"I need a bag to carry a living beast without it suffocating".
The Frost Crane stood on top of a boulder that morning as he looked at the sun rise from the east. The golden glow brightening his face also brightened his mind.
His short white hair embraced his head more tightly as the morning breeze blew from the sea, the sounds of the sea waves also reached his ears.
Today was the D-Day of their escape.
On hearing what the kid now renowned as the Young Nightmare said, he nodded and without a word led him to his cave where he brought out the aforementioned bag to carry a living beast.
Once Legs got his hands on the special bag, he was about to turn around to leave but he hesitated, drawing the attention of the Frost Crane in the process.
"Do you need anything else?"
"Actually, yes". Legs took a deep breath.
For the past 2 days after he became a Grade E Summoner, though he did not have the chance to be friends with the Frost Crane, both of them already cooperated enough to understand and respect each other.
Legs finally spoke. "I want to buy a subss from you".
The Frost Crane kept quiet for 10 seconds before he finally spoke. "What is the payment?"
"I''ll owe you a favor". Legs said this with all seriousness.
After the past 2 days, he already ssified the Frost Crane as an intelligent superhuman. If the Frost Crane was as intelligent as he thought, then he would surely know that making him owe a favor was a great opportunity.
At just 15 years old, he was already such a monstrous and intelligent Summoner, only God knew what he would be at 20.
Like Legs expected, the Frost Crane was indeed intelligent.
He equally spoke with all seriousness. "Can I trust your word on this?"
"Yes".
The Frost Crane nodded. "I have 2 subsses, the Beast Tamer subss and Agent subss".
"Do you want one of both or the 2?"
Legs made his decision instantly. "I''ll take the Agent subss".
Again, Legs got to see the personal collection of the Frost Crane. His decision to choose the Agent subss was not made on a whim, he made the decision because he understood the benefits that it could bring.
In the early stages, due to their weak personal strength, Summoners mostly made up with subsses and was what Legs intended to do.
In this escape battle, he knew that he needed abat subss.
The Frost Crane opened his leather box and brought out a pamphlet. Once Legs ced his hands on the pamphlet, his virtual game interface lit up.
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Sub ss has been detected: Agent
Learning Agent Sub ss, wait…, knowledge learned!
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You have acquired a new Sub ss: Agent
You have received the following bonuses: +8 Strength, +5 Dexterity, +4 Vitality
You have acquired the Passive Abilities: Marksman, Martial Artist
You have acquired the Active Ability: Combat Master
[Passive Abilities:]
- Marksman: Your natural aiming ability has improved. You now have higher uracy when using any ranged weapon.
- Martial Artist: Your natural physicalbat ability has improved. When fighting hand-to-handbat, you''ll have the instincts and reactions of a proven veteran martial artist.
[Active Ability:]
- Combat Master: When activated, +10% hand-to-handbat proficiency, +10% reaction speed, +5% pain resistance, and +20% Uppercut damage.
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The Frost Crane eyed the young warrior. "Subsses take a long time to understand, learn, and master, you can''t possibly be thinking of learning it now, right?"
Legs raised his head to look the Frost Crane in the eye and sighed inwardly as he remembered a meme from his previous world. "Comrades without knowledge, they don''t know what''s going on, they don''t know…"
He fought hard to suppress his pity for the Frost Crane. "That''s impossible of course," heughed. "I''ll learn it after we escape".
"Then I''m relieved". The Frost Crane smiled.
The Frost Crane was about to motion for them to leave but Legs smiled. After having the Frost Crane open his leather box already, leaving like that would be too simple for him, he was too experienced to leave empty-handed.
"Please, can I just look through your catalog of books?"
The Frost Crane''s eyes narrowed as his aura instantly turned aggressive but Legs raised his hands in surrender. "Easy, easy…, I''m not opening them, I just want to look at their titles, won''t even take 5 seconds".
The Frost Crane relented a bit but he remained vignt. "And what do you expect to gain?"
"Let''s just call it getting pointers from a senior in the Summoner field. Just seeing the title of your books may help me a lot in my journey as a Summoner".
In the end, after much sweet-talking, the Frost Crane relented. Legs grinned as he started picking the books, 2 minutester, his interface lit up.
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Basic Summoner ss knowledge has been detected: Beast Trainer
Learning Basic Summoner ss knowledge…, knowledge learned!
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Rare Book has been discovered: Introduction to Beast Summoning
Learning Book knowledge…, knowledge learned!
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Rare Book has been discovered: Tips on being a Great Summoner
Learning Book knowledge…, knowledge learned!
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You have learned 2 Rare Summoner Books
You have gained +10 Intelligence
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4 minutester, Legs turned to face the Frost Crane with a smile as he handed over his books and pamphlets back to him.
Seeing that the kid kept to his words, the Frost Crane heaved a sigh of relief as he took his books back. "You''re really a trustworthy warrior".
"I guess I am". Legs smiled shamelessly.
Legs turned to leave. "See you in 30 minutes, and may God help us".
"See you". The Frost Crane nodded with a slight smile.
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On returning to his cave, only Lucky was in the cave still unconscious, Predator was nowhere to be found as Legs sighed, exasperated.
The hot-blooded Nightmare Beast seemed to feel needles pricking its butt, it almost never stayed in one ce, always feeling that itch to explore and hunt.
After his visit to the Rock territory and his gains this morning, Legs was happy but this was not the end of his preparations for the escape.
He still had onest thing to do which was to exhaust the gathered experience points that he gained over the past few weeks.
To really grow, all superhumans needed main sses and sub-sses. Without any ss, superhumans who awakened the super gene could only level up to level 10 before their growth was capped.
To level up further, they needed main sses and sub-sses.
It was after getting his main ss and subss that Legs could level up further. 1 level for the main ss equaled an overall level up, but 2 levels for a subss was what equaled an overall level up for a superhuman.
Legs''s Summoner main ss had 10 levels and his Beast Tamer subss had 20 levels. At level 20 now, he already leveled his Beast Tamer sub-ss to level 12 which was equivalent to 6 levels in his overall level up.
As for his Summoner main ss, he already leveled it to level 4. After each level up, the experience points required to level up increased.
After removing his deficit over the past few weeks, his grind alongside his pet and his contracted beast was able to amass him 15,000 experience points.
Now, Legs was ready to splurge them all.
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2200 Experience points have been deducted
You have leveled your Summoner main ss once to level 5
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3400 Experience points have been deducted
You have leveled your Summoner main ss once to level 6
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1200 Experience points have been deducted
You have leveled your Beast Tamer sub-ss once to level 13
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1700 Experience points have been deducted
You have leveled your Beast Tamer sub-ss once to level 14
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400 Experience points have been deducted
You have leveled up your Agent subss once to level 2
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600 Experience points have been deducted
You have leveled up your Agent subss once to level 3
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After consecutive level-ups, Legs finally exhausted all his experience points with his Summoner main ss sitting at level 6, his Beast Tamer subss sitting at level 15, and his Agent subss sitting at level 6.
His overall level was now level 30.
Legs''s attributes now looked like this.
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[Attributes:]
Strength: 188
Dexterity: 101
Vitality: 95
Intelligence: 62
Mystery: 48
Charm: 38
Luck: 1
Health Points [HP]: 2,800/2,800
Mana Points [MP]: 2,200/2,200
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Legs was now ready for battle.
He stuffed Lucky in the breathable bag and mounted Predator before leaving to the arranged location where he saw the other criminals already gathered. There, they waited.
An hourter, Mountain Toads were sighted swimming toward the ind.