The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 41

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Chapter 41

“Form a party with me just once.”

Ha Jin doubted his own ears at what he had just heard.

“A party? You with me?”

“Yeah.”

“No way… I’m level 159. 159. What level are you?”

“41.”

At Jung Hoon’s nonchalant response, Ha Jin felt his head starting to throb.

“Hey… don’t you know that New World imposes sanctions if you and I form a party?”

New World somewhat prevented high-level users from helping low-level users.

Like suspensions or trade bans.

It wasn’t such severe sanctions, but when the level difference exceeded a set limit, monster levels would be adjusted.

For example, if a level 50 and level 200 formed a party and entered a level 45 dungeon, the dungeon difficulty would change to the party’s average level.

This meant a level 45 dungeon would be adjusted to a level 125 dungeon.

Moreover, subjugation experience would be fixed at 0.

Also, monsters wouldn’t even drop items.

The only possible drops were special cases related to Quests.

So high-level users rarely helped low-level ones.

“I know that.”

“You know that and still want to form a party?”

“Yeah.”

The next destination was the Magic Tower located in Edenhark.

There was a dungeon he needed to clear after receiving a commission from that Magic Tower, but it wasn’t a Quest dungeon—it was a hunting ground that regular users subjugated.

However, since the hunting ground was so profitable, the wait was long, and if he made a reservation now, he’d have to wait over a week just to enter once.

‘The item that Quest requires can only be obtained by subjugating the dungeon twice.’

Since entry required a party of two or more, it was common for users doing the Quest to gather together for subjugation.

Usually they’d reserve the dungeon through the village NPC and wait for their turn, then enter and clear it when their number came up, but the boss monster only dropped 2 items.

So if 3 people subjugated it, one person wouldn’t get even a single item.

‘Moreover, the Quest requires 2 items.’

So it became the rule for users to enter the dungeon fixed at 2 people.

Spending two weeks just to clear one Quest was too much of a waste of time.

But if Ha Jin stepped up as a party member, once would be enough.

“Ha, hey… that’s really not happening. Do you think you can hunt level 100 monsters in your current state?”

Jung Hoon’s level was 41.

Ha Jin’s level was 159.

If the two formed a party and entered a dungeon, the dungeon difficulty would change to at least level 100 or higher.

If a low-level user wanted to perform a Quest, there was a condition that they had to properly hunt at least one monster.

In other words, either way, it was natural for users with severe level gaps not to form parties.

Of course, Jung Hoon was an exception.

“It’s fine, so please help me out.”

“Ha… do you have some kind of method?”

“Yeah. I succeeded in refining and a very good weapon was born.”

“Ah, you used an Evolution Stone?”

Jung Hoon nodded.

“Even so… you can’t hunt monsters that are 60 levels higher, right? It has to be at least Legendary to ignore levels to some extent.”

Even with a good weapon, hunting high-level monsters wasn’t easy.

The story would be a bit different if he had a Legendary weapon though.

“Huh? I got a Legendary.”

“…What?”

* * *

Capsule Room owner Lee Hyeon Woo was greeting customers at the desk as usual.

“Hyung, let’s eat ramen together!”

Three students in their early twenties approached the desk.

Regular customers who had become familiar while running the Capsule Room showed friendliness by calling Lee Hyeon Woo hyung or younger brother.

Of course, it was a title formed by Lee Hyeon Woo’s semi-forceful pushing.

“I just finished eating though? You guys eat plenty.”

“Yes. By any chance, do you give beverages as service?”

“Want to get punched?”

“Haha, just kidding.”

“Tsk, just take one from the refrigerator.”

“Oh! Thank you!”

The students hurriedly entered the restaurant.

‘Those brats.’

Lee Hyeon Woo chuckled as he watched their retreating figures.

The Capsule Room usage fees were quite expensive.

Running a restaurant as well, paying attention to food quality, and eliminating reasons to leave the Capsule Room, sales were soaring.

Though he was born with a diamond spoon, making that meaningless, the Capsule Room’s sales were beyond imagination.

On top of that, he approached customers visiting the Capsule Room in a friendly manner, providing service and raising their favorability, so he had far more customers than other Capsule Rooms.

‘When you have no worries, eat plenty and enjoy plenty.’

It wasn’t strategically aimed.

Lee Hyeon Woo was originally a social person who liked meeting people and was also good at taking care of others.

As a result, he came to take care of regular customers, which became a major factor in growing the capsule room.

Thanks to this, he recently expanded the capsule room and added 100 additional capsules.

Whirr.

The automatic door opened and a familiar face entered.

“Oh? Ha Jin, you’re here?”

Lee Hyeon Woo welcomed Ha Jin warmly.

“Yes.”

But Ha Jin’s appearance was a little different from usual.

Lee Hyeon Woo tilted his head at the sight of him muttering something with a dazed expression.

“Hey, did something happen to you?”

“…Nothing happened.”

“Yeah right. It’s written all over your face.”

“Hah… Is it that obvious? I was just thinking that life is too unfair.”

“Unfair? Well… I’m not in a position to comfort you, so I’ll keep my words to myself.”

“Yes.”

Ha Jin staggered and barely made it into the capsule.

The shock from the story he heard from Jung Hoon last night was just too great.

‘A Legendary grade job and even a Legendary Weapon…’

When he said he got a Legendary job in the 1st advancement, that was already shocking enough.

But considering the performance Jung Hoon had shown, it wasn’t entirely impossible to believe.

Jung Hoon had been exceptional since childhood.

But a Legendary Weapon?

And he obtained a Legendary Weapon in Edenhark, a Beginner Zone that’s just the next stage after Primordial Village.

‘That bastard is insane… really.’

It was beyond envy to the point of awe.

Honestly, it would be a lie to say he wasn’t jealous.

Still, Ha Jin sincerely congratulated Jung Hoon.

‘Right. What’s uglier than being jealous of a friend’s success?’

Such a person wouldn’t even be worth calling a friend.

Ha Jin had no intention of living like that.

Jung Hoon was the only friend who came to him when he was being bullied in elementary school.

He didn’t want to do anything that would crack their precious friendship.

* * *

Jung Hoon checked the dungeon waiting list through the village’s NPC.

As expected, the line was long.

Currently, there were 103 teams ahead in the queue.

All of them had to enter the dungeon before his turn would come.

Roughly assuming 10 teams enter per day, it would take 10 days.

Usually, 10 teams is if things go quickly.

If it takes long, only 5-6 teams can enter per day, so it could take over 10 days.

‘That’s fine. I’ll have plenty of time to prepare.’

After completing his application, Jung Hoon headed to the tower located in Edenhark.

Towers that exist for each job class.

Even among the same towers, some existed additionally in several villages, because this New World wasn’t a single world but a massive worldview created by connecting countless dimensions.

And the tower Jung Hoon was heading to was the Magic Tower where mages enter.

This Magic Tower was a course that users who chose the mage job class essentially had to visit.

There was only one reason for visiting such a course.

Because there was a hidden opportunity remaining in this Magic Tower.

An opportunity not yet discovered, but would be found by a novice mage in the near future.

‘That mage is a future ally and betrayer.’

Lewis Verdant, who rose to High Priest, though not as much as Saint Amelie.

Despite entering New World late due to his young age, he was also someone who performed countless feats as an ally when the world underwent upheaval.

Likewise, he was the bastard who, intoxicated by power and afraid of losing what he had, contributed to killing him.

‘Whatever you become, I’ll end this game with my own hands.’

Jung Hoon, who steeled his resolve inwardly, arrived at the entrance of the Magic Tower.

“Stop! This is a sacred Magic Tower that you cannot enter without mage qualifications!”

Then the magic circle below glowed and a mage wearing a robe appeared.

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[NPC Information]

-Nickname : Rune

-Level : 45

-Job : Lower Mage (1st)

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Lower Mage Rune.

The corner of his mouth, not fully hidden by his robe, was twitching slightly.

Also, seeing how his whole body was stiffly rigid, he seemed to be a newcomer who hadn’t been in the Magic Tower for long.

A question mark was floating above his head.

[General Quest : Edenhark Magic Tower]

-Restriction : All users except mages

-Reward : Magic Tower entry

-Description: Only mages can enter the Magic Tower. However, good-hearted users who have helped the Magic Tower will be allowed entry.

Help for the Magic Tower.

Jung Hoon accepted the Quest.

“You’ll really help our Magic Tower?”

“Yes.”

“Hmm… Then could you wait just a moment?”

Rune entered the Magic Tower with a half-believing expression.

Shortly after, he came out accompanied by a new mage.

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[NPC Information]

-Nickname: Jaiko

-Level: 75

-Class: Explorer (1st Tier)

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He was a mage of much higher rank than Rune.

“I heard from Rune. You came to help our Magic Tower?”

“Yes.”

Jaiko stroked his beard.

The current situation at the Magic Tower was peaceful itself.

This foreigner obviously wanted to help just to gain access to the Magic Tower.

He had no intention of stopping him.

The Tower Master had set those conditions for foreigner entry.

“Then could you bring us just 2 Uradon’s Horns?”

Uradon’s Horn could be obtained from the boss monster of a dungeon located in the Eastern Region.

The nearby dungeons were famous areas bustling with foreigners, being subjugated without rest every single day.

“Understood.”

“Then please come back with the horns.”

With those words, Jaiko entered the Magic Tower.

Left alone, Rune glanced at Jung Hoon and spoke up.

“Um… if you bring the horns, you should be able to enter…”

“Yes.”

* * *

Ten days ahead.

During that time, Jung Hoon decided to focus on leveling.

Entering the Magic Tower was good, but to obtain the opportunity afterward, he needed to reach level 50.

Whatever the case, leveling was an essential process.

“Shall we begin?”

The place he arrived at was the Northern Snow Mountain.

It was the region he had visited before to subjugate a dungeon, and this could be called the perfect place for leveling.

The terrain features were far superior to other fields, and it was ideal for setting up a hunting spot.

Jung Hoon sat on a rock mid-mountain and took out the ‘Dragon Anima Bone Bow’.

As the eerily glowing bow was grasped in his hand, a small lizard appeared as a phantom and circled around him.

“Are you going to use me?”

“Yes.”

[User’s current level is ’41’.]

[Dragon Anima Bone Bow’s attack power is set to 205.]

A bow that wasn’t enhanced, converting to 5 attack power per level.

This was exactly why legendary weapons were overpowered.

Not fixed attack power, but attack power correction based on level.

That wasn’t all.

Additional abilities that came with upgrading the weapon.

[Would you like to grant Dragon Anima Bone Bow’s special ability (3)?]

[Ancient Dragon’s power will be randomly granted.]

Ancient Dragon’s power referred to the abilities that Anima had wielded.

When Jung Hoon accepted, the text disappeared and new red letters appeared.

[‘Passive: Black Flame’ activates at random probability. (0.1%)]

The passive Black Flame.

[Black Flame]

-Type: Passive

-0.1% chance to activate Black Flame dealing 30% attack power.

-Activated Black Flame lasts for 60 seconds, dealing damage every second.

Black Flame dealing 30% attack power.

Lasting 60 seconds and dealing damage every second.

An overpowered ability that dealt a total of 60 instances of damage.

Of course, the activation condition was brutal.

At 0.1%, it was practically safe to say it would almost never activate.

However, this ability would upgrade to become even more overpowered each time the weapon was enhanced.

“Do you know how to shoot a bow?”

At Anima’s question, Jung Hoon drew the bowstring.

“Watch and see.”

As he drew the bowstring, a pitch black arrow was created.

The target was a Lv.53 Yeti.

Jung Hoon aimed precisely and then released the bowstring.

The black arrow shot in an arc and pierced straight through the Yeti’s head.

“Graaah!”

As one Yeti fell, the remaining Yetis panicked and looked around.

However, they couldn’t spot Jung Hoon who had positioned himself on the mountainside.

This was exactly the advantage of ranged hunting.

Jung Hoon continued to repeatedly draw and release the bowstring.

With each shot, one Yeti fell.

Anima stood beside him, watching Jung Hoon’s archery skills with a dazed expression.

“What marvelous skill.”

To think a human with such archery skills existed.

It felt like seeing the divine archer he had encountered during his dragon days.

The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)

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