Chapter 260
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 260
Chapter Title: Leas 1,100-Level Ultimate Knight Subjugation Process Revealed! - Part 1
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Part 1 of the video was uploaded.
Subscribers with notifications enabled swarmed in like bees, and the views began skyrocketing.
It hit a million views in just ten minutes after upload.
There weren't many comments yet, which suggested everyone was too busy watching the video.
"The reaction is insane."
"Hyung! The previous video surpassed 2 billion views. This is nothing surprising."
Ha-jin had appeared in Part 1 too, blurred out of course.
He was grinning from ear to ear, feeling like a star.
Bong-gu next to him felt the same.
Every video he'd appeared in had been a massive hit.
"Alright, let's head to Darvis then."
After confirming the initial reaction to the upload, Jeong Hoon got up from his seat without lingering.
"Huh? Not gonna rest a bit more?"
Ha-jin wanted to watch the views climb a little longer.
"We've rested plenty. Time to move."
But Jeong Hoon judged they'd taken sufficient rest while finishing the video edit, and he showed no mercy.
"Hyung-nim! What's the plan once we get to Darvis?"
Darvis.
Neither Ha-jin nor Bong-gu had ever visited Darvis before.
They hadn't reached the level.
"Who knows. We'll see when we get there."
Jeong Hoon was a Darvis veteran, but since the two were newbies, he pretended not to know.
"But isn't it about time you told us?"
"Told you what?"
"Your level's over 500 now!"
"Yeah... Hyung-nim, you're almost 200 levels ahead of us now."
Before subjugating the Ultimate Knight, Jeong Hoon's level had started with a 4.
But when they met again after the subjugation, it started with a 5.
It was absurd, so they'd asked what happened, but Jeong Hoon had brushed it off saying he'd explain later.
Still, Ha-jin was persistent.
How the hell had Jeong Hoon leveled up so massively?
"I made a bet."
Jeong Hoon told the truth.
"A bet?"
"Yeah, with a Transcendent."
"Transcendent... You mean those guys who always approach in the dungeon?"
"Right."
"No way, how'd you end up betting with one of those?"
"It's a long story. Anyway, thanks to that guy, I broke through level 500."
"Wow... Should I try betting too?"
"You have to stake your soul. Lose, and you die."
"...Hey, you lunatic!"
Ha-jin's face went pale.
He hadn't expected Jeong Hoon to bet his life.
At the same time, he got angry at his friend's recklessness.
"That's why I didn't wanna tell you."
"Even so, that's too much. You die once, and it's over. Got it?"
"I know."
"And you staked your life? Is life a joke to you?!"
Ha-jin blew up too. If Mom heard about this...
Just imagining it was terrifying.
"Anyway, keep this a secret. I won't stake my life like that again."
"You sure?"
"Yeah. Trust me."
"...Sigh, fine. If you say so, I won't bring it up again."
Ha-jin tactfully dropped it.
Jeong Hoon grinned and patted his shoulder.
"Thanks."
At that moment.
James Marcus was watching Nutube with Amelie Reina.
Even though the game had become reality, Nutube kept chugging along unfazed.
"The Ultimate Knight shot up to level 1,100?"
The channel they were watching was none other than HoneyTube.
The channel run by Jeong Hoon, whom they'd failed to recruit as a colleague.
HoneyTube had just uploaded a new video: the subjugation of the 1,100-level Ultimate Knight.
"What?! How does a level 250 jump to 1,100?"
James Marcus's eyes were full of disbelief.
"But all the monsters in the video are over level 300."
"......"
As Amelie Reina said, the monsters swarming the Archer's City in the video were all above level 300.
Just from that, it was clear the Ultimate Knight couldn't be a mere level 250.
James Marcus watched the video intently.
From the Archer's City to the Martial Artist's City.
He strained not to miss a single detail of the quests performed or how the monsters were tackled.
Finally, they reached the Martial Artist's City borderlands.
The Ultimate Knight subjugation began.
Lv.1,100 Ultimate Knight (Awakened)
As in the video, the Ultimate Knight had been upgraded to level 1,100.
"It's real... But how do they plan to subjugate it?"
Level 1,100.
An absurdly high number no one could even dream of challenging.
If it hadn't shown a level like the demon they'd subjugated before, maybe.
But how to take down a level 1,100?
James Marcus ignored her question and focused on the video.
"Gahk!"
Yet the level 1,100 Ultimate Knight fell with humiliating ease.
"What the...?"
James Marcus rewound the video in confusion.
No matter how many times he watched, the Ultimate Knight was done in by a single attack.
"Is this even possible...?"
"No idea... I don't get it either."
The video ended with a teaser promising a detailed breakdown of the subjugation method.
Whoa... A level 1,100 goes down that easily?
To get to Darvis, you have to take that thing down, right?
Think we can do it?
Seems possible if you meet the conditions. But ending it that fast... what's there to tip?
Idiot, Part 2 says it'll cover the strategy in detail.
Better wait. Rush in blind, and you're dead.
They were right in the comments.
That wasn't a strategy.
'Overwhelming dominance.'
Nothing else explained it.
"They've moved on to Darvis. Shouldn't we too?"
According to the video, the path to Darvis was blocked again.
The only way through was subjugating the level 1,100 Ultimate Knight.
"...Let's wait for now. They haven't arrived yet."
"Who?"
"They'll come soon."
James Marcus was waiting for someone.
And soon enough, they started showing up one by one.
"Hello."
The first to arrive was France's Black Mage.
Sophia Stephanie Agalet.
She was France's Black Mage.
They'd gotten acquainted during the Giant God Soldier Urs subjugation.
Acquainted, but nothing more.
No real connection, so how had James recruited her?
"I reached out to those who didn't sign contracts. I have wide connections."
James Marcus grinned.
"Well, 'colleagues' is funny, but better than nothing."
Sophia spoke with a displeased expression.
She hadn't wanted to join originally, but the Giant God Soldier Urs had made the power gap painfully clear.
She knew soloing had limits.
That's why she'd accepted the recruitment from the strongest, James Marcus.
"Anyway, thanks for coming."
"Just remember, I'm not here because I like you."
Next came Louis Verdant.
Another survivor from the Giant God Soldier Urs subjugation.
He'd healed people alongside Amelie, boasting far stronger healing than the heretic inquisitor.
Not just Louis Verdant.
Rio Shaolong.
Rick Void.
Paul Raymond.
And quite a few others had answered his call.
"Moving separately?"
Jeong Hoon, Ha-jin, and Bong-gu had arrived in Darvis.
Jeong Hoon said from here on, they'd split up.
"Yeah. You two head to the places I'll guide you to."
He handed them each a note.
Ha-jin to the northern Naibi Dukedom.
Bong-gu to the western Balder Margrave territory.
"Uh... Just go there?"
"Yeah. There'll be an NPC. Complete all their quests."
This opportunity wasn't sharedit went to whoever found it first.
Unlike the hidden ones Jeong Hoon had discovered so far, this one came naturally through quests, so first come, first served.
Jeong Hoon planned to give these opportunities to Ha-jin and Bong-gu.
"Got it. I'll head to the place Hoon told me about."
"Hyung-nim, we'll come back here once we're done."
"Yeah. Take care."
Ha-jin and Bong-gu left for the locations on their notes.
Left alone, Jeong Hoon didn't leave. He set up nearby and waited for someone.
His mother, Yeo Sun-woo, and Yeo Min-ji.
He'd contacted them all, so they'd arrive soon.
Sure enough, his mother arrived first, followed by Yeo Sun-woo and Yeo Min-ji.
He handed them notes too.
"Won't it be dangerous moving separately?"
His mother looked worried after receiving hers.
Jeong Hoon shook his head with a smile.
"It's fine. This isn't like Leas, crawling with monsters."
A stepping stone for growth.
Darvis was perfect for that.
"Alright. If my son says so."
"Yes. Meet back here once you've completed the quests."
After sending them off, Jeong Hoon headed to a small eastern village called Bern.
What are you doing here?
"I've got to find an opportunity too."
Current Darvis was a honey pot.
In his regression life, he'd entered too late and got nothing, but now was different.
No one had come in yet, so with resolve, he could monopolize the opportunities.
The reason Jeong Hoon came to Bern was simple.
'The best opportunity in Darvis is right here.'
Sorry to his mother, Ha-jin, Bong-gu, Yeo Sun-woo, and Yeo Min-ji.
But he'd take the best one for himself.
It was necessary for his future plans to go smoothly.
As Jeong Hoon tried to enter Bern, a man approached him.
"Hey. Outsiders aren't allowed in our village. So get lost while I'm asking nicely."
NPC Information
- Nickname: Morris
- Level: 350
- Job: Villager
Too high a level for a mere villager.
'Of course. Bern is a lab disguised as a village.'
A live experiment lab at that.
They experimented mainly on kidnapped people or bought slaves, with countless deaths in the process.
'And they don't discriminate by age or genderthe vicious bastards.'
Even kids under ten were used and died routinely.
"Seven Deadly Sins."
Jeong Hoon summoned the Seven Deadly Sins first.
"...Why'd you call me after so long."
Out after ages, the Seven Deadly Sins looked starved.
"Sorry. Took a while to find prey."
"Prey?!"
The Seven Deadly Sins's eyes gleamed as it scanned around.
Then it locked onto the man ahead, Morris.
"W-What?! This bastard's a Black Mage?!"
Faced with a demon, Morris paled and backed away.
Jeong Hoon stepped forward with Supremacy of the Heavenly Demon and grabbed his collar.
"Black Mage? Don't spout nonsense."
"S-Sorry... Just spare my life..."
Morris could barely speak.
He hadn't read Jeong Hoon's movement at all, and the killing intent in his eyes choked him.
"No, can't do that."
NPC or not, he couldn't let guys treat human lives like toys slide.
"Bon appétit!"
The Seven Deadly Sins drooled as it approached Morris.
Absorbing stats.
Morris struggled while collared, but his stats were sucked away helplessly.
Only when all his stats dropped to 5 did he regain freedom.
Of course, just for a moment.
"Gahk!"
Jeong Hoon punched his throat, ending him.
"Alright, let's head in."
Jeong Hoon shoved Morris aside casually and entered the village.