Chapter 163: Training Contract (1)
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Fortunately, the exploration did not seem to take a long time.
Unlike in the past when we moved around and explored using trial and error, this was the era of rune Holders with activated runes and [Warp Gates].
As long as we could confirm the direction, we could narrow it down by going through the [Warp Gate] points one by one.
Starting from Seoul, we entered Gyeonggi-do to the west.
We went into Goyang, Gwangmyeong, and Bucheon, but The bug was still pointing west.
And after entering Incheon, the western metropolitan city, the direction of the bug finally changed to northwest.
The probability is high that its towards Ganghwa Island
Professor Kang Dong-wook opened his mouth about it.
If you go north from Incheon, theres Gimpo.
If you go west from there again, theres Ganghwa Island.
It was somewhat expected, but it seemed that the villain had made the island areas and the surrounding uninhabited islands their base.
Uninhabited islands were difficult exploration areas.
If we directly delved in, the search attempt itself would be difficult, and even if we did search, there was no guarantee that it would be successful.
The <Villain> took good advantage of that vulnerability.
In fact, even though we had almost confirmed the direction, there was still a possibility that we would not be able to find their real base.
When our party arrived at the coast of Ganghwa Island.
Professor Kang announced,
Im sure. Its one of the uninhabited islands around here. Thats where the villain is.
Then
Yes. I think we need to contact the main force now and launch a joint search.
After all, we were just the advance party.
In order to discover the <Villain>s base and annihilate them in one blow, we desperately needed the main forces participation in the operation.
At that, Professor Kim Myeong-hyun nodded his head.
Then he declared a temporary suspension of the operation.
We decided to take a break for a while at a nearby hotel while waiting for the main force to join us.
Thanks to that, we were able to get some rest time after running here breathlessly.
Um Professor Kang Dong-wook?
After reorganizing the time when wed gather again and everyone taking time to resupply, I went to the cafe inside the hotel during that time.
To be precise, it was to see Professor Kang Dong-wook who was already there before me.
Oh, Holder Do Jae-hyun. Whats the matter?
Professor Kang Dong-wook lifted his head at my call.
It seemed he was still researching things related to this search, pondering over something while looking at the bug before I came.
I ordered a coffee and sat down in front of him.
Well, its nothing else but
And the prelude I slowly brought up.
Despite seeming to have nothing in common with him, I was surprisingly curious about many things regarding him.
In fact, ever since we had a chance encounter yesterday, I wanted to talk, but the situation was so urgent and the operation progressed so quickly that there was no time.
After listening to all my questions intently with a focused face.
Professor Kang Dong-wooks eyes rounded in surprise.
Youre curious about the trainig series?
Yes.
The training series.
Among the sub-fields of the Academys special series, it was a rare series, yet evaluated by academia as a mainstream discipline.
Seeing my words that I wanted to hear more about it
Professor Kang Dong-wook had an expression that he didnt really understand.
Holder Do Jae-hyun has already demonstrated prominence in his own series, isnt he the Academys most promising prospect?
Im not at that level.
In fact, that evaluation is correct externally.
Once during my 1st year from the Ha Do-kwon incident and ultra-fast promotion. Once across the entire Academy from the Kim Do-yoon assault incident and the establishment of <Anti-Villain>.
And once again this time from stopping the <Villain>s double maneuver more effectively than anyone else.
In one breath, I became a famous figure in the Holder world that no one doesnt know.
It was the same as being raised to the number one promising prospect in the Domestic Top 10 Promising Prospect Holders that Park Jin-woo had shown me before.
Professor Kang Dong-wook nodded his head and tried to persuade me again.
Holder Do Jae-hyuns academic enthusiasm is certainly praiseworthy, but unnecessary excessive study can become an obstacle to growth. Its true that the training series is emerging as a mainstream discipline among Holder circles these days, but it cant be directly compared to the traditional popularity of combat series.
It was a reasonable argument.
The reason why I dont learn [Florian Spells] of the wizard series or [Star Destruction Law] of the archer series is also for this reason.
Forcibly learning runes or abilities that dont suit my fighting style could make the utilization of other abilities awkward.
Unless they had sufficient efficiency compared to the time invested, they had to remain just assisting my main runes.
However.
This time was a bit different.
I scratched my head a little and spoke to him.
Thats not it I recently obtained a training series rune
One of the three legendary runes I obtained through this incident.
[Promise Bound by Dragon].
This rune had overflowing effects that were too good to just be an assist
So I couldnt just pass by it nonchalantly.
<Rune Information>
Name: The Promise Dragon Has Made
Grade: Legendary
Level: 1
Engraved Location: Right Back of Hand
Special Effects:-
: Beings who have lost intelligence due to magic stones can be trained and contracted. Due to the special effects of the rune, contractors receive additional stats corresponding to 10% (5.5/6.0/4.9) of the users general stats.
: If the contracting targets are related to the legend of dragons or have some dragon traits, the success rate of the contract increases dramatically. In addition, special effects are added to the contractors information.
: As the runes level and leadership stat increase, the level of entities that can be contracted rises, and the number that can be contracted also changes. (Currently 1)
* [Rune Hunter] Associated Special Effect:-
: One of the runes held by the user can be granted to the contracting target. Up to 3 runes can be granted per contracted target, and the granted rune is deleted from the Holders information.
Contract Target List (0/1):-
None
Derived Skill:-
[Hand of Contract]
Detailed Information:-
: It is a promise made by the dragon, called a mythical being in legends. Beings who have lost intelligence due to magic stones can be trained and make contracts as partners. The power of the strong promise engraved by the dragon will allow contractors to use special power.
The dazzling <Holder Information> danced before my eyes.
This rune was originally going to be obtained by Ji Yoon-jae.
[Training Contract], one of the training series runes representing the top among them.
As expected, its renown was proportional to its tremendous special effects.
The fact that part of the rune Holders abilities could be passed on to the contracting target, or that the training of dragon-related monsters became much easier, and then additional special effects would be added
There was no rune that could follow it among training runes when it came to the tremendous specs lined up.
Plus, due to being linked with [Rune Hunter], a derived special effect appeared.
Rune Granting.
No matter how many times I read it, it was shocking.
It says runes can be given?
The number of runes a Holder could obtain was set at 30, and I could obtain slightly more at 50 runes.
Although 50 runes in total
Ordinary Holders might not even fill it up in their lifetimes of training By steadily utilizing [Rune Hunter], 50 would be nothing to me soon.
Just looking at the runes I have now, it was nearing 37.
Considering I had steadily combined high-level runes so far even though it was this much already, who knows how quickly 50 would be filled.
Of course, obtaining runes without discrimination like this meant that later I might not get necessary runes.
I can pass unneeded runes onto the monster?
But some of those runes could be granted to the contracted monster?
This was an effect I desperately needed right now.
Keeping prime runes while passing unnecessary ones
Yet strengthening contracted monsters by granting runes.
It was an effect that was almost killing three birds with one stone.
My current <Holder Information> with the excessive amount of runes.
This was an opportune time to neatly organize it.
So in order to actively utilize this, I needed to develop the training series and increase leadership stats.
Hmm I see. Although Ive heard that Holder Do Jae-hyun is an outstanding Multi-Holder, I didnt know you were talented to that extent.
Professor Kang Dong-wook, who had been steadily persuading me.
At last he nodded his head as well.
Since I came to obtain training series runes and didnt know how talented I was here, I wanted to study it
It seemed he was understanding based on that logic.
Alright. Then I will briefly lecture on you properties, Holder Do Jae-hyun.
Thank you, Professor!
Inwardly, I cheered.
Getting advice from the foremost authority in this field would surely pave the way where there were dead ends.
Professor Kang Dong-wook put away the material he was organizing and unfolded a new page of his notebook.
It seemed he was briefly outlining the content he would lecture to me.
Then he picked up his pen and wrote down some big words one by one.
Training, summoning, language
A small mind map consisting of some keywords was drawn.
Professor Kang Dong-wook, who had slowly been drawing the mind map, looked up at me after completing it at some point.
First of all, the training series isnt a series that ends with simply obtaining training contract runes. Though it may be similar for other series, the training series in particular can be seen as a series where assisting with other common runes is essential.
Tap, tap.
Emphasizing the content by knocking the table a couple times.
Then his pen touched the Language section on the right side of the mind map.
Among those most important common runes is language.
Language?
Yes. Language runes are the only means that enable communication between the Holder and contracted monster. Generally, training and contract establishment is possible without language runes, but
Professor Kang Dong-wook shook his head.
There is a clear limit to that growth. Its merely the Holders unilateral commands without communicating with the monster, and such emphasized repetitive commands make the monsters anxious.
Anxious?
Yes.
Seeing me mull over the explanation, Professor Kang Dong-wook slowly continued speaking.
As that anxiety continues, eventually at critical moments, the monster will be unable to demonstrate its power. It goes beyond the area of control for the Holder.
Ah.
I let out a small sound of admiration and engraved his lecture properties.
Training runes I thought simply ended after training.
There were unexpectedly quite complex intertwining information here.
Not only the success or failure of the training itself was important, but it didnt just end there.
What came after the training was important as well, then what came after that.
In case I forgot, I also took out a notebook.
Listening while taking notes helped the organization better.
His lecture continued.
Now, next are summoning runes. Written largely after language so Holder Do Jae-hyun must have been very curious. The assisting role summoning runes play is
However, the atmosphere of Professor Kang Dong-wook continuing his lecture was strangely bright for some reason.
He seemed even more interested than me who had just became interested in the lecture.
His teaching voice was full of excitement.
What is it.
Isnt this person more excited than me?
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