The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 64

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Chapter 64

 

[Lv.120 Mysterious Space]

 

I entered the Lv.120 Mysterious Space.

 

A space of nothingness with absolutely nothing in it.

 

The sky was dark, and the ground was covered in thick fog.

 

It felt like standing above the clouds.

 

Even so, the ground was as hard as if asphalt had been laid down.

 

Jung Hoon took out Anima and gripped it.

 

“Where is this place now?”

 

Anima asked as she climbed onto Jung Hoon’s shoulder.

 

“The Mysterious Space.”

 

“Mysterious Space? What’s that supposed to be?”

 

“Who knows.”

 

Unfortunately, Alessandro hadn’t explained the Mysterious Space in detail.

 

The conversation was cut short in the middle of his enthusiastic bragging because dungeons started opening up in clusters.

 

So from here on, Jung Hoon had to find the Hidden Theme himself.

 

‘This is going to take a while.’

 

Even after moving around and searching for nearly an hour, he hadn’t discovered anything special.

 

The surrounding environment remained the same, giving him the illusion that he was going in circles.

 

“Are there no monsters here? I don’t sense any presence.”

 

“That can’t be right.”

 

One thing was certain: this Mysterious Space was a dungeon.

 

There was no way a dungeon could exist without monsters.

 

Jung Hoon pulled his bowstring once.

 

‘I’ve never been inside one like this, but I’ve been to countless similar places.’

 

Dungeons weren’t just places to hunt monsters.

 

There were places like mazes to solve, places that boasted terrible hallucinations, and even horrible environments where you had no choice but to die the moment you entered.

 

Having experienced all kinds of places, Jung Hoon judged that this dungeon was similar to a maze.

 

He concentrated his Sharp Senses to read the flow of mana around him.

 

‘…The sky?’

 

Jung Hoon looked up.

 

He could feel powerful mana sparking irregularly like electricity from that direction.

 

That was the energy axis that formed this space.

 

He aimed at that axis and released the bowstring he had been pulling.

 

Whoooosh!

 

As the arrow was shot, it struck the axis directly.

 

Crack.

 

At the same time, he heard the faint sound of cracks forming on a glass surface.

 

“Oh, what was that sound just now?”

 

“It means I got the right answer.”

 

Jung Hoon pulled his bowstring again and shot another arrow.

 

Usually, these kinds of mazes required destroying the surrounding tricks to proceed to the next stage.

 

Crack crack.

 

The sound of cracks on the surface became clearer.

 

It’s really sturdy.

 

He pulled the bowstring once more and shot an arrow.

 

Crack crack. Crash!

 

When the third arrow hit, the energy axis shattered and the gathered mana scattered.

 

As the mana dispersed with a crashing sound, the Mysterious Space broke like glass.

 

Only then did the true dungeon unfold before Jung Hoon’s eyes.

 

“What’s this?”

 

“Right. It’s a cemetery.”

 

The newly revealed place was a cemetery.

 

A cemetery with an eerie atmosphere.

 

The cemetery was very vast, and there was exactly one tomb.

 

And it was a very massive tomb at that.

 

[Lv.120 Virgin Ghost]

 

[Lv.120 Bachelor Ghost]

 

Subsequently, translucent ghosts appeared on the ground that was overgrown with weeds.

 

Male and female ghosts wearing white mourning clothes.

 

“Wh-what are those?!”

 

Anima was startled.

 

“They’re implemented to match Korea.”

 

If Alessandro had entered, monsters suited to his own country would have been summoned.

 

Since Jung Hoon was Korean, ghosts familiar to him were summoned.

 

Their common feature was their pale appearance with dark circles heavily set under their eyes.

 

However, their faces were all different.

 

Each had their own story – some wore mourning clothes stained with blood, while others had half their faces slashed away.

 

The most horrific one had its upper and lower body severed and moving separately.

 

It was a scene that made one’s spine chill naturally.

 

“Disgusting bastards.”

 

Anima seemed to share the same feeling as she quickly hid behind Jung Hoon.

 

She even went inside Jung Hoon’s clothes and trembled – how could this be called a dragon?

 

“You… for a dragon, you’re really quite cowardly?”

 

“Is there some law that dragons must be fearless?”

 

“Well, not exactly, but.”

 

“Hmph, I’m a dragon who absolutely hates scary things. Back in my dragon days, if anyone told scary stories in front of me, I’d blast them with my breath.”

 

“Ah, is that so.”

 

Then I should finish this quickly.

 

Jung Hoon put his bow into his inventory for the sake of the frightened Anima.

 

Anima, who had been fidgeting inside his clothes, also went into the bow.

 

“Then let’s finish this quickly.”

 

Jung Hoon used Divine Movement to approach the tomb.

 

Then the ghosts made strange sounds and followed Jung Hoon.

 

‘Ghost-like bastards can’t be finished by hunting monsters.’

 

Physical attacks don’t work on them.

 

Even ghosts, when attacking users, don’t use physical attacks but cast debuffs like curses to gnaw away at the user’s life force.

 

Just like right now.

 

[You have been cursed.]

 

[Your life force begins to decline.]

 

[All stats decreased by 10%.]

 

Being cursed, his life force began to drain rapidly.

 

A user who doesn’t know the solution would fail to properly clear this even if they’re higher level than the ghosts.

 

However, Jung Hoon knew the strategy better than anyone.

 

Hunt the necromancer who controls the ghosts and it’s over.

 

Usually the boss is often a necromancer.

 

‘If it were the old me, I would have looked for the necromancer first.’

 

Since you can’t deal damage to ghosts.

 

But the current Jung Hoon was different.

 

[The curse has been lifted.]

 

Because he possessed Divine Power that could lift curses.

 

And Divine Power was shining in his hands.

 

Thwack!

 

Jung Hoon’s fist properly struck the Bachelor Ghost’s face.

 

“!@#!@!”

 

Then the Bachelor Ghost’s head spun as it tumbled on the ground before disappearing.

 

“&@#$!@?”

 

“!@#!@!”

 

They babbled incomprehensible words and hesitated.

 

Their faces were full of bewilderment, as if they never expected to be attacked.

 

“Oh… what? This isn’t an ordinary guy?”

 

Jung Hoon was also slightly surprised.

 

If he had punched its face, it should have scattered like mist rather than tumbling like that.

 

But just now, he felt a proper impact.

 

Those things.

 

They’re not simple ghosts.

 

‘When a necromancer’s rank is high, they can summon ghosts with deep resentment.’

 

It’s probably that kind of case.

 

‘Even so, I can just purify them with Divine Power.’

 

Their weakness was precisely Divine Power.

 

Since necromancy is a type of black magic, it can be purified with Divine Power.

 

Of course, you need to pour out Divine Power at a level that surpasses the black magic to enable purification, but Jung Hoon’s Divine Power exceeded 200, so purifying the ghosts before him was more than enough.

 

“Anyone who wants to get hit can come at me anytime.”

 

Jung Hoon beckoned at the ghosts with his finger.

 

“$@#$!@#”

 

“&^&^%”

 

Then the ghosts became enraged and rushed at him all at once.

 

* * *

 

The ghosts could only disappear after getting beaten to a degree that made one feel sorry for them.

 

“What in the world…”

 

A voice filled with shock came from inside the tomb.

 

It was such a small voice that it wouldn’t have been heard without Sharp Senses.

 

Jung Hoon walked toward the tomb.

 

The tomb had a single small entrance.

 

A small-sized entrance that only one person could barely enter.

 

You even had to crouch down to get in.

 

‘So this is the place that leads to the hidden theme?’

 

Jung Hoon, who had entered the tomb, immediately recognized that this was the place he had been looking for.

 

It was very similar in structure to the abandoned house with the hidden theme that he had discovered in Primordial Village before.

 

Inside the tomb, there was an old coffin sitting alone.

 

Surely there must be a crystal orb somewhere here that could transport him to the hidden theme.

 

However, there was one thing he had to do before that.

 

“I know you’re here. Come out.”

 

Jung Hoon said while staring at the coffin.

 

The culprit who had summoned the ghosts of the cemetery.

 

He had to deal with the necromancer who was the boss of this dungeon.

 

Whoosh.

 

At that moment, blue flames erupted from the floor where Jung Hoon was standing.

 

The flames surrounded Jung Hoon in a circle and blazed fiercely as if they contained the will to burn his body to ashes.

 

“Keheheh, you’re caught!”

 

And the necromancer, who was the owner of this dungeon, rose above the coffin.

 

[Lv.140 Ancient Soul Necromancer]

 

Ancient Soul Necromancer.

 

He was the owner of the dungeon and the owner of the tomb they were currently in.

 

As if he had once made quite a name for himself, his body was covered with splendid accessories.

 

“As if I’d get caught.”

 

Jung Hoon chuckled and moved his steps.

 

The fiercely burning flames engulfed his entire body.

 

However, they couldn’t harm Jung Hoon.

 

This was because he had erected a defensive barrier through divine power to protect his body.

 

His divine power, which exceeded 200 points, perfectly protected its master as if the flames were laughable.

 

“What in the world…”

 

When his confident strike didn’t work, the necromancer’s face turned pale blue.

 

He was seriously cowardly for someone who was supposed to be the owner of a dungeon.

 

“Now go away.”

 

Divine power glowed faintly from Jung Hoon’s fist.

 

“Gulp…”

 

The necromancer had clearly watched Jung Hoon’s battles through the ghosts.

 

And he was certain.

 

That he couldn’t match him in close combat.

 

So he had set a trap and let his voice slip out slightly.

 

The luring had been very successful.

 

He had even fallen into the trap nicely.

 

But such a trap couldn’t even deal the slightest damage to Jung Hoon.

 

Whoosh-

 

Jung Hoon used Divine Movement to throw a punch at the necromancer’s face.

 

However, the necromancer hurriedly knelt down and the punch cut through empty air.

 

“Surrender! I surrender!”

 

“…”

 

“Please just spare my life! It’s been so long since I’ve seen a person that I failed to know my place!”

 

Jung Hoon withdrew his extended fist.

 

“You want me to spare you?”

 

It was absurd.

 

He had only tested him slightly because he seemed cowardly, but to think he would cry out surrender so intensely.

 

Is this really the owner of the dungeon?

 

When he glared with suspicious eyes, the necromancer buried his head in the ground and wailed loudly.

 

“Sob… This body has died once before. Why would I tell lies?”

 

“Since you’ve died once, you might have nothing to fear.”

 

“Waaaah! That’s not true! I cannot die!”

 

Only after a considerable amount of time had passed did the necromancer stop crying.

 

‘This is troublesome.’

 

It didn’t feel right to kill someone who clung to life this desperately.

 

If it had been before his regression, he would have cut him down without mercy.

 

But perhaps it was because he had once visited the threshold of death and come back to life?

 

He found it strange that he felt a sense of kinship with a mere monster.

 

However, this guy was a monster.

 

The necromancy he had shown earlier looked quite useful, but there was no choice but to kill him.

 

“Is that so? But what can you do? I have to kill you for this dungeon to close.”

 

This was because the dungeon would only close when its owner disappeared.

 

“I, I’m not a monster! I even have a name, Michael!”

 

He cried out desperately.

 

“Michael? Despite how you look, you have a holy name.”

 

“Yes! Even though I look like this, I’m a very good person.”

 

“I see. Then I’ll help you find peace.”

 

Right. This isn’t killing—it’s making him disappear.

 

Since this kind of dungeon is a one-time event, once he disappears, he’ll be gone forever.

 

So there was no other choice.

 

“No! Not until I get revenge on the bastard who made me like this…!”

 

Michael didn’t want to disappear here.

 

He still had something he needed to do.

 

The real culprit who had cornered him and caused his death.

 

He couldn’t disappear before getting revenge on that bastard.

 

“Is that so?”

 

A strange glint appeared in Jung Hoon’s eyes.

 

“Yes…”

 

“There is one way you could survive.”

 

“What is it?!”

 

“Becoming my subordinate.”

 

In New World, there’s a class called Tamer.

 

It’s not a very popular class, so like Martial Artist, it’s one of those classes with hardly any strategy guides posted.

 

Tamers have almost no combat skills and can be described as a class that tames monsters from fields or dungeons and uses those monsters to fight battles.

 

‘Jung Hoon, you’re not an All Master yet!’

 

A legendary-grade Tamer who had been his companion.

 

These were words Yu Chan had said.

 

‘Why?’

 

‘Because you don’t know how to tame.’

 

‘…I don’t need to. I’m not greedy for the title of All Master.’

 

‘Hey now, but if you’re going to be a true All Master, you should know how to tame, right? So I’ll teach you about taming.’

 

The taming I was forced to learn should be useful at times like this.

 

Originally, Tamers use skills to tame.

 

And Yu Chan understood the operating principles of those skills.

 

Only after receiving months of one-on-one instruction from him was Jung Hoon able to tame a single monster.

 

“I’ll do it!”

 

The necromancer cried out urgently and bowed his head.

 

Jung Hoon nodded at his resolute will.

 

“Alright.”

 

Taming isn’t easy.

 

The reason is that the caster forcibly binds the monster with their own mana.

 

Therefore, you must be at a higher level than the monster you’re trying to tame.

 

However, if the monster is favorable toward taming, the story changes.

 

Since there’s no need to engage in a power struggle, you can tame higher-level monsters even without high skill levels.

 

Currently, Jung Hoon has no taming-related skills, so he has to deploy the magic formula directly.

 

‘It’s a formula I’ve drawn so many times I’m sick of it.’

 

When Jung Hoon channeled mana into his index finger, blue mana rippled faintly on his fingertip.

 

Soon he began drawing the magic formula on the ground.

 

Stroke by stroke.

 

As he quickly scribbled, the formula was completed in no time.

 

[The magic formula is too perfect!]

 

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

 

[You have acquired the skill ‘Taming (Epic)’.]

 

Strong Will immediately responded to the flawless magic formula.

 

‘This quickly?’

 

Jung Hoon’s eyes widened slightly.

 

Strong Will, which normally would require drawing it 100 times to respond, reacted after just once.

 

It was a bit surprising.

 

As Strong Will had risen to Unique grade, his learning ability had also greatly increased.

 

[Using Taming.]

 

Then the necromancer’s body was enveloped in blue light, and soon white light burst forth as his physical form was reconstructed.

 

It was a mark of success.

 

[Taming successful!]

 

[You can now use the Monster Collection system!]

 

[This monster is not in your collection!]

 

[You have gained 5,000 Achievement points!]

 

The Return of the Greatest All Master Ever (Serial)

 

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