Chapitre 19: A tough battle

Rishi and Sheru continued their strategy for several days, and the area where they set up their trap was littered with the corpses of numerous magical beasts. Some were level 3, while others were level 4, and after a while, no more magical beasts appeared.

Rishi and Sheru descend from the tree to examine their surrounding area. Rishi sighed as he took in his surroundings. "It appears that we have already killed the majority of the magical beasts in this area."

They then went in search of water and came across a pond.

Rishi took out his water bottle and began filling it with water, and Sheru began drinking water as well. They were about to leave when they were attacked by a huge tongue; they both dodged it, and a frog-like magical beast appeared before them.

It had large eyes and a green body; it stood one foot tall, but his most distinguishing feature was his long-forked tongue. Rishi checked its level and stats with his inspect skill.

[Forked-tongue water frog (Injured)]

LEVEL: 6

HP: (500/1000)

STRENGTH: 30/40

AGILITY: 40/50

STAMINA: 30/50

VITALITY: 20/50

MP: 50/70

SKILLS

PASSIVE

Web legs: powerful legs that allow you to swim faster in the water and jump farther on land.

Aqua Skin: It is used to carry water in the skin and also aids in stamina regeneration when the skin is soaked in water.

Sticky Tongue: The tongue has a strong coating of sticky chemicals.

ACTIVE

High Hop: Jumps with his legs towards his opponent, consuming 10 stamina per use.

Water Spout: Spend 10 MP to use a water attack that also slows down enemy.

Rishi felt a chill run through his body as he examined the stats of the magical beast; it had very high stats, and Rishi would have fled if it were in perfect condition.

He wanted to test his progress and also wanted to gain more experience.

He told Sheru about it. "We'll flee first to force it out of the water, then chase after it."

"We will not fight it until it uses the 'High Hop' skill; when he does, we will fight it at our normal speed from distance; however, when it attacks with a 'water spout', we will dodge it"

"I'll also poison it as much as I can, and don't forget to dodge its forked tongue or it'll catch you."

Sheru 'growled' in recognition, and before they could proceed, they heard a loud 'croak.'

"Run, Sheru," Rishi said as he walked away.

They both ran for a while and were about to escape when the frog-type magical beast used his 'High Hop' ability to catch up to them. Rishi smirked as he saw everything going according to the plan.

But before he had even completed his celebration, Rishi and Sheru were both taken aback when the frog-like magical beast used 'water spout' at both of them, just as Rishi was about to poison it.

They tried everything they could to avoid them, but just when they were about to succeed, they noticed a forked tongue coming at them from the other side.

Given the opportunity to avoid only one attack, they both chose to avoid the tongue, which resulted in them being hit by the 'water spout.'

Rishi and Sheru both suffered 200 HP losses before the battle has even begun. Rishi's panicked about what to do next when his passive 'enhanced focus' kicked in, clearing his mind. He quickly shifted his strategy from defensive to offensive, and he took command of Sheru.

"Sheru attacks its back with 'dash' and 'tiger claw,' which is its blind spot."

He also took the Aggro of the magical beast and tried to dodge all its attacks, but some of the attacks landed on Rishi, reducing his HP to half, but he didn't stop and continued to annoy the magical beast.

When the magical beast became enraged, it decided to use 'water spout' yet again. Sheru took advantage of the situation and attacked from his claw, landing a clean hit on the magic beast's back and reducing its HP by 100.

'Croak', the magical beast, cried out in agony and lunged at Rishi with its forked tongue.

Rishi easily avoided it as he was already prepared; he then shot an arrow into its long tongue. The poison quickly took effect, reducing the magical beast's HP by 20 points every second.

After fighting it for some time it slowed down, Sheru and Rishi noticed that the magic beast only had 150 HP left; they both approached it to finish it off, but this magic beast was devious; it used all of its remaining mana to cast three more water spouts, which landed on both Rishi and Sheru as they approached the magic beast and were caught unprepared.

Sheru became enraged when he saw Rishi seriously injured on the ground, and his 'Sharp Claw' levelled up due to the desperate situation.

Sheru then used it 'dash' again and charged at the magic beast, dodging all of its tongue attacks; he then jumped over the magic beast and reached its back; he used the tree behind the magic beast to push himself towards the magic beast while in air; while in air, he also activated 'Tiger Claw,' which reduced his MP to zero.

Sheru was about to reach the magic beast's head from behind when he noticed the magic beast attacking Sheru with its forked tongue.

Sheru did not back down and used all of his strength to finish the magical beast; both the beast's tongue and Sheru's paw landed on their targets.

Sheru's claw landed on the back of the magical beast's head, causing it to 'croak' one last time in pain, but its tongue also landed on Sheru, causing her body to fling backwards and collide with a tree.

There was silence for a while. Then Rishi opened his eyes and drank a healing potion. "Sheru" he said again, "Sheru."

But when he didn't get a response, Rishi stood up and began looking for Sheru, eventually finding his injured body. "Sheru!" yelled Rishi as he examined Sheru's condition and discovered that he still had 50 HP.

He summoned it back into the 'book of contracts' and used the heal option to heal Sheru, but healing of 'book of contracts' was extremely slow, so he began running towards the Puna Town's Beast Clinic.

He was so worried that he didn't even notice he had leveled up.

Author: "..."

I used my time machine, went into future and got Rishi's Status Window after he had used all his free points and skill points.

[RISHI RAWAT]

AGE: 12

LEVEL: 5 (all stats are increased by 5 points)

HP: 800 (HP is not a stat; it is just a representation of health.)

STRENGHT: 45

AGILITY: 50

STAMINA: 45

VITALITY: 35

MP: 40

CHARM: 24 (This stat makes magic beasts friendly to you / It doesn't affect humans until it is 50 points)

Free points: 0 (1 point could be used to increase a stat by 1)

SKILLS

Skill points: 2 (use 1 point to increase the level of a level 1 skill by one level, use 2 points to increase the level of a level 2 skill by one level, and so on.)

PASSIVE: 3

Fitness Freak (Level 3): Your stamina will recover faster. / It levelled up by training

Enhanced Focus (Level 3): When you concentrate on something, you will be able to do it quickly and easily. You will be able to recall anything you have read or seen to some extent. / This skill has been upgraded

Beast Sense (Level 3): It increases all the natural senses by four times.

ACTIVE: 1

Inspect (Level 4): Consume 7 MP to reveal everything about the object or magic beast of the same level or three levels above the user. / This skill has been upgraded

[Contracted beast 1/1]

[Golden Tiger King (infant)]

Age: 2 months

LEVEL: 5 Exp (025/500) (all stats are increased by 5 points)

HP: 930 (HP is not a stat it is just a representation of Health)

STRENGHT: 40

AGILITY: 55

STAMINA: 50

VITALITY: 43

MP: 42

Free points: 0 (1 point could be used to increase a stat by one)

SKILLS

Skill points: 0 (use 1 point to increase the level of a level 1 skill by one level, use 2 points to increase the level of a level 2 skill by one level, and so on.)

1 lucky Spin (to get a random Active Skill)

PASSIVE: 2

Sharp Claws (Level 3): It increases the toughness and sharpness of the claws by 4 times. /This skill has been leveled up while fighting the magic beast.

Beast Sense (Level 3): It increases all the natural senses by four times.

ACTIVE: 2

Tiger Claw (Level 4): uses 3 mana per use to do four times the amount of normal damage dealt by claw attacks to the target for 2 seconds. / This skill has been upgraded

Dash (Level 3): Increases your movement speed by 30% for 5 seconds by consuming 7MP. / This skill has been upgraded.