Taming Master

Shhhhhhh!

Every time I row, a creepy sound echoes through my ears.

‘Ugh, raise a chicken. ’

It looks like a normal river, but an unknown sound came out of the river instead of the sound of water.

‘This is not a horror experience.Why are you making me so scared? ’

I was unable to flinch, and I felt sorry for the Grim Reaper who sent me away.

‘Wouldn't I be less scared if I had that guy...? ’

When Ian thought about it, he started rowing faster.

So I can get out of this horror experience a little faster.

Shhhhhhh!

Ian's ferry moves quickly across the river with a mysterious grim sound.

After a while, Ian had to make a curious face.

“Huh?"

It was because the color of the river, which was dark green, suddenly turned yellow.

And the next moment, a new system message appeared before Ian's eyes.

- Tyring!

- You first discovered Acheron, the river of mourning.

- 50,000 Reputation!

- +3 Dark Attribute Immunity.

- Increases Fear Status Resistance by 5.

Ian, who read the system messages, tilted his head and scratched his back head.

"The river of mourning"? I named the river once... ’

But apart from that, it was very encouraging to get a 5-point state-resistance stat.

The number 5 was not actually noticeable on its own, but it was very difficult to obtain a state-abnormal resistance stat.

At that moment, a dreary voice was heard behind Ian who was rowing hard.

“You boarded my ship without my permission. You're a fearless soul. ”

Ian is furious and shook his head toward the sound of his voice.

And there was an old man in a black black robe staring at Ian.

-Caron the ferryman: Lv. 25 (Transcension)

Ian then swallowed a dry saliva, confirming the information that was floating on the old man's head.

"Wow, what kind of boatman outranks the Rich King? ’

With Ian only at transcendent level 2, a high level of NPC you can't even think about.

At the next moment, a question came to Ian's mind.

"Wait, I'm dead, aren't I? What if I die here one more time? ’

Ian was able to make some assumptions about his questions.

The first assumption.

Do you think you'll be invincible during the penalty of the dead? ’

He might not be dead anymore.

The second assumption.

‘You may be logged out with a 24-hour no-access penalty, just like when you died in the original game. ’

The assumption was that Death Penalties might be stacked and bounced off the game.

But since there was nothing definitive, Ian decided to take precautions.

“I'm sorry, I didn't know you had an owner on board. Haha.”

When Ian looks down and apologizes, he becomes a slightly sluggish tone.

“Hmm, I don't think he's alive. I'm sure he's dead... Didn't the Grim Reaper tell you about me? ”

When asked, Ian decides to sell the Grim Reaper.

“Yes. He just swooped in and left. ”

“ ……? ”

“I just got on a boat because I could see it. ”

Seeing Ian acting as a honeymoon with a pathetic look, his wrinkled face turned ugly.

“How dare the Grim Reaper be off duty! I have to tell my Mukhan. ”

“Haha, haha. ”

Ian quickly switches to the subject, wondering if he felt a slight stabbing in his conscience.

“By the way, Karen, ”

“Hmm?"

“Where does it come from beyond this river? ”

Aaron smiles and answers Ian's question with a strange expression for a moment.

“Erebus Erebus.”

“Yes……? ”

“Beyond this, you reach Erebos, the land of darkness. ”

“What are you doing there? ”

“A place where the dead still have a sense of life. ”

“Foolish…? ”

“People who are afraid of forgetting, to be exact. ”

“Well, I see. ”

After that, while the ship was still moving, Ian continued to ask him questions like that.

It was because we had to extract some more information about this place called the Commandment System.

And thanks to his conversation with him, Ian was able to learn a lot.

‘So crossing the river is very dangerous in this town. ’

According to Carron, Erebos was divided into three districts.

from the acromion of the river of mourning to the Cocytos of the river of mourning.

And from beyond the Coquitos to the Flaming River, Phlegethon.

And finally, from beyond Plegatone to the River Rethehe of Forgetting.

It is divided into sections based on the river, and each time it crosses the river, more powerful souls will live there.

“I don't know when you'll cross the river of oblivion, but don't cross it too soon. ”

At his words, Ian looks a little suspicious and reacts.

“If it's the river of oblivion, it's at the end of Erebos. ”

“That's right.”

“What's behind it? ”

After a few moments of hesitation in Ian's question, he shakes his head and opens his mouth slowly.

“I don't know about that. ”

“Eh……. Is that so?"

“Because I'm tied up here. ”

“Aigoo, you're tied up here, but you know about Erebos. ”

Seeing Ian shuddering, he smiles unknowingly at Aaron's creased mouth.

“Coquitos and Plegetones are not one-way streets. ”

“Yes?”

“A lot of people come back from crossing over. ”

“Ah…! ”

“A group of ghosts who wandered all over Erebos came and told the tale. Wouldn't it be weird not to know that it's been thousands of years? ”

“So is he. ”

After a short while, it resumes.

“Whereas the river of forgetfulness. Once you cross, that's it. ”

“ ……! ”

“So don't cross the river too soon. ”

Ian hears about Karen's story, and he feels that things are getting complicated.

‘You must try not to do it, but you have to work hard...' Why don't we take a picture of it at the end of the Commandment? ’

Ian muttered in his mind that if he had heard it from the planning team, he was excited to meet new content.

And while Ian was thinking about this and that, the Acheron River, which felt like the Great Sea, finally began to see the end.

Shhhhhhh!

The closer you get to land, the faster Ian's paddling sounds.

It wasn't as hard as rowing in normal water, but after being in the boat for a long time, I wanted to quickly put my feet on the ground.

But before the ship landed, Ian suddenly had one more question.

“By the way, Karen, ”

“Tell me. ”

“Is it possible for the undead to cross this Acheron? ”

And when he heard Ian's question, he shook his head with a resolute expression.

“This is the land of the dead. That can't be possible. ”

“ ……? ”

“My ship cannot sail the living. If there's even the slightest breath of life, this ship will sink. ”

“Well, I see. ”

When Ian heard Aaron's answer, he could feel that his mind was getting more and more confused.

You mean you can't cross this river unless you're dead? So, what did the Mechanic mean when he said he would open the way to the system? ’

Mukhan said that if he defeated himself, he would open a path to the system of order.

Ian also felt that, at least in the human world, there seemed to be a clear way to defeat the mucans.

‘Then, did the commandment of Mukhan refer to the outside of Erebos before crossing Acheron? ’

As Ian felt more and more twisted in the family.

And towards Ian, he spoke again.

“But there are exceptions. ”

“What exceptions? ”

“If a soul qualified as a ‘warrior' and became a ‘middleman’, it can cross this river even if it is not a dead man. ”

“Ah!”

“And I still wonder how it was possible.... ”

“ ……? ”

“There is a record that not a middleman, but not a dead man, lived in Erebos. ”

After hearing Aaron's last words, Ian's eyes start to open.

* * *

“Huhu, Ian. As expected, one of the baldies is brilliant. ”

After watching Ian play for more than three hours in the monitoring room, Nazchan shakes his head and laughs nonsense.

“Well, if Ian hadn't thought of that, I'd be disappointed. ”

Ian thought of an easy way to travel to the system using dimensional beads.

However, this was the variable that had already been within the prediction category since the planning phase.

Dimensional beads were definitely one of the fraudulent items, but they came out of the head of the planning team anyway.

‘If it wasn't a deal with the Titan Guild, it would have been normal (? How did you get into the system? ’

If Ian hadn't made a deal with the Titan Guild, he would have thought of defeating the King somehow.

You'd think it was the best-case scenario to beat the prince and come to the throne without penalty.

And if you had entered the system like that, you probably wouldn't have been able to enter Erebos.

Until you level up and become a warrior, you won't be able to cross the Acheron River.

If so, how unusual (?) Is getting into Erebos a good thing for Ian?

“Hehe, if you try to eat anything in a hurry, you act like it. ”

If it is possible to omit the entire intermediate system and leap to the top content, it is natural for the bellows of the game to collapse.

That's why even Kailan's planning team couldn't have let that happen.

- This place, Erebos...!

As Ian steps on the ground of Erebos, one of Najchan's mouths slightly dries up.

“But Ian Gods might be able to digest a little. ”

P-!

Turning off the screen, he took the tumbler that he had left on the table and left the monitoring room.

Now that we've got everything we need to know, it's time to head up to the planning room.