The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 56
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Chapter 56
When Jung Hoon returned safely to the Settlement Office, Ling Ling had a dumbfounded expression on her face.
“I cleared it.”
“…This doesn’t make any sense!”
Ling Ling denied the reality before her eyes.
She examined the dungeon records over and over again, unable to tell whether this was a dream or reality.
But what could she do?
All of this was reality.
Only after nearly 20 minutes had passed could Ling Ling finally accept reality.
The fact that this outsider had won the bet.
“I heard it was 5 times the amount.”
“…I don’t lie. The promised reward will be given.”
At those words, the corners of Jung Hoon’s mouth curved up in a grin.
“Thank you.”
“…And I’m going to give you an additional reward.”
“Additional?”
Jung Hoon tilted his head.
Before his regression, the event NPC Ling Ling had never once given users additional rewards.
That’s why he had only been thinking about the 10% Celestial Energy.
“That’s right. You surprised me.”
Ling Ling was genuinely impressed.
The possibility of this outsider winning this bet was literally zero.
At first, she wanted to break his arrogance, but it was she who ended up being surprised.
No matter how much he had Legendary grade, it was a result achieved under many constraints.
Perhaps that’s why?
She wanted to give additional rewards to the outsider who had boldly claimed victory in the bet.
“If you’re giving it, I’ll gratefully accept.”
He had only been thinking about 5 times the Celestial Energy, but if she was giving additional rewards, there was no reason not to accept.
At that moment, Jung Hoon’s body glowed once.
[You have completed your 2nd Job Advancement.]
As the reward was given, he instantly completed his 2nd Job Advancement.
[The grade of ‘Strong Will’ rises to ‘Unique’.]
[The grades of skills acquired through ‘Strong Will’ are being adjusted.]
Perfect.
Upon completing the 2nd Job Advancement, the grade of Strong Will had risen.
True to its Legendary grade, even though it was only the 2nd advancement, Strong Will’s grade had risen all the way to Unique.
Thanks to this, all the skills acquired through Strong Will rose from Rare to Epic.
‘This is insane….’
Jung Hoon looked at his skills with an emotional expression.
Before his regression, this was the ‘Strong Will’ he had so desperately wanted to raise.
Rising to Epic was already emotional enough, but the difference between Epic and Unique was like heaven and earth.
It was natural for his emotional feelings to be doubled.
That wasn’t all.
[You have acquired 10% Celestial Energy.]
The Celestial Energy, the biggest achievement of this bet.
[You have accessed Celestial Power for the first time. 30,000 Achievement points have been awarded.]
The foundation to advance to the next stage had been established.
Additionally, he received 30,000 Achievement points.
‘If I collect just a little more, I can buy that too.’
Among the newly renewed products as the Achievement shop’s level rose, there was an item he absolutely had to buy.
Of course, since it was an item that only appeared when the Achievement shop’s level was raised, he couldn’t purchase it yet, so he’d pass for now.
“Hmm, I’m wondering what to give as an additional reward. Choose one to take.”
What Ling Ling brought out was one item and one Skill Book.
First, the item was boots.
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[Nimble Air Shoes]
-Type : Defensive Equipment
-Grade : Epic
-Defense : 75
-Evasion Rate : 3.25~3.75%
-Movement Speed : 4%
-Jump Power : 4%
-Remaining Durability : 100%
-Special Ability (1) : [Active : Haste] Available (Duration 3 seconds, Cooldown 300 seconds)
-Special Ability (2) : When wearing boots, reaction speed increases by 2.
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The boots’ grade was Epic.
Befitting Epic grade boots, the options were quite good.
With those boots, moving around would be considerably more convenient.
It was even an item that could provide great help in close combat with the option of increasing reaction speed by 2.
This would be perfect to enhance and use later.
Next was the skill book.
Jung Hoon’s eyes widened as he examined the skill book.
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[Skill Book : Fusion (One-time)]
-Type : Skill Book
-Grade : Epic
-Using this skill book allows you to learn ‘Fusion (One-time)’.
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It was an Epic grade Fusion skill.
Jung Hoon’s Strong Will also had fusion functionality, but that could only fuse skills designated by New World.
However, this Fusion skill made it possible to fuse even skills not designated by New World.
This meant users could directly create new skills.
Of course, since it was creating something that didn’t exist before, New World had placed certain restrictions.
If the skill synergy wasn’t above 50%, a worse skill than before would appear instead.
‘I can use this for Archery.’
Naturally, New World had hidden several cheat keys for this kind of fusion too.
One of them was skills related to Archery.
‘This was what I was planning to buy with Achievement points.’
The item he was going to purchase with Achievement points.
That was exactly this skill book.
An item that could only be purchased when the Achievement Shop reached Lv.4.
Rare grade Fusion (One-time).
And this skill book was one grade higher – an Epic grade skill book.
“I’ll take this one.”
Jung Hoon chose the skill book without hesitation.
“Good choice. You certainly have an eye for things.”
Ling Ling, who had been watching his choice, grinned.
[Settlement completed.]
[Would you like to reveal your nickname and level for ranking calculation?]
[If revealed anonymously, only your class will be displayed.]
[The Blind System will be maintained.]
It was the same method as the previous Genesis event.
If he didn’t reveal his nickname and level, it meant only his pure class would be displayed.
Jung Hoon entered the Blind System and reset his class.
‘Since 1st place gets a Unique class.’
Thus it changed from Lower Martial Artist (1st) to Fist Technique Master (2nd).
Jung Hoon chose to reveal anonymously, just like last time.
[Nickname and level will not be revealed.]
* * *
At the same time.
A new announcement was posted in New World.
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[New World Event Results Announcement!]
-Hello! This is the New World Development Team.
First, we’re posting this announcement to share exciting news with our users!
We’re sharing the results of the 2nd Job Advancement event that was recently held.
[Rankings]
Click the link below to check the rankings of users who participated in the event.
We will continue to prepare events that can be of great help to our users.
Thank you!
-New World Development Team
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As soon as all users finished their settlement, the rankings were announced.
Guilds and regular users rushed to enter the post link.
The link led to a new homepage, and the homepage had the event results recorded.
And Welcome went into chaos over those results.
[Wow… What? A Martial Artist took 1st place again?]
-Fist Technique Master means that, right? Unique grade
└Yeah, it’s Unique
└Shit, then there are 2 Unique grade Martial Artists in South Korea?
└Yeo Min-ji’s mysterious 1 loss lololol I heard she got unique rank by playing like absolute shit
└Some people struggle for years to get a Unique grade, while others get it from just one event lol
└That’s not what’s important… The timing strangely overlaps. People seem to think that Martial Artist is the same person from the last event.
└Are there still idiots who don’t know that? The problem is they can’t find them properly.
Most users believed it was the same person as the Martial Artist who took 1st place in the Capsule event.
Because the method of not revealing nickname and level, only revealing the class, was identical.
Then who exactly was that Martial Artist?
While everyone was curious, Jung Hoon was leaving the plaza.
“Huh? Isn’t that a Martial Artist?”
A few users who spotted Jung Hoon looked at him with curious eyes.
However, 10 seconds was enough for the curiosity in their gazes to disappear.
“Ah, that person isn’t the one.”
“He’s an Intermediate Martial Artist.”
[Intermediate Martial Artist (2nd)]
The job title displayed when a Martial Artist completes their 2nd advancement with a normal grade.
Jung Hoon, who had left the Settlement Office, immediately adjusted his Blind System to change it to Intermediate Martial Artist (2nd).
Thanks to that, he was able to easily escape the plaza.
He had completed his 2nd job advancement and even surpassed level 100.
He had also obtained all the items he needed to get from Edenhark, so there was no reason to stay any longer.
It was about time to move on to the next village.
Of course, since the event had ended, he would take about two days of rest before doing so.
As he was leaving the plaza, a familiar person approached Jung Hoon.
“Just as I thought!”
It was Isaac, who had escaped from the Eerie Dark Street first.
Was he originally from Edenhark?
“Why are you here?”
“I don’t know either. When I came out of the portal, I was here.”
“Is that so?”
“Edenhark is a place I’ve never been to in my life. So I was wondering what to do when I spotted you passing by.”
Above Isaac’s head as he spoke, a red question mark was blinking.
A Hidden Quest appears here?
[Hidden Quest: Isaac’s Return]
-Restriction: Isaac’s Trust Level Max
-Reward: ? (Reward determined by completion rate.)
-Description: Help Isaac return to Autoban and reunite with his family.
Autoban was one of the 28 villages that served as the next destination from the Beginner Zone.
Unlike the Beginner Zone, it didn’t have over 100 villages, and the reason was that the difficulty of leveling up became much harder.
‘Is this good luck?’
Whether it was coincidence or not, the village Jung Hoon had chosen as his next destination was also Autoban.
In other words, they had the same destination.
“That works out well. The place I was planning to go was also Autoban.”
“Then could you go together with me?!”
Isaac’s face lit up.
He couldn’t know exactly how much time had passed since he left Autoban, but probably a lot of time had gone by.
Even if he returned, his position probably wouldn’t remain.
Still, there was one reason he wanted to go back.
His family who would be at home.
The hundred-year vow he had made shortly after his knighthood ceremony.
He had whispered that he would protect her by his side for life, but trapped in the Eerie Dark Street, he couldn’t keep that promise.
“Yes. Let’s go together.”
“Then I’m counting on you!”
Isaac had never been outside of Autoban even once.
He had also been caught and trapped in the Eerie Dark Street while performing a mission to guard the border.
Therefore, not only did he not know the way back from Edenhark to Autoban, but the biggest problem was that he didn’t have a single penny on him.
If he hadn’t met his benefactor here, the situation would have been quite desperate.
“Yes.”
“…When I return, I will definitely repay you!”
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To leave the Beginner Zone, one had to use the portals located at the ends in all four directions, and among them, to head to Autoban, one had to use the portal located in the Southern Region.
[Recommend next village please]
-I’ve completed my 2nd job advancement, so where should I go now?
└Autoban go go
└Actually, it doesn’t really matter where you go lol but Autoban has good hunting grounds, right?
└It’s a decent place. I recommend coming!
Unlike Edenhark, Autoban’s reputation was very good.
Among the 28 villages, it belonged to the category with simple hunting grounds that made hunting convenient, and the experience point rewards from quests were the most profitable.
Therefore, users who wanted to level up all headed to Autoban without exception.
In front of the southern portal, nearly 30 users were waiting.
They were all users who had completed their 2nd advancement in Edenhark and were trying to move to the next village.
“Oh… Is this the portal that leads to Autoban?”
Isaac looked at the portal with curious eyes.
“Is this your first time seeing a portal?”
At that question, Isaac’s ears turned slightly red.
He coughed a couple of times and then hurriedly began making excuses.
“It’s not that… It’s my first time seeing a portal that connects each village.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes. I used to travel using other means of transportation, not portals.”
Of course, portals had existed, but they were said to be the exclusive property of nobles.
Currently, with the massive influx of strangers, they had become a means of transportation mainly used by strangers.
A mere knight like Isaac had no opportunity to use portals.
“Then let’s try using one this time.”
Users left one by one, and finally it was Jung Hoon’s turn.
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[NPC Information]
-Nickname: Iliago
-Level: 100
-Job: Edenhark Southern Portal Gatekeeper
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Portal gatekeeper Iliago blocked their path.
“Wait, you can’t just pass through there.”
What he was pointing at wasn’t Jung Hoon, but Isaac.
Jung Hoon, being a player, could freely come and go as long as he met the level and 2nd Job Advancement requirements, but Isaac was different.
Therefore, he had to pay a price to use the Portal.
“How much is it?”
Jung Hoon asked on his behalf.
“1 Gold.”
1 Gold to use the Portal once.
In Korean won, that would be about 10,000 won.
Not a bad amount.
“1 Gold?! What is this…”
Isaac’s face also turned pale.
His monthly salary when he worked as a knight was 1 Gold and 5 Silver.
It was an amount that required pouring out his entire monthly salary just to use the Portal once.
“I’ll pay for it.”
Jung Hoon took out 1 Gold Coin from his Inventory.
“…Thank you so much. I will definitely repay this favor.”
Isaac’s eyes widened when he saw the Gold Coin, then his face became apologetic.
“1 Gold confirmed. You may pass.”
After confirming the Gold Coin, Iliago finally stepped aside.
“Then let’s go.”
Jung Hoon skillfully entered the Portal.
Isaac followed behind him.
Their destination was Autoban.
[Moving to ‘Autoban’.]
The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)
Author │ Yeon I Yo
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