Chapter 54

‘Skills, what should I do about them.’

Two weeks had already passed since the content began. Over the past two weeks, Jaeha had gone through a great number of low-rank dungeons with the students. As a result, he was able to grasp everything from their combat styles to their combat instincts.

‘Seungho’s doing well as expected. I don’t need to worry much about him going forward.’

Of course, that wasn’t to say the others had major problems. The others might part ways once the content ended, but Seungho would likely stay with him for a long time, so he paid more attention to him.

It was true that everyone was following along well and giving their best, but there was one problem. Kim Hajin, who possessed the extremely rare trait of Tamer, had no skills he could use.

They had searched through the Auction House and various Hunter Shops, but there wasn’t a single skill suitable for a Tamer.

So they looked for skills he could use before learning the ones a Tamer should use, but even those didn’t have anything suitable. Magic was out of the question due to insufficient mana, and he wasn’t good at physical combat either.

‘Of course, if I use my skill, it wouldn’t be difficult.’

Using the Skill Conduction he possessed, he could grant skills without much difficulty. But Jaeha was cautious—if he handled things right now and rumors started later, the excuses would become a hassle.

“What should I do.”

Still, the fortunate thing was that even without him, there wasn’t much burden. Occasionally dangerous situations arose, but when they did, Jaeha helped out.

Of course, that didn’t mean things were running properly. Jaeha thought Kim Hajin needed to fill in the gaps himself.

And then Seungho appeared. Seungho walked into the room with a slightly awkward gait, and Jaeha asked him.

“What are you doing?”

“Huh? Oh, the video.”

“Video?”

“Yeah. Footage of my personal life. You said I could film if I wanted to. So I’m filming.”

“Ah, right.”

With that, Jaeha tuned it out.

“Anyway, what are you going to do about Hajin-hyung¹?”

“I’ve been thinking about that, actually.”

Seungho thought for a moment, then stopped recording and sat down next to Jaeha.

“Can’t you just use that Skill Conduction thing you have? Or there’s that skill sharing system, right? Use that. Just say you got lucky and found it and shared it.”

“Oh? Now that you mention it, there is skill sharing.”

“Right.”

“Alright. Now I have an excuse ready. I’ll just do the Skill Conduction.”

“If you don’t want it to get out, just do it through skill sharing instead.”

At Seungho’s words, Jaeha thought for a moment before shaking his head.

“No. If I’m going to do it anyway, Skill Conduction is better than sharing. If I share, the skill’s balance gets readjusted. Then the efficiency might not hold up. Skill Conduction has a set number of uses. Since we’re on the topic, let’s do it right away. It happens to be Friday today. I’ll conduct the skill right now, and over the weekend I’ll help him sneak into dungeons to tame some suitable monsters. Then starting next week, he’ll be able to do things properly.”

With that, Jaeha picked up his cell phone from beside him. Then he looked at Seungho and spoke.

“Call Hajin-hyung and tell him to come to my place.”

“Okay.”

As Seungho left the room, Jaeha immediately opened the MuTube app and scrolled through videos to obtain a taming skill. Before long, he found a suitable video, and upon watching it, a skill was created.

[Taming]

[Rank: Common]

[A skill that tames monsters. Tamed monsters can be stored in a subspace (monsters only)]

[Mechanism: Total Ability × 0.01 (per monster, rounded if decimal)]

[Proficiency: 100%]

“Mine’s at 100%? Huh, is that because of the Spirit and the Corpse Puppet?”

Thinking that the Spirit and the jiangshi were probably why his Proficiency was at 100%, Jaeha began calculating the skill’s Mechanism.

‘My Total Ability is a bit over 900. Multiply by 0.01 and you get 9.09. It said decimals get rounded…… so if I work it out, I can tame about 9 monsters?’

With that, Jaeha grew a bit curious about how the skill actually applied.

‘Either way, 9 monsters is what I can do. But what was Hajin’s Total Ability again.’

And then Seungho appeared with Hajin. The lodging where the group was staying was close enough that it took about 5 minutes by car to reach Jaeha’s house.

“You’re here?”

“Yeah, you said you got the skill?”

“Yeah. Anyway, Bro, what’s your Total Ability?”

“Me?”

“Yeah.”

“55 right now.”

“55…… that’s a relief.”

“Huh?”

“I was asking because of the skill’s Mechanism. Let’s head out, then.”

“Huh? Where?”

“Where else? We need to go to a dungeon.”

“Right now?”

“Well, the monsters I want to tame are in a dungeon, so we’ve gotta go to one.”

With that, Jaeha led Seungho and Hajin toward a dungeon. After a lot of deliberation, the group managed to settle on one.

“Bro, what level are you right now?”

“Me? 19.”

“19?”

“Yeah.”

“Then let’s do the skill first.”

Jaeha then used Skill Transfer to pass the Taming skill to Hajin. Hajin’s eyes went wide.

“The skill rank is Normal, but if you tame a High-Rank monster, the skill rank should go up too.”

Spirit Arts had worked that way, and Magic was similar, so Jaeha figured it would be the same here as he spoke to Hajin.

“I’ll try it first. Then you go after me, Bro. If we can’t handle a monster that’s already been tamed, things could get annoying.”

“Yeah. Got it.”

With that, Jaeha got up from his spot and entered the dungeon.

* * *

The dungeon the group had come to was the Basilisk Swamp, one of the dungeons ranked among the very top of A-Rank.

A basilisk’s pure combat ability is said to be practically the strongest among monsters of the Same Rank. It has the physicality to hold its own in basic close-quarters combat, and the petrification Magic it occasionally uses multiplies its combat capability exponentially.

It’s also a monster intelligent enough to petrify its own body to withstand attacks, so Jaeha figured it would be useful in a variety of situations — that’s why he’d come here.

Having decided to catch a basilisk for those reasons, Jaeha entered the dungeon, drew his sword immediately, and started searching for monsters.

Before long, he spotted a group of about four or five basilisks and charged straight at them. Then he started beating them with the flat of his blade rather than the edge.

After nearly three hours of beating the five basilisks, Jaeha realized four of them had died. The one that survived was completely worn out. Jaeha scratched his head and used the skill on the basilisk.

[Would you like to tame the ‘Basilisk’?]

[If the target is in a state where it can resist, it may resist and the taming can be canceled.]

The moment he used the skill, the energy radiating from Jaeha flew toward the basilisk, and soon the basilisk’s body glowed. Not long after, a window appeared before Jaeha.

[無 (Basilisk)]

[Trait: Warrior]

[Total Ability: 320]

[Skills: Petrification, Hardening, Toughness, Stubbornness]

“Hmm.”

Looking at the basilisk’s status window, which was just like a person’s, Jaeha checked the effects of the skills.

‘Petrification and Hardening seem like ones it already had. Toughness and Stubbornness must have come from me.’

They were probably skills that had formed because he’d kept hitting it for so long without letting it resist even once.

‘I feel a little bad.’

Thinking that, Jaeha looked at the basilisk, which was bleeding profusely all over its body, and tried using a skill.

“Half Recovery.”

Light emanating from Jaeha healed the basilisk’s wounds.

“Oh, it works. But I guess I can’t transfer it the same way.”

Beating up another basilisk wouldn’t have been hard, but he didn’t really want to go through that.

[If the recipient does not have the Taming skill, there is a high chance the monster will betray its master.]

[Do you still wish to transfer?]

“Oh. It’s possible.”

Nodding, Jaeha immediately transferred the basilisk he’d just tamed to Hajin.

“Whoa.”

“Name it whatever you want. Over the weekend, run dungeons with me and figure out what the basilisk can do. Or try clearing this place using it. And you need to be able to handle the basilisk completely by the end of the weekend. You’re in for some real work.”

“I’m prepared, so don’t worry.”

“Good. Let’s head out and check out some other dungeons.”

The group left the dungeon and started visiting other ones.

* * *

Back home, Jaeha spoke to Hajin in the large yard.

“Can you summon it here too?”

Jaeha asked Hajin, who had reverse-summoned the basilisk into a subspace within the dungeon. Hajin thought for a moment before answering.

“Let’s try.”

Hajin then summoned the basilisk. When it appeared without any issue, Jaeha smiled.

“It’s properly tamed so it shouldn’t resist or anything, but just in case, make sure it doesn’t attack anyone else. Be careful—things could go wrong. Try not to summon it outside dungeons unless you really have to.”

“Okay.”

With that, Jaeha went inside the house.

* * *

“Phew, another day done without a hitch.”

Seungho let out a sigh and wiped the sweat running down his face as he spoke. Jaeha gathered the group together. Then, looking at everyone, he said.

“First, let me say you all did great. Today marks two months already.”

“Time really does fly.”

At Jaeha’s words, the group each smiled and murmured to themselves.

“Wow, it’s already been two months.”

“To think we got this strong in just two months…….”

Jaeha watched them with a smile, then turned to the broadcast screen and spoke.

“Today marks the end of the second month. Please give the students a round of congratulations. We’ll take a break over the holiday, and starting next week, we’ll resume broadcasting. As I mentioned during my first broadcast, I plan to spend the remaining month on sparring.”

―But who are you sparring with?

―With Jaeha, probably.

―The streamer really is something else.

“No. I mentioned this before—some of you might remember. Back then, I said I’d bring in my friends. As promised, I’ll be calling in people I personally know and taking turns sparring with them.”

Having said that, Jaeha looked at the group.