As I left the school premises, I could see some thugs waiting for something in the corner of the store.
Just as I decided to take another route home, I could hear one of them shouting something at me:
"Hey, wait up!" A thug shouted at me
I started sprinting through the shallow alleys of the dirty town until a dead end found me.
"Now you have no way out, George". One of the men said
"Did my step-mother send you? " I asked
"You are not in the position to ask questions.
Now, will you follow us quietly?"
I gazed onto the thugs's stats:
[Thug 1
Str 1.1
Agi 0.9
Int 0.5
S.P 0]
...
[Thug 4
Str 1.2
Agi 0.8
Int 0.6
S.P 0]
..
I probably have a chance against them, it's a fight of brawls. My reveange starts now.
"Sure, I concede", and as I walked towards them, I leaped and kicked one of the thugs straight in his nose, causing it to easily break.
In that fraction of a second Kas slithered unknowingly to one tall baldie, biting him hard on his ankle, causing the man's movement to become wabbly.
One of the men tried punching me back, but as I dodged his hit, it became apparent that their fighting will diminished by a lot.
"Please spare us, young master! " the men pled
"If you tell me who sent you, I ll consider it". I asked with a vicious smile.
"It was your stepm"---the men's speech was interrupted by my punch to his head.. as I felt emotions disturbing my tought process.
I felt like blacking out, barely keeping my consciousness, all I could see is red, my punches started being thrown and by the time I came back to reality, the 4 men were reduced to a pulp, one of them dying by Kas's fangs.
I threw up instantly, but my soul was filled with another sentiment..hatred
..
[Congrats!
The User has unlocked another Tamer Skill!
-Madness-
The host doubles his stats or his monster's stats at the cost of sanity.
]
I looked around to make sure nobody was watching, then decided to get out of there.
When I reached home, Alice greeted me at the doorstep:
"Young master , how has your day been?"
Alice asked curiously.
Although I appreciated her efforts, I felt disgusted by the state of mind I was in, I responded starkly:
"It was fine, just a little tiring."
"Young master, let me bring you today's dish, Apprentice Crocodile Meat and Spirit Rice, then I'll heat up the water for your bath.."
I fed Kas some of my food to fill his stomach and got a system notification.
[Kas- White Eyed Snake
[Baby(sealed)
Level 2
Health : 40/40
Str: 1,8
Agi: 2
Int : 2,1
S P : 2(Bound to master)
Exp:0/400
Length: 12 cm
Wide: 0,6 cm
Bloodline:White eyed-snake(97%), Chaos Snake(2,9%),...,(0,0⁰⁰⁰⁰¹)Chaos Dragon
Compatibility:99,83%
Abilities: Language understanding lvl 1, Venom Bite Lvl 2, Coiling Strike Lvl 1
]
[Daily Mission completed!
Bond has increased! 90->91]
I decided to speed up my leveling in order to exact my revenge, I felt asleep shortly after taking a bath.
[Daily Mission:
1. Defeat a Lvl 2 monster!
Reward: 20 xp, exp voucher
2.Defeat a Mini-boss!(Hard)
Reward: 100 xp, Bronze Tamer Talent Box]
First thing in the morning, I grabbed breakfast and went to the Martial School, not intending to attend classes, but straight to the Mission Billboard.
Picked up 2 E rank missions, on the first location, The Green Incident Area, Everlasting Forest- One could find beasts ranging from Baby to Apprentice, or in levels , from 1- 10.
My Mission is to kill 15 Wombats. I should take it slowly and gather some materials that may fetch me a few academy points.
As I started picking up some alluring greeneries, I encountered my first target
[Wombat
Lvl 4
Hp:70/70
Str 3.5
Agi 4
Int 1
S.P 0.2
Skills: Claw Slash lvl 4, Fast Roll lvl 2
]
I hinted Kas to approach it slowly, and by the time the wombat entered an alertness status, Kas had already put his fangs at work, causing the wombat to fall back.
[Kas used Venom Fang lvl 2]
[Target is poisoned]
[-15 hp...-1hp...-1hp...-1hp..]
The wombat slashed at Kas, ripping some of his flesh.
[-18 hp]
[Danger! Kas is bleeding]
I didnt hesitate and I activated the new Madness Skill, which doubled my stats for 30 seconds.
I used a pill on Kas, then used the new Mastered Animal Stance to launch a punch onto the attacking wombat.
[-13 hp]
Then I hit him with a spinning back kick.
[-17 hp]
The Wombat fell into a daze and I ended the fight with a punch, putting the wombat's fur into my inventory.
[Wombat
0/70]
The system's notification could be heard.
[Congrats! The user has defeated an higher-leveled opponent
User has received x2 exp: +80
User has received title: Cross-level Fighter]
[Cross-Level Fighter
- when host is in a disadvantaged position, his status receives a boost from 10 to 30%.]
[Daily Mission 1 Completed!
Host has received Exp Voucher, 20 xp]
This fight was a little too close, I need to use all my powers and not play pig eat tiger.
System, equip title Cross-Level Fighter.
[Title equipped]
I waited for our injuries to heal, eating a few jerkies I prepared beforehand.
I could see smaller Wombats in distance, and prepared myself to fight any sole enemy.
[Wombat
Lvl 3
Str 2
Agi 2.7
Int 0.3
S.P 1
]
Is the stats I could read as I prepped myself for the next fight.
Kas followed closely, his vision locked in for any danger I was not aware of.
The wombat rushed at me but I defeated it much easier than the higher leveled one.
It seems that their stats are not fixed, but multiple variables may change them.
...half a day later....
After I finished my mission it was already a couple of hours past noon, already feeling a lot stronger than before..
Things are about to get fun.