Chapter 14
Chapter 14
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: Second Trials' Arena
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[You have completed the Second Trial.]
[Your level has increased.]
[Second Trial Complete.]
[Settling Second Trial results.]
[Announcing Second Trial results.]
After settling the progress from the Second Trials' Arena, the electronic billboard displayed the results.
1st: Park Hae-jin (Divine) 0d 00:00:01
2nd: Jung Nam-gil (Legendary) 10d 23:43:53
3rd: Kang Hee-soon (Special) 0d 03:00:13
Park Hae-jin looked at the results on the billboard and thought to himself.
"They counted it as job-changing in just one second."
As he thought that, Park Hae-jin recalled his party members.
'I wonder if everyone got the jobs I told them about?'
The team members he had advised.
Kwon Na-ye, Lee Sang, Anna Fascia, Raffaello da Vinci.
Among the four, the ones who could immediately achieve a Divine-grade job change were Lee Sang, ascending to Archmage, and Anna Fascia, the Saintess.
The reason was simple.
Those two could do it right away thanks to their innate talents.
So why not Na-ye and Raffaello?
The two of them didn't start with Divine-grade jobs; they reached it through growth-type jobs.
In any case, while Hae-jin was thinking about them, the other players in the same zone gawked at Hae-jin's record in disbelief.
"No way, Divine-grade seems like the highest job rank... How did Park Hae-jin job-change in just one second?"
Everyone was puzzled.
The billboard clearly showed the results.
The rank of the job changed to and the time taken to do it.
Yet Hae-jin not only had a Divine rank but had taken a mere one second.
But some quick-witted ones caught on.
"Maybe he job-changed back in the First Trials' Arena, before coming to the Second?"
"In the First Trials' Arena?"
"Yeah."
Unfortunately, only half right.
It was true that Hae-jin had job-changed before entering the Second Trials' Arena, but not specifically during the First Trials' Arena.
Still, there was no reason for Hae-jin to clarify that.
So everyone just nodded along, finding it plausible as they chatted.
"Oh, so he must've job-changed using the 1st place or hidden trial reward from the First Trials' Arena?"
"And it lets you job-change to a Divine-grade job?"
"If that's true, it's insane."
"Damn, we should've gone all out for 1st in the First Trials' Arena no matter what."
"Even if you'd known, could you have massacred 4,000 players like that murderer Park Hae-jin?"
"That... impossible."
"Yeah, impossible..."
Those who figured Hae-jin had gotten his Divine-grade job as a reward from the First Trials' Arena did talk about it.
They were envious, but ultimately accepted they couldn't do the same.
Honestly, the benchmark was absurd.
Massacre more than 4,000 players faster than Hae-jin?
No chance.
While people buzzed like that, Hae-jin checked the system windows in front of him and dismissed them.
Perhaps because he was already job-changed, there was no separate window for "Second Trial complete," just the others.
[You have completed the Hidden Trial.]
[Your level has increased.]
[Congratulations! You have achieved Zone Ranking 1st!]
[Rewards have been delivered to your inventory.]
While Hae-jin was looking at the system windows, the billboard announced to the other players as well.
[Rewards are being distributed to top players in each zone.]
However, the billboard announced not just the overt rewards but also the Hidden Trial.
[The Second Trial's Hidden Trial has also been completed.]
[Second Trial Hidden Trial.]
-Goal: Player with the highest record in the Tower of Job Change
-Achiever: Park Hae-jin.
The Hidden Trial in the Second Trials' Arena was reaching the absolute top of the Tower of Job Change.
If two people reached the summit, the first one gets the reward.
'But there wouldn't have been anyone else but me anyway.'
As Nam Joo-hyuk had informed him beforehand, unless someone prepared extremely thoroughly, no player facing the Second Trials' Arena at this point could reach the top of the Tower of Job Change. It was absurd.
Even Joo-hyuk himself had only figured out all the prep items after countless regressions and攻略s.
Anyway, unlike the ranking reward boxes, the Hidden Trial gift immediately presented options.
1. Job Exchange Ticket.
2. Job Sale Ticket.
3. Job Addition Ticket.
Three rewards as choices.
First, Job Exchange Ticket.
This allowed swapping your Tower of Job Change job for another of the same grade if you didn't like it.
But Hae-jin, with the most overpowered Divine-grade job, had no need.
Second, Job Sale Ticket.
This let you convert your obtained job into gold.
One might ask why sell a hard-earned job, but the benefit—unlike other players who return to reality after getting gold—was another chance to climb the Tower of Job Change.
Finally, Job Addition Ticket.
This granted an additional job slot.
And Hae-jin chose the third without hesitation.
[You have selected the 'Job Addition Ticket' as the Hidden Trial reward.]
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"Phew, it's over."
The Second Trials' Arena had ended.
Back in reality, Hae-jin said that, and one person approached.
"Bro!"
Only one person at home called Hae-jin "bro."
Raffaello da Vinci.
He approached Hae-jin.
Seeing him, Raffaello thrust up both thumbs.
"Whoa, bro! You're the best. Achieving the hidden mission for holding the top record in the Tower of Job Change!"
"What're you on about. Did you job-change to Alchemist Mage like I told you?"
Having lived together until the Second Trials' Arena, Hae-jin now spoke casually even to Raffaello, who called him bro.
Raffaello answered vigorously.
"Yes! Just like you said, bro—I job-changed to Alchemist Mage!"
Alchemist Mage.
A job obtained by simultaneously performing the job changes for the common-grade Alchemist and Mage.
But it required finding a master, making it a Special-grade growth-type job.
As in past regressions, it was a growth-type job that could reach Divine-grade depending on Raffaello's development, so Hae-jin had told him the method in advance.
That way, Raffaello could grow and job-change to Sage.
Anyway, at present, Alchemist Mage was Special-grade.
Hae-jin patted his head at Raffaello's confirmation.
"Good job."
"Heehee! Oh, bro!"
"What?"
"Did you enter the Second Trials' Arena already job-changed?"
"Yeah."
"Uwooh, as expected of bro!"
Raffaello, thumbs up high again like he was the greatest.
Hae-jin waved him off.
"Cut it out. Anyway, let's rest a bit."
"Yes! Oh! Bro! One more thing I can ask?"
Raffaello, about to leave the room, suddenly remembered something and called back from the door.
"Yeah, go ahead."
With permission, Raffaello asked about rewards.
"What rewards do you get for top ranks in the Trials' Arena?"
"Well, potions that boost EXP gain a lot or raise stats. If you're lucky, high-grade item crafting materials too."
"Ooh? So you'll use those in the next trial?"
Naturally, potions boosting EXP or stats would help in the next Trials' Arena.
But Hae-jin shook his head.
"Nah, not time yet."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, I'll give them out later when it's most efficient, so don't worry and head out."
Every Trials' Arena had sections with massive EXP gains.
From Hae-jin's perspective, if using them himself, he should've used the EXP potion from the first reward in this Second Trials' Arena.
Nothing boosted EXP like the monsters in the Tower of Job Change.
But Joo-hyuk had told him.
『If you're getting what I got anyway, using EXP potions on team members will be more efficient.』
Hae-jin agreed.
So he planned to stockpile these EXP potions and distribute to his team.
Hearing him say he'd give them away like that, Raffaello jumped in surprise, pointing at his own face.
"Huh? To me?"
"Yeah, to you and the others who'll team up with us. Anyway, we just got back—let's rest."
"Yes! But bro, one last thing..."
"What's bugging you now?"
"Are the Hidden Trial rewards the same?"
Raffaello demanding reward info like he was digging for all the secrets.
But it wasn't a big deal.
He planned to share with the team anyway, so Hae-jin explained.
"Hidden Trial rewards change completely each round, but if something you need pops up, I'll let you know. That answer your question? Now rest, Rael."
"Yes! Rest well, bro!"
"Yeah."
Finally, Raffaello left.
Hae-jin flopped down, and thanks to him, decided on the immediate task.
'The Job Addition Ticket... Joo-hyuk agreed to give it to that person, right?'
The Hidden Trial reward, Job Addition Ticket.
A special perk allowing one more job beyond the one from the Second Trials' Arena.
Frankly, an absurd perk.
'That's why, unlike rewards given to multiples when multiple achievers, this one's only for one person.'
Hidden Trials allowed duplicate rewards if the criteria were met.
But not all did.
As Hae-jin now recalled, the Second Trials' Arena Hidden Trial reward was only for the top of the Tower of Job Change.
Seeing that, Hae-jin thought.
'Originally, I was supposed to use it...'
If Leader Joo-hyuk were here, the Job Addition Ticket was meant for Hae-jin.
But as Joo-hyuk had worried, the situation without him arose.
'He even decided who to give it to in preparation for this.'