Chapter 11 - Roll
When Lucas heard that, he was confused. He had no idea what is wrong with the way he ordered Fury to attack the monsters. Well, he knew that he had been using the same tactic all this time but he had no choice because the opponent was too weak.
If by chance the opponent was slightly stronger, he could learn new tactics and other ways to use the skills. He had no chance of trying other tactics. He thought of a few ways of using the skills but due to the weak opponent, he could not use them.
Lucas asked, "What do you mean?" Lucas was confused.
[I told you earlier that monsters have endless potential] Sery said. Lucas nodded and wanted to hear more from Sery. [You also know that the nursery dungeon can force this potential out of the monster and make them reach new heights] said Sery. Lucas nodded once again.
[You also know that thanks to the dungeon, Fury created skills that a furball should not have learned] said Sery and Lucas came to a realization.
"Are you asking me to force Fury to create new skills?" Lucas asked.
[Yes, but creating skills is not that easy. They need luck and intense pressure. I don't recommend you to train Fury in that path. Fury should develop new skills by himself. There is a better way you can train Fury] said Sery.
"So… what should I do?" Lucas asked.
[Develop the skills that Fury had learned. Develop the Tackle, Roll, Fur Guard, and Fur Ball to a new height] said Sery.
"You mean, leveling it up?? Aren't I am doing that? The more we use the skills the faster it will level up. It is best to use it in fighting for more experience to level up," said Lucas.
[No. Make the skill into a much better version] said Sery.
"???" Lucas was confused. He had no idea what Sery was hinting at. A better version meant stronger skill which could be gained by leveling the skills.
[Master, you know that skills have their stat. For example, Fury's Tackle has the attack stat and his Roll has the speed stat. There are also other skills with more than one stat] Sery explained and Lucas knew where this was going.
"Are you telling me to increase the stat without relying on level up?" Lucas asked.
[Yes, that is one way, and doing that in the nursery dungeon will be easy. However, you can only do that when the skill has reached the max level. Also, the most you can increase is not much. Around 10% of the total stat points at the max level] said Sery.
[My suggestion is better. Adds more stats to the skill] suggested Sery and Lucas was shocked.
"We can add a new stat to the skill?" Lucas did not know that. He never heard of something like that in his life.
[Yes. Many tamers had done this all the time. It is hard to achieve this but with the help of the nursery dungeon, it will be easy. Imagine if you add fire stat to the tackle or any other stat. How strong will the skill be? Just imagine it] said Sery.
"Whoa~" Lucas did imagine if the tackle had a fire stat, would it become a Fiery Tackle?
Fiery Tackle was one of the best Tackle skills in existence. It was usually learned by fire element monsters. When the monster used Fiery Tackle, their body would be enveloped in fire and tackle the opponent. The damage was greater and there was a chance that the opponent would be burned.
[Adding fire stat is impossible in this dungeon because this is a normal element dungeon. It is possible to add the normal element stat to the skill but you will need a material with high normal element content. The best material will be normal element treasures. Without any of these materials, it is impossible to add elemental stats to the skill] said Sery.
[To add elemental stats to a skill is hard but basic stats like speed, defense, control, and many other non-elemental stats is easy. The nursery dungeon can easily achieve that] said Sery. He sounded proud of his power.
Lucas caught on with what Sery was hinted at. "You want me to add all those basic stats to Fury's skill?" Lucas smiled. He loved that idea. However, he realized that he did not know how to do that.
[I will teach you what you should do. Based on the stat you want to add, use the skill in the way that can give that stat] said Sery but Lucas was confused.
Sery knew Lucas was confused and he gave an example. [Fury's Roll only had speed stat. When he uses the Roll, his speed will increase. Master and Fury always use that skill to gain speed but you can add attack stat to the skill by using roll to attack your opponent instead of using it for mobility]
"…I get it now," Lucas nodded. He understood what he needed to do to add more stats to the skill. If he wanted to add an attack stat, he used the skill to attack. If he wanted to add speed stat, use the skill to gain speed or use the skill while moving at high speed. It was simple.
"Thanks, Sery. I guess we will stay here for a bit longer," said Lucas while staring at Fury. Before he started moving on with training, he made some plans. "Since Roll is at max level, let's train that first," Lucas made his decision.
They walked around for a few minutes and found their target, a white dog. "Fury, use Roll as fast as you can and hit the white dog. Don't hit blindly. If the white dog is trying to bite you, evade and increase the roll speed and try to attack again," Lucas gave his order.
[Lucas, make sure you order Fury to attack using Roll the hardest he can. This will determine how much attack stat the Roll skill will get. If the attack is weak, the attack stat he gains will be less. If the attack is strong, the attack stat will be high. Since the Roll skill is at the max level, the attack you get will not be strengthened until the skill increase in rank] Sery gave his advice.
Lucas nodded. "Fury, make sure you move the fastest and attack your hardest using Roll. Breakthrough your limit," Lucas said to Fury. Fury nodded and used Roll.
Fury rolled fast towards the white dog but instead of going straight towards the white dog, Fury circled it. He wanted to gain more momentum before he launched his attack.
Seeing what happened, Lucas nodded. Fury was much smarter than he thought. "Perhaps, the hardship he went through for the past few days taught him a lot of things," said Lucas.
Fury reached his maximum speed but he remembered that Lucas wanted him to pass his limit. Fury squinted his eyes and forced himself to increase the speed.
The white dog was spinning around trying to get a good position to attack Fury but Fury was moving too fast and it got dizzy from spinning too much.
As Fury felt that his speed was enough, he rolled towards the white dog. The white dog tried to evade but Fury was too fast. Fury hit the white dog and it was thrown a few meters back but it got up immediately.
Due to Roll not having the attack stat, it did not cause much damage to the white dog. From Lucas's Appraisal Eye, he could see that the health stat did not decrease at all. The white dog did receive some damage but it was not enough to lower its health stat.
[Master, any skill without the attack stat will not be able to lower the health stat in one hit. No need to worry. When Roll gets the attack stat, it will not be 1 point. From the impact Fury gave to the white dog, he may at least get more than 5 attack stat points] said Sery and Lucas nodded.
Fury continued using Roll and kept attacking the white dog. One hit, two-hit, three-hit. After three consecutive hits, the white dog's health point decreased by one. The white dog was annoyed and tried to bite Fury again and again. However, Fury was too fast.
Fury felt like the way he attacked was ineffective and little by little he modified the way he attacked using Roll and Lucas was surprised.
"The way Fury moves has changed," said Lucas with a surprised face.
[Fury is getting used to attacking using Roll. He is adapting and learning. He is learning fast because of the nursery dungeon and this dungeon is highly compatible with him that the effect increases tremendously] , said Sery. There was a hint of pride in his voice.
A few minutes later, Fury felt satisfied with his Roll, and the way he used Roll to attack had stabilized. Fury made the white dog as his center and used Roll to circle it. Wherever the white dog moves, the distance between Fury and the white dog remains the same. He was like a planet orbiting the sun. The distance between them never changes.
When Fury found a chance to attack, he accurately and strongly hit the white dog as if the white dog became a black hole with a strong suction force. The same thing kept happening and Lucas was amazed when he saw this.
The way Fury attacked the white dog was beautiful. "He is like a top in a bowl," said Lucas. No matter how much the white dog moves to evade the attack, he failed miserably and kept getting hit by Roll.
One hit, two hits… ten hits… twenty hits. Bit by bit, the white dog's health decreased. After almost half an hour fighting, Fury succeeded in killing the white dog using Roll. Fury stopped and he looked extremely tired.
"Fury, let's rest for a bit," said Lucas. There was no notification from the system about Fury getting any improvement for Roll. They failed on the first try but it was okay. Sery said that it was impossible to get it on the first try. They needed to keep trying to get the new stat added.
Lucas picked up Fury from the ground and went to a nearby tree to rest. "It will be easier if I have potions right now," said Lucas. If he had potions, he could easily heal Fury's fatigue. An hour later, Lucas decided to continue the training.
They fought the white cats, white dogs, and the white sheep. Out of the three, the easiest to kill using Roll was the white dog. The hardest was the white sheep. The white sheep's high defense was truly formidable.
Fury took an hour fighting the white sheep using Roll but unable to decrease the health point that much. Due to fatigue, Lucas decided to let Fury kill the white sheep using Tackle. After that, they ended the training that day.
Fury had been fighting too much and needed more rest. Lucas pitched his tent under a tree and did his training that night. Since he had maxed out his stats, he trained his skills that night. He would love to improve his skills the same way Fury could but human skills were different than pets. They could not improve the skill upon learning.
Luckily, Sery had improved the skill before. Hence, Lucas's skills were already at the top. That night, Lucas trained his skills to increase his mastery. He got pumped up when he saw how hard Fury worked to improve his skills. He trained hard that night until it was time to sleep.
The next day, they continued training the Roll skill. They failed again. Three days later.
Fury was using Roll while circling a white dog and kept attacking it using Roll. The speed of Fury's Roll had increased a lot. Although he did not get the stat he was seeking, Fury's Roll's speed stat had broken the limit. Even so, only 1 point of speed was added to the Roll skill.
"Enhance!" Lucas used Body Enhancement skill on Fury to increase Fury's stat. Sery mentioned that the stronger Fury used the skill, the more stat point he would get when he got the new stat. Due to that, Lucas had been using Body Enhancement skill on Fury a lot for better effects.
Fury kept hitting the poor white dog without mercy using the Roll skill. "Arr…" the white dog whimpered in pain and frustration. It preferred to be dealt with in one go then went through this torture. The white dog tried to escape but he failed.
Fury's circling had trapped him. It was unable to get out. If it tried to run, Fury would hit it and prevent it from escaping. There was nothing he could do other than enduring this torture.
The white dog felt his health decreasing and he would die soon. Be that as it may, it did not look sad or scared. The white dog felt happy. It was happy to be able to escape the torture forever. He could not endure it more.
A hit finally ended the white dog's life. The dog's face was smiling. He looked happy dying. "…" Lucas felt guilty.
[No need to feel guilty, Master. The world has always been cruel. This world especially favors the strong] said Sery. Lucas did not say anything.
Suddenly, a notification from the system came. Lucas opened the notification.
[Fury's Roll skill improved. New effects added: Attack 7, Center] the system notified Lucas. (this system is not Sery. This is the default system everyone gets when they were born)