Master Taming
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The first basement floor of the dungeon has a different configuration than the first floor.
The interesting configuration with many small vacant lots connected by iron gates felt like a dungeon.
The map worked in a system where when all the monsters in a small empty place were caught, the door to the next area would open. Therefore, there was little need to move with consideration in battle compared to the first floor.
The monster level was 1-2 lv higher than the one on the first floor, but Ian could hunt safer.
"Good . As expected, the first inventor buffs like honey! ”
On the EXP that surged relentlessly, to the point where it was difficult for Ian to maintain his composure.
He couldn't get even one useful item despite the item's loot rate multiplying, but he wasn't too sad about it.
Ian repeated battle after battle and slowly went to the deeper end of the underground.
And he found a huge iron gate different from the one before.
"Bbookbbook, looks like there's something special here, right?"
The bbook?
Ian, who was about to open the door like he did before, paused for a moment.
It was because he somehow felt that there would be a Boss-rank monster inside.
'I should occasionally prepare to return before moving. '
Ian was someone who trusted his intuition.
'It's also almost time for Ly Berserk's skill cooldown to finish …'
While Ian was checking the condition of the monsters, he discovered the Bbookbbook Potential had reached 20.
'uh? Why is the potential at 20? '
And after thinking about it for a while, he could figure out the reason.
'Oh, right, he ate the Mandragora yesterday …'
For a moment, he felt regret towards Mandragora, but he quickly forgot about it.
And since the situation was already like this, Ian decided to use the Skill Grant on the Bbookbbook before they opened the door and entered.
“Bbookbbook, come. ”
The bbook?
Bbookbbook crawls to Ian.
Through constant praise and meatball gifts, Bbookbbook is pretty obedient now.
'It would be best if agro skills appeared. '
By agro skills, what he meant was a skill that made all the enemies surrounding the skill castors turn their attention to them forcefully.
It was a skill that you could call a need for a Tanker.
'Although, Bbookbbook's unique appeal is a decent agro skill as well …'
Since the cry of Bbookbbook does not draw attention forcefully, there comes a time when monsters won't even glance at it, no matter how much Bbookbbook shouts and runs around.
Therefore, Ian was eager for agro skills and cast a Skill Grant.
"Give Familiar Skills!"
And as Ian used that skill, a bundle of white light was sucked into the Bbookbbook.
And the system message appears.
You have used the 'Familiar Skills' in 'Bbookbbook'.
20 Potential Bbookbbooks have been consumed.
'The familiar 'Bbookbbook' had acquired the 'Shell Expansion' skill'.
He had indeed used the Skill Grant without much hope, but Ian felt an unknown unease in the name of the skill, which did not seem to be of much use.
And then the skill information appeared.
Shell Expansion
Classification – Active Skills
Skill Rating – Ordinary
Requirement – Can only be called when inside shell
Cooldown Time – None
When in the Shell Expansion state, Vitality and Enduring Power increase by 100%, and become immobile.
* During the duration of Shell Expansion status, it is considered as inanimate.
* When the skill is used again, the Shell Expansion status is released, and the body returns to its original size.
"…"
Ian, who was reading the skill information, had a sad expression.
He really wanted agro skills, but he thought other normal skills would not be that bad.
Realistically, the chances of gaining skills related to development among many other types of skills are not high.
And if a decent skill appeared, he could use it by pulling it with his knuckle innate ability, so he thought it would be of great help in his fighting strength.
However, this Expansion skill could not be summoned due to Ian's body condition, but even if it could be summoned, it would be an even bigger problem.
For Ian, who did not fight by taking punches from his opponent, but preferred an agility-based combat style, dodging and moving quickly to attack weak points, this skill was basically equivalent to a debuff alone.
"Huh…"
Deep sighs left Ian's mouth.
"What is perceived as inanimate objects as well. Is it the same as playing dead? ”
He felt that if Bbookbbook would use Shell Expansion from now on, he would not die wherever Ian threw it.
'Is there nothing like Skill Removal?'
It was impossible for him to have something like that.
To remove Shell Expansion, the only way is to collect the Potential Bbookbbook again and use the Skill Grant for him again.
Ian thought deeply.
'Is there any way to make this Shell Expansion skill useful?'
Ian stared at Bbookbbook with a distant look.
The bbook?
At Bbookbbook's expression that seemed to say he didn't understand the circumstances, Ian felt his strength drain him automatically, but he still hadn't given up.
He wanted to find a way to use Bbookbbook in battle, no matter what.
“Bbookbbook, let's try to use the new skills you learn. ”
Hearing Ian's words, Bbookbbook nodded his head and imparted a skill.
The bbook.
The fact that Bbookbbook listens to commands well can at least be considered a consolation.
"Hm …"
As Bbookbbook uses its skills, the head of Bbookbbook sneaks into its shell first.
And his body slowly became bigger, where the small body became as big as a large shield.
Ian took a long breath.
'That's exactly the size of a round shield. '
However, just then, an idea came to Ian's mind.
Ian's mind started to run hard.
'If Bbookbbook's innate abilities were also invoked, a decent malfunction wouldn't even affect it. It would be perfect if I could use it as a shield. '
Ian, who had finally thought of how to use Bbookbbook, chuckled.
"Now the problem is that the Bbookbbook is too heavy to carry with one hand in its larger state and that my weapons are knuckles that hold two hands …"
The problem was quickly resolved.
Ian smiled wickedly as he approached Bbookbbook.
“Bbookbbook. ”
The bbook?
"How about we piggyback you?"
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“Wah, we finally caught him. ”
Herz threw himself in front of the enormous corpse of Ice Ogre and wiped away the sweat that ran down his forehead.
"Good job, Herz. Now we have reached the minimum requirement to upgrade to the village, right? ”
Hearing Kroban's question, Herz nodded.
“Yes, hyung [1]. Now the area value is 1000. ”
Herz opened the Lotus Base stat window and checked.
Lotus Base's.
Classification: Region
Ranking: Base (Update Requirements Requirements)
Dimension: 3582 m2
Population: 175 people
The Lotus union base.
It was in a dangerous state due to the threat of monsters, thus being economically and culturally isolated.
Rated Region: 1007
Security Score: 12
Economical Value: 7
Technical Score: 4
Cultural Score: (Not yet opened.)
Diplomatic Score: (Unopened.)
When a base was acquired for the first time in Kailran, the rank of the region was marked as the 'base' of the related guild.
The most basic requirement for a village to be maintained was security, and when the dimension of the region reached a certain standard, it was possible to upgrade to a 'Village'. It was a system where whenever higher ranking requirements were met, it was possible to upgrade to a higher level.
Since the territory belonging to the user who had upgraded above the Village did not yet exist, the highest rank known so far after the Village was the next rank of 'Dominion'.
This was because it was currently possible to check to the next rank right after the Village rank.
"Should we increase it now?"
The Lotus Guild mobilized their guild members over the past few days and suppressed the monsters around the resulting territory only meeting the requirements to upgrade to the Village.
"Regional increase!"
Herz, who was checking the information, immediately upgraded the territory, and when he did, a system message appeared before all the guild members at the base.
'Lotus Base' has been upgraded to 'Village Lotus' rank'.
While satisfaction appeared on all their faces, another message appeared.
Guild Master Herz was automatically appointed as the village head of Lotus Village.
Kroban, who saw the message, burst into laughter.
“Haha, what the hell is this, Herz. You are apparently the village chief! Ha ha . ”
Carwin, who was beside her, also looked at Herz with a face that said he almost died of laughter.
“The leader of the village is the head of the village, hyung, what's with it. By the way, the position of the village chief matches that of Herz hyung. ”
Fiolan's coming, too.
“Our guild chief does look a bit old. Ha ha . ”
Herz shook his head.
He occasionally heard that he looked a bit old, but to say he matched the image of a village chief …
“Ah, Fiolan, head head is a bit too much. Even though I look a bit old, it's not like I look like a grandpa with wrinkles and a white beard .. ”
It was a situation that was as if he would soon become sullen if they chose it even a little longer, so Carwin and Fiolan quickly comforted Herz.
"By the way, village chief, what's the next requirement to upgrade to Dominion?"
Hearing Kroban's words that hinted at cheerfulness, Carwin exaggeratedly waved his hand and spoke.
"Ah, hyung, if you keep making fun of him, Herz will become sullen!"
However, as the old saying goes, rather than the punishing mother-in-law, the brother-in-law who interjected beside her hated more, and so on, so Herz glared at Carwin before sighing deeply and opening his mouth as if he were resigning.
“Upgrading to Dominion will be difficult for a while. ”
Fiolan asked.
"Why?"
“First, you must have at least one fundamentally user who has the requirements to become a God, and to become a person, you need at least the title of Baronet. ”
Hearing Herz's words, Carwin muttered with a surprised expression.
"Sial ... To obtain the title of Baronet, you need to do a Kingdom Search, but you might need at least 400,000 Fame to even get a quest. ”
Herz nodded as he replied.
"Religion . 400,000 fame. And you have to be over lv 90 to get the Empire Quest. There might not be many people who could conduct the Imperial Quest right now. At most, maybe about 20-30 people? And at this point, you might be able to count the number of people who received the Baronet title in your five fingers. ”
Hearing those words, Fiolan tilted his head as he asked.
“400.00 Fame is not easy, but are the numbers really that low? I don't think there are a small number of people. ”
“Of course, it might be true if you only see the standard 400,000 Fame. However, you need to be over lv 90 in order to be able to deal with the difficulty level of Empire Quest .. There might be very few users who have over 20,000 Fame and over lv 90. ”
Just because they were high-level higher-ups, didn't mean they all had high FAME. In contrast, the highest level users did not have high fame in comparison.
There are many ways to increase Fame in Kailran, but the most common way is to do many searches.
However, since it was usually more efficient to level up with hunting rather than completing quests, it was not like the highest level user had the highest Fame as well.
However, Kroban, who was listening to their conversation without a word, opened his mouth with a puzzled expression.
"Yo, but haven't people like Blazing Knight Ceilron or Red Flame Magician Remir performed a Kingdom Quest since the way back? And they are some of the highest level users. ”
Hearing those words, Herz smiled bitterly as he replied.
“I'd rather if you made an exception for that monster, hyung. ”
The users Kroban mentioned were well-known users who were ranked in the top five in their respective classes.
There were some users like them who were the highest ranked in their respective classes and also had high fame like monsters, unusual people.
Fiolan nodded and agreed.
"Yes .. Exceptions are always there. ”
[1] hyung \= what younger men refer to as closer and older men
