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nThe building was located on the outer side of the village.

nIan couldn’t help but get curious, so he asked, “Professor, how did you find out about this place?”

nLobos Village wasn’t far from Muran, capital of the Luspell Empire, but it was in a desolate area and

nthere wasn’t any decent hunting ground nearby, so it was a quiet village.

nIf Jinuk had taken the usual level-up course, he would have never gone there.

n‘There is no news about it at the community yet, so it must have been made recently…’

nJinuk replied, “The owner of this Monster Training Center is an NPC named Ralph, I luckily met him

nwhen I visited the Tower of Summoners for the first time.”

nIan became interested, ‘It looks like a hidden quest… If it is a quest that anyone can do, the

ncommunity would know about it by now.’

nJinuk spoke again, “When I first met him, the Center was being built. I got a quest from him. It was

nabout capturing monsters like wolves, foxes and bears.”

nIan suddenly remembered something, ‘I heard that if a user completes a quest to help build a facility,

nhe or she can build that facility and own it…’

nIt was a quest usually given to users who concentrated on craftsman classes.

nAfter doing the quest successfully, they could build facilities like a forge or a restaurant and run them.

n‘Harin told me she needed to do a quest to build a restaurant at the base…’

nJinuk continued to speak, “Anyway, I finished the quest and this Center was completed, I work here

nnow.”

nIan asked him what he wanted to know, “Professor, didn’t you get a message that said you can build a

nMonster Training Center after you finished the quest?”

nJinuk was surprised again, “How did you know that?”

n“Usually, users of the craftsman classes get the rights to own facilities through quests like that one.”

nJinuk nodded, “Since you know about this, I can explain more easily. As you just said, I was given the

nrights to build a Monster Training Center. But I cannot do it right now because I haven’t fulfilled the

nrequirement.”

n“What requirement?”

nJinuk took out a strange-looking book.

n“This is the Book of Monsters. I got it from Ralph. I have to register at least 50 monsters here to be

nable to build a Center of my own.”

nAs soon as Ian saw the book, he recalled something.

n‘Oh, I’ve gotten something like that during the Magic Tower quest…’

nHe opened his inventory and soon found the Book of Ancient Monsters.

nHowever, it was clearly very different from Jinuk’s Book of Monsters.

n‘I cannot register monsters to this book… they must be different kinds of things.’

nJinuk gave his book to Ian, “To register a new monster to this book, I have to capture it. However, I

ncould capture only about 30 kinds of monsters. So, I want you to take this and register the monsters I

ncouldn’t capture.”

nIan first checked the information of the book.

nBook of Monsters

nCategory: Common good

nRank: Regular

nYou can register monsters you captured in this book.

nYou get at least 100 Reputation when registering a monster. You get more Reputation if the monster is

na rare one.

n…

nWhile Ian was reading, Jinuk spoke again, “If you help me, I will let you use my Monster Training

nCenter for free. How is that?”

nIan wanted to know what the Monster Training Center did first, “But professor, what can I do at the

nMonster Training Center?”

nJinuk answered, “If a user entrusts his or her pets at the Center, the pets are trained there. More

nfunctions will be added as the Center’s rank rises, but basically, it is for training pets.”

n“Training?”

nJinuk summoned one of his pets instead of answering.

n“Wolfy, Summon!”

nA giant black wolf was summoned in front of him.

nIan’s eyes widened at seeing that.

n“Huh?”

nHe was surprised because he had never seen anything like that.

n‘There are some black wolves among Regular rank wolves… but I’ve never seen anything that big! It

nis almost as big as Ly!’

nJinuk was glad to see Ian surprised and spoke again, “Haha! have you made your pet evolve?”

nIan’s eyes widened even more, ‘It’s an evolved pet! But how?!’

nIt wasn’t just because it was the first time Ian met another user that made a pet evolve.

nHe had assumed that there must be some users who succeeded on that by now.

nHowever, Jinuk was not even Lv.30 yet, so Ian was confused.

n‘What? Does he have the Training skill like me? Oh… maybe?!’

nIan realized something.

nJinuk confirmed that he was right, “I trained Wolfy in this Center and he evolved into a ‘Black Claw

nWolf’ a few days later. Although, I don’t know what exactly made him evolve.”

nHowever, unlike Jinuk, Ian knew why.

n‘Training here raises the pets’ Potential, just like my Training skill does.’

nIan’s head started to spin fast.

n‘It would be great to tell Yuhyeon and help the professor build his Monster Training Center at our

nbase…’

nProbably no one knew it yet, however, once everyone learns that the Center can make your pet

nevolve, the place will become very popular.

n‘I don’t know if the Training Center can raise the Potential as fast as my Training skill… but that skill

nhas a cooldown time, so leaving the pets I don’t use at the Center could help me a lot.’

nEven though he had used the Training skill repeatedly until he became Lv.93, Ian hadn’t succeeded in

nmaking all his pets’ Potentials reach 100.

nThis will soon happen with Big Guy, but after using the Bestowing Skill, Potential would decrease

nagain.

nPlus, more functions will be added if the Center’s rank got higher.

nAs a Summoner, Ian found that possibility very appealing.

nMoreover, building a new facility at the base would greatly help the guild.

nIan decided to help Jinuk, “Professor, I will help you.”

nJinuk was glad, “Oh! will you really do that?”

n“Yes, professor. But can I ask you a favor?”

n“A favor?”

nJinuk was a little surprised at the unexpected request, but he nodded, “Tell me.”

nIan spoke, “Instead of letting me use your Monster Training Center for free, can you build it at my

nguild’s base?”

n…

nIan made a ‘deal’ with Jinuk and went straight back to the Magic Tower of Dimensions to finish the

nquest.

nJinuk had accepted Ian’s request, actually, that wasn’t even a request.

nIt would not be easy for Jinuk to find a place to build his Center, therefore, it was a win-win deal.

n‘That was unexpected. I didn’t know he had that kind of ‘talent’.’

nIn reality, Jinuk was a professor, but he was also a wild animal lover who liked hiking.

nThat was why he immediately chose to be a Summoner in Kailan.

nIan recalled the story of how Jinuk got the quest and nodded.

n‘It is hard to get a hidden quest by following the usual course.’

nUnlike ordinary users, Jinuk preferred bonding with his pets more than hunting with them and played

nas if he was raising real pets, so he got the Monster Training Center quest in the end.

nIan took out Jinuk’s Book of Monsters.

n‘Before I start on my quest, shall I register my pets first?’

nHe was curious about how the book would work.

nHe registered his pets.

n“Register pets!”

nIan saw system messages.

nThen, more messages announced the increase of his Reputation.

n…

nIan pleasantly checked the messages when he was suddenly confused, ‘What? Why did Bukbuk give

nme the biggest Reputation?’

nCompared to Big Guy, which was also a Unique rank, Bukbuk gave ten times more of reputation.

n‘He gave me even twice more than Rake, and he is Hero rank?’

nHowever, Ian couldn’t find out why.

n‘Is there a possibility of Bukbuk evolving and becoming a really great pet?’

nBut recalling the simple Bukbuk that would do anything for a meatball, Ian’s sweet dream was

nimmediately shattered.

n‘Maybe it’s an error…’

nIan read the information of the registered monsters, but there was nothing special.

n‘Now I should go to finish the quest.’

nIan had gotten 100,000 Reputation in seconds anyway. He felt good as he stepped into the portal.

nWith the Reputation he got by coming up in second place at the Rookies’ League and the small

nReputation points he had gotten here and there, his current Reputation was over 300,000.

n‘This would be a perfect day if I become the First Finder of this dungeon again…’

nExcited, Ian went into the portal.

nAnd…

nIan grinned widely.

nEven Ian had never gotten the First Finder of the field.

n‘This is awesome!’

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