Speed Is King

As before, a swirling grey mist appeared out of nowhere and disappeared as quickly as it came, revealing in its place a big, grey wolf.

Immediately, Elliot asserted his will over the wolf, preventing him from howling or making any large movements.

The wolf obeyed and simply sat on its haunches, keeping both Elliot and the Hawk well within its sights.

Elliot looked at both his wolf and hawk proudly. “Excellent. With these two, I definitely can kill lots of beasts and gain more levels, and more skills and stats, and more levels and’¦ Mwa ha ha ha! I could definitely do well in the apocalypse! What a great system! Having two Diamond Sponsors is really great! Hahahaha! HAHAHAHA!”

Elliot spent the next few minutes just laughing to his heart’s content.

Pure confidence oozed out of his every pore, and he knew for certain that he would be able to not only survive the apocalypse, but also rise to the very top using his knowledge of the future and the Beast Taming System!

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“See?” The Monkey King grinned at the Void Walker. “He hadn’t even discovered the real strength of the system, and already he’s praising it. Wait till he finds out what skills he can learn once he reaches level 25’¦ Hahaha!”

“Hahaha!” The Void Walker laughed happily as well. “If he does well, we do well! I’m really glad he secured you as his Diamond Sponsor back then. It was such a close thing too. If he didn’t accidentally piss off the Red Eyed Demon gang members, then he definitely wouldn’t have taken such a great risk by challenging the Speed Devil to the one on one race which won him the right to choose another Diamond Sponsor. And to think he chose you!”

“He truly is a lucky person. Still, I find it truly strange how his luck stat was not even unlocked. I was expecting to see a luck stat of at least 5 points, considering the heaven defying luck he exhibited.” Monkey King frowned lightly as he pondered the strangeness of the situation. “If he is so lucky even with his luck stat still locked, then that could only mean one thing’¦”

Void Walker frowned lightly as well before widening her eyes in surprise. “No way’¦ He couldn’t be’¦”

“Yes, I think that’s the only plausible explanation. He is the carrier of the advanced stat: Fortune.”

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“What should I do with my remaining 20 points? Hmmm.” Elliot glanced at his stats and pondered.

“Hawk, show me the shop.” Elliot decided to check out the items available for sale first.

[Acknowledged. Items for sale in the Level 1 Shop:]

[Minor Healing Potion – Heals you for 100 HP] [Cost: 5 points.]

[Cooldown Reduction Potion – Reduces Skill Cooldown by 5 minutes] [Cost: 5 points]

[Minor Attribute Boost Potion – Boosts selected attribute by 1 for 5 minutes] [Cost: 5 points]

[Beast Affinity Boost Potion – Boosts Beast Affinity attribute by 2 for 5 minutes.][Cost: 7 points]

[Small Mystery Box – Contains a random item.] [Cost: 10 points]

“The last time I opened a [Small Mystery Box], I got a [Magic Banana]. It seemed rather useless at first, but considering the effects of the potions, gaining 2 permanent points in affinity with monkeys and apes seems rather good.” Elliot thought out loud. “Let’s try opening one more. Hawk! Get me the [Small Mystery Box] and open it please!”

[Acknowledged.

[Opening Small Mystery Box.]

[Received 1x Large Beast Lure.]

“Hmmm? Large Beast Lure? Hawk, show me its description.”

[Large Beast Lure. Rare grade. Using this item will lure a Large Beast to your location. Use it with extreme caution.]

“Hohoho. For any other person, this could only work as a final resort in a desperate situation. But with me’¦ I can use it and then try to tame it!” Elliot’s eyes shone brightly.

The ferocious beasts that the aliens would unleash later on would all be extremely large. Some even hunt in packs. If he could somehow tame a large beast, it would increase the chances of his survival greatly.

“What kind of beast falls under the Large category?”

[Large beasts are above 1,000 kilograms but below 5,000 kilograms.]

“Five’¦ What the heck? How on earth am I supposed to tame such a huge beast? Elliot’s jaw dropped. His mind raced for a moment as he tried to think of strategies. As his eyes landed on his wolf, he suddenly thought of an idea.

“Wolf packs are formidable. They should be able to take down a Large Beast if they worked together. Plus if they have help from a hawk, or several hawks’¦” Elliot murmured.

“Hawk, show me my skill descriptions.”

[Acknowledged.]

[Level 1 Beast Taming Aura – Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.2.]

[Next level – Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.4.]

[Next level cost – 5 points]

[Level 1 Summon Beasts – Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 tamed beast up to the Medium category.]

[Next level – Active skill which allows you to summon and control 4 tamed beasts up to the Medium category.]

[Next level cost – 5 points]

[Level 1 Summon Wolf – Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary common wolf.]

[Next level – Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 temporary common wolves.]

[Next level cost – 5 points]

[Level 1 Summon Hawk – Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary common hawk]

[Next level – Active skill which allows you to summon and control 2 temporary common hawks]

[Next level cost: 5 points]

“If I want to summon 11 wolves, I’ll need 50 points, right Hawk?”

[Affirmative.]

Elliot nodded.. “That’s settled then. My goal for today – reach level 9, summon 11 wolves and 1 hawk, and then tame the Large Beast!”