Speed Is King

"How many?" Elliot dumbly repeated his question in surprise. "Uh… At my current level, twenty five more. But the more I tame, the stronger I will get, so that number will probably go up."

"Excellent! Excellent!" Brock grunted and snorted in excitement. "Twenty five is enough. I will bring you on a grand tour around the country, and I will help you subdue all the giant, half-rotten ancients that I know of. In fact, if we gather enough giant beasts, we might even be strong enough to subdue THAT particular beast. HA HA HA! HA HA HA HA HA!"

Elliot stared at Brock who was laughing gleefully with a strange look on his face. "Somehow, this old dude reminds me of myself." He mumbled to himself as his eyes strayed to the giant anaconda's carcass.

"AH! I need to harvest its poison sac to be able to craft the antidote!" Elliot cried out. "Damn I almost forgot. Hey Brock! Stop laughing and help me cut out its venom sac! I'll need it to craft the antidote for you when I get stronger."

"AH right! Let me do that now!" Brock replied enthusiastically and immediately went to work.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

"How much of the venom do I need, Hawk?"

[Just a single drop will do.]

Elliot took out the vial that contained the Generic Anti Venom Potion before and nodded his head slightly. "I should be able to store at least ten drops here. Perfect."

After storing ten drops of the anaconda's venom, Elliot glanced at the rest of the massive carcass.

"It seems like such a waste to leave this carcass behind. Is there any way that I could somehow make use of it, Hawk?" Elliot asked.

[Affirmative. There should be a beast core in an Extra Large Beast such as this Hell Venom Anaconda. Additionally, consuming its venom and an anti-venom immediately after would render you immune to most other poisons.]

"Beast core! Brock! There is a Beast core within the snake! Please find it and dig it out!" Elliot told Brock.

"Beat core? Ho ho ho! So this anaconda has risen to such a high level! To think that I was able to defeat it so easily! I must be really powerful and formidable to be able to fight above my grade! Mwa ha ha ha!" Brock laughed gleefully as he praised himself to the heavens.

"Uhhhh… Hawk, does signing a contract make the beast more like me? How come I feel like he is becoming more and more shameless like me…" Elliot asked.

[Negative. Your soul power is not yet strong enough to cause a bleed-over effect on Brock's soul.]

"I see…" Elliot replied doubtfully. But he let the matter rest for the moment.

As he watched Brock dismantle the anaconda's body starting from its head, Elliot was struck by a sudden bout of curiosity about the snake's stats.

He nicked another small hole in his palm and pressed it to the snake carcass's many wounds.

A closed mind space did not descend, but the snake's stats did appear.

Beast Type: Hell Venom Anaconda

Beast Name: Hissss

Gender: Female

Beast Level: 81

Beast Power Level: 80

Beast Grade: Rare

Beast Bloodline: Serpent Emperor

Beast Physical Status: Dead

Beast Emotional Status: N/A

Hobby: Sleeping

Evolution Pathways: 2

Skills:

Level 8 Body Crush - Deal 400% crush damage

Level 5 Venomous Bite - Deal 250% more bite damage and heavily poisons the target

AI Comments: An extremely ancient and large Anaconda who had managed to live on planet earth undetected for many long years. It is extremely venomous and had used its venom to kill its ancient enemies many times.

"Serpent Emperor bloodline? Hmmm. Maybe I should store its blood so I can use it if I ever find a snake beast with the same bloodline to tame." Elliot thought to himself. "Now, how do I store its blood? Hawk, can you give me an empty vial?"

[Negative. Miscellaneous item Empty Vial is available for purchase for 1 point. Purchase?]

"Uhhh… What a stingy system. Fine, give me five empty vials then." Elliot grumbled. He quickly stored the Hell Venom Anaconda's blood in the vials and kept the vials safely alongside its venom.

As he turned his attention back to Brock, he was slightly shocked to see that Brock was actually eating the Hell Venom Anaconda!

"Om nom nom." Brock chomped on the snake meat hungrily.

"Hey! Ah, well. You might as well eat it." Elliot sighed. "In fact, Ellie! Rex! Come on out and eat! It's time to feast!"

Ellie and Rex quickly came out.

"Master? Oooh that's a big dead snake. Can I eat it?" Ellie asked.

FOOD! BIG FOOD! EAT?

"Go! Eat it! Hey wolves and hawks, you guys go and eat some too!" Elliot told them.

Within seconds, eleven wolves, two bears, two hawks and a kitten were feasting on snake meat.

"Now, let's assign my points. After gaining 4 levels, I got 40 points, less the 5 I used to buy the vials. Stingy ass system. I think I need to increase my stats so that I can gain personal strength also. I can't always depend on my summons and pets. Let's see… 10 into strength, 10 into luck, 10 into intellect and 5 into endurance! Go for it, hawk!"

[Acknowledged. Updating stats]

Character Name: Elliot Musk

Current Level: 14

HP: 1400/1400

Current Experience: 400/1400

Strength: 1.6

AI Comment: Much stronger than the average human being. Can survive a fight with two monkey. Barely. Not that you'll ever get into a fight with them. They LOVE you!

Intellect: 1.7

AI Comment: Much smarter than the average human being. Monkeys will worship you as their God of Intelligence.

Endurance: 1.0

AI Comment: At the level of the average human being. Monkeys canl outrun you anyday.

Reflexes: 1.3

AI Comment: Much faster reaction speed than the average human being. Almost as fast as a monkey.

Looks: 0.6

AI Comment: Uglier than the average human being. Definitely uglier than a monkey.

Emotional health: 0.4

AI Comment: Love tank almost empty. Sicker than the average human being. Let's not even mention the monkey to avoid host's emotional health from dropping further.

Mental health: 0.4

AI Comment: Borderline psychopath.Crazier than the average human being. Totally nuts compared to a monkey.

Beast Affinity: 0.01

Sub Affinity with Monkeys and Apes: 2

AI Comment: Even a gentle cow being butchered would take the time and effort to spit at you. Stay away from animals. ALL animals, except monkeys and apes. They LOVE you!

Luck: 2.1

AI comment: Much luckier than the average human being. If you're a monkey, you'll find bananas to eat every week AND new monkey partners to ehem every day!

Overall: 0.62

AI Comment: You don't need help anymore. But you're not in a place to help others either"

Available points: 0

Skills

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

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

[Level 11 Summon Wolf - Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary common wolf.]

[Level 3 Summon Hawk - Active skill which allows you to summon and control 3 temporary common hawks.]