Equipment from monster drop was totally different than an equipment bought or loot from the monsters. Equipment bought from shop or loot from monsters' body did not have additional effect. Equipment from monster dropped however contained effect like increasing strength, poison and many other effects.
Equipment from monster dropped was more expensive than normal equipment. Although only the one compatible with it can use it, it was still valuable. Equipment drop rate was different than normal item drop rate. They were harder to get than the item drop.
"Amazing! I can finally use equipment with effects. This will surely increase my fighting ability a lot," said Dean.
'Why are you so happy? You will look weird wearing that hat,' said Sys.
"I know but this is a good sign. I know I can create equipment drop by registering equipment drop from other monsters but this equipment is created using item that did not have any effect," said Dean.
'Then, do you want to create this?' asked Sys. Dean said yes. Dean named the new slime, the whitish pink cosmos slime.
Dean tried other combinations but none of them he liked and thus he stopped creating new slime. Dean then chose the pet creation feature added as rewards killing the virus. Dean currently can create 2 pets but Dean decided to create only one.
Dean looked at every slime he created and did not know what to choose. Dean ended up choosing the normal slime, the one and only slime ever in the world before he created more other slime. It was colorless and always happy.
'You really want to create this? It does not have any skills and weak too,' said Sys.
"I can make it stronger, right? There is no need to worry," said Dean. Dean created the slime as his first pet and named it Coess.
'Pet slime created. Pet house unlock' the system notified Dean.
"?? Pet house?" asked Dean.
'It is part of the pet creation. Just like the name, it is a house for your pet to live in. Your pet will always be inside the pet house and you can summon it when you need it. It can also live outside of the pet house but the pet house is equipping with unlimited food for your pet,' said Sys.
"Whoa, that is incredible. I don't need to worry about my pet food," said Dean.
'You can also enter the pet house,' said Sys.
"For real? Is it something like only my consciousness or my physical body?" asked Dean.
'Your whole body will enter the pet house. In other words, you are teleport inside,' said Sys.
"Then, if I am in danger, I can teleport inside to save myself?" asked Dean.
'Yes' said Sys.
"I guess this is the reason you asked me to create a pet," said Dean but Sys did not say anything to that. Dean can only assume that that was the truth.
"How can I get inside?" asked Dean.
'Just think of getting inside yourself and you will be teleport inside the pet house,' said Sys. Dean thought of getting inside and instantly, he got inside. Once he got inside, Coess saw Dean and immediately went to him happily. Dean petted Coess' head and looked around the pet house.
It was a square empty room with one big opening on one side of the room showing outside of the house, bathroom and toilet. It was a small lawn and nothing else there. Inside the room were six orbs, water and food tray and a screen.
"This pet house is quite empty," said Dean.
'You can decorate it if you want,' said Sys.
"Really?... Wait a second? Does that mean I can bring my bed here?" asked Dean.
'Yes, you can. I know what you are thinking and yes, you can sleep here,' said Sys. Dean was happy to hear that. That mean he did not need to get back to his room and he can make the pet house as his portable house. He can travel anywhere without worrying about sleeping in the wild.
"Then, what are these orbs and screen?" asked Dean.
'The screen is use to see outside the pet house. Means you can see around the last place you stand before you entered the pet room. The six orbs are used to increase your pet stats. Each orb represents one of the stats. In order to use the orbs, you need to insert monster soul inside. Your pet will use the orbs and increase their stats,' said Sys.
Dean checked the screen and he can see his room through the screen. He checked the orbs and asked Sys, "Do I need to use the right soul with the right orbs?"
'Yes, you know that each monster soul can use to increase specific stats. Normal slime soul can increase vitality. You can put the normal slime soul into the vitality orbs and your slime will absorb it to increase his stat,' said Sys.
"Then, how can I increase the slime grade?"
'Just give your slime 100 monster soul and use the limit breaker crystal to advance them to higher grade. I forgot to mention that the stat increase has limits. For normal grade pet, the total limit of stat it can gain is 20. After that, you can only advance its grade to increase the limit' said Sys.
Sys continued and said, 'Your pet is the same as wild monster. At normal grade, it can only learn 1 skill. You can just give your pet the skill book and they will automatically learn it.'
Dean was jealous with his pet when he heard Sys said they can automatically learn the skill however, Sys continued with more as he knew what Dean was thinking, 'They might be able to learn skill easily but they will take much more time when raising their stats. They will need to stay in front of the orb for a long time to raise their stat.'
"Oh, really?" Dean than moved on from the orbs and went to the food tray. He checked the food tray and he frowned, "Dean, is this what Coess will eat?" asked Dean.
'Yes. Don't worry, you can change the food if you want but you need to provide the food yourself,' said Sys. Dean nodded. He knew the food was unlimited but he felt bad that Coess will eat generic food provided by the pet house.
'If you check your system, there will be a pet house menu. You can change the food given, view your pet progress and everything else' said Sys.
Dean opened the pet house menu and a screen appeared. The screen was the same as the screen from the farm feature in the ancient ds Digimon games. He nodded at how easy it was to use the feature. Dean was totally satisfied with the pet house.
The pet house was empty but he can decorate it himself. Dean decided to move into the pet house and made it as his portable house. According to Sys, the pet house was safe. No one can enter it unless with Dean's permission. So, Dean did not have to worry about any intruder.
Before he got out of the pet house, Dean set up some soul inside the orbs so that Coess can increased its stats. According to Sys, 1 soul was equivalent to 1 data inside core. That meant, 1 normal grade monster soul will increase only 0.1 stats. Dean frowned at that. The only thing he hated about the pet house. Soul was hard to get and they had many uses.
After Dean finished set up everything, he got out of the pet house and was teleported back to his room. Dean made a checklist of what he needed to bring inside the pet house. The most important thing was bed, wardrobe and cooking utensils. He checked his money and sighed. Buying a bed will cost a lot of money.
After he made the checklist, Dean lying on his bed and went online. He checked camp 7 forum and saw a post from many group recruiting people to go to Trice Mountain. Dean thought that it might not be a bad idea going there with other people.
He scrolled down all the post and saw a group that he felt will be good for him. It was Isaac's group. According to the post, Isaac's group will team up with group Titan to conquer the dungeon. They are looking for more people to join their team up and only accepting people that already advance to legend rank.
Both of the group was one of the strongest groups in camp 7. Going with them will ensure his safety and he was qualified to join them. Dean decided to try joining them. Dean was not sure if he will be accepted but he wanted to try.
Summer 26th – Month 2 – Year 2001
Before Dean went to join Isaac's group, he checked online first to see if anyone found the mega slime, cosmos pillow slime and whitish pink cosmos slime. They did find them but their news was not trending as the Trice Mountain news was hotter than the slime news.
"Time to go."