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nMalona was the only village that was near the North Continent.

nIt had been almost desolate before the update, but now, it was full of energy.

nIt was because of many expeditions that had gathered to explore the North Continent which had been

nopened recently.

nThe Malona’s central square was full of people forming parties.

n“Looking for someone who will explore the Gargoyle Tower! Knight of Lv. 80 or higher, please send

nme a message”

n“Forming a party to attack Mamus! We have 10 users of Lv. 90 or higher. Will leave right away when

ntwo Priests and three long-range attackers join us!”

nIan arrived at Malona by using the travel gate. He was surprised to see so many people here.

n‘I’ve heard that more and more expeditions are going to the North Continent… there are so many

npeople.’

nBut Ian wasn’t interested in getting a party, so he went straight to the Snowy Mountains of Crupia.

nBesides, there was no one who would let a low-level user like Ian join their party.

n‘I hope there aren’t too many people on the Mountains…’

nIf the Mountains of Crupia were so crowded like Malona, Ian’s plans would be disturbed greatly.

nIan summoned Ly.

nGrowl-!

nIan stroke Ly’s mane and lightly got on its back.

nThe Snowy Mountains of Crupia was far away, so he had to ride Ly to save time.

n‘And Ly wouldn’t draw too much attention here.’

nAmong high-level users, there were many who had artifacts with pets that could be ridden.

nArtifacts with pets that could be ridden on, but were not strong in a fight, were very expensive.

nHowever, they were far less expensive than artifacts with monsters for battle.

nPlayers who were part of attack parties rode on all kinds of monsters while they were on their way to

nraid Mamus.

nSo, in the North Continent, riding Ly didn’t draw much attention.

n“Ly, let’s go! That way!”

nIan had gotten used to riding Ly, so he could comfortably sit on him.

nAnd thanks to that, Ly could run even faster now.

nAfter about 30 minutes, Ian arrived at the Snowy Mountains of Crupia.

nAs Ian had hoped, there weren’t many people here.

n‘What? Why is it so desolate here? There are only a few parties!’

nIan was a little surprised as he had thought there would be users everywhere as the new Continent

nwas hot these days.

nBut actually, the Snowy Mountains of Crupia was not a place people would be interested in.

nThat was because players who explored the North were at least at Lv. 80.

nUsers who would come to the Mountains of Crupia would be users looking for a Lv.50~60 hunting

nground, however, there were already many well-known hunting grounds at those levels.

nAdditionally, it was very cold on the Mountains of Crupia. Plus, it had just been opened, so there were

nunknown monsters there.

nUsers didn’t have to take risks in coming here when there were so many good hunting grounds on the

nwarm South Continent.

nBut Ian wasn’t about to do that ordinary kind of hunting.

n‘It’s a bit dangerous, but I would get great EP if I found a new dungeon…’

nTo players who found instant dungeon for the first time, great rewards were given: the EP and the

nprobability of getting an item doubled for 5 days.

nIan had come all the way to the new Continent for that.

nOf course, ordinary users all knew about this.

nBut they didn’t take the risk because if they died while trying, their levels would degrade by 1 and get

na penalty of access limit for 24 hours.

nThe few parties on the Mountains would be users who had a strange gaming style like Ian.

n“Well, all the better for me.”

nIan looked for a good place to battle.

nHe went in deep into the Mountains where there were no people.

nIan found a nice spot and summoned Big Guy.

n“Big Guy, summon!”

nThe Golem was summoned with a white light.

n‘Uh… but do I need to summon Bukbuk?’

nIt was clearly troublesome.

nClearly, Bukbuk wouldn’t be much of a help in fighting and gaining EP.

n‘But he has the Evolution Possible option and he is a rare monster that had never been known. I

ncannot give up on him.’

nIan was planning to raise him, make him evolve and finally use him. So, it would be better to raise its

nlevel.

n‘1

/3 of EP or 1

/4 of EP. It wouldn’t make that big of a difference! I can hunt more. if he turns out to be

ncompletely useless, I should use Bukbuk to lure in monsters.’

nInsufficient EP can be filled with hunting.

nIan made up his mind and summoned Bukbuk.

n“Bukbuk, summon!”

nBuk-!

n‘Why does he make that weird sound every time I summon it?’

nBukbuk looked around.

nAnd it crawled to Ian as soon as it spotted him.

n“What?”

nBuk- Bukbuk-

nIan’s eyes met Bukbuk’s.

nAnd soon he realized what it wanted.

n“Hu, wait a second.”

nIan took out meatball.

n‘It’s good that I got plenty of these from Harin.’

nIan had asked Harin to make more meatballs because Ly and Bukbuk loved them.

nSo, he had a lot of these meatballs.

nIan gave one to Ly.

nBig Buy seemed incapable of eating food, probably because it was a Golem.

nBukbuk finished its meatball. It felt good and crawled to Big Guy.

nIt was glad to see Big Guy because they had been neighbors.

nIan smiled to see Bukbuk crawling around Big Guy’s feet.

n“Big Guy, put him on your shoulder.”

nBig Guy put Bukbuk on Bukbuk and glanced at it.

nIan laughed.

n‘Bukbuk is very cute… I wonder what it would become after evolving.’

nIan then realized that he had one more thing to do before starting to hunt.

n‘Ly’s Potential must have reached 20 by now.’

nIan was going to bestow a skill on Ly with the Pet Bestowing Skill which he had learned when he

nreached Lv. 30.

n‘Let’s check the skill’s information again first.’

nHe couldn’t recall it well as he had had no chance to use the skill.

nIan decided to read it once more before he used the skill.

nPet Bestowing Skill

nCategory: active skill

nSkill Level: Lv.0

nProficiency: 0%

nCooldown Time: 24 hours

n– Your pet will receive a random skill.

n– 20 Potential points of the pet will be used when giving a skill. If you are going to bestow a new skill

nto the pet, the first skill gained will be changed into the new skill.

n– A higher level and proficiency of the skill will increase the probability of your pet receiving a high-

nclass skill.

n…

n‘Ha, I should have raised this skill’s Proficiency…’

nIan scowled himself for not thinking of this earlier.

nHe had made a serious mistake at not reading the skill’s information properly because Lukin

napproached him right after he got the skill.

n‘But how do I raise its Proficiency? Um… should I capture any monster with Potential, bestow a skill

non it, and release it once a day?’

nHe couldn’t waster his pets’ Potential so it would be better to capture new monsters with Potential and

nbestow skills on them.

n‘I can find monsters with Potential quickly with my Expert titles…’

nHe had the Wolf Expert title and Golem Expert title, so if he captured wolfs or golems whose names

nshone in gold even faintly, they would have at least 20 Potential.

nIan made a plan and called Ly.

nHe had to bestow a skill on Ly first.

n“Ly, come here.”

nGrowl- Growl-

nIan stroke Ly’s head and used the skill.

n“Bestow skill!”

nThen, Ly’s body glowed white for a moment and the light faded away.

n– You used Pet Bestowing Skill on Ly.

n– Ly’s Potential had decreased by 20.

n– Your pet Ly received Frenzy skill.

nWith that, information about Ly’s new skill came up.

nFrenzy

nCategory: active skill

nSkill Rank: Rare

nCool Time: 3 hours

nAttack Force and Speed increases by 30% for 15 minutes, Defense Force decreases by 30%.

nAdditionally, Attack Force increases by 30% when inflicting fatal damage to the enemy on Frenzy

nmode.

n…

nA decent skill had been created.

nThe skill had options that could maximize Ly’s fighting style.

n‘Its cooldown time is too long compared to its lasting time… but I will be able to make use of it for a

nlong time. Lucky me.’

nIt was very fortunate that the skill didn’t turn out to be useless.

nIan had spent 20 Potential to form it, so if it had been useless, it would slow down the other pets from

nreceiving a skill and evolving.

nIan stroke Ly’s mane and talked.

n“Ly, you must use this skill when I tell you to, okay?”

nLy understood Ian’s commands almost perfectly now. It nodded.

nGrowl- Growl-

nAt the same time, Ian recalled the options of the knuckle he had bought.

n‘With the knuckle’s unique Abilities, I can be on Frenzy, too. That is really cool!’

nBut Ian wondered how the skill’s cooldown time would be applied.

nIt would be great if the skill was activated without any cooldown time when being activated by an item,

nbut Ian knew well it would not work that way.

nIan finished thinking about the Frenzy skill and looked up to Big Guy.

n‘I can use the Training skill on Big Guy now.’

nIan decided to use the Training Skill on Big Guy whose Potential was a little over 70.

nHe also wanted to make Bukbuk’s Potential reach 20 and let it at ‘last’ learn a skill, but Big Guy’s

nevolution was more important.

nLy had gotten so strong after evolving.

n“Now, it’s time for hunting!”

nIan put on the knuckle he had bought on auction an hour ago and grinned.

nIt was time to hunt.

nIan liked hunting without thinking as much as he liked studying and analyzing.

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