97 Hall of Fame 2 (1/2)
After Ian and Fiolan cleared the dungeon together, the guild's chat window was filled with the same content everyday.
• Guild Member 'Ian' has logged on.
• Fiolan: Ian, when are you available today? We need to go-go to Forlan today, no?
• Herz: No, Fiolan, aren't you being unreasonable? You've gone in twice out of the five times yesterday as well, yet for you to go after him immediately today, too!
• Fiolan: What do you mean unreasonable, isn't it because Ian has the highest record when he goes in with me, no?
• Kroban: No, Ian promised to go in with me today. Let's follow the order.
• Carwin: Ha, why is everybody like this? I gave up my chance yesterday as well. Today, I'm going to go in twice with Ian hyung.
• Harin: Can, can I be included as well?
• Carwin: Noona, you're not even at lv 100 yet. You can't go in yet.
• Harin: T.T…
• Ian: Alright, alright, everybody, calm down. Today, I'll go in with people that haven't played with me yet.
• Fiolan: No fair…
• Carwin: Ah… I've only been able to go three times!
• Kroban: It's only been three times for me as well!
• Mishyal: I'm a newcomer to this guild, but… May I raise my hand?
• Ian: Mishyal, what's your level and class?
• Mishyal: I'm a lv 106 Fire-type Magician.
• Ian: Okay!
• Mishyal: I have no experience clearing the dungeon, is that okay?
• Ian: Yep, that's alright.
• Fiolan: Ah… Ian, why are you like this? You need to go in with me and set a new record.
• Ian: Even if I die and come back to life, I won't be able to get an S-rank anyways, so Fiolan, please give the others a chance. I'm going to try and get an S-rank tomorrow or the day after, so let's go together then.
• Fiolan: Oh, S-rank! Alright, I'm pumped!
Currently, no matter who Ian entered the dungeon with amongst his guildmates that were able to enter, it was to the point he was able to just make an A-rank almost all the time.
He had attempted to get an S-rank with Fiolan using all the power they had, but their best record was about 29 minutes, which was nowhere near 25 minutes.
That's why he had decided that it would be impossible to get an S-rank until he raised Pin and went in.
Because of that, Ian was entering the dungeon with all of his guildmates evenly.
'Since Pin's Potential will be at 100 soon enough now…'
Ian, who checked Pin's Potential, clenched his fist.
Through the Training skill he just activated again 5 minutes ago, it was a situation where Pin's Potential was at 99, and it would reach 100 within a quarter of a day.
After that, if he went through the dungeons and hunted like crazy for the next two days, a relaxed estimation, Ian thought that he would be able to make Pin reach around at least lv 60-70.
'Even if Pin reaches around at least lv 70, he'll be able to deal around the same damage as Lake's Breath with his AoE skill.'
Of course, he wasn't just going through the dungeon either.
Whenever he went into the dungeon, in order to reduce his clear time by even 1 second, he tried out different methods while experimenting as well.
Because of that, in the Grave of the Forlan Hero's Hall of Fame, from 1st place to 10th, all of them were filled with Ian's name aside from two to three rankings.
Rank 1
Challengers: Ian (Lotus Guild), Fiolan (Lotus Guild)
Rank 2
Challengers: Ian (Lotus Guild), Kroban (Lotus Guild)
Rank 3
Challengers: Carwin (Lotus Guild), Ian (Lotus Guild)
Rank 4
Challengers: Semus (DarkRuna Guild), Cho (DarkRuna Guild)
Rank 5
Challengers: Herz (Lotus Guild), Ian (Lotus Guild)
Rank 6
Challengers: Zion (DarkRuna Guild), Malcolm (Titan Guild)
Thanks to that, for the first time since the arena rookie league, Ian began to rapidly rise as a topic of conversations in the community recently, and the popularity of the Lotus Guild also suddenly rose.
Ian, who decided he would try first with Mishyal amongst the pouring love calls as soon as he logged on, busily walked.
'I'll use all 5 of my dungeon entries right away now, and by then Pin's Potential will be filled up, so from then to 7 pm tomorrow, I'll just hunt.'
In order to map out the most efficient plan possible, his mind raced.
'And starting from 7 to 12, I'll exhaust all my entries for tomorrow, and if I also go out hunting the next day after, I'm sure Pin will be worth using in the dungeon as well.'
Ian, who had piled up an outrageous amount of EXP these past couple of days, was at lv 107 before he even realized it. While Ian had leveled up 4 levels, Fiolan, who had entered the dungeon with Ian the most, had also leveled up 2 levels and was now at lv 115, while Carwin and Herz also leveled up 1 level each and had become lv 103 and lv 108.
There was a reason why the Ian-bus's popularity was nowhere near dying down.
Before Ian met Mishyal and entered the dungeon, he left one more word in the guild chat.
• Ian: People who are next in line to enter after Mishyal, decide on your order beforehand! The next person just needs to wait at the Forlan entrance around 30 minutes from now.
After Ian had made the guild chat roomchaotic once again, he entered the dungeon without delay.
* * *
”How is it, how is it? What about today's menu? It's delicious, right?”
”Yeah. It's really delicious. Is this a recipe you made for your practical assignment this time?”
”That's right. It's for my midterm.”
A corner of Korea University's student restaurant.
Jinsung and Harin were out to have lunch in between their classes.
The menu consisted of two drinks purchased with meal tickets at the student restaurant and a lunch box that Harin had packed.
Harin's eyes twinkled while she watched Jinsung eat the lunch box deliciously.
”Harin, but what about Yoohyun? Weren't you going to come with Yoohyun? I heard that you were both taking a cultural studies class together.”
”Uh, that… Yoohyun said that there were some assignments he had piled up, so he would be in the department room.”
”Ah, really? That's weird, from what I know, I don't have any assignments, did I miss it because I was sleeping during class?”
At Jinsung's lack of sense, Harin developed an impulse that made her want to truly hit him hard in the pit of his stomach.
However, the meal that they were spending alone together was the first in a long time and it was enjoyable, so she calmly settled down her rage.
'It is the first time that we're eating together outside of the capsule in two
weeks… So, I should hold back a little. On top of that, it's the first time we're eating together since that day!'
After the historical day that Harin received the ring from Jinsung, she was thinking that Jinsung and her could have started dating.