The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 67
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Chapter 67
“Ah, by any chance, do you know about the Black Market?”
Blaine looked at the box and mentioned the Black Market.
“Yes.”
Of course he knew.
The Black Market was a market with a slightly different concept from the Auction House.
While the Auction House allowed users to register and sell verified items, the Black Market didn’t require separate verification.
As a result, the Black Market was often used for criminal activities.
Money laundering, selling stolen goods, and so on.
The Empire once swept away the Black Market, but ‘The Force’ was sporadically opening Black Markets in the shadows.
Jung Hoon was slightly surprised that Blaine would mention such a Black Market.
“Two years ago, there was a Black Market that opened in Autoban.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes…”
Blaine gritted his teeth as he recalled the past.
It was not long after the Previous Lord had passed away and he, as his son, had taken the Lord’s seat.
Even before Blaine had established himself as the successor, he had a younger brother under him.
Drake Autoban.
Drake outwardly pretended to trust and follow him as his older brother, but inside he harbored a viper coiled and ready to strike at any moment.
Thanks to this, after being appointed as successor, he faced threats to his life numerous times.
‘…I thought he was a good younger brother.’
However, Blaine didn’t foolishly fall for it.
He dealt with Drake’s subordinates one by one, cutting off his hands and feet, and finally ascended to the Lord’s position while banishing his brother from Autoban.
It was a decision he made because he couldn’t bring himself to kill his own blood.
“So you’re saying that brother led the opening of the Black Market?”
“Yes…”
However, Drake didn’t give up easily.
The Emblem that only the Lord could possess.
He stole that Emblem and put it up in the Black Market.
He intended to cause confusion among the Territory’s people by claiming that Blaine lacked the qualities of a Lord.
Public opinion was frightening – once it boiled over, it was extremely difficult to calm down.
In such a situation, if Drake could show himself retrieving the Emblem, the primary plan to narrow Blaine’s position would succeed.
However, Blaine had received full reports of that plan through his own subordinates he had attached to his brother and was very enraged.
‘He attached himself to those Force bastards who commit illegal acts?!’
His teeth ground involuntarily.
No matter how much he coveted the Lord’s position, to think he would attach himself to those black-hearted scoundrels…
Blaine subsequently leaked false information to his brother’s side that the Emblem had disappeared.
Then, as if he had been waiting, the bastard opened the Black Market, and Blaine’s side, who had been waiting for this, stormed in as soon as the Black Market opened and brought them all down at once.
“This is what you obtained in that process?”
“Yes. I don’t know what it is, but it seemed very precious so I kept it in the safe.”
He didn’t know why an ‘Unknown Box’ was circulating in the Black Market, but Jung Hoon made his decision the moment he saw that box.
“Then, may I take that box?”
“That thing?”
Blaine hesitated for a moment.
The Unknown Box was an item that had been put up in the Black Market at the time and was something Drake had brought.
He had said it was a box he had coincidentally acquired while being banished, but Blaine had no intention of believing those words.
Obviously, he must have been preparing some kind of trap.
‘It won’t open?’
However, when he tried to open the box, for some unknown reason, the box showed no intention of opening.
In the end, he failed to open it and had no choice but to stuff it away in the Treasure Vault, but he never expected Jung Hoon to choose that box.
“Yes. By any chance, didn’t this come from Iora?”
“Uh…? That’s correct. How did you know?”
As expected.
Iora was one of the villages you could only cross over to after reaching level 200.
And it was also the only place where you could obtain an Unknown Box.
‘How interesting. To think there was an Unknown Box hidden in the Treasure Vault.’
He never dreamed he would discover such a rare box here.
This was a Treasure Vault you could only enter after maxing out trust with Blaine.
This too must be one of New World’s little tricks.
“Is it not possible?”
To take the box, he needed Blaine’s permission.
‘If he says no, then there’s nothing I can do.’
It was a Treasure Vault he hadn’t expected in the first place.
Among the items here, the Unknown Box was the most appealing, but there would be other opportunities to obtain one.
He didn’t want to be obsessed with the Unknown Box.
However, contrary to his expectations, Blaine shook his head.
“No. If you want it, I’ll give it to you. But… you won’t be able to open that box. I tried every possible method to open it but ultimately failed.”
“It’s fine. I can open it.”
“What…? Is that really true?”
Jung Hoon nodded.
Blaine showed a reaction of disbelief, but he couldn’t doubt the benefactor of Autoban.
So he decided to make one request.
“…Then, could you please open the box in front of me?”
“In front of you?”
“Yes. Since it was something the Drake had… I’m suspicious about what might be inside.”
“I understand.”
And so the Unknown Box came into Jung Hoon’s possession.
[Unknown Box]
-Contains all items randomly.
-Luck effect X
-Mysterious Key required (not owned)
A box that contains all items randomly.
That’s why it’s called an ‘Unknown Box’.
Even Luck Potions were useless, making it a box that had to be left entirely to fate.
And to open it, an item called a Mysterious Key was needed.
‘So no matter what you try, it won’t open.’
It was a box that couldn’t be opened no matter what you did without the key.
Jung Hoon opened the Achievement shop and immediately went to ‘Category-Special’.
-Mysterious Key
The Mysterious Key cost 20,000 points.
Since he currently had 72,000 Achievement points, if he bought one key, he would have 52,000 points left.
‘That’s fine.’
Jung Hoon immediately purchased the key.
Then he took out the key that was delivered to his Inventory and laid the box on its side.
Then the hidden keyhole revealed itself.
“Even making a matching key doesn’t make it react.”
The key was a method Blaine had also tried.
However, no matter how many times he modified the key, the box wouldn’t budge.
“It will open.”
Jung Hoon said this and slipped the key into the keyhole.
And as he slowly turned it to the side
Click.
The locked box was unlocked.
“Huh…? Don’t tell me it opened?!”
Blaine’s eyes, who had been watching the box, widened in surprise.
“Yes.”
Jung Hoon opened the closed box.
Inside that box lay a single ring.
[You have obtained a Stat Amplification Ring (One-time use)(Epic).]
‘Oh?!’
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[Stat Amplification Ring (One-time use)]
-Type : Ring
-Grade : Epic
-Special Ability (1) : When the ring’s mana is drawn out, temporarily increases all stats of the wearer by 50%.
-Special Ability (2) : All abilities and attack damage from opponents are reduced by 50%.
-Once used, the ring can no longer be used.
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Jung Hoon’s lips curved up widely after checking the ring.
* * *
Whoosh-
The Capsule door opened and Ha Jin came out of the Capsule.
Ha Jin’s face was slightly excited as he came out the door.
‘Finally got a Unique Grade Weapon.’
The Unique Grade equipment he had longed for so much.
Even Epic Grade equipment was quite expensive, requiring a long time of saving to barely afford it.
Of course, he could buy Unique Grade equipment by throwing cash at it, but Ha Jin didn’t have that kind of money.
So the only method available was to obtain equipment through content like raids or siege battles.
However, not only Unique Grade but even Epic Grade rarely dropped, so he had been using Rare Grade equipment heavily enhanced with Enhancement Stones.
‘And today I got it!’
Not just Epic Grade, but a Unique Grade Sword.
He would have been happy even with just Epic, but since it was actually Unique, he felt like he was flying through the sky.
“Did something good happen?”
He happened to make eye contact with the owner Lee Hyeon Woo, who was returning from smoking a cigarette.
“Is it that obvious?”
“Yeah. You’re grinning like that, it’d be weird if I didn’t notice.”
“Haha…”
“So what is it?”
Lee Hyeon Woo took out a canned coffee and handed it to Ha Jin while asking again.
“I got a Unique grade sword today.”
“Whoa, really?”
“Yes! I can get stronger with this!”
The performance difference between a Rare grade sword and a Unique grade sword was like heaven and earth.
While the initial state equipment was inferior to a maxed-out enhanced Rare sword, once you started embedding Unique Enhancement Stones one by one, the stats would rise like crazy – that was the nature of Unique grade weapons.
“Oh, really? Then want to try an event?”
“An event?”
“Yeah.”
Lee Hyeon Woo held out one of the flyers stacked up in the corner.
The flyer read [Capsule Room Siege War Event].
“Capsule Room Siege War Event? What kind of event is this?”
It was an event he’d never heard of before.
Usually, siege wars were considered guild content, where guilds had to defend an occupied castle for a certain time to succeed in defense.
Depending on how much contribution you accumulated, they would distribute various items as rewards, from experience points to equipment, enhancement stones, and more.
That’s why guilds gathered their members once a month to conduct siege wars.
To think they’d make such siege wars into an event.
“Even users who have personal capsules can all participate as long as they join from a capsule room.”
This event could be conducted with up to 4 people, forming a 4-person party, and solo play was also possible.
If the number exceeded that, they would be randomly split up to proceed.
“…That’s interesting. Should we go out with Jung Hoon then?”
For Ha Jin, his strongest ally was Jung Hoon.
Though he had just surpassed level 100, he had a Legendary class and a Legendary-grade weapon to match.
He even took 1st place in the 2nd Job Advancement event, right?
Ha Jin had also confirmed through New World’s announcement that Jung Hoon had taken 1st place.
Regardless of level, Jung Hoon was a real monster.
“Hmm? Did that guy level up a bit? They say everyone gets adjusted to level 150 in the event though…”
Only the level gets adjusted. The problem was that there were no restrictions on skill usage.
Ha Jin’s current level was 160.
Jung Hoon hadn’t even been playing New World for a few months, so there would be a huge level difference.
“Yes. Jung Hoon, that guy passed level 100.”
“…What?”
Lee Hyeon Woo’s pupils dilated slightly.
He reached level 100 in that short time?
How was that even possible?
“I’m telling you, that guy’s a real monster. Even now he’s obsessed with leveling.”
He had heard that Jung Hoon headed to Autoban.
But since there was no news after that, he was probably in a state of being obsessed with leveling.
“…Well, he was the guy who stayed 21 hours even when he was at the capsule room.”
Lee Hyeon Woo had never seen such a maniac in his life.
To simply call it addiction, the venom in his eyes was no joke.
It felt like he was clinging to New World for some purpose.
“Oh? Speak of the devil and he appears.”
Ha Jin took out his smartphone from his pocket.
“Why? Did your friend contact you?”
“Yes. Then I’ll go in first.”
“Alright. Then take another flyer. He might be interested.”
“Yes!”
Ha Jin received another flyer from Lee Hyeon Woo and left the capsule room.
* * *
Jung Hoon called Ha Jin as soon as he left the capsule room.
He told his mother he would go out briefly, then went to a nearby cafe to meet Ha Jin.
“Wow, it’s really hard to see your face. Right?”
Ha Jin expressed his dissatisfaction as soon as he saw Jung Hoon.
Even though he had moved to Autoban, he hadn’t sent a single whisper.
“Sorry. I was a bit busy.”
“Yeah. I understand. You must have been crazy busy with leveling.”
“Yeah.”
While being obsessed with leveling was true, quite a lot had happened in Autoban.
So he didn’t have the mental capacity to pay attention to others.
Ha Jin was still the better one.
Yeo Min Ji asked about his well-being through whispers every few days.
“But what’s the matter?”
“Do I have to have something going on to call you? I just wanted to have a cup of tea.”
“You? Really?”
Ha Jin tilted his head with eyes full of suspicion.
“I’m serious.”
“Then you’re okay with just drinking tea and leaving right away?”
“I think they said there’s going to be an event at the Capsule Room. Right?”
Flinch.
Ha Jin’s shoulders trembled once.
“You ghostly bastard, where the hell do you hear all that information?”
Then he shook his head back and forth and pulled out a Flyer.
“It’s a siege war event.”
Jung Hoon quickly skimmed through the Flyer and nodded.
“I was just about to suggest we participate in the event together. They say you can form a Party of up to 4 people.”
“Okay. That sounds good to me.”
This event isn’t just a simple event.
It’s the first warning sign hinting that the game will become reality, packaged as an event.
“So are we going out just the two of us?”
“No, someone else will come.”
“Come? Who?”
“I’ll tell you later.”
Jung Hoon sipped his Coffee and spoke mysteriously.
And the next day.
“You heard they’re having a siege war event this time, right?”
Yeo Min Ji came all the way to Autoban to see Jung Hoon.
The Return of the Greatest All Master (Serial)
Author │ Yeon I Yo
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ⓒYeon I Yo2024
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