Chapter 50
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 50
Chapter Title: Black Skill Books
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Earth Korea Management Team.
Including Team Leader Oh Jin-su, all the employees were watching the screen with faces full of shock.
What... what the hell is that?
He ate two skill books? And that skill book is...?
The skill books were pitch black in color.
Black skill books, which were almost nonexistent even in New World.
There was only one of each, which made them black.
But there were not one, but two black skill books.
W-What skills are those?
Brainwashing and Black Field...
Brainwashing, Black Field.
As expected, skill names theyd never heard before.
Whats the grade?!
C-grade.
Rare-grade skills.
Unique skills that were only one of a kind, yet rare-grade.
It was a bit disappointing, but since skills could have their grades raised, they could potentially become epic or unique-grade later on, making them incredibly powerful.
The value of a one-of-a-kind skill book was beyond imagination.
A year ago, a single black skill book had sold for 3.1 billion won, though the buyer was anonymous, so all they knew was that they were French.
3.1 billion for just one skill book.
...He really keeps surprising us every time.
Team Leader Oh Jin-su muttered quietly.
It was amazing how massive jackpots kept exploding wherever he went.
Team Leader, now that users probably heading for his second job change, right?
Yeah... Hold on. Second job change?
The second job change was called the biggest event in the beginner village after Origin Village.
The criteria for advancing to rare-to-epic grade jobs in this second job change event were quite generous, so many users stayed there for quite a while to complete it before moving on.
Some lasted as short as a week, others up to two years, and over 70 of them failed to get a rare-grade advancement and moved on.
And this times second job change had an event scheduled.
Hes the event target...
That monstrous user hadnt done his second job change yet.
Which meant he was the event target.
Oh Jin-su let out an incredulous chuckle.
How could all the puzzle pieces fall perfectly into place just for that one user?
Hows the event going to play out?
No details on the event had been revealed yet.
Earth HQ had announced beforehand that it would be unveiled on the day of the event, so digging for info was impossible.
Who knows. The important thing is that this user will be participating in this event too.
The corner of Oh Jin-sus mouth twitched upward.
That made it all the more exciting.
What kind of result would he pull off to shock them this time?
Soon, many more people would notice that monsters existence.
He was already curious about their reactions.
A festival broke out in Edenhark.
Their long-awaited wish had finally come true, so the lord and everyone else were overjoyed.
Jeong Hoon, too, couldnt leave the lords castle and had to stay for a day or two.
We cannot send our benefactor away like this! Please allow us to repay your grace!
It was hard to flatly refuse when Lord Juan himself came pleading so earnestly.
There was plenty of time until the second job change event anyway.
So he permitted it, thinking he could settle the rewards and rest in the meantime.
Benefactor of Edenhark
-Type: Title
-Grade: Normal
-Health increases by 0.5.
-Mana increases by 0.5.
It was a title hed earned by closing the portal, but it was normal-grade.
The options were trash of the trashbarely 0.5 increases to health and mana.
However, this titles true value lay elsewhere.
It was material for an evolving title.
Jeong Hoon currently had the evolving title Guardian of Origin Village.
And this was the material needed to evolve it.
Evolution was simpler than expected.
Just merge the two titles into one.
Would you like to combine the Guardian of Origin Village title with the Benefactor of Edenhark title?
When he placed the two titles in the same inventory slot, a message appeared.
Jeong Hoon accepted, and the titles glowed briefly before Benefactor of Edenhark vanished.
Successfully evolved title. Achievement points awarded: 3,000.
Along with the achievement, the Guardian of Origin Village title evolved to epic-grade.
At the same time, the word Origin disappeared.
Guardian of the Village
-Type: Evolving Title
-Grade: Epic
-Health increases by 5.
-Mana increases by 5.
-All attack power increases by 5.
-Acquired experience increases by 3.
Perfect.
All the stats had shot up dramatically.
Everything that was 2 jumped to 5, and experience went from 1 to 3.
No new options were added, but it was satisfying enough.
If it evolves up to unique, itll be one hell of a title.
Next up were the elixirs.
They ranged from level-up elixirs to ones for strength, agility, and more.
A shame theres no mana or holy power ones.
Unfortunately, they were the exact opposite of the elixirs Richel had developed.
Still, youll regret not raising the other stats later on.
In that sense, these elixirs were priceless items too.
Jeong Hoon consumed every last one without exception.
At the same time.
A new announcement went up on the New World homepage.
New Worlds Hidden Dungeon Has Been Cleared!
-Hello! This is the New World development team.
Were posting this announcement to share some celebratory news!
The Edenhark Village hidden dungeonsomething wed tucked away oh-so-carefully in New Worldhas finally been cleared by a user.
Hidden dungeons are devices designed to aid user growth, set to automatically vanish once cleared by the first person to discover them, across all servers worldwide.
The user who cleared it is as follows.
South Korea - 000
Server is revealed, but nickname is not.
Now, to all New World users!
Weve hidden plenty more growth-related secrets beyond this!
Have a great day, New World users.
-New World Development Team
There were far more hidden dungeons than hidden themes.
But why were they called hidden?
Even with the numbers, clearing a hidden dungeon required fulfilling some brutally harsh conditions.
Thats why an announcement goes up when one is cleared, just like with hidden themes.
Naturally, the community exploded.
A hidden dungeon being cleared was one thing, but it being in Edenhark?
Yo! You see the announcement? Hidden dungeon found in Edenhark!
-Fucking insane lololol Edenharks the shittiest spot in beginner zones, right?
Wtf is this?
What did I just witness...?
A hidden dungeon came out of that Edenhark?
Fr, time to reevaluate Edenhark;;
Lmao, ridiculous. First the Red Dragon boss bow, now a hidden dungeon?
Edenharks honey all along. Come out here, you idiots who said Ahen was meta. Ill slap you.
But probably not a beginner who cleared the hidden dungeon
-To clear it, you need specific conditions, and theyre pretty fucked.
Isnt it Lee Hwarang? He was desperate for that Red Dragon boss bow.
Fr lol, isnt Lee Hwarang still in Edenhark?
Oh yeah. Even with fucked conditions, Lee Hwarang level could clear it lol.
These motherfuckers are pissing me off!
Lee Hwarang hurled his smartphone across the room.
Hed returned to the guild, checking WorldCom dozens of times a day in case news of the Red Dragon boss bow surfaced.
Still no leads, but he couldnt give up on it.
And now this?
He was already fuming, and they were saying he cleared the hidden dungeon?
Like pouring oil on a firewere they trying to troll him now?
It was so infuriating he couldnt read anymore.
Hey, calm down.
Park Jin-hyeok soothed him like it was routine.
Ha... fuck, why does nothing go right?
Park Jin-hyeok shook his head at Lee Hwarang scratching his head in frustration.
Alright, just chill. You know youve been super on edge lately, right?
You think I can not be on edge? Im already pissed, and you want me to happily watch those WorldCom crazies troll me?
Thats why you should stop checking WorldCom and drink this.
What Park Jin-hyeok offered was an iced Americano packed with ice.
Hed gone to a cafe himself for takeout because his friend had been holed up in his room staring at WorldCom without going out.
Nah. You drink it.
Lee Hwarang, who usually loved iced Americanos, was refusing one?
Park Jin-hyeoks face turned serious.
Youre really pissed, huh.
...This is fucking insane.
No, it wasnt.
What wasnt.
Jang Ha-jin showed up out of nowhere with a serious face.
Jeong Hoon, whod come out of the capsule for a break, tilted his head.
The hidden dungeon. Say it wasnt you.
Oh, that? Thought it was something else.
Jeong Hoon chuckled.
Ha-jin responded with an incredulous laugh at his casual attitude.
You bastard. It was you after all.
Why assume its me? They say the conditions for clearing that hidden dungeon are brutal.
The Edenhark hidden dungeon wasnt just hard to findentry itself was locked.
You needed both mana and holy power to even get the quest.
So it wasnt you?
Well, it was, but...
See! I knew it.
That why you came all the way here?
They were at a jjimjilbang.
Hed come for a jjimjilbang date matching his moms day off.
And Ha-jin had chased the hidden dungeon news all the way here.
What a guy.
His mom had gone into the sauna for some heat therapy, leaving Jeong Hoon and Ha-jin alone.
That too, but your hyung has some important news to share.
Important news?
Yeah. Whats your level right now?
101.
Okay... What?!
Ha-jin shot up in shock, yelling.
Drawing stares from the other customers relaxing in the jjimjilbang.
Sorry...
Ha-jin quickly apologized and sat back down.
The embarrassment was all Jeong Hoons.
Why yell like that?
How could I not...? Anyway, howd you hit 101?
Hed heard about the lucky find pushing past 90.
But hitting 101 in such a short time was unbelievable.
New Worlds leveling was tough from the start.
Still, with patience, most could smoothly reach the second job change.
But once you passed 80, it got brutally hard.
The exp needed from 70-80 was triple that of 80-90? Nofrom 70 to 80 vs. 80 to 90 was a 3x difference.
And 90 to 100 was 5x the exp of 80-90.
Every tenth level, the required exp skyrocketed beyond imagination.
Even Ha-jin, who poured most of his time into New World, found level 200 a distant dream.
Which was why rankers at 300-400 were either monsters or insane shut-ins, depending on how you looked at it.
Got some extra elixirs as hidden dungeon rewards.
Oh, elixirs, huh.
Ha-jin nodded, convinced at the mention.
But he couldnt help feeling jealous.
With leveling so harsh, exp-packed elixirs cost astronomical amounts.
Getting them back-to-back meant all the luck was flowing to Jeong Hoonhonestly, it felt unfair.
Jeong Hoon, whod entered two years later, was only 58 levels behind.
Anyway, whats the important news? The second job change event?
What? You already knew?
Yeah. Already prepped.
Jeong Hoon grinned.
Ha-jin, meanwhile, tilted his head in confusion.
The event details arent even out yethowd you prep?
Just a hunch.
...Really?
Ha-jin couldnt laugh it off as nonsense.
Whenever Jeong Hoon spoke so confidently, things always went exactly as he wanted.