"To start with, we need to prepare some supplies," Kim Ki-Rok said decisively.0

Boom! Booooom! Boooooooom!0

Explosions constantly erupted around them as mana collided against each other. On top of that, some attacks forcibly triggered mana explosions to maximize damage. Amid deafening booms and shockwaves that shook the battlefield, Kim Ji-Hee stood there yawning widely and rubbing her sleepy eyes.0

"Haaaaaahm..."0

After running his fingers through Kim Ji-Hee's disheveled bed hair, Kim Ki-Rok pulled a black staff out of his subspace pocket.0

"Ji-Hee, here. Take this."0

"Okaaay."0

In one hand, she carried a stuffed rabbit; in the other, a jet-black staff. The combination seemed mismatched, somehow. Yet when a pretty model wore it—well, it just worked.0

Indeed, it wasn't wrong to say that all fashion began with the face.0

"Good, good." Kim Ki-Rok nodded to himself.0

[The Black Staff of Marcus (A)]0

Description: The staff belonging to Marcus the Spiritualist0

Effect 1: Increases Spiritualism Skill by one class0

Effect 2: Increases Spirit Contract Skill by one class0

Effect 3: Mana consumption reduced by 10%0

As she held the staff, her skills were raised from B to A-Class.0

"Ji-Hee, can you call Mandong here?"0

"Yeeees," Kim Ji-Hee replied obediently as she turned her head to look into the distance.0

With his abilities as a Pegasus Spirit, Mandong had been using his flight to draw the aggro of the trolls and his recovery skills to heal the injured. But upon hearing Kim Ji-Hee's call, he quickly flew over to them.0

"He's a spirit... you'd think he shouldn't have to flap his wings to fly," Kim Ki-Rok commented on the redundancy.0

It was probably out of habit, but even after becoming a spirit, Mandong would still unconsciously flap his wings as he flew through the air. Mandong neighed as he landed on the icy...0