153 War Friend 2 (1/2)

After the quest was completed, in order to tune-up momentarily, Ian's party scattered.

As they hunted so intensely for such a long time, the durability of their equipment had almost reached the end, and they were also all out of Recovery Potions.

However, it wasn't a matter that was applicable to Ian.

This was because his Familiars mostly fought for him, and for recovery, Familiar Healing and the healers took full charge of that.

The only thing he really used was Spirit Magic Recovery Potions, but even those, he still had quite a bit of.

Even after Ian sent off his guild members, he continued to hunt alone, and thanks to that, his EXP even filled up quite a bit.

'Soon, I'll probably be able to hit lv 136.'

Ever since the central continent opened up, because a lot of high-level hunting grounds that give a lot of EXP appeared, the top-ranking users' leveling-up speeds had grown quite fast compared to before.

However, it wasn't comparable to Ian's leveling-up speed, and the result of that was a situation where Ian was almost caught up to the top-ranking group.

'When I checked yesterday or so, it looked like the level cut for the top 100 was 141…'

The ranking that Ian was talking about was not just the class-specific ranking, but the general user level ranking cutline of the Korean server.

In front of the eyes of Ian, who started as a latecomer, the end of the top 100 rankings was finally visible.

”Keu, shall we keep the steam up and hunt again?”

However, just then, a system message that drained Ian of his strength popped up.

- All 7 days for the dungeon's first discoverer's buff has passed.

- From now on, all reward values will return to normal.

After his guild members left for maintenance, Ian had been hunting inside the grave dungeon again.

Ian, who even checked that the buff icon at the top of his view disappeared, licked his lips.

”Tsk… I guess it can't be helped.”

At Ian's mumbling, Hoonie, who was in the back, immediately asked.

”Are we finally done hunting?”

Because Hoonie was affiliated with Kaizar, he basically came attached like a 2-for-1 set menu in Ian's hunting, and thanks to that, the dark circles of Hoonie, who completely went through Ian's hard hunting schedule, reached down to the end of his chin.

”Hmm… We'll need to go out and hunt instead now, I guess.”

Hoonie sighed deeply,

”Haa….”

And Death Knight Ballam let out a sigh next to him as he helped out.

- Ah… As expected, an evil human.

However, Ian didn't even cast a look towards their complaints, and he moved his feet towards the exit of the dungeon.

Kaizar, who saw that, smirked as he mumbled.

”Our Lord guy, even though he lacks in other aspects, his spirit alone is acknowledgeable.”

Hoonie just shook his head.

* * *

While he was out on the ground anyways, Ian thought that he should explore here and there as he searched for a base that they could occupy before the other guild members returned.

”But where should I start…”

An area with a lot of complicated paths was a pain as well, but maps that were completely open like this to the point the end wasn't visible were also a structure that also easily brought difficulty in choosing for the users.

While Ian was contemplating like that, Bbakbbak, who was next to him, opened his mouth.

- Hm, I do remember. I came out on the ground for the first time in a while, but it's as familiar as if it was just yesterday.

Bbakbbak raised his three heads with his long necks as if he was stretching.

Ian, who turned his gaze towards him, asked.

”Then, Bbakbbak, you probably also know the geography quite well, right?”

Bbakbbak nodded his head as he replied.

- That's right, owner. I don't know all of the central continent, but I remember almost all of this middle area.

Ian's eyes shone.

This was because the thing that he needed immediately was information on the geography.

'I wish there was a honey-like base hidden somewhere…'

Ian asked Bbakbbak with eyes full of anticipation.

”Bbakbbak, then by any chance, do you know where a base is near here?”

However, Bbakbbak wasn't able to meet Ian's expectations.

- Base? I don't know what that is, owner.

”Hmm…”

Ian scratched the back of his head.

'Is it because base is a word only used by users? Then how should I explain it so that Bbakbbak will understand?'

While Ian was contemplating like that, Bbakbbak opened his mouth again.

- By any chance, is the place called a base somewhere where a lot of people are gathered and it's noisy?

At Bbakbbak's question, Ian quickly nodded his head.

”Yeah, it's exactly that. I think it's right!”

While looking at Ian, who was happy, Bbakbbak slowly nodded his head.

- If it's a place like that, there is a place that I remember that isn't far off. I don't know if it will still be there, though, as so much time has passed.

However, Ian was basically sure that the place that Bbakbbak was talking about was a base.

”Let's go there, Bbakbbak. Show us the way!”

After Bbakbbak nodded his head, he began to slowly move his large body.

- Understood, owner.

* * *

”Is it not awkward to go about like this, Shyakran?”

At the entrance of the Tower of War that stood majestically, two men shared a conversation while facing each other.

The two people were none other than Ilahan, the Guild Master of the DarkRuna Guild, and Shyakran, the Guild Master of the Titan Guild.

From the outside, it looked like they were sharing a quite conversation, but between them, severe nervousness flowed.

Since this was the central continent, and in the central continent, there was no restriction on PK amongst users of the same nationality.

If even one of the two sides were to attempt to attack first, an uncontrollable large-scale battle would occur.

And as much as it was a battle between the 1st place and 2nd place guilds, the aftermath would be incredible.

Shyakran was overly chatty as he opened his mouth.

”Haha, Ilahan. This is a misunderstanding. This is a place that we just discovered in the morning today as well, so we were about to give you the information shortly after as well.”

”Ahem…”

They both knew of each other's intentions, but as they were Guild Masters that needed to move based on thorough relations of gains and losses, they paid close attention to their actions and words.