The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 72
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Chapter 72
The Half-Moon Bears of the 3rd Wave.
Setting aside that they were Lv.150, there were simply too many of them.
“Will you be okay?! There are too many!”
Yeo Min Ji urgently took her stance and struck the charging Half-Moon Bear’s abdomen with Destruction Fist, her highest damage skill, while shouting.
“I’ll be fine.”
“You’ll be fine…?”
There were too many of them.
Just what was visible to the naked eye numbered in the hundreds.
If his level and all stats hadn’t been adjusted to 150, hunting this many would have been more than manageable.
Of course, he was managing to cover things somehow with items, but it wasn’t enough to hunt such large numbers.
The same was true for Jung Hoon, but Jung Hoon had one last trump card remaining.
‘Should I start using it now?’
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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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An item he had obtained from opening an Unknown Box.
Honestly, it couldn’t be called an incredibly amazing item, but for Jung Hoon, it was an item he needed more than anything else.
Because he knew situations exactly like this would arise.
Jung Hoon concentrated mana into the ring on his index finger.
The ring’s gem turned red and immediately released its power.
[All stats increased by 50%.]
[50% damage reduction applied.]
[Time limit is ‘1 hour’.]
For one hour, all his stats increased by 50% to become ‘225’.
“A stat amplification item?!”
Seeing Jung Hoon’s aura change, Yeo Min Ji immediately recognized it.
To think she could witness the use of a stat amplification item, known to be nearly impossible to obtain, from so close.
Where on earth did he get such an item?
“It’s one-time use, so it’s not that precious.”
Jung Hoon spoke nonchalantly and began hunting the swarming Half-Moon Bears.
“Let’s join in too!”
Ha Jin, who had been watching from behind, also drew his sword and slashed at the charging Half-Moon Bears.
“Kuwooor!”
“Shit! It won’t die in one hit.”
Ha Jin cursed as he continued swinging his sword.
At that moment, two Half-Moon Bears rushed toward Ha Jin.
“It’s dangerous!”
Yeo Min Ji blocked the Half-Moon Bears heading for Ha Jin.
Thus the hunt began, and as time passed, Half-Moon Bear corpses piled up.
Of course, more than 80% were hunted by Jung Hoon alone.
When they had hunted nearly 400-500 bears, other users finally joined in.
“Hey! We need to catch them quickly too!”
While Jung Hoon and Yeo Min Ji were beating down the remaining Half-Moon Bears, users hurriedly joined in to deal with the rest.
[The 3rd Monster Wave has ended.]
[Current stronghold damage: 0.256%]
The stronghold’s damage was 0.25%.
It was just over a quarter past 1%.
‘At this rate, I can definitely defend it.’
The last one would be a Lv.170 boss.
[Gyeonggi Uijeongbu 1% damage! Siege ends!]
[Chungbuk Cheongju 1% damage! Siege ends!]
[Gyeongnam Geoje 1% damage! Siege ends!]
[Jeonbuk Gunsan 1% damage! Siege ends!]
[Gyeonggi Paju 1% damage! Siege ends!]
…
As the 3rd Wave ended, countless notifications appeared.
[All regions of South Korea except Seoul have been wiped out.]
“What? Only Seoul is left?”
“Then if we can’t defend Seoul, South Korea is finished…?”
The users’ faces were colored with bewilderment.
They never dreamed that all regions except Seoul would collapse in the 3rd Wave.
‘Originally, Seoul should have ended too.’
South Korea would end without even getting to see the 4th Wave.
It was the same for other countries.
How could they move so strategically in an event composed of PC cafe users in the first place?
Jung Hoon knew that there was no country that successfully defended the siege in this event.
The event was a massive failure.
It became the cause of Earth beginning to suffer from all kinds of natural disasters.
“Are you okay?”
Yeo Min Ji approached Jung Hoon and examined his body.
“Yes. I’m perfectly fine.”
Jung Hoon’s body was exactly the same as before the battle.
He didn’t even have minor scratches.
It was because he had used Intermediate Healing, which had upgraded to Epic grade, to heal his body.
Not knowing this, Yeo Min Ji clicked her tongue.
“…Anyone else wouldn’t have been able to endure it.”
No matter how much stat amplification items were used, handling hundreds of level 150 Half-Moon Bears alone was impossible.
Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!
At that moment, applause filled Namsan.
And NPC Ling Ling appeared in the air in hologram form.
“I really think I did well taking charge of the South Korea Server. I never imagined you’d perfectly block even the 3rd Wave.”
The users stirred at the sudden appearance of the event NPC.
“What’s that NPC?”
“What, why is it coming out from there?”
“Is this siege over?”
Ling Ling seemed pleased with the users’ reaction and let out a chuckle.
“The siege isn’t over. I came to make you all a proposal.”
Ling Ling’s gaze was subtly directed toward Jung Hoon.
He was the number one contributor to this siege, after all.
[4th Wave Difficulty Increase]
A large hologram message appeared next to Ling Ling.
“Difficulty increase?”
“You’re going to raise the difficulty even more than now?”
The users muttered with incredulous faces.
As if expecting such a reaction, Ling Ling added:
“If you succeed, I’ll give you very special rewards. Rewards you definitely won’t regret.”
With that, the rewards appeared in a list.
Starting with advancing one tier from the current job grade, Unique Grade Weapons and defensive equipment, skill books containing rare skills.
Even chests containing tens of thousands of gold.
When the rewards became visible, the users’ eyes gleamed with interest.
“They’ll really give all that?”
“Wow… That’s insane.”
“I’m Rare grade, so does that mean I can go straight up to Epic grade?”
The rewards were too tempting to refuse.
Since they joined late, it was already difficult to expect high rankings anyway.
They judged it would be better to raise the difficulty and at least secure some rewards.
“How about it? Will you do it? By the way, those rewards come out randomly.”
The users looked at each other and then nodded.
“Let’s do it.”
“Me too!”
“We absolutely have to do it!”
When the majority accepted the proposal, Ling Ling’s lips curved up widely.
At the same time, Jung Hoon’s face hardened slightly.
So they’re going to make this kind of bet happen?
“Good. Then I’ll start right away!”
Ling Ling snapped her fingers and disappeared.
[The difficulty of the 4th Monster Wave is increasing.]
[The 4th Monster Wave begins.]
When the 4th Monster Wave started, a massive gate unlike anything seen before was created.
One monster smoothly emerged from that gate.
[Lv.175 Dragonia]
A monster shaped like a giant dragon.
The users were left speechless by Dragonia’s imposing presence.
“Dragonia…?”
Yeo Min Ji’s face also hardened stiffly.
Originally, Dragonia’s level was 420.
Even rankers over level 400 couldn’t carelessly challenge it, so the number of Dragonia that had been defeated so far could be counted on fingers.
Such a Dragonia had appeared with its level lowered to 175.
“Why does it have to be Dragonia…?”
Users were well aware of Dragonia’s infamy.
The reason lay in the ability it used.
‘Annihilation.’
Users hit by Annihilation would have only 1% of their health, mana, and divine power remaining.
Moreover, there were recovery restrictions for 30 seconds, making recovery impossible even with potions or skills.
Literally an overpowered ability.
So unless you had a skill to neutralize the ability, it was said that giving up on conquering Dragonia was the wise choice.
“B-but it probably can’t use Annihilation, right…?”
The fortunate thing was that Dragonia’s current level was 175.
Even at level 420, it didn’t use Annihilation many times, so at 175, there was a possibility it wouldn’t use Annihilation.
“Right! We’ll overwhelm it with numbers!”
No matter how strong Dragonia was, it couldn’t handle countless users.
They gathered with their party members and moved to attack Dragonia.
“Damn humans!”
Then Dragonia opened its mouth wide and prepared its breath.
“B-breath!”
“Barrier! Barrier!”
They couldn’t let Dragonia use its breath.
Not just for subjugation, but they also had to focus on defense to prevent damage to the stronghold.
The mages hurriedly deployed barriers in a 500m radius centered on Namsan.
And Dragonia unleashed the breath it had prepared.
[Dragonia uses ‘Breath’.]
The breath shot out and struck the barriers.
Crash!
The barriers couldn’t withstand the breath and shattered completely.
Still, it wasn’t without effect.
Since it was a Lv.175 breath, it was somewhat absorbed by the layered barriers, and the remaining fragments scattered around.
[The stronghold is being destroyed!]
[Damage: 0.261%]
“Attack!”
Since it had just used breath, it would take time before it could use breath again.
Users launched a full assault to pressure Dragonia in that gap.
However
[Dragonia uses ‘Annihilation’.]
[Everyone’s health, mana, and divine power are reduced to 1%.]
[Recovery is impossible for 30 seconds.]
Users were hit by Annihilation and all their health, mana, and divine power became 1%.
Thanks to this, the skills they had prepared disappeared due to insufficient mana, and healing didn’t work since recovery was impossible for 30 seconds.
The users’ faces turned pale blue.
“This is insane!”
“It was reduced to Lv.175, right?! Why is it using Annihilation!”
Dragonia made a satisfied expression at the users’ reaction and launched a shockwave.
Then the users with only 1% health remaining couldn’t withstand that shockwave and disappeared on the spot.
They had died.
“Retreat!”
Since they were hit by Annihilation, they had to flee from Dragonia for 30 seconds.
“Then what about the stronghold?!”
[The stronghold is being destroyed!]
[Damage: 0.282%]
The more Dragonia rampaged, the faster the stronghold’s damage increased.
At this rate, reaching 1% would be quick.
At that moment, one user stepped forward.
It was none other than Jung Hoon.
‘Even though I was hit by Annihilation, I still have 50% left, so it’s fine.’
Jung Hoon’s body was currently under the effect of the Stat Amplification Ring.
Even though he was hit by Annihilation, it neutralized 50% of it, so Jung Hoon still had half his health remaining.
“Huh? Isn’t that the Martial Artist who was with Yeo Min Ji?”
“What is he trying to do by himself?”
The users who were fleeing from Dragonia looked at Jung Hoon with bewildered faces.
‘Dragonia, I can hunt it sufficiently.’
Jung Hoon had experience subjugating Dragonia.
That’s why he knew better than anyone that the creature was nothing special as long as you were careful of its Annihilation.
‘Its weakness is defense.’
Dragonia wasn’t a real dragon.
A monster that failed to become a dragon due to mutation.
While it possessed powerful abilities, its defense was correspondingly weak.
Well, relatively speaking, its defense was weaker than level 400 monsters.
It was still tougher than monsters in the mid-to-late 300s.
But this Dragonia was level 175.
Jung Hoon was confident he could cut off its breath in an instant with his amplified stats.
“Let’s finish this quickly.”
Jung Hoon drew his bowstring.
“What? An inferior race.”
Anima glanced once at the massive Dragonia and lost interest.
“Nooooo!”
Dragonia cried out in indignation.
Dragon Fear.
Dragon species could sense each other’s aura.
So its inferiority complex exploded at Anima’s appearance.
“What a noisy creature.”
Anima raised its short arms and pretended to cover its ears.
“Let’s finish this quickly.”
Jung Hoon drew his bowstring.
Jung Hoon had conquered Dragonia through several trials and errors, discovering its weaknesses in the process.
He finally released the bowstring he had drawn, and the arrow shot forth.
The fired arrow struck near Dragonia’s left chest.
“Kraaaah!”
As the arrow lodged in, Dragonia let out a scream.
[Debuff, ‘All Stats 1% Decrease’ activated]
[Dragonia falls into Action Disable for 7 seconds.]
[All of Dragonia’s abilities are sealed for 10 seconds.]
One of Anima’s abilities, a Random Debuff that activated with low probability, had triggered.
“The probability is really low.”
Wasn’t this the first time the debuff had activated?
Honestly, he had forgotten that the debuff option was even attached.
Even since Uradon, the Black Flame hadn’t flared up even once.
No matter how low 0.1% was, wasn’t his luck too bad?
As Jung Hoon muttered quietly, Anima’s face turned red as it shouted back.
“Hey! For no enhancement, this is pretty good!”
Anima had only evolved from Unique grade to Legendary, raising only its grade, with no enhancement done at all.
In fact, enhancing Anima at the current level was impossible.
Enhancing Anima required Legendary Enhancement Stones, but the problem was that these Legendary Enhancement Stones were in extremely short supply, and the enhancement success rate was so low that no users even attempted enhancement.
Well, this problem would be resolved soon enough.
“Who said anything?”
“Your expression was completely insulting me!”
“Must be your imagination.”
Jung Hoon drew his bowstring again.
“To flirt in front of me… just how far will you mock me!”
The creature shouted at Jung Hoon with bloodshot eyes.
But Jung Hoon knew it was directed at Anima.
Dragonia had been rejected by dragons as an inferior race.
“Stop making noise and just die.”
Jung Hoon released the bowstring he had drawn, and the arrow lodged in the same spot as before.
“Kraaah!”
The creature tried to writhe while screaming, but its body was stiff and couldn’t move.
Jung Hoon repeatedly shot arrows.
When the 9th arrow had lodged in, Dragonia crashed to the ground.
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