Taming Master

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‘Now, Lilson, you have to be very careful with this. I can't have any mistakes. We can't, but we have to have at least 97 percent restoration. ’

A shattered rock cave in the Horn Mountains.

Lilson was hammering with a serious, discreet look, more than ever before.

Land, land, land!

A small mining dagger that looked like a small sculpture knife was carefully placed on a stone wall, hammering and mining the ruins.

“Phew.”

Now, the dazzling relic reconstruction, the mining, was a blindfolded Lilson, but now his hammering was very careful.

He must be, since the rank and tier of these ruins he was excavating were enormous.

‘Even if you can't, the legend transcends. Once this is done digging, your job level will increase immediately. ’

Lilson was an exceptional explorer by global standards, but as always, leveling up non-combat classes is extremely challenging.

Legendary (transcendent) ranks have already been freed to some degree among combat class rankers, but the ranks feel different to a non-combat class.

Moreover, since the artifact being excavated was not an ordinary general goods item but an artifact that entered the main stream of Hidden Quests, its value had to be even greater.

‘There must be a clue that leads to the demonic ruins. If that's all you find...! ’

Despite a series of system messages popping up in front of her eyes, her gaze was fixed only on the tip of the dagger.

- Artifact restore increased by 0.09 percent.

- Impacted by dexterity, hammering accuracy increases by 150 percent.

- Current restore rate: 92.76 percent.

Cau-!

- Influenced by dexterity, the sharpness of the dagger increases by 90 percent.

- Artifact restore increased by 0.11 percent.

- Current restore rate: 92.87 percent.

Ka-chow!

- Artifact restore increased by 0.11 percent.

…… Snapshot……

The explorers' artifact restoration technique requires extreme dexterity and concentration.

The maximum percentage that is restored each time you hammer is proportional to the level of the class and the skill level of the restoration procedure, but the maximum percentage depends on your dexterity and concentration.

Every time I hammered a hammer, I had to apply exactly the right amount of force to the right location, so for these top artifacts that need to be hammered hundreds of times, it requires really difficult skills.

"Ugh, it's over! ’

At present, when Lilson restores a legendary grade artifact, the maximum possible value with a hammer is 0.11 percent.

Because of this, it could be said that at the end of all restorations, all of the hammers must be perfectly hammered except for about 30 out of 1,000 hammers.

I got it! I got it! This is the last time! ’

- Artifact restore increased by 0.11 percent.

- Current restore rate: 96.92 percent.

She looked at the message in front of her eyes and took a deep breath.

Now there was only one hammer left and more than 0.08 percent moderate (?) The level of accuracy was a success, but even if it was frustrating, all efforts so far have gone back to bulldozing.

“Hehe!”

And he was able to dig up the artifact with extreme concentration.

Ta-da!

- Artifact restore increased by 0.11 percent.

- Current restore rate: 97.03 percent

- Relic restore complete!

-Resolve Grade: S +

- Qualified!

- Hidden Passive ‘The Master of Artifact Restoration’ is triggered!

- The artifact's Restorability is reinforced by 3.00 percent!

- Current restore rate: 100,000 percent

-Reployment rating will be upgraded to SSS rating.

-You have successfully restored a legendary (transcendent) grade artifact!

- 990,182 Job EXP!

…… Snapshot……

After checking the emerging messages, she seemed to have tears coming out of her eyes.

‘D-finally...! ’

It was even more inspiring because there was a history of failing to fully restore the legacy grade of the artifact, which was 0.02 percent different from the last time.

- Your class level has increased!

-Explorer class has reached master level 17!

-Add the skill level of Artifact Restoration (transcendence) to Tier 8!

Leveling up a class and raising a skill level only impressed Lilson.

“Khh!”

Lilson finally felt excited about the legendary relics in his hands…….

“Emotions!”

A new system message appeared in front of her eyes.

- Tyring!

And the next moment, she had to look even more dazzled.

The message in front of him and the information window of the artifact contained exactly what he had expected.

-You won a legendary (transcendent) grade artifact, the 'Evil Compass'!

- The Evil Compass.

Classification: Artifact

Rank: Legend (transcendent)

A compass crafted with the power of the Living and the Demon that the Ancient Evil Gods had left behind while making the ruins.

An object crafted by Latui, the legendary blacksmith of the Horses. It was created in search of the Ruins of Evil.

If you can use this compass, it shouldn't be too difficult to find demonic ruins.

* Items of hero (transcendent) grade can only be activated with the use of the 'Demonic Reagent’.

* When the "Evil Compass" is activated, the "Evil Ruins" coordinates can be found on the mini-map.

* This item belongs to the user ‘Lilson’.

Not transferable to another user or available for sale, and will not be dropped even if the character dies.

“Yes, this is it! ”

Lilson cheered without even knowing it.

After nearly a full full day searching for clues to the Minutes Ruins, I was ready.

‘I already have the Demon Reagent and the Purification Necklace. ’

Use the Demon Compass and Reagent to locate the coordinates at the Ruins Entrance and disassemble the seal with the Necklace of Purification.

Like the compass, the legendary transcendent Relic Necklace will find the structures of the barrier, and if it is broken down and disassembled, it will be able to break through all the barriers and get inside the ruins.

‘Thinking about the fact that I struggled last week to get this.... ’

Lilson shakes his head trembling, recalling Hidden's quest to get the Necklace of Purification.

It was a hard-core gathering quest that had to travel all over Bitterstella, and I thought Lilson was moving on to the climber class, not the explorer.

Anyway, now that she's all set, she took the ‘Demonic Reagent’ out of her inventory with a godly heart.

The reagent was then poured into the compass with a palpitation.

Fong-!

After opening the bottle cap, the black matter contained in the glass bottle began to rise into the air like smoke.

The black smoke then resonated around the compass, and the compass, which appeared like a bronze plate, sank black.

- The conditions are met.

- The Demon Compass is starting to kick in.

And finally, with the system message, the symbol of the Borat that rises above the compass.

Shya-!

The moment the compass is activated with a strange, scattered sound, Lilson's mini-map begins to flash.

- You have discovered the entrance to the Demon Ruins!

It was a system message of familiar voices that always came in, but Lilson is more excited than ever!

‘Hah, the ruins of the Holy Spirit were found by Ian Gad first, but this time I can make some color for the guild. ’

Lilson opened the map with a rattling face, looking for newly activated coordinates, and was able to locate them with ease.

Not too far from where she is now.

“There it is!”

But next time.

Lilson's excited expression suddenly changed strangely.

Something I didn't think of around the coordinates sparkling (?).

“Huh? Why is the guild member here? ”

One of the guild member coordinates displayed on the mini-map was moving quickly towards the ruins.

The coordinates of the guild members that move too linearly to coincidence and precisely towards the demonic ruins.

“ ……! ”

And the moment she saw the guild member's identity, she had to make a more complicated face.

- Guild Member (Heavenly Dragon Knight Leader/King Lotus) Ian.

It was Ian, who he was.

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“Why is she coming out of there? ”

Ian makes a curious look at Lilson as he walks out of the door.

Towards Ian, he asked with an even more ridiculous look on his face.

“That's what I was going to ask you. ”

“Hmm…? ”

“Ian, you must have been hunting in the south of the Horn not long ago. ”

“I was.”

“No, I thought you were a hunter, but how did you find these demonic ruins?" ”

Lilson's devastation was inevitable.

And the devastation did not come from not being able to monopolize the content.

Ian was also a guild member of the same guild anyway, so whoever discovered it first didn't make a big difference in terms of Celia.

The only reason Lilson was so empty was because he felt like he had been dishonored for the past month.

‘Ugh, I didn't have an explorer class for this... ’

Of course, had it not been for Ian, it would have been even more depressing.

Ian, since he was originally an idol of Lilson.

But pride as that and an explorer class ranker was a separate matter.

“I found it somehow. ”

“Ahh... ”

“But I just found the coordinates, and I still don't know how to get in. ”

“ ……. ”

She shakes her head and sighs deeply.

What is vanity? I just lost it.

‘Yes. It's Ian Gad...' ’

Ian is out of specification, which I already knew, and he's shouting at me like that.

I didn't have anything else to say.

Lilson is barely out of shock.

Of course, if she had known that the reason why she had not found the ruins of the Holy Spirit was because of Ian, this wouldn't have been the end of the shock in this line.

“Of course, just because you have the coordinates doesn't mean you can get in. ”

“I see. ”

“Only if you break the seal will the entrance be exposed outside. ”

“Aha!”

Ian nods again with a clear look on his face, and then opens his mouth again toward him.

“Then I guess Lilson will have to solve it! ”

“ ……. ”

“Fresh explorer class, Lilson Gott! ”

And so she completely lost her words.