Chapter 25
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 25
Chapter Title: Off to Edenhark
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Psssh
The capsule hissed open, and Jeong Hoon stepped out.
Phew, thats done. Origin Village is wrapped up.
Hed taken care of everything hed planned in Origin Village.
Now, before heading to the next village, it was time for a short break.
Sitting in the game all day has my body all stiff.
Until New World became reality, Jeong Hoons body was no different from any ordinary persons.
It was only natural for his muscles to ache after playing so long.
Vrrr
His smartphone buzzed.
It was Ha-jin.
Hed sent one last whisper before logging out, and it looked like Ha-jin had come rushing out in response.
Hey! Youre home, right? Im heading there. Wait up!
It mustve been urgentless than thirty minutes later, the doorbell rang.
Jeong Hoon sipped his coffee as he opened the door.
Take it easy next time.
Ha-jin stood there, buzzing with excitement.
You drop a bombshell like that and tell me to take it easy?
Bombshell?
You got a hidden class!
Oh, yeah.
What rank?! Whats the rank?!
Amid the barrage of questions, Jeong Hoon grabbed a canned coffee from the fridge.
Legendary.
......What?
Legendary, I said.
No way Youre messing with me, right?
A hidden class was one thingbut Legendary?
It was hard to believe.
No Legendary had ever appeared in the first job advancement before.
Well, the ranks Legendary, but the performance is about Epic level.
Epic?
Ha-jins face twisted in confusion.
Legendary rank, but only Epic performance?
Though Epic was still pretty overpowered
Yeah. Anyway, you came all this waygrab a bite before you go.
Jeong Hoon chuckled and pulled up an app to order two portions of spicy pork stir-fry.
Hey Dude, this isnt the time!
For what?
With your skills, big corps would line up for you! Making a hundred million a month would be a breeze!
A hidden class in the first job advancement. Legendary rank, no less.
Martial Artist or whatever didnt matter.
That alone would let him pick any guild he wanted and get astronomical treatment.
But Jeong Hoon just shook his head.
Not joining.
Huh? Why?!
Got too much to do.
Hed already been betrayed by his comrades once.
Maybe that was whyjust imagining tying himself to one group made him nauseous.
Youre really something else
Ha-jin couldnt understand it, but seeing Jeong Hoons expression, he clamped his mouth shut.
Hmm? Why are there so many users in the field?
Countless users were pulling up weeds in the field.
And in less than a second, new weeds sprouted in their place, restoring everything.
It had to be that way.
Those weeds were for village quests.
Every time a user picked up a quest, the spots filled right back up with weeds.
Gotta pull weeds, so move.
What? Cant you see Im pulling them first?
Jeong Hoon had already pulled them once while doing the village quests.
The question was why so many users were swarming them now.
Well, well.
Some were even lining up behind.
Among them were users nearing level 150, fresh off their second or third job advancements.
Min Jin-hos behind this, so the rewards gotta be huge, right?
Yeah, why else would anyone come all the way here for village quests?
Ugh, but what if its just a title? Ive been grinding this crap for two weeks.
Min Jin-hos the one who said it. You think hed move for just a title?
Maybe getting the title unlocks a hidden quest or something?
Oh, could be.
Ah, now he got why they were rushing the village quests.
Min Jin-ho, you bastard.
He mustve jumped into action the moment Vicious Poison Krasha was discovered.
Which meant hed finished the village quests by now and headed to the alchemist.
Khk.
Jeong Hoon barely stifled a laugh.
He already had Poison Attack, and hed solved the alchemists baldness issue, so Bleo wouldnt give him any hidden quest.
In other words, hed snatched Poison Attacksomething Min Jin-ho shouldve grabbed before the regression.
Jin-ho, no matter how much you squirm, this games mine in the end.
Not anyone elseme.
Steel resolve in his heart, Jeong Hoon crossed the field and stood before the massive portal.
Portals between villages were guarded.
Halt.
NPC Information
-Nickname: Illiao
-Level: 100
-Job: Origin Village Portal Guard
The guard was level 100.
Theyd set the guards level high to prevent casual portal hopping.
Try to force your way through, and forced PVP would trigger, locking you out for 24 hours.
Of course, high-level users were exempt.
Id like to use the portal.
Very well. Mind if I check your info?
Sure.
Illiao scanned Jeong Hoons info and nodded, stepping aside.
Youre qualified. Proceed.
With permission granted, Jeong Hoon stepped into the center of the portal.
Activate portal?
Currently accessible villages: 122 total.
After first job advancement, you could access 122 villages.
GO TO AIHEN IF YOUVE DONE FIRST JOB ADVANCEMENT. NO EXCUSES!
-Easiest difficulty of the 122, simple quests, great for leveling.
-Dont go somewhere else thinking youre special and regret it.
-To portal out from other villages, you gotta cross fields with monsters all 60.
This is legit. Dont get curious and wander offstick to Aihen.
Screw up once and you need high-level help to portal out lololol
Aihens quests are super easy and give good XP, so its the best.
You had to be careful picking your first village.
Pick wrong, and you might have to level up there just to escape.
Pro tip before I go.
-Dont go to Edenhark. Seriously, dont.
-Quests are all weird as hell, and leveling sucks.
Fr, monsters are a pain to catch. Better hunt orcs in Aihen.
......FML, shouldve seen this before leaving my village.
Picked the name I liked most and got screwed lol
There were warnings not to go to certain places.
But Jeong Hoon didnt hesitatehe chose Edenhark.
This is where I get the best efficiency.
New World hid growth elements in every village.
Most were still undiscovered.
And Edenharkfor levels 30 to 70had the most.
A village everyone avoided.
Thats exactly why he had to go.
Teleporting to Edenhark.
Selecting it sucked Jeong Hoon into the portal.
At that moment.
Origin Village.
Min Jin-ho finished the village quests with his last mailbox delivery.
With his skills, quests were a cakewalk.
Thank you!
Sure.
Along with negligible XP and a new title.
Next up: the alchemist a bit outside the village.
Having scoped the layout via NPCs, Min Jin-ho headed straight there.
Ah, I no longer need Krashas Inner Core.
What?
He arrived to find the alchemist saying the core wasnt needed.
Someone had already delivered it and cleared the quest.
It hit like a thunderbolt.
......
Who the hell took it?
Min Jin-hos fists clenched.
Edenhark.
A small medieval European-style city, a step up from Origin Village.
Jeong Hoon appeared in the town square.
Users and NPCs bustled about.
Edenharks got a fair few users too.
Relatively few compared to others, sure.
But plenty were stationed here.
Excuse me. Did you come to the wrong village by mistake?
A random user approached him.
Player Information
-Nickname: PpuriPong
-Level: 56
-Job: Low-rank Warrior (1st Class)
A level 56 first-class low-rank warrior.
Nope. Came to the right place.
Huh? You just did your first job advancement, and you picked Edenhark?
Yeah.
Whoa Youre in for it. Level 30s dont come here.
He launched into adviceEdenhark sucked, Aihen was better, etc.
Slightly higher-level users lecturing lowbies wasnt rare in any game.
It was just more common in New World.
All because of quests.
Event quest for helping struggling newbies.
Available from level 55 to just under 60. Help a level 35 or lower user, and it auto-completes.
Reward? A full level-up.
Leveling gets brutal later on.
Helping one newbie for a free level? No-brainer event quest.
PpuriPong offers assistance. Accept?
The message popped up.
Accept, and you could get his help.
Sure? Then mind helping me out for a bit?
Jeong Hoon gladly accepted.
PpuriPong lit up.
Great! Lets head to the portal!
Escort him to the portal and get him to Aihenlevel up, easy.
Heh, quests dont get simpler.
Snag newbie mistakes in wrong villages easiest quests lol
-Got 2 levels that way.
Fr, mutual help.
They grovel when they hit Aihen lol
Factslevelings hell, but 2 at once? Gold.
PpuriPong figured hed hooked a prime mark.
Until Jeong Hoon took a quest from a random pleading old NPC.
Y-Youll help?!
Yes.
Normal Quest: Old Man in Need of Help
-Restriction: All users level 30 with 1st class advancement
-Reward: Old Faded Map
-Description: Monsters stole the pendant my late wife cherished. Retrieve it.
The old man clutched Jeong Hoons hands with desperate eyes.
Get it back, and this map is yours as thanks.
Reward: Not XP or a skilla plain old map.
Faded to illegibility.
Did the quest, got the mapwhats it for?
-Everythings smudged, cant read shit? Right reward?
Dont do it lmao, total trash quest.
Dug up buried crap everywhere, got just the map lol
Even he doesnt know how to use it lmao
Thought it was importantnada.
Wont take restoration potion either. Too old.
One of the quests Edenhark veterans had done.
Sure, it seemed useless.
But solve it right, and it changed everything.
Yes. Ill find it.
Thank you! I suspect the Blancs took it but not sure.
No details, crap reward.
No wonder no one helped the old man.
Ill bring it back ASAP.
Thank you. Truly
First outsider to be so kind.
The old mans eyes welled up as he kept thanking him.
Um sir?
As Jeong Hoon turned to go, PpuriPong blocked his path.
Hm? Whats up?
Haha You need to go to the portal. Why take the quest?
Irritation dripped from PpuriPongs voice.
Jeong Hoon tilted his head.
Why would I go to the portal?
Huh? I told you earlierEdenharks no good. Aihens way better for growth. I leveled there myself.
Yeah, I heard.
So why take the quest?
Seems theres a misunderstanding. I accepted because you offered help. For the record, I never said Id go to Aihen.
Huh?
Lets move.
Rejecting the help now would void PpuriPongs quest.
The one getting screwed wasnt Jeong Hoonit was PpuriPong.