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nWhile Ian was reading the quest message, his lips curled up when seeing the double EP part.

n‘I was right after all.’

nHowever, he soon frowned.

n‘Oh, right. This is a party quest…’

nHe had been with his guild’s members last time, therefore, he hadn’t thought about it.

n‘This isn’t good… who am I supposed to recruit?’

nThe first thing he thought of was his guild.

n‘I don’t think there are any beginners at Lv. 40 in the guild anymore…’

nIan then asked Laper to postpone the quest.

n“Sir, could you delay sending the punitive force until I get a party and return?”

n“Of course, I can help you that much. Then, can you kill scouts at the campsite before that?”

nA quest alarm rang again.

nDing-.

nKilling goblin scouts in Somur Canyon

nLaper, leader of vigilantes in Lucain Village, is looking for mercenaries to kill scouts at the Goblins’

nCampsite before the punitive force departs.

nKill more than 10 scouts and return safely.

nQuest Difficulty Level: E

nReward: Vigilante’s Leather Armor

n– Would you like to accept the quest?

n…

nSomur Canyon was beyond the borders of the Luspell Empire, the so-called beginners’ zone.

nThe village Ian was in now was at the edge of the empire, however, Somur Canyon was still far away.

n‘It will take half an hour to get there and come back. It’s a little annoying but… I have no choice.’

nIan knew that the Destroying Campsite quest would not be activated unless he helped with this quest,

ntherefore, he accepted.

n“I will do it.”

n“Yes, thank you.”

nIan finished talking to Laper and contacted Herss.

nFortunately, he was online.

n– Yuhyeon, I need you to let me join the guild.

n– Uh? Join the guild? Have you already reached Lv. 20?

nYuhyeon sounded a little confused, however, Ian didn’t mind.

n– Yes, I just did.

nYuhyeon was silent for a minute and then sent another message.

n– You are crazy. I have given you the permission.

n– Thank you.

n– Hey, how have you reached Lv. 20 so fast? Dark Sorcerer is an easy class to level-up and I haven’t

nseen a Lv. 20 Dark Sorcerer yet.

n– You know me, I will soon catch up your level. You should work harder.

nIan said that as a joke, however, it didn’t sound like a joke to Yuhyeon.

nHe had always thought that Ian would have been in the top 100 of the ranking if he had started to play

nKailan as soon as it opened.

n– …okay, raise your level quickly. I could really use your help.

nThey had an everyday conversation for a while. Then Ian got to the point.

n– Hey, is there anyone in our guild whose level is about 40?

n– Huh? Lv. 40? No, why?

n– I thought so… no, it’s okay.

nIan dismissed the conversation window and turned on to the guild chat. It would be faster to recruit

nsomeone from there.

n‘Getting introduced to guild members’ friends would be better than getting a total stranger.’

nIan put up a message.

n– Ian: I’m back. How have you all been?

nThe quiet guild chat was immediately filled with messages.

n– Piolan: Wow, Ian, have you already reached Lv. 20?

n– Clovan: What? Ian is back and he is already at Lv. 20? I thought leveling-up a Summoner was

nextremely hard! Was that all a lie?

nIan then talked with the guild members.

n– Ian: Hey, what’s all the fuss about reaching Lv.20? I will get back to my former level very soon.

nThey all welcomed that.

n– Piolan: Please… do level-up quickly. We are hunting too slowly without you.

n– Kawin: Oh, it’s Ian!

nMore and more people joined the chat. They were all happy to see Ian again.

nHowever, Ian was impatient and got to his point.

n– Ian: Hey. Does anyone know a player at Lv. 40?

n– Clovan: 40? Why are you looking for someone at Lv.40?

nIan hesitated. His level was 20 now, therefore, he would get a lot of questions if he said he was doing

nthe Destroying Goblins’ Campsite quest.

nHowever, being honest was the only option.

n– Ian: Oh, I’m doing the Destroying Goblins’ Campsite quest, however, it’s a party quest. I only need

none person. Someone who can do his part. No, he doesn’t even need to do that. Just someone who

nwants to go there. I’ll ‘carry’ him.

nAs Ian had expected, messages kept coming up.

n– Piolan: Ian, aren’t you at Lv. 20? How can a Lv. 20 user do the Campsite quest? And you even want

nto ‘carry’ them?

n– Kawin: Nonsense… aren’t you trying to be power leveled? I think he reached Lv. 20 by getting help

nfrom friends.

n– Clovan: You idiot. Ian does not need someone to power level him! And if he wanted to do so, he

nwould have asked us. Why would he look for a Lv. 40?

n– Kawin: What are you talking about? The Campsite quest isn’t available beyond Lv.60. We cannot

nhelp him.

n– Clovan: Oh, was it?

nIan was getting a headache by all of this, therefore, he just came up with an excuse.

n– Ian: I am Lv. 20 now, but I have gotten a great pet so I think I can do the quest. It will ‘carry’ us.

nIt sounded very convincing. Since there wasn’t much information about the Summoner yet, therefore,

nthe others would believe it.

nHowever, a Summoner would have immediately caught the lie.

nClovan, the ‘simplest’ of the guild, answered first.

n– Clovan: Oh, you were lucky.

nShe didn’t show any doubt, at which Ian smiled.

n– Piolan: There was a reason for reaching Lv. 20 so fast after all. But many say that the Summoner is

na bad class. I guess that’s not true?

nIan answered honestly.

n– Ian: The Summoner isn’t bad at all. I think it’s a great class, as long as it is used well.

n– Piolan: Oh…

nThen Kawin spoke what Ian had been waiting for.

n– Kawin: Ian, I have a friend who’s at Lv.45…

nIan asked back right away.

n– Ian: Oh, really? Can you introduce him to me?

n– Kawin: But she has invested mostly in a craftsman class, so her fighting power is probably…

nThere were many craftsman classes in Kailan, like Blacksmith, Tailor, Artist and Architect. However,

nmost users didn’t care about them. Doing level-up and battling required a lot of time, therefore, they

nwere unwilling to spend a lot of time on laboring to raise their crafting proficiency.

nFor example, to raise the Blacksmith class’s level, you had to keep making weapons at the forge,

nwhich was too boring and exhausting compared to hunting and fighting.

nUnlike battle classes, a user could get more than one craftsman classes, however, that was

nmeaningless because users didn’t invest on even one of them.

nCraftsman classes that were slightly popular were the Blacksmith that could actually make items and

nthe Enchanter that would cast magic on items and make expendable scrolls. The Blacksmith class

ncould not make a character strong, however, it paid well. Additionally, many chose to be Enchanters

nbecause users with a Sorcerer battle class could raise Enchanting’s proficiency when they raised their

nSorcerer skills’ proficiency.

nOf course, there were few users who had intermediate or higher proficiency in Blacksmith or

nEnchanter.

n– Ian: Really? That’s fine. So, what’s her class?

n– Kawin: Her battle class is Priest and her craftsman class is probably Cook…

nIan was a little surprised. He had expected the main craftsman class to be a Blacksmith or an

nEnchanter. At least, she was a Priest with healing magic.

n– Ian: …a Cook?

n– Kawin: Um… yes… she is a Priest, but she won’t be of much help in battles and she is not good at

nplaying games…. are you okay with that?

nHowever, Ian just wanted to make up the number, hence, he didn’t care about his party member’s

nfighting ability.

n– Ian: That’s fine. Please tell her about this when she logs in.

nKawin was a little confused at the unexpected answer.

n– Kawin: Huh? O-okay… are you really fine with this?

n– Ian: Yep.

nClovan cut in.

n– Clovan: Hey, Ian, how great is your pet that you are so confident? I am suddenly tempted to watch

nhim fight!

nPiolan interfered.

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