The Return of the Legendary All-Master

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]

Chapter 302

Jeong-hoon began strengthening Anima using the Celestial Enhancement Stones.

[Enhancement failed.]

[Enhancement attempts are not deducted.]

But he failed right from the first attempt.

‘It’s a 50% chance…’

Not a good sign.

Jeong-hoon attempted the enhancement again using another Celestial Enhancement Stone.

[Enhancement failed.]

[Enhancement attempts are not deducted.]

A 50% chance, yet he had already failed twice.

It would be nice if luck applied to enhancements too.

In a way, enhancement was a gamble.

If luck didn’t intervene, there was no success in enhancement.

But that damn luck potion didn’t apply to enhancements.

Because of that system, he had no choice but to rely purely on the enhancement probability.

[Enhancement succeeded.]

And finally, he succeeded on the third attempt.

‘Ugh, finally worked.’

Anima let out a sigh of relief.

[Aaagh! Fuck, if the third one had failed too, it would have been my turn!]

It was Mukho grumbling beside him.

When Jeong-hoon failed twice in a row, Mukho was ready to say that if the third attempt also failed, Anima was just unlucky, and Jeong-hoon should switch to him instead.

But since the third one succeeded, Mukho’s plan went up in smoke.

[Enhancement succeeded.]

A second success, solidifying the result.

[Enhancement succeeded.]

Then a third success followed.

With consecutive successes, Mukho fell silent, while Jeong-hoon’s lips curled into a smirk.

“So it really is 50%.”

If things continued smoothly, he would be able to max out both Anima and Mukho.

Jeong-hoon kept using the enhancement stones.

Though there were many failures along the way, fortunately, he managed to finish in 39 attempts.

‘Heh… It’s done. One step higher now.’

Anima couldn’t hide its joy.

[Damn it, that bastard ate up 39 of them, and now I… I!]

Mukho screamed in frustration.

“Well then, shall we try Mukho next?”

There were 37 enhancement stones left.

If the 50% chance played out well, Mukho could also be fully enhanced.

If not, he would at least reach a high level.

And if he was unlucky, he wouldn’t even get close.

[Ha… This is pissing me off.]

“Then, should I do you later?”

[I’m so happy right now! Let’s start quickly!]

* * *

Fortunately, Mukho was able to reach full enhancement on the 35th attempt.

[Hahaha! See! I told you I have better luck!]

Mukho, who had been silent throughout the enhancement process, burst into laughter.

That guy.

He must have been pretty nervous.

‘Tsk, I get it, so shut up. You’re giving me a headache.’

[I almost couldn’t upgrade because of some unlucky bastard. How could I stay quiet?]

‘Are you taking a shot at me right now?’

[Yeah. You. You damn bastard.]

Jeong-hoon rubbed his forehead as if exhausted.

At that, the two, who looked ready to start a fight, immediately clamped their mouths shut.

“……If either of you said one more word, I wouldn’t have upgraded you.”

[I was wrong…….]

‘Sorry. I was being clueless.’

As long as they understood.

Jeong-hoon took out the Ultimate Star, which he had carefully stored in his inventory.

Three Ultimate Stars obtained from his bet with Baal.

Unfortunately, he could only use two, but that was still more than enough.

[Ultimate Star]

A powerful force imbued with ultimate strength.

Can upgrade Celestial (fully enhanced) equipment. (Success rate 100%)

It was time to add Ultimate-tier equipment.

The process was simple.

By tapping the Ultimate Star, a holographic equipment slot would appear above it.

Selecting the desired equipment in that slot would activate the upgrade.

Jeong-hoon chose Mukho first.

[Would you like to use the ‘Ultimate Star’ on Mukho to upgrade it?]

Upgrade.

The Ultimate Star shone brightly and merged into Mukho.

[Mukho’s rank has increased from ‘Celestial’ to ‘Ultimate.’]

Success.

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[Mukho]

- Type: Armor

- Rank: Ultimate (U)

- Defense: ? (Adjusted to 5x the wearer’s level)

- Evasion Rate: ? (Adjusted to 5x the wearer’s level)

- Physical Damage Reduction: 50%

- Magic Damage Reduction: 50%

- Remaining Durability: 100% (Durability automatically recovers.)

- Special Ability (1): Increases debuff resistance by 50% when worn.

- Special Ability (2): Low chance to reflect melee attacks (3%) when worn.

- Special Ability (3): [Passive: Cooldown Reduction] automatically activates when worn.

- Special Ability (4): [Active: Vajra Indestructibility] can be used.

- Shadow Option (1): Can be configured.

===

The Ultimate-tier Mukho.

And then, a change occurred.

The Armor emitted a dark glow, and a young man suddenly appeared as a hologram in front of Jeong-hoon.

‘Wow! He finally appeared!’

A handsome man with sharp features and long black hair flowing down to his waist.

The voice coming from his mouth was incredibly familiar.

‘No way… is that Mukho?’

Jeong-hoon spoke to him internally.

The man—no, Mukho—grinned.

‘Yeah! This is my true form!’

Mukho then pounded his chest with a proud expression.

He even spun around in place.

Jeong-hoon let out a short exclamation of admiration.

So Mukho’s true form appears now that he has reached Ultimate?

That said, Mukho’s performance hadn’t diminished in any way.

Moreover, only Jeong-hoon, who was wearing the armor, could see Mukho’s true form.

‘So, did you gain any abilities?’

‘Hmm? No, not really.’

‘Oh, really?’

That was a bit disappointing.

‘But a lot of memories have come back.’

‘Memories?’

Jeong-hoon’s eyes gleamed.

Memories.

The only thing Mukho, trapped within the armor, had remembered was being with Siegfried.

But after Siegfried lost the bet against Baal, the memories had been cut off.

If many memories had returned, that meant there was a chance to obtain information about the already-destroyed world.

That alone was an invaluable gain.

‘Yeah. I’m not sure where to start… So much just came flooding back, and my mind’s a mess. Can you give me a moment?’

‘Sure. Take your time to sort things out.’

‘Thanks.’

Mukho nodded.

‘Anima, while Mukho organizes his thoughts, I’ll upgrade you.’

‘…I thought I was being completely ignored.’

Anima let out a sigh of relief.

It had been silent, unable to find an opening to speak, and had been internally agonizing over whether Jeong-hoon might forget to use the Ultimate Star.

“Alright, let’s begin.”

Now, it was Anima’s turn to be upgraded.

[Would you like to use the ‘Ultimate Star’ on the Dragon Anima Main Bow to upgrade it?]

Upgrade.

Just like with Mukho, the Ultimate Star shone and then merged into the Dragon Anima Main Bow.

[The grade of the Dragon Anima Main Bow has risen from ‘Celestial’ to ‘Ultimate.’]

Success.

===

[Dragon Anima Main Bow]

- Type: Bow

- Grade: Ultimate

- Attack Power: ? (Adjusted to the wielder’s level) (5x multiplier applied)

- Critical Rate: 45 ~ 50%

- Damage reduction from level difference is decreased.

- Remaining Durability: 100%

- Special Ability (1): Infinite generation of magic arrows. (Magic arrow damage increased by 60%)

- Special Ability (2): When an arrow hits, there is a low chance to apply a random debuff. (Debuff chance slightly increased)

- Special Ability (3): [Passive: Black Flame] activates at a random chance. (25%)

- Special Ability (4): [Passive: Dragon Void] activates at a random chance. (30%)

- Shadow Option (1): Can be configured

===

This was truly an insane set of options.

And just like Mukho, a change also occurred in Anima.

‘…What is all this overwhelming flood of memories?’

The Ancient Dragon Anima.

Anima, who had become a soul bound to a weapon, had only retained a few fragmented memories.

But after being upgraded to Ultimate, the past memories began pouring in all at once.

‘Anima, let me ask you one thing.’

‘…Speak.’

‘Did you and Mukho exist in the same dimension?’

‘No. That is not the case.’

‘I see. Then let’s continue the conversation once you’ve organized your thoughts.’

Leaving behind the deep-in-thought Mukho and Anima, Jeong-hoon turned around.

“Have you all made your decisions?”

At Jeong-hoon’s question, everyone shook their heads.

Among them, Yeo Sunwoo was the first to speak.

“No matter how much I think about it, I’m not sure what choice would be the most beneficial.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. If I upgrade the skills that are my main combat techniques… I don’t know if I’ll be able to get as much efficiency out of it as upgrading an item.”

Now that he had surpassed Level 500, he could advance to his next class.

Unlike Jeong-hoon, who was a Martial Sovereign, advancing to the next class would allow him to acquire a variety of new skills.

“Then, let’s go with upgrading your weapon.”

“Hmm… The enhancement level is just too low for that.”

A legendary-grade piece of equipment obtained through a fortunate encounter.

However, since its enhancement level was still at 0, upgrading it right away felt wasteful.

Even if it could be upgraded to Celestial, the real problem would come afterward.

The fact that it couldn’t be further enhanced.

It seemed far more efficient to upgrade skills to increase levels instead.

“Then let’s proceed with enhancement first and then upgrade. That seems like the better option.”

“Enhancing legendary equipment isn’t easy…”

“I’ll do it for you.”

“…What?”

Jeong-hoon grinned.

If enhancing legendary equipment was the issue, he could take care of that.

‘I should have paid more attention to this.’

He felt a bit guilty.

Even though he had a skill that allowed him to enhance legendary equipment, he had been too busy to focus on everyone’s gear.

“Since we have plenty of enhancement stones, I’ll handle the enhancement.”

Through this fortunate encounter, Jeong-hoon had increased the success rate of legendary enhancements to a staggering 80%.

That meant about 8 out of 10 attempts would succeed.

76 legendary enhancement stones obtained through Rigriner.

And 50 more he had pre-purchased from an NPC in reality.

A total of 126.

“Th-Then… would it be okay to ask for your help?”

“Of course.”

Jeong-hoon smiled and received the legendary-grade badge from Yeo Sunwoo.

It wasn’t a weapon, but a badge that significantly boosted all stats.

A fortunate acquisition after arriving in Darvis.

‘It’d be great if I could finish this within 30 stones.’

The number of enhancement stones was a bit tight to fully enhance everyone’s gear.

So he needed to succeed as much as possible.

[Enhancement successful.]

As expected of an 80% success rate, he succeeded multiple times in a row, with only occasional failures.

With just 25 stones, the badge reached full enhancement.

“Here, it’s fully enhanced.”

“T-This fast?”

Yeo Sunwoo accepted the badge with a dazed expression.

“Yes. Now you don’t have to worry anymore, right?”

“Th-Thank you!”

“You’re welcome. Now, Mother, please hand me yours too.”

“Me too?”

“Yes. Especially for you, Mother, a weapon is more important than skills.”

“Then… I’ll leave it to you?”

“Of course.”

Jeong-hoon smiled.

* * *

Fortunately, luck was on their side, and he was able to fully enhance everyone’s equipment.

Now, they could select their gear without hesitation and complete an upgrade.

“Wow… I never thought I’d be able to use fully enhanced Celestial equipment.”

“This is seriously insane.”

Everyone seemed extremely satisfied with this unexpected fortune.

Jeong-hoon smiled and said,

"Alright, next, we’re heading to the Demon Realm. But before that, I’d like us to take a short break."

Entering the Demon Realm was by no means an easy task.

It was because of the trial, infamous for its extreme difficulty.

So, they would fully recover the stamina they had depleted while traveling to the City of Enhancement before taking on the challenge.

"That sounds like a good idea."

Yeo Min-Ji readily agreed.

"Alright. Then we’ll rest before moving out."

Of course, Jeong-hoon had no intention of simply resting.

Mukho and Anima were both deep in thought.

He would gather information from them about the destroyed world.

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]