Published at 18th of September 2019 04:15:09 PM
Chapter 517
“Hmm, is this the Elisha’s necklace?”
“That is right, Gripper . ”
“I don’t think that it is fake . If it were a fake, it wouldn’t be able to hold on to such strong water power . ”
“Obviously . When did you ever see me cheating, Gripper?”
“I don’t think…”
“I know . ”
Ian handed Gripper the Spirit King’s necklace, and he looked at every corner of that brilliant sapphire embedded in the center of the necklace .
After a while, he nodded .
“Yeah . You are right . ”
“About what?”
“With this necklace in possession, the door to the spiritual dimension can be opened . ”
“Then open it now . ”
Gripper’s wrinkled eyes looked at Ian .
He then asked Ian while slightly smiling .
“Just like that?”
“Huh ?”
“Huh, if you like freebies, then you are gonna be down in the dumps . ”
“Ah, Gripper, you’re going to be like this?”
Ian and Gripper had the best affinity between them .
And it wasn’t just a story that was going on .
Although he was an NPC, Gripper and Ian were close enough to consider themselves as old friends .
Ian guessed exactly what Gripper wanted .
Ian waited for a moment and opened his mouth to speak with a subtle voice .
“You are curious about the secret of the Magical Beast Transmutation, right Gripper?”
At the question of Ian, Gripper’s expression brightened immediately .
“Huhu, you pretended like you didn’t know . That’s why I like you . ”
“Ha, I don’t have much time… I am a very busy person . Can’t you just ask Cervian instead of me?”
“I already asked you . ”
“Huh?”
“That nasty old man won’t tell me . ”
“Come back later as I am busy with the magical beast transmutation; he gave me those orders . ”
“Haaa . ”
Ian sighed .
He guessed the kind of situation it was .
‘Cervian, that old man, he is trying to test the theory of the magical beast transmutation . ’
Cervian was the kind of person, who when he falls in love with something, he didn’t get bothered with anything else .
Therefore, the orders he gave Gripper were quite understandable .
“If you let me know the secret of the Magical beast transmutation, I’ll give you the corresponding information . ”
“Inform… ation?”
“Yeah . How is that? Now, do you feel like letting me know?”
In fact, Ian had been planning to give Gripper the formula of the Magical beast transmutation .
He knew about the personality of Gripper, who always got curious about something and could never let it go .
But as things turned out, Ian’s interest began to arouse in the ‘information’ that Gripper was talking about .
Acting as if he was uninterested, Ian took the bait .
“Ay, I need to know what the exchange information is about . Do you have any idea how hard it was to find the formula of the magical beast transmutation…”
Gripper took the bait almost immediately .
“Huhu, nice . Then I’ll let you in . ”
“Let me listen to it . ”
“It is about the ‘Marion Khalifa’s Soul Stone’ that you had before . ”
“I wanted to talk to you about it…”
Ian’s eyes went wide after hearing about it .
It was all because of what Gripper said .
‘What? This old man… has been a fortune teller in his past life?’
Ian felt goosebumps on his whole body .
Gripper mentioned Marion Khalifa’s Soul Stone .
There was one thing that Ian was curious about with that item .
And as Gripper’s story continued, Ian had no choice but to be astonished .
“Ian . In your inventory, there probably is a Khalifa’s Soul Stone . You would have placed it in the magical beast transmutation, but it got rejected from the magic circle, right?”
“How… how did…?”
“Huhu . How did I know? You think there is anything that this Gripper doesn’t know?”
“You don’t know about the magical beast transmutation formula . ”
“That… that…! Humph, whatever . Can’t you think of me as some doctor while talking and stay quiet?”
The dimension war with the Devildom—the final battle .
It was Ian who defeated the Marion Dragon Khalifa, who had been the last boss at that time, and Ian was able to get the item ‘Marion Khalifa Soul Stone’ .
And this item was none other than the strongest material for the beast transmutation .
‘I decided to create the strongest magical beast because I had this item . ’
Ironically, however, at that point, when Ian had succeeded in making the strongest magical beast, Ian’s inventory still had the soul stone .
The reason was simple .
The soul stone of Khalifa would bounce off from the magical beast transmutation magic circle .
With a questionable message, it couldn’t be used as a material .
‘How did Gripper know that?’
Ian gulped and opened the information window of the Soul Stone .
-Marion Khalifa’s Soul Stone
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Classification: Goods
Rank: Myth
It is a soul stone that has been left after the destruction of the Marion Dragon Khalifa .
Anyone who has mastered the transmutation can draw the best magical beast with this .
A good beast tamer can resurrect the Khalifa through the soul stone, or perhaps create another completely different dragon .
If you succeeded in transmutation using the soul stone, an ultimate beast can be created .
*Only available for the Alchemists over the level of 10 .
*When offered at the Dragon God’s Altar, it can be exchanged for a mythical gearbox .
*This item belongs to the user ‘Ian’ .
The item cannot be dropped or sold or transferred to another user .
Ian, who read the information window once again, looked at Gripper with trembling eyes .
He then opened his mouth to speak .
“Ni… nice, Gripper . ”
“Huhu, surely I thought you’d need to know . ”
“Nice . Let me tell you about the formula of the magical beast transmutation . In return, let me know of the information that you possess . ”
“It isn’t much of an information, right?”
“No way . It is the same . ”
“I bet you can get more than you can imagine . ”
At the rant of Gripper, Ian began to calm himself down and explained it to him .
It was a bit annoying before, but when he started to explain it, he started to get immersed in the topic .
And it was natural for Gripper, who had heard the explanation, to be astonished .
“Key, that is so cool! Deep!”
Seeing Gripper firing up, Ian was satisfied .
“Huhu, it is a theory that contains the essence of magical beast transmutation . ”
“I admit . I admit . ”
And then came out the question from Ian’s mouth .
“Kay, now tell me . What is wrong with the ‘Marion Khalifa Soul Stone’?”
At the question from Ian, Gripper laughed a little .
“Wrong? Why do you think that something was wrong with the soul stone?”
“Obviously . If not, there wouldn’t have been any plausible reason for it to bounce off the circle . ”
Gripper shook his head and slowly opened his mouth to speak .
“No . there is no problem with the Soul Stone of Khalifa . ”
“Then…?”
“It just didn’t match with the recipe . ”
Ian was confused at the incomprehensible story of Gripper .
“What does…”
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But before Ian could respond, Gripper cut him off .
“Kay then, take this first . ”
In front of Ian came the system messages .
Tring-!
[You have earned the item ‘Initial Marion Dragon Recipe’ . ]
Ian opened the information of the item right away .
-Initial Marion Dragon Transmutation Recipe
Classification: Goods
Rank: Myth (Transcendence)
Base Monster: A monster of the dragon race with ‘myth’ rank or higher .
Material monster: An original magical beast with ‘myth’ rank or higher .
Material A: Soul stone of Marion
Material B: Devil God’s Blood .
Material C: Sky dragon’s scale .
Material D: Advanced elemental stones
*The recipe can only be done by an alchemist who has reached the level of 10 .
*The probability of the recipe is very low . It is recommended to combine it with the stones of level ‘legend’ or higher .
*This item belongs to the user ‘Ian’ .
It cannot be transferred or sold to other users and won’t drop when the character dies .
Ian confirmed the recipe, and it made his eyes open wide .
“Wah! Wah! If you had this recipe, you should have shown it sooner!”
“Why should I?”
“Is our friendship only worth this much, Gripper…?”
Gripper calmly responded at the intense reaction from Ian .
“Ha ha, don’t get so excited, Ian . I found this recipe a while ago . The recipe I stumbled on while I was searching through the old documents of the Devildom . ”
“Those lies… can I even believe those?”
“Lies you say!? That is so sad . If I did know this recipe in advance, I would have shown it to you first . ”
“Huh… fine I’ll believe you for now . ”
Gripper managed to calm Ian down and then continued to speak .
“Anyway, now I’ll explain the story which made you curious . ”
Ian’s expression was very serious .
The information he got from Gripper was much more advanced than he was expecting .
In fact, Ian had no reason to regret over what Gripper had said .
Even if Gripper gave him the recipe, it was invaluable to him .
Gripper’s words continued,
“If you see the recipe, how can the base monster be set?”
“It is a dragon race magical beast with a ‘myth’ rank or higher . ”
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“Right . And the reason for that is right here . ”
“The Dragon soul stone can be only used as a material when the base is a dragon race . ”
“Ah…”
Exclamation leaked out of Ian’s mouth .
The question was solved .
‘So, that was why the magic circle didn’t accept it . ’
Ian opened his mouth again .
“That… Was it written on the ‘Old Parchment’?”
“Yes . ”
A much simpler answer than he thought about why the soul stone was bouncing off the circle .
After all the talk, Gripper looked at Ian with a tender smile .
“Kay, I will open the door to the spirit dimension as promised . ”
When he finished, Gripper threw the necklace of the spirit king that was in his hand .
Surprisingly, blue light began to emerge from the necklace .
As time went by, the blue light began to change into a large portal .
The portal to the Spirit dimension .
Towards that, Ian’s eyes couldn’t stop shinning and Gripper opened his mouth .
“Ian, do you know the ingredients in the recipe called the ‘elemental stones’?”
“No . This is the first time I’m hearing it . ”
“Surely . ”
“Why?”
“You’re going to the spirit dimension, so get those from there . ”
“Get me those elemental stones when you go to the spirit dimension . The elemental stones are material items that can be found very easily in the spirit world . ”
“Ah!”
“But it is hard to find the best ones . ”
“Oho . ”
By this time, Ian was sorry for pretending in the beginning with Gripper .
‘Surely Gripper is a very generous person…’
There was just too much information from Gripper .
“Get as many high-class elemental stones as possible that you can . It is also needed for creating the ‘Marion Dragon Transmutation’, and it is also a material that can be used for creating a powerful relic . ”
“Okay, Gripper . I’ll get a lot of them and give you some too . ”
“Huhu, I would really appreciate it if you could do that . ”
After saying his goodbyes to Gripper, Ian took a step into the Spirit dimension portal .
‘Finally… the spirit world . ’
While laughing to himself, Ian closed his eyes .
New content was going to be unfolded in the near future that was seconds away . The very anticipated one .