The Taming Master

Chapter 42: Ian’s Achievement (1)

TL: Haku

Editor: adkji

The legendary Dragon Tamer Oakley was impressed by your summoning. He wishes for you to walk the Dragon Tamer’s path.

If you accept his proposal, you can cla.s.s-change to ‘Dragon Tamer’.

Difficulty Level: –

Reward: Cla.s.s-change to Summoner (Dragon Tamer)

Will you accept?

*When the proposal is accepted, the existing cla.s.s will disappear.

‘Hidden cla.s.s!’

Ian’s eyes widened to twice its size.

At the appearance of the new hidden cla.s.s, his mind was chaotic.

‘Could you obtain hidden cla.s.ses in this way as well?’

Ian, who was taken aback, was silently still, and Oakley asked once again.

‘Dragon Tamer’

It was truly a cool cla.s.s name that emanated swagger.

Ian’s pupils shook.

‘Between Taming Master and Dragon Tamer, which one would be better?’

It was times like this when he wished he could see at least a strategy book that someone else had written.

‘Taming Master was a cla.s.s I received quite easily in the beginning of the game, while Dragon Tamer, I earned by suffering, so…’

Ian decided to trust his intuition.

"I want to walk the path of a Dragon Tamer, Oakley. I will cla.s.s-change."

Oakley’s face brightened up.

Along with his words, Oakley spread out his hand towards Ian.

And a blue light that spread out from his hand began to wrap around Ian.

However, just then.

System messages popped up one after another.

Ian was taken aback.

"Hu… uh?"

And along with the system messages, disappointment flashed across Oakley’s two eyes.

And he smacked his lips before continuing.

Ian felt strange.

He was sad that he couldn’t obtain a cla.s.s with a cool name like Dragon Tamer, but he was also in a good mood knowing that the Taming Master cla.s.s was a higher-ranking cla.s.s.

Ian’s eyes slightly shone.

He felt he could gain pretty good information from this elder.

"Is my Ly a little special?"

Oakley tilted his head.

"That’s right."

Oakley’s words continued.

Hearing the elder’s words, Ian was inwardly surprised.

Although he was an NPC, he saw Ly’s rank and stats precisely.

‘As expected, he did say he was the legendary Dragon Tamer.’

Ian slightly looked at Oakley.

‘Shouldn’t there be more to gain from him?’

"But, Oakley, is it alright if I ask why you were waiting for a challenger here?"

At Ian’s question, Oakley momentarily had on a fl.u.s.tered expression.

At the elder’s words, Ian inwardly swallowed his resentment.

‘As expected! There’s no way that there was not even one reward after pa.s.sing this crazy test! Because of this old man, I almost left without anything.’

As he thought that the hidden cla.s.s that Oakley offered did not count as a reward, Ian almost thought that there was no reward.

"The most important thing?"

Oakley nodded his head.

Once Oakley finished speaking, his form slowly began to move.

He floated as if he was sliding through the air, and went towards the iron door on the opposite side of the chamber.

‘He’s the definition of a ghost.’

Ian hurriedly followed behind Oakley, and shortly after, the iron door, which was firmly closed, began to open with a boom.

Keu-keu-keung- keu-keung-!

As the two people went inside the iron door, the iron door let out another boom as it shut.

Bang-!

And the place Ian had entered was a dark cave that emitted a mysterious energy.

If the place where he had just battled the Chaos Drake had a stone chamber-like feeling, the place he just entered had a similar feeling to a natural cave. Oakley slowly made his way more inside, standing in front of a spot where an enormous boulder was placed and turned to look at Ian.

The boulder had a feeling similar to an altar where temples’ ceremonies were held.

"…?"

Ian stared vacantly with an expression saying as if he didn’t understand, and Oakley’s words continued again.

"Obligation?"

Ian thought to himself.

‘Is it like a quest?’

And Oakley’s words continued.

At those words, Ian’s expression stiffened.

‘This crazy!’

It meant that he lost the right to refuse the quest after reading it. The risk for this was quite big. The risk to lose the right to refuse the quest after reading it was quite big.

In the case that a quest was failed or given up on after receiving it, your Fame would

There wasn’t a big impact when dropping one quest that was ranked lower than D, but he heard that there were cases where when the quest’s rank is high, their Fame was cut by the thousands.

Before resetting, Ian had failed a C-rank quest before, and he remembered losing about 500 Fame.

On top of that, depending on whether the quest was successful or not, he could lose his reward. So if he got a quest with a level of difficulty that was higher than he expected, he could end up losing just his Fame without gaining anything.

"By any chance, there’s no way of knowing beforehand what kind of obligation it is, right?"

He asked just in case, but it was as expected.

"Hmm…"

Oakley’s urging towards Ian, who was contemplating, continued.

Ian decided.

‘It’s not my style to give up here and leave.’

Ian, who made up his mind, nodded his head as he opened his mouth.

"Yes, I will accept."

Ian’s response.

Along with that, a system message popped up.

And as expected, the quest information popped up.

Ring-.

The Remnants of a Forgotten Ancient Monster.

The legendary Dragon Tamer Oakley had sealed himself under Crupia Snow Mountain for over a thousand years.

After receiving the G.o.d Dragon’s Soul Stone, go find the Dimensional Enchanter.

Quest Difficulty Level: B

Quest Condition: A Summoner that has received recognition from Oakley.

: Cannot be in a party for the duration of the quest.

Time Limit: None

Reward – Unknown

You cannot refuse the quest.

As it was a quest that couldn’t be refused, a system message saying that he automatically accepted the quest popped up.

And Ian, who read the quest information, was slightly relieved.

‘Fortunately, there’s no time limit.’

It was a little surprising that he got a B-rank quest before he even reached lv 50, but the fact that it didn’t have a time limit meant that it wouldn’t matter even if he accepted the quest and didn’t clear it.

‘But if you cannot be in a party for the duration of the quest, does that mean you cannot do any party-plays at all until you finish this quest?’

If it was a different user unlike Ian, it was a critical penalty.

However, to Ian, who originally enjoyed solo-play, it couldn’t really be considered a penalty.

‘I probably can’t finish a B-rank quest alone right now, but…’

It was something he could do more safely after he raised his level and got a little stronger.

While Ian was thinking of these things, Oakley approached him.

And he handed to Ian a pitch-black lump of rock that emitted a mysterious energy.

‘This is a soul stone…?’

Oakley opened his mouth as he watched Ian tilt his head while holding the object that more closely resembled a piece of coal rather than a soul stone.

Ian turned his head towards Oakley.

If it was a quest that he had to do no matter what, he needed to hear Oakley’s story as carefully as possible.

As if Oakley was reminiscing his past, his words continued with a sentimental expression.

At some point, Ian was immersed into Oakley’s story.

His story was quite interesting.

Oakley’s story was incredibly long.

This was the content of his story when summarized.

Prilania Valley, the base of the northern continent’s Dragon Tamers a thousand years ago, was invaded by evil dragons, and through that, many dragons and tamers were killed.

Oakley’s mission was to protect the War Dragon, Karceus, who was one of the five G.o.d Dragons and his companion, and because of that, he fled Prilania Valley and hid in the snow mountains.

However, because of the evil dragons that followed behind him persistently, he had no choice but to bind Karceus’ and his soul under the snow mountain, and had waited for a thousand year.

"But were the evil dragons so strong that they couldn’t be blocked by the strength of you or the War Dragon that’s called a G.o.d Dragon?"

At Ian’s question, Oakley had on a bitter expression as he nodded his head.

Ian asked another thing he was curious about.

"What happens when I go and find the Dimensional Enchanter with this soul stone?"

Ian tilted his head.

"Revive a soul?"

Oakley’s words continued.

"…?"

Ian finally understood.

‘Ah… Is that why he proposed that I cla.s.s-change to a Dragon Tamer?’

Oakley continued to speak.

He continued speaking with a slightly irritated voice.

Ian felt sorry for no reason at all.

"I… see."

Ian had on a slightly strange expression.

"Can a Dragon Tamer revive the soul stone of Karceus?"