The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 66

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Chapter 66

 

Although one was Epic, he was completely satisfied just by obtaining a Legendary.

 

Jung Hoon immediately checked the magic he had acquired.

 

[Lightning Bolt]

 

-Type: Active

 

-Level: 1

 

-Grade: Epic

 

-Consumes 25 mana to generate and fire lightning with 240% attack power.

 

-Can deal damage to up to 7 targets.

 

-Cooldown: 10 seconds

 

Epic grade Lightning Bolt.

 

Attack power refers to the combined value of stats and equipment attack power.

 

240% could be considered a skill with quite high damage.

 

With only a 10-second cooldown, it was an active skill that could be used anytime as long as there was sufficient mana.

 

Next was the Legendary grade magic skill he had so desperately wanted.

 

However, ‘Block’ was a rather unfamiliar magic.

 

‘It’s magic I’ve never even seen Alessandro use.’

 

That’s why he was curious about what effects it might have.

 

[Block]

 

-Type: Active

 

-Level: 1

 

-Grade: Legendary

 

-Consumes 50% mana to absolutely defend against any attack (1 time)

 

-Cooldown: 24 hours

 

Absolute defense?!

 

Jung Hoon’s eyes widened significantly as he checked the skill.

 

No matter how Legendary, there had never been a skill that boasted absolute defense.

 

Damage reduction skills that lessened damage were the best option, but this skill was different.

 

Once used, it was an overpowered skill that would defend against any attack once.

 

Although once used, the cooldown was a whopping 24 hours before it could be used again.

 

‘This isn’t an ordinary skill. It’s fair to say I’ve gained an extra life.’

 

Right now he was growing at breakneck speed with memories from before his regression, but as he moved to higher levels, the pace would gradually slow.

 

At the same time, moments where he’d inevitably have to risk his life would increase.

 

In such situations, Block would serve as a spare life for Jung Hoon.

 

When it seemed impossible to avoid something, Block would protect him.

 

‘I’m already getting excited.’

 

Since a Hidden Theme had been discovered in Autoban, New World would react soon.

 

It would surely reach Alessandro’s ears as well.

 

He could clearly picture that bastard’s indignant face.

 

* * *

 

Not long after Jung Hoon left the Hidden Theme, a new announcement was posted in New World.

 

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[A New World Hidden Theme has been discovered!]

 

-Hello! This is the New World Development Team.

 

First, we’re posting this announcement to share congratulatory news!

 

The second Hidden Theme that New World had carefully hidden has been discovered by a user!

 

Hidden Themes are devices created to help users grow, and are set so that the first person to discover them on a first-come-first-served basis across the entire world gets to take them.

 

[South Korea – 000]

 

The server is disclosed, but the nickname is not disclosed.

 

Now, all users who enjoy New World!

 

New World has hidden countless other Hidden Themes related to growth besides this one!

 

Well then, New World users, we hope you have a pleasant day today as well.

 

-New World Development Team

 

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News that the second Hidden Theme had been discovered for the first time.

 

The view count for that announcement rose steeply, surpassing 5 million in less than an hour and racing toward 10 million.

 

Since the second one appeared not long after the first Hidden Theme was discovered, the attention had doubled.

 

[Wow wtf another Hidden Theme appeared]

 

-How long has it been since the first one appeared and already a second one shows up?

 

└Right lol and it’s even a Korean

 

└This is 100% someone who knows something about Hidden Themes

 

└There’s no way you could find Hidden Themes consecutively without that lololol

 

[The guy who found the Hidden Theme is the same person right?]

 

-The first one was found by a Korean, and the second is also Korean. But the second was discovered not long after the first was found. The answer is obvious lol

 

└Fuck, I’m getting filled with national pride…

 

└A Korean finding themes consecutively when it’s first-come-first-served worldwide lol

 

└Kyaha, truly a Korean of strong will!

 

Welcome was equally on fire.

 

Since the second was also obtained by a Korean following the first…

 

Even though they hadn’t found it themselves, they felt national pride rising just from the fact that Korea was leading ahead of the entire world.

 

[Is the Korean era coming now?]

 

-For real, isn’t this the first time Korea has consecutively beaten the entire world?

 

└That’s true, but that’s going too far lol

 

└lololol We’re far from that. Even if you gathered all our country’s rankers in a truck, they’d get completely destroyed by other countries’ rankers

 

└Why do we dominate other games but only get crushed in New World?

 

└The weight class difference is fucked….

 

└If that bastard from Earth Korea hadn’t screwed up in the first place, we wouldn’t have been outclassed

 

└That’s true. They say we started almost 3 months late… 3 months in an RPG is huge.

 

Korea entered New World 3 months later than other countries.

 

The reason was that the upper management of Earth Korea intentionally leaked data received from headquarters.

 

As a result, headquarters imposed a 3-month suspension on Korea, causing Koreans to start 3 months behind other countries.

 

Perhaps because of this, rankers flying around the Korean server always hovered around the lower-middle ranks whenever they participated in global competitions.

 

Korea had always been lagging behind, but now that same Korea had taken 1st place twice in a row.

 

This was precisely why Welcome was more heated than usual.

 

Discovering Hidden Themes could be seen not just as simple user growth, but as national prestige itself.

 

[Take the next Hidden Theme too!]

 

-You are our hope!

 

└ Hahaha hey hey, calm down. How are you gonna keep up with just this level of stuff?

 

└Who knows? Maybe this will be the foundation to crush global rankers?

 

└King Korea

 

* * *

 

At the same time.

 

Alessandro was staring at the New World announcement with a hardened face.

 

Unable to believe it, he refreshed several times, but the announcement remained the same.

 

“Fuck!”

 

Alessandro slammed his fist on the table.

 

The fact that the Hidden Theme was stolen was infuriating, but what was even more infuriating was that he hadn’t even fully interpreted the clue yet.

 

Having it stolen without even being able to try anything made this humiliation indescribable.

 

The clue he received as a reward for completing the Secret Quest contained a cipher about Hidden Themes.

 

‘I interpreted it.’

 

Two weeks ago, he had barely managed to decode the first line.

 

Alessandro immediately headed to that location, which turned out to be a village slightly away from Primordial Village.

 

An old abandoned house that could only be reached after completing the entry quest given by the NPC guard.

 

However, there was no longer any Hidden Theme left in that abandoned house.

 

Alessandro was outraged when he realized this fact after searching for several days.

 

‘What?! This was where the Hidden Theme was first discovered?’

 

What rotten luck.

 

Of all places, this was what he had coincidentally found.

 

That’s what he thought at first.

 

But it was still okay. The cipher in the first and second lines were quite similar, so decoding them wasn’t too difficult.

 

When he had decoded about half of it, the second Hidden Theme was discovered.

 

“How the hell did they find it?”

 

The first time could be called coincidence.

 

But the second time couldn’t be coincidence.

 

The fact that the same Korean user found them consecutively meant they had information about Hidden Themes.

 

Then how did they obtain that information?

 

The Secret Quest related to Hidden Themes was something he could perform when he reached level 500.

 

“This is dangerous….”

 

Alessandro muttered with a serious face.

 

Whatever the case, if he had missed the second one too, it meant that bastard also had information about Hidden Themes.

 

Moreover, his decoding speed was faster than his own.

 

Then the remaining Hidden Themes written in the document would likely be taken by that bastard as well.

 

“That absolutely cannot happen!”

 

[Reach the Master of Magic.]

 

The phrase written on the first page.

 

Surely the Hidden Themes must have devices that could show achievements related to magic or circles.

 

He absolutely could not miss them.

 

* * *

 

Jung Hoon immediately exited the dungeon.

 

In front, several knights including Isaac were surrounding the dungeon entrance.

 

“Hoon! Are you safe?!”

 

Isaac, who was guarding the dungeon, hurried over.

 

“Yes. I’m safe. But who are these people?”

 

Jung Hoon’s eyes turned to the other knights.

 

“Ah… I tried my best to prevent access, but it seems the handover wasn’t complete and the message didn’t reach the duty stations.”

 

“It’s fine.”

 

Alessandro wouldn’t come looking.

 

Since he was from a different server anyway, he would have no choice but to find NPCs suited to that server, and given the current timing, there would be no reason for him to come looking for Autoban’s Hidden Theme.

 

‘Still, I should hurry up a bit more from next time.’

 

He had intercepted as many as 2 Hidden Themes.

 

By now, he must be thoroughly gripped by a sense of crisis.

 

He would start spending more time than usual decoding the cipher.

 

When that happened, naturally the timing of discovering Hidden Themes would be moved up.

 

In the end, Jung Hoon had no choice but to move faster as well.

 

“That’s a relief… By the way, will that dungeon be completely closed?”

 

Isaac pointed to the dungeon and asked.

 

“Yes.”

 

As soon as Jung Hoon finished speaking, the portal he had emerged from began to slowly disappear.

 

The knights present widened their eyes at the sight of the portal disappearing.

 

“Is that thing really disappearing…?”

 

“I can’t believe it… that detestable thing?”

 

News that the abandoned dungeon had disappeared spread quickly and reached the Lord’s Castle.

 

“Is it true that you closed the abandoned dungeon?!”

 

Upon returning to the Lord’s Castle, Lord Blaine came running frantically.

 

“Yes. I confirmed its disappearance, so you can go check it out later.”

 

At Jung Hoon’s words, Blaine was so overwhelmed that he shed tears.

 

He had helped Isaac return, subjugated the Ogre King that had recently been troubling Autoban, and even made the detestable abandoned dungeon disappear.

 

He didn’t know how Jung Hoon had made disappear something that only left traces filled with corrupted mana, but the important thing was that he had made it disappear.

 

Blaine recognized that Jung Hoon was not an ordinary Outsider but a big shot.

 

That was also why he had unhesitatingly given him the Honorary Knight Badge.

 

To establish even the slightest connection with him.

 

“Thank you so much. I don’t know how to repay this kindness.”

 

“It’s fine. I wasn’t moving with any particular expectations.”

 

It was true.

 

He hadn’t moved expecting anything from them.

 

And he had definitely obtained what he needed to obtain.

 

“No. As the Lord of Autoban, I cannot just let this pass.”

 

“Excuse me?”

 

“I will open the treasure vault!”

 

Isaac’s face changed to one of shock at this bombshell statement.

 

“The, the treasure vault…?”

 

“Yes. The Ogre King and even the abandoned dungeon… I want to open the treasure vault for my benefactor.”

 

Autoban’s finances were similar to Edenhark’s, not particularly abundant.

 

Nevertheless, unlike Edenhark, Autoban had one thing to be proud of.

 

The treasure vault.

 

[Anyone seen inside Autoban’s treasure vault?]

 

-There seems to be a treasure vault… but no matter what crazy stuff I try, it won’t open ㅡㅡ

 

└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Just assume the treasure vault doesn’t exist

 

└There’s even some crazy bastard trying to open that thing lol

 

└It’s just pointless ㅇㅇ It’s wrong to even try to get rewards from a leveling town in the first place ㅋㅋ

 

However, not a single user had ever seen inside Autoban’s treasure vault until now.

 

In the first place, Blaine didn’t particularly like Outsiders visiting Autoban.

 

‘Is it because they overlapped?’

 

Even Alessandro, who had closed the abandoned dungeon and visited the Hidden Theme, had never been heard to have visited the treasure vault.

 

It seemed that with Isaac’s rescue, the Ogre King subjugation, and the abandoned dungeon’s disappearance all overlapping, Blaine’s trust had maxed out.

 

‘This is an unexpected benefit?’

 

Anyway, if it’s a treasure vault, there should be at least one useful item.

 

“If you’re offering, I’ll gratefully accept.”

 

“Let’s go right away!”

 

* * *

 

‘A safe?’

 

What Blaine introduced as the treasure vault was none other than a safe.

 

The safe was large enough to fill a room of about 10 pyeong.

 

“Haha, it’s more modest than you thought, right? But I’m confident it’s more precious than anything else.”

 

Blaine smiled awkwardly and carefully stroked the safe.

 

“…It’s quite large for any treasure vault I know of.”

 

The treasure vault he was referring to was a safe.

 

Although he had never seen a safe up close, he was confident there wouldn’t be one larger than this.

 

“Is that so? Then I’ll open the treasure vault.”

 

Blaine placed his hand on the safe’s handle and channeled mana into it.

 

Then the safe’s handle glowed blue, and the sound of internal lock mechanisms being released one by one could be heard.

 

Eventually he removed his hand, and a circular pattern was carved into the safe’s door, glowing brightly.

 

When Blaine pressed the handle and slowly pulled, the safe’s door opened with a creaking sound.

 

‘This is the treasure vault?’

 

The safe consisted of a total of 15 floors.

 

Floors 1-5 contained Epic Grade Equipment.

 

Floors 6-10 had Unique Enhancement Stones to Rare Grade Enhancement Stones neatly displayed.

 

Except for a single gray box sitting alone on the 13th floor, floors 11-15 were completely empty.

 

Perhaps because of this, his gaze naturally went there.

 

“What is that box?”

 

At Jung Hoon’s words, Blaine’s gaze also turned to the box.

 

[Unknown Box]

 

Why is that here?

 

Unknown Box.

 

A box that could only be obtained at level 200 or above was right before his eyes.

 

The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)

 

Author │ Yeon I Yo

 

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