Chapter 66
Although one was Epic, he was satisfied with just obtaining a Legendary.
Jeong-Hoon imdiately checked the magic he had learned.
[Lightning Bolt]
-Type: Active
-Level: 1
-Grade: Epic
-Consus 25 mana to generate and fire a lightning bolt with 240% attack power.
-Can damage up to 7 targets.
-Cooldown: 10 seconds
Epic grade Lightning Bolt.
Attack power referred to the combined value of stats and equipnt attack power.
240% was considered a considerably high skill value.
With a cooldown of only 10 seconds, it was an active skill that could be used anyti as long as there was enough mana.
Next was the Legendary magic skill he had been longing for.
However, ‘Block’ was a sowhat unfamiliar magic.
‘Even Alessandro had never seen it used.’
So he was curious about its effects.
[Block]
-Type: Active
-Level: 1
-Grade: Legendary
-Consus 50% mana to absolutely block any attack (1 ti)
-Cooldown: 24 hours
Absolute defense?!
Jeong-Hoon’s eyes widened as he checked the skill.
There was no skill that boasted absolute defense, even among Legendaries.
The best one could do was to reduce damage with damage reduction skills, but this skill was different.
It was a broken skill that blocked any attack once when used.
Although it had a whopping 24-hour cooldown after one use.
‘This is not an ordinary skill. It’s like having an extra life.’
He was currently growing rapidly using his mories from his previous regression, but as he leveled up, his progress would inevitably slow down.
At the sa ti, the monts where he had to risk his life would inevitably increase.
In such situations, Block would act as a spare life for Jeong-Hoon.
When it seed impossible to avoid an attack, Block would protect him.
‘I’m already looking forward to it.’
Since the hidden the had been discovered in Autobahn, New World would soon respond.
It would surely reach Alessandro’s ears.
He could clearly picture the man’s indignant face.
* * *
Not long after Jeong-Hoon left the hidden the, a new announcent appeared in New World.
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[A hidden the of New World has been discovered!]
-Hello! This is the New World developnt team.
First of all, we’re making this announcent to share so exciting news!
The second hidden the, carefully hidden in New World, has been discovered by a user!
The hidden the is a device created to help users grow, and it’s set up so that the first person to discover it, on a first-co, first-served basis, gets to take it.
[South Korea – 000]
The server will be revealed, but the nickna will not.
Now, to all users enjoying New World!
New World has hidden many more hidden thes related to growth besides this one!
We hope all New World users have a pleasant day today.
-New World Developnt Team
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The news that the second hidden the had been discovered for the first ti.
The number of views of the notice soared, reaching 5 million in less than an hour and heading towards 10 million.
This was because the second hidden the had appeared not long after the first one was discovered, doubling the excitent.
[Wow, another hidden the]
-How could the second one appear so soon after the first one?
└I know, right? And it’s a Korean again.
└This is 100% soone who knows sothing about hidden thes.
└There’s no way they could find hidden thes consecutively without knowing sothing lol.
[The person who found the hidden thes is the sa person, okay?]
-The first one was Korean, and the second one is also Korean. But the second one was discovered not long after the first one. The answer is clear lol.
└Damn, I’m feeling patriotic…
└A Korean found the thes consecutively, even though it’s a first-co, first-served system for the whole world lol.
└Aweso, as expected of the determined Koreans!
World Com was also on fire.
The first and second hidden thes were both obtained by Koreans…
They felt a surge of national pride just from the fact that Korea was ahead of the world, even though they hadn’t found the thes themselves.
[Is the Korean era coming now?]
-Is this the first ti Korea has beaten the whole world consecutively?
└That’s true, but that’s going too far lol.
└Hahaha, we’re still far from that. Even if we gathered all the Korean rankers, they wouldn’t be able to stand a chance against other countries’ rankers.
└Why is it that we dominate in other gas but get crushed in New World?
└The power level difference is huge…
└If that Earth Korea guy had just done things right, we wouldn’t be behind in power level.
└That’s true. They started almost 3 months late… 3 months is a big deal in an RPG.
Korea entered New World three months later than other countries.
This was because the upper managent of Earth Korea had intentionally leaked the data received from the headquarters.
As a result, the headquarters imposed a three-month suspension on Korea, and Koreans started three months behind other countries.
Perhaps that’s why the top Korean players always hovered at the bottom of the rankings in international competitions.
Korea, which had always been behind, had now taken first place twice in a row.
This was why World Com was even more active than usual.
The discovery of the hidden the was not just about the growth of a user, but it could also be seen as a matter of national pride.
[Take the next hidden the too!]
-You are our hope!
└Hahaha, calm down, how can we catch up with just this?
└Who knows? Maybe this will be the stepping stone to crushing the world’s top rankers?
└King Korea
* * *
At the sa ti.
Alessandro was staring at the New World announcent with a hardened face.
No matter how many tis he refreshed the page in disbelief, the announcent remained the sa.
“Fuck!”
Alessandro slamd his fist on the table.
He was angry that the hidden the had been taken away, but what was even more infuriating was that he hadn’t even fully deciphered the clues yet.
The humiliation of having it taken away before he could even try was beyond words.
The clue he had received as a reward for completing the secret quest contained a code about the hidden the.
‘I deciphered it.’
Two weeks ago, he had barely managed to decode the first line.
Alessandro imdiately headed to the location, which turned out to be a village a little distance away from the starting village.
It was an old, abandoned house that he could only find after completing the entry quest given by the NPC guard.
However, the hidden the was no longer in the abandoned house.
Alessandro was furious after realizing this fact after days of searching.
‘What?! The hidden the was first discovered here?’
What bad luck.
Of all places, it had to be here that he found by chance.
That’s what he had initially thought.
But it was okay. The codes for the first and second lines were quite similar, so deciphering them wasn’t too difficult.
When he had deciphered about half of it, the second hidden the was discovered.
“How the hell did they find it?”
The first ti could be considered a coincidence.
But the second ti couldn’t be a coincidence.
The fact that the sa Korean user found it consecutively ant they had information about the hidden the.
Then how did they get that information?
The secret quest related to the hidden the was sothing he could only do after reaching level 500.
“This is dangerous…”
Alessandro muttered with a serious face.
Whatever it was, missing the second one ant that the guy also had information about the hidden the.
Moreover, he was faster at deciphering than Alessandro.
That ant the guy was likely to take the rest of the hidden thes written in the docunt as well.
“That absolutely cannot happen!”
[Reach the pinnacle of magic.]
The phrase written on the first page.
Surely, the hidden the would have a device for achieving magical or Circle-related accomplishnts.
He couldn’t miss it.
* * *
Jeong-Hoon imdiately left the dungeon.
In front of him, Isaac and a few other knights were surrounding the dungeon entrance.
“Hoon! Are you alright?!”
Isaac, who had been guarding the dungeon, hurriedly approached.
“Yes, I’m fine. But who are these people?”
Jeong-Hoon’s eyes turned to the other knights.
“Ah… I tried my best to prevent anyone from approaching, but it seems the handover wasn’t done properly, and the information didn’t reach the next shift.”
“It’s okay.”
Alessandro wouldn’t be coming.
Since he was from a different server, he had no choice but to go to the NPCs on that server, and at this point in ti, he wouldn’t be coming to Autobahn to find the hidden the.
‘Still, I should hurry up a bit from now on.’
He had snatched two hidden thes.
Alessandro must be gripped by a sense of crisis by now.
He would start spending even more ti deciphering the code than usual.
That would naturally bring forward the ti when he would discover the hidden thes.
So Jeong-Hoon had no choice but to move faster.
“That’s a relief… But is that dungeon completely closed?”
Isaac asked, pointing at the dungeon.
“Yes.”
As soon as Jeong-Hoon finished speaking, the portal he had co out of began to slowly disappear.
The knights’ eyes widened as they watched the portal disappear.
“Is that really disappearing…?”
“I can’t believe it… That dreadful thing?”
The news of the abandoned dungeon’s disappearance quickly spread to the lord’s castle.
“Is it true that the abandoned dungeon is closed?!”
Lord Blaine ca running in a hurry as soon as Jeong-Hoon returned to the lord’s castle.
“Yes. I confird its disappearance, so you can go check it out later.”
At Jeong-Hoon’s words, Blaine was overco with emotion and shed tears.
He had helped Isaac return, subjugated the Ogre King that had recently plagued Autobahn, and even eliminated the dreadful abandoned dungeon.
He didn’t know how Jeong-Hoon had eliminated it, which was only a trace filled with contaminated mana, but the fact that it was gone was what mattered.
Blaine recognized that Jeong-Hoon was not an ordinary stranger, but a big shot.
That’s why he had unhesitatingly given him the Honorary Knight badge.
To build a connection with him, even if it was just a small one.
“Thank you so much. How can I repay this favor?”
“It’s okay. I didn’t do it with any expectations.”
It was true.
He hadn’t acted with any expectations from them.
And he had definitely gotten what he needed to get.
“No. As the lord of Autobahn, I can’t just let this go.”
“Yes?”
“I’ll open the treasure vault!”
Isaac’s face turned pale at the bombshell announcent.
“Th-The treasure vault…?”
“Yes. The Ogre King and the abandoned dungeon… I want to open the treasure vault for our benefactor.”
Autobahn’s finances were similar to Idenharc’s, not particularly abundant.
Nevertheless, Autobahn had one thing to boast about, unlike Idenharc.
It was the treasure vault.
[Has anyone opened the Autobahn treasure vault?]
-There seems to be a treasure vault… but it won’t open no matter what I do ㅡㅡ
└Hahaha, just think of the treasure vault as non-existent.
└There are crazy people who try to open it lol.
└It’s just useless lol. Trying to get rewards in a leveling town is wrong from the start lol.
However, no user had ever seen the inside of Autobahn’s treasure vault.
This was because Blaine didn’t really like strangers visiting Autobahn.
‘Is it because of the overlap?’
Even Alessandro, who had closed the abandoned dungeon and visited the hidden the, had never heard of anyone visiting the treasure vault.
It seed that Blaine’s trust had reached Max due to the combination of rescuing Isaac, subjugating the Ogre King, and eliminating the abandoned dungeon.
‘This is an unexpected gain.’
Anyway, there must be at least one useful item in the treasure vault.
“I’ll gratefully accept it if you give it to .”
“Let’s go right away!”
‘A vault?’
What Blaine introduced as the treasure vault was actually a vault.
The vault was big enough to fill a 10-pyeong room.
[TL/N: Pyeong is a korean unit of area asurent similar to square feet]
“Haha, it’s rather modest, isn’t it? But I assure you it’s more precious than anything else.”
Blaine smiled awkwardly and gently stroked the vault.
“…It’s quite large for a treasure vault, as I know it.”
The treasure vault he was referring to was a vault.
He had never seen a vault up close, but he was sure there wouldn’t be a bigger one than this.
“Is that so? Then I’ll open the treasure vault.”
Blaine placed his hand on the vault’s handle and channeled magic power into it.
The vault’s handle glowed blue, and he could hear the sound of the internal locking chanisms being released one by one.
Soon, he removed his hand, and a circular pattern was engraved on the vault door, glowing brightly.
Blaine pressed the handle and slowly pulled, and the vault door opened with a creaking sound.
‘This is the treasure vault?’
The vault consisted of a total of 15 floors.
Floors 1-5 were filled with Epic grade equipnt.
Floors 6-10 were neatly lined with Unique and Rare grade enhancent stones.
Floors 11-15 were empty except for a single gray box on the 13th floor.
Naturally, his gaze was drawn there.
“What’s that box?”
Jeong-Hoon’s question directed Blaine’s gaze to the box as well.
[Unknown Box]
Why was that here?
An Unknown Box.
A box that could only be obtained after reaching level 200 was right in front of him.
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