The Return of the Legendary All-Master-Chapter 317

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]

Chapter 317

- Level: 100

- Class: Dungeon Manager

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It was because that very Oh Jin-Soo held the position of Dungeon Manager.

'This event is a Dungeon Survival. So if I find the Dungeon Manager, I can receive additional benefits.'

Jeong-Hoon had visited this place before and had previously succeeded in lowering the difficulty of a penalty-imposed dungeon.

However, Oh Jin-Soo did not recognize Jeong-Hoon.

“What brings you here?”

He asked with unfocused eyes.

“I’m here to participate in the event.”

“There is currently one active event. Are you referring to the Dungeon Survival event?”

“Yes.”

“I can offer you a special benefit under my authority. Would you like to receive it?”

“Yes.”

As Jeong-Hoon nodded, a message appeared before him.

<1. Reward Upgrade>

<2. Random Unique-Grade Equipment>

<3. Random Stat Increase>

“Please select one option.”

He could choose one of the three benefits.

In this Dungeon Survival, levels, stats, and equipment are all reset.

In other words, no matter how high one’s level is, entering Survival Mode fixes it at Level 100, and all stats are set to 100 as well.

Additionally, skills are limited to seven, meaning participants must register seven skills before starting.

As for equipment, only the default Epic-grade gear is provided.

However, with the special benefit, starting with Unique-grade equipment offers a significant advantage.

Of course, Jeong-Hoon had no intention of choosing the Unique-grade equipment.

The same applied to the stat increase.

He hadn’t come this far just to boost his stats.

“I’ll upgrade the reward.”

What Jeong-Hoon wanted was the reward upgrade.

“Understood. By upgrading the reward, your final result’s reward will increase by 1.5 times.”

A 1.5x increase in the result-based reward.

Even if he survived by chance, if his final performance was poor, that 1.5x boost wouldn’t mean much.

But if he managed to secure a good reward, things would be different.

'That reward multiplied by 1.5...'

Before his regression, Jeong-Hoon had participated in the Survival event.

His skills had been so lacking that even surviving was uncertain, yet he entered the event driven solely by his desire for revenge against his mother’s killers.

Securing a top-tier ranking to obtain powerful rewards — that was his sole motivation, and despite being pushed to the brink of death multiple times, Jeong-Hoon refused to give up and kept trying.

As a result, he had managed to secure a mid-tier reward.

'This time, I’ll make sure to obtain a top-tier reward.'

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[The Dungeon Survival will begin shortly.]

[Dungeon Survival is starting. Forming a random group of 2,000 participants.]

[Select your desired area.]

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[Entering Area F-9.]

[Survive until the time limit expires.]

The area Jeong-hoon selected was called F-9.

It was an abandoned factory, and along with Jeong-hoon, 20 other players appeared in the area.

Since participants were gathered from around the world, all the players had different nationalities.

“Let’s hide for now.”

Jeong-hoon took cover with Jang Dae-hwi behind a pile of discarded drum cans that filled the abandoned factory.

“Hun, do we have to kill those people?”

“No. It’s a bit different.”

“Different?”

“Yes.”

For players familiar with New World, Survival was a well-known event.

It had been used frequently in various events.

However, this Survival had a different structure than the previous ones.

Past Survival events were about competition between players, but this one was focused on survival.

Even if you were the last one standing, it wouldn’t end — you had to survive until the time limit expired to make it out alive.

[If you kill a player, your points will decrease, and you will receive a penalty.]

And since penalties were applied for killing players, the focus was solely on surviving.

“So... that means those people are allies?”

Jang Dae-hwi looked confused.

If there was no need to compete with other players, was there really any reason to hide?

“You can’t assume everyone’s an ally.”

“Huh?”

“The Incarnations will attack us.”

That penalty —

Ironically, it didn’t apply to Incarnations.

On the contrary, they could even receive rewards from Transcendents for killing humans.

Additionally, since many Incarnations were betting on whether the number of survivors would be over or under 100, they were even more eager to kill players.

“Urgh!”

As expected, the moment the Survival event began, screams echoed throughout the area.

An Incarnation had just killed an innocent human.

“D-damn it…”

Jang Dae-hwi cursed under his breath, his face pale.

“There are quite a few Incarnations.”

Among those who had entered Area F-9, 80% were Incarnations.

After confirming their identities to each other, they mercilessly killed any humans who weren’t Incarnations.

“Are there any more humans?”

“No. Two of them went inside there.”

Their next targets were Jeong-hoon and Jang Dae-hwi, who were hiding in the abandoned factory.

As the Incarnations entered the factory, Jang Dae-hwi anxiously looked at Jeong-hoon.

“Wh-what do we do now?”

“What do you mean? Time to start the broadcast.”

“Broadcast?”

“Yes, from now on, I’ll be streaming the event strategy.”

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]