“Hmm, is this the Elisha's necklace?”

“That is right, Gripper . ”

“I don't think that it is fake . If it were a fake, it wouldn't be able to hold on to such strong water power . ”

“Obviously . When did you ever see me cheating, Gripper?”

“I don't think…”

“I know . ”

Ian handed Gripper the Spirit King's necklace, and he looked at every corner of that brilliant sapphire embedded in the center of the necklace .

After a while, he nodded .

“Yeah . You are right . ”

“About what?”

“With this necklace in possession, the door to the spiritual dimension can be opened . ”

“Then open it now . ”

Gripper's wrinkled eyes looked at Ian .

He then asked Ian while slightly smiling .

“Just like that?”

“Huh ?”

“Huh, if you like freebies, then you are gonna be down in the dumps . ”

“Ah, Gripper, you're going to be like this?”

Ian and Gripper had the best affinity between them .

And it wasn't just a story that was going on .

Although he was an NPC, Gripper and Ian were close enough to consider themselves as old friends .

Ian guessed exactly what Gripper wanted .

Ian waited for a moment and opened his mouth to speak with a subtle voice .

“You are curious about the secret of the Magical Beast Trans.m.u.tation, right Gripper?”

At the question of Ian, Gripper's expression brightened immediately .

“Huhu, you pretended like you didn't know . That's why I like you . ”

“Ha, I don't have much time… I am a very busy person . Can't you just ask Cervian instead of me?”

“I already asked you . ”

“Huh?”

“That nasty old man won't tell me . ”

“Come back later as I am busy with the magical beast trans.m.u.tation; he gave me those orders . ”

“Haaa . ”

Ian sighed .

He guessed the kind of situation it was .

'Cervian, that old man, he is trying to test the theory of the magical beast trans.m.u.tation . '

Cervian was the kind of person, who when he falls in love with something, he didn't get bothered with anything else .

Therefore, the orders he gave Gripper were quite understandable .

“If you let me know the secret of the Magical beast trans.m.u.tation, I'll give you the corresponding information . ”

“Inform… ation?”

“Yeah . How is that? Now, do you feel like letting me know?”

In fact, Ian had been planning to give Gripper the formula of the Magical beast trans.m.u.tation .

He knew about the personality of Gripper, who always got curious about something and could never let it go .

But as things turned out, Ian's interest began to arouse in the 'information' that Gripper was talking about .

Acting as if he was uninterested, Ian took the bait .

“Ay, I need to know what the exchange information is about . Do you have any idea how hard it was to find the formula of the magical beast trans.m.u.tation…”

Gripper took the bait almost immediately .

“Huhu, nice . Then I'll let you in . ”

“Let me listen to it . ”

“It is about the 'Marion Khalifa's Soul Stone' that you had before . ”

“I wanted to talk to you about it…”

Ian's eyes went wide after hearing about it .

It was all because of what Gripper said .

'What? This old man… has been a fortune teller in his past life?'

Ian felt gooseb.u.mps on his whole body .

Gripper mentioned Marion Khalifa's Soul Stone .

There was one thing that Ian was curious about with that item .

And as Gripper's story continued, Ian had no choice but to be astonished .

“Ian . In your inventory, there probably is a Khalifa's Soul Stone . You would have placed it in the magical beast trans.m.u.tation, but it got rejected from the magic circle, right?”

“How… how did…?”

“Huhu . How did I know? You think there is anything that this Gripper doesn't know?”

“You don't know about the magical beast trans.m.u.tation formula . ”

“That… that…! Humph, whatever . Can't you think of me as some doctor while talking and stay quiet?”

The dimension war with the Devildom—the final battle .

It was Ian who defeated the Marion Dragon Khalifa, who had been the last boss at that time, and Ian was able to get the item 'Marion Khalifa Soul Stone' .

And this item was none other than the strongest material for the beast trans.m.u.tation .

'I decided to create the strongest magical beast because I had this item . '

Ironically, however, at that point, when Ian had succeeded in making the strongest magical beast, Ian's inventory still had the soul stone .

The reason was simple .

The soul stone of Khalifa would bounce off from the magical beast trans.m.u.tation magic circle .

With a questionable message, it couldn't be used as a material .

'How did Gripper know that?'

Ian gulped and opened the information window of the Soul Stone .

-Marion Khalifa's Soul Stone

Cla.s.sification: Goods

Rank: Myth

It is a soul stone that has been left after the destruction of the Marion Dragon Khalifa .

Anyone who has mastered the trans.m.u.tation can draw the best magical beast with this .

A good beast tamer can resurrect the Khalifa through the soul stone, or perhaps create another completely different dragon .

If you succeeded in trans.m.u.tation using the soul stone, an ultimate beast can be created .

*Only available for the Alchemists over the level of 10 .

*When offered at the Dragon G.o.d's Altar, it can be exchanged for a mythical gearbox .

*This item belongs to the user 'Ian' .

The item cannot be dropped or sold or transferred to another user .

Ian, who read the information window once again, looked at Gripper with trembling eyes .

He then opened his mouth to speak .

“Ni… nice, Gripper . ”

“Huhu, surely I thought you'd need to know . ”

“Nice . Let me tell you about the formula of the magical beast trans.m.u.tation . In return, let me know of the information that you possess . ”

“It isn't much of an information, right?”

“No way . It is the same . ”

“I bet you can get more than you can imagine . ”

At the rant of Gripper, Ian began to calm himself down and explained it to him .

It was a bit annoying before, but when he started to explain it, he started to get immersed in the topic .

And it was natural for Gripper, who had heard the explanation, to be astonished .

“Key, that is so cool! Deep!”

Seeing Gripper firing up, Ian was satisfied .

“Huhu, it is a theory that contains the essence of magical beast trans.m.u.tation . ”

“I admit . I admit . ”

And then came out the question from Ian's mouth .

“Kay, now tell me . What is wrong with the 'Marion Khalifa Soul Stone'?”

At the question from Ian, Gripper laughed a little .

“Wrong? Why do you think that something was wrong with the soul stone?”

“Obviously . If not, there wouldn't have been any plausible reason for it to bounce off the circle . ”

Gripper shook his head and slowly opened his mouth to speak .

“No . there is no problem with the Soul Stone of Khalifa . ”

“Then…?”

“It just didn't match with the recipe . ”

Ian was confused at the incomprehensible story of Gripper .

“What does…”

But before Ian could respond, Gripper cut him off .

“Kay then, take this first . ”

In front of Ian came the system messages .

Tring-!

[You have earned the item 'Initial Marion Dragon Recipe' . ]

Ian opened the information of the item right away .

-Initial Marion Dragon Trans.m.u.tation Recipe

Cla.s.sification: Goods

Rank: Myth (Transcendence)

Base Monster: A monster of the dragon race with 'myth' rank or higher .

Material monster: An original magical beast with 'myth' rank or higher .

Material A: Soul stone of Marion

Material B: Devil G.o.d's Blood .

Material C: Sky dragon's scale .

Material D: Advanced elemental stones

*The recipe can only be done by an alchemist who has reached the level of 10 .

*The probability of the recipe is very low . It is recommended to combine it with the stones of level 'legend' or higher .

*This item belongs to the user 'Ian' .

It cannot be transferred or sold to other users and won't drop when the character dies .

Ian confirmed the recipe, and it made his eyes open wide .

“Wah! Wah! If you had this recipe, you should have shown it sooner!”

“Why should I?”

“Is our friends.h.i.+p only worth this much, Gripper…?”

Gripper calmly responded at the intense reaction from Ian .

“Ha ha, don't get so excited, Ian . I found this recipe a while ago . The recipe I stumbled on while I was searching through the old doc.u.ments of the Devildom . ”

“Those lies… can I even believe those?”

“Lies you say!? That is so sad . If I did know this recipe in advance, I would have shown it to you first . ”

“Huh… fine I'll believe you for now . ”

Gripper managed to calm Ian down and then continued to speak .

“Anyway, now I'll explain the story which made you curious . ”

Ian's expression was very serious .

The information he got from Gripper was much more advanced than he was expecting .

In fact, Ian had no reason to regret over what Gripper had said .

Even if Gripper gave him the recipe, it was invaluable to him .

Gripper's words continued,

“If you see the recipe, how can the base monster be set?”

“It is a dragon race magical beast with a 'myth' rank or higher . ”

“Right . And the reason for that is right here . ”

“The Dragon soul stone can be only used as a material when the base is a dragon race . ”

“Ah…”

Exclamation leaked out of Ian's mouth .

The question was solved .

'So, that was why the magic circle didn't accept it . '

Ian opened his mouth again .

“That… Was it written on the 'Old Parchment'?”

“Yes . ”

A much simpler answer than he thought about why the soul stone was bouncing off the circle .

After all the talk, Gripper looked at Ian with a tender smile .

“Kay, I will open the door to the spirit dimension as promised . ”

When he finished, Gripper threw the necklace of the spirit king that was in his hand .

Surprisingly, blue light began to emerge from the necklace .

As time went by, the blue light began to change into a large portal .

The portal to the Spirit dimension .

Towards that, Ian's eyes couldn't stop s.h.i.+nning and Gripper opened his mouth .

“Ian, do you know the ingredients in the recipe called the 'elemental stones'?”

“No . This is the first time I'm hearing it . ”

“Surely . ”

“Why?”

“You're going to the spirit dimension, so get those from there . ”

“Get me those elemental stones when you go to the spirit dimension . The elemental stones are material items that can be found very easily in the spirit world . ”

“Ah!”

“But it is hard to find the best ones . ”

“Oho . ”

By this time, Ian was sorry for pretending in the beginning with Gripper .

'Surely Gripper is a very generous person…'

There was just too much information from Gripper .

“Get as many high-cla.s.s elemental stones as possible that you can . It is also needed for creating the 'Marion Dragon Trans.m.u.tation', and it is also a material that can be used for creating a powerful relic . ”

“Okay, Gripper . I'll get a lot of them and give you some too . ”

“Huhu, I would really appreciate it if you could do that . ”

After saying his goodbyes to Gripper, Ian took a step into the Spirit dimension portal .

'Finally… the spirit world . '

While laughing to himself, Ian closed his eyes .

New content was going to be unfolded in the near future that was seconds away . The very antic.i.p.ated one .