Acquired the Scam Rune in the Academy

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After all the tiring and difficult battles ended.

What I needed was rest.

There were still many things to investigate about the remaining situation, and the domestic Holder community was bustling every day due to the <Villain> suppression, the biggest incident in history…

But honestly, it was out of my interest for now.

My only goal right now was one.

“…I need to sleep.”

To return to the cozy home and sleep without dreams as much as the overdue sleep.

I hadn’t had a comfortable sleep for even a day.

Because I was worried that the <Villain> guys, who didn’t hesitate to use any means or methods, would target ‘around me’ rather than me.

Because of my greed to sweep away <Villain>. I was worried that my surroundings might get hurt.

Such worries and complex emotions overlapped, I didn’t even remember when I last slept soundly.

I couldn’t even sleep well because my whole body isn’t in good condition.

When I arrived home, I cut off all the pouring calls and messages, and immediately went to bed.

“How long did I sleep?”

That’s how I woke up after sleeping restlessly.

Blinking to remove drowsiness, I turned on my turned off cell phone.

[PM 8:32]

It’s 8:30 at night.

I remember it was around this time when I came home yesterday.

I must have slept for more than just 30 minutes….

“This crazy bastard.”

My mind awakens in an instant.

Somehow this crazy bastard seemed to have slept for a whole day.

It’s my first time in my life.

Not at all proud.

“Oh my, how long did I sleep?”

I scratched my head in embarrassment.

No matter how tired I was, I had never slept for 24 hours before, so clearly I had been in an excessive state of tension until now.

I hadn’t slept at all the day before going into the <Villain> suppression operation, so it was understandable.

“There are a lot of contacts.”

Countless calls, text messages, SMS contacts, etc. were filling up my inbox.

Most of them were familiar names such as Kim Chae-eun, Kang Juyeon, Moon Ga-eun, Tak Won-ho, Kim Myeong-hyun… Close friends, acquaintances, or academy teachers.

At a glance, there were also many contacts from unfamiliar numbers I saw for the first time.

Maybe because it was such a historically huge operation.

There wasn’t a single person who wasn’t interested in this incident, whether it was the domestic Holder community, the press, or foreign media.

Meanwhile, I was away from all those contacts and slept for 24 hours straight….

“I’ll reply to the contacts later.”

I postponed replying to the contacts for the time being.

Since I had collapsed and slept first, there was a lot to organize personally.

First of all, the runes I acquired after the battle with <Villain>.

At the time, too much information popped up to check everything, but now I had time to organize and grasp it.

“Fifteen… Was it?”

The total number of acquired runes was 15.

I was worried there might be too many, but fortunately overlapping runes were common for skilled Holders, so the number of possible acquisitions was less than I thought.

The types of runes acquired were diverse.

Things like [Starlight Assassination], which I wanted to get from the Archer series, or [Weakness Detection], a common rune for the Assassin series, [Triple Saber], from the Warrior series, etc… They were basic runes that clearly assisted the Holder.

There was one thing they had in common.

Interestingly, the levels of the acquired runes were quite high.

<Rune Information>

◎ Name: Starlight Assassination

◎ Grade: Normal

◎ Level: 10

… …

<Rune Information>

◎ Name: Weakness Detection

◎ Grade: Normal

◎ Level: 9

… …

The levels of the acquired runes were quite high like this.

Maybe because they were the Holders I defeated or inflicted great damage on that contributed to my victory.

Their level must have been high so their rune mastery was high.

Thanks to that, I was able to acquire the common runes of each series that I desperately needed, at high levels.

Of course, the huge increase in abilities from that was a bonus.

<Holder Information>

◎ Name: Do Jaehyun

◎ Gender: Male (20)

◎ Abilities:-

◎ [Strength: 70]

◎ [Magic : 71]

◎ [Speed: 73]

◎ [Divinity: 50]

◎ [Toughness: 55]

◎ [Willpower: 54]

◎ Special Abilities

◎ [Leadership: 31]

Acquired 15 runes.

Precisely, [Starlight Assassination], [Weakness Detection], [Triple Saber], [Critical Hit], [Stamina], [Florian Spell], [Sword Shrouded in Darkness], [Picky Arrowhead], [Hand of Illusion], [Dark Fear], [Summon], [Language], [Magic Sharing], [Strengthen Contract], [Corpse Commander].

“So many…”

There really are a lot.

Anyway, because I acquired so many high level runes… My abilities increased quite a bit even though the main runes were normal grade.

My main abilities Strength, Speed, Magic all exceeded 70.

The other abilities exceeded 50.

The most encouraging growth value was of course ‘Leadership’.

Leadership, which had an extremely low value when I first got it, now exceeded 30.

“There must have been many contract-related Holders under Hwang Dong-yeon’s command.”

No matter how he was at the pinnacle of [Leadership Contracts], I wondered how he produced so many undead legions…

It turns out there were quite a few related Holders as his subordinates.

It was a considerable stroke of good fortune for me.

By acquiring their runes, I was able to greatly increase my Leadership level and acquire’ common contract-related runes’ that I had planned with Professor Kang Dong-wook from the beginning.

There was no need to forcibly spar with the academy’s special contract Holders.

“Summon, Language, Magic Sharing, Strengthen Contract….”

I looked over the newly acquired runes.

A total of 4 common contract-related runes.

Among them, [Summon] and [Language] were especially important.

[Summon] is a rune that can summon contracted monsters using magic stones, like a [Warp] that can use space movement magic.

And [Language] is a rune that allows communication with contracted monsters.

To immediately check these runes, I headed to the nearby ‘Goblin Village’ dungeon.

A dungeon that I owned all rights to.

It was perfect for experimenting with new things here.

[You have entered the dungeon.]

After arriving at ‘Goblin Village’, I immediately utilized the [Summon] rune.

[Summon] is a linked rune that must have runes related to ‘contracts’, and can summon contract targets by consuming magic stones.

Naturally, the higher the level of the contract target, the higher the grade of magic stones consumed.

“…Tears are coming out.”

The consumed magic stones were grade B.

In other words.

In order to summon Bon, I have to pay 42 million won every time.

It couldn’t be an expensive top-notch power.

Caww, caah-

Cahooo-!!

“You’ve come, Bon.”

Bon was summoned.

Originally because it had no place to stay, I asked Kang Woo-hyun to keep it on Gijangeum island temporarily…

Meeting Bon again after just one day.

In the vast sky.

Flying around the sky of ‘Goblin Village’ as if it were its own home, Bon enjoyed it freedom.

Seeing that, it didn’t feel like a monster at that moment.

But then.

Bon suddenly stopped flying around and swooped in front of me.

Cuckoo, koo-

Flap-

A fierce wind hit the surroundings and dust blocked my vision.

Then Bon stared at me with an inscrutable expression.

But…

– I don’t like that name.

“Huh?!”

I was so surprised at the conscious ‘language’ I suddenly heard and exclaimed.

Did this punk just ‘talk’?

– I’ve been talking all this time. My master just ignored it.

“Wow… Amazing. We can really communicate, huh?”

I expected and experimented with this, but it was still amazing that it became reality.

Although Bon’s voice was stronger and huskier than I thought, it wasn’t uncomfortable to listen to.

– I said I don’t like it. Twice.

“Oh oh. Sorry. I didn’t know you’d hate it that much.”

And I regretted it right away when affinity and abilities decreased after naming it.

People and contracted beings alike prefer cool names after all.

– I want to change it.

“Is there a way to change it?”

– When I regain my power.

“Power?”

I asked again at Bon’s sudden words.

Flapping it magnificent bony wings roughly, it answered.

– Yes. I originally had power. Very strong.

“But you’re very strong now too?”

– I was stronger! But my memories were erased. I’ve lost too many pieces now.

“I don’t really understand, but anyway, you can change your name if you regain that?”

– Yes. To be precise, I can regain my name too.

Bon’s lost pieces.

It was highly likely the memories of the dragon that was the original owner of the dragon heart.

Since the current Bon only had bony pieces left and was newly assembled, it was a kind of undead.

It said it could find it’s name too if it regained those…

Somehow I have to try to find them.

It looks like Bon itself doesn’t know the method either, but still, since my contracted being doesn’t like the name I gave it I have to change it for it sake.

– Master. I like it here.

While I was lost in thought for a moment.

Bon spoke to me again.

I immediately showed delight at those words.

“Huh? Do you really? Then do you wanna keep living here?”

– Yes. I want to be here when the master is gone.

I was already considering Bon’s lodging anyway.

Originally, Holders who make [Taming Contracts] find lodging themselves for contracted monsters if they are small or puny in size.

They raise them in their own rooms or nearby yards.

But even if they get just a little bigger, it becomes a problem.

Even though Holders know the monsters are tamed, to ordinary people they just look like monsters.

So Holders that make [Taming Contracts] pay a fee to the Holder Association and protect monsters in certain dungeons.

‘But I have no need to do that.’

In the first place, ‘Goblin Village’ is my property.

Since I was the first finder and first raider…

I had priority rights over all rights.

Naturally there was absolutely no problem letting Bon live here.

The biggest problem was if Bon didn’t like this dungeon, but looking at it now, fortunately that didn’t seem to be the case.

Craaahhhhh-.

Bon ascended with rough flaps of its wings.

Like a fish that met water, it cried out freely while flying.

Its mood seemed good, and as the contractor I felt good too, but…

Somehow that cry was unpleasant.

Was that thing originally that loud?

And a creepy voice coming from somewhere.

– The bone dragon roared!

– Keureup! Damn it, let’s get out of here!

It was a conversation between the monsters inside this dungeon.

The Goblins.

While looking at that strange sight, I held my head.

“Ah….”

This [Language] rune.

It even lets me hear languages of monsters I don’t want to hear.

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