Chapter 128
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 128
Chapter Title: Explosive Reaction
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Mooncom's reaction was explosive.
Peak viewers: 43,992.
The scene of hunting the Benlord Wyvern, watched together by all those viewers.
What the hell is soloing a raid boss?
-Is this even possible for real?
(Benlord Wyvern Hunt Video)
Video attached...... Can't believe it even after watching.
Who the hell is that guy?
Ah, fuck, no mosaic or voice modulation, looks real.
Enchanter, Swordsman, Archer...... At this level, isn't it multi-class?
Is multi-class even possible?
To be precise, it was two people, but from the viewers' perspective, it might as well have been a solo hunt.
Because Honey3 didn't do anything noticeable in their eyes.
Mooncom users began speculating about Honey1's identity.
Theoretically possible class exists!
-Martial Artist! You know the first hidden class Martial Artist appeared in Korea recently? This reeks of it lololol
Bullshit lololololol
Martial Artist lololol
(OP) Why? Did I say something wrong? There's a possibility it's a hidden class Martial Artist!
Why is that bullshit? Because Honey1 didn't use any martial arts-related skills lololol
Only used archery and swordsmanship, what Martial Artist lol
Why not say it's a hidden class Enchanter? That'd be more believable lololol
Many other speculation posts flooded in, but no one hit the mark.
Subscribe for now.
-In my opinion, subscribing is a no-lose deal.
Still not subscribed? Tsk tsk.
Just did lol.
Gonna watch everything that gets uploaded from now on.
And that wasn't all.
"When are we waiting for Pegasus? Let's just head to a shop selling Fly Potions."
"But those have serious side effects......"
"So? Are we just gonna sit here and wait?"
"Sigh, okay."
Unable to head to Sky Field via the stables, users flocked en masse to the Alchemist District.
Because they had seen the potion Jeong Hoon tossed in the stream.
It was a potion that temporarily granted flight skills.
If Pegasus wasn't an option, potions were the only way to Sky Field.
But they too would suffer the side effects.
"Kuaaaak!"
"Healer! Healer!"
Still, those who reached Sky Field had formed parties to climb up, so healers were positioned.
Just applying debuff removal had an order, and those at the back had to endure the excruciating pain for that much longer.
Anyway, after shaking off the side effects with debuffs, they formed parties.
"Looks like 10 people should be enough from what we saw in the stream?"
"Yeah, it didn't seem to have that much HP."
Having seen it lose 1-2 per arrow, they were convinced the Benlord Wyvern wasn't a high-HP raid boss.
So they confidently gathered 10 people and challenged it.
And soon regretted it.
Remaining HP: 98.11
Even after unleashing skills from the start, its HP hadn't dropped a full 2.
"Fuck?! Its HP isn't going down?"
"What the hell!"
The Benlord Wyvern uses 'Breath Emission.'
"Kuaaaak!"
"Aaaak!"
And with the breath spewing from it, they died in an instant.
After that, parties challenging the Benlord Wyvern and dying sprang up like mushrooms.
Before users flooded Sky Field, Jeong Hoon returned to the ground with Kim Bong-gu.
'Good work. Take this and go rest.'
Special EXP Potions.
Five in total. By contribution, Jeong Hoon should take them all, but he gave one to Kim Bong-gu for his efforts.
'Where you headed now, bro?'
'What, you gonna follow me?'
'No way! I gotta go rest!'
Fearing Jeong Hoon might hold him back, Kim Bong-gu hurriedly logged out.
"Oh, Hoon! You're back?"
Returning to the palace, Lagan, who had been training the knight order, greeted him warmly.
"Yes. Where's Ha-jin?"
"Oh, that friend? He's training hard at another training ground."
There were three training grounds.
Karyan had monopolized one to beat on Ha-jin.
"I see."
He expected it would take a while, but seeing him diligently training without giving up, it seemed he didn't need to worry for now.
"So, are you thinking of setting a date for the banquet?"
The banquet proclaimed by Kaiserck V.
However, at Jeong Hoon's plea, it had been postponed.
Jeong Hoon shook his head.
"Not yet."
"I see. More business?"
"Yes."
"Tch, can't be helped."
Jeong Hoon was a hero in Merhen.
And since Kaiserck V had said he'd actively follow Jeong Hoon's opinions, Lagan backed off readily.
"Yes. More than that, I heard Berman is here. Where is he?"
"Berman? Why are you looking for him?"
"I have a request."
"A request? Well, no need for me to know the details. I'll guide you myself. Follow me."
Lagan handed over knight order training to vice-captain Gareth and led him to Berman.
NPC Info
-Nickname: Berman
-Level: 185
-Job: Royal Craftsman
He was a craftsman working for the royal family.
"Oh, I didn't expect the hero of Merhen to come find me."
Berman stopped his work and greeted Jeong Hoon politely.
"Yes. I have a favor to ask."
"A favor? From me?"
"Take a look at this first."
What Jeong Hoon pulled out was a stone imbued with red energy.
Benlord Wyvern's Heart
-Type: Material
-Grade: Unique
-The heart condensed with the Benlord Wyvern's power.
The Benlord Wyvern's heart.
It was the power source that made it rampage.
"This is?!"
Berman's eyes widened as he fetched his monocle and examined the heart from all angles.
'Ha, thinking back, it was such a regrettable choice. If I'd gone to Berman, a perfect item would've been born.'
Before regression, Sophia hadn't extracted 100 efficiency from the Benlord Wyvern's heart.
In making it into an item, nearly 15 of its power was lost.
If that power had been preserved fully in the crafting, it could have reached an even higher grade later.
That's why he'd regretted not going to Berman multiple times.
Only Berman knew how to handle the Benlord Wyvern's heart perfectly.
Unfortunately, they learned that fact after crafting, leaving Sophia in great dismay.
That was why Jeong Hoon came to Berman.
"The heart obtained from hunting the Benlord Wyvern."
"......Incredible. A wyvern heart this perfect is a first for me."
Berman brought stacks of his research logs and explained while flipping through them one by one.
In simple summary, the Benlord Wyvern's heart couldn't be crafted recklessly.
Its interior was intricately made of mana circuits, requiring extreme caution, and a perfect one like this even more so.
The moment it was even slightly off, the smoothly flowing mana would disrupt instantly and ruin it.
"Can you craft this into an item?"
But Berman shook his head.
"......Not right now."
"Why not?"
"To make an item, I have to touch the heart. In the process, a device is needed to stabilize the energy so it doesn't disrupt...... The problem is I can't make that energy stabilizer right now."
A question mark blinked over Berman's head.
Hidden Quest: Mana Controller
-Restriction: Possess Benlord Wyvern's Heart.
-Reward: ??
-Description: Gather the materials Berman requires.
Jeong Hoon accepted the quest immediately.
"Then if I bring the materials to make that device?"
"It's not easy. That's why it hasn't been completed until now."
"It's fine. I can get those materials."
"......Then, may I ask you to?"
Berman's expression brightened a bit.
He wanted to handle the heart himself, but proceeding recklessly would surely damage it.
To craft this heart into an item, a controller was needed to fix the energy so the mana circuits wouldn't break and to control the mana.
And the royal family didn't have such a controller currently, as it lacked a few key materials.
"Yes. I'll give it a try."
"Hmm...... It'll be very hard to obtain."
"It's okay. Just tell me. I'll do my best."
"Yes."
Berman pulled out a few sheets of paper from the back of his drawer.
They were the material list for the controller, the ones he hadn't obtained yet.
Controller Materials
-Squishy Tears (Unobtained)
-Mysterious Battery (Unobtained)
-Ore of the Eternal Heavens (Unobtained)
There were three materials to obtain.
"Just these three?"
"Yes. The mana controller is over 95 complete. With those, it should be finished."
"Got it. I'll try to get them."
"I appreciate it. I really want to handle such a perfect wyvern heart once."
"Yes."
Hoyoung Guild Training Ground.
Yeo Min-ji was still practicing her fist techniques on the scarecrow doll.
Critical Hit triggers.
Now, she could trigger critical hits routinely.
Success rate up to 7.53.
Out of 100 attempts, succeeding 7.5 times.
Yet her face didn't brighten easily.
"If I can just get it to 10, I'd have no regrets."
A motionless scarecrow doll.
A passive skill that only triggered by striking the exact same spot repeatedly with near-perfect accuracy.
Extremely finicky conditions to activate.
Yet Jeong Hoon handled that skill perfectly.
As if true talent was exactly that.
WhisperHoon - Minzi: What are you doing?
Then, a whisper arrived from Jeong Hoon.
Yeo Min-ji tilted her head.
"Hm? A whisper? Something up?"
She now had a good read on Jeong Hoon.
He never whispered without reason.
WhisperMinzi - Hoon: Practicing. What's up?
WhisperHoon - Minzi: Nothing much, just need an item from you.
As expected.
WhisperMinzi - Hoon: An item? Tell me.
WhisperHoon - Minzi: Mysterious Battery.
Mysterious Battery?
Why that trash all of a sudden?
WhisperMinzi - Hoon: Why are you looking for that?
WhisperHoon - Minzi: Need it for something.
Need it for something?
'Mysterious Battery' was an item with no known use, so it never hit the auction house.
Not used in quests either, utterly worthless.
Abominable drop rate, hard to destroy, so the few users who got one while hunting cursed it out and shoved it in their inventory corner.
Where could he possibly use trash like that?
Curious, but since he wanted it, she'd get it and ask.
WhisperMinzi - Hoon: By when?
WhisperHoon - Minzi: The sooner the better.
WhisperMinzi - Hoon: Got it.
Looked like training was over for today.
Yeo Min-ji tidied the training ground and logged out immediately.
Psshik-
The capsule door opened as she stepped out.
"Huu."
She took a moment to drink water and catch her breath, then tapped her smartphone to enter Mooncom.
But Mooncom's atmosphere was unusual.
"......What is this?"
Yeo Min-ji scrolled through posts repeatedly mentioning HoneyTube.
Soon, her face filled with shock.
"No way......!"