The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 43

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Chapter 43

Park Chan Ki, who was using Akira’s nickname, came out of the capsule.

And it was by force.

“Shit… what the hell is this?”

He thought things would go smoothly, but how did it turn out like this?

Park Chan Ki had finished dungeon subjugation and came out 5 hours ago.

After waiting over a week to enter once, he couldn’t gather the quest materials.

So what he thought of was receiving a dungeon transfer.

However, the moment he confirmed that the market price for dungeon transfer rights was 50 gold, he cleanly gave up on the plan.

The gold he had was only 19 gold.

“I can’t even throw cash at it…”

The most reliable way to obtain gold was to offer cash.

It’s about 10,000 won per 1 gold, so for 50 gold he’d need to throw in about 500,000 won.

However, the problem was that Park Chan Ki had no money.

He had recently spent all his part-time job money on purchasing weapons and defensive equipment with real money.

The same was true for his friends who hung around with him.

So what he thought of was forcibly taking away the transfer rights.

To put the plan into action, he called out his friends too, and wandered around near the dungeon waiting for an opportunity.

And not long after, he could see one user walking toward the dungeon and waiting there.

It was even a low-grade Martial Artist who was only level 51.

At a glance, he looked like a naive beginner who didn’t know how the world worked, making him a perfect target to exploit.

In case he hadn’t made a reservation, Park Chan Ki approached him and subtly probed whether he had reserved the dungeon.

As expected, it was a user who had reserved the dungeon.

‘I’m not making a deal.’

When he offered 10 gold, the response that came back was cold as ice.

He had tried to handle it nicely, but that ended up touching Park Chan Ki’s nerves.

So he tried to forcibly take away the transfer rights through intimidation.

But…

“This is ridiculous…”

Park Chan Ki recalled the battle that had just occurred.

The step of a mere level 51 was so dazzling it was hard to follow with his eyes, and when the fist came flying, he felt his breath catch.

Fortunately, true to his thief class, he had an evasion skill so he barely avoided it, but after that he was thoroughly beaten without being given a chance to counterattack and lost consciousness.

When he came to his senses with intense pain, the capsule door was open along with a death judgment.

Could it be that he died to that Martial Artist?

Whirr-

While sitting still in the capsule in shock, not long after, the smartphone on his desk vibrated.

He struggled to get up from his seat and checked his smartphone.

The caller was Yoo Tae Yang, a friend who had threatened the guy together with him.

“Hello? Hey, what happened to me?”

[Crazy… we got completely wrecked by that Martial Artist.]

“Ha… shit, I got wrecked by a level 51 low-grade Martial Artist?”

Park Chan Ki was a level 73 assassin.

Did it make sense that he got wrecked by a Martial Artist 22 levels lower than him without even managing a proper counterattack?

[Hey, it couldn’t be helped. That bastard wasn’t an ordinary guy…]

“Not an ordinary guy?”

After Yoo Tae Yang’s words, Park Chan Ki’s eyes grew wider and wider.

‘The other guys died too, not just me?’

Not long after Park Chan Ki boarded the forced logout train, the other three also boarded the same train.

They were similarly beaten without managing a single proper counterattack.

The problem was that the Martial Artist had appeared on Welcome before.

[I’m checking Welcome right now, and this bastard is certain!]

A post with a video showing an unchosen Martial Artist achieving victory in a 1vs1 against an instructor.

When he went on his computer to check the video, it really did resemble that Martial Artist.

“Wow… it really is.”

The dazzling step, the familiar fist technique.

Although the video was automatically mosaicked so the face couldn’t be recognized, Park Chan Ki, who had been beaten directly, was certain it was the same person.

[Shit, because of you we really stepped in crap.]

“It’s over. Stop arguing about it.”

[…Let’s just drop it.]

After hanging up, Park Chan Ki replayed the video in the post.

‘Really amazing…’

How could a low-level Martial Artist use such fist techniques?

Wouldn’t this level require being a master of martial arts even before encountering the game?

He scrolled the mouse wheel to look at the comments.

└Came for a pilgrimage to the holy site.

└Wow… so this is what it takes to win 1st place in the capsule event lol

└Beat an epic-grade Saber and got 1st place ㄷㄷ;;

Crazy, he was the same person as the unchosen Martial Artist who got 1st place in the capsule event?!

Even countless love calls from guilds.

Among them were quite a few named guilds he had heard of.

He got goosebumps all over his body at the fact that he had tried to mess with such a Martial Artist.

Park Chan Ki impulsively posted something on Welcome.

[I saw that Martial Artist who took down the instructor.]

-He was seriously insane. Holy shit

* * *

“Phew, now I feel like I can live.”

Ha Jin logged in after sweeping away the gang.

“Did it take really long?”

“Hey, it was a big one. A big one. Finishing in 15 minutes was damn fast.”

“Anyway, just accept the party invite.”

“Okay.”

With this, Jung Hoon and Ha Jin’s two-person party was formed.

And after about 30 minutes, the two-person party that had entered first returned.

“Ah, so damn exhausting…”

“Tell me about it.”

Since they were running a dungeon suitable for 3-4 people with a two-person party, it was naturally tiring.

After they left the field, Jung Hoon entered the portal.

[Would you like to enter Lv.59 Land of Withered Flames?]

Upon accepting, Jung Hoon and Ha Jin’s bodies entered the dungeon.

[The level gap between party members is severe.]

[A penalty will be applied.]

[The difficulty of Lv.59 Land of Withered Flames will be adjusted.]

[Entering Lv.105 Land of Withered Flames.]

* * *

Land of Withered Flames.

Due to the prolonged drought, the ground was hard and cracked, and the intense sunlight was extremely hot.

This must be around 60 degrees.

Jung Hoon roughly wiped the flowing sweat with his sleeve.

Ha Jin at Lv.159 had high stats and was unaffected by this heat, but Jung Hoon’s level was 51.

Regardless of skill, adapting to this heat wasn’t easy.

“Hey, are you okay?”

Ha Jin asked with a worried expression.

“Yeah.”

“Anyway, just hold out here. I’ll take down all the monsters, so just hit the boss monster once for credit. Okay?”

Saying that, Ha Jin drew his sword and swung it forcefully at a Lv.105 Baby Uradon.

The Baby Uradon couldn’t withstand the sword strike from level 159 and fell to the side.

Ha Jin raised his sword and struck down at the Baby Uradon’s neck to finish it off.

‘Phew, this much is easy.’

No matter how much Jung Hoon had a legendary class and legendary-grade weapon, hunting monsters 54 levels higher was…

Whoosh!

At that moment, an arrow was shot and pierced through the Baby Uradon’s neck.

The Baby Uradon, struck in its vital spot, trembled and soon died.

‘Huh…?’

Ha Jin blankly looked in the direction the arrow was shot from.

There stood Jung Hoon drawing his bowstring.

He released the string again, and an arrow shot out, piercing through the neck of another Baby Uradon that was lying in ambush.

“What are you doing? Hunt quickly.”

“Uh… Yeah. Got it.”

At the too-natural command, Ha Jin nodded with a bewildered expression.

‘What’s with that guy? How is he so…’

It wasn’t just his class and weapon – his archery skills themselves were insane?

He had never seen Jung Hoon hold a bow since elementary school.

Who would have thought he could shoot a bow that well.

He should take back what he said about just landing one hit for credit.

“Grroar! Humans, I’ll kill you!”

Two Baby Uradons rushed at Ha Jin.

“This isn’t the time to be thinking about other things.”

Coming to his senses, Ha Jin swung his sword in a wide arc.

* * *

The subjugation went smoothly.

‘Having a level 159 swordsman draw aggro from the front is definitely convenient.’

Hunting monsters with a level difference of over 50 wasn’t easy.

If he didn’t have a legendary weapon, it would have taken quite a long time.

“I’m curious about something – where did you learn archery?”

Anima, who had been quietly watching, spoke up.

“Well.”

He couldn’t say that he had learned from named archers before his regression.

Of course, he remembered what he had seen over their shoulders and followed their movements one by one.

The result created by developing it step by step was All Master.

“Hmm, fine if you don’t want to talk about it.”

Anima quietly closed her mouth, showing no desire to pry further.

“Hoon. Are you okay?”

Ha Jin, who had finished off the last remaining Baby Uradon, asked while shaking the blood off his sword.

“Yeah. I’m fine.”

“…You really are an amazing guy.”

“Let’s head in now.”

They hadn’t gained a single experience point or item coming this far, but what mattered was from now on.

The Uradon lurking in the Boss Zone.

If they could get 2 horns from that creature, the Quest would be successful.

“Kruung, human scum. You’ve got some nerve coming here.”

A Lv.110 Uradon.

Though it was only 5 levels higher than the Baby Uradon, they absolutely couldn’t let their guard down.

The original Uradon’s level was 64.

Its unique ability was Intimidation.

When using Intimidation, it would overall decrease the stats of opponents weaker than itself.

“Hey, I’ll get it down to low health for you.”

Before the creature could use its unique ability, Ha Jin launched himself forward first.

Thanks to this, the creature’s attention focused on Ha Jin.

Ha Jin began pressuring the Uradon by unleashing his skills.

“Kruaaah!”

[Uradon uses ‘Intimidation’.]

[Uradon uses ‘Stun’.]

So it has Stun too.

Due to the level adjustment, the Uradon’s level had exceeded 100.

So a new unique ability had been added.

“Ah, damn it.”

Ha Jin’s movement stopped as he got caught by the stun.

Seeing this, the Uradon charged at Ha Jin using the horns on its head.

Ha Jin, hit directly by the massive body, flew over 5 meters through the air before crashing down.

“Is he going to be okay?”

Anima asked Jung Hoon with a somewhat serious expression.

“He’s fine.”

Ha Jin’s level was 159.

No matter how much the Uradon’s level had increased, an attack of that degree couldn’t deal a critical hit.

“Ugh, that hurt like hell. You’re dead.”

Just as Jung Hoon said, Ha Jin immediately got back up as soon as the stun wore off.

“Hooh.”

Seeing how perfectly fine he was, Anima nodded with an understanding expression.

Ha Jin launched himself again to pressure the Uradon.

Since it had used both Intimidation and Stun simultaneously, they would be on cooldown.

Thanks to this, the Uradon was frantically busy defending against Ha Jin’s attacks with a flustered expression.

‘Good.’

Taking advantage of that gap, Jung Hoon drew his bowstring.

[Martial Artist exclusive skill, ‘Strong Will’ activates.]

[You acquire skill, ‘Arrow Shot (Rare)’.]

[‘Arrow’ and ‘Arrow Shot’ fuse due to ‘Strong Will’.]

[You acquire ‘Critical Arrow’.]

A skill that could only be acquired when the count accumulated each time he attacked vital points and reached a certain level.

And through the fusion by Strong Will, ‘Critical Arrow’ was created.

‘Perfect timing.’

The corners of Jung Hoon’s mouth turned up.

Critical Arrow served to increase the arrow’s attack power and critical hit probability.

Even without precisely targeting vital points, it could deal comparable damage with a certain probability.

Of course, he had no intention of not aiming for vital points.

He released the drawn bowstring and the arrow shot forth.

Fwishuuuk!

The fired arrow precisely pierced through the neck of the Uradon that was defending against Ha Jin’s sword strikes.

“Kweeeek!”

However, the Uradon grabbed the arrow lodged in its neck with its hand and forcibly pulled it out.

“So it won’t die easily?”

Anima furrowed her brow.

“It’s a boss after all.”

No matter how much Jung Hoon aimed for vital points, there was almost a 60-level difference.

So it couldn’t be finished with just one shot.

Jung Hoon drew the bowstring again.

“I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!”

The enraged Uradon charged at Jung Hoon.

“Oh no!”

Ha Jin tried to quickly block it, but Uradon was slightly faster.

‘If I get hit by that, I’ll die.’

Unlike Ha Jin who was level 159, Jung Hoon’s defense was at level 51.

He would receive a death judgment from one body slam from Uradon.

So he had to finish it before colliding with the creature.

‘Calm Breathing.’

In the tense moment, Jung Hoon’s breathing was steady, and not even the slightest tremor could be felt in the hand that drew the bowstring.

Finally, he released the drawn bowstring.

The arrow pierced through Uradon’s neck once again.

However, this time the reaction was different from before.

As soon as it was pierced, Black Flame rose from around the neck area.

“Kwaaaack!”

The creature clutched its neck and let out a scream.

And not long after, it collapsed to the side and trembled violently.

“You finish it.”

“Got it.”

This was enough to qualify for the reward.

When Jung Hoon gave the signal, Ha Jin raised his sword and cut off Uradon’s breath, completing the Subjugation.

The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)

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