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[The test of 'Hiccion’, the Demon King of Fury, failed to pass Gateway 17.]

[All party members will be warped to Gate 1.]

[Number of challenges to date: 7 times (7/10)]

[You have 3 more chances left. If all else fails, the quest will fail completely and your intimacy with the Demon King Hiccion will be greatly reduced.]

[All party members' reputation has decreased by 100,000.]

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Seeing the successive message, Shakran's face became a shameful face.

‘Dammit, why do you have all these quests on this ridiculous difficulty? ’

Shakran sighs a little, taking a look around his team.

I'd rather do whatever I can on my own, but the problem was that there were too many holes in eight parties.

It was a top-level party, with the exception of assassins and summoners, but control was a problem.

"Whew, except for Saylon and the Black Wizard kid, there are too many holes. Even the summoner named Kanoel is better than our guild member, but he's a hole... ’

The total number of failed challenges so far is 7 times.

Each time I failed, I lost a huge reputation of 700,000.

Shakran can't figure out what to do.

‘Phew... I don't have an answer... ’

To Shakran in distress, Sailon speaks carefully.

“Master, what are you going to do? You only have three chances left. ”

“Mmmm... ”

“Maybe we should ask other rankers for help? ”

“Ugh…. ”

Shakran ponders over and over, but this party has no answer.

Shakran opens his mouth.

“If I recruit... who should I recruit?" ”

Sailon thought about it for a moment and said,

“First of all, I think the best card is Remir, who is not in any guild. ”

“Phew, okay. Let's get Lemir…. Do you have any other cards? I don't think a Remir's gonna solve anything. Remir is strong, of course... but we've only broken through 17 of the 30 gates. ”

Sailon nods.

“That's right. Lemir is clearly lacking. ”

“What's the biggest hole in our party right now? ”

“Well... I think the biggest hole is the assassin. However, the assassin doesn't seem to be very helpful in bringing in any rankers. The class itself was the most disadvantage to PVE in the first place…. ”

Shakran shakes his head.

“Obviously. It won't make a difference if you rank # 1 in Assassin Ranking. ”

Sailon scratches the back of his head.

“By the way, to recruit Samueljin, the number one archer ranking... he's a master of the enemy's top guild, which is a little awkward. ”

“Not him. Everything else is gone. I'm so unlucky. ”

Sailon thought, touching his chin for a moment.

“So there's only one card left. ”

“ …. ”

“Ian... I think it should be him. ”

“ …! ”

Sailon smiles bitterly.

Ian was the person I thought he was from the beginning, but he was trying so hard not to.

‘Obviously, Ian has no more control and reliable power. Plus, I'll fill you in as a hole summoner and give you at least two. ’

Ian, however, was part of the recently rising Guild of the Ruspel Empire, the Lotus Guild.

If you recruit him, the Lotus Guild will share the reward for the first Hidden Guild Quest on this platform, and it has been extremely painful.

‘It's still better than blowing up Hidden Quests like this. ’

Shakran nods slowly.

“I... I can't help it, right? ”

At that time, Hun, who was listening to the two conversations quietly, said with a tearful face.

“Do you need Ian after all? ”

Hun looked like he'd lost the world.

‘Ha... After I finished a Hidden Quest secretly with Ian, are you offering me another quest like this...? ’

Ian hadn't checked his list of missed messages yet, and thanks to that, he hadn't accepted the quest sharing messages from Hun.

That's why Ian wanted to accept the quest before he saw it.

The magnificent (?) The plan was going to be like this.

“Hmm... Ian...? Do you know Ian personally? ”

Sailon asks for Hun, and Kanoel next to him answers on his behalf.

“Yes, we are friends with Ian. ”

And he said with a bitter look.

“Certainly not enough to cover my summoner position with my abilities. If you ask Ian for help, he will definitely be able to finish this quest. ”

Shakran frowns.

“Sure...? We've only breached Gateway 17 yet. We have 13 more Gateways to go, but isn't it an elixir that we can definitely clear if we recruit one Ian? ”

But Kanoel's expression was firm.

“No, one of Ian's men is enough to complete this quest without having to recruit Remir. ”

“Hmm...? ”

Hun nodded his head helplessly and said a word.

“Ian will probably guarantee clearance. I didn't want to call him again... ”

After that, the group looks for other alternatives, but in the end, they can't find any alternatives like Ian.

In conclusion, Shakran opens his mouth to the party members.

“Well, I think we've come to some sort of conclusion... Sailon, you should get in touch with Lemir. ”

“I understand.”

Shakran looks at Hun and says,

“And to Ian... Please send a message. ”

Hun sighed and replied.

“Phew... Got it. ”

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Awakened (?) In front of Ian, Kaka floats in a circle.

“Phew, master. I could have been in trouble if I woke up a little earlier. ”

Ian tilts his head and asks.

“Hmm? What are you talking about? You don't have to cut back and forth. You have to explain. ”

After saying that, Kaka looks proud and starts explaining.

“Hehe, let me explain from the beginning... I have succeeded in my Awakening. ”

“What?”

“The power of the dream. I'm of use now, master. ”

A smile came out of Ian's mouth.

"No, did it hurt that much to call him useless? ’

In fact, Kaka was useless.

Ian was a mane every time, but he had been doing a great job scouting in battle, and Kaka's greatest help was his knowledge.

For Ian, who regarded 'information’ as very important in playing the game, Kaka's knowledge was greater than any other help.

But Ian did not tolerate it.

“So, how did you get your abilities up? ”

Kaka replied proudly.

“I can now enter someone else's dream. So I just entered the master's dream and came out. Kahahaha.”

Ian was confused.

‘Hmm? I've never slept before, but what does that mean...? ’

Kaka adds a word.

“Owner, I had a spectacular dream. I didn't know that the dimensional war that had happened a thousand years ago would be recreated in my dreams. ”

At that point, Ian immediately understood the situation.

‘Aha, I just watched the video and realized I was dreaming. ’

Ian, who was out of his mind, immediately opened Kaká's information window to check his unique abilities.

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greedy dream

- A dream is a devil that has the ability to make things happen in a dream come true.

Kaka, a greedy dreamer, will appear every time he dreams with a rare item in his dreams.

* This ability has been successfully Awakened. From now on, slaves can use their powers in other people's dreams.

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Kaká's infowindow had the word ‘Awakening’ written next to the title of the 'greedy dream’ and explained the additional effect of Awakening.

Ian's face was noticeably brighter.

"Oh…! This will allow you to use your abilities even if Kaka doesn't sleep. ’

Ian's head begins to spin rapidly.

‘And if you've just been in and out of that world a thousand years ago...! ’

The clever mistress whose mouth the Abyss Dragon was biting.

Ian immediately remembered it.

‘Please Kaka...! ’

Ian asks for Kaka.

“So, did you go into my dream and get me something? ”

Kaka nods and boasts as if he was waiting.

“Of course!”

Kaka raises her hand and pushes the parchment in front of Ian's eyes.

“Hehe, how are you, master? ”

And in Ian's eyes, item information came to mind.

[Unknown Ancient Scroll/Grade: Legend]

As it says in the item title, I didn't know what it was, but the rating 'Legendary’ immediately caught Ian's eye.

But Ian's expression was blurry.

Normally, he would have looked at the rank of legend, but it was because he was expecting a female owner now.

“Dude, why did you bring that! ”

Kaka was embarrassed and asked again, expecting a compliment.

“What's the matter, master? ”

“If I had been in my dreams, I would have brought out the mistress! ”

Then Kaka smiled, smiling, knowing why Ian was disappointed.

“Stupid owner! How do I get the mistress out of there? ”

“Why?”

“A woman who was already in that era was bitten by the mouth of an Abyss dragon, and how could she steal it? ”

Ian's face became dull.

“Is that one of the female owners? ”

“I don't know exactly… but even if there is a landlady somewhere, how can I find her in such a short time?" ”

“Well... ”

When Ian felt sorry for himself again, Kaka said.

“But I am disappointed, my lord. ”

“Huh...? ”

When Ian asked with a curious expression, Kaka replied with a cheerful expression.

“This is the map that shows where the nanny is hiding...! ”

“Oh...! ”

At that point, Ian quickly took the parchment and opened the item information.

However, there was only a single line of messages in the information window.

[This item is not yet sentimental.]

Ian immediately tried to feel the item.

“Emotions!”

But then I remembered the unexpected message.

[A high-grade artifact that cannot be empathized with basic emotional skills.]

Ian looks embarrassed and looks at Kaka.

“Hey, how do I feel about this? ”

“Can't you feel it with your emotion skills? ”

“Yes, I can't feel it. It's a high-grade artifact. ”

Caca opens her mouth slowly, thinking for a moment.

“Hmm... I guess I should ask the higher-level explorer. ”

“Huh?"

“An explorer class has special emotional abilities, my lord. ”

There was one lightning bolt in Ian's brain.

‘So, maybe the user, Lilson, who dug up the records of the war, could get a feel for this map? ’

Ian also naturally knew that the class for excavating artifacts was the Explorer class.

And the explorer who dug up the legendary artifact must have reached the highest level.

Ian's face brightened slightly.

‘Yes, we need to find him! ’

However, when the plan was gradually being organized in Ian's head, an unexpected friend message came flying in.

[Kanzihoon: Ian... Are you busy?]

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