"CLING … CLANG…"
Aaron could hear the noises coming from the dining room as he parked the bike in the garage .
As he opened the door he saw Armin rushing out of the kitchen with a steaming plate of grilled meat .
"sit down after washing your hands" . Armin said as he put down the plates on the table.
Aaron rolled his eyes at his brother helplessly before walking to the wash his hands . his brother is pretty good at everything except for the fact that he is a clean freak . even his teammates are bit tired to deal with his over cleansiness .
Aaron took a good look at the dishes as he sat down . The grilled crisbon flame chicken was the main dish . This was the meat of a void beast at peak extraordinary realm which was equivalent to the 4th level , the realm among humans .
The meat of such high level beast with flame attribute is of great help for beast masters with the same attribute .
"It should have cost him a lot to buy it ". Aaron felt a surge of emotions as he looked at his brother .
After the sudden death of his parents armin was the one who took care of him who was still young . He put a lot of effort to retain the wealth left by their parents and to protect him along the years . It was a really difficult task considering how many covetous eyes can be attracted by a large amount of inheritance left for two weak and powerless orphans . Even so his brother managed to overcome all the troubles back then .
A sudden shout awoke aaron from his inner thoughts .
"Ember"
Following armin's shout a large wolf rushed into the dining room .
It had dark golden fur all over it's body . It's mane that extended from back of it's head to the tail had a crimson blood colour .The pupils in it's eyes were shining as two rubies dipped in magma .
Ember who just entered the room saw aaron sitting at the table and rushed to him .
"Hey little guy ." Aaron smiled as he scratched the mane of the silly wolf who rushed into his arms .
Ember was armin's contract beast , a grey flare wolf . Aaron literally watched him grow up from a scrawny little cub to the current size of nearly two meter . He was a part of their family.
"So tell me genius , how was your awakening ? " armin said while looking at aaron playing with Ember.
"I awakened 4 attributes, space , time , spirit and fire . After the awakening principal told me that the recruitment from the universities and other forces will take the initiative to find me . they will probably be here in a few days ." Aaron said
"So , where are you planning to go? are you gonna join a university or army ?" armin asked
"well , do you have any suggestions ?" aaron replied with a smirk.
"mmm , In my opinion university is the best choice . With your talent they will offer all kinds of convenience to recruit you . It won't be the same in case of army and the the others . Army won't give you that much special treatment , it is not a place suitable for the development of genius beast masters to begin with . It's a literal hellfield carved out with strict rules and regulations . As your only relative , I really don't want to see you going to the army . " Armin said with a frown .
"Don't worry , I don't intend to go to the army either . You know me , I am not a fan of following rules . I plan to join one of the top 3 universities in european region . I am planning to stay quiet and develop before I graduate from the university ." Aaron replied .
armin eased his expression as this reply seemed satisfactory to him.
"well , It's my treat for your successful graduation without making any mess . So , let's drop the serious topics and let's start our feast ". Armin said as he poured out a glass of fine wine .
Aaron started to gobble down the food as soon as he heard his brother .
After a while , aaron walked into his room after cleaning up the dishes .
It's been nearly 16 years since he was reborn in this world . Although he waited for a long time he never managed to awaken goldfinger , system , or other unique abilities that should have came with a space-time traveler . The AI chip that awakened today was really a surprise . He never expected that his goldfinger was something which he himself created .
Although he did a basic inspection on the AI chip back at school he haven't tested it yet . Now he want to check the full capability of the chip.
His room was really big . His bed was placed in right corner of the room. The entire left side of the room was filled with tables , cupboards and bookshelves . The wall on the left side was filled with all kind of information on beast masters , dimensional cracks , cultivation system and so on .
Aaron walked over to table and took a large diary from the drawer .
It was a detailed record he prepared on the different kinds of exotic plants he discovered in this world . Because of the emergence of void energy not just animals but plants also underwent mutation. Most of this mutated plants and animals evolved into strange forms with all kinds of weird abilities .
Aaron collected many of such samples of commonly founded mutated plants and included them into his collection book . It was done as a hobby but now it seems to come handy to test the AI chip .
Aaron opened the book to the first sample . At first look , It seemed like a dried up weed you can find on the roadside but upon a closer look the dark red linings on the edge of the leaves and the pitch black veins along it made it look eerie and strange .
The description of this plant was written on the right side of the pasted plant .
It was a plant named nether blood grass . It usually grows on places where corpses are buried or a large amount of blood is present . It is found in cemeteries or battlefields in large quantities .
Aaron plucked the pasted grass from book and held it in his hand .
"Start analysis" . aaron said looking at the blue interface .
The screen flashed for a second and listed the details of nether blood grass .
[ nether blood grass ]
[category : mutated plant ]
[realm : common realm low level ]
[details : found on places filled with nether energy . appearance is marked with jet black coloured veins and blood red leaf edges . has rich nether energy . suitable for cultivation of nether attribute beasts and beast masters .]
[bloodline : common grass 97% , unindentified 1.55% , unidentified 0.45%, unidentified 0.36%...…]
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Aaron looked through the detailed description of nether blood grass analysed by the chip .
He quickly went through the details and the type of plant . what caught his eye was the realm and bloodline .
realm refers to the cultivation level of the void beast . After the appearance of dimensional cracks the world was filled with void energy . It caused all the plants and beasts to undergo a sudden mutation .
Although every being underwent mutation the strength they possessed was different . some were still the same as ordinary animals even after the mutation . They only had a slight change in appearance . While some others became strong enough to break mountains and split seas .
so inorder to have a good understanding about strength of void beasts humans classified them based on the strength they possess . later when beast masters start to emerge in large numbers this classification was reformulated so as to suit them. so the void beasts and beast masters ended up having two different power scalings .
Beasts were classified in terms of their bloodlines . bloodlines can be interpreted as the potential of a beast . According to the what the scientists have discovered after the crisis there used to be several mythical beasts on earth in the ancient past when the earth itself had void energy . But for some reason the mythical beasts left our world and the void energy dried up leading to the degradation of every life form .
Even so , every beast or plant may possess some ancient , lost bloodline of mythical or godly beasts that used to rule earth in the ancient past even if it is only very few traces.
In the past it never mattered since that bloodline will remain hidden in the body without resurfacing . Along with the surge in void energy the beasts who cultivated using void energy had their blood purified over and over till they were retraced back to their ancestors .
The realm of beasts were divided into 7 based on their bloodline potential . They are ordinary realm, extraordinary realm , commander realm , monarch realm , transcendent realm , legendary realm and mythical realm . Each of these realms are further subdivided into upper and lower strata .
beast masters were divided into 9 levels based on their strength . They start lower to higher from black iron level , bronze level ,silver level , gold level , platinum level , diamond level , lord level , duke level and the king level .
each of the levels for classifying beast masters corresponds to that of void beasts . black iron level corresponds to lower level of ordinary realm . bronze level corresponds to upper level of ordinary realm . silver level corresponds to lower level of extra ordinary realm and so on .