The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 5

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Episode 5

Usually when receiving quests from NPCs, they’re distinguished by color.

Regular quests have white question marks.

Epic quests appear with purple question marks.

Red question marks signify ‘hidden’ quests.

Hidden quests appear and become available when users fulfill secret conditions.

Also, hidden quest rewards vary greatly – sometimes extremely good rewards appear, and sometimes rewards worse than regular quests.

And the NPC before his eyes belonged to the former category.

Jung Hoon approached the old man and examined the quest.

[Hidden Quest: Mysterious Old Man]

-Restriction: One chosen by the old man.

-Reward: [Skill] Myeongwang Fist Technique

-Description: The mysterious old man is trying to decide on a successor to inherit the dojo. Gain his recognition and become his successor.

Yes!

That’s exactly it!

Jung Hoon cheered inwardly.

He had spent his own money to buy cleaning tools and clean the dojo to get that reward.

‘I really cleaned it thoroughly. The old man won’t appear if even a little dust remains.’

But this was strange.

He’d definitely heard that cleaning thoroughly was the condition for appearance, so why had the old man revealed himself now?

Also, the quest content was slightly different.

Originally, this hidden quest should have been about resolving the old man’s resentment.

‘Did I remember wrong?’

In any case, the quest reward was exactly the same as what Lee Hwa Rang had mentioned.

[Where did you learn the movements you just showed?]

The old man showed interest in the PVP that Jung Hoon and the Lower Warrior had engaged in.

Now Jung Hoon seemed to understand why the old man had revealed himself.

There wasn’t a single unnecessary movement in the combat Jung Hoon had just displayed.

It would be strange to find unnecessary movements from Jung Hoon, who possessed the experience of an All Master.

“Just self-taught.”

[Self-taught? Tsk tsk, you say interesting things.]

The old man stroked his white beard with his hand.

He was smiling.

For many long years, he had no suitable successor and couldn’t pass down the dojo, leaving it as a lingering resentment.

Because of this, he had remained at the dojo waiting for someone with potential to appear for hundreds of years, but at some point it became a place no one visited.

How heartbreaking it was to watch the dojo he had cherished and maintained become ruins.

When he had forgotten even the passage of time, Jung Hoon appeared before him.

At first, he was curious about the cleaning, but didn’t particularly feel it was worth revealing himself. However, he was startled awake when he saw the battle scene with some pathetic warrior.

‘I found him!’

A child with the qualities of a successor that had never appeared until now.

If that child trained properly, he would surely reach the pinnacle.

He felt such conviction.

That was the reason the old man had revealed himself.

“So what do you want from me?”

[…I want to make you my successor to carry on my legacy.]

“Successor?”

[Yes. However, there are conditions.]

“Conditions? Then let me hear them.”

Jung Hoon’s eyes shone with passion.

That hidden skill – I must obtain it.

According to Lee Hwa Rang, the hidden quest would be about promoting the dojo.

[Oh! My eyes were accurate!]

The old man was greatly pleased seeing the desire contained in Jung Hoon’s eyes.

‘To want to carry on my legacy that much! I really did well to remain here.’

Ding-

[Performing Hidden Quest.]

[Clean the dojo thoroughly.]

…Cleaning?

While the old man had appeared early, cleaning the dojo seemed to be an essential step to go through.

Jung Hoon nodded in understanding.

And he grabbed the mop and started cleaning.

* * *

Time in New World flows exactly like on Earth.

So he invested a full day just wiping the wooden floors.

“Let’s go soon.”

“Yeah.”

Ha Jin logged out matching Jung Hoon’s logout time.

Before they knew it, it was 11 PM.

Though he had contacted home in advance saying he’d be late today, thinking of his mother waiting at home naturally made his steps hurry.

“Hey, did you level up some?”

“Yeah. I’m level 11.”

“Oh, you leveled up more than I thought?”

“Really?”

“Yeah. It usually takes about two days to reach level 10.”

There are various ways to level up in New World, but the leveling speed is quite slow.

How slow? Some users took nearly three months to reach level 30 because the leveling speed was so sluggish.

Of course, that’s an exceptional case, and usually it takes about 1-2 months to reach level 30 and perform the job change Quest.

“I was lucky.”

Jung Hoon hadn’t invested any time specifically in leveling up.

Reaching level 11 was purely thanks to the tutorial rewards.

“I see. Oh, come to think of it, I forgot to ask. What class did you choose?”

“You’re asking pretty quickly.”

“It just occurred to me.”

“Martial Artist.”

“…Huh? Why did you pick such a trash class?”

“It’s manageable.”

Ha Jin couldn’t understand Jung Hoon’s choice.

He knew his friend had always been one to think outside the box, but he never expected him to deliberately choose a class he’d strongly advised against.

But he didn’t want to argue about it.

Those seemingly odd thoughts of his always had their reasons.

“By the way, I saw Hwa Rang today.”

“Hwa Rang?”

Jung Hoon’s eyes widened.

Ha Jin, who was about to explain about Hwa Rang, tilted his head.

“What? You know Hwa Rang?”

“…I’ve just heard of him.”

In fact, there was no way he wouldn’t know.

Divine Archer Lee Hwa Rang.

He used the nickname Hwa Rang and had looks that rivaled celebrities, making him widely known to anyone who played New World.

He was the pinnacle of archers and the only divine archer who perfectly covered even the close combat weaknesses that other archer classes had.

How did he know such a guy?

It was Lee Hwa Rang who had told Jung Hoon about the dojo.

He was also the bastard who had shot an arrow into his back at the very end.

Either way, just thinking about that bastard still made his teeth grind.

“Then I don’t need to explain! Anyway, he came to the Kallox Region! Wow, when a level 300 showed up in a village where level 100s hang out, you can’t imagine how surprised I was.”

“Really? Do you know why he came?”

“It seemed like he was looking for something.”

So this was when Lee Hwa Rang obtained his skill.

If I had been even a little later, I would have missed getting the hidden Quest from the old man.

I should probably move up my schedule.

That way I can leave the dojo before Lee Hwa Rang arrives.

“Ha Jin, I think I’ll need to pull an all-nighter tonight.”

“Pull an all-nighter?”

“Yeah.”

Jung Hoon called his mother to tell her he’d be staying out overnight.

[Alright. Have fun and come back safely.]

Getting permission was easy.

Since he became an adult, his mother had respected her son’s decisions.

“Wow… damn, my parents make a huge fuss if I’m not home past midnight.”

Ha Jin let out a sigh-filled complaint.

Even after completing military service, his parents still worried excessively.

Looking at other families, they let their kids stay out overnight with just a phone call or text like Jung Hoon’s family, so why was his family the only one like this?

“Anyway, I’m going back to the Capsule Room.”

“Lucky bastard… Alright. See you tomorrow.”

“Yeah.”

Jung Hoon returned to the Capsule Room and immediately logged in.

* * *

After staying up all night, he finished cleaning the entire dojo.

‘Phew, this is really exhausting.’

The task of restoring a dojo that hadn’t been cleaned for a long time was by no means easy.

[Oh! To think the dojo has become clean… *sniff*.]

The Mysterious Old Man looked at the cleaned interior of the dojo and his eyes reddened.

For him, the dojo was a space he had devoted his entire life to.

As someone who had died with the regret of having no successor to inherit the dojo, even just cleaning was enough to capture his heart.

“Are you pleased with it?”

[Of course. Despite having outstanding talent, your willingness to clean this dirty dojo without hesitation has moved me. You are worthy of becoming my successor.]

With the old man’s words, the question mark changed to an exclamation mark.

‘Oh, really?’

Cleaning was the condition for the old man’s appearance, and after that, completing the Quest to revive the dojo was what was needed to obtain the Myeongwang Fist Technique.

The order was a bit strange, but as long as he could receive the reward anyway.

[You have completed the Hidden Quest.]

[You have learned ‘Myeongwang Fist Technique’.]

With this, I’ve obtained the Myeongwang Fist Technique.

The skill that had complemented the weakness of the Divine Archer Lee Hwa Rang.

At the same time, the name ‘Mysterious Old Man’ disappeared, and ‘Myeongwang Dokgo Jun’ newly emerged.

That’s right.

The one who founded this Myeongwang Fist Technique was none other than the fist technique master, Myeongwang Dokgo Jun.

[Myeongwang Fist Technique Lv.1]

-Type: Active

-Grade: Unique

-Unleashes the Myeongwang Fist Technique founded by Myeongwang Dokgo Jun.

-The Myeongwang Fist Technique can be raised up to 8 stars maximum.

It’s actually a Unique grade active skill.

Usually, active skills displayed excellent performance even at Epic level, but this is Unique grade, which is even higher!

One day after starting New World.

A mere level 11 user had acquired a Unique skill.

Jung Hoon clenched his fist tightly.

“Great!”

[Then, may I ask for one last favor?]

Above the old man who spoke those words, another red question mark was floating.

Jung Hoon’s eyes widened when he saw it.

‘Hidden Quests are appearing consecutively?’

[Hidden Quest: Successor of Myeongwang Dokgo Jun]

-Restriction: One who has received recognition from Myeongwang Dokgo Jun.

-Reward: [Skill] Enhanced Myeongwang Fist Technique

-Description: You have become the successor to inherit Myeongwang Dokgo Jun’s dojo. Revive the dojo together with him.

‘Strange… What that guy had should be Unique.’

The Unique grade Myeongwang Fist Technique was never inferior even when compared to other Legendary skills.

Enhancing such a Myeongwang Fist Technique was equivalent to upgrading it to Legendary grade.

Jung Hoon clenched his fist while feeling his heart pounding.

Not only obtaining the skill that Lee Hwa Rang should have originally gotten, but even enhancing it to Legendary?

Getting a Legendary skill in Primordial Village, no less.

The work after that would become much easier.

[Now that the successor has been decided. Then you know what comes next without me saying it, right?]

“Yes.”

Lee Hwa Rang was a named character from the beginning.

Of course, he kept the Myeongwang Fist Technique thoroughly secret, and by revealing a few skills learned at the dojo, he drew users to the abandoned ownerless dojo.

The dojo name created this way was ‘Hwa Rang Dojo’

[If you’re going Martial Artist, definitely go to Hwa Rang]

-If you go to Hwa Rang, there’s a Ghost Old Man. You can get skills from that Ghost Old Man. Newbies who just joined should definitely stop by there, complete quests, and learn skills! Depending on quest success rate, you can get anything from Common to Epic, but Epic is really hard to get, so just think of getting Common grade.

Thanks to Lee Hwa Rang’s promotion, Dokgo Jun’s dojo flourished, and over 90% of users obtained skills from the old man.

Before his regression, Jung Hoon had also visited this dojo to obtain skills.

Return of the Legendary All-Master (Serial)

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