The Return of the Legendary All-Master

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]

Chapter 348

[You have acquired one of the Seven Deadly Sins: Envy.]

The fifth sin was Envy.

[You are cursed.]

[You are cursed.]

[You are cursed.]

It’s been a while since I’ve been cursed.

Jeong-hoon easily dispelled the curse and checked the next sin box.

[You have acquired one of the Seven Deadly Sins: Greed.]

And the sixth sin was Greed.

Likewise, a curse was inflicted, but Jeong-hoon effortlessly dispelled it.

With this, six of the seven deadly sins had been gathered.

"Is there any reaction?"

Jeong-hoon summoned the Seven Deadly Sins.

In front of him appeared the once-small childlike being, now transformed into a sturdy man standing nearly six feet tall.

With the seal further lifted, he had nearly regained his original form.

"Keh, now there’s only one left!"

The Seven Deadly Sins touched his own body, reveling in the joy.

"The divine relic."

Jeong-hoon said with a faint smile.

At that smile, the Seven Deadly Sins cleared his throat and turned his gaze away.

"Khm… My powers haven’t fully recovered yet. Maybe once the last one is gathered, I’ll be able to bring it out?"

"Oh, really?"

Jeong-hoon fiddled with the Goblet of the Void as if disappointed.

<Just smash that thing already.>

"I was planning to anyway."

"W-Wait!"

As Jeong-hoon was about to use the Goblet of the Void, the Seven Deadly Sins hurriedly dropped to his knees.

"Hm? Why? Weren’t you planning to keep it from me?"

"No! I think I lost my mind for a moment!"

"Then bring it out."

"O-Okay!"

Perhaps realizing that hiding it any longer would bring serious consequences, he obediently brought out the divine relic.

Unlike the Goblet of the Void, this relic was an old scroll.

"This is the divine relic you stole?"

"I didn’t exactly steal it……."

"You’re saying you didn’t steal it?"

"Yeah. I was directly granted this one."

Jeong-hoon couldn’t help but tilt his head.

When he had spoken with Abaddon, that guy said the Seven Deadly Sins had stolen the divine relic.

So Jeong-hoon assumed Abaddon was targeting him to retrieve that relic.

But in truth, it wasn’t stolen—it had been bestowed?

<What nonsense. Those of the God status can’t possess more than one divine relic.>

"What are you anyway, and why do you keep butting in?"

The Seven Deadly Sins glared at Tenebris.

<Oh? This bastard still doesn’t know his place? Baal.>

<Yes!>

<Fix that arrogant brat’s attitude.>

<Me…?>

<Then who else here is going to do it besides you?>

<Uhm…>

Baal reluctantly stepped forward in front of the Seven Deadly Sins.

"What are you, exactly?"

<I am the Archduke Baal.>

"Ha, since when did a punk of an Archduke dare stand straight in front of me?"

With six sins gathered, the Seven Deadly Sins had recovered most of his memories.

He remembered that he was a transcendent who once sat on the throne of the Gods, so it was only natural that Baal before him seemed laughable.

<Khm…>

<Hey, Baal. I was the Named, wasn’t I?>

<……>

This was enough to drive someone mad.

That damned bastard.

Baal ground his teeth in silence and glared at the Seven Deadly Sins.

"Oh? Look at the fire in your eyes."

<…Why aren’t you showing proper respect?>

"What?"

<That one is the Named. Is it really alright to act so rudely?>

"So what? Master, can I beat this bastard down?"

The Seven Deadly Sins turned his gaze to Jeong-hoon.

But Jeong-hoon, preoccupied with the divine relic, didn’t even glance in their direction.

"So that’s permission?"

<What permission! He didn’t say anything just now!>

"So what? If I say that’s what it means, then it is."

The Seven Deadly Sins approached Baal with a devilish smile.

"Hey, Seven Deadly Sins."

"Mm, did you call me?"

However, at Jeong-hoon’s voice, the Seven Deadly Sins beamed and ran to him.

<I-I’m saved…>

Baal let out a sigh of relief.

<Tch tch, and this coward wants to sit on God's throne?>

<Why do you keep making me do this…? You could just handle him yourself.>

<Hey, I already got drained of all my power by that guy. How am I supposed to smack him around?>

<And yet somehow I can?>

<You should be able to. What are you afraid of, when he even bit the master he once served?>

<That’s…>

<Pathetic. I’m severely disappointed.>

Tenebris clicked his tongue and turned away.

And Baal spat at his back.

* * *

Unlike Abaddon and Mal, the Seven Deadly Sins received a divine relic directly from the Named.

That Named was none other than Psyche.

Normally, a God-class being can only possess one divine relic, but she made an exception and granted the Seven Deadly Sins one more.

‘I was kind of a big deal, apparently.’

Originally, the Seven Deadly Sins was a God ranked just beneath the Named, and he ruled over the 1st to 5th Demon Realms.

‘Since I was the top among the Gods, I asked for an extra relic.’

That’s how he came to be granted an additional divine relic, which turned out to be the very one Jeong-hoon was holding—the Scroll of Heaven’s Retribution.

“I think I get why that guy was after this.”

Scroll of Heaven’s Retribution.

With this, the drawbacks of the Chalice of the Void can be completely neutralized.

According to the Seven Deadly Sins, the Scroll of Heaven’s Retribution is incredibly powerful when it comes to overturning situations.

It can record and seal the opponent’s abilities, and through something called Karmic Imprint, it accumulates a count.

Once that count reaches a certain threshold, it delivers punishment to the target.

“Right? With this, dealing with that guy shouldn’t be too hard!”

“But then, why were you sealed?”

“Huh?”

“You said you were granted a divine relic. Then you would’ve had two at the time.”

If he had just used the Scroll of Heaven’s Retribution properly, there’s no way he would have lost to Escanon.

Even more absurd is that a transcendent who ruled over the 1st to 5th Demon Realms was sealed by someone like Escanon.

“Logos intervened.”

“Logos?”

One of Jeong-hoon’s eyebrows rose.

“Yeah, that bastard got involved, and I was sealed before I could even fight back.”

A detail never shown in the episodes.

Who would have guessed that the Seven Deadly Sins was sealed in such a way?

Now it made sense why he still had the divine relic.

“Then why wasn’t it taken from you?”

“I don’t know either.”

“…Really?”

Even if Escanon didn’t know, Abaddon was aware of the relic’s existence.

Would Logos really not have known about a divine relic that even Abaddon did?

There must be another reason.

Otherwise, the Seven Deadly Sins wouldn’t have been able to hide the relic all this time.

“Sorry. I think I’ll remember more once the seal is completely broken.”

“It’s fine. That much is enough.”

In any case, what matters now is being recognized by the scroll.

Currently, the scroll was empty.

Because the Seven Deadly Sins had severed the connection, it was without a master.

[Will you take the trial of the ‘Scroll of Heaven’s Retribution’?]

Just like with the Chalice of the Void, only by passing the trial can one become the relic’s owner.

“Yeah.”

* * *

At that moment.

“This doesn’t make any sense……”

Harpheal, the Ultimate Guide, couldn’t hide her shock as she looked at the human before her.

Not only had he proven his Ultimate Power, but he also gathered materials, replicated Perlis, and even hunted with puppets.

On top of that, he cleared the final third stage in a sweeping charge.

And he completed the entire process in less than three hours.

Not just one of them—several did.

‘What is this… the difficulty’s gotten weirdly low.’

The first human from Earth to visit this Hall.

Though it took ages for them to obtain the Ultimate Power, each challenge was known for its extreme difficulty.

But those who came afterward undertook quests that were absurdly easy in comparison.

‘I’m the administrator, and I don’t even have permission to make changes……?’

What was absurd was that even when she tried to restore the difficulty to its original state, she was repeatedly denied access due to lack of authority.

“Hyung-nim! What are you doing finishing after me?”

“Haha… When did you finish?”

“I told you, thirty minutes ago!”

“Hey, I was just taking my time. If I’d rushed, I would’ve been faster than you.”

“Heh, so what’s the result now?”

“…Yeah, fine. You win.”

These damn punks.

They’re the type who should’ve been groaning and giving up at stage one, and yet here they are, bragging like it’s nothing.

“Alright then, we finished the quest, so hand over the power.”

Bong-Goo smirked and held out his hand.

“You little bastard……”

“Huh? We passed all the tests you gave us, so why are you cursing? You want to die?”

“Fine… let’s see you try to kill me!”

“Wow, this one’s completely insane.”

Bong-Goo, as if he had been waiting, drew a dagger.

Bang!

At that moment, a gunshot rang out, and both Harpheal and Bong-Goo turned their eyes to the side.

Standing there was Jeong-hoon’s mother, Lee Na-Yeon.

Just before the two could clash, she had aimed her gun at the ceiling and pulled the trigger to stop them.

“Bong-Goo, stop.”

“Yes, ma’am! I’m sorry!”

At Lee Na-Yeon’s words, Bong-Goo quickly stepped back.

“We’ve successfully completed the test you presented. Now, please grant us the power.”

“…Understood.”

Harpheal tightly shut her eyes.

No matter what, they had passed the trials she gave them.

And yet she had tried to strike them simply because she didn’t want to acknowledge it.

‘How disgraceful.’

Harpheal willingly released the power to them.

[You are now accepting a new power.]

\[You have reached the Ultimate.]

Upon reaching the Ultimate, the job rank was upgraded from Celestial to Ultimate.

“You have ascended to the realm of the Ultimate. With this, my role is… guh!”

Smack!

Harpheal couldn’t finish her sentence.

With the sound of something shattering, her body was flung backward.

“Hooh, this is actually pretty nice.”

Bong-Goo, having tested a skill on Harpheal, flashed a satisfied smile and quickly fled the Hall.

“Wow… that’s so Kim Bong-Goo.”

Ha-Jin clicked his tongue at Bong-Goo’s brazen behavior and followed him.

“I’ll apologize on his behalf.”

Lee Na-Yeon offered an apology to Harpheal and left the Hall with Yeo Sunwoo and Yeo Min-Ji.

Left alone, Harpheal stared blankly at the ceiling.

“What the hell just happened… did that creature just hit me?”

What an absurd situation.

Harpheal’s face slowly twisted in frustration.

“Fine, go ahead and struggle all you want. It won’t stop the destruction anyway.”

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Code revised.

Afterward, one of the 100% episode conditions was fulfilled.

The seal of one of the Seven Deadly Sins was lifted, and two Divine Relics were acquired.

All of this was achieved before the third Annihilation began.

“Everyone’s grown a lot.”

Jeong-Hoon observed the people moving around outside the window.

All of their levels had surpassed 500.

Naturally so, as dungeon levels had dropped and the maximum amount of experience points could now be gained.

In other words, as their levels rose, subjugations became faster, accelerating their leveling speed.

Some among them had even acquired Celestial Power.

With free passes for class advancement quests, eased supply of Celestial Energy, and drastically lowered quest difficulty—

—that made reaching Celestial Power possible.

At this rate, the rest of them would likely reach the Celestial realm as well.

\<Not that it’ll help stop the Annihilation.>

Tenebris gave a cold assessment.

“I know.”

Of course, Jeong-Hoon agreed as well.

James Marcus, who couldn’t even stop the second Annihilation, had handed over the responsibility to Jeong-Hoon.

Yet even that second Annihilation paled in comparison to the third.

The second Annihilation had been orchestrated by Escanon, but the third would be commanded by the Named one directly.

‘What in the world is the third Annihilation?’

With no information, the best course now was to prepare.

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]