Taming Master

The story of 77 had lasted for more than 10 minutes.

His story wasn’t so complicated.

‘So… the blueprint of the mine management robot can be obtained.’

77—the robot—that was designed by Charlies was a ‘mining robot’.

77 himself said that apart from himself, there were other management robots all throughout the spirit dimension.

Charlies had built robots on every mine in the Spirit mountain to look after the machine workshops.

So the blueprint was bound to exist, and that was the request of 77.

There was also another thing.

He also stated that if Ian helped him, he could use the item and then work.

“As long as you are in possession of the blueprints, you’ll be able to erase the system code that has been embedded in my body. If you can get rid of that… I will be free.”

“You mean I need to disassemble your body and then reassemble it?”

“It’s similar to that.”

“Then, who will do that work?”

“I can do it myself. I’m different from humans. I don’t feel any pain.”

Ian looked at him, not sure what he was supposed to say.

He sure was a difficult guy to understand.

‘Well, I will just break through the quest.’

Ian just shook his head and said, “The blueprints, where can I get them?”

“I’m not 100 percent sure, but they are probably in the Horlus underground base.”

“Horlus… underground base?”

Hearing it for the first time, Ian felt excited.

If he went to the underground where the blueprint was, it seemed like they were a lot of hidden secrets related to the mechanical civilization.

77 continued, “The Horlus underground is in the middle of the Spirit mountains.”

“The center of the Spirit mountain… isn’t that a bit too much of an explanation?”

At the question of Ian, 77 shook his head.

“That is true, but even if I explain it in detail, it won’t work.”

“Why?”

“With your abilities, you won’t be able to climb to the middle of that mountain yet.”

“…?”

“In the middle of the Spirit Mountains… there are powerful robots which can make Caliclops seem like nothing.”

“And?”

“The monsters there are as strong as five Caliclops.”

Ian briefly thought about the powerful robots he was being told about and came to a conclusion.

Considering the description that 77 was talking about, the monsters there probably had a transcendence level of 30 to 40.

‘So it is a quest that can’t be cleared until I get that ‘Valor’s qualification’.’

Ian couldn’t cross the transcendence level of 10 until he got that ‘Valor’s Qualification’.

Even if he hunted non-stop with Agbi to evolve it to a higher spirit, with his current transcendence level, it would be difficult.

In the end, the combat ability of Agbi was proportional to its spirit spell level and spirit skills.

‘Unfortunately, I have no choice but to do this quest some other time.’

Ian cleared his mind after a while and realized that there wasn’t any other linked quest he could do at the moment.

He entered the spirit dimension, but the quests were blocked.

Ian looked at 77.

He surely wouldn’t be able to proceed with the quest, but there were still a lot of things he wanted to ask 77.

“77.”

“Huh?”

“I’ll surely become strong enough to attack the Horlus underground base, okay?”

“That… is that even possible?”

“It won’t be easy, but for you, I will try.”

“…!”

The expression of 77 became brighter because of what Ian said.

77 was impressed.

System messages appeared.

Tring-!

[Affinity with the management robot ‘P-77’ increased by 3.]

[The conditions to use the ‘Machine Workshop’ was met.]

Ian, who decided to take advantage of 77’s feelings, made a proposal to 77.

“So then, 77.”

“Huh?”

“The machine workshop, let’s get that thing working.”

“…!”

“You have to build a powerful machine summon, or I won’t be able to attack that Horlus underground as soon as I can.”

77 promised that he would help to the extent where Ian would be able to use the machines.

However, he didn’t say what exactly he would do with the machine workshop.

However, Ian knew that this 77 machine had been producing the machines, but of course, it was just a hunch.

With a very nervous expression, 77 looked at Ian.

“I obviously want to get out of here, Ian.”

“…?”

“However, I can’t do that right away.”

“Why?”

“Because of the blueprints I needed for the machine robots. If it was Charlies, he could have done it even without the design, but I am not that capable.”

“Hmm…”

Ian wasn’t expecting what 77 just said, so he was shocked.

‘Uh, hold on. Then…’

Ian soon felt that he was being filled with happiness.

In his mind, an ‘item’ that was in his inventory appeared.

Ian opened his mouth.

“I have it!”

“What? What?”

“A blueprint.”

“…?”

“I am not sure as to what kind of blueprint it is, but I have a blueprint in possession!”

77 couldn’t believe what Ian just said. Ian just opened his inventory.

He took an item called ‘Lesser Machine Summon Blueprint’ which was in the corner of his inventory. He then handed it to 77.

77 confirmed the blueprint and was surprised.

“This… is this? This really is a design!”

Ian became excited at the unexpected chance he got. He nodded and said, “Indeed! I knew you would understand that.”

Ian gulped then spoke with a lot of pride.

“Kay then, 77. This design… what kind of robot can you make with this?”

Receiving the blueprint, 77 began to look at it very closely with a serious expression.

After a while, system messages appeared in front of Ian.

Tring-!

[The blueprint has been decrypted.]

[The item ‘Lesser Machine Summon Blueprint’ will be unsealed.]

[You have earned the item ‘Robot Heart Blueprint’!]

“Hmm?”

Ian was a bit puzzled when he saw the message.

Although it was labelled as a ‘lesser’ class, the name of the robot in the message seemed to be weaker than a ‘lesser’ class.

However, unlike Ian who was disappointed, the eyes of 77 were sparkling.

“Wow, Ian! How did you even get this?”

“Huh?”

“It is a low-end robot, but the blueprints of the production aren’t so easy…!”

“Production robots? Is that good?”

Before Ian responded to 77, he started to think.

‘A production robot? So that’s what this heart robot is called…? Can he mine?’

As his thoughts began to filter, Ian’s face began to turn bright.

If he could make a mining robot, then Ian might be able to continue to receive attribute essence.

He surely might not be able to re-enter the event map—which he could have entered—because of the quest of 77, but there were mines all over the place.

Ian could have one mine in the mountains and then put that robot there to mine for infinite essence farming.

Ian’s expectations were getting high.

“Of course! There are so many things that this guy can do! This guy could do basic chores and mine without constantly ordering him to do so.”

At the description that 77 gave, Ian became excited.

With the blueprint, he thought that he could produce a number of workers and have them as mine slaves.

In the mind of Ian, the mine in the Devildom which he owned had entered his thoughts after a long time.

It was because he was paying huge salaries for the miners who were running the mine.

If he could make a lot of workers with the blueprint, then the productivity of the mine in the Devildom would increase too.

“Oh ho! Shall we make a robot with this blueprint?”

However, the content of Kailan wasn’t going to allow that, and Ian’s expectations got shattered to million pieces.

“Sorry, it is impossible.”

“Huh? What is that supposed to mean?”

“This is a disposable design.”

Ian didn’t understand what 77 was saying.

“Can blueprints be disposable?”

“On the surface, it looks like a simple iron plate with a design on it, but it has a system chip inside.”

“System… chip inside?”

“It is the kind of chip that contains an algorithm for moving the robot.”

“Ah!”

“Perhaps, once the robot is completed according to the scheme and design, the chip is supposed to be inserted. That might make the robot operational.”

“Is that so?”

Ian looked rather sullen, but it wasn’t so bad.

Thanks to 77, it was easy to unseal the blueprint, and the existence of the production robot seemed like a great help.

“Nice, 77. From now on, let’s quickly make this robot guy. I want to finish it and then use it as soon as possible.”

Looking back at Ian, 77 nodded his head.

“Okay, Ian. The blueprint isn’t so complicated, and I’ll be able to build it in about a day.”

“Okay!”

“Would you like to get some materials while I analyze the blueprint?”

“Materials?”

“If you look into this pattern, you will know what kind of materials you will need.”

Ian, who was given the blueprint, tried to look at it again.

In front of Ian came a system window which he had never seen before.

-‘Robot Heart’ Blueprint

This was a blueprint for making a lesser robot heart. (This is a one time blueprint. Once the robot is completed, the blueprint will disappear.)

-Robot Information

Classification: Production Robot

Rank: Rare (transcendence)

Production Success rate: 75%

(If the production of the robot fails, the blueprint will not disappear.)

(If the production of the robot fails, half of the materials will disappear.)

*Stats

-Combat Ability

None

-Production Ability: 50-75

Productivity: 15~25

Dexterity: 5~18

Energy Efficiency: 3~12

(Production capacity is expressed in 0~100 depending on the rank.)

-Special Ability: None

Consumable Materials

Medium iron ore x130

Higher Iron ore x50

Greater iron ore x2

Greater Magic Stone x12

Least fire essence x45

Least wind essence x30

Lesser fire essence x15

“Hu…”

Ian could feel the back of his head hurt.

‘This is so much harder than just buying a machine from the shop.’

Ian didn’t know that he needed to gather the materials for the blueprint that he had.

However, fortunately, Ian had all the materials that were needed for making it.

He got the iron ores in Devildom’s mines, and he got the essence attributes from his non-stop mining a few moments back.

“The materials, can you get them, Ian?”

“Yes, I’ll get them as soon as possible.”

“Will you be able to get them today?”

Ian nodded his head in agreement.

All he had to do was to go non-stop since he already did quite a lot of mining today.

Even with a 25 percent chance to fail, he decided not to think about failure.

“Sure…!”

Ian’s words were interrupted.

After a very long time, a call from his ‘wifey’ came.

-tring – tring – tring

– There’s a call from the outside

– Since the situation isn’t a battle, you can terminate the connection.

– Do you want to terminate the connection?