Taming Master

Early in the morning, where even the moons of last night can't pass west.

At the mouth of Mount Spirits, a cheerful voice echoes through the air.

“Hey, everyone's here, right? ”

It's like people pouring sleepy eyes all over the quad from dawn.

Of course, they were elite members of the Lotus Guild.

“Ugh, I'm so sleepy. Help me... ”

“I didn't fall asleep early yesterday, but I'm afraid of my future. ”

“I agree. ”

Lotus' rankers, half-closed eyes, check the character's status, feel like a group of zombies.

But the leader of the zombies.), it seemed so vivid somehow.

“Power level eight is the target until it's updated. You all get it, right?”

And as the chief's words resounded, complaints erupted from everywhere.

“No, we're just getting started. Isn't that an impossible plan, Ian? ”

“Wow, not level seven, level eight? I heard no one has taken a transcendent 8 level yet.... ”

But the zombies' complaints remain silent in the words of their leader.

“Why is there no one on level eight? I'm level nine.”

“ ……. ”

“By the way, let's play outside. ”

Although there was some commotion like this, the Lotus elites quickly finished repairing and plucked.

They may be chatty, but they are also the top rankers.

To the extent that it was important to raise the transcendent level as much as possible before the update, everyone was already aware.

We need to get into the warrior village and acquire the content sooner than anyone else.

Of course, the guild members' mindset was also different.

Hers, who once looked around the guild members, mutters to himself, clenching his fists.

‘I will put Lotus' name first in Guild World Ranking. ’

This large-scale update, 'The Town of the Warriors’, is more important than any update that has ever existed in Kailan.

Until now, large-scale updates have been competitive within each server, but this is the first time users around the world are competing.

As the commotion subsides and everyone is ready for battle, Ian raises his golden spear.

“Let's get started. ”

* * *

The Acheron River, the most famous river in the world, is a river that divides the boundaries of true life and death.

The Acheron River was simply the most famous reason in the system.

It was because no user, except Ian, had ever seen a river other than this Acheron River.

Of course, there were not very few users across the Acheron River.

Just as Ian died by the king and crossed the Acheron River, the users who crossed the Acheron River unwittingly died in the system.

However, unlike Ian, they were unable to open a dimensional gate, and in such a situation, of course, they were unable to get deep into the Erebos.

Because of that, he was actually the only one who saw the second river, Coquitos.

The Acheron River, the most famous of all for some reason.

Around this Acheron River, a number of rankers and guilds are camped to advance to transcendence.

The Hunting Ground near the Acheron River, where the undead appeared at transcendental levels 9-10, gave the most transcendent experience among the existing hunting grounds.

Fortunately, the system was vast and the Acheron River was endlessly long.

Despite the influx of guild parties from world servers, there has been no quarrel over the lack of hunting grounds.

And of course, all the rankers in the Titan Guild are in this Archeron Hunting Ground.

In addition, the transcendent level of the Titan Guild could be regarded as the supreme power of all servers.

The first guild to settle in the hunting ground of this order was the Titan Guild.

The flag of Titan's guild flying along the Acheron River.

And beneath it, Titan's top brass are convening a meeting.

“Emily, what do you have on Lotus? ”

“Yes, Master. ”

“Hehe, my foot must be on fire by now……. Where are the Lotus elites now? ”

In Shakran's question, Emily smiles and answers.

“Looks like they rushed off to the Spirit Realm hunting ground this morning. ”

“Yes? A spirit system, not a commandment.... ”

“Isn't it natural to choose a hunting ground in the spirit system that has fewer people than the one with the most rankers? ”

“That, too. ”

Shakran has been feeling good lately.

It was because of the sudden big update that gave Lotus a chance to beat him.

"Huhu, Ian, you're wrong this time. ’

Since the opening of the Commandment System, Lotus' guild members, who had hunted together for several days on the Commandment System, went back down to the human world at some point.

And when Titan found out, it was because of Ian's instructions.

Ian's orders were to level up the human race before leveling up transcendence.

‘It made it easier for us to level up transcendence. I was able to dominate the best hunting grounds. ’

The first time Shakran came across it, he felt a little uneasy.

I couldn't understand what Ian was up to.

The content of the terrestrial world was already past, and the content of the intermediate world was new, so it was no wonder that we couldn't understand why the terrestrial world's level was so important.

But after digging a little bit more information, we could also figure out why.

- It is wise to level up the terrestrial world first, since the midfield that is open now is just a ‘trial' which can only be raised to a transcendent level of 10.

The Shakran who first discovered this information had little to worry about. Ian and Lotus' choice seemed reasonable enough.

Moreover, if there are many levels in the terrestrial system, the difference in power at the time of the national war was also troubling.

But in the end, the Shakran and Titan guilds decided to stay in the system.

Rather, we can only raise the transcendence level to 10, so we decided that it is first to create that level.

Sharqran felt it was important to set it up so that if it was updated at any time and the subsequent content was breached, it would be able to enter immediately.

‘Eventually, I was right. ’

Shakran smiles pleasantly and asks Emily again.

“So Emily, how much do you know about the transcendent levels of the Lotus Guild elites? ”

Emily immediately replies to Shakran's question.

“The last time I checked, Ian's transcendence level was about five. I'm guessing it's about seven or eight now. ”

“And?”

“I didn't actually recognize the rest. Except for Hers, which is the transcendent level three, it was all the transcendent level one. ”

In Emily's reply, Shakran bursts into a joyful smile.

“Hehe, yes. I'm sure it is.”

“Oh, but……. There was a little bit of a surprise. ”

“Surprisingly...? ”

“Well, you're a member of the chef's class in the Lotus Guild. ”

“Oh, I know. I think it was called Harin.... ”

“That's right.”

“What about him? ”

“I was a little surprised that the user's transcendence level was five. All the other users are level one, but I don't understand how she was able to do level five on her own. ”

According to Emily, Shakran grins and rebukes.

“Hehe, that's definitely the curious part. But you don't care, do you? Not one of our Titan Guild elites has ever taken a six-level shot. ”

“That's right, Master. ”

The Titan Guild meeting was held in a warm atmosphere.

Lotus' biggest competitor has been pushed back for a long time, so it was very easy to strategize.

“As a result, the only rankers in Korea to be wary of are actually the ones on the market. ”

“Yes, Master. There is a story about Lim Long's transcendence level being level eight. We haven't confirmed it yet. ”

“Lim Long.... He's definitely a threat. ”

“In fact, the most dangerous person in the world is Lim Long. ”

The head of the Titan Guild, who established an approximate plan until the date of the update, concluded the meeting neatly.

Now that we have a rough plan, all we have to do is go down to sleep and hunt like crazy until the day of the update.

‘This may be your last chance to cross Lotus again...' ’

With Ian in mind, Shakran rolls one lip up slightly.

The first person to enter the warrior village after taking the transcendental level of 10 is thinking that it will be Shark, not anyone else.

* * *

Late in the evening, the offices of three of Kailan's planning teams in the middle of the night.

Although it is always said to be a late night planning team, it has been quite severe lately.

Large-scale updates are now just a week away and users' content consumption is faster than I expected, so I couldn't see the end of my work.

Despite it being almost 10: 00 at night, none of the members of the planning team went home.

“Sir, have we found any deviations on the Spirit Realm? ”

With the voice of a red surrogate resounding, Najchan was furiously surprised.

“Oh, really, Deputy Hong, can you keep your voice down? I'm gonna lose my heart. ”

“What can a natural voice do? ”

“Phew, at least pretend to be careful.... ”

“Anyway, that's not the point right now, sir. Now, on the customer support team, we have a compliant. ”

Seeing the red surrogate who wouldn't snore, he shook his head in horror.

But I wasn't in a bad mood.

Rather, I feel sorry for the team members who are working until this hour.

‘Hoo, when this project is over, I'm going to go pick up a bunch of legal cars together. ’

Najchan muttered his unthinkable thoughts in his heart and opened his mouth again to Hong Ji-won.

“So what, Complane? I told you to take care of it on your own line if you ever got distracted. ”

“You said, ‘If you get dizzy.’ ”

“Y-you did.... ”

“But this isn't something that I can judge. ”

“Hmm…? ”

In the words of a gloomy surrogate, Nazchan felt a sudden onslaught of ominosity.

What is it? Is there another big problem? ’

He suppressed the growing anxiety of Smurfing from the depths of his mind, and Najchan slowly opened his mouth.

“W-what's the problem? ”

When Najchan asked, Hong Ji-wun quickly spoke again.

“You know the seal of the spirit Ian tried last week? I pulled promotional videos from the planning team... …. ”

“Yes, the seal of the Spirit. I can't possibly know that. ”

“Over the past few days, users have been doing a lot of stamp trials. ”

“Th-that's why? ”

“Due to the balance of the Spirit's stamp, there are more than ten compliants here today. ”

At the words of Hong Ji-wun, Nazi Chan became a curious face.

Rather, the anxiety had disappeared a lot.

After all, if it's the Spirits' stamp balance, I'm sure there's nothing wrong.

Just last week, Ian personally monitored the battles.

“Really? It won't be a problem with the Spirit's stamp balance.... I monitored it myself. ”

“D-do you want me to? ”

Najchan frowns slightly and opens his mouth again.

“Isn't that, like, the one that's constantly beating off? ”

“I don't think so. Complained IPIs, they're all over the world. ”

“Th-they said? ”

Hong Ji-woon's words continued again.

“I think we're on the same page. ”

“Summarize. ”

“There's nothing to summarize. It's just that the ninth floor difficulty was so difficult, it was obvious that the planning team had made a mistake. ”

“Huh...? ”

Najchan, who had a silly look on his face, immediately started beating the computer.

It was to retrieve information on NPCs currently set on the ninth floor of the Spirit Painting.

If we just check that, we can immediately find out if there's a real balance problem.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-tak-!

Tap the keyboard quickly and bring the information to the monitor.

After a while, Najchan had to look stunned.

“ ……! ”

Hong Ji-woon urged an answer, watching Nazi staring at the monitor with a blank expression, losing his horse.

“What is it, sir? Are you sure it's balancing out like it's a real claim? Is there a problem? ”

However, even when asked about Hong Ji-woon, Nazi stared at the monitor without saying anything.

Immediately, Najchan, who had a hollow expression, opened his mouth with a muttering voice.

“Balance collapse is right, not a problem. ”

It was probably a natural outcome for the entire planning team to be confused when they heard Najchan's voice.

Like this, one day in the offices of the Kailan Planning Team 3 also flowed peacefully, and a day or two later came to update the City of Warriors in the Great Hall.