Chapter 40

Chapter 40

Level 2 Player

Trouble

‘I discarded all the other meat.’

It only occupied space in the inventory so he didn’t particularly store it. He stored the White Drake meat just in case there might be a use later.

Kung!

‘But it’s a bit big.’

Even the smallest one he took out looked to easily exceed 20 kilograms.

Ujeok! Ujeok!

Leo began to diligently eat the White Drake meat that was much larger than its own body size.

“Huh?”

He thought how much a small-sized guy would eat, but half disappeared in an instant.

“Where is all of that going?”

“Yeah, really amazing.”

Jin-su and Shin Su-a opened their mouths wide while watching Leo’s mukbang. Before they knew it, Leo had completely eaten up the huge White Drake meat.

[Summon Shadow Beast Leo likes the food given by summoner Lee Jin-su. Summon Shadow Beast Leo’s loyalty increases weakly.]

‘Loyalty increased?’

Jin-su made a puzzled expression.

‘The basic content of the contract is that the summon follows the summoner’s commands, right?’

He couldn’t know what meaning loyalty has at all.

“Kyaauung!”

Leo approached Jin-su and rubbed its head.

‘There is too little information about summoners.’

He knows that summons are divided into inanimate type and living type. Dragon Tooth Soldiers, Shadow Summons, and Ant Devourer Colony were inanimate type. Because they are not living beings, there is no need to give food.

Also, as long as the core is intact, they were close to immortal.

‘Moreover, the strength of the summon is sometimes decided according to the grade of the dragon race monster teeth or Ant Devourer carapaces that become the materials.’

On the other hand, in Leo’s case, it was living type. The heart beats, blood flows, and it is made of bones and flesh. Naturally, it also eats food and sleeps.

‘That’s all I know.’

Jin-su had too little information he knew about living type summons.

‘I can roughly guess what loyalty is.’

Precisely, he knew nothing.

‘Let’s find out in detail once later.’

Since he checked the power of the synthesis skills, now it was time to check the combat power of the Shadow Beast Leo.

‘Although it’s a question of whether it will really help.’

The summoners Jin-su met before the regression mostly employed inanimate type summons.

‘From the start, the number of summoners who employ living type summons itself was enormously small.’

Among the summoners who handle living type summons, there was only one person strong enough for Jin-su to know.

‘Dragon Lord.’

A person who commanded a whopping 9 divine dragons as summons.

As Jin-su and Shin Su-a gradually began to distance themselves from the city, various monsters revealed their appearances.

“Attack.”

Jin-su gave the command to Leo.

“Miyaoong!”

Leo meowed cutely. That was all.

“Kyaauung!”

In the meantime, the monster charged.

Seogeok!

In the end, Jin-su swung the sword and dealt with it.

“Yaung!”

As the monster died, Leo quickly approached and flared its nose.

‘Is it looking for meat?’

Not even meat, the item itself didn’t come out.

“Gyeureureung!”

As the monster corpse turned into powder and disappeared, Leo who was smelling turned its head with a swish as if in a bad mood.

‘Is it a summon with no combat power?’

Seeing it smelling, the thought that it might possess skills related to scouting or tracking arose.

‘For now, let’s think of it as a bonus.’

Shadow Beast.

It looks like something, but in the end, it was only a baby cat with large fur. It seemed better not to have great expectations for combat power.

‘Let’s aim for 30 days later when the Summon Contract cooldown ends.’

Even if the summon contract fails then or another weak guy comes out, there was no need to be greatly disappointed. Anyway, the reason he changed class to summoner and made synthesis skills was to strengthen the Shadow Summons, Dragon Tooth Soldiers, and Ant Devourer Colony.

“Can you find a place with many monsters?”

“Nyaaang!”

At Jin-su’s words, Leo let out a short cry and then advanced forward while flaring its nose. Then a short while later, it found a group of monsters.

“Nyang!”

Then it made a triumphant expression toward Jin-su.

‘Not combat but scouting or tracking is the specialty.’

If there is a specialty of this degree, it seemed it would be a help to hunting.

‘Now let’s do it properly.’

Jin-su released the Shadow Summons. The Shadow Assassin moved to herd monsters.

Dudududu!

The Shadow Assassin herded monsters.

Hwareureuk!

Kwaaaaang!

Jin-su and the Shadow Mage launched a preemptive strike, and the Shadow Archer followed after.

Shushushushuk!

Peopeopeopeong!

“Already all dead.”

The Shadow Knight couldn’t even see the monsters. Leo again rummaged through the items and found meat and ate it deliciously.

‘Go again.’

Hwiik!

At Jin-su’s instruction, the Shadow Assassin moved to herd monsters.

“Nyaooong!”

At that time, Leo let out a long roar. And at the same time, Leo’s cute cry spread in all directions.

“What are you doing?”

When Jin-su asked with a puzzled expression, Leo revealed its small fangs and made an arrogant smile. At the same time, the emotion of Leo being triumphant was transmitted to Jin-su.

Dudududu!

At that time, the earth vibrated as if an earthquake occurred.

“Huh?”

Jin-su made a surprised expression. Because monsters were swarming from all sides. The Shadow Assassin who had moved to herd monsters stopped its movement and prepared for battle.

“Surely you did it?”

“Nyang!”

At Leo’s answer, Jin-su’s face brightened.

‘Jackpot. Is it an area taunt skill that can pull the aggro of monsters far away?’

In this form, hunting becomes enormously convenient.

“Jin-su, but doesn’t it seem a bit many?”

At Shin Su-a’s words, Jin-su also agreed. The number of monsters swarming was enormously many.

“If many, it’s good, what.”

But for Jin-su, they were only experience point lumps that give levels and achievements.

Kwaaaaang!

Pueeeeong!

The monsters that charged at Jin-su and Shin Su-a died in an instant.

“Nyaang!”

Leo looked at such an appearance of Jin-su with an interesting expression and swayed its tail.

“You can continue, right?”

“Nyang!”

At Jin-su’s question after finishing monster hunting, Leo answered as if it understood. Jin-su and Shin Su-a continuously moved places and caught monsters. Because Leo properly pulled aggro with a roar containing area taunt, hunting became enormously easy.

‘Is it because it’s living type. There are many differences from the Shadow Summons.’

The Shadow Summons do nothing unless it’s something Jin-su instructed. They only stand by without moving like statues. But Leo independently ate food and pulled monsters even without being told.

‘I understand why summoners don’t prefer living type summons.’

It acts arbitrarily without the master’s command. It’s fortunate it ate cheap meat; if it arbitrarily ate or destroyed high-priced class change books or skill books, the problem would have no choice but to become large.

Pulling monsters was the same. Because Jin-su was strong, there was no problem. But if Jin-su had been weak, he might have been surrounded by monsters and died as is.

‘There are too many variables.’

The biggest problem was that sudden actions couldn’t be controlled.

‘The system message that loyalty rose continuously is also bothersome.’

After ingesting the White Drake’s meat, Leo continuously ate the meat of the monsters Jin-su hunted. Then occasionally a system message that loyalty rose floated up.

‘It’s not something to be happy about just because loyalty rises with a few chunks of meat.’

Conversely speaking, it also meant that the loyalty it originally possessed was so poor that loyalty continues to rise just by throwing a few chunks of meat.

‘There is a contract.’

Summoner Jin-su supplies food and mana, and summon Leo follows commands.

‘It seems a lot of subjective interpretation is included.’

If he gave the command to attack to the Shadow Summons, even if the opponent was an unbeatable existence, they would have charged. On the other hand, Leo didn’t even make the gesture of attacking until the moment Jin-su was attacked.

‘Let’s find out gradually.’

It was greatly helping the hunting by pulling monsters, and for now, that alone was sufficient.

‘It’s also enormously cute.’

Because it’s a baby cat with a size a bit larger than a person’s palm, it was formed enormously cute to the degree that just looking at it becomes healing.

Where is that all? Seeing it munch and eat a meat chunk larger than its own body size in an instant, one naturally understands why mukbang content is popular.

‘If it only causes accidents and doesn’t listen, just reverse summon it.’

Although it is a living being, it is a summon after all. If reverse summoned, it has no choice but to return to where it originally was.

‘Moreover, although I don’t know where either.’

He heard that spirits go to the spirit realm and the divine dragons the Dragon Lord employed go to the divine dragon realm.

‘Since it’s a beast. There might be a separate place like a beast realm.’

Jin-su organized his thoughts about Leo like that and continued monster hunting.

***

Late evening, Jin-su and Shin Su-a entered the lodging.

“You’re quite late.”

Kim Han-ul spoke to Jin-su with a smile at the corners of his mouth.

“Yes, it became so.”

“Seeing that you didn’t use the rescue stone, it seems there was no dangerous matter. Well, since you must have drawn a blank, it’s natural.”

At Kim Han-ul’s words of drawing a blank, Jin-su recalled Leo.

‘Leo herded all the monsters that were monsters in the vicinity.’

Conversely thinking, it also meant that the players who were hunting monsters in the vicinity had no choice but to draw a blank in large numbers.

“By the way, is the cat on the shoulder perhaps a summon?”

Kim Han-ul looked at Leo and asked with an interesting expression.

“Yes, it is.”

“If it’s not rude, could you tell me the class?”

“It’s summoner.”

“Ah, as expected it was so.”

Kim Han-ul made an expression of of course. It seemed he had roughly guessed.

‘Well, since the two rearliners said they would go out hunting.’

If ordinary rearliners, 2-person hunting had too high a danger. But if summoner, the story is different. Because one can form a proper party through summons.

“Are you thinking of going out hunting tomorrow too?”

“Yes, I’m thinking so.”

“Please take good care of the rescue stone. And if possible, rather than storing it in the inventory, carrying it directly would be convenient for dealing with sudden dangers.”

“Thank you for caring.”

Jin-su answered while making a bitter smile inside.

‘Is he thinking that I don’t know what function the rescue stone has?’

The rescue stone is not only for the purpose of sending a rescue signal when falling into crisis.

‘There is a location tracking function.’

Jin-su put the rescue stone Kim Han-ul gave into the inventory after leaving the city.

‘What dealing with sudden dangers, it’s just words because the location tracking function is cut off.’

Jin-su listened to Kim Han-ul’s words with one ear and let them out the other, then had a late dinner together with Shin Su-a.

Thud!

“You’re the newcomer? The summon looks enormously cute.”

While having a meal, a large man with a fierce face approached, put down a food tray next to Jin-su, sat down, and spoke.

“Hey, if a guy with a fierce face like you suddenly talks like that, the newcomer will be surprised.”

After that, a woman with a agile female warrior feeling put down a food tray and sat next to Shin Su-a while saying. But those two weren’t the end.

“That guy is too hasty in personality.”

“Yeah.”

One man with a neat impression and one woman with a puppy face held food trays and sat in the empty side seats as if surrounding Jin-su and Shin Su-a. It was a form where people suddenly sat in the side seats on both sides while the two were having a meal.

‘These people seem to be the party Kim Han-ul said he would introduce.’

If not that, there was no way they would suddenly approach.

“You seem to be seniors.”

“Hahaha! What seniors!”

At Jin-su’s words, the large man laughed brightly and burst into hearty laughter.

“Just came a bit early. I have no intention of receiving senior treatment.”

The woman with a female warrior feeling said while waving her hand.

‘Speaking informally from the first meeting.’

From the start, they openly treated them as juniors and then said such words, so it was only a bit funny. But he didn’t particularly reveal such emotions outwardly.

“You suffered a lot, right? We also really suffered a lot. Especially when we lost party members we were together with for a long time...”

The large man and the woman with a female warrior feeling continuously ran their mouths while eating. They talked about the sad experience when comrades died in battle and tried to form a sense of empathy with Jin-su and Shin Su-a.

But there was no way it would work.

Jin-su aside, even Shin Su-a had never experienced the death of a comrade until now.