Vol 10 Chapter 1

ACT 1 Deimos’ Profession?

The player’s pet ‘Deimos’ has reconstructed all the parts of his body!

Usually the undead is formed because of a strong grudge or a curse. These are the sources of their power, making them jealous of the living. The undead cannot live anywhere because of that hostility. Unfortunately, Deimos’ evolution wasn’t completed because of the roughly assembled body made of cheap bones. But now it can be exchanged for 208 bones and the ‘Perfect Skull.’

Now that all the parts are fused together and is optimized to fit the body, Deimos will get a chance for a new evolution.

‘Roughly assembled? Cheap bones?’

Ark’s face distorted oddly.There was the old saying that said people should not bite at sore fingers. Ark also felt that way about his pets. He had lovingly cared for his pets. He gave them good food and built them a body. Educated them and treated them like his children…….

But even though he treated them well, his children didn’t act the same way. As the parent, he put a lot of affection into raising his children. Although Dedric was a little careless, he was a cunning fellow with a strong survival instinct from his childhood as a bat. Radun was always wound around his waist and never caused trouble. On the other hand, Deimos was just a skull when they met for the first time. He had no skills except for rolling around. Didn’t he used to be thrown at monsters in order to deal some damage? Ark was the one who made him a complete skeleton body. Of course it was no easy task. He had to memorize a book JusticeMan lent him on the human body for several nights. But was that all? He looked through hundreds and thousands of skeleton bones  for pieces that would fit together like a jigsaw puzzle in order to create Deimos. Deimos was truly Ark’s creation.

‘Has any other summoner suffered so much in order to raise their summon? But it is not all bad. I’m filled with a sense of pride when I look at what I created.’

He secretly felt proud whenever he looked at Deimos. But now he had to suffer through the disgrace of his hard work being called a loosely assembled body? He felt furious at an information window for the first time. No, it wasn’t just the information window. Even though Ark made it with difficulty, Deimos didn’t like it and decided to just get rid of it using Bone Collecting? To the extent that he completely changed 208 bones? He had accepted it since changing the bones meant raising his stats, but now Ark completely felt betrayed.

“Deimos, it’s good that you might evolve……but were you so miserable that you had to change all the bones?”

“Oh, have you finally realised Master?”

Dedric sensed the mood and teased as he approached Ark.

“I told you so from the beginning. From the very first, this guy did not like the body that Master endured so much suffering to make. In order to obtain a stronger body, he was pretending to like it while patronizing you. He is that type of guy, a cunning child! Although he appears outwardly loyal to Master, you really can’t trust the undead. Don’t you know they only think about bones?”

Dedric smiled as he continued bad-mouthing Deimos.

“I didn’t want to mention this, but do you know how many times I’ve heard him swearing at Master?”

Clack clack? Clack clack clack clack!

Deimos was astounded and rushed towards Dedric. However, Dedric expected it and quickly hid behind Ark.

“Look at this, he’s revealing his true colours! He’s trying to cover up the truth! He said that Master was a tyrant who treated us like trash……cough, M-Master?”

“This child, did you think it was settled?”

Ark grabbed Dedric by the neck who immediately screamed.

“C-choking! Why are you doing this? I’m just repeating what that skeleton said!”

“Do you think I’m a fool? If you want then I’ll really throw you in a body bag and use you as dog trash!”

“Eh? Is that so?”

Dedric became frightened and avoided Ark’s eyes.

“Hey, why are you scared? I just gave you an example.”

“Oh, really?”

“You’re not angry? Master’s heart is like the sea. It is spacious.”

“No, I am a stingy tyrant who treats you like trash.”

“…..Master, you knew?”

Dedric faked a pitiful expression.

However, Ark just nodded with a cold look.

“I know very well.”

“Dammit, whatever! I’m free to say whatever I like so just get it over with!”

Dedric desperately lay on the floor and closed his eyes. There was no need to bother describing what happened afterwards. When Ark showed an upset countenance, Dedric immediately took the chance to drive a wedge between Ark and Deimos and was punished for it.

Ssak ssak ssak ssak! Clack clack clack clack!

Ark was also Radun’s dad (?). Radun became upset at Dedric’s words and stepped all over his feet. In addition, Deimos also smacked him with his shield before he evolved. Thanks to Ark and the two summons, Dedric was crushed in a matter of seconds.

“Waaaah, okay, I’m the bad guy.”

Once Dedric was in a critical condition with tears dripping down his face, he huddled in a corner and shouted.

“Bah, Deimos, you hit me as well? Are you already acting so arrogantly before you even evolved? Don’t be ridiculous. You’ll see in the future! I’ll soon evolve into a great pet. When the time comes, neither you or Master will be able to treat me like this!”

“At any rate, that guy……”

Ark smiled sourly and shook his head. So far, Dedric’s abilities have never been lower than Deimos’. Since he evolved first and was punished more often, he ended up eating more new dishes than Deimos.  Thus he was always ahead. But now the situation would be reversed when Deimos evolved. Dedric didn’t like this. Dedric was cunning but that was his limit. So his behaviour was understandable.

“Well, he has to evolve anyway.”

Ark stared at Deimos.

Since it had come out of nowhere, it still hadn’t sunk in. In fact, Ark thought that the evolution of pets was only available through a Magic Sword. It was the reason he often browsed the auction site for Magic Swords. If he could evolve his pets then he considered buying it. As his pets were important, Ark was determined to evolve them.

‘But I never imagined that he could evolve in such an unexpected way…… Will he evolve into something different from the Magic Sword? Or did he have to evolve first using Magic Sword before evolving through different methods? Will it also depend on the pet’s stats, skills or alignment?’

He was unsure about what would happen. It was one of the bad things about hidden professions.  A hidden profession was different from normal classes. All information related to that profession was unknown and had to be discovered first hand. Ark had no choice but to play it and learn. This was particularly true in regards to his summons. Of course, New World had other professions with the ability to summon.The main professions were necromancers or shamans. Initially, Ark looked at their information as well. However, both professions were completely different from Ark and his summons. For a necromancers, summons were just like disposable items for them. They could summon a large amount but once the duration was over then they disappeared. The concept of growing their summons didn’t exist. By growth, he meant raising their skills and stats.

For a shaman, they were similar to Ark in that they summoned a spirit and raised it. However, the spirit grew when the user’s related skill grew. In other words, if the shaman’s summoning skill reached intermediate then their spirit would also become intermediate. So the information on necromancers and shamans weren’t useful for Ark at all. Anyway, Ark’s profession was not focused on summoning. So the Dark Walker’s complex pet system felt like a significant penalty. But he soon saw that there was some merit to it.

‘I thought it was natural to give my pets battle training…….’

That wasn’t the actual case. The necromancer’s and shaman’s summons had no will of their own. If their master didn’t give a command then they wouldn’t move.  When their stats rose, they could learn a few simple patterns. But they couldn’t participate in a battle on their own like Dedric and Deimos. In addition, using food to raise stats did not work.

‘Their ability to grow and think is also an advantage.’

Ark laughed as he looked at Dedric still complaining.  It was also a busy atmosphere. At first he found it quite annoying, but now he couldn’t imagine playing New World without his summons there. Spending a few days and nights soloing was also possible because of his pets.

‘Ah, now is not the time to be thinking of these things.’

He had become distracted because of Dedric. Ark shook his head and looked at the information window again. The question about whether to evolve was flickering in front of him.

“Since I don’t know what will happen anyway, Evolution!”

Deimos was finally going to proceed with his second evolution……that was his thought. But New World wasn’t that simple. When the information window disappeared, a huge disk appeared in front of Ark. It was a giant roulette wheel made of bone that was divided into colours, with one single finger bone attached at the top as a pointer.

“What is this?”

Ark was perplexed as another information window appeared.

Deimos’ ‘Special Evolution’ will now begin.

At present, Deimos’ bones is composed of 32% warrior, 27% thieves, 8% magicians, 15% undead and 18% other things. The number of professions he can evolve to is 17 types. However, the player won’t be able to choose the occupation of the summon. The great power who watched over the Netherworld will choose the most suitable profession for Deimos depending on his stats and alignment.

“What, what the? He can evolve into 17 different types of professions?”

Ark muttered with a silly expression. When they evolved using the Magic Sword, they received the profession of the former owner. But now there was no owner of the magic sword to give a profession. Instead, the profession was gathered from the bones. Thanks to that, Deimos had the opportunity to change into many different types of professions. Indeed, there were the names of professions written on different sections of the roulette disk.

“This means that he can change professions into one of these?”

Ta da da da da!

Then before Ark could read the names written on the roulette, there was a strange sound and it spun around. The roulette gradually slowed until it landed on one point. The roulette board was divided into small and large spaces, and it had landed on the most spacious part. The problem was that there was no name written on that portion.

“Why did nothing happen?”

Ark became anxious.

Pepepepeng!

Deimos suddenly wobbled and kneeled down after the noise. At the same time, a message window appeared in front of Ark.

The great power that oversees the Netherworld did not recognize Deimos’ evolution.

<unfortunately>“Huk, what it this?”</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Ark stared in astonishment at the information window before looking at Deimos. Just like the message said, he had his health and stats decreased.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>‘Dammit, what is the great power who watches over the Netherworld? Isn’t this just luck? Is Luck the true identity of the Netherworld’s great power?’</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Before he could even understand the situation, he had lost some stats painstakingly gained through meals and bone collection. Fury rose in his throat but he pushed it down and endured it for the moment. Although he couldn’t tolerate it, what could he do?</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>“Fortunately there are 3 chances to evolve. If it fails then the opportunity to evolve will completely disappear and a penalty will be received….!”</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>“There’s still 2 chances. No, is this the second time?”</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Ark repressed his anger and looked at the roulette. If was necessary for him to understand the situation. He could choose a profession. And obviously it had to suit Ark’s profession. Even if he couldn’t select the job, he could still examine the options and decide which one suits Deimos the most. The roulette wheel had many types of professions scratched on its bones. Skeleton Captain, Immortal Skeleton, Skeleton soldier…….occupations associated with warriors, magicians and thieves were all present.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>“It is quite vague……”</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Ark scratched his head as he looked at it. It was difficult to choose a profession. Ark’s level and stats were considerably higher compared to Dedric and Deimos. Dedric had the ability to fly so he could avoid a monster’s attack if he kept to a reasonable distance. But Deimos’ position was different. He didn’t have the ability to fly like Dedric, nor was he clever. Yet he inevitably ended up fighting monsters head on. Even so, Deimos was capable to keeping up thanks to his knight profession. His defense and health increased and he could block using the shield. No, there was no particular way to utilize him right now. No matter how high his defense became, it wasn’t possible for him to fight head on with higher level monsters.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>‘If I look at Deimos’ overall stats then a warrior or knight profession would add that much. Even if he gained more health and defense thanks to the evolution, the level of the monsters is so high that it wouldn’t be enough. The skills associated with warriors are difficult but……..’</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Becoming a warrior was still relatively good. The problem would be serious if it landed on a thief profession. Thieves needed to be surprisingly clever. If Deimos switched to a thief then he would be in danger all the time. A magician profession was also impossible. Deimos’ intelligence was so low that he might not be able to learn magic and he didn’t have enough mana to use it. Naturally magic ate up a lot of mana. A magician with 7,000 mana would run out in one battle.  As a new magician, Deimos wouldn’t be able to use those skills or be of any benefit to Ark.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>‘In addition, a thief and magician has no defense. With the level difference, he wouldn’t even last one or two hits before being forcefully recalled. When that happens, I will receive half of his health as damage. His evolution might make a battle even more difficult.’</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>While thinking about it, Ark came to the conclusion that a warrior or knight was the best option.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>‘If he becomes a warrior then his stats will become much higher and I’ll be able to utilize him more.’</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>But the problem was the number of choices. It was at that time. Ark sighed before a surprising profession caught his eye. The job accounted for 2% of the total roulette.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>“Huk, that’s…….Death Knight!”</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Ark’s mouth dropped open. He had never directly seen a Death Knight in New World yet.  However, of course he knew the name Death Knight. It was the strongest among the undead in all online games, a knight wearing dark armour. The Death Knight!</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>‘As expected from something that relies on luck……it is right next to the ‘Fail.’ This is it. The target to win. A smaller assigned space meant a rarer profession. With the bonus stats from evolution, this clearly is the best possible choice for Deimos! With the proper armour then he could fully utilize my pets!</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Ark clenched his fists.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>-The time limit of 20 minutes has been completed. We will spin the roulette wheel.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Ta da da da da!</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>The roulette began to turn.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>This time Ark was not confused. He had no choice but to pray that it would land on the Death Knight.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>“Please…..Please……Land on it, Death Knight!”</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Ark looked like a man holding a lottery ticket as he stared at the roulette wheel. After some time passed, the roulette gradually slowed down.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>Bump, bump, the roulette wheel reached the Death Knight area and advanced past…..it did not stop at the last moment.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>‘God dammit……..!’</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>-Congratulations. The great power that oversees the Netherworld has acknowledged Deimos’ evolution.</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>The chosen profession is ‘Skeleton Merchant.’</unfortunately>

<unfortunately>This is a very unique profession as the ‘Skeleton Merchant’ can trade goods with villages and monsters.  He will also become more discerning about the various bones and leather used to make new items. However, the pet cannot carry the items directly. Since the Skeleton Merchant cannot deal directly with merchants, it can assist the user with making the various calculations on profit and loss. And the undead cannot trade with hostile NPCs.</unfortunately>

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