Chapter 105
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 105
Chapter Title: The 100 Reinforcement
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User Lee Yun-su stared at the result in front of him with eyes full of disbelief.
When his 6-reinforced shortsword had returned as 24-reinforced, how shocked had he been?
"Wow... insane. I thought even 20 would be a huge win..."
He had thought reaching 20, let alone full-strength 30, would be a miracle.
Yet it had settled at 24, surpassing 20.
A mere rare-grade weapon had exceeded 200 attack power.
"Critical hit rate almost scraping 4 too..."
When deploying skills, attack power rose by about 10 as well.
It was beyond satisfying.
Lee Yun-su hurriedly logged into the exchange where he had placed his request.
The exchange was still active.
Open Service!
For the next 48 hours, reinforcements at 10 of current market price!
My reinforcement success rates are as follows!
-Normal: 100
-Rare: 100
-Epic: 80
-Unique: 60
New World Official Certification
Rare success rate at 100, huh?
If it ran for 48 hours at 10 price, couldn't he try full-strength on his other gear?
Gulp!
'I absolutely cannot let word of this get out.'
This was the sweetest honey pot he had found first.
So he needed to secretly gather gear that required reinforcement and submit the requests.
'Money... I need money.'
The problem was that Lee Yun-su had no money.
If he had any, he never would have cluelessly handed his ruined reinforcement back to the same reinforcer with a restoration request in the first place.
'...Should I break my savings?'
His monthly savings of 1 million won each.
It had been just shy of three years this year, so probably close to 32 million won saved up.
'Hmm... I was saving that diligently to upgrade to a mid-size sedan.'
The light car that had been Lee Yun-su's beloved ride for about four years.
He had planned to switch from the light car to a mid-size sedan once this savings matured.
But now that plan was wavering.
'Such a cheap price won't come around again...'
An opportunity to outfit all his gear with fresh full-strength pieces.
After agonizing, Lee Yun-su decided to break the savings.
Money could always be resaved, but a golden opportunity like this wouldn't come twice.
Yu Na-eun stared at Jeong Hoon across from her with a speechless look.
"So... you really obtained that?"
"Yes. I even opened an exchange."
Jeong Hoon showed her the exchange he had opened.
The request list even showed one commission successfully completed.
"My god... unbelievable."
A Martial Artist possessing the exclusive authority only Reinforcers could have?
What kind of bizarre phenomenon was this?
Had this guy used hacks or something?
That wouldn't be so implausible...
"I didn't use hacks. And if I had, do you think I could be sitting here so comfortably right now?"
Jeong Hoon seemed to read her expression and let out a dry chuckle.
Her face flushed bright red at having her thoughts seen through.
"It's natural to suspect!"
"Then why did you write the recommendation letter?"
"That was because Min-ji kept nagging me about it..."
"Anyway, that's not the point."
Jeong Hoon's face turned serious.
At his expression, Yu Na-eun quickly composed herself.
"Right. So, why did you call me here again?"
"Got any gear that needs reinforcing?"
"Reinforcing?"
"Yes. I'd like to do some, but I don't have the gear or stones on hand."
Yu Na-eun was the one in charge of reinforcements and repairs in Hoyoung.
Jeong Hoon planned to get her permission to reinforce their gear.
"Reinforcing? Hm... Your skills are definitely more than capable enough to help."
"So no issue then?"
"Yes. What grade?"
"Just rares for now."
"Understood. Ready to start right away?"
Rare-grade weapons and stones were overflowing.
She could let Jeong Hoon, a Hoyoung guild member, use them anytime he wanted.
"Could we push it back two days? I have a bit of prep to do."
"Sure. Just contact me whenever you're ready."
"Is that for real?!"
Shock spread across Ha-jin's face.
"Yeah. So I'm thinking next content is reinforcements."
"Insane... how the hell did you even think to go after that?"
Ha-jin stuck out his tongue.
Decoded an ancient recipe to acquire a reinforcement skill?
Fine, he could concede up to that point.
But to even snag the exchange and repair authorities exclusive to Reinforcers?
No matter how he thought about it, it made zero sense.
"Telling you alone, but I got some intel on reinforcement arts."
"How...?"
"I have a few connections."
Jeong Hoon cautiously brought up his connections.
Only then did all the puzzle pieces in Ha-jin's head click into place.
'Ah... this guy's got connections at New World HQ.'
That would explain all his unbelievable plays so far.
"But... is it really okay to tell me something like this?"
"Huh? Why wouldn't it be?"
Ha-jin sank into serious thought at Jeong Hoon's puzzled head-tilt, as if there were no issue at all.
'Fuck, you crazy bastard.'
What Jeong Hoon had just casually spat out could spark massive fallout.
If he had said it to anyone else, getting straight-up buried alive would be the least of his worries.
'How do you so boldly admit to breaking the law like that!'
It was a miracle he hadn't been caught yet.
"Ha... why'd you have to go and say that..."
Ha-jin clutched his forehead in agony.
"What? What insane leap do you have to make for your face to twist up like that?"
Ha-jin felt like he might explode inside at Jeong Hoon's utterly nonchalant expression.
You bastard!
What you're doingif you're caught, people will straight-up kill you!
Think of how many people play New World.
Abuse it, and it's not just legal punishmentyou'd face the fury of those players too.
In the worst case, you'd end up dead in some dark corner.
"...You just said you have connections at HQ."
"Huh? I never once mentioned HQ?"
"Hey! If not HQ, then where the hell else would have info like that?"
"There is. There's this one Reinforcer in Japan. That bastard gave me the info."
Of course, that was from before his regression.
Iwase Haruto had monopolized the legendary market as a Reinforcer, and later discovered through the power of 'Searching Reinforcer' that other classes could acquire some reinforcement authorities too.
The skills spreading out came much later, of course.
"You're telling me that's real...?"
"Yeah. Doesn't it make sense from the start?"
"What does?"
"Like I've said a million times... if it was like you said, wouldn't HQ be watching that shit? It looks hella suspicious right now."
"Aha!"
"What 'aha,' you moron."
Jeong Hoon shot Ha-jin a pitiful look.
What the hell was he supposed to do with this guy?
"No... it's just you keep pulling off the most impossible crap..."
Relieved, Ha-jin mumbled while stealing glances at Jeong Hoon.
He reflected on himself for briefly suspecting his friend.
"Whew, so what's the deal with the dedicated editor?"
Jeong Hoon changed the subject, and Ha-jin perked up, jumping in fast.
"Ah! Dae-hwi hyung said he'll handle editing for our channel! He's managed a 1-million-sub channel before, so it'll be solid!"
"Yeah?"
Was it luck?
Most famous Nuttube videos were edited by pros.
They cut the crap and distilled pure essence.
Jeong Hoon had already watched the Kkultube videos.
Flawless, clean essence clips without a hitch.
'No intention to focus on Nuttube.'
Nuttube had naturally slotted in as his regression started twisting pre-regression history bit by bit.
It would never be a priority for Jeong Hoon.
Still, the gap between edited and raw videos was like night and day.
And with more viewers, he could spread even more honey to Korean players.
'Maybe Korea won't have to repeat that pre-regression history.'
Korea had plummeted fast right after New World synced with reality.
It was a late starter to begin with, and the pre-sync omens had already left it in ruins.
"What do you think? Just turn it down?"
Ha-jin asked again.
"What's the pay?"
From what he knew, editors got paid per video.
"Ah, no worries there. Free until the channel starts making revenue!"
"Yeah? Then we're good."
"Okay! I'll hit up Dae-hwi hyung right now?"
"Yeah. And youcome by Hoyoung tomorrow."
"Hoyoung? Why?"
A few days later, Yu Na-eun contacted him to say she had prepared the gear and stones.
"Hello. I'm Jang Ha-jin, Jeong Hoon's friend."
"Yu Na-eun."
She didn't seem thrilled about an outsider being in the space, but since it was Jeong Hoon's request, she forced a smile.
"We'll just film and be out quick."
Ha-jin beamed as he took the camera from Jeong Hoon.
"Filming...?"
"Yes. Planning to record the reinforcement."
"Ah, got it. For Nuttube?"
"Eh?! Yeah! How'd you know?"
Reinforcers often filmed to flaunt their skills.
Not just for flexingthey uploaded the footage to big sites like Nuttube for mass promotion.
The main goal was advertising to drive requests to their exchanges.
'But does Jeong Hoon really need to bother with Nuttube?'
Yu Na-eun tilted her head.
He had joined Hoyoung, so money wasn't an issue, and he was a Martial Artist, not a Reinforcer to begin with.
She couldn't fathom why he wanted to record his reinforcement skills on video.
"...What do you plan to do by growing Nuttube?"
"Huh?"
"Ah, nothing. Just wrap up the filming quick then."
"Got it!"
Yu Na-eun sat a short distance away.
Epic gear and epic stones.
As a Martial Artist, she was curious what results he would show, and couldn't bring herself to leave.
"LIVE?"
"Yeah."
Showing it LIVE would be way more effective than just uploading a video.
'Hoyoung gear alone won't cut it.'
Reinforcement counts maybe, but title progress was based on full-strength.
That was why he was leveraging Nuttube hard.
"Starting!"
Ha-jin gave the signal.
The broadcast began.
- Hey
- Honey
- Another LIVE?
- Lol another honey drop?
Thanks to the previous LIVE's buzz, real-time viewers hit 500 in no time after it kicked off.
Jeong Hoon looked at the camera and spoke up.
"Today it's promotion time."
-Promo?
-Looks like reinforcement content?
-Huh? He a Reinforcer?
-Ah lol exchange promo?
-Kinda disappointing...
Viewers poured out at the mention of promotion.
"Uh...? We haven't even done anything yet, and everyone's bailing..."
Ha-jin fidgeted, trying to chat up the viewers.
"It's fine. Like I said beforestick around till the end, and you'll get a chance to suck some honey."
The viewers seemed hooked by the same line from the ruined city LIVE.
-Hoo?
-Saying it that strong, gotta be something.
Jeong Hoon began reinforcing the rare-grade sword laid out in front of him.
Reinforcement successful.
Reinforcement successful.
Reinforcement successful.
Golden effects burst repeatedly.
30 reinforcement successes.
A full-strength sword forged without a single failure.
"Done. Rare-grade full-strength sword complete."
He opened the detailed info so viewers could see.
-??
-What???
-Wait a sec lololol
-Was it always possible to keep succeeding like that...?
-What the hell is this;;