The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 79

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Chapter 79

Time passed quickly, and the day Kairos mentioned for the second training to begin had arrived.

Even though several days had passed, the corners of his mouth wouldn’t stop rising at the fact that Mother had obtained a Hidden Class.

If things continue like this, Mother should be able to avoid repeating the same past.

After all, Jung Hoon had intended to forcibly twist it from the beginning.

“You look to be in a good mood.”

Kairos looked at Jung Hoon’s expression and spoke to him.

“Yes.”

How could he not be in a good mood when Mother had changed to a Hidden Class?

“Hmm, then shall we start the second training right away?”

“We should.”

There was no time to waste.

Jung Hoon planned to finish the training as soon as possible and obtain the Completed Martial Artist’s Emblem.

“Hehe…”

Kairos was amazed at Jung Hoon’s recovery ability.

One week – he had been extremely harsh on him, yet he looked as if he hadn’t trained at all.

At this level, he should be able to handle the second training without any problems.

If the goal of the first training was to push mental strength to its limits, now he had to complete the second training with that mental strength.

He guided Jung Hoon to the top of the Martial Tower.

On the top floor, a portal was rippling.

“What is this place?”

“The second training is simple. You go inside here, receive recognition from a previous Tower Master of the Martial Tower, and come out. That’s it.”

“Is it random which one will appear?”

“That’s right.”

When Kairos was the Tower Master’s disciple, he had used this portal.

What he encountered then was the Former Former Tower Master.

He looked Kairos over once and imposed a trial befitting him, and Kairos was barely able to pass the trial after nearly two weeks.

‘Who would have thought the day would come when I’d be guiding someone to this portal.’

Since Kairos took the Tower Master’s seat, no one had been able to use the portal.

Because they all fell out without being able to endure Kairos’s first training.

‘The second won’t be easy.’

Even Kairos lived in agony for about two weeks because he couldn’t receive recognition.

Fortunately, the Tower Master who appeared to him had a rather benevolent personality, so he was able to receive recognition.

If a strict Tower Master had appeared, he wouldn’t have received recognition even after one month or two months.

Honestly, it was training that required some element of luck.

[The moment the First Tower Master appears, you can consider that training over.]

These were words passed down from the Previous Tower Master.

The First Tower Master was a legendary figure who had built all the towers, including the Martial Tower, Sword Tower, Archery Tower, and Magic Tower.

However, he was said to be an incredible madman.

If the First Tower Master appeared, it would be impossible to pass the training.

“Then I’ll go in.”

“I wish you good fortune in battle.”

Kairos stepped aside, and Jung Hoon moved his steps to stand in front of the portal.

[Would you like to enter the Ancestor’s Tomb?]

Ancestor’s Tomb.

When Jung Hoon accepted, his body was sucked into the portal.

* * *

[You have entered the Ancestor’s Tomb.]

“What is this place?”

It was called the Ancestor’s Tomb.

But it was no different from an ordinary training ground.

[Evaluating the entrant’s level.]

[Lv.800 First Tower Master Siegfried appears.]

What appeared before Jung Hoon was none other than the First Tower Master Siegfried.

‘The First Tower Master appears here?’

First Tower Master Siegfried.

Siegfried was a giant man with the appearance of someone in his early twenties.

And Siegfried’s level was 800.

‘Level 800? That’s incredible.’

When he had almost reached the end of the game, he had succeeded in subjugating something over level 1,000.

Level 800 meant it was a number you might or might not see even if you reached villages not currently revealed in New World.

Who would have thought he’d face such a big shot in Autoban.

It seemed receiving recognition from him would be quite a difficult task.

“Oh, I didn’t expect someone to come in here already.”

Siegfried looked Jung Hoon up and down and briefly expressed admiration.

“I came to receive recognition.”

“Hmm, I can’t just give it to you like that.”

Siegfried answered with a mischievous expression and lightly gestured into the air.

Then the surrounding air changed, creating a blade-like storm that swept over Jung Hoon.

‘Impressive.’

The wind took the form of mana blades that repeatedly cut and tore his skin each time they touched.

Jung Hoon had high detailed stats for level 104, and even possessed Indomitable Body that had grown to Epic grade and reached level 10.

Yet he was helplessly pierced by just one blade-like wind.

He hurriedly used Intermediate Healing to recover his body.

“Oh, you’ve definitely gotten much stronger.”

Then the surroundings became calm as if nothing had happened.

“Is enduring the test?”

“This is just a basic test. I wouldn’t recognize you for just something like this, would I?”

Siegfried flicked his finger once.

Then Jung Hoon’s shoulders trembled slightly.

[Divine Power is sealed.]

The Divine Power that had coexisted with mana was sealed.

The Divine Power hardened and became inoperable.

‘What is this guy?’

The ability to freely manipulate another’s Divine Power was something he had never seen even before his regression.

And the fact that he could interfere with Divine Power meant that Siegfried also possessed Divine Power.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to intervene with Divine Power.

“What are you doing right now?”

“From now on, recovery is forbidden. Operating both mana and Divine Power simultaneously is too overpowered.”

So he’s putting shackles on me.

Jung Hoon nodded.

“Very well.”

“Now, shall we begin?”

When Siegfried gestured, several targets appeared in the distance.

The circular targets had scores marked on them.

The center was 10 points, then 9 points, 8 points moving outward.

“What is that?”

At Jung Hoon’s incredulous reaction, Siegfried shrugged his shoulders.

“You’re telling me to use a bow?”

“I’m a Martial Artist though?”

“So?”

“Excuse me?”

“If you don’t like it, go back. If you’re upset, you should have called a different tower master instead of me.”

Siegfried’s lips curved up crookedly.

What kind of bastard is this?

Does he think I called him because I wanted to?

Jung Hoon suppressed his rising anger and looked at the targets.

“…I just need to hit those targets?”

There were 10 targets in total.

“Right. The score is… hmm, 80 points should do.”

80 points.

That meant he had to shoot all targets for 8 points or higher.

The distance seemed quite far too, and the conditions were stricter than expected.

However, before his regression, Jung Hoon was proficient with all weapons to the extent of earning the nickname All Master.

This much was a piece of cake.

“Yes. I’ll try it.”

As Jung Hoon tried to take out Anima, Siegfried suddenly held out a bow.

“Use this. Help from weapons is a luxury.”

As he said, the bow was terrible.

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[Old Bow +3]

-Type: Bow

-Grade: Normal

-Attack Power: 14

-Remaining Durability: 20% (Automatically destroyed when durability reaches 0)

-Weapon has reached maximum enhancement level.

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A worn-out bow with only 14 attack power.

Even its durability was at 20%, so it would be destroyed after little use – it could be called trash among trash.

“You’ll need arrows too, right?”

Siegfried said this and gave him 20 wooden arrows.

The arrows also had no special stats attached except for 1 attack power.

It’s not for hunting, you could say it’s just for hitting targets.

‘Though it’s trash even for hitting targets.’

Jung Hoon slung the quiver over his shoulder.

“I’ll finish after shooting 20 arrows, so go ahead and leave.”

Giving him trash and even limiting the number of arrows…

This meant he absolutely had no intention of acknowledging him.

I’ll crush that smiling face.

“Yes.”

Jung Hoon slowly drew the bowstring.

Creak.

[The Old Bow’s durability has been damaged by 1%.]

Just drawing the bowstring once reduced the durability by 1%.

‘The total durability is probably less than 1% of a normal weapon.’

To think he had to control even drawing the bowstring.

Normal weapons might be rotten, but they’re not trash to this extent.

Damn it. I need to finish this as quickly as possible.

Jung Hoon aimed at the rightmost target and released the bowstring.

Whoosh!

The wooden arrow flew in an arc and struck precisely in the center of the target.

“10 points?”

The smile on Siegfried’s lips instantly disappeared.

From then on, Jung Hoon was unstoppable.

Whoosh!

An arrow struck the center of the last target.

There were 10 wooden arrows remaining in the quiver.

“100 points.”

He had hit all targets, each one scoring a perfect 10 points.

“No… how at this distance?”

Siegfried couldn’t help but be flustered.

This old bow was made to be unusable from the start.

Since he had no intention of acknowledging him from the beginning, this was a test designed to create an excuse to send him away.

The coexistence of mana and Divine Power was certainly noteworthy, but that was all.

The overall aura he gave off was too weak.

He’s probably around level 100.

His stats might look good for his level, but it’s far from enough to earn his recognition.

He should at least reach level 400 before coming.

That’s what he thought.

‘This guy… he’s better than me?’

Even Siegfried, who was called All Master, hadn’t mastered archery at that age.

But that guy perfectly controlled a trash bow and hit the targets.

That wasn’t something that could be done just by shooting well.

“Is this enough?”

“N-not yet! This time it’s the spear!”

He seems to handle the bow well, but I can’t acknowledge him with just this.

“Yes. Give it to me.”

Jung Hoon gestured for him to bring out the spear.

“Insolent brat… take this.”

Siegfried thought.

I’ll break that damn arrogance of his.

* * *

‘Lightning Bolt.’

Lightning Bolt shot toward the scarecrow in front of him and an explosion occurred.

And then Magic Missile.

Four Epic grade Magic Missiles were summoned and flew like boomerangs toward the scarecrow as their target.

The remaining scarecrows couldn’t withstand the tremendous destructive power of the Magic Missiles and exploded.

“Is this enough?”

Specially crafted scarecrows.

Scarecrows that reflect all physical attacks and can only be damaged by magic attacks.

All such scarecrows were completely destroyed and disappeared.

“…”

Siegfried looked at Jung Hoon with blank eyes.

“Excuse me?”

“…You, what exactly are you?”

“As you can see, I’m human.”

“Bullshit. What kind of Martial Artist masters all weapons at that age?”

After the bow came the spear.

Next were axes, then daggers.

Then throwing weapons, and various guns.

He handled so many weapons it was hard to list them all.

And he passed all of Siegfried’s tests.

“I worked hard at it.”

“…Is that something you can achieve just by working hard? You, are you really level 104?”

“As you can see, that’s correct.”

“Haha… You crazy bastard.”

Siegfried was left speechless by Jung Hoon’s martial prowess.

When he himself had reached the position of All Master, his level had been 704.

It had taken a long time to perfectly master White Magic and Divine Magic.

Of course, Jung Hoon seemed to lack too much when it came to magic, but excluding that, he handled weapons perfectly.

Setting aside destructive power, it was flawless technique without any excess.

Just where did such a monster come from?

“If we’re done, let’s wrap this up.”

Siegfried burst into refreshing laughter.

After showing such a spectacular performance, how could he not acknowledge it?

“I acknowledge you. You’re truly a monster-like guy.”

[You have received the First Tower Master’s acknowledgment.]

[You have gained 30,000 Achievement points.]

A hologram message appeared before Jung Hoon.

Having completed the second training, he could now obtain the Completed Martial Artist’s Emblem.

“Thank you.”

Now that he had received acknowledgment, it was time to return through the portal he had entered.

Jung Hoon turned around without hesitation.

“Huh? Wait a minute!”

Then Siegfried quickly grabbed his shoulder.

Being grabbed by the shoulder by someone at level 800, Jung Hoon couldn’t even resist and was forcibly turned around.

“What now?”

“I’m not such a heartless guy. I can give at least one gift to someone I’ve acknowledged.”

“A gift?”

“That’s right.”

Siegfried held out some kind of black martial outfit.

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[Sealed Mokho]

-Type : Defensive Equipment

-Grade : Epic

-(Sealed)

-(Conditions are required to break the seal.)

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It was even a martial outfit that was sealed and had lost its abilities.

Jung Hoon received the martial outfit with a dumbfounded expression.

“This is supposed to be a gift?”

“That’s right. Well, it’s a fierce one so I put a seal on it. So you break the seal yourself and tame it. Oh! By the way, Mokho has its own will so the clothes regenerate on their own, so feel free to tear and burn it all you want.”

“What does that even…”

Jung Hoon’s words couldn’t continue.

Siegfried had disappeared in an instant as if his business was finished.

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