103 < (7). The dawn of Territory -2 >

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“My lord, you're here. ”

Ian enters the Summoner's Guild, and the two NPCs guarding the entrance politely greet Ian.

Ian greeted them lightly and went inside.

‘It's all our guild property. You have to do well. ’

Kailan's system is so meticulous that Ian's attitude towards NPCs within the territory is reflected in the mind of the people, respectively.

The mood was soon a stat of territory.

That's why I couldn't ignore the NPCs.

Ian, who went up to the 2nd floor of the guild, talked to the NPC who was sitting in a chair doing his job.

“Well done. ”

At Ian's words, he rises in a frenzied state, bowing his head politely.

“Ah, the lord is here. ”

“Yes, I just got here. ”

In Ian's honor, he opens his mouth with a face that he doesn't know what to do.

“My lord, you may lower your words to me. ”

“Oh, I'm so comfortable with this. Never mind. ”

He was still expressing his frustration.

“If you had told me you were coming, I would have prepared something.... ”

“No, it's fine. By the way, there's something I want to ask you. ”

“Tell me.”

“Do you know where the ‘Seria' summoner, who was always sitting over there, is now? ”

In Ian's question, he nods and answers.

“Yes, of course I do. Seria thinks she's gone to the Summoners' Quarry just outside the territory. ”

Ian had an interesting look at the slightly unexpected development.

“Oh, is that the Summoner's Quarry? Do you know why you went? ”

“Seria just got a young Blue Wyvern. I left him at the ranch, but he must have gone looking for him. ”

Professor Lee Jin-wook runs the Summoner Breeding House.

I was so busy that I forgot, but I heard about it in a strange place and situation.

“Thank you."

Ian hurriedly turns to look for the Summoner's Quarry.

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“Oh, what's the matter with you? Are you here for the Summoner, too? ”

Jin-wook welcomed Ian to the vivarium.

“Oh, there you are. Do we have a place in the barn? ”

At Ian's question, I nodded my head with a big smile.

“Well, well. Thanks to you, it's going very well. I heard there have been a lot of summoners in the territory since the Guild of Summoners was found.It's not bad. ”

The more customers, the more money I made, the more single I felt.

“You haven't had any visitors yet, have you? ”

“I don't think I've seen the user yet. If the users start to know the benefits of the farmhouse, there will be a lot of people around. ”

Ian totally agreed with Jin-wook.

I just didn't actively promote information about potential and evolution because I didn't want it to be solved yet.

Not many summoners are high enough to make it to the Northern Continent.

‘We need to wait a little longer to trigger it effectively at the best possible time. ’

But he didn't intend to monopolize that information for long.

Users who have succeeded in the evolution of one or two monsters have just begun to emerge, and users who have discovered the correlation between potential and evolution will soon emerge.

By that time, if you publicize it to the community, you will be able to attract many users to Lotus territory.

More users would automatically increase the floating population of the territory, which would be a great help to the economic development of the territory.

Jinwook Summoner's Breeding Ground will be a great foundation for the improvement of the Territory.

‘To do that, we must keep the territory intact. ’

Once more, Ian asked Jin-wook.

“Professor, didn't an NPC named Seria come here? ”

“Oh, that pretty girl's over there. The Blue Wyvern she gave me is over there. ”

“Oh, thank you, Professor. ”

Ian looks down at Jin-wook and walks toward Seria.

Seeing it made me a little curious.

Seria was often an NPC that came to the vivarium because she seemed like an unusual NPC.

“Hmm, does that NPC lady have any quests...? ”

And when Ian saw Jinwook, he sent a message to Harin to fulfill Harin's request to let him know.

[Lee Jin-wook: Harin, Jinsung is at the vivarium now.]

The message came right back.

HG: Oh, yeah? Thank you, Professor. But what's Jinsung doing there?]

Jin-wook replied without thinking.

[Lee Jin-wook: Um... I'm talking to a pretty girl over there...]

[…]

Harin reads Jinwook's message, but his answer does not come back.

Jin-wook realized he had made a mistake.

But, personally (?) It was too bothersome to explain.

“Haha, whatever it takes. ”

On the other hand, Ian, who had no idea what horrific things were happening, was checking Serena's information with a clear look.

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- Seria...

Level: 108

Race: Humans

Occupation: Summoner

Identity: Peasant

Personality: Cheerful

Talent Rating: (unknown)

Combat Skills (Expand)

Detailed Talents (expand)

Capacity

- Summoned water healing procedure

Consume 20% of the maximum Spirit to recover 60% of the target summoner's health.

(5 minutes cooldown)

- Spirit's Blessing

Increases the combat stat of all allies within a 20M radius by 5%. (Passive)

- Summoner Replication (Ⅰ)

Clone one of your Summoners to join the battle.

Duplicated Summons have 50% combat power on the body and last for 30 minutes. (This item will disappear when HP reaches 0 even if the duration has expired.)

(20 minutes cooldown)

An apprentice summoner with extraordinary talents.

Has a bright and cheerful personality

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After reading all the information, Ian was satisfied.

‘As expected, I'm satisfied. You won't find an NPC as good as this one. ’

Ian approaches Seria.

“Hey, Seria. You saw him last time, right? ”

Since Seria was only seen as a girl in her late teens, Ian was relaxed.

Crouching down, Seria turns her head in surprise, distracted by her BlueWyvern.

Then, I looked embarrassed and lowered my head.

“Ah, my lord. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were here... ”

Ian smiles and says, watching Seria, who looks cute and squirms.

“It's okay. It could be. ”

Soon after Ian's expression was not bad, Seria opened her mouth with a big smile.

“My lord, are you here to send a summoner? ”

“Huh? No, it's not like that... ”

“Really?"

Ian replied with a fabulous expression.

“I came here to see you...? ”

He says a little flushed on the sheep's cheeks of Seria.

“Four? M-me?! ”

“Yes, one moment. ”

Ian turns his arms around and pulls out a golden lord's seal.

In Kailan, you can receive your favorite NPC by handing him your noble seal.

Ian handed his Seal over to Seria, an offer to recruit him to Gaius.

And she was watching him with a curious look on her face.

“I want you to help me in the future. ”

As you speak, Ian gives the Seal to Seria.

At the same time, I thought of a system message.

[I proposed to the apprentice summoner "Seria" to be "Gone."]

And Seria took the Lord's Seal.

She looks a little surprised.

“C-can I help the lord...?" ”

Seeing carefully asked Seria, Ian relaxes a little.

I was a little worried that the low affinity with the target NPC could have failed the equivalence, as Seria did not seem to have a bad reaction.

However, the chances of Ian failing were very low.

He had never met Seria a few times, but since she was the Lord of the territory, his basic intimacy was high.

“Of course, so here's the deal. ”

Ian smiled and said.

“How about you help me? ”

Seria nods, smiling brightly.

“Yes, my lord! ”

And the Lord's Seal in her hand turns white and seeps into her wrist.

[An apprentice summoner named "Seria" has been admitted.]

[The talent tier of the deceased ‘Seria’ is‘ Hero ’, and the current stat is‘ Rare ’.]

[Current status of Ian's death: 1/20]

[Banishing the deceased Seria reduces your reputation by 160,000. (Reputation will switch to "Notoriety" if it falls below 0.)]

Ian's face brightens as he looks at the system message.

Because Seria's talent grade was‘ Hero ’.

Prior to equivalence, NPCs could be seen, but talent ratings were only seen after equivalence.

Moreover, the current stats could not be used to judge talent grades by their stats, as can be seen in the phrase "Rare" grades.

Gambling to some degree.

Ian was proud to have gained heroic talent from the beginning, but he was a little embarrassed by the message directly below.

I thought exile cost 100,000 people their reputations. ’

When I looked back at the description of talent content, I could see the words' at least ’100,000.

‘Maybe the reputation is declining depending on the stats of the shaman. ’

Probably using any NPC for unlimited equivalence, it seemed to be a system to prevent the search for highly-rated NPCs.

To Ian, whose head is complicated with thoughts like this, Seria approaches and bows her head.

“Thank you, my lord. Please take good care of him.”

Ian reaches out for Seria.

And her white and fine hands grabbed Ian's hand lightly.

“Take good care of me, too, Seria. ”

Seria blinks her big eyes and asks for Ian.

“My lord, what can I do now? ”

“Well... I'm leveling up by joining the Punitive Force as I used to. I'll call you if I need you. ”

When a Node is upgraded to the Territory grade, it becomes possible to form a municipality that can operate within the Territory itself.

The organized municipality itself was designed to subdue the monsters around it every day.

Most of the military NPCs in the territory belonged to the municipality, and Seria was no exception.

I've become Ian's direct successor.

“Yes, I understand! ”

“Then let's go. ”

“Four!”

Seeing Seria answering with a cheerful voice, Ian remembers a delightful smile.

You have a good ability, and you have a pretty good servant, so you have to feel good.

Ian, who sent Seria, took a step to equip himself with another pretense.

However, when I turned my gaze, I saw someone very familiar in Ian's eyes.

And he had to feel the horror of not knowing why.

< (7). Epic of Territory -2 > End