After doing a raid with Ji-Hae for 3 hours we finally decided to take a break. And I feel that Ji-Hae should have improved a lot, besides I think she should have experienced a lot of stat increases.
"Ji-Hae did your stats increase a lot?" I ask.
"What do you mean hyungnim? It's really hard to increase stats, and I only managed to go up a bit." Ji-Hae replied.
"How is that possible? You've killed a lot of D-Rank monsters by yourself, despite having a few hard times."
"Raising stats is really hard hyungnim, what do you mean? There are even hunters who have to do 10 raids to get a stat increase."
"Whaaat? This is a little weird."
"Whaaat?" Ji-Hae looked at me in confusion.
I don't understand Ji-Hae's words a little, so every time I hunt in a raid portal I'll experience a lot of stat increases. Not only that I even experienced a significant increase in stats, although the increase was getting smaller and I had to fight more powerful monsters.
But back then when I did a D-Rank portal raid I experienced quite a stat increase. And Ji-Hae said that it was difficult to increase stats.
"Why is it difficult to increase stats?" I asked Ji-Hae.
"Of course it depends on our class hyungnim, since my class has a C-Rank growth rate then I will improve at a normal speed. Whereas S-Rank hunters will increase their stats faster but even Ryu Young Soo takes 1 year to reach S-Rank and Pyon Hee-Ra are a bit slower."
"That's crazy... I've improved a lot in just these 2 months."
"That's really amazing hyungnim, I think it's because you have dual class."
"Is that so?"
I feel a little confused, I guess it's normal for hunters to have a stat increase. But after hearing this from Ji-Hae it wasn't easy. I think I can become stronger faster because of my necromancer class.
I myself don't know what rank the necromancer class is, but if you think about it the necromancer class should be at S-Rank. Besides that I think I also get stronger every time I get the shard the King of Darkness said to me.
Since the news about me becoming an S-Rank hunter had already spread, there were now many people who knew about my abilities. I guess that's why there were so many guilds trying to recruit me back then.
There wasn't much information regarding my necromancer class, and because of that I had a hard time learning all my abilities. But at least now there's a black orb and I can communicate with the King of Darkness through it.
"Should we go back now?" I asked Ji-Hae.
"Yeah... let's go back, I'm quite tired too." Ji-Hae replied.
Then we exited the portal, and since we had spent quite a bit of time we headed straight home.
When I got home I looked for various kinds of information about increasing stats and skills. In addition I tried to find information about the growth rate of each class.
I've never known the details and because of that I have to find out a lot of things.
Then I found some articles, here it was written that Elliot Hart managed to reach S-Rank in just 6 months. It was the fastest in history, and he could increase his stats a lot from doing multiple raids with his guild members.
In addition, it is written here that each class has its own limitations, and it is very difficult to go beyond those limits. For example, a class with an E-Rank growth rate would have a hard time increasing its stats once it reached a certain level, and that made it difficult to get a high rank with a low rank class.
But master To Kyung-Min managed to reach B-Rank with an E-Rank class. That meant he had a lot of upgrades to reach that rank.
I thought stat increases were normal for all hunters, but it turned out to be an amazing thing. Meaning that I can increase my stats quickly is an amazing thing.
That means I am now the one who reached the fastest S-Rank in the world. I reached S-Rank in just 2 months and the fact that I have dual classes is well known to many.
I have to thank my necromancer class, if I don't have that class I'm just an ordinary E-Rank hunter. I'd have a hard time even reaching D-Rank, let alone S-Rank.
After knowing this I feel guilty about the hunters having a hard time increasing their stats. But anyway since I've got this power, I have to use it well.
If you think about it, it all makes sense. If a hunter could increase his stats like me, there should be a lot of high rank hunters by now. But even in Korea the number of S-Rank hunters is only 3 including me.
And there are many A-Rank hunters who are having a hard time getting to S-Rank. And also the number of portals that have sprung up is increasing, but various countries do not have enough hunters to withstand the portals.
Then I lay down on my bed to rest for a while, but suddenly when I closed my eyes I met the King of Darkness. This is very strange.
"Go find your servant, he will help you later." said the King of Darkness.
"My Servant? Where can I find him?" I ask.
"You will feel where he is."
After that I woke up from my sleep and unexpectedly I slept until morning. Even though yesterday I didn't even have lunch, I feel really hungry now.
Besides, what is the King of Darkness? My Servant? And he said that I could feel his presence. But right now I don't feel anything. It's a little weird, I have to eat first because I'm so hungry.
After finishing eating Ji-Hae came to my place.
"Hyungnim let's go around a bit today."
"Okay..."
Then we walked around the area around our apartment. It feels refreshing because the morning air is very fresh. There are not too many people here and the place is quite quiet. I guess it's because it's still too early.
After walking for quite a while I felt something strange. Something familiar and I felt that I had to look for it.
"Ji-Hae try to follow me, I feel something strange."
"Okay hyungnim!"
Then I walked while trying to feel the flow of mana that I felt earlier. I wandered around the apartment area, and after walking for a while I found a portal in the basement of my apartment.
"Why is there a portal here?" I ask.
"No way... there's a portal down here."
"And also there is no portal supervisor, that means this portal is not yet known."
"That's right hyungnim, but I think this portal is just an E-Rank portal."
"Looks like you're right, but I feel something from the portal. Let's go in!"
"Okay, but I didn't bring my weapon hyungnim."
"No problem, just use this bone dagger for a while."
"Okay"
After that we entered the E-Rank portal, after entering it turned out to be a graveyard. And I feel familiar with the aura in this portal. I don't know why but I kept going.
There were no monsters so far, but in front of me was a large tomb, and I felt a familiar aura coming from this tomb. I don't know why, but I can feel it. Is this what the King of Darkness meant?
"Hyungnim why are we to this grave?"
"I want to confirm something. Wait a minute"
Then I got closer to the tomb, and I tried to put my hand on the tomb. And when I touched it I could feel there was a flow of mana in this tomb.
After I touched the tomb, suddenly the ground around us shook. I was surprised, but the tomb in front of me suddenly opened slowly.
"Hyungnim what is that?!" Ji-Hae spoke while frightened.
"I also do not know!"
After the tomb was fully opened, suddenly a strong black aura emerged from within the tomb. And there was a skeleton coming out from inside the tomb, the skeleton woke up and he floated in the air.
"I-Is it a ghost?" Ji-Hae was scared when he saw that.
Then suddenly the skeleton spoke.
"Are you the chosen one?"
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"Seems true, I can feel a familiar aura from within your body. And you are different from the others."
"Who are you? and what do you mean by that?"
"I am your servant, and I am a Lich. From now on I will follow you." The skeleton replied.
"So you're the servant referred to by the King of Darkness, how are you going to follow me?" I asked confusedly.
"I can turn into your eyes, and you can call me anytime. You can call me Lich"
[You get a new skill]
[You get a new title]
Then the Lich disappeared and the area became filled with smoke and fog. Then Ji-Hae and I exited the portal. After we got out of there suddenly the portal was closed.
It was very surprising, I found my servant. Besides that I got a new skill and also a new title, I don't know where the Lich disappeared to. But I think he will appear again later.
"Status Window!"
[Hunter Status] 2
Name : Lee Won Myung
Age : 20
Title : Darkness, Goblin Slayer, Orc Slayer, (1 More)
Class : Swordman | Necromancer
HP : 2300
MP : 3600
Stats :
Constitution = 99(+33)
Strength = 108(+35)
Dexterity = 103(+35)
Intelligence = 101(+1)
Magic = 106(+9)
Endurance = 97(+4)
Skills:
Call Upon the Death (Necromancer) MP : 20 Max 61/65
Blank Space (Necromancer) MP : 5
Bone Shaper (Necromancer) MP : 20
Shadow Step (Necromancer) MP : 15
Black Aura (Necromancer) MP : 20/second
Necro Eye (Necromancer) MP : 500
Slash (Swordman) MP : 10
Side Step (Swordman) MP : 10
My new title is Darkness, and I got the new skill Necro Eye. I don't know what it does let's have a look at this new skill.
[NecroEye]
[Changes one of your eyes to that of a Necromancer, and can see more information. And can also summon Lich.]
Looks like this skill will come in handy later, and I have a Lich now. The King of Darkness said he will help me later, that means he is very useful against my enemies in the future.
In addition, the Lich also has a fairly high intelligence. He can even talk to me, he should know a lot of things I don't know. I'll try to ask him later.
"Let's go back now, at least the portal is closed." I said.
"Yeah that's true, but how do you know there's a portal there hyungnim?"
"I don't know either, but I feel like something's off."
"That's great hyungnim! Thanks to you we managed to close the portal."
"Haha...not really"
After that we went back to our apartment, and later I wanted to try summoning that Lich to get some information. I think I'm lucky enough to get a servant.