The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 4
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Episode 4
Holy Land of Martial Artists.
Hall of Combat Arts.
[You chose Martial Artist despite all our warnings? Then go straight here.]
-Go to the Hall of Combat Arts to receive quests and complete them to get martial artist exclusive skills, plus faster leveling!
Honestly, choosing martial artist is also a stupid decision… but if you’re going down the martial artist path anyway, you should at least grow properly instead of being a complete failure, right?
An essential location for the explosive early growth of martial artists.
Because of such guides, the few beginner martial artists compared to other classes all visited the Hall of Combat Arts.
However, the place Jung Hoon entered was not the Hall of Combat Arts.
Going to the Hall of Combat Arts was the natural course at this time, but not in the future.
[Abandoned Ownerless Dojo]
A dojo currently without an owner that no one visits.
The wooden floor was thick with dust, and spider webs were strung all over the ceiling and windows.
The windows were broken, and the wallpaper had turned yellow and was rotting.
“Found it exactly.”
Jung Hoon’s lips curved up in an unmistakable smile.
This level of filth also meant he was the first to visit this dojo.
“Should I start with cleaning?”
Jung Hoon went outside and headed to a shop.
Tools were necessary for cleaning.
There was no way proper cleaning tools would be in a dojo that was falling apart.
On Market Street, there was a general store that sold cleaning tools.
“Welcome!”
The shop owner greeted Jung Hoon warmly.
A lightbulb icon was blinking above his head.
It meant he was an NPC who gave quests to beginners.
However, what Jung Hoon urgently needed right now wasn’t that quest.
“I’d like to buy cleaning tools.”
“Ah, yes yes. The tools are on the 2nd floor!”
The general store had a total of 3 floors.
Being the largest general store on Market Street, it had almost everything.
They even sold snacks from around the world.
New World accurately reproduced even the taste of snacks, though naturally they didn’t provide satiety but served to slightly recover the character’s health.
In other words, they were potions.
Unlike other games, this was a system where you could recover health and mana through food.
Therefore, there was no harm in buying snacks.
“They’re potion substitutes, so let’s buy some together.”
Jung Hoon brought a basket and purchased snacks, beverages, and all the necessary cleaning tools.
He had enough money from the gold received as a tutorial completion reward.
“Yes. That’s 1 silver and 6 pennies total.”
Only 1 silver and 6 pennies despite buying so much.
Jung Hoon held out 1 gold.
The owner looked back and forth between the gold coin and Jung Hoon with bewildered eyes.
It was natural to be flustered since gold was rarely used in Primordial Village.
“Please wait a moment.”
The owner asked for understanding and brought out more silver and pennies from the safe.
In terms of New World’s currency value, 1 gold converted to silver would be 20 pieces.
In pennies, that would be 240.
So, 1 gold equals 20 silver, and 1 silver equals 12 pennies.
This meant he would receive 18 silver and 6 pennies in change.
“Thank you.”
“Yes. Please come again!”
Jung Hoon confirmed that 18 silver and 6 pennies had entered his inventory and left the general store.
Jung Hoon hurried his steps.
Looking at the state of the dojo, he wasn’t sure if he could finish cleaning even if he invested a full day.
Wouldn’t it take two days?
‘Jung Hoon, want me to tell you how I got this?’
‘Not really interested in hearing it.’
‘Come on, don’t be like that and listen once.’
A guy who would brag about how he obtained items when drunk, even when no one wanted to hear it.
The reason he brought up that story to Jung Hoon like showing off was because Jung Hoon had also visited the dojo.
Upon arriving at the dojo, Jung Hoon started with mopping first.
He would remove the dust first, then rinse the mop in water and wipe the wooden floor several times.
After mopping for about 30 minutes, he felt a presence behind him.
Jung Hoon turned his head toward the entrance.
“What the hell, why is it so dirty?”
“Oh, there was a place like this in such a remote location?”
Two users were looking around the dojo.
Jung Hoon stopped mopping and looked at them.
That’s strange.
Normally, beginner users wouldn’t visit a place like this.
[Checking user information.]
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[Player Information]
-Nickname: Newbie Slayer 1
-Level: 31
-Class: Lower Warrior (1st Tier)
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When users first start, their user information is set to show only nickname, level, and class publicly, with everything else set to private.
Later, you can go into options and set detailed stats, skills, etc. to be publicly visible one by one, but most people don’t touch the options and just leave level and class as public.
Those users are the same.
Jung Hoon also checked the information of the user behind him.
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[Player Information]
-Nickname: Newbie Slayer 2
-Level: 36
-Class: Lower Mage (1st Tier)
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As expected, this bastard too has quite a high level to be lurking around the Primordial Village.
Jung Hoon’s brain spun rapidly.
‘They must have seen me pay 1 gold.’
Usually when you complete tutorial stage 1, you receive 10 silver as a reward.
On the other hand, Jung Hoon cleared up to stage 5 and received 10 gold.
In other words, those bastards are now following him to extort money.
“Is there something you need?”
Jung Hoon put on a friendly smile and greeted them.
As if he were the owner of this dojo.
“Ah, it’s nothing much, just come over here for a second.”
The level 31 Lower Warrior wiggled his finger.
Having apparently already checked Jung Hoon’s information, his expression was full of confidence.
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[Player Information]
-Nickname: Hoon
-Level: 11
-Class: Martial Artist
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Well, that made sense since Jung Hoon’s information was nothing short of perfect prey.
“Hmm, is this perhaps about money?”
“You’re quicker than you look, aren’t you?”
“Hand over everything you have and we’ll let you go quietly. If you don’t like it, then let’s PVP.”
The two users snickered.
To engage in combat between users in New World, you have to PVP.
Of course, if one side refuses PVP, it won’t happen, but these are trash who only pick on beginners to prey on them.
If he refuses here, they’ll definitely follow him persistently and interfere with everything he does.
“I don’t want to.”
These aren’t the type to end it with just one payment.
Once they mark someone as a sucker, they torment them until that sucker quits the game.
Those bastards have now marked him as a sucker.
“Are you crazy? Hey, accept the PVP. Unless you want to get fucked.”
“You’re dead. I’ll make you quit New World.”
Both their faces twisted viciously.
[A PVP request has arrived. Will you accept?]
The one who initiated PVP was the Lower Warrior.
Jung Hoon accepted the PVP request without any hesitation.
[Starting PVP.]
[The battle will last for 30 minutes.]
As PVP started, the Lower Warrior suddenly drew his sword and charged at Jung Hoon.
Perhaps because there was a 20-level difference, it wasn’t easy to read his movements.
Even so, Jung Hoon wasn’t tense at all.
He had experience ingrained in him that could cover the level gap.
Swoosh!
The guy swung his sword.
‘Left.’
He predicted the sword’s path through the guy’s subtle movements and dodged.
When Jung Hoon perfectly avoided the sword, bewilderment appeared on the Lower Warrior’s face.
What the hell was this?
A level 11 Martial Artist dodged a level 31’s sword strike?
This was something that could never happen.
“Opening.”
Jung Hoon kicked up the lower warrior’s wrist with his foot.
“Ugh!”
The startled warrior accidentally dropped the sword he was holding.
That sword instantly came into Jung Hoon’s hands.
“Die.”
Jung Hoon thrust the sword straight into the warrior’s neck.
[You have struck a vital point accurately.]
[PVP Instant Death Judgment is activated.]
[‘Newbie Slayer 1’ has died. A penalty is imposed for PVP defeat.]
“Guh, guhk!”
The lower warrior with his throat pierced trembled violently, then soon disappeared.
He had been forcibly logged out.
When defeated in PVP, game access becomes impossible for 24 hours depending on the penalty.
“Wh, what…?”
Not expecting his companion to be defeated, the apprentice mage stared with dazed eyes at the spot where the lower warrior had disappeared.
“Are you going to do it too?”
Jung Hoon asked while pointing the sword in his hand at the mage.
“S-sorry!”
The apprentice mage apologized and ran away frantically.
Jung Hoon smirked at the sight of him fleeing with his tail between his legs.
A human who makes a living by preying on beginners.
He didn’t think the mage would have enough guts to attack after seeing that PVP, but here he was running away with his tail down.
“Pathetic bastards.”
He was just getting into the rhythm of cleaning, but thanks to them, his rhythm was broken.
He grabbed the mop to continue cleaning.
[Ho, an interesting fellow has come.]
But on the floor where there had been nothing, an old man was standing and looking at Jung Hoon.
‘Huh? He’s here already?’
Jung Hoon was quite flustered inside.
He had been trying to clean the dojo diligently to meet this old man.
[Mysterious Old Man]
Mysterious Old Man.
A red question mark was floating above the old man.
‘Cleaning… I don’t need to do it?’
Jung Hoon put down the mop he was holding and slowly approached the old man.
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An apartment in Seoul Bangbae-dong.
[You have been defeated in PVP.]
[A penalty is imposed.]
[Access is prohibited for 23 hours and 59 minutes.]
Whoosh-
Upon defeat in PVP, the capsule opened with a forced logout.
“Damn it!”
Lee Cheol Min came out of the capsule cursing profusely.
Still unable to contain his anger, his clenched fists trembled.
“Why the hell did I lose?”
He couldn’t understand it.
He had reached level 30 and even completed his first class change.
Yet he suffered the humiliation of losing in PVP to a mere level 11 martial artist vermin.
Lee Cheol Min immediately called his friend.
Han Deok Gu, the apprentice mage who had witnessed the PVP.
[Oh, I just logged out too.]
Han Deok Gu had logged out as if he knew the call would come.
“Damn… What kind of trickery did that bastard use?”
Without that, he couldn’t accept the fact that he had been defeated.
[I don’t know…]
However, Han Deok Gu also couldn’t figure out the trickery the martial artist had used.
“You don’t know? Does it make sense that you don’t know?”
Han Deok Gu was also a mage who had completed his first class change.
He was even 5 levels higher than himself.
[What I saw was… you getting your sword stolen and your head chopped clean off.]
“Fuck, I know that too.”
[Anyway, let’s not mess with that bastard. Something’s off about him.]
It took less than a minute for a level 11 Martial Artist to kill a level 31 Warrior who had completed their first class advancement.
That means there’s something invisible at play.
I should have noticed something was up from the moment that level 11 scrub had gold in the first place…
“Hah… You said you were a beginner? You fucking bastard. You wanna die?”
[How is that my fault? I only said I had gold. You’re the one who suggested following him, aren’t you?]
“Don’t give me that shit. If you hadn’t subtly tempted me by saying he seemed to have a lot of money, I wouldn’t have touched him.”
[Wow, look at this crazy bastard blaming me.]
“Either way, you take responsibility! You damn bastard! How am I supposed to wait 24 hours!”
Lee Cheol Min screamed in anguish.
Now that he was completely hooked on New World, the 24-hour connection ban was an incredibly painful penalty.
The Return of the Greatest All-Master (Serial)
Author │ Yeon I Yo
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ⓒYeon I Yo 2024
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