Taming Master

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Terranodon has not shown up to reach the location of the perforated altar, whether it is fortunate or not.

The Knights only appeared once to 150 levels of monsters to be able to resist them.

But there were other problems besides terranodon.

There was so much sand that I couldn't open my eyes that it was blowing from everywhere.

‘I heard the wind is strongest...' ’

Ian grumbled and watched closely everywhere.

We can't get a clear line of sight, so we have a tremendous chance of being caught off guard.

And one mistake would lead directly to the failure of the quest.

At that moment, you hear a strange cry from the front.

Gaaaaaaa -!!

The sound of strange monsters we've never met before.

"Is he Terranodon...?" ’

And the instructions of Helheim were quickly made.

“Battle stations! We'll do our best to keep the others out of sight!" ”

After a while, the voice of crying was revealed.

It was not terranodon.

‘Pachao...? ’

The monster that appeared through the sandstorm had the name 'Pachao’.

It looked like a giant tiger that resembled Ian's summoner, Harley, who was a white tiger, whereas Pachao was a red arc with yellow stripes on it.

Plus level 180.

It wasn't Terranodon, but it was a worthy opponent.

“Pachao never wanders around one by one. There must be more than four or five around. ”

Helheim turns his gaze toward Ian.

“Ian, you take care of yourself as best you can, and we'll take care of each one as soon as we can. ”

Helheim draws the Great Sword.

Then he flew head-on toward Pachao.

Quoo-

A massive whirlpool strikes the area around Helheim, rushing forward.

And his great sword turned red.

"What, are you scared or something? ’

Ian stares at Helheim dazed for a moment, forgetting that it was a dangerous situation.

And...

Kwam-!!

A red beam of light shot from his dagger pierces Pachao's entire body.

Rrrrghhh!

Pachao sprints out of the room and rolls the floor.

And I started to forget the name, whether my life force was half-cut or not.

‘As expected... The best monsters were Helheim...' ’

Ian shakes his head in battle.

As Helheim anticipates, several pachaos surround the group.

And then a war broke out.

‘I can see that Pachao is a monster... It'll move faster than me. We need to be more careful. ’

Ian didn't even use his buff skill on purpose.

He said he was going to help. Targeting skills would be difficult to survive.

Ian hides his presence, focusing on defending himself as best he can.

After a while, Helheim approached Ian, who was carefully watching the battlefield.

You seem to have returned from defeating Pachao.

He raises his sword and points somewhere.

“Ian, can you see the stairs up to the altar over there? ”

Ian turns his head in the direction he's pointing.

Then the entrance to the altar is faintly visible through the sandstorm.

“Yes, I see it. ”

“As long as it's found in Pachao, we can't stall long. They're gonna smell the blood soon enough. ”

Ian glances at the Knights in battle against the five Pachaos.

There still seemed to be room, but if the numbers increased, the damage would definitely follow.

Helheim's words continue.

“I'll cover you, so get to the altar as soon as you can. Once you hatch Griffin, we'll get out of here fast. ”

Ian nods.

“I understand.”

“Follow me this way. ”

After speaking, Helheim moves forward, and Ian catches up quickly.

But then...

A huge roar echoes through the sandstorm.

It was something different from the cry of Pachao.

Khhh!!

And the sound of Helheim raises his sword.

“All the Knights are this way! ”

The Knights of the Expedition march like the Knights of Helheim.

Ian sticks his tongue out, seeing how fast the Pachaos are moving without any sense of battle, although it still seems to have a bit of life left in them.

‘Definitely... systematic. ’

Soon, a great shadow appeared through the sandstorm.

An overwhelming silhouette reminiscent of an ancient predatory dinosaur.

"It's bigger than a dick, isn't it? ’

It was like a dinosaur popped out of a science book when I was a kid.

But not when I was amazed.

“Ian, you run up! ”

“I understand!”

Ian ran to his death before he finished speaking.

"Crazy, you'll die if you touch him by the tail!" ’

Ian noticed that Terranodon's level was not 190 degrees, but 200 levels.

Helheim's bus (?) Thanks to Ian's level 2 up to 102, it was the same for Terranodon, who boasted twice his level.

Tata blamed-

Ian uses Lie's fairy tale skills to boost his agility as much as he can before jumping.

Fortunately, the attention of all the monsters was focused on Helheim, so none of them rushed to Ian.

The battle against Terranodon echoes endlessly behind you, but Ian only looks forward.

Ian makes it to the entrance of the altar safely and quickly leaps up the stairs.

“Huff-puff... ”

The altar was roughly five stories tall.

As Ian made his way up the elongated stairs that encircled the altar at full speed, he felt his breath getting shorter and shorter.

"Phew, just a little more...! ’

Ian quickly made it to the top of the altar.

“Almost there...! ”

Surprisingly, when we reached the top of the altar, the violent sandstorm did not blow at all.

Silence, per se.

The Altar of Perforation felt like the core of a storm.

Then a system message rang out in Ian's ears, shortly breathing.

[He discovered the source of the wind, the "perforated altar" for the first time.]

[Affinity for Wind Attributes +5%.]

[Resistance to Wind Attributes +10.]

[From now on, your Amity with Windy Monsters will not drop below 30.]

[Reputation +1500.]

A kind of system message that you might have heard somewhere.

Ian notices other system messages before he gains fame.

This is the same system message that appeared when you discovered the source of heat fluids or lava, right? ’

It wasn't about the same, it was about the same.

Only the related attributes were different.

‘Then maybe we should go to the land of burning when we hatch the legendary eggs of the flame attribute later? ’

It was an unexpected income.

There was no more valuable information than this clue.

But for now, it was more important to hatch Griffin's egg quickly than anything else.

If he moved late and the damage of the Knights increased, even if he succeeded in the quest, he could still incur the wrath of the Emperor.

Then I was very troubled.

“Is that...? ”

Ian's gaze is toward a single phase that is about waist high in the middle of the altar.

Then I took a step.

‘Let's put Griffin's egg up there. ’

Ian leaps in front of the single phase and pulls out Griffin's egg with a quick flick.

And carefully placed it on top of the single phase.

‘Now hatch...! ’

Someone must have heard Ian's desperate affair.

A crowd of yellow lights rushes into the area around the statue.

“It's working, it's working! ”

Ian, who was staring at Griffin's egg with a nervous look, screams without even knowing it.

Then I checked Griffin Egg's information.

[Hatching… 11%]

The hatching rate that had stopped at 0% was increasing.

Once the hatching rate reaches 100%, the griffin will definitely hatch.

And as soon as Griffin's egg hatches, all we have to do is quickly get off this altar.

At last, the end of this empire quest seems to be in sight.

‘Hurry... hurry...! ’

Ian's gaze was motionless, fixed on the hatching rate of the egg rising gradually.

But then, something started twitching in Ian's arms.

Ian feels it and looks down.

“What's this? ”

In his arms was an object of a yellow glowing fist that twitched slightly.

Ian pulled it out.

‘What, did I have something like this? ’

Ian looks back at his memory.

After a while, I was able to remember the identity of this stone-like object.

‘Isn't this the hot pack the priestly quest PK bums dropped?! ’

An item that Ian carried in his arms whenever he hunted in the Northern Continent because he always had a warm energy.

It was an unknown object, but that's why I still had it with me.

That was the identity of the stone.

“But why is this now...? ”

Ian looks at the stone with a curious look.

At that moment, the stone in Ian's hand came into the air.

“Huh, huh? ”

And then Ian gets caught up in a bunch of white lights without a bird to hand, and gets sucked right into Griffin's egg!

I also remembered a system message that I didn't think of.

[Use the 'Essence of Wind’ item.]

“What the hell is going on? ”

Ian rolls his eyes toward Griffin's egg.

I never said I was going to use this! ’

And the moment I opened the info window to check the hatching rate of the egg.

Along with a hissing sound, a bright yellow light erupted from everywhere.

Along with him, a powerful energy spread out to all sides, which was so powerful that Ian was forced to bounce off the ground.

The unknown energy continues to gush from the center of the altar, and Ian barely holds on to the groove at the tip of the altar.

‘Phew... That was close. ’

A little more bounce and it almost fell off the altar.

‘That would have been Terranodon's prey.... ’

And after a while.

As Ian sweeps down his surprised chest, the long-awaited system message finally resounded.

[Hatched Legendary Beast ‘Griffin’.]

[You have hatched the first Legendary grade summons.]

[Increase ‘Leadership’ stat by 100.]

[Increase Amity stat by 50.]

After checking the system messages, Ian felt as if his troubles were flying away in an instant.

"I can't believe I'm getting 100 strong…! ’

The leadership stat was the hardest part of Ian's job stats, and I was not happy to see it climb 100 at once.

But rather than the joy of raising stats, Griffin is now awake (?) was first.

Ian hurriedly ran to the center of the altar, as the white glow subsided and the energy that had pushed Ian away disappeared.

And in Ian's eyes, through the scattered eggshells, Griffin emerges from a broken egg.

“Success!”

But, at that moment. Ian's expression changed strangely.

‘W-what...? They're twins, right?!'

In front of Ian's eyes were two young Griffins who had not yet opened their eyes.

< (3). Griffin's Hatching -2 > End