The Taming Master

Hoonie’s eyes were shinning .

“Oh ho…! We are included in a worldwide message!!”

Ian responded with a silly expression .

“Yeah, is that really what’s important now? We need to do this quickly . Start reading from the beginning of the Skill window . ”

“Shit! okay…”

Hoonie immediately opened the skill window .

Ian was already reading the details of the Fusion Skill .

‘The Dark Bondage is like a… is like a maze that temporarily limits the movements of objects . This isn’t so special…’

Ian’s interest was on the other two skills that were classified as the fusion skill .

The Dark Bondage was a normal skill, so it didn’t make much difference for them, while the other two skills were completely different and unknown from the most basic Dark Summoning skill .

Dark Recall –

Classification – Active Skill/ Fusion Skill

Skill Level – Lv 0

Proficiency – 0%

Cool down time – 15 minutes

Duration – 30 minutes

Terms of Use

– Can be used only when the Warlock mentioned in the contract is in the party .

– Can be used only with the summoned Familiars/Undead .

– The ability to replicate the soul of a specific summon (Familiar or Undead) with the use of dark energy . (The lower the level of the summon, the more souls one can replicate . )

– The replicated Soul turns into a summon made of dark energy . It lasts for a specific period of time and exerts 50% of the original capacity .

– Either one of the two, if the Summoner or the Warlock dies, all the recalled summons will disappear .

* The number of souls currently producible with the level .

Myth – Impossible (opens with skill level at MAX . )

Legend – Impossible (opens with skill level at 5 . )

Hero – 1

Unique – 1

Rare – 4

General – 8

*As proficiency increases, the number of replicable souls also increases .

* As proficiency increases, the number of recalled souls will also increase .

– – – –

‘It is a skill that can only be used in a play if both Hoonie and I are together… right?’

Since the level of the skill was too low, it was still impossible for them to recall a myth or legendary creatures . However, the skill would be of great help .

Ian laughed a lot in the inside .

‘For a while, I will be the one who’ll need more help than Hoonie’

The reason for it was very simple .

Among all the summons that Ian possessed, the only one below the rank of Hero was Halli .

In layman’s term, the only familiar that Hoonie could use from Ian was Halli .

Ian on the other hand had abundant resources to call .

Hoonie had normal skeletons, and he used various levels of Undead .

Especially the Death Knights and the named Undead were all Hero ranked except for ‘Belam’, so Ian could summon the death knights .

Hoonie who was reading the skill window right next to Ian was grumbling with a pouty face .

“What is this? Another skill that is advantageous to hyung? There is nothing apart from Halli that I can call from your familiars . ”

Ian smiled and responded .

“It is a good thing, and I get to recall your Undead right?”

“That’s what I’m saying…!”

“If you’re so unhappy, then you should start hunting with me and increase the level of the Fusion Skill . ”

Hoonie’s face turned red .

“Huh? What the hell?”

“Didn’t you read the skill window thoroughly?”

Ian continued .

“If we manage to go beyond skill level 5, you can then replicate the legendary summons . If you shoot up to level 10 up to the MAX level, then you can even have a myth class . ”

Hoonie’s expression brightened .

“If you shoot up to the MAX, then this is a much more advantageous skill for you . I have two myth grade familiars, and you still haven’t got a single myth grade . ”

Because of the last thing that Ian said, Hoonie responded harshly .

“Huh, wait and see . With what I received from the Daedmon quest, I will do one more personal quest and then upgrade my Bellam to a higher Knight . ”

What Hoonie just said made Ian ask .

“Oh…? So is Ballam a myth class now?”

“Huh, you didn’t think so?”

When hunting with Hoonie, Ian often preferred Ballam .

There was something nice about the Death Knight, and they were fun to use in a hunt .

However, unlike the normal image of the Death Knight, Ballam was a star of all the undead .

Like its name ‘Sovereign Death Knight’ .

It literally meant, ‘The Monarch Death Knight’ of the Undead .

A summon which Ian really wanted to call .

‘I need to reach level 5 and control Ballam . ’

Just by thinking of controlling Ballam, Ian started to get excited .

And Hoonie once again spoke .

“By the way hyung, rather than this Dark Recall… the Soul Recall seems to be more efficient, right?”

“Uh, really? Just a minute, I need to read it . ”

Ian opened the skill window of the Soul Recall .

– – – –

Soul Recall –

Classification – Active Skill/ Fusion Skill

Skill level – Lv 0

Proficiency – 0%

Cooldown – 15 minutes

Duration – 5 minutes

Terms of Use

– It can be used when the Warlock mentioned in the contract is in the party .

– Can only be used within 10 seconds of death .

– Can only be used once while in a ‘Party state’ .

* It is the ability to recapture the soul of a target that has depleted all its vitality and is in a state of ‘death’ . (Including User)

* The Recalled Soul gains 125% of the targets original abilities and turns into a state of ‘Bloodlust’ . (Bloodlust state: all movements and attack speed will increase by 60% . )

* The user controls the recalled target and uses the skills that the target possesses, and can control all the objects that are deemed related to the target . (However, no skill of the Devine series can be used . If the target dies or the duration expires then all the objects and effects related to the target will disappear . )

* As proficiency increases, the number of attributes of the summoned soul will increase .

* As the skill level increases, the duration of the skill increases .

* If a user is summoned by Soul Recall, the death penalty will still be given regardless of the summon .

– – – – –

In its current state, the Dark Recall skill wasn’t of much use .

The summoning of general to unique didn’t mean much, and only one hero ranked could be summoned .

It was a skill that would be effective only after reaching Level 5 .

However, the ‘Soul Recall’ was different .

It was because this was a skill that could be applied to major classes such as Karceus or to retainers like Kaizer and Pauline .

In the case of familiars, it gave the merit to immediately recall the pets before their death .

However, even if it meant the death of a familiar, it was still useful if they could manage to defeat their opponents in a battle .

‘Besides, it can be used to users too…!’

Ian liked that part the most .

It was because Ian had always been very frustrated every time a member of the party died .

The most frustrating thing he experienced was when a ranker with good specs and rank had to die without using the fullest of their abilities .

Besides, except for the divine skills, all the other skills could be used and that was still tremendously good .

This was surely an inefficient skill for those users who couldn’t control their character’s abilities properly .

Hoonie spoke to Ian with an excited face .

“With this skill, I’ll be able to use Ian hyung’s character too, right?”

It was impossible to control the character of another person in the virtual reality game—Kailan .

However, with this skill, it would be possible to control Ian’s character, who was now the 1st ranker and the strongest user .

However, Ian laughed at Hoonie’s childish wish .

“Huh? You think that’s possible?”

“Why? It’s written here . It applies to users!”

“Hoonie, have you ever seen me die?”

“…!”

Hoonie’s hopes died upon realizing what Ian just said .

“Hyung, it is alright to die like once a month you know?”

“I hate it, idiot . ”

“Then how about once every two months…?”

“…”

The two of them—who was currently standing up—sat down and studied the skills thoroughly .

While in combat, the ‘Soul Recall’ skill couldn’t be used immediately, but the ‘Dark Recall’ skill could be used immediately .

Ian saw two messages came up at the same time while the two of them were studying the fusion class and fusion skill .

[Herz: Jinsung-ah, are you busy now?]

[Fiolan: Ian, what are you doing now?]

* * *

The Kailan servers were full .

All the traffic on the page had been flooded because of the Lotus Guild, and there was an additional bomb like issues .

What was the explosive issue?

The appearance of new content that wasn’t even pre-announced .

Thankfully it wasn’t in the official community of Kailan but in the blogs of various communities of other games .

And the contents were…

– Lol… Haha… . LB is really amazing… Haha . Don’t they need to announce it in public when new content is being added? Whatever… they are at the top in the market shares, there is no need for publicity, I guess?

– I think so too, LOL, they are in a different class . To make such huge contents and open them up without any notice . They are amazing .

– Maybe the publicity team wasn’t made aware by the development team about the content? It doesn’t make sense… the other games usually have bulk updates along with high publicity .

– There is no need for such publicity, this is Kailan .

Praising Kailan were the first comments that could be seen in those blogs . The other comments were…

– By the way, what kind of guy is this Ian?

– Exactly what I wanted to say . Does he play 24 hours a day and try to clear all of the contents?

– Hmm… will it be possible to do in 24 hours?

– Lol . Do you think that it will only take that long to finish the contents of that game? This is a game that scares the shit out of other games .

– Are the skills important in the games? Isn’t it the game that has been going on for the longest time?

– Honey, what prehistoric times are you talking about . That’s all in the past…

– It wasn’t uncommon for games to be as influential as Kailan . With the same specs, experience, and the hunting, other games were rather similar .

– Right . Once a character is at the top ranks then there is a rule… that is to continuously move forward no matter what to maintain the character’s level . No exceptions .

– Guys, Ian can’t be judged by the standard of comments that people give . They need to consider how much he is being praised .

Once again admiration and controversy started because Ian’s name was mentioned in the world message .

Sometimes, the name KanjiHoonie would appear in the comments, but they were very few .

It was thought that the Warlock was fortunate enough to be known because of Ian .

Thanks to that, Hoonie who was reading the comments was getting angry .

“Whaaaaat!? Why is Ian hyung’s name the only ones that can be seen here!”

Honestly, it was Hoonie’s fault .

In the concept of keeping ‘mystery’ to his name, he still kept his ranking in the private

setting .

So there weren’t that many people who knew Hoonie .

The few people who knew Hoonie were the one he partied up with or watched his performance .

So, the 1st ranker Hoonie, who was 10 times higher than the other warlocks, was unable to get recognition .

“Wah, should I release my ranking too?”

This time, Hoonie wanted to boast to his school friends .

After much thought, he decided to not disclose his ranking .

“Nope, Ian hyung has become famous even though his rank is still in private? I’m a mystery, and I will surely become a famous warlock . ”

Hoonie was mumbling something .

But then,

He heard a familiar voice from the other side of his room’s door .

“Hoonie-ah! Dinners ready!”