Taming Master Chapter 77:
Chapter 77: Ancient Summoner (2)
TL: Haku
Editor: Hungry Panda
“Herz, buy me 15 more seconds!”
Whooong-!
Fiolan started casting ‘Frozen Hell’, the highest-ranking ice magic skill amongst the skills she was mastering .
As she did so, with her staff as the centre, a bright blue chill drew a large arc and began to be sucked in .
And Herz blocked the dungeon’s boss monster, the ‘Forlan Giant’, which was headed towards her .
Bang-!
Along with a boom, the giant’s club struck Herz’s shield .
And although he succeeded in blocking it properly, Herz’s body was pushed back 1 meter .
Even from looking at it, it was a tremendous destructive power .
After checking his Vitality gauge, Herz’s complexion slightly darkened .
“Euh, that might be pushing it a little . ”
He clenched his teeth as he watched his blinking Vitality .
If he allowed just one more hit like this, his Vitality would hit the floor .
Fiolan shouted with an urgent voice .
“Just 7 more seconds now . If this attack just explodes properly, I think we’ll be able to catch it!”
Herz was momentarily conflicted .
‘If I dodge this attack here right now, Fiolan’s magic will be cancelled, and then clearing the dungeon would have gone down the drain anyways…’
The time limit was the problem .
If it was a normal situation, it would have been right to back off one tempo, but because there wasn’t even 1 minute left until the time limit was over, they would have failed to clear the dungeon anyways if they missed this chance .
‘Let’s try to hold out . If I die, well, then I’ll have 24 hours to rest . ’
And at that moment, the giant’s club rushed towards Herz once again .
Swaaeeek-!
A blow accompanied by a sound that was terrifying just from what could be heard exploded .
Herz calmly checked the route of the club that was flying towards him and lined his shield up .
Users who didn’t know much about Kailran often said that the ‘Knight’ class didn’t need a lot of control, but that wasn’t the truth .
To calculate the angle of which the opponent’s attack was rushing at, its destructive power, etc . and minimize the amount of damage was a high degree of skill that demanded an incredibly detailed control .
And depending on the level of that control, the amount of damage received was different by the thousands even if it was the same attack .
Because of that, Herz focused all of his mind for this moment unlike any other time before .
Baang-!
Along with another large boom, Herz’s body was pushed back .
And Herz’s expression brightened shortly after .
‘I survived!’
He survived with barely 1500 Vitality, but his leftover Vitality didn’t matter anyways .
After Herz threw his body and escaped the giant’s attack range, he turned his gaze towards Fiolan . As he predicted, a large chilly whirlpool was beginning to erupt from Fiolan’s staff .
While Herz was blocking the giant’s attack, the casting for the magic skill was completed .
And her magic attack spread forward .
Ba- Ba- Bang-!
“Okay!”
The chilly beam that shot out lodged exactly into the giant’s body .
The giant wavered and within that time, Fiolan quickly shot out low-rank magic attacks that had a short casting time continuously .
Pung-!
Fiolan held her breath .
It was an attack done with her whole body, as she had poured out all of her Mana .
If this monster died with this attack, then they finally would have cleared the dungeon . And it seemed as though the two people’s desperation went through, as the body of the boss monster, the ‘Forlan Giant’, slowly started to collapse .
They had succeeded in cutting down all of the monster’s Vitality .
Thu- Thu- Thu- Thud-
As the gigantic monster collapsed, the whole dungeon vibrated greatly .
And in front of it, Herz and Fiolan breathed heavily .
“Whew, we finally cleared it, Fiolan . ”
“No kidding . How much time did we have left before the time limit was up?”
“I wonder . Won’t we know if we check the result window?”
And shortly after, the result window that notified the two that the dungeon was cleared popped up in front of their eyes .
Ring- .
Grave of the Forlan Hero
Time Limit – 00:50:00
Clear Time – 00:49:43
Clear Rank – D
Obtained EXP – 3,356,000
Obtained Gold – 35,250 gold
Obtained Items – Piece of the Forlan Hero’s Armor x2
After checking the result window, a cold sweat broke out on Herz’s forehead .
“Wow… We made it with just 20 seconds left . ”
Fiolan smirked and corrected his words .
“There was 17 seconds left, to be exact . ”
Herz smirked .
“Keu, still, we did pretty good since we made it in five tries . ”
“No kidding . From what I saw outside, there was a party that came out after already failing their tenth try . ”
Fiolan, who thoroughly read through the dungeon clear result window, opened her mouth again with a slightly surprised expression .
“Oh, but this EXP is nicer than I thought . ”
Herz, who also was checking the EXP part at that moment as well, was surprised over the EXP that was higher than expected .
“No kidding . I was just thinking of the same thing . If it’s 3 million EXP for about a 50-minute investment, then it’s effectiveness is similar to hunting . ”
Fiolan nodded her head .
“That’s right . As our clear rank was the lowest rank, if we get a little more used to the dungeon and clear with a high rank, then it might be more effective than hunting . ”
“If we collect the pieces and make a set item, then we’ll be able to obtain a decent item that must for sure be at least a Heroic-rank as well . ”
However, the problem was that the clear success chance was not 100% .
The monsters that appeared in the time attack dungeon didn’t give anything when hunted, whether it be EXP or items .
That meant, if they failed to clear, then they would be throwing away all of their 50 minutes without any reward .
If they failed in clearing even once, then the hunting effectiveness of the dungeon would drop remarkably .
“Fiolan . I think it would be best if first you and I together finish our attack perfectly before we call over our other guildmates . ”
“I agree . After the two of us are completely familiar with the dungeon, we should take one person each and attack separately, then our other guildmates will probably be able to clear a little easier . ”
After making up their minds, the two left the dungeon quickly .
Once the dungeon was cleared, they could challenge it again after 10 minutes .
Until then, they needed to finish all of their maintenance .
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“Hoo…”
A short sigh passed through Ian’s mouth .
It was already almost a week since he had come down to the lowland of the ‘Arnovil Plateau’ field .
Including the 5 days that he spent hunting in the hilly section, Ian hadn’t left the field for 12 days already .
Two days had already passed since the first discoverer’s buff had ended as well .
‘I want to leave here now!’
Ian ground his teeth while looking at the large tiger-like monster that growled in front of him .
‘How many have I hunted now? Let’s be humane this time and drop it!’
The reason why Ian wasn’t able to leave the field yet was because of the Heroic-rank monster, ‘Hallikan’s Spirit’, which he was in a fierce battle for a while with now .
‘7th piece… Please!’
In the previous quest, the 4th piece was a troublemaker, but this time, the 7th piece was testing Ian’s patience .
A bundle of electricity filled with Ian’s anger shot out towards the Hallikan .
“Current Proliferation!”
Za-Za-Zap-!
Ian was facing the Hallikan easily as if he was basically playing with it .
His opponent was a strong monster, but because he had already gone through a countless amount of battles against it, he had memorized all of its attack patterns .
Using the surrounding terrain features and monsters, Ian reset his Current Proliferation’s cooldown time multiple times and shot out Current Proliferation and Magic Spheres .
It seemed he had worn down the Hallikan’s Vitality quite a bit, as its name was flickering quickly .
‘I should be able to catch it any minute now . ’
However, just then, a completely unexpected situation appeared in front of Ian’s eyes .
Ba- Ba- Bang-!
Along with the sound of a large explosion, the currents that Ian had shot out exploded altogether .
And a flash that was so strong it caused his vision to turn all-white filled up in front of his eyes .
“What the hell?”
Ian, who was taken aback, instinctively threw his body and widened the gap between the Hallikan and him .
It was so that he wouldn’t be attacked while he lost his vision .
However, far from the Hallikan’s attack being continued, an unexpected system message rang out .
You have killed the Hallikan’s Spirit . You have obtained 128, 500 EXP .Ian was flustered .
‘What the hell? It was time for it to die, but it wasn’t enough for all of its Vitality to disappear with this attack . And what the **** was that sudden flash as well?’
While Ian was in confusion, his vision that turned all-white returned to normal, and system messages continuously appeared in front of his eyes .
The Spirit Capacity of Lightning Spirit ‘Jjaekee’ has been completely filled . Lightning Spirit ‘Jjaekee’ has evolved from a low-level spirit to an intermediate-level spirit .
‘Oh, Jjaekee evolved . Was the explosion that happened just a moment ago generated while Jjaekee evolved?’
Ian, who understood it as an explosion that occurred during the evolution process, only then nodded his head .
Jjaekee’s outer appearance, which was small in size and looked like a sparrow, transformed into the form of a quite cool-looking rapacious bird .
However, before Ian opened up the evolved Jjaekee’s information, he wanted to check the corpse of the Hallikan that was collapsed in front of him first .
‘Jjaekee also evolved… Now, if just the 7th piece drops from this monster, I feel like I’ll be able to leave this place without any regret…’
Once hunted, the Hallikan was a monster that took at least an hour before it appeared again .
The drop rate of the Soul Stone piece was around 30% from experience .
Even if he was to gather all ten pieces at once without any overlapping, he would have had to hunt around 30-35 Hallikans .
However, there was no way that Ian’s item luck would be that good, and because of the countless overlapping pieces, he had already caught over 50 Hallikan’s Spirits .
It was a situation that even Ian, who enjoyed grinding, would be tired enough of .
Ian closed both his eyes tightly and placed his hand on top of the Hallikan’s corpse .
And he didn’t forget to chant a meaningless incantation .
“7th piece!”
And a system message popped up .
You have obtained 13,845 gold from the Heroic monster ‘Hallikan’s Spirit’ . You have obtained ‘Piece (9) of the Hallikan’s Spirit’ . You have obtained ‘Piece (7) of the Hallikan’s Spirit’ .
Ian, who checked the system message, let out a shout without him realizing .
“Done! It finally came out!”
This was the first time two pieces came out at once .
‘I might have cried if I didn’t get the 7th piece this time as well . ’
With an even lighter heart, Ian plopped down onto the ground .
As he had achieved his goal, his knees gave in .
‘Shall we check Jjaekee’s information now?’
Ian called over Jjaekee, who had become quite cool after evolving .
“Jjaekee, come over here . ”
Chir- Chirp-!
However, at the unchanged cry, he burst out laughing without realizing it .
‘Why is his cry just as is?’
And Ian opened Jjaekee’s information window .
Jjaekee (Lightning Spirit)
Spirit Capacity: 0/5000
Type: Lightning
Rank: Intermediate-level Spirit
Summoning Duration: 525 minutes . (Cooldown time: 800 minutes)
*Once Spirit Capacity reaches its max, it evolves into a higher-ranking spirit .
(Whenever a Summoning Magic that requires Lightning-type is used, a fixed quantity of Spirit Capacity is filled . )
*The higher the Summoner’s Summoning Magic, the longer the Summoning Duration becomes .
Inherent Ability – Charge
*10% of the damage dealt by Lightning-type Spirit Magic will be taken as Vitality .
‘Ooh… It developed an inherent ability as it became an Intermediate-rank . On top of that, isn’t this the same as Health Absorption?’
Jjaekee, a spirit, didn’t have a notion of ‘Vitality’ . In that case, the ‘recovered Vitality from taking it away’ definitely had to mean the character’s Vitality .
‘It’s a little disappointing that Current Proliferation doesn’t have a strong Offensive Power since it’s not a damage-dealing skill . ’
Still, by roughly calculating, he thought that it was quite a decent recovery skill .
‘Since it’s like this already, if I have a reason to stop by Myuran, I should go to the Tower of Summoners and buy a lightning-type Spirit Magic attack that is a little more offensive . ’
Ian, who was excited over the thought of using the newly developed inherent ability, abruptly stood up and called Ly over .
“Ly, let’s go back!”
Grr-!
Ian, who Summon Released all of his Familiars excluding Ly, got on Ly’s back .
Without a moment’s delay, he wanted to restore the Hallikan’s Soul Stone that he had such difficulty collecting .