Master Taming

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Since the ants that were at the beginning of the underground chamber of the Ant Tunnel were similar to Goblins that were in the Goblin Camping Ground or weaker, Ian, who had grown more since then, had grown more since then, finding them as the perfect opponent to practice his skills. .

You've killed a Giant Ant. You have gained 315 EXP.

Compared to the EXP of hunting in the northern snow mountains, it was a very small amount.

This was because, since they were monsters whose levels were about the same as Ian or lower, the EXP base was low, and he could not use the effects of the 'Master of Hunting' title'.

However, due to the large amount he exterminated while hunting, EXP piled up and piled up, to the point where a decent amount entered.

“Hoho, this is quite fun. ”

Ian was in the midst of finding application methods for the more and more Current Proliferation skills. At first, he used it stupidly like a melee combat skill, but when he developed a trick for it, he, he discovered that he could use it in a method where he predicted the route of the monsters' movements and hit them.

Of course, the predicted difficulty level of the shot is not very high.

However, he felt the need to get used to using the skill remotely to use the Current Proliferation skill more effectively even when he was fighting against stronger enemies.

Ian thought of deliberately making it difficult until his body got used to the skill completely.

'If I spend about two full days working here like this, I might be able to gain 99% EXP. '

Moreover, if he were to use the Latest Proliferation skill while predicting where the ball would fly, he could hit a few more monsters. It feels similar to playing billiards.

If he is lucky, there are situations where one ball bounces off some enemies and hits five or six of them.

Just like the self-proclaimed gaming expert, Ian's skill comprehension level towards the Current Proliferation skill rose rapidly.

And an hour later, he was already completely used to hunting, and even used a fast-moving Ly, to gather Giant Ants from one area to his area.

"Ddukdae, Ice Wave!"

After Ddukdae used Ice Wave, Ian's Proliferation was currently fired on top of that, and with the slowing effects of the two overlapping skills, the Giant Ants became complete slowpokes.

Za-Zap-Za-Za-Zap-z!

If the inherent effects on Ian's weapons were activated and the Ice Wave overlapped, it was to the point where the Giant Ant's feet were practically stuck to the ground.

After the Giant's Ants were generally weakened through AoE attacks, Ly went around, killing the ants one by one, starting with the one with the lowest Health left.

After firing as many Current Proliferation skills as he could until his Spirit Magic was completely depleted, his Spirit Magic fully recovered after a one-group hunt was conducted.

"Yahaha!"

Ian let out an evil laugh out of excitement.

"As expected, the best hunt is a battue!"

It was great to ascend the northern continent for the first time and level up while facing a unit stronger than him, but sweeping such weak monsters over a large area was a perfect stress buster.

'Since I often leveled up, the effectiveness of the Master of Hunting degree would slowly drop once I was over 60 years old as well. '

He had already greatly used the virtue of the title of Master of Hunting, which gave him EXP more enemies he faced that were higher than him.

However, as it became impossible to quickly hunt high-level monsters the higher the level, he needed to slowly change his fighting methods.

"Keu, if only I had an AoE attack based on destructive power, it would be perfect …"

Even now, his hunting speed was quite fast, but lacking for Ian.

This was because the destructive power alone of an actual Current Proliferation skill was not as good.

The power of such a skill used by a Magician around 50 lv, 'Flame Zone', depended on his equipment, but it produced a powerful damage that was close to 2-3 thousand.

Compared to that, even if the Current Proliferation was considered an advanced damage, it only dealt about half the damage of other skills.

The Latest Proliferation Skill felt more like a skill used to tie monster legs together with the Ice Wave Ddukdae.

'If some of AoE's magic skills are dropped on monsters as they crawl around from the effects of overlapping deceleration. '

However, he had no intention of hunting with the Witch.

"I can't do good things for others. '

If that was the case, he would only need to tame monsters that possessed destructive power-based AoE skills.

'Hoho, what should I tame? It would be great if I could use something like the Phoenix of the Flame Highlands as a Familiar. '

However, it was just wishful thinking.

The Phoenix was an incredible monster whose average level was known to be around 160-170.

"I have to catch him sooner or later. '

While Ian was thinking this and that while working hard on the hunt, the Giant Ants on the first floor disappeared without a trace.

"Ly, let's go to the second floor. ”

Grr- Grr-c.

Ian stroked Ly's mane as he moved towards the entrance that descended to the second underground floor.

'The second floor is a little more dangerous because the Ant Striped out, but …'

The Striped Ants were slightly smaller and slightly weaker than the Giant Ants.

However, they had AoE skills that allowed them to fire poison, they were more annoying monsters to hunt.

Ian was not worried.

This was because it was a monster that he had a lot of hunting experience before resetting his character.

"Am I going to die because of them?"

Ian walked down the stairs with confident footsteps.

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At the end of the whole day's hunt, Ian was able to raise his EXP to 99% at level 50.

He had already caught the boss of the Ant Tunnel, the Ant Queen, on the first day, and this was the result after wiping the ants for two days.

"Hue, now my EXP is at 99. 9% now. I really leveled up tight. ”

Ian satisfied.

While hunting, Ddukdae leveled up, and Ly was at lv 51 as well.

And he was in a better mood because the amount of EXP he perfectly calculated came with the final wave.

“Kids, let's go back now. ”

Ian started clearing the hunting grounds to leave the basement.

He started to take out the items from the corpse of the Giant Ant, which collapsed to the ground, and he organized his inventory.

He took down the Bbookbbook, which was on his back, and Jjaekee, whose summoning duration also ended, was recalled.

Ian, who had actually achieved his goal, started moving with light footsteps.

However, at that time.

Bbook-Bbookbbook.

Bbookbbook started crawling somewhere without Ian noticing.

He had found an object that looked very delicious. The place that Bbookbbook was heading to was a pile of Giant Ant eggs stacked in a corner of the basement.

And before long, mysterious system messages begin to appear in Ian's view.

You have destroyed the 'Giant Ant Egg'. Your EXP increased by 36.

You have destroyed the 'Giant Ant Egg'. Your EXP has increased by 32.

"Wha, what is this?"

This was because he was in a situation where his EXP was already close to 99. 9%.

"Ah no!"

And this was a situation where he really could not level up.

“Ti, there's no way I'm leveling up now, right? No, no, no way. ”

However, even though Ian desperately muttered, a powerless system message continued to appear.

“Where did this come from? Why is my EXP up? "

Ian, who desperately looked around, immediately found Bbookbbook, who was eating the eggs of ants.

"Ah no! Bbookbbook, back! ”

Ian screaming. And he desperately opened his mouth.

"Bbookbbook, Release the Calling!"

Yet…

Chomp!

While Bbookbbook was shining a white light, he swallowed the egg of the last ant he held.

You have destroyed the 'Giant Ant Egg'. Your EXP has increased by 45.

And a bright light shone from Ian's center.

You have leveled up. You have reached lv 51.

"…"

Plop.

Ian flopped down on the spot, drained, and Ly stared blankly at Ian's picture.

And before long, Ian, who was staring at reality, shouted.

"Sir …! There is no road!"

Ian yelling.

'Ah, I was too greedy .. I should have stopped hunting by about 98%. '

However, it was the same as trying to return the water he had already spilled.

'Oh, Bbookbbook …'

He wanted to call Bbookbbook again and hit it, but he needed to wait 30 minutes to call back Bbookbbook, which Summon called.

"Euh, Euhh …"

And to be honest, it's weird to say it's a Bbookbbook mistake. In the end, it was Ian's own fault for not being more considerate.

Now, there was only one thing Ian could choose.

"Li. ”

The gr-?

Ly tilted her head when she saw Ian's sad eyes.

Although Ly, who understood Ian's words well, it was a behavior that showed that he could not understand Ian's current feelings.

“Brease for a while. ”

Ian sighed deeply and Summon Released all of his Familiarity.

“Wah ”

And excluding the head ornaments belonging to his account, he took off all the items he used as equipment and put them into his inventory one by one.

In the end, the drastic choice Ian had to make to lower the level was 'suicide'.

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Jinsung, who finished bathing in the bathroom, muttered in a weak voice.

"Heu, so I ended up leaving the house this way. It's dangerous outside the capsule, though … "

It was not the time to pay for the maintenance of his rented room, and there was enough food in the house.

However, when she finally left the house this way, Jinsung was somehow sad.

"Ha, for my first death after resetting to suicide …"

It was a development not even thought of by him.

He was a little annoyed at Bbookbbook, but he also had no reason to blame Bbookbbook. Bbookbbook just wants to eat giant Ant eggs that look delicious.

It wasn't like Jinsung told him that he couldn't eat it either.

"By the way, I'm going to see a female human, so should I put something in my hair at least?"

Jinsung ransacked the drawer and took out the candle.

It was a candle he used once for a university interview and pushed it into a corner.

Since it had been a long time since he had gone to the salon, Ian's hair had grown into a bush, so he needed to roughly clean his hair.

You can call it the minimum etiquette against the first human woman he saw.

Jinsung's good feelings towards Harin were one of the reasons why he thought this way.

'I need to look good to receive more dishes from Harin in the future. '

Those are words that indicate that the focus is not appropriate.

Ian's about done getting ready to get out.

Since he was not so ugly at first, his aura of being a game freak slightly disappeared now that he had shaved and dressed rudely.

"When should I go out?"

Ian lifted his smartphone.

A message from Harin has arrived.

Harin: Ian, I'm out now. See you at the convenience store in front of the back gate!

It's 1:30 in the afternoon.

"Will enough time pass when I finish lunch with Harin and chat in the cafe?"

Less than 3 hours have passed since Ian committed suicide (?).

"Hoo …"

The sigh automatically came.

Since he still had to wait for more than 21 hours until he could enter again, sadness flooded over him.

“I have to overcome this difficulty. ”

Ian, who muttered with a serious expression, sent Harin a message as he walked out the door.

Jinsung: Alright, I am also heading out now. I think it'll take about 10 minutes.

As Jinsung headed to the promised location, he thought about what he would talk to Harin about once he met her.