stonecrandall Chapter 352
Chapter 352
Side. SS-grade Holder Do Jae-hyun (Side Story Complete)
The international Holder world stood at a crossroads of change.
The clearing of
And the meteoric rise of Do Jae-hyun.
As a result, voices for change poured out towards the stagnant Holder community and academia.
Among them, the two most representative arguments were:
– The ranks of monsters should be adjusted.
– Also, the Holder ranking system should be changed.
The former was already being realized to some extent with the establishment of SS-grade monsters.
However, the latter was a somewhat sensitive discussion as it involved major changes to the existing ranking system.
Nevertheless, the tide of change showed no signs of stopping.
The reason was simple.
There had always been huge skill gaps even within the same Holder ranks, and there were often cases where different ranks had similar abilities.
Most Holders agreed that the Holder ranking system needed to change.
And finally, the long-standing discussion produced an answer.
– Holder ranking system to change!
– E-grade Holders to be eliminated, all personnel to be promoted to D-grade Holders.
– New AA-grade to be established within A-grade Holders...
– Additionally, new highest SS-grade to be established...!!
Problematic ranks were deleted or modified, and new ranks were created.
While Holders were all interested in the new system, what really caught their attention was something else.
SS-grade Holder.
The highest rank ever, never before seen.
Who would be the Holder to claim this rank?
It was a matter of utmost interest that the whole world was watching.
...And.
Soon after, the results were announced.
– Do Jae-hyun selected as world’s first SS-grade Holder!
– International Holder Association President Bill Clark: “It was a unanimous decision by S-grade Holders worldwide.”
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– Liam Hendricks likely to be next SS-grade Holder...
– Fact proven once again through Do Jae-hyun, ‘For rune Holders, runes are more important than stats.’
Perhaps a result everyone had anticipated.
Due to the series of shocking battles he had shown, there had been ongoing discussions, but it was finally settled with the clearing of
Should it have been Hendricks?
Or should it have been Do Jae-hyun?
Such questions were once topics of debate, but when Hendricks declared, ‘Jae-hyun surpassed me long ago’, the debate was quickly dismissed.
SS-grade Holder Do Jae-hyun.
It was exactly six months before his graduation from the academy.
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“Congratulations, Master!”
“Jae-hyun, congratulations.”
“You’re so amazing today!!”
A party was held at the clan tower.
The occasion was, of course, my ‘promotion to SS-grade holder’.
SS-grade.
A Holder rank that had never appeared before, not just in Korea but worldwide.
I achieved this less than three years after becoming a Holder.
Both as an individual-
And from the perspective of Korea and the domestic Holder Association.
Even from the academy’s standpoint, which still considers me a student, it was an incredible achievement.
Our clan is now a clan that has produced an SS-grade Holder.
The morale of the clan members hosting the party was at an all-time high.
Among my possessed runes, there was a Transcendent rune besides the dragon-related ones.
[Darkness-Devouring Sword].
The rune I replicated after defeating Hwang Seong-yeon.
Even considering it was a Legendary rune, I thought its performance was exceptionally good, and it seems it wasn’t an ordinary rune after all.
It seems the description of ‘Absolute Being Eldrain’ that appeared in the rune information is the part related to Transcendents.
“As for the skills and effects... Well, they’re overpowered beyond words-.”
There’s no need to recite each one.
[Transcendent’s Resistance] that creates an immune state or [Marvelous Mimicry] that creates a doppelganger.
Just reading the description gives a sense of how overpowered these effects are.
I was even more excited because it seemed the utilization could vary infinitely depending on how it’s used.
The special effects of increasing durability and magical power, and amplifying challenge achievements were the same.
Instead of ultimate skills or Myth-grade sacred objects, other effects provided solid support.
Above all-.
“The Transcendent’s Room. I’ll have to keep finding them from now on.”
I was planning to keep clearing them anyway, but now there’s one more reason.
The growth of the rune is only achieved through clearing
This is practically the system pushing me to keep finding dungeons.
It’s showing an absurd performance even at Level 3 now, so I couldn’t imagine what effects it would show as it continues to grow.
And one more thing.
[The equipment imbued with the power of great beings are shining together. If you find more equipment, new abilities might appear.]
[*Currently possessed great equipment
-Mystical Dragon Boots
-Mystical Dragon Shoulder
-Mystical Dragon Helm
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[*Currently manifesting effect: Master of Mystical Energy (Intimidation rune exerts Max level effect.)]
The information window that appeared after acquiring [Mystical Dragon Helm] as an item reward for clearing
It was a kind of set item effect.
I had heard about a Holder who found a set effect by collecting 5 rare items before, but this was the first time I saw such an effect with Legendary items.
No, this might be a world first, not just for Legendary but even for Epic-grade set effects.
To further increase this effect, clearing
“There won’t be any dull moments.”
I smiled and clenched my fist.
After being promoted to SS-grade Holder, my slightly loosened mindset was newly tightened.
My precious family and beloved partners.
The
Even the contractors and equipment I’ve fought alongside so far-.
At the point where I thought it was the end, new stories appeared.
In places I thought were closed, new people came in and filled the spaces.
“I must keep moving forward.”
So...
From now on.
My journey will continue.
Until the moment I can truly say – This is really the end!
Well, by the time all of that ends.
Maybe I’ll even become something like an SSS-grade Holder?
With that thought, I smiled to myself and moved my steps.
Today was the day of the academy’s opening ceremony.
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