Taming Master

‘Acus...? Acus?

When Ian heard the mysterious voice, he felt a cold sweat flowing down his back.

When I postponed using the expression ‘remnant of the Acus family', it was very likely that the one who sent the arrow was very dangerous.

Acus was the name of one of the water tribes Ian was looking for, and he seemed to have a clear hostile relationship with that Acus.

‘When I see the word remnants...'... I think it means Acus is a loser. ’

The tribes of the Four Paths have powerful powers.

And Ian, who had experienced the tribes of the earth firsthand, was the user who knew its strength best.

‘I don't know, but it must be a tribe like Gractus or Selamus...' ’

If it is enough to defeat such a lack of military attributes, at least it will be a force with more power than them.

It was natural for Ian to be nervous.

Mechanical civilization? No. I couldn't feel the machine in my voice. ’

Ian calmly turns his head and starts looking for the protagonist of his voice.

Soon, I found a mysterious shadow aiming at me again.

Ping-Ping-!

“Master, it's dangerous! ”

Sharp ice arrows swirling towards Ian almost simultaneously with many shouts.

However, Ian, who avoided the attack completely defenseless, was completely vulnerable to the same attack.

Blame-!

The arrows were very fast, but could be avoided with concise movements because they were not wide range.

Shh-shh-shh-shh!

Ian then squintly checked the arrow that was stuck to the floor, sparkling his eyes to see if he had found some room.

‘Cold arrows spreading around the point of impact...... I feel a little different from the wizards' ice arrows. ’

Once the theorem of the unknown enemy is completed in my mind, Ian is interested in the new type of unique abilities they use.

Around him, another shadow begins to reveal itself one by one.

Jerk-jerk-jerk-.

Fortunately, Ian's position was at the beginning of the canyon and was not surrounded by the enemy.

And as he got closer to them, Ian could see their specific impressions.

"What is it? They're close to the Demibeast, aren't they? ’

After checking the appearance of the enemies, Ian became more interesting looking.

Their appearance was not only unknown until now, but even Ian had never seen them before.

Do I have to say "fishermen"? Hmm, that's more like a spur or a horn than a rake. ’

Then, as Ian came to think of things, his distance with the Mysterious was even narrower.

The one who appeared to be their leader slowly approached Ian.

You're more agile than I thought.

“Hmm, even the fact that an animist shouldn't be agile...?" ”

- The animists I've met so far have slowed down like wizards.

“Well, maybe. ”

Ian was slightly surprised at the size of the head, which was about 3 meters away from him.

‘From afar, I thought you looked like a human...... ’

He was twice as tall as Ian, even though he was tall.

However, the overall proportion felt similar to humans, but what was unusual was that part of the skin was covered with scales.

And one more thing.

The data box on his head surprised Ian once again.

-Dratocus (Celestial Dragon)/Lv.135 (Transcension)

It contained something that Ian had never expected.

"Celestial Dragon? Celestial Dragon...?" ’

The word "Celestial Dragon" appeared in Ian's eyes for a very long time.

This was enough to confuse Ian.

* * *

The definition of "Celestial Dragon" is as follows:

A dragon, or dragon, who was imprisoned by divine recognition, was freed from the constraints of his soul, allowing him to use the true power of the dragon.

And the first thing Ian realized through the word "Celestial Dragon" was that these mysterious creatures were "dragons," not "spirit systems."

In addition, the fact that those who thought they were "Demibeasts" were "dragons."

Why are the mercenaries here? ’

Of course, Ian was surprised not because the existence of the Celestial Dragon was a threat.

When Ian first met the Celestial Dragon, things were completely different now.

When I first met the Celestial Dragon Draco, Ian was a newborn transcendent who could not even be harmed by the middleman, but now he was a powerful middleman at the late 90th transcendent level, and on the contrary, he defeated several NPCs over 150 transcendental levels.

However, it was surprising that this episode of the Spirit System was also connected to Mercury.

- I ask you, what are you?

Ian wakes from his thoughts, his voice low and sharp.

“Why do you ask? ”

- If you belong to the Acus, we must kill you here.

“ ……! ”

- Answer me.

Ian's head turned again quickly.

‘First of all, the situation is not worse than I thought... …. ’

I was confident that they would not lose even if they fought together, but it was better for Ian to go to a place where they could have this conversation.

The most important thing for users who are running epic quests that have not yet been pioneered is that they have always been 'informed’.

‘First I wonder why the dragons are here.... ’

So Ian started laying the rice underneath.

Basics for extracting their information.

“First of all, I'm not an Acus. ”

- Hmm, I see.

“Only to find them. ”

To provoke a person's curiosity, to have the answer, and to induce the transaction of information.

But Ian's intentions began to go wrong from the beginning.

- I see.

“ ……? ”

I thought you'd be curious if you threw rice cakes at the Acus.

The reaction was dull, so it was completely indifferent.

“Aren't you curious? ”

- What do you mean?

“Aren't you fighting with your Acus tribe? ”

- That's right.

With a completely unexpected reaction, Ian suddenly became a blank expression.

“But what if I didn't want to know when I came to Acus? ”

- Yes, you can.

“Phew…? ”

But after a while, Ian quickly realized why they were reacting this way.

Dratocus' answer did not end there.

- We were just on a quest.

“Quest?”

- Those who are not members of the Acus tribe are not included in the quest.

“Oh…? ”

- Whether you're looking for them or ice fishing on this ice shelf. It has nothing to do with us.

And then Ian grumbled, grumbling, understanding their reactions.

“Hey mister, what if we don't check the target and we don't move? If I hadn't avoided it and died, it would have been so unfair. ”

- He has nothing to do with us.

“... the ruthless ones. ”

When he finished his horse on Ian, Dratocus turned his head and gestured at the other dragons.

- Looks like all the quests are complete. All abort.

- Aye, sir.

- Respect!

Then the mercenaries surrounding Ian begin to leave the canyon in a frenzied fashion.

And seeing the shape, Ian had to roll his head again.

You can't do this for a second. ’

If they just go away, the first clue to the Acus that they worked so hard to find will disappear.

‘At least he was exterminated. We need to find out what's going on, and we need to let him go. ’

So Ian called Dratocus again urgently.

“Hey, Dragon Friend. ”

-... did he call me?

“Yes."

- Human, you've lost your nerve.

Whether you don't like Ian's title, angry Dratocus ambushes him.

You little...!

Swinging his spear as he was holding it, and dropping it at Ian's chest.

But it was like he was waiting.

Zek-!

Ian, who rotated his body and avoided it, pushes his sword against his neck in reverse.

Crack!

For Ian, who had destroyed even more powerful Pickens, he could not have been afraid of Dratocus at the level of transcendence 135.

“You seem to have lost your nerve. ”

- ……?

“You guys. You could kill them all right here. ”

- Cocky……!

“I heard the Heavenly Dragon Scale is very expensive these days... If you put it all on and sell it, you'll make some money! ”

Ian's threat was actually a lot of exaggeration.

It was not hard enough to defeat Dratocus, but it was never easy for him to deal with all the dragons here.

All the other elements aside, Ian hasn't even figured out their power yet.

However, the reason Ian went out so strong was, of course, to get what he wanted through 'negotiation'.

- Son of a...! Who are you?

“Are you curious now? ”

Cau-!

After striking Ian's Judgment Sword, Dratocus takes a few steps back and lets out a low drool.

Then Ian turned to him and said again.

“If I tell you who you are first, I'll tell you who you are. ”

- ……!

“Don't you think some things just need to come and go? ”

Dratocus hears Ian's words and hesitates for a moment as if he were thinking of something.

And his answer after a while was something very interesting to Ian.

The answer contained information in Ian's head.

- I know you're going to tell me...

“Hmm?"

- We are warriors from the Ice Sea family.

“ ……! ”

- A crew of the Ice Horde.

‘The Ice Sea family...... It's one of the top five families of the Dragon Sea, right? ’

Like the Rock Spring family that was part of Ian's quest for Dragon Spring, the Ice Sea family was one of the five families.

Of course, I had never belonged to the Ice Sea family, so I did not know what the Ice Horde was doing, but it was very useful information just to find out that I belonged to the 5th Yongcheon family.

“No, why did the five dragon families attack the water tribe in the spirit system? ”

Knowing about the 5th generation...! Oh, my gosh!

“Just answer the question. ”

- It's a quest…… No, wait. I think it's your turn to answer.

Dratocus, who was almost engulfed by Ian's narrative, glanced at him with an unpleasant look, and Ian gave a slight taste to his face.

"Hehe, this isn't just an AI, is it?" ’

So Ian did exactly as he promised (?).

A lot of Ian's identity anyway (?) It was not a loss to tell one of them.

“I am the Master of the Knights of Lotus. ”

- ……?

“That's who I am. ”

The Celestial Dragon Knights can be founded in the Guild of the Intermediate if certain conditions are met.

Before that, however, it was the Celestial Dragon Knights who were the most powerful knights of the five families of Dragon Spring.

So Ian's answer was, very deliberately.

‘Now that you've given me the whip, I'll throw you a carrot. ’

It was an overview of the design for extracting information by increasing intimacy with dragon NPCs.

And whether Ian's design was valid, his conversation with Dratocus finally began to flow as he intended.

- Wife, the Celestial Dragon Knights Master...! Oh, my gosh!

As soon as Ian saw the Celestial Dragon Knights' seal in front of him, he started releasing the information he needed.

- Our Ice Horde attacked the Acus because...

And the information was surprisingly full of unexpected content from Ian.