Chapter 13
Chapter 13
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 13
Chapter Title: Monster Tiarin VER.N.DAWN
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To change Yi Yu-hyeon's class, Dun first needed to raise him to level 100.
Yi Yu-hyeon was a rare talent with production skills. If he had been a combat type, Dun wouldn't have bothered raising him, but since he possessed exceptional qualities as a producer, he was essential. He could make debuff items to control strength.
To do that, Dun would have to take him around hunting grounds, but he couldn't leave home for long because of Rihaowel.
"Hmm...."
Dun frowned and stroked his chin.
"Guess I have to go see Tiarin again."
He didn't want to go to her, but it would be best to visit if he was preparing for what seemed like a fairly long adventure.
"I should give Yi Yu-hyeon some level-up quests before I go."
With level 15, he couldn't do anything. Low-level grinding was easier than high-level anyway, so he should manage on his own.
Dun pulled out a box hidden under the bed. He brushed the dust off the top with his hand, then carefully opened the lid.
The box was filled with brown sub-space pouches. He reached in, rummaged through several pouches, and picked up the one labeled 'High-Level Monster Item Materials.'
Dun opened the 'High-Level Monster Item Materials' sub-space pouch. It was packed with material items dropped by high-level monsters upon death.
Having grabbed the necessary sub-space pouch, Dun opened his inventory.
His inventory was full of items accumulated from hunting so far. He took out items like Lycus hides and fangs and put them into the sub-space pouch.
With a few slots left in his inventory, he placed the sub-space pouch he was holding there.
"Preparation complete."
If he said he was going hunting, she would definitely hate it, so he vaguely told Rihaowel he was playing tag with the kids and left the house.
* * *
A being with silver straight hair and bronze skin was rubbing her face against a photo orb. Every time she moved her face, the ornate earrings on her pointed ears jingled.
[Dun, cute Dun....]
Her silver eyes curved into crescents as she gazed at the photo orb.
Her room was filled with photo orbs and video orbs. If you looked closely at each floating orb-shaped object in the room, they all contained photos and videos of the same person.
The room was plastered with images of a child with light brown hair and red eyes.
Most of the expressions on the child in the photo orbs and video orbs were grimaces.
[What's the use of being bound by a soul contract.... if you don't come visit often.]
Tiarin made a pouty face and let out a whining sound.
[She must be too lazy to use me now and forgotten about it.]
Tiarin closed her eyes and recalled the last time she had met Dun.
He was wearing a haphazard T-shirt and shorts like he'd just left home. His arm carried a basket full of vegetables.
'Oh, Tiarin! Lend me some money, money!'
He had come by briefly last time to borrow money after accidentally crushing the silver coins Rihaowel had given him for errands.
After receiving the silver coins from Tiarin, he vanished to pay off a tab and hadn't been heard from since.
[So mean!]
Her love had grown cold!
Dun wasn't like he used to be. Back when they first made the soul contract, he visited a lot and made her do tons of work, but now he didn't.
'Make this, make that. Screw it! Isn't this what it's for?'
Dun chattering endlessly beside her while she made things. Those were truly happy times.
There were traces of him using the teleport circles she made, but the destinations were never where she was.
[By now, Yoharaum must be a total mess, right?]
He must have smashed everything here and there, sweeping up items.
Now that he had probably accumulated a lot of good materials, it was time for him to come.
Whenever Tiarin got a feeling that Dun might come, she cleaned the house and maintained her magic tools.
Actually, last time she thought he might come and prepared everything, but he didn't show. But this time, she really felt like he would, so she was tidying up the house again.
She took out the insect specimens from the Forest of Night that Dun hated most and stacked his least favorite desserts on the table like a tower.
Strawberry chocolate cake, castella stuffed with whipped cream, colorful macarons filled to the brim.
She had even disguised herself and gone down to the human world to get these to feed to Dun.
Next to the dozens of dessert varieties, she neatly displayed the insect specimens from the Forest of Night for him to look at while eating.
Tiarin finished decorating the table and giggled, hee hee.
[Someone is attempting to teleport to the Land of Wind.]
[He's here!!!]
* * *
Dun completed the arduous personal verification of the teleport circle and finally arrived in Rouria, the Land of Wind.
The endless desert of Rouria stretched out before him.
The moment his foot touched Rouria, winds of tremendous force battered his face.
It felt like his face was being stretched taut. Thinking sand might get in his eyes, Dun squinted and searched for the entrance somewhere nearby.
The Montgihl Continent was the hidden continent where Dun had lived with Rihaowel long ago. Even when he played the game before dying, this continent wasn't on the provided map.
The Montgihl Continent was a bustling place where 'evil' attribute monsters fought wars every day. The people of Rouria, the Land of Wind, who knew the legends of the Montgihl Continent, called it the 'Demon Realm.'
Tiarin lived in the 'Forest of Night' on the Montgihl Continent.
By the way, Tiarin had made a new entrance nearby because she wanted him to visit often.
Normally, you had to find a hidden entrance leading to the Montgihl Continent, but she created one directly connecting to her house from the relatively accessible Land of Wind. Probably to prevent him from slacking off and not coming.
"There it is."
Right nearby was a cactus with three flowers blooming.
Dun raised his fist near the cactus and slammed it down toward the sandy ground.
The wind around his fist picked up sand and took form. The spiraling wind wrapped around Dun's fist and struck the sandy ground.
Whoooosh!
A tremendous sound of wind and impact rang out simultaneously. The sand around his fist split like a fountain and shot into the sky. The ground sand vanished in an instant.
Beneath the piled sand, a magic circle was revealed.
[Verification complete. Teleporting to Tiarin's house!]
The moment his foot touched the magic circle, Dun was plunged into darkness again. But soon, a familiar sight unfolded before him.
[Duuun!]
The moment his view cleared, someone charged at him. He didn't need to wonder who.
"Tiarin, I get that you're glad to see me, but shut your trap a bit."
[No way?]
Tiarin looked at Dun's disgusted face and flashed a pretty smile.
[Why'd you take so long, my little cutie.]
Tiarin reached out and pinched Dun's cheeks with both hands. Her long black nails tickled near his face.
"Let go while I'm being nice."
[Just a bit longer, please.]
"I'll blow up the house."
[Wait, wait, one last time.]
After truly pulling his cheeks one last time, Tiarin finally released his face.
[Why is my little one so fierce?]
Tiarin laughed as she wrapped her hands around the fist he had raised threateningly.
"I know you've got poison on your fingertips."
[Oho, how'd you know?]
[Death Bell effect: Face melting down.]
As if he wouldn't recognize that message. Luckily, his high level made the effect minimal. Probably deducted 1 HP.
[Tch, it's useless now. I paid 10,000 units for dragon-melting poison.]
She really put effort into screwing him over.
[Hey, Dun! I prepared a feast for you.... Huh? Where'd he go?]
He bolted before barfing. Who would eat desserts mixed with bugs?
Moreover, the displayed bugs were from the 'Forest of Night,' each one grotesquely disgusting.
[So mean!! I worked hard to prepare it for you.]
"Why are you so desperate to torment me."
[Because your twisted face is too cute!]
"Ah...."
[Ah?]
"Ah, my head hurts."
Dun pinched the bridge of his nose as Tiarin clutched her stomach and burst into laughter again. What was he supposed to do with her.
"I came to ask you for a favor."
[Gasp! Jaackpot! Awesome! What is it?]
Tiarin shoved her face right up close. Her silver eyes gleamed intimidatingly.
"...How about putting down those photo orbs and video orbs first and then we talk?"