Chapter 24
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 24
Chapter Title: Martial Artist's Hidden Class Debut
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Earth Korea User Management Team.
The employees were staring at the monitor screen with eyes full of shock.
By perfectly passing the test set by the soul of the Martial Artist, he had secured a job change of Rare grade or higher.
And then the hidden job change quest he received.
Yeah. They could accept up to that point.
But that user entered a mansion they'd never seen before and started a duel with an NPC.
The ongoing fierce battle had them gripping their seats in suspense.
And the user claimed a clean victory and succeeded in his job change.
The sparkling effect that appeared above his head when he succeeded in the first job change was proof of that.
What did he job change into?
The employees were anxious.
About what job change that user had achieved.
But the user's job name was too out of left field.
Low-Grade Martial Artist? Does that even make sense?
The user had completed his job change as a Common grade.
Silence fell over the office in the utterly incomprehensible situation.
The one who broke that silence was Team Leader Oh Jin-su.
This crazy
He stammered with a face full of shock.
It seemed he had figured out what grade the user had job changed into.
Team Leader?! You know what he job changed into, right?
Please explain quickly!
I'm going insane from the vertigo!
Even as they urged him on, Oh Jin-su clamped his gaping mouth shut and stared at the screen.
If my guess is right that's a hidden class.
Hidden classes had already appeared several times in New World.
These were classes obtained by fulfilling hidden conditions, regardless of grade.
Oh Jin-su was almost certain he had job changed into a hidden class.
Hidden classes could open the blind system regardless of grade.
If that system was open, it was only natural for it to show as Low-Grade Martial Artist (1st).
Crazy that means the first hidden class for the Martial Artist job has appeared?
Oh Jin-su hurried back to his desk and tapped the keyboard to access the New World homepage.
If it was the first hidden class unlocked, New World itself would recognize it.
Seeing his ominous demeanor, all the team members gathered around his desk.
As expected.
Congratulations! A hidden class has appeared for the first time in the Martial Artist job!
-Hello! This is the New World development team.
We are posting this notice to share some celebratory news first!
There are various hidden classes in New World!
And now! A hidden class has appeared for the first time in the Martial Artist job!
Congratulations, and we look forward to your future adventures!
Korea -
The server is public, but the nickname is not!
We hope all New World users have a fun day today.
-New World Development Team
A Martial Artist hidden class had appeared on the Korea server.
Anyone could see that the user who defeated the NPC had unlocked it.
Huh? What?
Hidden class?
The employees stared blankly at the homepage before their faces lit up with excitement as they shouted.
It was a hidden class!
It was blind!
No wonder wait a sec? So that means the first Martial Artist hidden class has appeared?!
Gasp!
The first Martial Artist hidden class had appeared in Korea!
Just that fact alone had the management team in an uproar.
Jeong Hoon exited the cave through the portal.
Kwon Hyun-je, who had been pacing around the cave, was the first thing that caught his eye.
Done?
Kwon Hyun-je asked urgently.
Yes.
Success, then. Is that the path you chose?
It was a bit unexpected.
If he had succeeded beyond that portal, he should have naturally chosen the supreme realm of Kwonseong.
But Jeong Hoon had chosen the Martial Emperor.
Yes.
Jeong Hoon nodded.
Hah, I didn't expect you to choose the hard path.
For the Martial Emperor to shine, he would need to keep job changing and growing afterward.
Right now, nothing had changed.
Yes. This is the path I want.
Well, if you're satisfied, I have no reason to complain.
Thank you.
Then good luck.
As if his business was finished, Kwon Hyun-je returned to his chair and sat down.
Jeong Hoon returned to the Hall of Martial Arts through the portal in front of the waterfall.
Altio was guarding next to the portal.
Any results?
Yes.
Hmm The aura I'm sensing isn't any different from before you went in. You didn't fail, did you?
No. The job change succeeded.
Altio couldn't hide his bitter expression.
When you job change to Rare grade, the aura you exude changes from the start.
But the energy coming from Jeong Hoon felt just like that of Martial Artists who had completed a Common job change.
That meant he had failed.
Honestly, he couldn't understand it.
A martial artist who endured his hellish training and even won a duel in that situation.
He couldn't comprehend how such a martial artist had failed.
Uh Don't be too disheartened.
Altio offered a word of comfort.
Yes.
Jeong Hoon nodded.
Kwon Hyun-je had seen through it at a glance, but Altio hadn't.
He wasn't skilled enough to see through the blind system.
Shall we head out together, then?
He pointed to the firmly shut door.
But Jeong Hoon shook his head and chin-pointed to the three portals at the far right.
No. There are portals to the fields here too, right?
Ah, you're heading straight to the field.
Yes.
Jeong Hoon had just job changed into a hidden class.
Normally, when you get a hidden class job change, New World posts it on the homepage immediately.
By now, many users would have noticed the emergence of the Martial Artist hidden class.
WorldCom was probably already on fire.
Especially since it was the Korea server, not anywhere else.
Whisperzl12 - Hoon: Dude! Martial Artist hidden class dropped!
See?
Ha-jin, who was playing the game, had whispered him directly.
WhisperHoon - zl12: Yeah. That's me.
Jeong Hoon sent the whisper and closed it.
Got it. Then I'll activate the portal for you.
Altio guided him to the portal instead of the door.
The portal was locked.
To activate it, the instructor had to operate it directly.
The portal has been activated.
Altio operated it simply, and the portal activated.
Thank you.
After expressing thanks, Jeong Hoon stepped into the portal.
It was a portal leading to the field toward the next village.
Then I wish you good fortune.
Yes.
Hall of Martial Arts.
Just as Park In-tae finished cleaning, Yeo Min-ji, who had left the hall, came back in.
Is that really true?!
Yeo Min-ji spotted Park In-tae and came rushing over.
Aren't you coming too hastily? What about headquarters business?
Headquarters was currently in a frenzy over Saber.
Among the named players who had observed the Genesis-hosted event, Hoyoung was the only one.
So they were putting all their effort into recruiting Saber.
I'll handle that. More importantly, you're sure you found him?
Her face was flushed with excitement.
Along with the news of finding a user in the Hall of Martial Arts, a notice had gone up on New World.
A notice that a Martial Artist hidden class had appeared.
In Korea, no less.
That meant there was a Martial Artist who obtained a hidden class inside.
Yes. I'm sure.
Park In-tae nodded, and the user's face went pale.
Who would've thought a level 269 user was affiliated with Hoyoung.
Thanks to that, he had to stick around until Yeo Min-ji arrived.
If he'd known, he would've quietly slipped out of the hall.
His friends who job changed with him had ditched him and headed to the next village without a care.
Those bastards had zero loyalty.
Thank you.
Yes?
But her reaction was unexpected.
He thought he'd get chewed out for sassing the instructor for sure.
Thanks to you, I got good info.
Then she sent a trade request to the user.
Why a trade all of a sudden?
To give you a reward. Don't want it?
No!
At the word reward, the user hurriedly accepted the trade.
10 gold should do, right?
She casually placed 10 gold in the trade window.
10 gold?!
The user checked the gold with a shocked face.
He'd thought maybe 2-3 gold as a reward, but 10 gold?
10 gold was 100,000 won in Korean currency value.
That 100,000 won was coming to him for free.
Do you wish to proceed with the trade?
Pressing yes would complete it.
The user naturally pressed yes.
The trade has been completed.
Jackpot!
10 gold in the beginner zone!
What happened today is a secret. Got it?
I'll take it to my grave!
The user left the hall with a face full of joy.
Miss, that Martial Artist hasn't come out yet.
Good. I just need to wait a bit here, right?
Yes.
Yeo Min-ji kept her eyes fixed on the firmly shut door.
The Martial Artist who finished job changing with Altio would emerge from that door.
And soon enough, the firmly shut door opened, and Altio appeared.
Huh?
But something was off.
The one who came out the door was Altio alone.
What's going on?
Park In-tae was just as confused.
If he finished job changing, it was normal to come out with the instructor, so where did the user who went in with him go?
Instructor.
Yeo Min-ji hurriedly approached Altio.
Hm? What is it?
Where did the user who finished job changing go?
She was impatient.
The fist technique from WorldCom, the unjobchanged Martial Artist who appeared like a comet at the capsule event, and finally the Martial Artist who job changed into a hidden class.
All of them were definitely the same person.
She had rushed here to meet that Martial Artist, and she couldn't strike out again!
But Altio shattered her desperate hope.
Ah, the martial artist who just finished job changing? He's already left.
Left?
Yeah. There are a few portals inside leading to the field. The martial artist used one to head out.
Ha
Yeo Min-ji felt her legs go weak from the emptiness.
Miss!
Fortunately, Park In-tae rushed over and supported her, preventing her from collapsing.
WorldCom was in chaos right now.
Holy shit! Martial Artist hidden class appeared!
-Fucking insane Martial Artist could get a hidden class too? Goosebumps all over my body rn.
Hidden classes are usually Rare grade and up, right?
Yeah, no Commons.
But there's a ton of shit-tier hidden classes too, no?
Anyway, it's the first Martial Artist hidden class
Come to think of it, isn't that user the one? The unjobchanged Martial Artist who smashed the scarecrow doll.
Huh? Holy shit, now that you mention it, yeah?
The unjobchanged Martial Artist who boldly took 1st place in the recent Genesis capsule event.
WorldCom had burned hot for a while after his appearance, but it had cooled off a bit now.
But with this hidden class emergence, users were almost certain he was the same Martial Artist who took 1st in the capsule event.
Whoa Check out that old post.
-Over 500k views lololol
Along with that, the post of the Martial Artist who won against the Hall of Martial Arts instructor started rising as a hot video.
Even though a lot of time had passed since the video was uploaded, talk was rampant that its protagonist was the hidden class owner.
Lol this didn't even hit 10k views, right?
They're really losing it
Look at him handling the instructor That a beginner?
Insane. He was different from the start
It was rare for an old post to catch fire like this.
Especially one that hadn't even hit 10k views.
Haha holy shit, big guilds in panic mode.
-Go check the posts lol the big guilds are desperate to find that user kekeke
Whoa for real lol Fairy, Shinwa, Light, Ironman Ugh too many to list.
So jealous Joining one of those guilds sets you for life, right?
Let me in too you bastards Guilds!
The guilds had a hand in fanning the flames too.
The guilds were bloodshot-eyed hunting for the Martial Artist who job changed into a hidden class.
We have to find him no matter what.
Yeo Min-ji of Hoyoung was the same.
At this point, she felt like she had to find him out of sheer stubbornness to satisfy her urge.