As soon as Zok was in position, he gave Kaira the signal and she lept at the Cerotidae. The beast was busy chomping on the grass, but the moment he got a whiff of Kaira's smell, he swung his large horns at her.
However, just as Zok had predicted, the movement was slow enough for Kaira to attack the beast before dodging. Zok thought Kaira's strike would have done some damage to the creature. But surprisingly there wasn't even a scratch on the rocky hide of the beast.
'Kaira fall back!' Zok yelled using hivemind.
He had sensed something that the wolf hadn't. The Cerotidae was about to charge at her with full speed and Zok doubted anyone would be able to survive a collision with such a fearsome beast. But thanks to Zok's warning, Kaira managed to evade the attack at the last possible second.
However, the Cerotidae had already gained some momentum and ended up colliding against a tree. Even though even that didn't do much to the beast, it gave Zok a better idea to swiftly take the beast down.
'This could work! Kaira, howl as loudly as you can! Now!'
The wolf did as she was told and howled as loudly as she could. Cerotidae were sensitive to sounds and hearing Kaira's high pitched noise agitated him even more. The beast quickly got back to its feet and once again charged at her, snorting wildly as he got closer and closer to the wolf. It looked like the Cerotidae had sworn to end Kaira once and for all.
However, just like before Kaira easily dodged the beast's attack. Yet, the beast didn't stop running as if it was hoping that his target would miraculously reappear in front of him. But this confirmed Zok's suspicion.
Judging by their herbivore diet, the Cerotidae were not predatory beasts and hence they had to be on the look for other beasts who could really harm them. Thus they had both sets of eyes on the sides of their faces. Which meant, they had side vision only and could not see straight ahead of them. That was the reason the beast kept charging even though Kaira had already dodged its attack simply because the beast was not aware of it.
With his suspicions cleared, Zok was ready to take on the beast. However, he would need to be quick for that to happen. Thankfully, he already had quite a few unallocated stat points that he could use to increase his agility. He dumped half of the points to increase his agility without any hesitation.
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You have used 12 Unallocated points.
Agility: 38 ---> 50
Unallocated stat points: 24 ---> 12
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'This should be enough.' Zok mumbled as he got into position, 'Howl again, but this time get behind me as soon as the beast starts charging.'
The same thing happened again, the Cerotidae charged at Kaira, however, this time Kaira jumped out of the way much sooner and landed right behind Zok. At this point, the Cerotidae saw Zok standing to his left and changed the direction to charge straight at him.
Zok instructed Kaira to backup. In case his move didn't work, Kaira would have been in danger and Zok did not desire such an outcome. The Cerotidae bellowed loudly as he inched closer and closer to Zok.
If it had been before Zok obtained the system, he would have been a crying, sweating mess, begging for the others to help him. But now, he was surprisingly calm as he tightly held onto his spear. No matter how tough and sturdy the Cerotidae's armour was, his spear could easily get through it.
Zok was only focused on one thing, his target. Nothing else mattered to him at the moment, as he kept taking continuous deep breaths. The closer the beast got, the slower the time got for Zok.
'You can't see me...' Zok thought, 'You are just charging at me guided by the memory of my last location.'
Just when the Cerotidae was about to crush him, Zok dived low between the front legs of the gigantic beast. Due to his increased agility, Zok was able to easily manoeuvre underneath the beast and with a swing of his spear, he sliced through the front thighs of the beast. The acidic effect of the spear did its work and managed to cut through the veins and the muscles of the beast.
Due to the sudden blood loss, the beast's legs gave out before it could realise what happened. With a loud thump, the Cerotidae crashed on the grassy floor of the wilderness, soaking it with its admiral blue blood.
Even after losing the support of his frontal legs, the beast still tried to get back up. However, no matter how hard he tried, his legs could not support his gargantuan weight. The beast grunted in confusion while his legs flailed around like a couple of boneless limbs. But even in that situation, there wasn't a tinge of fear in the beast's eyes.
Zok smiled and rushed over to the fallen Cerotidae as a screen appeared in front of him. This was the moment he had been waiting for. But the happiness was only short-lived... because he had run into an obvious, but unforeseen trouble.
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Detecting a weak pulse from the [A Grade] Andesite Abyssal Cerotidae.
Chances of survival: 20.56%
Recommended action: Tame the beast as a familiar.
Taming the beast would recover it from its wounds and guarantee its survival.
Required Control to tame the beast: 45
Current balance of Control points: 32.75
You do not have the required amount of control points to tame the monster.
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"... What the hell!?"
Zok didn't know if it was bad luck or something, but in his excitement of taming a new beast, he completely forgot about one thing that was needed to do so. He had just learned the skill associated with Kaira so it was obvious that he would lack enough control points to tame any beast.
"Thankfully, I did not put all of my points to increase my agility... phew!" Zok, let out a sigh of relief before using the points.
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You have used 7 Unallocated points.
Agility: 32.75 ---> 46.75
Unallocated stat points: 12 ---> 5
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Thankfully, Zok had already noticed that allocating points to increase the control stat, increased it by twice the amount of points he used. He was saved, but just this once. He swore he would never repeat such a silly mistake ever again.
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Required Control to tame the beast: 45
Current balance of Control points: 46.75
Proceed with taming?
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"Yes!"
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Request Acknowledged.
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