Chapter 39

Chapter 39

Level 2 Player

Shadow Beast Leo

The next morning, Jin-su and Shin Su-a who rested soundly overnight had a simple breakfast and then, with Kim Han-ul’s help, toured the city of Floor 100.

The city was enormously huge. To the degree that the area toured with Kim Han-ul’s help felt like only an extremely small part.

‘Although there are slight differences, overall it’s similar to when I came.’

The region Kim Han-ul introduced was a place where the influence of the Daehan Guild strongly reached.

“I’ll stop the tour here and try hunting outside the city.”

At Jin-su’s words, Kim Han-ul made a surprised expression.

“Just the two of you? It will be quite dangerous. I think it would be better to gather additional party members and then go out.”

Even if 2 frontliners go out hunting, it would be a situation to stop them, but when 2 rearliners say they will go out hunting, opposing was natural.

“Or shall I introduce a party suitable for the two of you?”

The party Kim Han-ul introduces was obviously belonging to the Daehan Guild.

“For now, I want to try with just the two of us.”

At Jin-su’s words, Kim Han-ul continued to express opposition. But since the parties themselves say they will do it, he couldn’t forcibly stop them.

“Then I’ll follow too.”

“I’ll decline.”

Jin-su cut Kim Han-ul’s words sharply. Then the face of Kim Han-ul who had been making a good-person smile until now slightly distorted.

“I understand. I’ll let you do as you want.”

Kim Han-ul said that in a cold voice and then guided Jin-su and Shin Su-a outside the city.

‘He’s thinking that immature brats are acting recklessly.’

It was a situation anyone would think that way.

“Take this with you. It’s a rescue stone. If you fall into danger, inject mana into it.”

“Thank you for the consideration.”

Jin-su smiled and received the rescue stone.

“Then I wish you good luck.”

Kim Han-ul said that and entered the village as is.

“He seems angry, will it be okay?”

Shin Su-a asked with a worried expression.

“It could be so. But there’s no need to particularly care.”

“You’re not thinking of entering the Daehan Guild, right?”

Shin Su-a asked with a regretful expression.

“Yeah, why are you regretful?”

“Just a little bit.”

If belonging to the Daehan Guild, one can receive the stability of belonging to a large group, free lodging and meals, and support from guild members when necessary. For ordinary players, during the week’s time, it was normal to try to look good to the person in charge and enter the Daehan Guild.

“Are you thinking of entering another guild? Or do you have no intention of entering a guild at all?”

Shin Su-a asked as if curious.

“What do you think my thought is?”

At Jin-su’s counter-question, Shin Su-a let out a deep sigh.

“You won’t enter.”

“Why do you think so?”

“Others aside, I think that even if you join a guild, there isn’t much you can benefit from. Maybe the probability of suffering a loss is higher. Although lodging and meals are free and there are many benefits, that can’t be free, right?”

Shin Su-a was not foolish. Rather, she belonged to the smart side. Therefore, even though Kim Han-ul listed the advantages of the Daehan Guild, she wasn’t easily swept away.

Rather, she sometimes made Kim Han-ul flustered with sharp questions.

Shin Su-a remembers the truth that there is no free lunch in the world. If you receive something, you must give.

If belonging to the Daehan Guild, there will be things gained, but there are also things to give. And in Shin Su-a’s view, for a skilled person of Jin-su’s degree, the things given by belonging to the Daehan Guild looked larger than the things gained.

“As you said, I have no intention of entering a guild.”

“My guess was correct.”

“Yeah, it was correct. Then first let’s hunt.”

“Ha! Yeah, can’t even rest for a full day.”

Shin Su-a made an expression as if she knew it would be so.

“I have no intention of overdoing it either. For a week, I’m thinking of hunting only about 10 hours leisurely.”

“A week... leisurely is 10 hours...”

Shin Su-a made an expression as if she was speechless.

“As expected, too short? Shall I increase it a bit more?”

At Jin-su’s words, Shin Su-a was startled.

“No! 10 hours seems just right! Even if a week, we need to rest a bit for the fatigue in the body to be relieved!”

“Well, we do need to rest.”

Jin-su also agreed.

“Then let’s move quickly. Stone Golem Summon.”

Shin Su-a hurriedly cut the conversation and summoned the Stone Golem while preparing for hunting. She declined the hunting time increasing because the conversation lengthened unnecessarily.

“Wait a moment.”

Jin-su used a skill he acquired by changing class to summoner and had never used once.

“Summon Contract.”

Hwaaaak!

A summon magic circle was drawn on the floor. The summon magic circle emitted pure white light and also emitted all kinds of colors such as red light, blue light, green light, pitch-black light, etc.

‘I changed class to summoner but didn’t make a contract with a summon.’

Jin-su has various summon skills such as Shadow Summon, Dragon Tooth Soldier Summon, Ant Devourer Colony Summon. But those are rewards received in the process of clearing hidden dungeons, hunting the White Drake, and clearing survival missions regardless of class.

After changing class to summoner, Jin-su had not yet formally summoned or contracted a summon.

‘Yesterday, I couldn’t try using it because I was making the Summon Contract skill into a synthesis skill.’

But now since he has to hunt, it was better for even one more combat power to be added.

‘Why isn’t it appearing?’

But no matter how long he waited, the color of the summon magic circle only kept changing and there was no change at all.

“Is it perhaps a failure?”

“It could be so.”

The Summon Contract skill is not a skill that unconditionally succeeds just by using it. There must be a summon that responds to the summon magic circle, and only by safely completing the contract with that summon was it true success.

‘Did I make it into a synthesis skill for nothing?’

Skills that match well with the Summon Contract skill were very expensive as befitting summoner exclusive skills. He thought that if he made the summoner class skills and summoner exclusive skills into permanent synthesis skills, it would unconditionally be a gain.

‘If the summon doesn’t come out, I just wasted money for nothing.’

From the start, the reason he changed class to summoner was to strengthen the Shadow Summons, Dragon Tooth Soldiers, and Ant Devourer Colony into summoner exclusive skills.

But human greed has no end. Jin-su was the same. So when he changed class to summoner, greed arose. So he made it into a synthesis skill and tried to obtain a new summon, but...

‘Is it failing as is? If it fails, the loss is enormously large.’

How many points did he pour in to obtain the Summon Contract skill?

‘Well, it’s not the end just because it fails once. The cooldown is quite long.’

The Summon Contract skill is a skill with a long cooldown of a whopping 30 days. If the summon contract fails this time, he has to wait 30 more days.

‘I hope it succeeds for sure.’

Jin-su looked at the summon magic circle with an anxious heart.

Saaaaak!

At that time, the summon magic circle was dyed in thick darkness. Then that darkness gathered into one and formed one form.

“Meow!”

A small size that looks a bit over a span, ears that stood up sharply, and a snout that protruded. A living being that meows with cute feet and tail covered in black fur.

“Cat?”

Jin-su muttered in a hollow voice.

“Wow! Enormously cute!”

Shin Su-a laughed brightly and looked at the black baby cat that came out of the summon magic circle.

‘Although the appearance of the summon isn’t important.’

One can roughly gauge the combat power by looking at the appearance.

‘It absolutely doesn’t look like a strong appearance.’

Since a summon came out, it seemed it wasn’t a complete failure.

‘Still, with this degree, it seems half a failure.’

Around the time Jin-su had such a heart.

“Meow! Meow!”

The baby cat meowed forcefully while looking at Jin-su.

[Summon Shadow Beast Leo wishes to contract with summoner Lee Jin-su.]

[Yes.] [No.]

‘Shadow Beast?’

Unlike the cute appearance, a ferocious race name of Shadow Beast was attached.

‘Did this guy come out and contract because I learned the Shadow Summon skill? Or because the compatibility with me is good?’

Some strong expectation arose. The contract content entered Jin-su’s mind.

‘It means just provide food and mana.’

The contract conditions were extremely simple.

‘Let’s do it.’

Anyway, since the only summon that came out was Shadow Beast Leo, there was no choice.

Jin-su chose Yes.

Hwaaaaaak!

The summon contract magic circle disappeared. Even so, Shadow Beast Leo was still in front of his eyes.

[The contract between summon Shadow Beast Leo and summoner Lee Jin-su has been established.]

At the same time as the contract was established, an invisible thread connected Jin-su and Shadow Beast Leo as one.

At the same time, Jin-su could share emotions and thoughts with Shadow Beast Leo to some extent. But that degree was quite weak.

“Nyaaang! Nyaaang!”

At that time, Leo meowed loudly. At the same time, a strong will different from until now was transmitted to Jin-su.

The content of the strong will Leo wanted to convey was simple. A request to resolve hunger because the stomach is hungry.

‘In the end, it’s asking for food?’

Jin-su took out a well-cooked meat chunk from the inventory and held it out to Shadow Beast Leo.

“Here, eat.”

“Sniff sniff!”

Shadow Beast Leo who briefly buried its nose in the meat chunk and smelled it turned its head with a swish. At the same time, a strong protest message dug into Jin-su’s mind.

If interpreted in human language, it contained meanings of the degree of ‘Why are you giving something with no taste like this?’ ‘If you keep doing this, the contract is broken!’ ‘Bring out something more delicious. Human.’

Jin-su took out this and that food from the inventory and gave it.

“Miyaaoong!”

Shadow Beast Leo’s protest became stronger and stronger.

‘No, how do I know what a Shadow Beast eats?’

Even if he rummages through all the memories before the regression, there was no information like about Shadow Beasts.

When Jin-su was worrying about what to feed Shadow Beast Leo.

Dududu!

Along with large footsteps that vibrated the ground to a degree, a thick stench pierced the tip of the nose.

‘It’s a monster.’

The moment Jin-su noticed the monster, Shin Su-a cast blessing skill and protection skill.

“Do the mage-type blessing together too.”

“Okay.”

Jin-su who heard Shin Su-a’s answer gripped the Bloodsucking Sword and Shining Longsword in both hands instead of taking out the Shadow Summons hiding in the shadow.

‘Then let’s test a bit.’

Jin-su’s current class is summoner, but he possessed the class skills of the Blood Demon Swordsman and warrior exclusive skills as is.

It meant that although the class changed, the close combat power was maintained as is. Moreover, when he changed class to Flame Mage, the class skills and mage exclusive skills were also held after being changed into synthesis skills. It was like becoming a warrior, mage, and summoner.

‘How much synergy will come out.’

He was thinking of testing that with this battle.

“Keurureung!”

The monster that revealed its appearance by parting the bushes was a Dire Wolf with black fur and large fangs.

‘It’s fortunate there are several.’

The number of Dire Wolves was a total of 17. Jin-su sent the Shadow Summons that were hiding in his shadow to Shin Su-a to take charge of escort.

Taak!

At the same time, Jin-su threw his body.

Hwiik!

Jin-su swung the two swords.

Seogeok!

The body of the Dire Wolf was split in two as is.

Jwaaaak!

The Bloodsucking Sword absorbed blood. The Bloodsucking that became a synthesis skill also sucked blood.

‘Good.’

The synthesis skill Bloodsucking no longer only recovers stamina. It also recovered mana. Jin-su tested the synthesis skills that were the class skills of the Blood Demon Swordsman one by one, including Blood Blade.

‘No abnormalities.’

Rather, it was superior in all aspects compared to when he possessed the Blood Demon Swordsman class. If looking at the appearance of Jin-su fighting now, no one would think that Jin-su’s current class is summoner.

“Fireball.”

Jin-su also tried using the synthesis skill made with mage skills as materials.

Kwaaaaang!

Along with a large explosion, one Dire Wolf turned into ash and disappeared.

‘This side also has no problem.’

A satisfied smile bloomed on Jin-su’s face.

Although the power of the magic attack skill dropped a bit because he was holding a sword instead of a staff and wearing armor instead of a robe, that degree of loss could be sufficiently endured.

Just by combining warrior and mage skills, it felt like the combat power rose sharply. What would happen if assassin, tanker, and healer skills are added here?

‘I excluded the archer because it overlaps with the mage.’

If only points are abundant, it was worth trying to add archer skills sufficiently.

‘The equipment problem can also be solved if only money is abundant.’

As long as there is an inventory, replacing equipment right before using a skill was nothing.

“Wow!”

Shin Su-a opened her mouth wide.

She knew Jin-su was strong. She also knew he could alternately use the two classes of warrior and mage. But he had never used the two skills at once.

‘I’m dying of curiosity.’

Shin Su-a forcibly pressed down the heart that wanted to ask how such a thing was possible.

“Are you not even doing the food price?”

Jin-su asked while looking at Leo.

“Yaong.”

Leo made a lukewarm expression and swayed its tail.

Hwiik!

Then it suddenly bit one of the loot that came out as the Dire Wolves died and began to munch and eat it.

‘It eats monster meat?’

When a monster dies, the corpse turns into dust and disappears. After that, there are cases where it drops items and cases where it doesn’t.

Even if it drops items, class change books, skill books, and completed items come out most rarely, and most are material items.

Material items were many types like teeth, claws, scales, leather, blood, but rarely meat also came out.

‘Monster meat is a junk item.’

The taste is fishy and disgusting so it isn’t cooked and eaten. Alchemists occasionally look for it, but the selling price is at the bottom level.

“Is it delicious?”

“Auuung!”

A strong will of it being delicious and to bring out more was transmitted.

“Yeah, I’ll give more.”

Jin-su took out monster meat that was in the inventory. It was the meat of the White Drake.