Chapter 46 – Our Dinner
Snowflake Dungeon.
Lucas, Qin Yun, and their pets were walking in the snowfield following Glaide's direction. If Lucas was by himself, he would ride on Glaide and search for a way out.
Unfortunately, Qin Yun was with him. Glaide was big but not big enough to carry the two of them. Even Lucas alone was barely enough to ride on her. More so, it was a blizzard and it would be too dangerous to ride on Glaide.
Due to that, they could only walk there by legs. Qin Yun might be a 10 years old kid but he was a tamer. Not only that, he was part of the Phoenix Clan and was also crowned as one of the geniuses of the clan. Thus, they had provided him with the best cultivation technique the clan had and it was sufficient for him to breeze through the blizzard.
More to that, Raillow had the fire element and he used the improved version of Fire Scratch to counter the cold. So, Qin Yun was doing well.
Glaide was guiding in the air when she suddenly saw a monster one kilometer in front of them. Foody was not the only one that had improved. Glaide improved a lot too though not as much as Foody.
Glaide had learned the Enhance Sight skill where she could see as far as 10 km away from her when the weather was clear. The distance would increase when the skill rank and stage increased. Under the influence of the blizzard, she could see as far as 3 km from her. That was more than enough.
"Kyuu~" Glaide gave a signal to Lucas.
"Hmm?" Lucas looked above and saw Glaide pointed at the front of them. Qin Yun looked above too.
"Is it a monster?" Qin Yun asked.
"I think so. Do you want to see it first before we take another path or, do you want to evade it now?" Lucas asked for Qin Yun's opinion.
"Hmm… Let's see it first from afar. If it is something that we can handle, we should try to fight it. It will be good training," Qin Yun gave his opinion. Lucas nodded and they headed slowly towards that monster.
Lucas and Qin Yun walked slowly and when they were 500 meters away from the monster, they stopped. "I can see the monster but the blizzard is blocking my view. Brother Lucas, can you see anything?" Qin Yun squinted his eyes trying to make sense of the monster.
Lucas shook his head. His view was not clear either. "Let's move closer. Foody, prepare for battle in case the monster suddenly attacks us," Lucas gave Foody his command. Foody nodded and his iron plate at hand. The duo walked closer towards the monster.
Two hundred meters from the monster, they finally had a better view. Since the monster was as white as the snow, they could not confirm what monster it was. Even so, with a better view, Lucas could use his Appraisal Eye.
"Urm… I don't know what monster it is. If only it is moving," Qin Yun complained. The monster stood still without moving.
"Snow Buffalo. Tier 4. Newborn Stage Rank 5," Lucas told Qin Yun his appraisal.
Qin Yun was surprised. He looked at Lucas and saw Lucas's eyes lightly shone. It was hard to see during the day but it was during a blizzard and the surrounding was quite dark that he could see the light of the Appraisal Eye.
"Appraisal Eye… Yours must be a powerful one since you can see the species, Tier, stage, and rank," Qin Yun said in surprise. Usually, Appraisal Eye sold in the Skill Shop would be able to appraise one thing, and rarely would they sell the one that could appraise more than one thing.
"I am lucky to find one," said Lucas. He glanced at Qin Yun and asked, "Do you want to try fighting it? Although it is Tier 4 at Newborn Stage Rank 5, the stat is less than a quarter of its supposedly max stat. That monster is weak. You can try fighting it as training. Wild monster is different from a pet."
"I want to try it!" Qin Yun clenched his fist. It was his first time in a dungeon and once they got out, it was harder for them to get in again. So, Qin Yun wanted to use this chance to see what the dungeon had.
"Raillow, Synchro!" Qin Yun's body shone and he turned to light particles and entered Raillow's body. Once he was inside Raillow, he commanded Raillow from inside his body to move toward the Snow Buffalo. With Raillow's small body and thick snow, they crept slowly towards the Snow Buffalo.
"Foody, prepare yourself. Attack when Qin Yun is in danger," Lucas prepared for the worst.
After walking silently for a few seconds, they arrived about a few meters away from the Snow Buffalo. Now that they were closer, Qin Yun could see that the Snow Buffalo was resting. "In the open field?" He wondered.
"Raillow, use Light Dash and Fiery Scratch on the Snow Buffalo," Raillow received the command and his body shone with white light. Suddenly, it disappeared from his position and appeared instantly right above the back of the Snow Buffalo.
The Snow Buffalo was oblivious of what had happened. It was still lying there peacefully. Raillow raised his arm and it was covered in flames immediately. The snow that was blowing towards the arm melted instantly.
Raillow scratched the Snow Buffalo with Fiery Scratch. The skill hit and the Snow Buffalo woke up from its rest. "MOO!!!!" The Snow Buffalo screamed in pain. Suddenly, the fire started spreading all over its body and it was fully engulfed in fire. The Snow Buffalo looked like a big fireball.
Raillow used Light Dash and moved away from the Snow Buffalo. He landed on the snow and watched as the Snow Buffalo was burned by the flame. "Is that it? Are monsters these weak? Isn't the Snow Buffalo Tier 4?" Qin Yun felt like it was too easy.
Suddenly, the big fireball moved. "MOO!!!" It screamed in anger and rushed towards Raillow. Raillow used Light Dash and evaded the rush.
"That's right! There is no way a Tier 4 monster loses to a Tier 3 monster that is of lower rank," thought Qin Yun. The Snow Buffalo was rushing madly trying to attack Raillow but the cat was too fast for it to chase.
A few seconds later, the Fiery Scratch's other effect kicked in. An explosion happened. "Moo!!!" The Snow Buffalo screamed in pain. Even so, it immediately stood firmly and stared at Raillow with red eyes. It was extremely mad.
The Snow Buffalo's horn shone and it became bigger and looked dangerous. The Snow Buffalo's whole body shone brightly and it rushed towards Raillow fast.
Raillow was as calm as water and used Light Dash once again to evade the attack. He did not even get any command from Qin Yun when he immediately used Light Dash once again and appeared at the back of the rushing Snow Buffalo.
Raillow's arm flashes with lightning and he slashes at the Snow Buffalo. That was the Lightning Slash skill. One of the three skills Raillow had.
The skill hit the back of the Snow Buffalo and a deep tear appeared there and blood gushed out of the Snow Buffalo. Not only that, electricity seeped through the Snow Buffalo's body and paralyzed the Snow Buffalo.
The rushing of the Snow Buffalo stopped abruptly and it rolled on the snow for a few turns before it stopped. "Moo…" The Snow Buffalo was paralyzed and lost a lot of blood. It could not move and was heavily injured. All it could do was stand there waiting to die.
Raillow landed on the snow near the fallen Snow Buffalo. Qin Yun suddenly got out of Raillow. "Just in time," Qin Yun was relieved. His Synchro mode was not that long because he was still weak.
There was a time limit when a tamer used Synchro. As the tamer's cultivation increased, the longer they could retain the Synchro mode. Even so, if the pet's Stage and Rank was too high from the tamer, the Synchro mode would not retain for long too.
So, most tamers would make sure that their pets would not be too strong on stage and rank from theirs. It was fine if the tamer was much stronger than the pet as it would make the Synchro mode longer but not the other way around.
Qin Yun did not walk closer towards the Snow Buffalo. He was afraid that the monster would suddenly stand and attack him. "Are wild monsters weak? My Raillow is Tier 3, Newborn Stage Rank 3 and he can beat a Tier 4, Newborn Stage Rank 5 monster…"
"That is because most of Raillow's stat is at maximum. The wild monsters do not have the max status like our pets… I mean like our pets that train at my family's nursery," Lucas with Fury on his head and Foody by his side walked towards Qin Yun.
"… You are right. If Raillow did not train at your nursery, he can't win easily like this against the wild monster," Qin Yun agreed with Lucas.
"If you want a good fight, you need to fight those that use the training service at my family's nursery. They can be a good challenge for you," Lucas suggested.
"… Then. I guess we will be fine in this dungeon. Since this dungeon is of Stage 1, we will be fine," said Qin Yun.
"Not necessarily. One vs one is fine for us but if the monsters in the group, it will be hard to win. A small group will be fine but a bigger group will be a problem," said Lucas. "There are many wild monsters that live in a pack. Big pack."
Qin Yun agreed. "This Snow Buffalo will be our dinner tonight," said Lucas as he took out a knife from his storage ring to dismantle the Snow Buffalo.
"??? Dinner? I thought we are getting out of here," Qin Yun was confused.
"The dungeon is as massive as our world. Since we don't know our location, we will stay in this dungeon for a few days," Lucas paused for a bit and he said, "Perhaps months too."
"WHAT!!!" Qin Yun was shocked.