After some thought, Chun Ho-Jin decided to ask Ah-Ran if he could improve the "Mini Thunderous Lightning Bolt" card.
"Improving the 'Mini Thunderous Lightning Bolt'? Brother Ho-Jin, you know how to make star cards?!"
"I know a little, but not much. I have some ideas for improving the 'Mini Thunderous Lightning Bolt' card. If successful, you should be able to unleash its true power, but I can't guarantee it will succeed."
When he heard the words "should be able to unleash its true power," Ah-Ran were eyes lit up.
He completely ignored Chun Ho-Jin's follow-up words about not necessarily succeeding.
He quickly nodded his head and said: "Alright, go ahead and make your modifications, Brother Ho-Jin. Just do whatever you need to do to make me stronger. And, um... Brother Ho-Jin, your fees aren't too high, right? I heard that it costs a lot of money to have star card makers modify star cards. This is my first mission, and I haven't earned any money yet, so... um..."
As he spoke, Ah-Ran's face turned red with embarrassment, and his hands fidgeted nervously in front of him.
Unfortunately, being short of money is the reality for most low-level Hunters, let alone Ah-Ran, who is still a novice.
In order to obtain the star cards that were needed for his first mission, Ah-Ran had almost spent all of his money, and it was only with the help of his master, Adam, that he didn't end up starving.
"No need, I volunteered to improve it this time, so I won't charge you any money," Chun Ho-Jin shook his head.
Chun Ho-Jin was even more nervous than Ah-Ran.
After all, if this modification of the "Mini Thunderous Lightning bolt" card failed, he would have to compensate Ah-Ran for the money.
When it came to debt issues, they were pretty much equal.
The only difference was that after this mission, Chun Ho-Jin still had a chance to receive a reward from Gong Yoon-Hee for being a group Healer.
Since there was no need to charge a fee, Ah-Ran naturally had no objections and he happily agreed.
So Chun Ho-Jin held the "Mini Thunderous lightning bolt" in his hand, activating part of its energy structure with his mental power threads, and interweaving and modifying it for about half an hour.
When he saw the familiar blue light flash, Chun Ho-Jin breathed a sigh of relief.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead and then said to Ah-Ran in a rather cheerful tone: "It seems to have succeeded, Ah-Ran. Give it a try and see how it feels after the modification."
In fact, there was no need for Chun Ho-Jin to urge him.
As soon as he received the modified "Mini Thunderous lightning bolt," Ah-Ran was already a little bit anxious and he couldn't wait to insert the star card into his star card device to test it out.
Ah-Ran activated the "Mini Thunderous lightning bolt" card in a single motion, mobilizing his mental power, and then pushed his hand forward with force.
Then, in the next moment, a massive energy cluster suddenly appeared in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye, it violently split into three energy beams and blasted outwards.
With a loud 'boom', the trees within a three-meter radius were all scorched by these three energy beams!
At that moment, Ah-Ran was completely stunned, but in the next moment, he was feeling ecstatic, and his face filled with excitement!
The reason wasn't anything else but because usually when he used this "Mini Thunderous lightning bolt" card, let alone bombing within a three-meter range, he couldn't even guarantee breaking a slightly thicker tree trunk, which indicated how weak the output was.
And now, after the modification, the "Mini Thunderous lightning bolt" actually had at least three times stronger output than before!
So this was the true power of the "Mini Thunderous lightning bolt" card?
Could he, Ah-Ran, actually unleash its full potential one day?
However, the sudden explosion not only startled Ah-Ran but also Adam, who is not far away him, and trying to adapt to Han Soo-Yi.
The sudden booming sound startled the two of them, who were completely unprepared.
Seeing that the commotion came from Ah-Ran's direction, Adam realized who caused it.
Who did it?
Was Ah-Ran practicing simulated attacks?
Only the Thunderous Lightning Bolt series of star cards that could produce such a distinctive 'whistling' sound.
However, there was something Adam found peculiar...it was the explosive power... it should be the full explosive power of the "Mini Thunderous lightning bolt" card, right?
Since when could Ah-Ran unleash the full potential of this star card...?
"Could it be that Ah-Ran and Chun Ho-Jin's compatibility is very good, which is why Ah-Ran's output strength suddenly increased? Didn't we experience something similar just now? When we reached a certain rhythm in our coordination, the output strength also increased significantly."
Han Soo-Yi said this subconsciously, and after hearing it, Adam felt that it wasn't entirely impossible.
But he still felt that there was something not quite right.
Indeed, when a Sentinel and a Guide reached a certain level of coordination, it could indeed increase the Sentinel's concentration and therefore enhance the output strength.
But after all, Ah-Ran was his apprentice, and Adam knew his abilities quite well.
Could that little Guide over there really have such a good compatibility with his apprentice, to the point where in just a few hours, Ah-Ran could suddenly perform exceptionally well and unleash the full power of the "Mini Thunderous lightning bolt" card?
However, before Adam could dwell on it further, at that moment, Gong Yoon-Hee suddenly hurried over.
Her expression was very serious.
She informed them urgently to prepare immediately.
They had to enter the 2nd stage of the Outer Layer of the Dungeon Gate Territory within an hour.
"The 2nd stage of the Outer Layer? Wasn't our plan to reach that area tomorrow? Why do we need to rush to skip over the 1st stage area and enter the slightly deeper 2nd stage area? We won't have time to prepare the 'Max Repel' potion in advance. Without this, won't we easily encounter the Dungeon Gate Creatures that were residing in the 2nd stage area of the Outer Layer...?"