Titan resisted the urge to flinch.
"Yesterday." he answered in a small voice.
There are a thousand things Titan's father wanted to say, however, this is not the time.
"It is not a problem. I can customize the array as long as I know the elemental characteristic of the devouring worm."
If his son's plan was to skip making a contract with the golden dragon with this excuse, he must say, the kid's thinking is too naive.
'Don't look down on this old man, Brat! You are hundred years too early to play tricks on me.' he thought, as he looked at the slight smile his son was trying to suppress.
He grabbed the mike.
"Hello students of Adventurers academy! " he greeted the crowd.
They all quieted down. He is very charming, he knew.
"I am Aurelius Goldmedal, CEO of Goldmedal corporation. Thank you for gathering today for the demonstration of beast taming scroll. I must say, spilling a drop of blood, taming the beast in the tablet is much too simple. Especially, considering how far many of you are coming from, how much of your precious time we are taking away. Don't you want to see a more exciting demonstration? "
The crowd mumbled 'Yes' …
"Come now! You are all the future of this continent. Will it do for you guys to be this timid ?! Let me hear your voice loud and clear. Do you want to see a more exciting demonstration? " He asked.
"YES.! YES ! YES !" the crowd chanted.
'Damned two-faced old man!' Titan cursed his father.
However, he knew it would turnout this way. After all, his father embodied 'Winner in Life' save for his own presence and death of his mother.
"Thank you my friends! I hear you loud and clear. Tell you what ?! I agree. So, we will move the venue of the demonstration from auditorium to golden woods arena. Goldmedal corporation will provide you with free transportation, to and from the venue. We will reconvene at school gates in fifteen minutes." His father finished speech.
After all, this is a disaster, and the only way to avert it is put this golden dragon contract through. However, the golden dragon is an SSS-level beast. The only reason they were able to get is his father is obsessed with it. Trying to capture the golden dragon is how his mother died. His father himself raised and trained a team of beast hunters to catch this dragon.
Like sports teams, the beast hunting teams are famous in arcadia. Goldmedal owns the most famous among them, dragon hunters. That is how he has received this golden dragon beast tablet. The beast's fighting power is unparalleled. Titan bet every penny of his dessert fund the team that caught dragon is puking blood at the thought of it being contracted to him. Afterall, he is only an useless son of a very rich man.
The curtains closed on the stage.
Mr.Goldmedal turned to his son. His looks could freeze exploding volcanoes, his anger could melt frozen north!
Titan instinctively took a step back.
"Bring out that slug." it is a command.
Even the principal's legs seemed to be shaking a little.
Titan wordlessly brought out his summoned beast, laid it on the table.
Did you expect him to stick up for the meat blob or something? Titan is a good compassionate kid, but he could proffer up even an adorable puppy if he is in this situation again. His father's anger must be avoided at all cost. Not because it's painful, but because it's viciously petty. His father thoroughly believed his mother's words.. Among them, the one he followed most is; No revenge is sweeter than Petty revenge! ..
His father threw a fire spell at the slug.
The devourer absorbed it.
His father threw a water bullet.
The devourer absorbed it.
His father threw a stone bullet
...Absorbed.
Ice bullet..
Absorbed.
Steam bullet
Absorbed.
Lightning shock
Absorbed.
Gravity press.
Absorbed.
….
Fiftieth combo element…
Absorbed.
Experimental substance 47 - (stability rating negative, use at your own risk **) .
Ate and absorbed.
His father threw a silent barrier around them, before letting out his frustration.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh..!
"Where the fuck did you get this specimen, Boy ?! don't even think of lying." his father demanded.
Titan trembled. Even he did not know his devourer is this kind of OP Ghost species.. ! he is shocked ! Quite nice of Hero3 to donate this specimen to him.
"One of my classmates brought it. Hero3, class N."he answered immediately.
The student is brought at the insistence of the principal.
As soon as a little pressure is applied, Hero3 cracked. He told them he stole the specimen from his father's home lab.
Hero3's father is summoned urgently.
"Little treasure!" the man exclaimed as soon as he saw the slug.
"Mister! Do you know what elements this slug could use?" His father interrupted the man before he could go on a pity party.
"This… This… " The man started stuttering after noticing the company in the room. it is against the law to take devourer worms any where outside laboratory environment. It's a felony.
"Please, be at ease. Whatever you may say in this room, will never be held against you." He promised.
The man answered.
"Little treasure is indestructible. I have tested sixteen hundred and three thirty seven at the moment. Magical power applied directly has zero damage, while I haven't tested, I have reason to believe it absorbs magic through it's skin. I am keeping it for my youngest daughter's sake. She could tame it, along with the beast sync potion … ah.. Forget I said that last bit." The man answered. Beast sync potion is another banned item. offense of using it is on par with offense of using cocaine.
"Can it be destroyed by physical means?" his father asked.
the man looked apologetic.
"No. it's elasticity is on par with ethereal, and I haven't found any thing he doesn't eat. Even fire and electricity."
His father looked strangely contemplative for a moment, before giving the blow to the man.
"I must give my condolences in the advance. The devourer is already contracted to my son. You must find other beast tablets for your daughter." his father told the man.
Titan is sure his father said this only to spite the man. That aside, beast sync potion is illegal. Taking it ensures that you have acquired some characteristics of your beast, however, it could also make you acquire the worst of your beast's tendencies. At times, it can even drive a person insane.
All the same, it's a bloody genius fucking solution. Devourer is a level - 0 mob, only because negative numbers are not allowed to be used to represent beasts. They are above unicellular creatures, that is all one can say about them. They have no nervous system, they have no eyes, ears or even tongue. All they have is a mouth and a stomach. That is all.
They eat fire stones and convert that into fire mana and empty mana rock. Some, will have double characteristics. They can eat fire mana, also, water mana. Usually, industry trashes all devourer's that take more than one type of rock. From these devourers, a three type mana eating devourer's is born so on and so forth. Now, like every other beast species, Devourer also has a legendary species among them. It is called …
…
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Ouroboros.
Ouroboros is the devourer which can eat everything in the world and convert it into energy. It's rating is SSS, just like the golden dragon. Hells, it's probably even higher, for nothing could destroy an ouroboros, not even throwing it away into outer space.
His father seemed to have a similar idea, instead of trying magic spells, he has returned to physical methods.
First, his father swatted it with a library book..
Nooooo… the principal's involuntary response came out as he watched the book.
The book hit his devourer.
The devourer is just lying there. Doing nothing.
A knife..
It split, and reattached itself.
Burn..
Two bubbles came out, then the fire just burned out.
He tried the fire axe..
Nope, no effect.
Beat with the hammer..
Nope, no effect.
Titan watched as his father tried more and more physical methods to kill his devourer.
He failed.
'Hey! Trust people a little', Hero3's father seemed to be thinking.
Titan made no effort to hide his smile this time.
His father retreated to a corner with a frown, glaring at the newt.
If only looks could kill...
"What are we going to do with the golden dragon tablet?" the principal asked.
"Contract it, of course." his father answered.
"We need either a person with no magic or a person with enough magic to subdue it." the principal said. a person with no magic can not be harmed by golden dragon, thus is suitable. a person with enough magic can suppress it long enough to form the bond.
It's extremely rare to be born without magic.
They by no means could get another one this fast.
They all looked at each other as they pondered the problem.
"I have a solution." Titan exclaimed suddenly.
"You have to do the beast contract, Father! " he said looking at his father.