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nIan complained.

n“Ou, why is it so hard to find one of these ice chunks?”

nHe had captured Bukbuk, but it had nothing to do with Ice Golems.

nHe had come to the Island of the Abyss to tame new pets to increase his battle power in the first

nplace.

nBukbuk’s current stats would be of no help in battles, therefore, Ian still hadn’t achieved his goal.

n‘Wide-range skill is one thing, but I need at least one pet that can be a tanker (one that received the

nmonsters’ attacks instead of its party’s members.).’

nIan had worked as the tanker during the Goblins’ Campsite quest, however, it didn’t fit his style and

nwas not efficient.

nSo, he had to get an Ice Golem.

nHe was trying not to think that Bukbuk might be able to be a great tanker.

nIan let Bukbuk play on the field and resumed hunting with Ly.

nWith Bukbuk’s Defense Force, it wouldn’t get killed by any monsters here.

nBuk- Bukbuk-

nJust as Ian thought, Bukbuk was excitedly roaming around the field, not getting disturbed by any

nmonsters.

nAfter three hours.

nIan finally captured an Ice Golem with the ‘Evolution Possible’ option.

n“Yes!”

nHe had worked harder than when he had to capture Ly, so he felt proud of himself.

n‘Shall I check its information?’

nIan opened the information of his latest pet.

nIce Golem

nLv. 38

nType: Golem

nRank: Regular

nCharacter: honest

nEvolution Possible

nAttack Force: 205

nDefense Force: 315

nSpeed: 66

nIntelligence: 125

nHealth: 5450

/ 5450

nUnique Abilities

n– Ice Wave

nA cold shock wave is released within a 15-meter radius when it stamps with its feet hard.

nInflict a damage of 50% of its Attack Force to enemies within the radius and slows them down by 30%

nfor 10 seconds.

n– When the temperature is low, the stats will increase by a maximum of 30%. Receive twice the

ndamage from Fire-type attacks.

nGolems were made of ice that lived in the Island of the Abyss.

nIan smiled happily.

nHe opened the detailed information window to check its Potential and it was at 75.

n‘Huhu, all that hard work was worth it. Ly’s Potential will soon reach 20, so I will use Training skill on

nthis one right after I bestow a skill to Ly.’

nIan was satisfied with the Ice Golem’s stats. He then summoned it right away.

n“Summon!”

nThe Ice Golem appeared in front of him.

nKung-!

n– You summoned Ice Golem for the first time. You can give it a name.

n‘Oh, right, a name…’

nOnce again, Ian’s creativity had to come into play.

n‘He is big and tough, so…’

nIan opened his mouth, “I will call you ‘Big Guy’.”

n– Ice Golem has received the name ‘Big Guy’.

nUnlike Ly and Bukbuk, Big Guy didn’t show any reaction.

n‘Does he not understand me?’

nIan called it.

n“Hey, Big Guy.”

nGrrrr-

nBig Guy turned its head and looked at Ian as soon as it was called.

n‘Luckily, it understands me.’

n“Dismiss!”

nIan dismissed Big Guy for now.

nHe could take Ly or Bukbuk around with him, however, Big Guy was twice as big as a grown male, so

nit would be uncomfortable to travel with it.

nLy used the Intermediate Training skill on Ly again and held Bukbuk in one hand.

n‘Okay, it looks like I am ready now…’

nHe had spent two days on capturing a Golem. It was time to get back to leveling-up.

n‘To the Snowy Mountains of Crupia!’

nThe Snowy Mountains of Crupia was on the edge of the North Continent which had been opened with

nthe update.

nHe had received information about it from Piolan, the current vice guild master, and he thought it was

na good place to gain some levels.

n‘It would be a little too hard for me, but it wouldn’t be impossible if I hunt using my brain.’

nThe Snowy Mountains of Crupia had monsters of lower levels compared to other parts of the North

nContinent, the monsters that lived there were at Lv.50~60.

nWhile Big Guy was only at the Regular rank, he was a lot weaker compared to Ly, however, since the

nGolem was a tanker, Ian believed that his total fighting power had increased greatly.

nAdditionally, one of Big Guy’s Unique Abilities was the having its stats going up in cold regions and

nthis was one of the reasons Ian picked the Snowy Mountains.

n‘I must first go to the Village and buy some things.’

nThe North Continent was still an unexplored land, so there was no Village in there.

nIan needed to acquire some potions, extra items that would protect him from the cold and food.

n…

nThe stock price of YTBC, a broadcasting station specialized in games, was rapidly increasing these

ndays.

nIt used to have a reputation even before virtual reality games came out. It broadcasted pro leagues of

nfamous games and information about new games. However, the company had grown double in just

nthe past few months.

nThe virtual reality game ‘Kailan’ was the main reason.

nThe other world of Kailan was a treasure box of contents to broadcast about.

nNow, even those who hadn’t been interested in games were starting to play this game one by one.

nEspecially in Korea, where people had been enthusiastic about virtual reality game, many users

nstarted to enjoy playing Kailan.

nSo, the YTBC’s planning team was very busy.

nIt was because after YTBC gained profits by broadcasting about Kailan, many competitors emerged.

nAs a result, the planning team was always eager to find contents that the viewers would like.

nLee Hansung, manager of the team, had to take a phone call as soon as his lunchtime was over.

n– Mr. Lee, do you remember the user who was going to explore the North Continent? The ranked

nplayer with the hidden class. Was he a Knight of Brilliance?

nPark Munsung, the director who was famous for being someone very determined, had been grilling

nthe planning team lately.

n“Yes, Mr. Park. Do you mean Sailon, the Knight of Brilliance?

n– Yes, him. He is the vice guild master of the Titan Guild, right?

nTitan Guild was a huge guild, one of top 5 guilds in the Korean server.

nAnd Sailon the Knight of Brilliance held the second rank among knights in the Korean server. He was

nalso the vice guild master of Titan Guild.

n“Yes, he is.”

n– You said you were going to contact him. How did it go?

nSailon had lately prepared an expedition to explore the North Continent. It was the hottest issue

namong Kailan’s users.

nA video of him killing Mamus, the first boss monster to appear on the North Continent, had been

nuploaded on the community.

nAnd YTBC had contacted him many times to get his personal video.

n“Yes. We finished negotiating yesterday. We will broadcast starting from next week.”

n– What about the revenue distribution?

n“We agreed on 4:6.”

n– Hmmm… we are giving him too much, but we need players like him.

nThey talked more about a few things and hung up. Lee Hansung complained, “Ah, let me rest, please.

nI want to play Kailan, too, but I cannot spare any time to log in.”

nHowever, his hands were moving fast as he talked.

nHe needed to work hard to go home early.

nAnd he had to go home to play Kailan.

nHe sipped coffee as he checked the ratings of the scheduled programs.

n‘Programs about the new classes and unexplored areas have high ratings, it’s been only a few days

nsince the update.’

nHe started to check the list on his notebook.

n‘I have almost finished casting… I just need to find one Summoner user who can be a star…’

nHe had found a few Dark Sorcerer and Assassin users who were progressing fast and gotten

npersonal videos. One of the Dark Sorcerer user was already beyond Lv. 30.

nHowever, he hadn’t been able to find a Summoner at Lv. 25 or higher, so he was worried.

n‘Let’s watch just a little longer.’

nThere had to be a Summoner user somewhere who was quietly progressing fast.

nHis job was to find that user before the other broadcasting stations did.

n…

nJinsung sat at a table and ripped off a bag of cereal while he turned on the TV.

n“Is there any useful information?”

nJinsung’s TV had all the cable channels, but he always watched only one channel.

nIt was YTBC.

n‘This is the only game channel from where I can get some decent information…’

nNo, he was not watching only one channel because he was lazy. Not at all.

nJinsung poured some milk in his bowl of cereal.

n“Uh? Information about Summoners is finally coming out!”

nJinsung stopped eating and started concentrating.

nOn the TV, a female Summoner user was giving an interview while holding a Red Fox.

n– Wow, is this the fox who made many Summoners come to the Hills of Kalimpus?

n– Yes, he is. You can call him Coco.

n– Haha, and his name is very cute as well. But I’ve heard that Coco is different from other foxes… is

nthat true?

nThe player proudly nodded.

n– Yes, that’s right. I cannot show you, but he has an option called ‘Evolution Possible’ written on his

ninformation window.

nPuup-!

nJinsung almost spewed out the cereals in his mouth.

nHe suddenly felt a stomachache.

n“Hu, information about the possible evolution of the pets has been released.” Jinsung complained.

nHe believed that the information would eventually get out, but he was still sour to share such an

nimportant information.

n‘But it was released later than I thought.’

nMore and more users were becoming Summoners.

nEven if those users tamed only one monster each, many players should have been able to tame ones

nthat could evolve by now.

nThe information came out two weeks after the update, so it was a little late.

nProbably because users who got monsters that could evolve kept their mouths shut like Jinsung.

n‘But making your pet evolve won’t be easy without the Taming skill.’

nAccording to the analysis Jinsung had done so far, Potential rose very little when Friendship went up

nwhile going around together, even without the Taming skill.

nOne day, the other users would gain an evolved pet. However, Jinsung thought that would take at

nleast two weeks.

n“I must finish eating my cereal and get back.”

nAfter the interview about the Red Fox, Coco, no information worthy of Jinsung’s attention came out.

nThe best information was the interview of the user who tamed a Unique rank monster for the first time

never.

nHe had captured the Bear of Darkness, which Jinsung had met about a week ago.

n‘It’s a Bear of Darkness. He must have tried really hard to capture it at Lv.23. He must have received

nhelp from his guild’s members or his friends.’

nHowever, Jinsung didn’t get jealous. Ly could hunt monsters even before it evolved.

nWatching the subtitle that read ‘The first Unique rank monster to be tamed’, Jinsung muttered, “But I

nhave captured a Unique rank monster earlier than him…”

nJinsung then recalled the cute Bukbuk.

nAnd he sighed, though he couldn’t tell why.

n‘Hu, I should go to see Bukbuk.’

nHe threw the cereal bowl into the sink and hurried to sit inside his capsule.

n– Iris scanning complete. Ian, welcome to the world of Kailan.

nIan closed his eyes.

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