Chapter 43 - Unbelievable
A few seconds later, the other contestants started hitting the mechanical log. Some of them had got the passion and will to have their pet to hit the mechanical log the hardest after watching Qin Yun. Since Qin Yun's low-rank pet could produce that score, theirs could too.
Unbeknownst to them, Raillow had undergone intense training at the nursery and had advanced so far in stat and skill improvement. He was almost at the same power as Fury now. If Fury had better potential, he would have left Raillow in the dust.
After they hit, their results were indeed better but could not reach Qin Yun's. As for Lucas, he started giving Foody his order.
"Foody, let's hit the hardest you can," Lucas gave his order. "Use Iron Fur," Foody's brown fur suddenly turned grey. From his fist to his legs to his body. All of his furs turned grey. Everyone who saw this was shocked including Ross and Marcus.
Qin Yun was indifferent. He already knew that Lucas's common pet was not normal. He had the taste of that 'normalness' and 'commonness' in the form of Fury. So, he was not surprised that the seemingly common Iron Plate Monkey by Lucas's side was abnormal too.
Iron Fur was one of the skills Foody learned while training. Since Foody had the iron element, Lucas had a plan for Foody to learn the iron-based skill. Thanks to Foody's S grade potential, he succeeded in learning a few iron element skills without much problem based on Lucas's preference.
When Iron Fur skill was created, it only had the defense effect. It can only be used to increase Foody's defense. Even so, with Lucas and Foody's effort, they managed to improve the skill to a more powerful version.
Iron Fur had four effects including the defense effect. The other effect was attacking. Other than defending, the skill would raise Foody's attack too.
"Use Energy Control and focus your energy in your fist," Lucas gave another order. After that, Foody's fist suddenly let out colorless fumes. It looked like heat was coming out of his fist.
Since Lucas found out that Energy Control was the most important skill to have if he wanted his pet to learn, create, or improve skills, he made Glaide and Foody learn them. Thanks to this skill, his pets were capable of learning all the skills they had.
Not only that, even without using certain skills that improved some stat in the pet's body, Energy Control could do them just fine but with less power.
Now that Foody's fist was filled with energy, his attack using his fists would be stronger. "Now, attack the mechanical log with Acrobatics and Iron Fist of the Plate Monkey!" Lucas gave his final order.
Foody received the order and his two fists turned solid iron. That was the Iron Fist of the Plate Monkey. Lucas did not teach Foody this skill, he picked this up himself after he saw Lucas used Fist of the Stone Golem. If Lucas's fist coated with stone, Foody's fist was coated with iron.
After that, "Kiiii!!!" Foody shouted in high spirits and ran forward toward the mechanical log. When it got closer to the mechanical log, he jumped to the air and spun around like an acrobat.
That was the Acrobatic skill. While using the skill, Foody's speed and nimbleness would increase. After improvement, the skill could be used to attack too. Not only that, but it could also support other skills.
After that, he sped towards the mechanical log from the air. Foody's speed increased and got in front of the mechanical log. With his fist at his side, Foody launched in toward the mechanical log. "KIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!" His fist suddenly let out a sound similar to his scream earlier shocking everyone watching.
"BANG!" Foody's fist hit the mechanical log producing a loud hitting sound. It sounded like big heavy metal hitting hardly against another big heavy metal. Not only that, the hit produced some wind that blew the people's hair that was currently near Foody's mechanical log.
Everyone was shocked. The punch was not explosive or flashy as Raillow's attack. However, the impact of that fist was compact and strong.
The score appeared on the screen. From 1, it immediately rose to 100 and then, 200. After that, to 300, 400, and when it reached 500, Marcus' heart sank. However, 500 seemed low as it continued increasing to 600 before it stopped at 627.
The venue was silent. Ross's mouth was wide opened.
Marcus's face looked 'dead'. He thought he could play around in the low-level competition but he was wrong. Two people had surpassed his score. One was not that far but with a pet of a much lower rank and tier than him. Another left him far with a pet around the same rank but of much lower Tier than his Hell Fenrir and the Seven Stripes Cat.
Not only that, the pet that he used was not those of offensive type. It was a monkey who loves food that no one wanted as a pet and also no one wanted to use to fight.
"Once again," Lucas told Foody. Foody hit the mechanical log again and the score was 630. "The last hit," Foody hit the mechanical log once again and the score was 631. Now, Lucas was no 1 in the Newborn Stage category.
If Foody was a pet specialized in the offensive, he might be able to get a full score which was 1000. However, Foody was not an offensive type pet and thus, his attack stat was low and could only get 600 as his highest score after using all the skills he could use at the moment.
Foody's fur turned brown again. Then, he walked back to Lucas. Lucas patted Foody's head and praised him, "Good job. I will buy you delicious food after this," Lucas smiled and Foody started salivating.
"Hahaha, Brother Lucas, I knew it. Your Plate Monkey is abnormal as Fury," Qin Yun came to Lucas's side and complimented Lucas.
"Raillow improved a lot too," Lucas complimented back.
"Well~ All thanks to the training by your nursery. Without the Pasken Nursery, my Raillow will just be the usual Seven Stripes Cat," Qin Yun smiled. The duo walked back towards the shocked Ross.
'Who is that guy? Why is Qin Yun so close to him?' Marcus was thinking. 'Is he someone related to the Phoenix Clan? Is he the Phoenix Clan secret member?' He saw how closed Lucas was with Qin Yun and thought that they must be related in some way.
Since Qin Yun's Seven Stripes Cat showed an amazing performance and Lucas's Iron Plate Monkey was the same too, there must be some kind of connection between them.
'Is this the reason Qin Yun and the Phoenix Clan's members are respectful of him?' thought Ross. 'But… he is only a Stage 1 Tamer like me and not only that but his rank is lower than mine too…' Ross was confused but then, he figured out something.
'Perhaps, he has a strong teacher behind him and the Phoenix Clan wants to get close to that teacher?' Ross questioned in his mind and he nodded, 'That's right. That must be it. That teacher must have guided him to train that powerful Plate Monkey,' Ross came to his conclusion.
After that, it was Ross' turn. He came forward with the other four contestants. He summoned his pet and a big green mantis around the same size as a human appeared. This mantis was a bit different. It had a massive blade attached to its arm.
Lucas appraised the mantis. 'Blade Mantis, Tier 3. Newborn Stage Rank 5,' Lucas read the information from his appraisal and his eyes caught on the list of skills the Blade Mantis had. "Giga Blade?" Lucas mumbled.
He was confused because the skill had no rank and level and it was listed as special. The effects were all '???' Lucas could not appraise the effect.
[This skill must be his trump card. I think he will use it] Sery sounded in Lucas's mind.
'Is this skill really special? I cannot appraise it,' Lucas asked.
[Yes, it is. Never doubt your appraisal. Your appraisal skill is the best one] Sery said. [You don't know the effect because it is a special skill. Only the owner will know the effect of the skill and that is the reason, it is special]
'Are special skills common?' Lucas asked. This was his first time seeing one.
[What kind of question is that? It is special and this is your first time seeing it. It is super rare. Also, special skills are really hard to obtain. Much harder to obtain than evolution. There are a lot of requirements needed for a pet or monster to learn special skills. As for this Blade Mantis… I don't know if he gets it by luck or training] said Sery.
After that, the contestants started giving the order to their pets to hit the mechanical log including Ross. Ross did not use Giga Blade but instead opted to common Blade Mantis attack. His first hit score was 156.
"Hmm? I thought he wanted to beat Marcus?" Qin Yun mumbled. He was confused that Ross had been using common Blade Mantis skill. "Has he given up since I beat Marcus?"
The second hit was 154. Again, Ross used common Blade Mantis skills. His performance was plain and not interesting. He did not garner any attention at all as there were a few others with a higher score than his Blade Mantis.
However, he suddenly changed his command. "Mande," Ross called out his Blade Mantis. "Giga Blade 10%," Ross gave his command calmly.
Mande the Blade Mantis raised both of his blade arms above his head. After that, both of his arms glowed lightly and combined to form a blade three times bigger than himself. The sight of that glowing massive blade drew the attention of everyone in the competition area.
Lucas gasped. Foody stood in front of Lucas and raised his plate to protect Lucas. Fury who sat lazily on Lucas's head got serious and prepared to activate his Fur Guard. All of them could feel the power emitted by the massive blade.
Marcus' Hell Fenrir took a fighting stance and hissing at the Blade Mantis. Qin Yun summoned his Seven Stripes Cat to protect himself. Everyone in the competition area raised their guard.
"Hit it," Ross commanded Mande to hit the mechanical log. Mande slashed the mechanical log with the massive blade.
"Wait!!!" The staff shouted but it was too late.