Chapter 32 – Foody
[Are you taking this Plate Monkey?] Sery asked. He knew that the Iron Plate Monkey somehow met Lucas's criteria. Lucas wanted a pet with limbs like humans and the Iron Plate Monkey had those criteria. As for offensive-focus pets, any pet could easily become one even if they were not one naturally through training.
Lucas nodded and told the female employee, "I am taking all three of these pets," said Lucas, and Sery was surprised.
[Why are you taking them all? You want to use all of them?] Sery asked because he was confused. Lucas had only two slots for new pets and he bought all three of them? [Do you want to finish the mission fast?] Sery asked another question.
'I will be using the Iron Plate Monkey. As for the Yellow Slime and Red Rabbit, we will keep it for later use. If I am not the one using them, others will use them in the future. You said that we need to prepare for creating a clan and this is my preparation,' said Lucas in his mind.
'Once we have a clan, we will need a lot of resources and pets will be one of those resources. Their first pets need to be a good one and saving a few S grade potential pets will be helpful to them,' thought Lucas.
[Oh~ Master is thinking ahead. Nice but you don't need to worry about that. I will handle it. I do have many ideas to implement to help with the nursery that will be helpful to our clan too. As long as you level up my power, I will be able to make that idea into reality] said Sery.
'What idea?' Lucas was curious.
[Secret~ You will see it once the system's level is higher. Now that we will have many missions to complete, you don't need to worry about taking a long time to level up my power] said Sery happily. Since Sery refused to tell him, Lucas stopped asking.
The female employee wanted to leave the counter and picked up the three pet cards but Lucas stopped her and asked to see other S grade potential pets for other Tiers. As he predicted, they were super expensive for that Tier. It is understandable because S grade potential was super rare.
Lucas only bought the Tier 2 S grade potential pets. There were two of them. As for Tier 3 pets, he felt like they were too expensive for him at the moment. Once the nursery made more money in the future, he would buy more.
Lucas did not leave the shop yet. He had bought the pet he wanted for the offensive focus pet but he had yet to get a pet for the ride. He wanted to get a flying pet but none of them had S grade potential. The best one was B grade potential.
"Hmm… There is no suitable pet for a ride. Should I get a tiger, wolf, or lion pet?" Lucas wondered. He thought for a bit and decided to go for the Green Condor. "It is small now but will be bigger when its stages increase and I upgrade its tier," thought Lucas. He went for the Green Condor.
Sery was disappointed that it was not a wolf, a tiger, or a lion. "Once I have another pet slot, I will get a wolf, a tiger, or a lion," said Lucas while smiling. He knew that Sery's mood was down and tried to cheer him up. [Ok!] Sery lit up immediately.
After Lucas finished buying the pets, he decided to do a little bit of sightseeing in the District 24 shopping area. Since his family was not poor anymore, he bought a few things he liked for himself, Hailey and Katheryn.
Since Hailey was down like that, his gift might help lighten her mood. He bought a few things a 10 years old girl would like. Plushies, a few clothes, and some food for her. He did not know if it would work but even if it would not work, it would be fine.
After spending two to three hours of shopping, he went home. While on the way home, "I should let mom have a rest tomorrow and let her go shopping or something. She had been working hard for the past few days," said Lucas.
[Agree. Madam needs some rest. Now that Miss Hailey is like that, she will get more tired. Her cultivation is still low too, so she will need all those rest] Sery agreed with Lucas.
A few minutes later, Lucas got home, and just like before, the waiting area was filled with tamers who wanted to use the service and those that wanted to take their pets.
Lucas went upstairs and into Hailey's room. He saw Hailey was still sleeping and left the things he bought for her beside the bed. He left a note and went downstairs to help Katheryn. He took over the counter and Katheryn went to rest.
The day went on and it was night. Lucas closed the nursery, had his dinner, and went to his room. He took out the Iron Plate Monkey and the Green Condor pet cards out of his storage ring. As for the other pet cards, he left them inside the storage ring.
Lucas picked the two pet cards and the system asked for confirmation. Lucas replied 'yes' and both the pet cards entered his system. The two pets officially became Lucas's. Lucas checked on their stats.
Name:
Species: Iron Plate Monkey
Gender: Male
Tier: 1
Stage: 1 – Newborn
Rank: 3
Potential: S
Element
1. Normal (75% talent)
2. Iron (50% talent)
Status
Health: 10 (Max 30)
Energy: 7 (Max 15)
Attack: 4 (Max 15)
Defense: 12 (Max 60)
Speed: 7 (Max 30)
Skills
1. Food Storage (Space) – Rank 1, Level 2 – Storage 1.01m, food only
2. Food Consume (Normal) – Rank 1, Level 4 – Heal 1.8%
Plate Monkey was a common monster in a dungeon. They looked exactly like a normal monkey. Brown fur, about 60 cm to 100cm in height. Similar to a normal monkey, Plate Monkey was intelligent too. They were mostly the same as normal monkeys except, Plate Monkey had a big plate on their backs.
The plate on their back can be anything and that was the variation of the Plate Monkey Species. The more powerful or precious the plate on their back, the higher their tier would be. The weakest Plate Monkey known to humans was the Leaf Plate Monkey and Rattan Plate Monkey. These two species of Plate Monkey had a leaf plate and a rattan plate on their back.
Plate Monkey was not only known due to their plate but they were also well known to be interested in food. They loved eating. They were foodies. The reason they had the plate was that they ate with that plate. The Plate Monkey ate their food similar to humans, using a plate.
Not only that, but their manner when they eat was also comparable to normal humans. If they were given a human suit and sat and ate alongside other humans, they would look exactly like a human.
More to that, Plate Monkey was also known to be more support oriented. Even so, that did not mean they could not fight. As long as it was something related to food, they would fight their hardest for that food even if they knew they stood no chance.
There was a more unique thing the Plate Monkey had. That was their skills. They would have two default skills and both of them were not for combat. One was Food Storage skill and the second one was the Food Consume skill.
Both of the skills were food-related showing their love for food. Not only that, but both of the skills were also a support skill.
Food Storage was a skill where the plate the Plate Monkey carried became the storage. This storage was special where it could only store food. The non-food item could not be stored inside the plate. Moreover, the Food Storage skill was related to Food Consume skills.
How were they related? Food Consume skills could heal the Plate Monkey when they ate. Be that as it may, not all food they ate could heal them. Only those that were stored with Food Storage skill for a day would be able to heal the Plate Monkey when they used the Food Consume skill.
Other than that, Food Consume was restricted to only healing the user. Other monsters and pets would not be able to heal when they ate the food from the Food Storage skill. Both of these skills were unique to the Plate Monkey.
More than that, the Food Storage skill was of the space element but magically, the Plate Monkey knew the skill when they were not of the space element. The researcher had said that they gained the skill due to their intense love for food.
"The two skills the Plate Monkey have are too restrictive. If I want to improve them, I will first improve my Food Consume skill. Rather than letting it be dependent on the Food Storage, I want to let it be independent. Even without the Food Storage, whatever my Plate Monkey eats, he can heal," said Lucas.
"As for Food Storage…" Lucas was silent. He knew it would be hard. "It is possible to improve the skill but it will take a super long time to see the result even with the help of the Nursery Dungeon," said Lucas.
"The skill's element is the biggest problem. It is of the space element but the current dungeon we have is of the normal element. Not only that, but the Plate Monkey also has no space element to help with the training. We will go blind if we try to improve this skill," Lucas gave his reason.
[Agree. Unless we have a dungeon with a high space element, it will be easier to improve the skill. Seriously, the Plate Monkey is impressive to be able to get a default skill that is unrelated to their element. Either they are lucky or super unlucky] said Sery.
"Whatever they have now is not how I will train my Iron Plate Monkey. I see a lot of potential for my Plate Monkey to be a good attacker as well as a good defender. He can become a traditional warrior with a shield and sword," said Lucas. His mouth curled upwards showing his happy smile.
[You are going to give this Plate Monkey a sword?!] Sery was shocked.
"Ha?" Lucas was surprised by Sery's shock. "What are you talking about? Why would I give him a sword???" Lucas was confused.
[You said that just now] said Sery. Lucas touched his forehead and he recalled back what he said earlier.
"It is a metaphor. Do you know that those warriors within games where they have a shield to defend and a sword to attack? I want to make my Plate Monkey be able to attack and defend too, similar to those warriors," said Lucas.
[Oh… Ok. My bad] Sery apologized.
"First of all, I will make my Plate Monkey learn the Energy Control skill. The skill helps create and improve other skills. Once he learns the skill, everything will be smooth sailing. With the right method, he will learn a lot of good skills," said Lucas.
[This Plate Monkey will be another Fury soon. A weak pet that will show everyone he is not weak. He is full of potential] Sery paused for a second and said [And~ he will steal all of his opponents' foods with flair! Kekeke] Sery imagined the Plate Monkey running around chasing his opponent using a powerful offensive skill for food.
"If I don't let him, he will not do that. You know that the pets are loyal to their tamer. If their tamer does not order them to do it, they will not do it," said Lucas. He would not let his Plate Monkey turn like that.
[Well then, summon him now. I want to see the little guy] said Sery. Lucas nodded and took the Iron Plate Monkey pet card out of the system. He summoned the Plate Monkey and a brown fur monkey with an iron plate on its back appeared in front of Lucas.
Monkey was known to be unruly and caused a lot of trouble in the past before the appearance of the dungeon. However, the Iron Plate Monkey stared at Lucas for a few seconds and he glanced around the room. He glanced at Lucas again and his eyes blinking towards Lucas. He did not move and stay on his spot.
"Hi!" Lucas waived his hand at the Iron Plate Monkey. The Iron Plate Monkey stopped blinking and it nodded towards Lucas. Lucas and Sery were shocked. Once the Plate Monkey nodded, he stood up and bowed at Lucas.
"Kiik~ Kiik~," The Iron Plate Monkey said and he smiled sincerely at Lucas. Lucas and Sery were petrified. The Iron Plate Monkey gestured his hand on himself and said, "Kiik~ Kiik Kiik~"
Lucas did not know the exact words the monkey was saying but he understood what the monkey meant. "You know I am your tamer?" The monkey nodded and he gave Lucas a salute. Lucas smiled.
'This Iron Plate Monkey is the super-intelligent one," thought Lucas. He was happy inside that the Iron Plate Monkey was intelligent. He would not have much problem with training him because he could understand him perfectly.
"You want to know your name?" Lucas asked. The Iron Plate Monkey nodded vigorously. He looked expectant. "Do you love food?" Lucas asked while smiling. The monkey nodded again and at the mention of food, he started salivating a bit. Lucas and Sery found it funny.
"Then, I will call you Foody," said Lucas while smiling.