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n

n‘Hidden class!!!’

nIan’s eyes widened.

nHe was confused at meeting a new hidden class.

n‘I could get a hidden class in this way?’

nIan was surprised, so he didn’t speak. Orkley then talked again.

n‘Dragon Tamer’.

nThat name was so cool.

nIan’s eyes shook.

n‘Which is better, Taming Master or Dragon Tamer?’

nHe wished he could read a guide or something.

n‘I became Taming Master quite easily in the beginning… while I got the Dragon Tamer class after all

nthose hard battles…’

nIan decided to trust his instincts.

n“I want to take the path of the Dragon Tamer, Orkley. I will change my class.”

nOrkley’s face brightened.

ndecision.

nOrkley stretched out his hand to Ian.

nA blue energy came out of his hand and shrouded Ian.

nHowever…

nSystem messages came up.

nIan was confused.

n“Uh… uh?”

nOrkley’s eyes showed disappointment.

nHe continued to speak.

nthat you were walking the path of the Master.

nIan felt strange.

nHe was sad that he didn’t get the cool Dragon Master class, but he felt good about the fact that the

nTaming Master was a higher class.

nIan’s eyes twinkled.

nHe thought he could get some decent information from the old man.

n“Is my Ly special?”

nOrkley tilted his head.

n“It is.”

nOrkley continued to speak.

nwouldn’t be possible unless its Tamer raised it in a special way.

nIan was secretly surprised.

nThe old man knew Ly’s rank and abilities.

n‘The legendary Dragon Tamer…’

nIan glanced at Orkley.

n‘Maybe I can get something more from him.’

n“Orkley, may I ask why you have been waiting for challengers here?”

nOrkley looked surprised to hear this.

nthing.’

nIan held back his anger.

n‘I knew it! I have passed that crazy test, there’s got to be some reward! I almost just left because of

nthat old man.’

nIan thought he almost got no reward, as if the hidden class Orkley offered wasn’t a reward.

n“The important thing?”

nOrkley nodded.

nOrkley moved, he floated as if he was gliding in the air and approached the iron gate on the other side

nof the room.

n‘He really is a ghost.’

nIan hurried to follow him. The iron gate started to open with a loud sound.

nWhen they went inside, the gate closed again.

nBam-!

nIan entered a dark cave with some mysterious energy.

nThe place in which he had fought the Chaos Drake was a room made of stone, but this place was

nmore like a natural cave.

nOrkley slowly went deeper and stood in front of a huge rock. Then he looked back at Ian.

n“?”

nIan just stared at him, clearly not understanding. Orkley spoke again.

n“A mission?”

n‘Is it like a quest?’

nOrkely continued to speak.

nIan’s face hardened to hear this.

n‘What… what the-!’

nOrkley meant Ian couldn’t refuse the quest after reading about it.

nIt was a big risk.

nIf he got the quest and failed or gave up, his Reputation would fall according to the quest’s rank.

nIf it were a low-rank class, like D or lower, giving up once wouldn’t be a big deal, but in cases of high-

nrank quests, thousands of Reputations could be lost.

nIan had failed a C rank quest before he reset his character, and he lost about 500 Reputations.

nIn addition, he could lose his reward depending on the success or failure of the quest, so if he got a

nquest of higher rank than he thought, he could gain nothing and only lose his Reputations.

n“You won’t tell me… what the mission is in advance, right?”

nIan asked in vain.

n“Hmm…”

nIan thought for long. So, Orkley urged him.

nreward and the mission?

nIan made up his mind.

n‘It wouldn’t be my style to give up at this point and leave.’

nIan nodded, “Yes, I will take them.”

nWith that, a system message appeared.

nThen, the quest’s information window came up.

nDing-

nTrace of the Forgotten Ancient Monster

nOrkley, the legendary Dragon Tamer, had locked himself under the Snowy Mountains of Crupia for

nmore than a thousand years.

nTake the God Dragon’s Soul Stone from him and go to the Mage of Dimensions.

nQuest Difficulty Level: B

nQuest Limit: Summoner must be acknowledged by Orkley.

nQuest Limit: Unable to form a party during the quest.

nTime Limit: Doesn’t exist

nReward: Unknown

nYou cannot refuse this quest.

nIt was a quest that couldn’t be refused, so the accepting message came up automatically.

nIan was a little relieved when reading the quest.

n‘No time limit, that’s good.’

nIt was a little surprising that he had gotten a B rank quest before reaching Lv. 50, but it had no time

nlimit. It meant he didn’t even have to do it.

n‘But unable to form a party during the quest… does this mean I cannot play in a party before I finish

nthis quest?’

nIf it had been other user, that would clearly be a death penalty.

nHowever, Ian had always liked to play solo, so it wasn’t much of a penalty for him.

n‘I cannot do a B quest alone now, but…’

nHe could wait until his level went up and he got stronger.

nWhile Ian was thinking hard like this, Orkley came to him.

nHe then gave Ian a black stone with some mysterious energy.

n‘This is a Soul Stone?’

nIt looked more like a lump of coal than a ‘Soul Stone’. Ian tilted his head while Orkley spoke.

nIan looked at Orkley.

nHe had to do the quest now, so he needed to hear Orkley’s story.

nOrkley became sentimental, recalling the old days and continued to speak.

ntogether.

nIan was absorbed in his story now.

nIt was quite interesting.

none of the five dragons that were called God Dragons.

nOrkley’s story was very long.

nTo summarize it, it went like this.

nA thousand years ago, in the Prilania Valley, where Dragon Tamers of the North Continent lived, was

ninvaded by Evil Dragons and countless dragons and tamers were killed.

nOrkley’s duty was to protect the War Dragon Karseus, one of the five God Dragons and his

ncompanion, so he escaped from the Prilania Valley and hid on the Snowy Mountains of Crupia.

nHowever, Evil Dragons came after them. In the end, he had no choice but to seal his and Karseus’s

nsoul under the Mountains, he had waited for a thousand years.

n“But were the Evil Dragons so strong, that you and the War Dragon couldn’t stop them?”

nOrkley nodded with bitterness.

nKarseus.

nIan asked again, “What would happen when I go to the Mage of Dimensions with this Stone?

nIan tilted his head.

n“Revive the soul?”

nOrkley spoke again.

n“?”

nline cannot be destroyed like that. I also wanted to maintain the tradition of the Dragon Tamers if I

ncould…

nIan could understand now.

n‘Oh… that was why he asked me to be Dragon Tamer.’

nOrkley continued to talk.

nthe Dragon Tamer and pass down Karseus’s soul to him and, if not, I was going to ask him to bring

nKarseus’s soul with the Stone to the Mage of dimensions.

nHe continued, a little angry.

nyou.

nIan felt sorry.

n“I… see.”

nrelief right here and the War Dragon would have been your pet.

nIan became curious.

n“Can a Dragon Tamer revive Karseus’s soul?”

n