The Return of the Legendary All-Master - Chapter 84

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Chapter 84

Hoyeong Guild Training Ground.

Yeo Min Ji took a deep breath and then deployed her Movement Technique.

She began striking the scarecrow in front of her with consecutive Wind Fist attacks.

[You have struck the same area consecutively. Critical Hit triggered. The Scarecrow Dummy’s HP decreases by 5%!]

As Critical Hits triggered, combo and accumulated damage rapidly stacked up.

Wind Fist quickly progressed through 2nd, 3rd, and 4th forms, followed by a barrage of Destruction Fist and Fire Fist techniques.

After quite some time had passed, Yeo Min Ji finally finished her training.

Having moved non-stop for several hours, her body was drenched in sweat.

“Wow… That’s amazing.”

A guild member who had been watching from the Control Room came over with a towel and offered it to Yeo Min Ji.

“Amazing? I’m still far from it.”

Yeo Min Ji couldn’t accept that praise.

The Fist Technique that Jung Hoon had shown her before.

That perfect balance had stirred feelings of frustration along with envy and jealousy within her.

She had prided herself on having brilliant talent, but all of that had been completely shattered.

At the same time, a burning desire to follow in his footsteps consumed her.

“I-Is that so? But still, it was a level 400 scarecrow…”

The guild member glanced at the scarecrow.

The once-intact scarecrow was completely destroyed, with only traces remaining.

Considering they had generated scarecrows three times today alone, it was undeniably tremendous destructive power.

“By the way, where is Mother?”

“Mother? Ah! She finished hunting a little while ago and logged out.”

“Really? I should go see her quickly.”

Yeo Min Ji hurriedly finished up and headed outside.

Learning Fist Technique from Jung Hoon was one thing, but since joining the guild, she had grown rapidly close to Lee Na Yeon, so they were meeting offline as well to have coffee and discuss New World.

It had become a new pleasure aside from training.

“Miss! I have something to report!”

“A report?”

“Yes.”

She was about to log out when Team Leader Park In Tae came in, forcing her to postpone it.

Looking at his expression, it seemed to be quite a serious matter.

Yeo Min Ji asked with a grave attitude.

“Please tell me.”

“Several guild members have gone missing!”

“Missing?”

At the word “missing,” she narrowed her eyes.

“Yes. They haven’t logged out either. They’re maintaining their login status, but their location can’t be tracked at all. When we try to send whispers, there’s no response.”

“…Show me the list.”

“Yes.”

Yeo Min Ji slowly examined the list Park In Tae handed her.

They had disappeared after subjugating a level 139 dungeon called Früneum.

Currently, that dungeon had been cleared, and information had come in that another party was undertaking the subjugation.

So where could they have disappeared to?

“Rohais Territory.”

Rohais Territory was, like Autoban, one of the territories that users between levels 100-150 passed through.

Located in the Southern Region of Märchen Kingdom, Rohais was less popular than Autoban but was quite decent for leveling, making it popular among users.

“Yes.”

“…I’ll depart immediately. Let’s go.”

It seemed the tea time with Mother would have to be postponed.

* * *

The Incompletely Implemented City.

“Hey#@! Stranger%& how did &^%^#?”

The NPC spoke to Jung Hoon in an incomprehensible language.

Since a Stranger had entered this city, their curiosity had been triggered.

‘They’re asking how a Stranger managed to get in here.’

Jung Hoon could understand their words through context.

And above their head, a Question Mark was blinking.

A heavily corrupted Question Mark whose color couldn’t even be discerned.

[@# Que&st : $(&*%&$%]

-Restriction : ^$$%@!

-Reward : &^$#!!@*

-Description : (^&*%#$%@

This was really incredible.

Quest content that was completely incomprehensible.

He knew about the reward from what he’d heard from Maximus, but how the hell did that bastard manage to progress through this?

Even thinking about it again, it was remarkable.

However, there was no option not to accept it.

Jung Hoon immediately accepted the Quest.

“Th^%. If it weren’t @!#for you, no!@ one would have#$$ helped $#me!@.”

Thank you.

If it weren’t for you, no one would have been there to help me.

“Um… big brother? How about we just go back?”

Kim Bong Gu grabbed Jung Hoon’s sleeve in terror.

[Aaaah! How dare you touch my body? Let go of me!]

Mukho was horrified.

“Absolutely not. And I’m not your big brother.”

Just looking at face value, he seemed older than himself, so what big brother.

“Come on, if you’re more handsome and stronger than me, aren’t you my big brother!”

This was Kim Bong Gu’s survival strategy.

If he couldn’t escape from Jung Hoon no matter what, it would be best to build a good relationship with him through flattery.

“Do whatever you want.”

Even with flattery, his past misdeeds wouldn’t disappear.

The intention to squeeze out every last drop of Kim Bong Gu’s blood wouldn’t vanish.

Unaware of this, Kim Bong Gu clenched his fist, thinking his flattery had worked.

Jung Hoon summoned Michael and gave him instructions.

“Michael, search the surroundings.”

“Here?”

“Yes. If you see any suspicious guys, you can hunt them.”

“Understood.”

Following the instructions, Michael used necromancy to summon ghosts and disappeared to the opposite side.

“Let’s go too.”

Jung Hoon said to the NPC.

“Al@#. Foll^#!@ow me.”

The NPC turned around and headed toward the city center.

The central area also wasn’t properly implemented and was full of sinkholes.

Below them, it was too dark to see anything.

“Aaah!”

In the middle, there was an incident where Kim Bong Gu almost fell into a sinkhole.

Fortunately, Jung Hoon grabbed his arm and pulled him up, preventing a fall.

“Be careful not to fall. Unless you want to become a dimensional wanderer.”

It literally meant being trapped in dimensions and wandering around aimlessly.

Kim Bong Gu’s face turned pale.

“Is that really true?”

“Yes.”

“…Wow, I almost said goodbye to New World forever.”

If trapped in dimensions, logging out of New World wouldn’t solve it.

Even when logging back in, you’d appear in that same place.

In other words, it meant you could no longer enjoy New World.

“He$@re.”

The place where the NPC stopped was a building slightly away from the central area.

When they climbed up that building, a horrific scene was unfolding.

‘There are too many monsters.’

The central area was teeming with countless monsters.

At the center, there seemed to be some unknown barrier that prevented them from leaving the central area, creating a scene reminiscent of packed sardines.

“Are you asking us to clear all that out?”

The NPC nodded at that question.

“If you cl#@!ear it, I’ll give!@ you !#@treasure!@.”

“You’ll give us treasure?”

Nod.

It was a simple request.

Jung Hoon drew his bowstring right there.

‘I really almost died back then.’

He recalled the conversation he had with Maximus.

‘You almost died?’

‘Yeah. Since they were trapped, I thought it would be over if I cleared them all at once. But… that was a trick.’

‘A trick?’

‘It was a system designed so that the barrier would collapse when a user approached.’

Not knowing this, he had approached closely, and nearly 2,000 monsters swarmed at him in a horde, causing Maximus to die several times on the spot.

When he logged back in, he had returned to the bottom of the cliff.

Jung Hoon released the bowstring he had drawn.

Fwooosh!

The fired arrow pierced through the monster’s head precisely.

‘True to Bug City, that barrier is only effective against monsters.’

A strategy he learned only after dying four times.

Maximus’s friend eliminated as many monsters as possible from long range, and Maximus went down to hunt the rest in close combat, succeeding in the subjugation.

Thanks to that, Jung Hoon could hunt monsters this comfortably using only his bow.

They were even clustered together, making them much easier to hit.

Whoosh!

“!$!@”

The monster with its head pierced vanished with a scream.

As Jung Hoon repeatedly drew and released the bowstring without hesitation, arrows flew like rain.

* * *

[Level increased.]

[All stats increased by +1.]

[Bonus stats +1 granted.]

After wiping out all those monsters, Jung Hoon’s level had reached 137.

He had gained 33 levels just from entering Bug City once.

“Is it done?”

Jung Hoon turned his head toward the NPC.

The NPC was standing with his mouth agape, unable to even think of responding.

“Thank!@ you!@#.”

The NPC grasped Jung Hoon’s hands with tears welling up in his eyes.

However, this wasn’t the end yet.

There was no exclamation mark blinking above his head.

‘He wants me to deal with the boss too.’

Naturally, if he returned without killing the boss here, the empty central area would soon be crawling with other monsters again.

So the quest would only end after hunting the boss.

Just then, two ghosts approached Jung Hoon.

“This way.”

After taming Michael, he had become able to hear their voices.

Jung Hoon nodded and headed where the ghost guided him.

An underground bunker a little away from the city.

Unlike the city, the bunker was very well implemented.

“Where is this place now…?”

Kim Bong Gu let out a groan.

He wanted to escape from this bizarre place as quickly as possible.

Of course, that was only possible after Jung Hoon finished his business.

“Master! You’ve come!”

Michael came running out in a hurry.

“Yeah. Where is it?”

“It’s in there!”

The place where the boss was hiding was the rooftop of that building.

[Lv.150 Aberrant Being]

Not only was its level high, but unlike the existing monsters, it wore a black robe pulled down low.

Its distinct form suggested it wasn’t an ordinary creature.

“Who#@ are @#you.”

However, the words it spoke were still difficult to understand.

Though it seemed to maintain its form to some degree as befitting a boss, it was impossible to go against New World’s system.

“I’ll finish this quickly.”

Jung Hoon drew his bowstring.

“@!#!@”

Then it spouted incomprehensible words again and raised the staff it held in its hand high.

[Aberrant Being uses ‘!%#!’.]

As it used its ability, the surrounding air became murky and turned red.

Then the air inside became hot, making their bodies feel feverish.

“Ugh!”

“#!@@#.”

Kim Bong Gu let out a low groan, and the accompanying NPC screamed.

“I’ll handle this!”

“No, it’s fine, so take the others and get out.”

Jung Hoon used Healing on them and deployed Black Field.

Then the surrounding space began to twist and shatter like glass.

“Understood!”

Michael hurriedly took Kim Bong Gu and the NPC and went outside the building.

“Shall we try again?”

Jung Hoon pulled back the bowstring and released it once more.

Whoooosh!

The arrow was shot.

[The Aberrant Being uses ‘&%@##’.]

However, the arrow vanished before it could even reach the creature.

“What? Why is this happening?”

At that sight, Anima, who had been perched on Jung Hoon’s shoulder, showed a bewildered expression.

“It’s one that knows how to twist space-time.”

Jung Hoon wasn’t flustered in the least.

He had experience dealing with this type before.

Still, it was surprising nonetheless.

That a mere level 150 could twist space-time, even slightly.

‘Magic Missile.’

Jung Hoon created Magic Missiles for the first time in a very long while.

The Magic Missile, now upgraded to Epic grade, could create up to 6 at once.

Each one even had a radius of 50cm.

‘Go.’

When Jung Hoon set the target as the Aberrant Being, the Magic Missiles shot toward it.

However, the Magic Missiles also vanished one by one before they could hit.

In that gap, Jung Hoon used Divine Movement to close in on the creature.

“!@#!@.”

He could see the blue eyes visible through the robe trembling finely.

That’s right.

For the creature to twist space-time, it had to use its ability, and when it continuously twisted long-range attacks, it became vulnerable at close range.

Since it had consecutively nullified the Magic Missiles, a delay had occurred.

Jung Hoon immediately drove the Myeongwang Fist Technique into the creature’s face.

Thwack!

“!@$”

The creature screamed and was sent flying.

Jung Hoon quickly pummeled the creature’s body.

Under the continuous fist technique, the Aberrant Being eventually couldn’t endure and vanished.

[Your level has increased.]

[All stats have increased by +1.]

[Bonus stats +1 have been granted.]

Massive experience points flooded in at once, raising his level to 138.

“It’s over.”

[Damn it, this way I can’t test you! Just take a few hits!]

“I have no hobby of getting hit.”

Jung Hoon collected the crystal that had dropped from the creature.

[!@# Corrupted Magic Stone]

Perfect.

The secret medicine and now the magic stone too.

He had successfully intercepted all the opportunities that should have gone to Maximus.

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