Chapter 209
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 209
Chapter Title: The Price of Vengeance
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Thats the answer!
Han Tae-seong was convinced.
That the damn martial artist had slain the Guild Master.
And with his current state, he realized he couldnt match the foe.
The Guide of the Fallen Star says that if you pay the price, it can immediately grant you great power.
Great power.
He would need that power to stand a chance.
The price?
But to obtain that power, he had to pay a price.
The Guide of the Fallen Star says to offer your soul as the price.
Soul?!
Han Tae-seongs eyes widened in shock.
The others reacted similarly.
They had made a contract expecting power, and now it demanded their souls?
The Guide of the Fallen Star makes another offer. If you succeed in your revenge, it says it will return the soul you offered as payment.
If I just succeed in revenge?
Han Tae-seong nodded.
All or nothing, huh. Fine.
He shot a glance at An Chang-soo beside him.
The quick-witted An Chang-soo nodded as well.
Yeah. If we all pile on together, somethings gotta give.
Even Sword King Sa Jae-hyeok couldnt handle this many people.
So the enemy wouldnt be much different.
And with great power added on top, revenge wasnt impossible.
The Guide of the Fallen Star says its an excellent choice. It will now begin the devils deal.
With this, he obtained power in exchange for his soul.
Jeong Hoon released the bowstring he had drawn.
Pew-shoooook!
The arrow shot out, embedding precisely into Han Tae-seongs head at the front.
Heavenly Strike activates.
Arrow rain then poured from the sky, engulfing them.
Whew, Hoon!
Bro! Those arent monsterstheyre people!
He knew that.
Thats why they had to be eliminated all the more.
Jeong Hoon drew and released the bowstring again.
Storm Arrow.
A Storm Arrow shot toward Han Tae-seong once more.
Storm Arrow dissipates.
But the Storm Arrow vanished before it could even strike.
Heavenly Strike is canceled.
The pouring arrow rain vanished as well.
Jeong Hoons lip twitched.
Paid the price and gained power, huh?
Even Sa Jae-hyeok had gained power from a transcendent by offering his soul.
These guys were no different.
Birds of a feather, obviously.
The transcendent contracted with Sa Jae-hyeok who had actively intervened in his bet with Baal last time.
It could intervene because Baal had turned a blind eye.
Ha, what a real bastard.
Jeong Hoons lip curled in a sneer.
The foe was now trying to interfere under the guise of revenge.
Since Baal couldnt directly intervene in the dungeon, it wanted to gauge Jeong Hoons level during that time.
That way, it could reference it when selecting a dungeon.
Coming at me like this?
Jeong Hoon had clearly set conditions.
No direct intervention in the dungeon.
And strict control to prevent transcendents from interfering.
Yet it could rampage because there was a reason.
It can just claim the conditions only apply to the dungeon it points to.
Short-sighted thinking.
Who would have thought it would wield its underlings like this.
They didnt just gain power through contracts.
They had to pay an equivalent price for the contract.
If Jeong Hoon wiped out these Shinwa guys here, penalties would accumulate, stripping the transcendent of its position and causing it to vanish.
Thats why transcendents didnt hand out contracts recklessly.
Especially apostle-grade ones had to choose contractors with utmost care.
But it had no choice.
Baal must have commanded it.
Which means I can take out that transcendent too.
Jeong Hoon drew Animas bowstring again.
Anima had now reached full reinforcement.
Dragon Anima Bone Bow(20)
-Type: Bow
-Grade: Legendary
-Attack Power: ? (Adjusts to wearers level) (2.5x multiplier applied)
-Critical Hit Rate: 25 30
-Damage reduction based on level gap is decreased. (Legendary exclusive)
-Remaining Durability: 100
-Special Ability (1): Mana arrows generate infinitely. (Mana arrow damage 30)
-Special Ability (2): On hit, low chance to apply random debuff (Debuff chance slightly increased)
-Special Ability (3): Passive: Black Flame activates at random chance. (10)
-Special Ability (4): Passive: Dragon Void activates at random chance. (12)
-Remaining Enhancements: 0 (Reached maximum enhancement.)
Hitting full reinforcement had massively boosted all options.
A perfect state for sweeping away that many foes.
This is why Legendary full-reinforcement is so broken.
Of course, he couldnt settle for this grade.
Some enemies required Celestial-grade or higher gear to take damage.
Anything lower resulted in an invincibility judgment, preventing health loss.
Because of those filthy types, upgrades were mandatory.
Jeong Hoon released the drawn bowstring.
The shot arrow flew into the mist.
Extreme Archer: Soul.
It obscured vision, but the arrow surely dealt damage to them.
Yet this time too, the arrow dissipated before striking.
Kuhuhu, you idiot. You think wed fall for some puny arrow?
Han Tae-seong, who had an arrow in his head earlier, taunted unscathed.
Invincibility?
The types of power from transcendents were incredibly varied.
Invincibility was one of them.
It couldnt enhance power, but it could reinforce the body to withstand all attacks.
Some probably got dissipation power too.
Dissipation.
The ability to erase the opponents attacks.
That many people had paid prices for power.
But their powers had flaws.
Like Sa Jae-hyeok, they couldnt maintain it for long.
And Sa Jae-hyeok was a dimension above them.
Inferior beings receiving cheat abilities meant much shorter durations.
Proof was the anxiety etched on their faces.
Jeong Hoon drew and released the bowstring again.
Pew-shoooook!
An arrow shot out.
As before, it dissipated before hitting.
Yet Jeong Hoon kept firing relentlessly.
In response, Shinwa began unleashing magic.
Celestial Aura activates.
Celestial Aura enveloped Jeong Hoons body.
A starry aura bloomed from him, wrapping him warmly.
Attack Power and Defense 20.
Enemy Attack Power and Defense -10 within range.
Celestial Aura.
Adamant Immunity activates.
He used the fully reinforced Mook-hos special ability.
Thanks to it, the pouring magic barely damaged him.
Advanced Healing is used.
He quickly recovered the minor health loss with healing.
Conversely, shock spread across their faces.
Crazy! The arrows arent dissipating!
Argh!
Arrows that had perfectly dissipated suddenly pierced their bodies without vanishing.
Even those enduring with invincibility couldnt withstand the arrow damage and collapsed on the spot.
Got it.
Adversary of Avatars Lv.2
- Type: Title
- Grade: Unique
- Low chance to nullify avatar power.
- Nullification limited to power granted by transcendents.
- Title effect limited to apostle-grade transcendents.
Because of this title.
How?
Unaware of the titles effect, Han Tae-seong muttered blankly with his chest pierced.
Jeong Hoon approached him as he fell.
Why contract with a transcendent?
For revenge against the Guild Master.
What did he ever do for you?
To go this far?
Sa Jae-hyeok was a man consumed by ambition.
A trash whod abandon even his closest aides for Shinwa.
In fact, before regression, those loyal to Shinwa had been brutally backstabbed by Sa Jae-hyeok and wiped out.
He couldnt understand doing this much for him.
Cough! Whats wrong with absolute loyalty to my lord?
You idiot.
Call me an idiot, fine. Kill me.
Bastard had good people skills.
Jeong Hoon used Leviathan to end them one by one.
You have slain a transcendents avatar.
Due to contractors death, gain 10,000,000 EXP from the transcendent.
You have slain a transcendents avatar.
Due to contractors death, gain 10,000,000 EXP from the transcendent.
Messages repeated.
Penalty points have accumulated beyond the limit.
As a result, The Guide of the Fallen Star is stripped of its transcendent position.
The Guide of the Fallen Star will vanish shortly.
Time to pay the price.
The Guide of the Fallen Star curses you. It says youll never die peacefully.
But as if resigned to vanishing, it only cursed Jeong Hoon instead of panicking.
Got it, so scram.
Jeong Hoon sneered at it.
At that moment.
Jang Dae-hwi, who had watched the broadcast, couldnt stop marveling even while editing the footage.
Wow fuck, Legendary-plus grade!
A grade beyond Legendary had been revealed.
Through Jeong Hoons hands, no less.
Celestial grade.
A first-time sight, utterly unfamiliar, but he soon realized it was the grade after Legendary.
The reason? Jeong Hoons subsequent find: the Celestial Inscription Stone.
Celestial Inscription Stone
-An inscription stone imbued with heavenly power.
-Can upgrade gear below Legendary (full reinforcement). Success rates as follows.
He had clearly seen it.
It could upgrade gear below Legendary.
Meaning it was the next grade after Legendary.
If this footage goes up itll definitely stir a massive storm.
Jang Dae-hwi edited with firm conviction.
Got it! Well head to that dungeon quick!
Top-grade pickaxe, sending via mail nowmine with that.
Yes!
Before the footage uploaded, he had contacted Yeo Min-ji, instructing her and his mother to head to the dungeon.
With Hoyoung short on high-rankers, his mother was actively helping.
This avoids Mothers death for sure.
He had corrected one of his deepest regrets.
Just that made all his efforts feel rewarded.
Jeong Hoon grinned broadly and pulled out the Celestial Inscription Stone.
Alright, time to do my thing?
Time to upgrade his fully reinforced Legendary gear.
Heh heh, me first again, right?
In your dreams! Didnt I do you first last time? Obviously me first.
As expected, Mook-ho and Anima bickered over who went first.
Jeong Hoon tilted his head.
You guys okay with that?
At his question, Mook-ho and Anima responded in confusion.
Okay with what?
Whats that mean?
Jeong Hoon showed the Celestial Inscription Stone again.
Look at this success rate. 50, right?
Success rate: 50.
Success meant Celestial grade, but failure spelled trouble.
Failure means 99 chance of destruction?
Uh um
Mook-ho and Anima were too shocked to speak.
Gear destruction was tantamount to vanishing.
Who wants to go first?
Jeong Hoon asked them again.
Ill yield! Anima first!
You son of a? Do you first. Wasnt it you last time too?
Thats why Im yielding this time! Getting stronger, and youd give that up?
Im strong enough already. A chance should go to a mediocre like you.
Hating destruction, they started shoving it onto each other.
You two arent doing it. What Im upgrading is this.
Fortunately, the item Jeong Hoon targeted was the Head Ornament Containing the Divine Beasts Soul.
You sure? Itll vanish if destroyed?
Half the odds gotta be careful
Mook-ho and Anima sighed in relief yet voiced concern.
Fully reinforced Legendary gear.
It could turn to dust in an instant.
Its fine. I have a way.
Before regression, Jeong Hoon had upgraded four items to Celestial.
He was confident he could succeed this time too.