Chapter 10 – Not A Challenge
Lucas and Fury finished their breakfast and decided to head off to the wild to fight the monsters.
"Let's go to the Rank 1 zone," said Lucas while looking at the self-made map he made while staying in the dungeon. He was not idle when he ventured around the dungeon collecting pet foods. He did not enter the danger zone but he marked their location on the self-made map.
When he got out, he would make a more detailed map using the laptop. Sery said that he could make a map scanning device for Lucas but as usual, he would need money. Lucas did not have any money and even if he had some, his priority would be getting the watch he could use in the dungeon.
As for the maps, he would make do with the map he made. Once he got more money, he would ask Sery to make the device.
[Master, you should head to Rank 2 zone instead of 1. With your current power, the Rank 1 zone is too easy. It will not be a challenge to you and Fury] Sery advice. He was right. Lucas and Fury's stats were too high for a Rank 1.
No Rank 1 monsters in the nursery dungeon was a challenge to them unless they worked together to defeat the duo. However, the monsters were too dumb to work together fighting Lucas and Fury.
"I want to collect some materials from them. We can sell them in the nursery too," said Lucas. The meat of the monsters was pet foods and materials such as bones (some are eaten by monsters and pets), fur, pelt, organs (can also be eaten by monsters and pets) could be used to make equipment, medicines, potions and many more.
Since Lucas had free resources, he wanted to use them to their full extent. The materials could be sold for some money. Although the material would be Rank 1, they had some value too and that was money.
Lucas was in no way greedy with money. He needed the money to buy a lot of things from the system to better the services of the nursery. Not only that, but any help he needed from Sery would also require money. Everything is money! He needed to think of a way to gain money.
[Hmm… Fair enough. You will need lots of money for many things] said Sery. He agreed with Lucas's thinking. He also knew that Lucas was not greedy. He was working hard to better the lives of his family.
He lost his father who was the backbone of the family. His family had lost contact with his genius brother. So, he was the only one left to help his family. Luckily, he got Sery, or else, their family might have to live bitterly.
[So, which species is your target?] Sery asked.
"Do I need to have a target? You said yourself that we will not encounter any difficulties in the Rank 1 zone," said Lucas. Fury was bouncing by his side. "I will hunt whatever I find along the way. They are all precious materials," said Lucas.
After that, Lucas and Fury departed. Their target was to kill as many monsters as possible for materials. It took them half an hour to arrive at the Rank 1 zone. They entered the zone and searched for a monster.
In the Stage 1 Normal Dungeon, Lucas had identified all the monsters present. There were only five species of monsters inside the dungeon. All of them were Tier 1. They were white furballs, white slime, white cat, white dog, and white sheep.
All of them were white because it signified the normal element in their bodies. From the five species, white cat, white slime, and white dog had a single element which was the normal element. As for white sheep, it had the normal element and wool element. Furball had the most element in their body. They had the normal element, ball element, and fur element.
Out of the five, the white dog was the most dangerous. It had low defense stat but its attack and speed were the highest among the five species of monsters. The white dog was a fast attacker and the fastest in the dungeon.
Although white dog looked similar to a normal dog, never ever looked down on them because they were monsters. A vicious monster to boot. It was at the top of the food chain in the Normal Dungeon.
Similar to the white dog, the white cat looked exactly like the normal cat but they were as dangerous as the white dog. The white cat did not boast a high attack similar to a white dog but the cat was the second strongest in the dungeon.
For the strongest defense, the white sheep were at the top. They had the lowest attack but they were the sturdiest. Even the white dog's high attack could not easily tear through the white sheep's defense. The white sheep might not be the top predator but it was the strongest tank in the dungeon.
As for white furballs and slime… nothing special about them. They were both at the bottom of the chain. Nothing special about them in terms of their stats. They were there in the dungeon as the white cat and white dog's food. The white sheep were herbivores thus, they were not interested in the furball and slime.
After walking for a few minutes in the Rank 1 zone, they saw a white cat sleeping under a tree. Lucas used his Appraisal Eyes and saw the white cat stats.
Species: White Cat
Tier: 1
Stage: 1 – Newborn
Rank: 1
Potential: C
Element
1. Normal (50% Talent)
Status
Health: 7 (Max 20)
Energy: 2 (Max 10)
Attack: 5 (Max 10)
Defense: 2 (Max 2)
Speed: 3 (Max 8)
Skills
Tackle (Normal) – Rank 1, Level 5 – Attack 9
Scratch (Normal) – Rank 1, Level 3 – Attack 7
"This cat's skill level is quite high," said Lucas.
"That will be our target. Fury, get ready," said Lucas. Fury's big round eyes turned serious. Lucas was surprised to feel the ferocity emitted by Fury.
'The many times he almost died must have taught him to be serious,' thought Lucas. "Let's see how strong you are first," said Lucas. Since the cat was sleeping, Lucas decided to do a sneak attack to test Fury's skills.
"Fury, use Roll and then tackle the white cat," Lucas gave his order. Fury nodded and started rolling his body towards the sleeping white cat. The roll was slow at the beginning but once it gained momentum, the speed increased a lot.
Fury sped towards the white cat and five meters away from the target, the white cat's ears twitched. It felt something was coming. It woke up and glanced at the direction where Fury was coming. The white cat was surprised and wanted to fight.
Fury increased the Roll's speed and got near the white cat immediately. Before the white cat could retaliate, Fury's body shone lightly. Fury launched its round, furry body and tackled the white cat.
Fury's Tackle that had 26 points of attack hit the white cat. The white cat was sent flying for a few meters before it stopped. It lied on the ground motionlessly. Fury stopped his Roll and bounced back towards Lucas.
Lucas was surprised. "It��s dead?" Lucas thought that Fury would need at least two attacks before he could kill the white cat but this proved that Fury's Tackle was strong.
[I told you that the Rank 1 zone is too easy for both of you. Even the white dog in this zone is no match for Fury. Fury had maxed out all of its stats while the wild monsters were not in the same state as Fury. This will be an easy battle] Sery said. He had long predicted that Fury could one-shot his opponent.
Lucas glanced at Fury and was amazed by his first pet. It was much stronger than he thought. Sery was right when he said the nursery was powerful in pet training. Lucas smiled and patted Fury on his head. "Good job Fury!" Lucas gave Fury a compliment and a thumbs up. Fury looked happy.
After that, Lucas picked up the white cat's body and started collecting what he could. All of the white cat bodies had its function. He dismantled the white cat and transferred all the materials to the storeroom. The dismantling job was easy for Lucas because his family was a farmer and he used to do it many times.
They continued their venture in the dungeon and met more white cats along the way. Using the same strategy as before, Fury killed all of them with one Tackle. None of them survived from Fury's Tackle.
"This must be the white cat area," said Lucas because they met many white cats and not the white dogs and the white sheep. He did meet a few furballs and white slimes. As they continued forward, they finally met the strongest predator in the dungeon, the white dog.
Lucas appraised the white dog.
Species: White Dog
Tier: 1
Stage: 1 – Newborn
Rank: 1
Potential: D
Element
1. Normal (10% talent)
Status
Health: 3 (Max 10)
Energy: 3 (Max 10)
Attack: 7 (Max 14)
Defense: 1 (Max 2)
Speed: 7 (Max 14)
Skills
Tackle (Normal) – Rank 1, Level 4 – Attack 8
Bite (Normal) – Rank 1, Level 6 – Attack 12
The white dog glared at them. "Let's go, Fury! Use Roll and Tackle like usual," Lucas gave his order and he added, "Be careful of the Bite skill." Fury used Roll again and sped up towards the white dog.
The white dog was shocked to see his opponent was that fast. The white dog pounced towards the incoming Fury with its mouth wide open. The white dog wanted to bite Fury to death. Even so, Fury was too fast, especially with the Roll skill.
The white dog missed and Fury got below its body. Fury did not waste the chance and used Tackle on the white dog's tummy. The white dog was launched upward for a few meters before it fell on the ground dead. Another one-shot.
"… Fury is too fast and too strong for a wild Rank 1 monsters," Lucas thought that the white dog would at least be able to dodge Fury but Fury was too fast that his opponent stood no chance to evade the Tackle.
Lucas and Fury continued forward again and they met more white dogs and white cats. However, the situation was the same. One-shot. Fury was now the top predator in the Rank 1 zone. Lucas believed that Fury had no match in the Rank 1 zone.
They soon met the next opponent, the white sheep. Lucas appraised the white sheep with Appraisal Eyes skill. White sheep's data appeared in front of him
Species: White Sheep
Tier: 1
Stage: 1 – Newborn
Rank: 1
Potential: C
Element
1. Normal (20% talent)
2. Wool (50% talent)
Status
Health: 10 (Max 15)
Energy: 7 (Max 10)
Attack: 1 (Max 1)
Defense: 15 (Max 20)
Speed: 3 (Max 4)
Skills
Tackle (Normal) – Rank 1, Level 3 – Attack 7
Wool Guard (Wool) – Rank 1, Level 10 – Defense 20
"Ooo~ The white sheep might turn out to be a good opponent for Fury!" Lucas was excited. The white sheep he met was the strongest monster he met since he started fighting the monsters.
[This white sheep might be on the verge of a breakthrough to Rank 2. However, I don't think it stood a chance in defeating Fury. Trust me, it will get one shot too] said Sery.
"No way! Look at its defense and then the Wool Guard skill. The white sheep can at least survive two of Fury's tackles," Lucas was confident that he was right. Sery decided to stay silent.
Lucas gave Fury his usual order. Roll and Tackle. Fury went forward fast and attacked the white sheep. After that, the white sheep rolled on the ground for a few meters similar to the white cat and dog and died.
"…" Lucas was speechless. Sery was right.
[Fury is too fast. His basic speed is not that high but added with the Roll, he is on a roll] said Sery. [Since Fury was too fast, the white sheep did not have the chance to activate the Wool Guard. With Fury's Tackle insanely high damage for a Rank 1 monster, they stood no chance when they were hit] Sery added.
"Then, this fighting will be useless to Fury. He will not be able to improve if there is no challenge," said Lucas. He also felt that Fury had started feeling bored. He had been in danger and almost died many times for ten days and now, he easily killed his enemy with the same fighting tactic.
"Sigh, Let's go to Rank 2 zone…" Lucas stopped for a minute before he asked, "Sery, will Rank 2 zone pose a challenge to Fury?" He better asked for Sery's advice. He was inexperienced and Sery was more reliable in this matter.
[No, Rank 2 monsters will be easy too. Rank 3 will be good but the pressure will not be high. He will have some difficulties but he will be fine. Rank 4 will be the best if you want a challenge. You might end up training your Synchro there a lot too] said Sery.
"… Then, let's try in the Rank 3 zone," Lucas made his decision. He would get used to the Rank 3 area before he moved on to the Rank 4 zone.
[I did not say anything before but Master, you train Fury wrongly] Sery suddenly said and Lucas was shocked.
"What do you mean?" Lucas asked.