The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 40

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Chapter 40

“Thank you for giving me the opportunity to personally refine such a magnificent weapon.”

Vulcan looked at the Red Dragon Bone Bow with a proud expression.

“Master speaks the truth. Throughout the entire refining process, you kept stroking the bow so lovingly…”

As if confirming this fact, his disciple Sen added his comment.

“Treating weapons with care is the foundation of being a blacksmith. It seems your training is still lacking, so clean the blacksmith shop for a week.”

“What…! Didn’t you say I could finally enter the shop and learn techniques?!”

“Enough, start sweeping from that floor over there.”

“Master!”

Sen tried to protest with an aggrieved expression, but seeing Vulcan’s terrifying face, he wisely began cleaning.

And Jung Hoon noticed something.

Vulcan’s ears were slightly red.

Well, it would be the first time touching a Unique grade weapon imbued with a dragon’s soul at the Edenhark Blacksmith Shop.

“Well then, I’ll be going.”

Jung Hoon took out 5 gold coins and placed them on the table.

Vulcan’s eyes widened at the sight of the gold coins.

“Hmm? What’s this gold for?”

“It’s a reward for successfully completing the refining.”

“That’s not right! You’re our benefactor who retrieved the stolen equipment and weapons from our blacksmith shop. If anything, I’m sorry we could only do this much for you…”

Jung Hoon shook his head.

“That was settled when you agreed to handle the refining, and this is an additional tip because I’m very satisfied with the results.”

“Tip…?”

“Just think of it as a bonus.”

“Well, then I can’t just let this pass either. Wait just a moment.”

Vulcan went somewhere and soon returned carrying a hood.

“What’s this?”

Jung Hoon’s eyes widened slightly at the sight of the hood.

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[Artisan’s Hood]

-Type: Defensive Equipment

-Grade: Epic

-Defense: 66

-Evasion Rate: 3.25 ~ 3.75%

-Physical Damage Reduction: 2%

-Magic Damage Reduction: 2%

-Remaining Durability: 100%

-Special Ability (1): When wearing hood, skill damage reduction increases by 0.5%

-Special Ability (2): When wearing hood, critical hit damage reduction increases by 0.5%

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Who would have thought an Epic grade defensive equipment would appear here.

“It’s my life’s masterpiece.”

“Why are you giving such a masterpiece to me?”

“I may not look it, but I think my intuition is quite good. I’m giving it to you because I believe you’re worthy of becoming the owner of my masterwork, so please accept it.”

Vulcan’s eyes looking at Jung Hoon were filled with goodwill.

In his childhood, he had started blacksmith work to care for his sick single mother.

Fortunately, he had talent and began hammering in less than a year.

The hood he handed to Jung Hoon was the masterpiece created through 20 years of devoted work.

Jung Hoon before him was the benefactor who helped resolve the blacksmith shop’s crisis.

He had even entrusted him with a precious weapon he might never touch in his lifetime.

So he chose Jung Hoon as the owner of this masterpiece.

“…Then I’ll gratefully accept it.”

After a moment of consideration, Jung Hoon eventually accepted the hood.

* * *

It wasn’t over yet.

Jung Hoon entered the field and reached a grassland where no presence could be felt.

The final finale to decorate the end of this long journey.

“Let’s begin.”

A task that even Lee Hwa Rang couldn’t accomplish.

In fact, he hadn’t even attempted it because there was no need to go that far.

Just by repeatedly refining and evolving with the Red Dragon Set effect, he could reach Legendary grade.

However, Jung Hoon had no intention of doing that.

The reason for going through one round of refining was precisely to use these Soul Stone Fragments.

‘To rise beyond Legendary in the future.’

Jung Hoon had learned this fact later, but the soul dwelling in this Red Dragon Bone Bow wasn’t that of an ordinary dragon.

Ancient Dragon Anima.

It was a weapon imbued with the soul of Anima, who reigned supreme among dragons.

Though Lee Hwa Rang had belatedly tried to use Soul Stones, the soul that had partially awakened through refining had already been consumed by repeated refining and enhancement.

However, after his regression, it wasn’t too late yet.

‘Please succeed.’

Normally, this would need to be entrusted to a synthesis artist, but since there were no synthesis artists in Edenhark, he had to attempt it himself.

This was actually Jung Hoon’s first time trying it.

So he was a bit nervous.

Slowly manipulating his mana, he awakened the soul sleeping within the Soul Stone Fragment.

As the soul awakened, the fragment was enveloped in white light.

‘Now I insert this into the bow’s core.’

It was a somewhat primitive method, but this was the only way.

As Jung Hoon guided it with his weapon, the white light mass rose up and slowly seeped into the red core located at the center of the Red Dragon Bone Bow.

Then the core turned red and began to vibrate slightly.

[The soul sleeping within the Red Dragon Bone Bow begins to rampage.]

‘Don’t eat it quickly, eat it slowly.’

Even though it had been restored, this was a weapon created by forcibly imbuing a soul that had been on the verge of extinction from the manufacturing stage.

To perfectly revive such a soul required time and effort.

Of course, it wouldn’t fail.

Since he was combining according to the recipe.

[The soul of the Red Dragon Bone Bow gradually grows stronger.]

[The soul sealed within the Red Dragon Bone Bow awakens completely.]

As expected, the core’s energy was gradually becoming more powerful.

Meanwhile, the bow’s color began to gradually turn black.

Originally, the ancient dragon Anima wasn’t an ordinary Red Dragon but a hybrid mixed with Black Dragon blood.

Anima, known for wielding Black Flame.

He was now regaining his original power.

Eventually, the Red Dragon Bone Bow was completely dyed black.

[The name of ‘Red Dragon Bone Bow’ is changed to ‘Dragon Anima Bone Bow’.]

[The grade of ‘Dragon Anima Bone Bow’ rises from Unique to Legendary.]

[Achievement unlocked! ‘First Legendary Item Acquisition’ completed! 30,000 Achievement points awarded.]

“Success.”

Without having to repeat refining and enhancement countless times, it instantly rose to Legendary.

Then the Dragon Anima Bone Bow that he had been holding in his hand transformed into a black orb.

Jung Hoon fiddled with the palm-sized orb.

Then the orb’s form changed, taking the shape of a lizard.

It even had eyes, nose, and mouth, so Jung Hoon made eye contact with the creature.

“Are you the one who awakened me?”

It even spoke.

It was a voice that naturally gave off a chilling feeling.

“That would be right.”

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[Dragon Anima Bone Bow]

-Type: Bow

-Grade: Legendary

-Attack Power: ? (Adjusted according to wearer’s level)

-Critical Hit Rate: 5 ~ 10%

-Damage reduction due to level difference is decreased. (Legendary exclusive)

-Remaining Durability: 100%

-Special Ability (1): Infinite generation of Mana Arrows.

-Special Ability (2): When arrow hits, random debuff applied with low probability

-Special Ability (3): Ancient dragon’s power is applied. (Skill registration possible)

-Special Ability (4): Unlocked at Level 120.

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The stats were incredible.

And befitting a Legendary, a slot for registering skills had been created.

This skill would bring over and register one of the abilities that Anima had wielded in life.

This was an extremely overpowered ability.

“Thank you. Although I’ve become a weapon rather than a dragon, I’ll do my best to help.”

“Please take care of me from now on.”

Since the soul had been awakened, a complete ego had settled into the weapon.

Jung Hoon consciously transformed the writhing Anima in his right hand into bow form.

Then Anima, who had taken lizard form, returned to orb form again before taking the shape of a bow.

‘Good. With this, I’ve obtained a bow.’

The bow that had been his primary objective in Edenhark.

This was the moment he achieved that primary objective.

* * *

Earth Korea User Management Team.

Team Leader Oh Jin Su stared at the monitor with his mouth agape.

The staff behind him were the same.

“He really restored it…”

No.

Could that simply be called restoration?

Oh Jin Su, who had been on Earth the longest among them, recognized it at a glance.

‘The grade increased… That’s impossible without embedding a Soul Stone.’

Soul Stones were such rare items that they were still among the items whose details hadn’t been fully revealed.

He knew that if you successfully imbued a soul into a Unique or higher weapon and successfully achieved Ego transformation, the grade would rise by one level.

And the weapon held by the user being broadcast on the monitor had successfully completed Ego transformation and risen to Legendary grade.

‘This is insane… That’s absolutely insane…’

It was the moment when suspicion turned into certainty.

That wasn’t simply a coincidence.

That user knows all the information about New World.

Without that, such results would be impossible to explain.

‘But then how…?’

Once you join Earth or Genesis, it becomes impossible to even touch New World.

Because the company blocks access from within.

Even if there’s a record of playing New World even a little, you get rejected during document screening.

Everyone here chose to join with such restrictions.

Naturally, there are confidentiality clauses that completely prohibit disclosing information publicly or privately.

If you disclose even a little, you’ll face corresponding disadvantages.

Having watched seniors who violated the clauses get eliminated, he couldn’t even think of disclosing anything.

Therefore, that user is at least not someone related to Earth or Genesis.

‘This is really amazing, isn’t it?’

What exactly does that user do for a living?

Honestly, he was curious, but more than that, his heart was racing from excessive dopamine secretion.

Since joining Earth Korea, this was the first time he’d seen such entertaining gameplay.

They’ve only just passed Primordial Village and arrived at Edenhark.

He was dying to know what kind of extraordinary performance that user would show.

“Team Leader…”

His direct subordinate, Lee Gi Cheol, approached and whispered quietly.

“What?”

Oh Jin Su, awakening from his thoughts, tilted his head.

What problem could there be that requires whispering?

“About our bet… we lost.”

“Ah.”

Come to think of it, they had made a bet.

The loser would buy coffee for a month.

The winning side was the 4 new employees, and the rest were 9 staff members including Oh Jin Su.

“What should we do?”

“What do you mean what should we do… I have to buy it.”

He was the one who proposed the bet, and he’s satisfied with seeing such a rare spectacle.

Though he made it his life motto not to waste money on frivolous things, this time he plans to pay coolly.

“Really?!”

All the staff including Lee Gi Cheol were shocked.

This penny-pincher would buy coffee for a whole month?

“A man shouldn’t go back on his word.”

It was decided that Oh Jin Su would pay for the coffee with his own money.

And for a whole month at that.

* * *

Jung Hoon, having successfully completed his first objective, came out of the capsule.

He needed to take a brief rest to execute the next plan he had prepared.

“You’re here?”

“Yeah.”

He was planning to laze around at home, but Ha Jin contacted him and they met at a nearby snack bar.

“Hey! Thank you so much! The price of one-handed swords went up to 300 gold!”

Ha Jin’s mouth corners rose so much they looked like they might tear.

The price of one-handed swords that had been around 50-55 gold had jumped nearly 6 times in less than a week.

Converting New World’s gold to cash, 1 gold equals 10,000 won.

In other words, items worth 500,000-550,000 won had risen to 3 million won.

“Really? Then sell them now.”

Jung Hoon advised while putting tteokbokki in his mouth.

“Huh? Last time you said it would go over 1,500 gold?”

“I said it might become like that later. After trying advanced decomposition myself, I think the bubble will burst a bit.”

As users start attempting advanced decomposition, one-handed swords literally crash.

Once it’s revealed they’re broken fragments, they drop to 40-45 gold.

Having risen all the way to 300 gold before falling, the impact was bound to be severe.

And that price is maintained until methods to restore soul stone fragments spread.

“Hmm… then it would be better to sell?”

“Yeah. Sell them now.”

Jung Hoon didn’t need soul stones for the time being.

Not only couldn’t he obtain them at his current level, but he had already used the dragon soul.

“Wow, from what I can see, you’d be hugely successful at hoarding.”

Hoarding.

It means buying large quantities in advance, anticipating that prices will rise.

Then when prices go up, you resell them to gain profit.

“No thanks. I don’t want to do that.”

Of course, Jung Hoon had no intention of doing such a thing.

It was much wiser to spend the time he could use for Hoarding to gain even a little more experience and level up instead.

There were plenty of ways to earn Gold, and he didn’t want to use his knowledge of the future to interfere with ordinary users.

“Really? That’s a shame. I thought you’d make some good money.”

With this guy’s sense, he could probably even join the Named Trading Company.

It seemed like a waste to let such talent go unused, but he decided to respect his friend’s wishes.

“Who knows? Maybe I’ll tip you off if I get new information, seeing as you’re helping me out.”

“…Where exactly do you get information like that from?”

“Secret. So when you have some time, just do me one favor.”

“A favor?”

The Greatest All Master’s Regression (Serial)

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