37 2 . The Snowy Mountains of Crupia -3 (1/2)

- You killed the Ice Troll. You gained 1060 EP.

Ian put his hand on the Troll's dead body to get the items. He then complained as he wiped off sweat

the on his forehead.

”Hu, it is so hard to gain EP.”

He had received about 900 EP when he hunted the Goblin Warrior.

Now, as he had hunted the Ice Troll whose level was more than 10 times higher than the Goblin

Warrior, he only got 1060 EP.

Ian had his reasons to complain.

'I used to share EP only with Ly. Now that there are four of us to share EP, gaining levels is certainly

hard.'

He had hunted all day as soon as he arrived at the Mountains, but he could only gain one level.

That was the speed of most late Lv. 30s users' level-up. However, Ian had been gaining level like

crazy. He couldn't help but feel frustrated.

”Let's take a rest for a minute and move!”

Ian wanted to look for the next prey right away, however, Big Guy needed to recover his Health and

Ian himself needed to catch his breath.

Next, Ian sat on a rock and looked around and he saw Bukbuk sleeping peacefully.

Ian glared at it, 'He lives like a king. He gets to doze off and gain the EP we earn…'

Ian shook his head, 'But he will do his part later if I work hard to raise him…'

Ian tried to comfort himself and ignore the reality.

Whether Bukbuk would do its part in the future, we shall see.

…

Next, Ian continued to hunt.

Except for eating for 30 minutes and sleeping for 5 hours, he never left his capsule.

It had already been a week since he left his home.

However, it was worth it.

All pets, including Bukbuk, reached Lv. 40.

Ian and Ly were Lv. 42, Big Guy was Lv. 43 and Bukbuk was Lv. 40.

'Let's see… Big Buy's Potential must be almost 100 by now?'

Ian opened Big Buy's information window to check its progress.

And a while later, Ian was surprised.

'What? What is wrong with this?'

Big Guy's Potential had already reached 100.

'Why isn't it evolving? Shouldn't it evolve when Potential becomes 100?'

Ian was confused, '100 Potential must be one of the required condition to evolve… are there more

conditions other than Potential?'

It was the only possible explanation.

'Is the level too low? But Ly was only Lv. 20 when he evolved…'

Ian's first guess was about levels.

Each monster might need different levels to evolve, so the fact that Ly evolved at Lv. 20 didn't mean

that Big Guy would do so as well.

'Well, there's nothing I can do about it, so…'

Ian couldn't find the answer now, so he stopped thinking about Big Guy's Potential.

'Should I use the Training skill on Bukbuk now…'

He hadn't found out that not all monsters evolved at 100 Potential, so he thought it would be better to

train Bukbuk and bestow a skill on it first.

If Bukbuk received a decent skill, it would be another skill Ian would be able to use with his knuckle's

Unique Ability so it would be of much help.

After that, he should raise Ly's Potential again.

Ian turned his head to Bukbuk.

”Bukbuk.”

Buk-?

”Come here.”

Bukbuk-

Bukbuk turned its head away.

It was clearly showing that it wouldn't obey.

Ian sighed and went to Bukbuk. He used the Training skill on it.

- You used Intermediate Training skill. (Cooldown time: 25 minutes)

- Your pet Bukbuk understands your commands better and learns from them for 10 minutes.

- Repeated Training raises the pet's Potential.

- Your pet Bukbuk's current Potential: 2

Potential had risen a little, probably because Ian had been traveling around with it.

Ian threatened the stubborn Bukbuk.

”If you continue to act like this, I won't give you any meatballs.”

Buk…?

Bukbuk was surprised at Ian's sudden attack.

Buk- Bukbuk-!

Bukbuk understood what Ian said thanks to the Training skill. It suddenly got sad.

”Bukbuk come here.”

Bukbuk moved fast at Ian's gesture.

It moved as fast as a soldier who had just joined the army.

”You could have been a good turtle from the beginning, you know.”

Buk.

Ian easily subdued Bukbuk with meatballs. He then started to move.

He had rested, so it was time to resume hunting.

”Big Guy, you see that Ice Troll down there?”

Big Guy slightly nodded. Ian continued to talk, ”You go there first to distract it. Then Ly and I will attack

it. Ly, you got it?”

Growl-

”Ly, let's use Frenzy this time. There are four more Trolls nearby, so if we don't kill it fast, we might get

killed.”

He gave orders clearly.

Big Guy still had difficulty in understanding complicated orders, but Ly perfectly understood him.

Ian was planning to hunt all 5 Trolls nearby in 15 minutes while Ly was on Frenzy.

Kung- Kung-

Big Guy approached the Troll. It naturally lunged at Big Guy and the battle began.

- You killed the Ice Troll. You gained 1040 EP.