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-You have tamed the giant forest rat!

-You have achieved an achievement!

-You have gained likes for achieving the [Beginner Taming] achievement.

-You have gained ‘1’ like!

‘It works properly.’

Hades’ skill, Beast Taming, was quite excellent.

Giant forest rats are not inherently intelligent monsters.

Taming requires a certain level of intelligence, and these forest rats were too low in intelligence to even be possible to tame.

‘Since it’s a skill for taming beasts, it seems even low-intelligence monsters can be tamed.’

The giant forest rat making strange cries continued to gnaw on the carrot Ethan had thrown.

-The training level of the giant forest rat has increased.

-Complete taming requires reaching a certain level of training.

Beast Taming determined taming success based on the training level.

At first, you had to attract the target and increase this training level through commands and rewards.

‘And I need to raise the intimacy at the same time.’

Rewards were most effective with the target’s staple food, but actions like petting and praising could also substitute.

‘By fulfilling both training level and intimacy, you can completely tame the monster.’

Monsters tamed this way would become reliable partners following Ethan’s commands.

Of course, if left neglected, their intimacy and training level would drop, and they’d return to the wild.

‘But I don’t want to pet that thing. It doesn’t seem particularly useful either.’

Ethan decided to be satisfied with confirming Beast Taming’s performance for now.

“Squeak!”

“Alright, go back to your place now.”

After sending back the tamed giant forest rat, Ethan tried to tame another forest rat.

“W-what is this… How on earth did you do that?”

Ethan glanced at the sentinel whose eyes had widened in surprise.

‘It’s natural to be surprised. These monsters don’t usually listen to humans and can’t be tamed otherwise.’

So when Ethan tamed the giant forest rat and gave it orders, it was something that would surprise even an experienced sentinel.

‘No need to explain in detail.’

“There’s nothing to be surprised about. Animals have always been particularly fond of me since I was young.”

“What? But that, that’s a monster, isn’t it?”

“Strictly speaking, monsters are animals too.”

“They are animals, but this is unheard of.”

The sentinel shook his head at Ethan’s words.

“How on earth did you do it? Did you come here to tame monsters? Or perhaps black magic…”

The sentinel’s expression hardened as he spoke in surprise.

For the Holy Empire, black magic was an unforgivable act, so if Ethan had impure intentions, he would have to deal with it immediately.

“They just follow me well. Maybe I smell good to them.”

“If you smelled good, they would have eaten you! That’s what monsters do!”

In his 25 years as a sentinel here, meeting many people, this was the first time he’d met someone monsters followed.

Boom-!

Just then, a loud noise was heard.

Startled by the sound, the giant forest rats began to scatter.

The sentinel also looked around and focused his ears.

Boom-!

The distinctive footsteps, and the fleeing giant forest rats.

Judging from these two pieces of information, it was time to flee.

“Damn it!”

The sentinel clicked his tongue loudly.

“We need to run away from here. This footstep, it’s definitely forest giant ogres. And not just one!”

The sentinel had good reason to be tense. Monsters far more powerful than mere giant forest rats were approaching in a group.

Ethan also knew very well what forest giant ogres were.

‘Giant ogres dominate most forests after all.’

But before the two could flee, a group of forest giant ogres appeared.

Boom-!

The giant ogres that appeared, breaking trees, looked down at Ethan and the sentinel with murderous eyes.

[lv 79]

They were as high as level 79.

“Oh no!”

The sentinel frowned and quickly turned to flee. These monsters were difficult to handle even one-on-one, and unfortunately, five had appeared at once.

“Run away, quickly!”

However, Ethan stood still in place despite the sentinel’s cry.

“Don’t tell me you’re thinking of taming those forest giant ogres too!?”

“I’ll give it a try.”

“That’s absolutely impossible! Taming ogres, I’ve never heard of such a thing!”

“Neither have I. I’ve never heard of it either.”

“…Pardon?”

The sentinel who had stopped looked at Ethan with a blank expression.

“Perhaps by tomorrow, stories might spread about someone who tamed ogres. Step back. If anyone dies, it’ll be me alone.”

“Sir!”

The sentinel reached out, but Ethan quickly lunged towards the ogres.

The forest giant ogres, true to their name, were massive monsters standing over 4 meters tall.

So Ethan climbed up the giant ogre’s leg.

‘When taming, my voice needs to be heard clearly.’

Since forest giant ogres don’t catch sounds well, to tame them, you need to speak close to their ears.

“Sit!”

Moreover, the first command should be as simple as possible. That was the first step in taming.

-Taming failed.

-Insufficient proficiency!

-Higher proficiency is required to tame forest giant ogres.

“Insufficient proficiency?”

Ethan frowned.

“Right, of course. Just because I learned Beast Taming doesn’t mean I can immediately tame all beasts.”

The forest giant ogres were monsters of a much higher level compared to giant forest rats, so they weren’t opponents that could be tamed with the current Beast Taming proficiency.

‘I’ll need to raise my proficiency by taming other monsters first.’

“Well then, I guess I’ll have to deal with these giant ogres for now.”

Ethan drew his Heavenly Thunder Sword.

“This is a good opportunity. I can get some decoction materials and maybe some ogre leather while I’m at it.”

For the sentinel, these five forest giant ogres were a disaster to flee from, but for Ethan, they were no more than a gentle breeze.

Slash!

Ethan lightly cut down the ogre with Frost Lightning.

Certainly, giant ogres are high-level monsters. But Ethan had taken down even higher-level monsters when he was much weaker than he is now.

‘Monsters’ Calamity is handy in situations like this.’

Ethan accurately stabbed and slashed at the ogres’ weak points.

In an instant, one giant ogre fell forward with a thud.

“Ah, ah…”

The sentinel who had fled to a distance gaped.

“Now he’s taking down ogres alone…?”

Previously he had tamed giant forest rats, and now he was single-handedly defeating forest giant ogres.

“Grooooar!”

Angered by this sight, the giant ogres reached out to grab Ethan. Ethan swung his sword at those hands.

Slash!

“Graaaah!”

The ogres couldn’t match Ethan in strength, speed, or anything else.

Realizing the situation, the ogres tried to flee.

But they couldn’t escape Ethan’s sword.

“Quietly become decoction materials.”

***

“Huh…”

At first, he thought this person had come to end his own life.

But out of nowhere, he tamed giant forest rats, and now he was hunting giant ogres alone.

Not just one, but five giant ogres.

Giant ogres are monsters that even the most skilled hunters fear to face.

It takes five experienced hunters to hunt one. Even then, they need to prepare thoroughly and set traps to barely manage the hunt.

But the man before his eyes had faced five giant ogres and didn’t have a single scratch.

Swoosh-!

Ethan shook the blood off his Heavenly Thunder Sword and looked at the sentinel.

“Now that the situation is cleared up, please guide me to the hill again.”

“Just who… are you…”

The sentinel recalled that he had said he came alone.

Most people who come here form teams.

But Ethan had come here alone.

At that time, he had looked at Ethan with pitying eyes.

He seemed like someone who had come thinking he might as well die to a dragon, since he was planning to die anyway.

But he truly was sufficient on his own.

“I’ll guide you!”

The sentinel quickly answered and took the lead.

Ethan followed the sentinel deeper into the forest, and continued to attempt taming various monsters.

-Taming failed!

-Proficiency increases!

“One more time!”

-Taming successful!

-The giant venomous snake follows you!

“Good!”

-Taming successful

-Taming failed.

-Taming…

As a result of continuous taming attempts, by the time Ethan arrived at Dragon’s Hill, a considerable number of monsters were following behind him.

A ragtag army at a glance. But a diverse array of monsters was focusing on Ethan’s hand, enough to surprise even the sentinel.

“Looks like they all want to eat this.”

It was the reward he had brought to train the monsters.

Ethan scattered it at a distance.

“Now, eat your fill and return to the forest.”

“…”

The sentinel who witnessed all this was continually amazed.

Just when he thought he couldn’t be more surprised, Ethan kept striking at the sentinel’s common sense and heart.

“How on earth… did you tame all these numerous monsters?”

“Well, you know, even monsters can recognize good people.”

“…”

The sentinel fell silent.

And soon after, the two arrived at Dragon’s Hill.

“This is as far as I guide you. From here… you must find the dragon’s lair on your own.”

During his time as a sentinel, he had guided quite a few teams this far.

Everyone was full of confidence, but none of those who found the dragon’s lair had returned after hunting the dragon or stealing treasures.

However, for some reason, he felt that the man before him would meet a different ending than those he had seen before.

After the sentinel left, Ethan checked his surroundings.

‘Originally, the standard method is to climb the hill and survey the forest beyond.’

But Ethan had no intention of doing so.

If he climbs the hill, he’ll immediately be caught in Ditrinir’s sight.

‘Since it’s within Ditrinir’s territory. Ditrinir can sense everyone who enters the forest.’

If his location is immediately revealed, there’s no way to reach the lair no matter what he does. That’s because Ditrinir intentionally alters the path and moves the forest.

That was the power.

The dragon’s formidable strength.

Therefore, he needed to find the lair through another route, avoiding Ditrinir’s gaze.

“I don’t really need to find the path.”

And he already knew that path.

‘There’s just one problem.’

Whether Hades’ Beast Taming could tame a dragon.

‘I’ll have to try it.’

You never know until you try.

***

“The forest is noisy.”

Boom-.

Even just moving shakes the lair greatly.

A massive body, and equally massive wings to match.

The black dragon Ditrinir stretched.

“Have humans crawled in again?”

It was always fun to hunt those who called themselves dragon slayers and came to hunt him.

Moreover, they always brought shiny things, so it was quite enjoyable to pile up those spoils in the lair and admire them.

“I wonder what kind will come this time.”

Ditrinir looked forward to it quite a bit and surveyed the forest through his power.

But no matter how long he waited, nothing triggered his senses.

“Hm?”

They should have entered his territory by now. Strangely, he couldn’t sense anything.

“Is it a human powerful enough to deceive my senses? Hmm.”

But it shouldn’t be to the extent that he can’t sense anything at all.

Feeling puzzled, Ditrinir came out of his lair.

And at the same time, something started to catch his senses.

“…I can sense it.”

The intruder was nearby.

“To deceive my senses and reach my lair so quickly.”

Grrrr-.

Ditrinir unknowingly let out a low growl.

“It’s been a while since I’ve met a worthy human!”

A human who deceived his senses and found the lair.

How long has it been since this happened?

“Human!”

A human appeared before Ditrinir.

The human confirmed Ditrinir’s presence and quickly began to run towards him.

“Grrrrrr-!”

Ditrinir spread his massive wings, about to take to the sky.

However, before that.

“Wait!”

The human shouted.

“What nonsense…”

But in that moment, Ditrinir’s body froze in place.

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