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n“Hains, but why is that Summoner going to the Island of the Abyss? Is there a Summoner quest on

nthe Island?”

n“I don’t know. It’s not like I am Summoner…”

n“But you might have read about it on the community. You seem to be interested in Summoners, so I

nasked.”

n“Well… I don’t know. Frankly, there must be very few Summoners whose levels are high enough to go

nto the Island of the Abyss, so there won’t be much information on this.”

nIan wondered what they were talking about, but he soon lost his interest.

n‘It’s nothing important.’

nHowever, right when Ian was about to turn his head, they started to talk about something that drew his

nattention.

n“But Hains, you know my friend Lauren, right? The one who reset his Lv.20 Warrior character and

nstarted again as a Summoner.”

n“Yes, I know Lauren. You bragged about having a Summoner friend who leveled-up very quickly the

nother day. Why?”

n“Oh, yesterday, she told me that she found something called a pet’s egg.”

n“A pet’s egg?”

nIan had never heard about that.

nHe was also slightly interested about this Summoner called Lauren who level-up fast.

nIan, with his eyes closed, concentrated even more on the duo’s conversation.

n“Yes. A pet’s egg. It’s probably the egg of a Golden Python.”

n“How can you tell.”

n“She got it from the Golden Python’s nest, so…”

nIan listened to get more information about the pet’s egg, however, they didn’t say anything useful. So,

nhe was a little disappointed.

nHe also lost interest in Lauren as she should be below Lv. 30. This was because the hunting ground in

nwhich the Golden Python lived was for levels at mid or late 20s.

n‘But at least I got to know about the egg. I must try to find out later.’

nWhile Ian was immersed in his thoughts, the two continued to talk.

n“But she hasn’t figured out how to hatch the egg yet.”

n“Well, won’t it hatch after some time?”

n“Idiot. Does a chicken egg hatch when you wait?”

nThe duo kept quarreling, while Ian muttered quietly, ‘Is it really a simple monster’s egg? What is it? I

nmust search thoroughly once I find the monster’s habitat.’

nThe new classes had just been opened. Ian could feel others were discovering new information like

nhim.

n‘Can’t I get boss monsters as pets? They can’t be tamed, but what about getting an egg?’

nIan’s research instincts were activated again.

n‘I must be careful.’

nEven though he needed to level-up, Ian thought he shouldn’t neglect gathering information.

nThe two were still talking, but Ian had nothing more to gain from their conversation. Therefore, he

nturned his head.

n“Ly, wake me up when you see an island over there.”

nGrowl- Growl-.

nIan was tired because of the long hunting. He soon fell asleep while the ship was slowly approaching

nthe Island of the Abyss.

nAn hour later, a huge island made of blue ice slowly emerged out of a thick fog.

nLy was amazed when seeing this. It had never seen anything like this before. It looked around and,

nwhen it could see the island clearly, it lightly pushed Ian’s shoulder with its head.

nGrowl- Growl-.

n“Umm… are we there?”

nIan stretched his limbs and got up.

n‘I’ve been here once, but this place is still wonderful.’

nCreeek- Crack-.

nWith that creepy sound of wooden planks, the ship’s prow slowly touched the Island.

nThe ship stopped while the players got off the ship and looked around.

n“Wow, I’ve never been here before, it’s somewhat creepy. With all this ice, it’s very cold as well.”

n“Yes, it’s freezing.”

nThe users shuddered because of the chill while Ian did the same.

n‘Uh, should I have worn more clothes?’

nThe other players hurried toward the middle of the Island to complete the Sorcerer quest. The Tower

nof Magic, the location of the Sorcerer quest, was situated in the middle of the Island.

nIan looked around and then moved.

nUnlike the other users, he started to move along the shore.

n…

nIce Golems were everywhere on the Island. However, Ian knew there were more of them on the

nwestern shore than in the middle.

n“Shall I start?”

nIan found a good spot to capture Ice Golem. He then sat on a rock: he was going to eat the food he

nhad received from Harin before he started.

n“Ly, try this.”

nIan threw a meatball to Ly. It was too small for Ly, but he took it gladly.

nSoon Ian saw a system message.

n– Your pet Ly ate chewy meatball.

n– Health increased by 100 and Speed increased by 20 for 40 minutes.

nIan exclaimed when seeing the messages.

n“Oh, and Speed went up by 20 this time!”

nHe only expected to get more Health, therefore, it felt good to get an additional 20 on Speed. Moreover,

nthe duration had doubled.

n“Shall I try one?”

nIan picked up a meatball, unfortunately, it had too much raw meat in it.

n‘There was a reason why she said it was only for Ly.’

nIan gave up on the meatball and started to eat his steak.

n‘Wow… this is so good!’

nIan marveled at its taste. When he finished it, another message came up.

n– You ate tender high-quality steak.

n– Your Health increased by 500 and Defense Force goes up by 30 for an hour.

nIan marveled at the steak’s effects which were even better than the meatball’s, however, he soon saw

nan even more surprising message.

n– You ate a high-quality dish for the first time. All stats will be increased by 3 permanently.

nIan felt dumbfounded.

n‘Stats can go up permanently?’

nHe immediately checked his statistics window.

nIan

nLv. 35: 179,540

/700,000 (25.64%)

nRace: Human

nJob: Summoner (Taming Master)

nTitle: Master of Hunting

nReputation: 7,536 (If Reputation drops below 0, it becomes Evil Reputation.)

nStrength: 67 ( 15)

nSpeed: 102 ( 12)

nIntelligence: 52 ( 25)

nStamina: 70 ( 40)

nFriendship: 67

nTaming: 108

nLeadership: 105

nHealth: 2,955

nMagic: 1,750

nIan got excited to see his statistics window.

n‘All stats have gone up by 3 for real! Including Friendship, Taming and Leadership!’

nSeven stats increased by 3, so he had gotten a total of 21 stat points. Counting only the stats, it was

nas if his level had just risen by 4!

nIan suddenly missed Harin.

n‘I must get more food from Harin…’

nOf course, it seemed that the stats rose permanently because it was his first time, but no one knew

nwhen Harin’s food would help him in the future. Plus, it tasted so good.

nFull of joy, Ian got up.

n“Let’s go, Ly. Let’s catch some ice blocks!”

nGrowl- Growl-!

nLy was also feeling good thanks to the meatball as it wagged its tail.

n…

nWiinng-.

nTrumbon, one of the major cities in the Luspell Empire.

nIn the middle square, three players emerged out of thin air.

nOther players muttered among themselves when seeing them.

n“Who are they? Why are they in their underwear? They must be some perverts!”

nOne beginner female player screamed. A male user at her side looked at them with pity and

nanswered, “They aren’t. They are poor people… they probably were killed and are logging in after 24

nhours. Dying means losing all the items they were wearing.”

nThe female user realized her mistake and started to look very sorry.

n“Oh… I see… I didn’t know…”

nThe three users were none other than Lukin, Falcon and Milan.

nThey had lost to the Goblin Shaman who was fully ‘sponsored’ by Ian and Harin. Therefore, they lost

nall the items they had worn.

nThey didn’t care about the nearby users talking about them. As soon as they logged in, Falcon and

nMilan checked their inventories and wailed.

n“Ahhhhh! My Lizard Leather Armor! That was worth a fortune!”

n“Falcon, are you despairing about the Lizard Leather Armor? I have lost my Halio’s Necklace!”

nFalcon’s two eyes widened when hearing this.

n“What? Halio’s Necklace? You should have taken it off before you died!”

nAll the items a player was wearing would be 100% dropped the moment the user died. But items in

nthe inventory didn’t get away unless the user was very, very unlucky. So, users normally took off the

nmost expensive item and put it in the inventory when they were about to die.

nBut Milan just muttered, “Of course I did… I put it in the inventory… but I am so unlucky, it was

ndropped…”

nThe Halio’s Necklace did not have good option stats, however, it had the effect called Shooting Range

namong its unique options. Therefore, it was quite expensive.

nIt was a very precious item to Milan who was an Archer.

nThen, Lukin, who had been listening to their conversation vacantly, muttered, “Ha, at least you two

nsalvaged some items… I was killed first. The Shaman targeted me. I didn’t have the time to do

nanything, so I couldn’t put in even one of my items. I dropped everything…”

nHe didn’t even check his inventory because he had certainly dropped the most expensive items he

nhad.

nThe three were enraged about the items they had lost. They barely managed to control their feelings

nand took out some random items and wore them. Even beginners who had just created their

ncharacters wore clothes given to beginners, so they couldn’t continue to get around on the streets in

ntheir underwear.

nLukin gritted his teeth and clenched his fist with enough strength that his hands started to bleed.

nHe slowly spoke with a shaking voice.

n“Falcon…”

n“What?”

n“Those users who PKed us!”

nFalcon’s face trembled as he answered.

n“Yes, those criminals.”

nThey didn’t care about the fact that they had tried to PK Ian and Harin first. To them, Ian was the

nperpetrator now.

n“The man, his name was Ian… Ian, right?”

n“Yes, right.”

n“And that female Priest is Harin… right?”

nMilan answered instead of Falcon.

n“Yes, that pretty girl was in good shape. She is Harin.”

nLukin fumed at hearing this.

n“Milan, you idiot. Does it matter now if she is pretty?”

nFalcon answered this time.

n“Yes, I think that is important.”

nMilan nodded.

n“Yes, important.”

nThe two grinned, thinking about Harin’s pretty face. Lukin shook his fists while looking at them.

n‘Ha… I wish I could beat them to death…’

nLukin calmed down his anger and tried to think ‘rationally’.

n‘He was weak. It would have been him who suffered instead of us, if only we hadn’t been fooled by his

nscheme!’

nWhen his anger subsided, only greed filled its place.

n‘I must find him and get my revenge!’

nLukin thought of his guild which was in the top 30%.

nThere must be at least 20 users whose levels were higher than 70 in the guild. Ian would not be able

nto survive if he got help from them!

n‘I will make sure you never set foot in Kailan!’

nHowever, as for whether his resolution could come true, we’ll see about that.

nEnd of Part 1.

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