Chapter 5 - Fury
Lucas looked at the many pet cards showcased there and went straight to the cheapest card. The cheapest pet card sold in the pet shop was 50 Peto and there were many pets with this price.
Lucas searched carefully among the hundreds of 50 Peto pet cards and found out that there were only two species of monsters that were sold at this price. They were furballs and slimes. They all had various colors.
These two pets were known to be bad in battle and tamer usually bought them for fun and raised them as normal pets similar to normal cats and normal dogs (there were cat monster and dog monster and they looked the same as normal cat and dog).
Never once did a battle specialist tamer used furball and slime in battle because they were weak. Not only these two species, 99% tier 1 pets were not used by tamer in battle. The lowest tier pet used by tamer was tier 2. This was the reason that humans with tier 1 catching power gave up to become a tamer.
Even so, not all humans with higher tier catching power became a tamer. Tamer might be the no 1 profession in Petrian but not all tamer became full-fledged tamer that fought others, explored dungeons, and protected humans from dangerous monsters. Many became a model, celebrity, cooks, merchant, teacher, and many more.
"How about two furballs and one slime?" Lucas asked Sery.
[Which one for you?] Sery questioned back.
"I will use the slime. Hailey will like the furballs more. They are cute and adorable. Girls will love it," said Lucas.
"I will take three furballs then." Lucas chose three different colors of furballs and wrote down their serial numbers and handed them to the shop employee.
He waited for a bit at the counter and the employee arrived with three pet cards. All three had pictures of different colors of furballs. "The total is 150 Peto. Do you want to get some pet food for your furballs?" the employee asked.
[Get it. We don't have any at the moment] said Sery.
"Give me three days' worth of furball pet food," said Lucas and the employee went to get some pet food for Lucas.
A few minutes later, the employee came while holding a small sack of pet food for the furball. "The total is 180 Peto. One day's worth of furball pet food is 10 Peto. Three days is 30 Peto," explained the shop employee.
Lucas nodded and made the payment. He took a look inside the sack and saw fluffy white food. They looked like clumps of cotton. The pet food was a cotton marshmallow. It was a common food for the furball and could be commonly found in stage 1 dungeon.
Lucas grabbed the three furball cards and the small sack and headed back home.
"Mom, I am home," said Lucas as he got inside the nursery. He went upstairs and saw Hailey on the sofa watching cartoons while Katheryn was reading something on the laptop.
"You are back. Do you buy pets?" Katheryn looked up and smiled at Lucas.
"I buy three furballs," Lucas showed the three pet cards to Katheryn and Hailey but Hailey was not interested in the pets. "What are you doing, mom?" Lucas put the small sack on the coffee table and the three pet cards there too and sat on the sofa beside Katheryn.
He looked at the laptop and saw Katheryn was designing something. "Huh? Since when did you know to use the laptop and this software?" Lucas asked. They were poor before and never had a computer and thus, Katheryn did not know how to use one. Lucas only knew a bit about how to use a laptop because he used them a few times when in school.
"Sery teaches me," said Katheryn and she continued designing something with the software. Lucas read what Katheryn was typing.
"Are you going to make a brochure?" Lucas asked and Katheryn nodded.
"We need to promote our nursery or else, no one will come to use our service," said Katheryn while smiling. "You don't need to worry about this. Just focus yourself on becoming stronger." Lucas nodded.
[If Madam needs help, I will help her. You don't need to worry about Madam. I agree with Madam and let you focus on training yourselves and your pet] said Sery.
"Well then, what pet did you get?" Katheryn stopped what she was doing and reached out to the three pet cards. "Furballs!" Katheryn exclaimed. She looked happy when she saw the furballs. "When I was small, I wanted a furball too but your grandpa did not let me."
"Grandpa?? This is the first time you talk about him," said Lucas. He knew his dad was an orphan and he thought that Katheryn was an orphan too.
"Your grandpa wants me to marry someone else but I chose your dad, so he disowned me. Let's not talk about him," said Katheryn while she was choosing the cutest furballs though they all had the same cuteness.
Lucas saw that Katheryn did not want to talk about it and thus, he did not pry into it. "Just choose whichever you like. I will take the last one," said Lucas. To girls, the furballs looked different but to boys, they were all the same so Lucas did not mind whichever he got.
Lucas bought three different colors of furballs. He bought the white furball, the blue furball, and the red furball. All three were Tier 1, stage 1 – Newborn rank 1 pet.
Monsters and pets have stages and ranks. The stages and ranks determine the real power of the monsters and pets. These two were similar to levels in games. The ranks were the smaller level while the stages were the big levels.
Every stage would have 10 ranks from rank 1 to rank 10. Once a monster or pet reaches rank 10, the next rank they increase would increase their stage, and the rank return back to rank 1.
Similar to ranks, there were 10 stages for monsters or pets. Each stage had its name. From the lowest stage, Stage 1 was Newborn, Stage 2 was Child, Stage 3 was Teen, Stage 4 was Adult, Stage 5 was Elite, Stage 6 was Senior, Stage 7 was Veteran, Stage 8 was Master, Stage 9 was Grandmaster and Stage 10 was Legendary.
No one knew if there would be a higher stage. At the moment, the highest stage monsters and pets found and owned by humans was Stage 10 – Legendary. Less than 10 tamers had Stage 10 pets and 8 of them had one, one of them had 2 and the strongest tamer in the world had 4 Legendary Stage pets. As for the tier of their Legendary Stage pet? All of them were Tier 10 pets.
It was hard to increase the stage of a pet so not many would be able to reach the same height as those ten powerful tamers. Not only that, but the tier would also somehow determine the highest stage a pet or monster could reach.
A tier 1 pet or monster would at most reach the Teen Stage (3). That was if the pet was lucky but most Tier 1 pets would only be able to reach Newborn Stage Rank 10. It was rare for a Tier 1 pet to advance to Child Stage (2). It was miraculous if a Tier 1 pet reached Teen Stage (3).
Not only that, but there were also matters regarding the potential held by pets. The potential did not only determine the speed of power up but also how far a pet could reach. So, usually, those with S potential would be able to go far and create a miracle in becoming strong while the lowest potential E would usually barely reach the limit.
The three furballs that Lucas bought had E potential. That was the reason they were sold the cheapest. The one with D potential was sold at 60 Peto per pet while the C potential was sold at 80 Peto per pet. He did not find furballs with B potential and above. It was hard to find a pet with high potential, they were super rare.
According to Sery, no matter the potential, as long as the three furballs spent a lot of time training in the nursery dungeon, they would become strong. They could even reach the Legendary Stage. All they needed to do was trained hard… inside the nursery dungeon. Training hard outside the nursery dungeon was useless.
"Then, I will take the red and blue furballs," said Katheryn and she whispered to Lucas, "Hailey's favorite color is blue," while smiling. She would train the blue fur ball and let it bond slowly with Hailey.
Hailey took the red and blue furballs cards and the system asked if she wanted to have the two pets. She said yes and the two cards entered her system and then, she summoned both of them out.
One blue furball and one red furball appeared on the floor in the living room. Hailey slightly flinched. Katheryn knew that Hailey was scared so, she summoned the two furballs further away from Hailey.
"Hmm~ Your name will be Red and you are blue," said Katheryn while smiling. She looked happy when she gave them names. The two furballs blinked their big rounded eyes and bounced merrily when they were given names.
The two furballs jumped at Katheryn and she happily hugged and petted them. The furballs were not big. Slightly bigger than an adult's fist. Katheryn would not force the furballs to Hailey.
She would first let the furballs roam around the house and nursery until Hailey got used to their presence. She would also give orders to the furballs to stay further from Hailey. Once Hailey was used to their presence, she would ask them to get closer and closer in distance with Hailey.
Katheryn had no idea if this method would work but she decided to give it a try. She loved Hailey and she did not want her to be traumatized throughout her life.
"Well then, this white furball will be mine," said Lucas and he took the white furball card. The system notified him if he wanted the white furball as his pet and he said yes. The card entered his system. Before Lucas summoned the white furball, he first checked the furball's data.
Name:
Species: White Furball
Tier: 1
Stage: 1 – Newborn
Rank: 1
Potential: E
Element
Normal (30% talent)
Ball (30% talent)
Fur (40% talent)
Status
Health: 3 (Max 20)
Energy: 1 (Max 10)
Attack: 1 (Max 5)
Defense: 1 (Max 5)
Speed: 3 (Max 10)
Skills
Tackle (Normal) – Rank 1, Level 1 – Attack 5
Roll (Ball) – Rank 1, Level 1 – Speed 5
Furballs were a monster with three elements. They were of the normal element, ball element, and fur element. The talent besides the element indicated how fast they were to learn new skills and develop the skills they had that were related to their element. The higher the percentage the faster they could develop their skills.
The wild furballs could mostly be found with two skills. They were tackle, which had the normal element and roll which had the ball element. There were other skills they could learn but these two skills were the common ones and Lucas's furball had these exact two skills.
"The talent is average," thought Lucas.
[I told you many times that it will be fine. Our nursery will train them well. Also, I forgot to mention that the playground can increase the talent a bit] said Sery as if it was a normal thing. Talent could only be raised by treasures and never by training or love or something else.
Lucas was not surprised. He had expected that Sery forgot to tell him more about the playground based on the price shown in the shop. However, he was pleased to hear that.
"You are a cheat power…" said Lucas.
[I told you… I forgot how many times I said that today] said Sery.
Lucas decided to summon the white furball and it appeared on the floor in front of Lucas. It had the same size as the blue and red furballs. However, the white furball looked more beautiful because the white fur made it look clean and shining.
The white furball opened its big-rounded eyes and stared at Lucas. Lucas stared at the white furball too and smiled.
"I am Lucas, your tamer," Lucas introduced himself and the white furball jumped in joy towards Lucas. Lucas held the white furball and could feel the soft fur it had. 'No wonder girls love the furball,' thought Lucas.
"Well then, your name will be Fury," Lucas named the white furball while smiling. The furball seemed to love the name.
[Not Furry?] Sery asked. He thought that Lucas had misspoken the word.
"No, it will be Fury," said Lucas while smiling.