"How many?" Elliot dumbly repeated his question in surprise. "Uh… At my current level, twenty five more. But the more I tame, the stronger I will get, so that number will probably go up."
"Excellent! Excellent!" Brock grunted and snorted in excitement. "Twenty five is enough. I will bring you on a grand tour around the country, and I will help you subdue all the giant, half-rotten ancients that I know of. In fact, if we gather enough giant beasts, we might even be strong enough to subdue THAT particular beast. HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA!"
Elliot stared at Brock who was laughing gleefully with a strange look on his face. "Somehow, this old dude reminds me of myself." He mumbled to himself as his eyes strayed to the giant anaconda's carcass.
"AH! I need to harvest its poison sac to be able to craft the antidote!" Elliot cried out. "Damn I almost forgot. Hey Brock! Stop laughing and help me cut out its venom sac! I'll need it to craft the antidote for you when I get stronger."
"AH right! Let me do that now!" Brock replied enthusiastically and immediately went to work.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
"How much of the venom do I need, Hawk?"
[Just a single drop will do.]
Elliot took out the vial that contained the Generic Anti Venom Potion before and nodded his head slightly. "I should be able to store at least ten drops here. Perfect."
After storing ten drops of the anaconda's venom, Elliot glanced at the rest of the massive carcass.
"It seems like such a waste to leave this carcass behind. Is there any way that I could somehow make use of it, Hawk?" Elliot asked.
[Affirmative. There should be a beast core in an Extra Large Beast such as this Hell Venom Anaconda. Additionally, consuming its venom and an anti-venom immediately after would render you immune to most other poisons.]
"Beast core! Brock! There is a Beast core within the snake! Please find it and dig it out!" Elliot told Brock.
"Beat core? Ho ho ho! So this anaconda has risen to such a high level! To think that I was able to defeat it so easily! I must be really powerful and formidable to be able to fight above my grade! Mwa ha ha ha!" Brock laughed gleefully as he praised himself to the heavens.
"Uhhhh… Hawk, does signing a contract make the beast more like me? How come I feel like he is becoming more and more shameless like me…" Elliot asked.
[Negative. Your soul power is not yet strong enough to cause a bleed-over effect on Brock's soul.]
"I see…" Elliot replied doubtfully. But he let the matter rest for the moment.
As he watched Brock dismantle the anaconda's body starting from its head, Elliot was struck by a sudden bout of curiosity about the snake's stats.
He nicked another small hole in his palm and pressed it to the snake carcass's many wounds.
A closed mind space did not descend, but the snake's stats did appear.
Beast Type: Hell Venom Anaconda
Beast Name: Hissss
Gender: Female
Beast Level: 81
Beast Power Level: 80
Beast Grade: Rare
Beast Bloodline: Serpent Emperor
Beast Physical Status: Dead
Beast Emotional Status: N/A
Hobby: Sleeping
Evolution Pathways: 2
Skills:
Level 8 Body Crush - Deal 400% crush damage
Level 5 Venomous Bite - Deal 250% more bite damage and heavily poisons the target
AI Comments: An extremely ancient and large Anaconda who had managed to live on planet earth undetected for many long years. It is extremely venomous and had used its venom to kill its ancient enemies many times.
"Serpent Emperor bloodline? Hmmm. Maybe I should store its blood so I can use it if I ever find a snake beast with the same bloodline to tame." Elliot thought to himself. "Now, how do I store its blood? Hawk, can you give me an empty vial?"
[Negative. Miscellaneous item Empty Vial is available for purchase for 1 point. Purchase?]
"Uhhh… What a stingy system. Fine, give me five empty vials then." Elliot grumbled. He quickly stored the Hell Venom Anaconda's blood in the vials and kept the vials safely alongside its venom.
As he turned his attention back to Brock, he was slightly shocked to see that Brock was actually eating the Hell Venom Anaconda!
"Om nom nom." Brock chomped on the snake meat hungrily.
"Hey! Ah, well. You might as well eat it." Elliot sighed. "In fact, Ellie! Rex! Come on out and eat! It's time to feast!"
Ellie and Rex quickly came out.
"Master? Oooh that's a big dead snake. Can I eat it?" Ellie asked.
FOOD! BIG FOOD! EAT?
"Go! Eat it! Hey wolves and hawks, you guys go and eat some too!" Elliot told them.
Within seconds, eleven wolves, two bears, two hawks and a kitten were feasting on snake meat.
"Now, let's assign my points. After gaining 4 levels, I got 40 points, less the 5 I used to buy the vials. Stingy ass system. I think I need to increase my stats so that I can gain personal strength also. I can't always depend on my summons and pets. Let's see… 10 into strength, 10 into luck, 10 into intellect and 5 into endurance! Go for it, hawk!"
[Acknowledged. Updating stats]
Character Name: Elliot Musk
Current Level: 14
HP: 1400/1400
Current Experience: 400/1400
Strength: 1.6
AI Comment: Much stronger than the average human being. Can survive a fight with two monkey. Barely. Not that you'll ever get into a fight with them. They LOVE you!
Intellect: 1.7
AI Comment: Much smarter than the average human being. Monkeys will worship you as their God of Intelligence.
Endurance: 1.0
AI Comment: At the level of the average human being. Monkeys canl outrun you anyday.
Reflexes: 1.3
AI Comment: Much faster reaction speed than the average human being. Almost as fast as a monkey.
Looks: 0.6
AI Comment: Uglier than the average human being. Definitely uglier than a monkey.
Emotional health: 0.4
AI Comment: Love tank almost empty. Sicker than the average human being. Let's not even mention the monkey to avoid host's emotional health from dropping further.
Mental health: 0.4
AI Comment: Borderline psychopath.Crazier than the average human being. Totally nuts compared to a monkey.
Beast Affinity: 0.01
Sub Affinity with Monkeys and Apes: 2
AI Comment: Even a gentle cow being butchered would take the time and effort to spit at you. Stay away from animals. ALL animals, except monkeys and apes. They LOVE you!
Luck: 2.1
AI comment: Much luckier than the average human being. If you're a monkey, you'll find bananas to eat every week AND new monkey partners to ehem every day!
Overall: 0.62
AI Comment: You don't need help anymore. But you're not in a place to help others either"
Available points: 0
Skills
[Level 1 Beast Taming Aura - Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.2.]
[Level 1 Summon Beasts - Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 tamed beast up to the Medium category.]
[Level 11 Summon Wolf - Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary common wolf.]
[Level 3 Summon Hawk - Active skill which allows you to summon and control 3 temporary common hawks.]
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"Mwa ha ha ha! It's so easy to become strong with this system! I'm only level fourteen and I am probably already one of the strongest people in the world!" Elliot cackled like a miserly old man who found a pot of gold.
"Much stronger, much faster, much smarter and best of all, much luckier than the average human being! Perfect! Perfect!" Elliot went on as he studied his stats like a miserly old man counting his pennies over and over again.
[Evolutionary Pathway for Ellie opened. Would you like to initiate evolution from Black Bear to Venomous Serpentine Black Bear?]
Apparently it was one of his luckier days as an amazing notification rang out from Hawk the AI.
"What? Ellie! You're evolving?" Elliot exclaimed in surprise.
"Ellie feel weird. Uhhhh." Ellie groaned. "Eh? Gramps? Why you become two?"
"It must be the anaconda's blood." Brock noted with a grave expression on his face.
"I don't quite like the name that Ellie will become. Venomous Serpentine Black Bear? Will she become scaly and long like a snake?" Elliot frowned. "Hawk, what will she be like?"
[Ellie's Black Bear Gene level is at 100% with a Black Bear Emperor Bloodline strength at 5%.]
[Serpentine Emperor Bloodline ingested has a strength of 65%. Due to the low amount ingested, Serpentine Emperor Bloodline is unable to trigger a full evolution.]
[Final evolution result will be 55% Black Bear Gene level and 45% Hell Venom Anaconda Gene level.]
"There's a Black Bear King right here! Will he be able to affect the evolution in anyway?" Elliot asked urgently.
[Ingesting the Black Bear King's blood will awaken the Black Bear Emperor Bloodline and increase its strength to 75%. Calculating final evolution result…]
[Final evolution result will be 95% Black Bear Gene level and 5% Hell Venom Anaconda Gene level.]
"5% huh? That sounds much better. Ellie won't become scaly and long, though right?" Elliot asked.
[Affirmative.]
"Alright. Hey Brock. If you give Ellie your blood, she'll be fine. You'll do that, won't you?" Elliot asked.
"Of course." Brock answered solemnly.
"Ellie? How are you feeling?" Elliot gently stroked her head.
"Ellie sick, Master. Huuuuuuu…" Ellie moaned.
"Ellie, gramps will be giving you a little bit of his blood to make you feel better. You have to be a brave girl and drink it okay?" Elliot said.
Ellie nodded in understanding, feeling too sick to respond in any other way.
"Okay, go ahead!" Elliot instructed Brock.
Brock nodded in understanding, immediately made a wound on his paw and dripped the blood into Ellie's little mouth.
After a few seconds, Hawk finally sent out a new notification.
[Black Bear Emperor Bloodline awakened. Would you like to initiate evolution from Royal Black Bear to Venomous Royal Black Bear?]
"That sounds much better! Yes! Initiate evolution please!" Elliot said and his eyes gleamed in anticipation.
[Initiating evolution.]
"Ahhh!!! AHHHHHHH" Ellie suddenly cried out and rolled on the ground in pain.
Elliot quickly grabbed a broken piece of wood from the ground and shoved it lightly into Ellie's mouth, allowing her to bite into it to grit and withstand the pain.
"NGHHHH!!"
Thankfully, the evolution only took less than a minute to complete.
[Evolution complete. Congratulations! Ellie has evolved from a Royal Black Bear to become a Venomous Royal Black Bear!]
Beast Type: Venomous Royal Black Bear Cub
Beast Name: Ellie
Gender: Female
Beast Level: 1
Beast Power Level: 1
Beast Grade: Epic
Beast Bloodline: Black Bear Emperor
Beast Physical Status: Slightly Malnourished
Beast Emotional Status: Relief
Hobby: Sleeping in Master's arms
Evolution Pathways: 3
Skills:
Level 1 Venomous Bite - Deal 50% more bite damage and heavily poisons the target
Level 1 Slash - Deal 50% more slash damage.
Level 1 Charge - 50% faster charge speed.
AI Comments: A unique beast with a one-of-a-kind evolution pathway. It has the Black Bear Emperor's power and strength as well as the Serpent Emperor's poison and cunning. A deadly combination that elevates the beast's deadliness by many times.
"Wow! Ellie, you've become so powerful! How do you feel?" Elliot exclaimed after he read Ellie's new stats.
"Ellie feel good! Ellie feel strong!" Ellie barked and began to jump around with joy. "Ellie also feel… smart!"
Elliot laughed and nodded happily.
It was a great day! Although the apocalypse draws ever closer, Elliot had never felt so confident in his life. Everything was turning out perfectly.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*
A handsome young African with a stocky build and a thick afro stood on his large African Bush Elephant's back and stared at the millions of birds who were flying around in panic. The Cape Buffaloes were in a stampede and the entire savanna was in chaos.
James Antetokunpo sighed and signalled for the rest of his men who were atop similarly large African Bush Elephants to return to base.
A disaster was about to hit the land, and James had many things to prepare.
*-*-*-*-*-*-*
Himari Suzuki laid down on the hood of her shiny new Ferarri 999 Superfast Classic and played a deep dive virtual reality first-person-shooter game while waiting for her clients to arrive.
Her lithe body was garbed in a tight fitting bodysuit which accentuated her perfect curves. Her natural red hair was cut to shoulder length and gave her already beautiful face an additional sense of mystery which drove countless men crazy.
Behind her, close to fifty heavily armed warriors were spread out and in position.
"They are late. Maybe we should withdraw." An aged butler bent down to whisper in Himari's ear.
"They're not late. They're dead." Himari logged out of her game and opened her eyes.
"What? What happened?" The butler showed a rare look of surprise and asked.
"Their jet got hit by… a billion birds. Crashed just outside the coast of Japan, two hours away from here." Himari chuckled and shook her head helplessly in wonder at nature's unfathomable power.
"Return to base and ramp up marketing. These laser rifles need a new owner." Himari instructed the butler who bowed deeply in acknowledgement.
Himari got into her Ferarri 999 Superfast Classic and powered up its powerful X27 Petrol-Engine with a ear-popping VROOOOOOMM!!!
Within seconds, she disappeared into the horizon while the rest of her troops were still scrambling into their armored landjets.
Author's Note
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