Chapter 115:Beginner Diviner (2)
âWhat? Dungeon Attack King?â
âYeah. Thatâs what Iâm telling you! From what I see, this is an event perfectly made for you. This is Park Jinsungâs type.â
At Yoohyunâs words, Harin, who was next to him, also nodded her head in agreement.
âThatâs right. Iâm thinking exactly the same as Yoohyun! Jinsung, youâre the possessor of Forlan dungeonâs best record. Since Forlan dungeon is one of the most popular dungeons, I think if you wrote the attack, then weâll be first place no doubt.â
Truthfully, there was no need for the two people to persuade him so diligently.
Since Jinsungâs two eyes were already fixed on the homepage where the event content was explained.
While looking at Jinsung, who read down the notification with enough spirit to be sucked into the monitor, Yoohyun grinned.
âWhat do you think? Itâs definitely tempting, right?â
Jinsung nodded his head as he asked back.
âBut, the deadline for this Is there about ten days left now? Right?â
At Jinsungâs words, Yoohyun replied.
âYeah, thatâs right.â
While looking at Jinsung, who was suddenly submerged in his thoughts, Yoohyun carefully asked.
âJinsung, by any chance, do you have some sort of important quest that you were doing?â
As it was a quest where he could possibly gain a clue related to Lyâs evolution, it couldnât help but be important.
On the other hand, as Jinsung nodded his head, Yoohyun wore an even more nervous expression.
âIs it a quest that will take long? If we plan on making a proper attack, we need to consider at least 3 daysâ
Whether Yoohyun was nervous or not, Jinsung was internally calculating the amount of time that it would take to do the quest.
âIf I just need to catch Orvil, then it shouldnât take that long. However, if thereâs even some sort of connected quest as well, thatâs a painâ
However, he couldnât just give the new capsule model up.
Rather than the various convenient functions of the new capsule model, the thing that Ian wanted most was the additional 2% synchronization.
Since that would raise the efficiency of Ianâs hunting even more.
Ian decided to partic.i.p.ate in the Attack King event even if he needed to halt the quest momentarily halfway through.
âAlright, since I also wanted the new capsule model, I need to do this no matter what.â
At the positive response, Yoohyunâs face glowed.
âFiolan said letâs try for a S-cla.s.s clear while weâre partic.i.p.ating in the Attack event anyways once you returned after finis.h.i.+ng your quest. What do you think, is it possible?â
âHmm For sure, if we were to attach a video of a S-cla.s.s clear in Forlan dungeon, I think our chance of winning will increase significantly.â
Ian and Fiolanâs best record was about 26~7 minutes.
The S-rank cut of Forlan dungeon was 25 minutes.
It was just a minor difference of not even 2 minutes, but right now, where they had already reached the limit of their clear speed, trying to cut down 2 more minutes was definitely not an easy task.
âI should catch Orvil as fast as possible and obtain a clue related to Lyâs evolution. If I could evolve Ly, the 25-minute cut will not be impossible.â
He was originally greatly motivated, but as a slight motivation was created even more, Jinsungâs will burned brightly.
âCelia, have you raised the level of the Blue Wyvern quite a bit?â
âHmm Itâs at lv 90 now. I raised it quite quickly, right? Hehe.â
âYouâre right. Youâre equipping all of the items I gave you last time well, right?â
âOf course! I also recently obtained a Heroic-rank ring that raises my Leaders.h.i.+p a ton.â
Celia proudly showed the ring she obtained.
âHuh? Whatâs this? Itâs incredibly good!â
Ian needed to make an effort in order to maintain his expression.
âYe, yeah itâs really good. For your Leaders.h.i.+p to go up 15%â
Of course, the wedding ring that Ian wore was a better item, but because you could equip a ring on each hand, he also wanted Celiaâs ring.
He couldnât just become a Lord and take the items of his retainers.
Innocent Celia, who didnât even catch onto Ianâs internal thoughts, smiled brightly and continued to talk.
âRight, right! As expected, I told you that it was a good item!â
And as Ianâs ring caught her eyes, Celiaâs round eyes opened wide as she asked.
âOh, but whatâs the ring that youâre using, Lord? Itâs incredibly beautiful! Whatâs the name of the item?â
Ian awkwardly smiled as he answered.
âAh, this, uh what was it, was it the Forestâs Wedding Ringâ
At the words wedding ring, Celiaâs two eyes became bleary.
âWedding ring? Lord, from what I knew, you hadnât married yet.â
Celia stared at Ian with tearful eyes!
Ian didnât know what the reason was, but a stream of cold sweat dripped down his back.
âOh That Could you say that itâs just a good item, so Iâm wearing it?â
Before entering the dungeon.
While looking at Celia who stuck to Ianâs side while she continuously chatted, the other retainers wore a dazed expression.
âDid Celia always have that kind of side to her?â
âI donât know, this is also my first time since after the territory war where the Lord is also hunting with usâ
There was a momentary tussle before the real hunting began, but as they entered the dungeon, Ianâs gaze was the first to change.
And the hunting in the dungeon proceeded incredibly rapidly.
This was because it wasnât that high-level of a dungeon.
It seemed it was because the area where the dungeon was discovered was a place that wasnât too deep into the northern continent and was in the vicinity of the Lotus Domain.
The monsters that appeared were Snow Gargoyles that were in the lv 110 range, which Ian wouldnât have had any trouble hunting them even alone.
On top of that, since he had his retainers, in other words, it couldnât help but be a piece of cake.
âCelia! You canât kill anything thatâs a Rare-rank or above!â
Amongst the tons of Snow Gargoyles, a gargoyle with bluish-white skin occasionally appeared.
That was a monster with the name âFrozen Gargoyleâ and because the Frozen Gargoyle was a Rare-rank monster, it was a good ingredient in order for Ian to make higher-rank Spirit Marbles.
âJust stand in the front and find the locations where the Frozen Gargoyles are beforehand while we move.â
As the hunting proceeded onwards, Ianâs party began to go around the dungeon even more systematically and quickly.
Like that, the hunting in the dungeon continued for over two days.
âWhew Letâs see here. How many Spirit Marbles have I gathered?â
As Ian opened his inventory, the remnants of his grinding for two days filled the s.p.a.ce.
âHmm, 58 white Spirit Marbles, 16 blue Spirit Marbles. Thereâs 3 green Spirit Marbles.â
If it wasnât for Ianâs horrible one-brushstroke drawing skill, it was an amount of Spirit Marbles where he could definitely make the items of the remaining Familiars!
However, different from several days ago, Ian was full of confidence.
Ian had something he was counting on.
âHu-hu, as expected, people need to use their heads.â
Ian snickered as he remembered yesterdayâs incidents.
Like that, Ian decided to use the guild mark that he obtained from Mishyal on his Talismans and Incantation Patterns from now on.
âIt p.r.i.c.ks my conscience But, since I did give him quite a good robe as a gift.â
Ian, who finished his self-justification like that, opened the guild window and displayed the guild mark in the top where he could see.
âKeu, as expected, a Design major is different.â
The golden eagle pattern drawn with Ianâs Familiar, Pin, as the motif was a cool shape that all of the guild members really liked.
Luspel Empireâs emblem was also a Griffin, but because the pattern of Luspel was a pattern where the whole body of a Griffin was drawn, while the pattern of the Lotus guild was a design drawn with a raised Pinâs head magnified and changed to a more simplified version, so they didnât look similar.
Above all, Ian liked the simplicity of the pattern.
âIf it was complicated, then I wouldnât have been able to copy itâ
With a determined expression, Ian pulled out a piece of Hanji[1] and firstly began to practice looking and copying the pattern.
After practicing for about thirty minutes like that, Ian, who was able to draw it quite decently, wore a satisfied expression as he plopped down on the spot.
âAh The path of a production cla.s.s is long and difficult.â
Ian suddenly felt the greatness of Harin, who raised her cooking Proficiency to High-cla.s.s lv 5.
âStill, if itâs this much, failures wonât pop up now, right?â
It was a little sloppy, but it was a magnificent quality that was incomparable to the Talismans that Ian drew a couple days ago.
At this point, Ian compromised and began to produce the items.
And the conclusion was better than the standard that Ian expected.
âEuh-ha-hat! To have not failed even one!â
As his Artistic Grade lacked a little, there were a couple of Talismans where the stats dropped a little, but at least there was no situation where he failed and wasted Spirit Marbles.
On top of that, as a âGreat Successâ message even popped up for a couple of them, Ian was in an incredibly good mood.
âShall we take a look at the items that had great success?â
Ian displayed the information of the item.
*Synthetic Talisman (Name change possible)
Cla.s.sification â Talisman (Charm)
Equip Limit â Can be equipped onto one âFamiliarâ.
Option â Offensive Power +15% (+5%)
Vitality Regeneration +2% (+0.5%)
*3% of the damage dealt for every attack is recovered as Vitality.
A Talisman produced by beginner Diviner âIanâ.
Itâs a magnificent Talisman where the spirit of a glorious Griffin can be felt.
But then again, the options were so good to the point it was truly incomparable to the Talismans he made several days ago.
On top of that, it seemed because of the effect of âGreat successâ, it was produced into a âRareâ-rank item despite having been made with white Spirit Marbles.
âMishyal, thank you!â
At the words âmagnificent Talismanâ that were written on the information window last, his heartstrings were touched.
âHmm A Common-rank item has two options, but a Rare-rank item has 3 options? Additionally, on the bottom, an Inherent Ability has also formedâ
As he heated the fire of pa.s.sionate production, Ian, who used all of the Common-rank Spirit Marbles, opened his inventory again.
And with shaking hands, he grabbed the Rare-rank marbles, which he didnât have much of, and raised them up.
âIf Iâve practiced this much, then I could probably use some of the High-cla.s.s marbles now, right?â
Ian, who took one deep breath, focused all of his mind onto the end of the brush and went to draw the pattern.
Because he only had 16 of the blue Spirit Marbles, different from the white Spirit Marbles, which he had more than 50 of, he was soon able to use all of the marbles and finish production.
Of course, he didnât fail any of them, and also succeeded in getting a âGreat successâ once more.
âThis production is a lot more fun than I thought.â
Different from several days ago, as it began to go well, Ian, who was excited, hummed as he checked the performance of the items he made.
The result was huge satisfaction.
âIs this the last now?â
Ian mumbled as he pulled out the green Spirit Marbles, which he could only find 3 of from the dungeon.
âGreat success, letâs go!â
Lifting the brush, Ianâs fingers shook.
Since the greatly successful item made from blue Spirit Marbles was produced into a âUniqueâ-rank, an item made with green Spirit Marbles could be produced into a âHeroicâ-rank.
It was an incredible tension similar to when the last number of a lottery ticket is checked!
After swallowing dryly once, Ian began to slowly draw out the pattern on top of the white Hanji.
Still holding the brush with his shaking hands, Ian wore a broad smile.
âEuh-ha-hat, a Heroic-rank!â
A couple lines of system messages additionally popped up.
[1] Hanji = Traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees.