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n“Herss! Buy me just 15 seconds!”

nUnng-!

nPiolan started to cast the most advanced Ice magic she knew, the Frozen Hell.

nSome blue ice energy started to be absorbed into her staff.

nHerss stood in front of her to stop the Giant of Forlan, the boss monster of the dungeon, from

nattacking her.

nKwang!

nWith a large sound, the Giant’s club smashed in Herss’ shield.

nEven though he had guarded well, Herss was pushed back by a meter.

nThe giant was so powerful!

nHerss checked his Health and his face slightly darkened.

n“Uh… that could be a little too much.” Herss clenched his teeth.

nOne more attack would consume his Health.

nPiolan shouted urgently, “Just 7 more seconds! I think I can kill it with this attack!”

nHerss thought about it, ‘If I dodge its attack, Piolan’s magic would be canceled, then we won’t clear

nthis dungeon.’

nThe time limit was the problem.

nNormally, it would be right to step back. However, as they had less than a minute left, if they missed

nthis chance, they would fail to clear the dungeon anyway.

n‘Let’s hold. I will just get a 24-hour break if I die.’

nThat moment, the giant’s club flew toward Herss again.

nThe attack made a frightening sound!

nHerss calmly checked its course and raised his shield.

nUsers who didn’t know much about Kailan often said that the Knight class didn’t require good control,

nbut that wasn’t true.

nTo minimize damage by calculating the angle of the attack and its power required extremely detailed

ncontrol.

nThe amount of damage greatly depended on the controlling ability.

nSo, Herss was concentrating harder than ever.

nKwang-!

nHerss was pushed back again with a larger sound.

nThen, his face brightened.

n‘I’m still alive!’

nHe had only 1500 Health left, but it didn’t matter now.

nHerss rolled on the ground to get away from the giant’s attack range and looked at Piolan.

nAs he had expected, a huge vortex of ice energy was coming out of Piolan’s staff.

nShe had finished casting the magic while Herss blocked the giant.

nThen, her magic shot forward.

nKwakwakwang-!

n“Okay!”

nThe light of ice energy hit the giant’s body.

nThe giant flinched while Piolan repeatedly fired low-class attacks that had a shorter casting time.

nPung-!

nPiolan used everything she had while holding her breath.

nShe had used up all her Magic Power.

nIf the attack killed the giant, they will finally clear the dungeon.

nTheir eager wish was granted.

nThe Giant of Forlan started to slowly collapse.

nThey had exhausted all its Health.

nKukukukung-

nThe entire dungeon shook as the huge monster fell.

nIn front of it, Herss and Piolan were breathing heavily.

n“Hu! we finally did it, Piolan.”

n“Yes. How much time did we have left?”

n“I don’t know. The result message will let us know.”

nThey soon saw the message that announced they had cleared the dungeon.

nDing-

nTomb of Forlan’s Hero

nTime Limit – 00:50:00

nClear Time – 00:49:43

nClear Level – D

nGained EP – 3356000

nGained Gold – 35250 Gold

nObtained Item – Piece of Forlan Hero’s Armor *2

n…

nCold sweat ran down Herss’ back as he checked the message, “Wow… we did it with only 20

nseconds left.”

nPiolan smiled and pointed out his error, “17 seconds exactly.”

nHerss grinned, “Ka! We still did quite well. We cleared it at the fifth try.”

n“Yes. There are some parties outside that have failed even ten times.”

nPiolan resumed reading the message again. Then, she was slightly surprised.

n“Oh! It gave us bigger EP than I expected!”

nHerss was also checking the EP and he was just as surprised at the big EP.

n“Yeah. I was thinking about that as well. 3,000,000 EP in 50 minutes… that almost gives as much EP

nas hunting.”

nPiolan nodded “Yes. Considering that our clear level is the lowest… if we get used to it and clear it

nwith higher clear level, it can even be more profitable than hunting.”

n“Plus, if we gather the pieces and make a set item, we will get a decent item of at least Hero rank…”

nHowever, the problem was that the clear probability wasn’t 100%.

nKilling monsters in the time-attack dungeons gave nothing. No EP and no item.

nThat meant failing to clear it would be wasting 50 minutes for nothing.

nFailing to clear it even once would greatly drop the efficiency.

n“Piolan, we should clear it perfectly first before bringing the other guild members here.”

n“I think so as well. If we get used to this dungeon first and go in each with different partners, they

nwould be able to clear it more easily.”

nThey agreed on that and hurried to leave the dungeon.

nAs they had just cleared the dungeon, they could enter it again after 10 minutes.

nThey needed to finish preparing.

n…

n“Hu…”

nA few short sighs came out of Ian’s mouth.

nIt had been almost a week since he started to hunt in the low land of the Highlands of Arnobil.

nCounting the five days he had spent in the high lands, he had been in the field for 12 days now.

nThe First Finder effect had ended two days ago.

n‘I want to leave this place now!’

nIan gritted his teeth as he looked at the growling tiger monster in front of him.

n‘I have hunted so many times… please, it has to come out this time!’

nIan had been stuck in the field because of the Hero rank monster Soul of Halican which he was

nfighting right now.

n‘The seventh piece… please!’

nDuring the last quest, the fourth piece was the problem. Now, the seventh piece was also testing Ian’s

npatience.

nWith anger, Ian fired Lightning Spheres at Halican.

n“Lightning Spheres!”

nZip-!

nIan was handling the Halican so easily that he was almost playing with it.

nHalican was a powerful monster, however, Ian had fought against it so many times already that he

nhad memorized all of its attack patterns.

nIan used the monsters nearby to reset the cooldown time and repeatedly fired Lightning Spheres and

nSphere of Magic Power.

nThe Halican had lost a lot of Health. Its name was blinking fast.

n‘Now, I can kill it soon.’

nBut then, something unexpected happened.

nKwakwakwang-!

nWith a large sound, the Lightning Ian fired exploded.

nThen a strong white light blinded him.

n“What?”

nSurprised, Ian instinctively jumped back to get away from the Halican, so that he would not get

nattacked while he was blinded.

nHowever, the Halican didn’t attack. Instead, he heard system message.

nIan was puzzled.

n‘What? It was about to die, but my last attack wasn’t enough to drain all of its Health… and what is

nthis flash?’

nThe white light faded, he could finally see again. Some System messages came up.

n‘Oh! Chirpy has evolved! Did the explosion happen because of that?’

nIan understood the explosion had been part of Chirpy’s evolution. He nodded.

nChirpy, which was a little sparrow, was now a cool eagle.

nHowever, Ian was more interested in checking the dead body of the Halican than seeing Chirpy’s

ninformation window.

n‘Chirpy has evolved… so if I get the seventh piece from it, I can leave this place without regrets…’

nNow that the Halican was dead, another would appear at least an hour later.

nThe probability of a Halican dropping a piece of the Soul Stone was about 30%.

nEven if Ian gathered all 10 without getting the same pieces, he would have to kill 30~35 Halicans.

nHowever, Ian wasn’t that lucky. He got so many of the same pieces that he had killed more than 50

nSouls of Halican.

nThat was boring enough, even for Ian who loved keeping himself busy.

nIan closed his eyes tight and put his hand on the dead Halican.

nHe didn’t forget to say the ‘meaningless’ spell, “Seventh piece!”

nSystem messages then appeared.

nIan checked the messages and couldn’t help but scream.

n“Yes! Finally!”

nIt was the first time he got two pieces from one Halican.

n‘If I didn’t get the seventh piece this time, I would have definitely cried.’

nLighthearted, Ian sat down on the ground.

nNow that he had gotten what he came for, the energy drained out of his body.

n‘Shall I check on Chirpy now?’

nIan called Chirpy. It looked quite cool now.

n“Chirpy, come here.”

nChirp-!

nHowever, its sound was still the same which made Ian smile.

n‘Why does he still say chirp?’

nThen, he opened Chirpy’s information.

nChirpy(Spirit of Lightning)

nSpirit Power: 0

/500

nElement: Lightning

nRank: Middle

nLasting Time when Summoned: 525 (Cooldown time: 800 minutes)

nEvolves into high rank spirit when Spirit Power reaches Max.

n(Certain amount of Spirit Power is given when using Summoning Magic that requires the Lightning

nelement.)

nThe higher the Summoner’s Summoning Magic is, the longer the Spirit’s lasting time becomes.

nUnique Ability: Charging

n…

n‘Oh… it got a Unique Ability! It’s practically Bleeding!’

nChirpy was a spirit. So, it didn’t have Health.

nThen, the recovered Health must refer to Ian’s Health.

n‘Lightning Sphere isn’t for inflicting big damages, so its Attack Power isn’t that big. That’s not good.’

nNevertheless, Ian thought Charging was still a decent recovering skill.

n‘I should go to the Tower of Summoners when I have business to go to Muran and get another

nLightning skill, one with a more powerful Attack Power.’

nIan was excited at seeing Chirpy’s new ability. He got up and called Ly, “Let’s go back!”

nGrr-!

nIan dismissed all his pets except for Ly. He then got up on Ly’s back.

nHe wanted to restore the Halican’s Soul Stone, which he had acquired with so much effort as soon as

npossible.

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