stay just two more days.”

Lee Hwa Rang was desperate.

No matter how much they asked for, he would buy it, so please just appear.

* * *

‘Then I’m going first.’

After Ha Jin left, Jung Hoon went to find the alchemist residing in Edenhark.

The place where the alchemist stayed was an old mansion.

It was much more decrepit than the mansions built in Edenhark, and the walls were so old they had cracks.

It looked precarious, as if it would collapse if any shock was applied here.

If the alchemist in Primordial Village was crazy about poison, this alchemist could be said to be crazy about decomposition.

[Don’t go to alchemists in the Beginner Zone lol]

-Especially Edenharque. I went there not knowing anything and got my weapon dismantled ㅡㅡ

└lololol You should go to a blacksmith for weapons.

└At the level of going to find an alchemist tsk tsk

└What would an alchemist know about weapons lololol

└That’s the kind of brain that goes to Edenhark and gets weapons decomposed, okay?

└Agreed. Leaving all the good places and choosing Edenhark lololol Really a laugh riot.

An alchemist who decomposes weapons to extract the materials inside them.

But did they know?

That in the future, countless users would fill this mansion to obtain materials.

Naturally, Jung Hoon was the only user who had visited this mansion at present.

Jung Hoon knocked on the door of that mansion.

Creak.

The closed door automatically opened as soon as he knocked.

Unlike the exterior, the interior was quite neat.

Most NPCs who research alchemy tend to mess up their rooms.

Only alchemy.

Nothing else catches their eye.

Some alchemist’s room hadn’t been cleaned for years and reeked of rot.

Even Jung Hoon, who wouldn’t lose to anyone in terms of stomach strength, felt nauseous.

However, this alchemist was different.

Far from any rotten smell, despite being an old mansion, there wasn’t even a musty odor.

‘He was also crazy about cleaning.’

Except for time spent on alchemy, he cleaned all day long.

That’s why this old mansion was maintained so neatly.

“Who are you?”

A man who appeared to be in his late twenties walked out.

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[NPC Information]

-Nickname: Heirn

-Level: 52

-Class: Alchemist (Decomposition)

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True to being crazy about cleaning, his face was also clean.

His clothes showed no dirt, as if he washed them frequently.

“I came because I want to decompose a weapon.”

“A weapon?”

Heirn tilted his head.

“Yes. This is it.”

Jung Hoon took out the Forgotten Intermediate Knight’s One-Handed Sword from his inventory.

“Hmm?”

Heirn’s eyes gleamed with interest as he examined the sword.

He recognized at a glance that it was no ordinary weapon.

“Come inside and let’s talk.”

Heirn guided him to the room where he conducted his research.

It was a very neatly organized room.

Jung Hoon placed the sword on the table.

“Is it possible?”

“Hmm… I’m sorry, but this weapon isn’t something that can be easily decomposed.”

Jung Hoon nodded at Heirn’s words as he glanced at the sword with a troubled expression.

“So it’s not impossible.”

“Yes. To be honest, this sword is not an ordinary sword.”

“I know.”

“…You know it’s an Ego Sword?”

“Yes.”

Ego Sword.

It’s called Ego because a consciousness dwells within the weapon.

The reason an ego could be attached was because a Soul Stone was combined with the weapon.

What Jung Hoon wanted to extract as material was precisely fragments of this Soul Stone.

He wanted to obtain a complete Soul Stone, but to get that Soul Stone, he needed to be at least level 300 or higher to have a chance.

For the current Jung Hoon, it was a long and distant path.

‘I can use another method.’

So he planned to obtain the Soul Stone through another method.

“Then this makes things easier. This sword cannot be decomposed with Normal Decomposition. It requires Advanced Decomposition.”

“What do you need?”

“Will you get them for me?!”

At that moment, a question mark appeared above Heirn’s head.

[Hidden Quest: Alchemist Heirn]

-Restriction: User possessing the Forgotten Intermediate Knight’s One-Handed Sword.

-Reward: Advanced Decomposition

-Description: Help Alchemist Heirn with his Advanced Decomposition work.

Jung Hoon immediately accepted the quest.

“Yes.”

“Then I’ll tell you the list of materials you need to get!”

[Material List]

-Will Tiger’s Fang 1,000 pieces

-Black Tiger’s Fang 1,000 pieces

-Murkun’s Fang 1,000 pieces

-White Murkun’s Fang 1,000 pieces

These were ridiculous materials.

Moreover, since it was a material that only dropped when receiving a Quest, separate gathering was impossible.

“If you combine the fangs these guys have, it prevents runaway during the decomposition process! I think you’d need about 1,000 of each to perform Advanced Decomposition on weapons like this.”

“You’re not trying to pocket half of them, are you?”

“What?! What do you mean by that!”

This was Jung Hoon’s second time with this Quest.

So he knew well how much material was actually needed.

He remembered that around 453 pieces had prevented the runaway.

In other words, this guy would be pocketing half.

‘This bastard knew from the start that it takes around 500 pieces.’

As evidence, Heirn flinched when Jung Hoon hit the nail on the head.

It meant he had already finished his calculations.

“500 pieces.”

Jung Hoon held up five fingers.

“Come on! I said 1,000 pieces. What’s this about 500?”

“Then shall we make a bet? I think 500 would be enough.”

At his persistence, Heirn finally raised the white flag.

“That’s too much… I need to make a living too, don’t I?”

“You really don’t know how to do business.”

“Huh?”

“If this work goes well, I’ll spread word about you.”

“Hmm? What benefit would that be to me?”

Heirn tilted his head.

Whether it was because he was holed up in his mansion only researching alchemy, Heirn had no talent for business.

“Listen carefully. By the way, this sword isn’t just one. There are several.”

“…Yes.”

“Right. So what happens if I spread the word? Won’t users who have swords come looking for you, Alchemist?”

“Ah!”

Finally understanding, Heirn clapped his hands.

[Material list is being modified.]

-Will Tiger’s Fang 1,000 pieces -> 500 pieces

-Black Tiger’s Fang 1,000 pieces -> 500 pieces

-Murkun’s Fang 1,000 pieces -> 500 pieces

-White Murkun’s Fang 1,000 pieces -> 500 pieces

Perfect.

The materials had been cut in half.

With the workload reduced, a smile formed on Jung Hoon’s lips.

“An excellent choice indeed.”

“But you have to make sure to spread the word, right?”

“Yes.”

Even if he didn’t want to, he’d have no choice but to spread it.

When Soul Stone Fragments were extracted from the one-handed sword, new information would automatically update on the New World Homepage.

If he casually leaked it to Welcome at that point, Heirn would become an NPC who’d be swamped even working all night.

* * *

He had slept well for the first time in a while.

Jung Hoon, who had logged out last night due to a schedule and went straight to bed, was looking at Welcome while preparing to go out.

[Lee Hwa Rang is going crazy lol]

-He broke a table at the restaurant lol He needs to find the person who got the bow, but can’t seem to find them.

└I was at the restaurant, this is actually true.

└They must have been scared shitless lol what did the table do wrong ㅡㅡ

└Exactly lol They say Lee Hwa Rang is going around talking to every user in Edenhark.

└This is real lol I’m level 56 and Lee Hwa Rang came and talked to me.

└Really? I should go to Edenhark too!

└There are still idiots who haven’t gone to Edenhark lol You’re not going to get Evolution Stones?

└The Evolution Stone Quest is seriously brutal ㅡㅡ They should at least tell you where the pendant is!

Welcome was flooded with content about Lee Hwa Rang.

‘Oh, he broke a table?’

It seemed his patience had reached its limit after missing the Myeongwang Fist Technique and now the Red Dragon Bone Bow.

Imagining Lee Hwa Rang consumed by rage made him chuckle.

Lee Hwa Rang wasn’t the type to give up easily when he was just one piece away from completing the set.

He was probably still staying in Edenhark, desperately searching for the whereabouts of the Red Dragon Bone Bow.

‘Then shall I make things a bit harder for him.’

Currently, more than half the users who had visited Edenhark were giving up after being overwhelmed by the difficult level.

No proper tip posts had been uploaded yet.

Jung Hoon posted an anonymous message on Welcome to fan the flames.

It was a tip post detailing how to obtain Evolution Stones.

[Still can’t clear the Edenhark Evolution Stone Quest? lol]

-I’ll tell you, so hurry up and do it lol

It was a tip post that filled the introduction with provocative phrases, then laid out Quest-related content in great detail.

As expected, the view count began rising like crazy.

└Oh? Is this really it?

└Crazy, this is how you’re supposed to go?

└What else would you do? Fuck, telling us to dig the ground, does that make any sense.

└I’m going to try it.

└I’ll try it first and then either curse or praise it.

Only after confirming that replies were streaming in did Jung Hoon turn off Welcome.

“What are you smiling about like that?”

His mother, who had finished preparing to go out and came out of her room, tilted her head when she saw Jung Hoon’s expression.

“Oh, there was just something funny. More importantly, are you all ready?”

“Yes. Let’s go quickly.”

“Yes.”

The Return of the Greatest All Master of All Time (Serial)

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