Lyney was really serious. He was just casually teasing him. And looking at Lyney, he was only Level 20, not as strong as the Level 59 monster before. It was just a scratch-fest, and he was only ten levels below him.
"An archer who also does close-quarters combat. This time I was careless; I didn't dodge," Alex, aching all over, grumbled from behind.
"Lynette, wait for me! When I defeat Lyney, you'll be mine!" Alex cried out, the unwilling roar of a loser.
Lyney turned around, and then… "Hey, hey, hey! Dad, stop hitting me! Your son was wrong." It wasn't until Alex called Lyney "Dad" and admitted he was his son that Lyney, unable to bear it, stopped attacking.
"Haha, serves him right, calling someone 'Dad'." Furina watched Alex get beaten by Lyney, feeling a sense of relief. Who told him to call her his wife earlier?
"Oh, what's the big deal? When I'm stronger than him, I'll be his grandpa!" Alex whispered to Furina this time.
"Ye! Ye!!"
Alex had just finished speaking to Furina when he realized someone was repeating the last two words he said, "grandpa."
Alex looked over. A Hydro Hilichurl Rogue holding a scythe was not far from him.
Over 1.8 meters tall, with robust muscles. Two pairs of horns, and a cape draped over its shoulders.
Alex suddenly regretted his previous idea of not catching Hilichurls. Now he thought he could catch a Rogue from among the Hilichurls.
"Surprise after surprise!" Lyney suddenly spoke, beginning to attack the wild monster.
"Hold on a minute! Don't give me any more surprises! Let go of that Rogue! Let me catch it!" Alex summoned his water orb and threw it out.
"Capture failed. Capture failed… failed."
Alex was not just in physical pain anymore; now his heart began to ache too.
What's going on? Alex delivered a big slap to the Hydro Hilichurl Rogue. Then he tried to catch it again, but it still showed "Capture failed."
"contract! Activate!" Alex tried to use the contract again.
"Target does not meet minimum intelligence standards."
Alex looked at the Rogue in front of him, whose level wasn't high, only Level 12, but its HP bar was quite thick, still at 90% HP.
He remembered a setting: "Surprise, Lyney."
Annoyed at having his attack interrupted, and also wanting to witness firsthand what Lynette had just said about Alex being able to control monsters, Lyney went on strike: "You fight it yourself. Didn't you want to catch it?"
Alex, on strike from one, looked at the other: "Help me, Kitty Fairy, Lynette!"
"Kitty Fairy, no response." Lynette spoke, but it was as good as not speaking.
Alex silently looked at Furina, then activated his ultimate skill.
Just now, Alex had discovered something that was not quite the same as in the game. That is, when he took DMG, his ultimate skill's energy would also slowly increase.
It was originally an empty ultimate, but it was somehow filled up.
Alex felt that this Hydro Hilichurl Rogue took DMG differently from ordinary Hilichurls. Perhaps it had high HP, plus the Hydro element had a certain resistance reduction against it, since it could also control the Hydro element.
"Yeye!" The Hydro Hilichurl Rogue screamed.
"Grandson, your grandpa is here. Do you submit, do you submit!" Alex, pinning it to the ground, began to continuously slap the Rogue.
Perhaps its HP also dropped a bit from being slapped; in any case, Alex still succeeded in capturing it.
"Haha, it really is related to HP! I had to slap it until it had ten HP left to succeed." Alex was happy to have caught the monster, but he really hadn't expected that the skill didn't mention the capture probability, thinking it would be a guaranteed catch every time.
Or perhaps this was considered an elite monster, so the capture difficulty was high? Maybe so, after all, the few monsters Alex had caught before were all ordinary monsters.
Alex controlled the Hydro Hilichurl Rogue, making it stand up. Then he had it follow him to stand before the three.
Lyney looked at the obedient Rogue. His eyes were wide with surprise; this was information worth reporting.
"What are HP and ten HP?" Furina wasn't so surprised to see Alex succeed in catching it, but she was a bit confused by the terms Alex used.
"It's like I have a data-tracking eye. The monster's status can all be displayed. HP is its life status; when HP reaches 0, it dies."
"Understood." Furina nodded, "Then how much HP do I have?"
"None, none of you have any." Alex shook his head. This was very strange; they didn't show HP bars, so he couldn't kill them.
Alex had only discovered this problem when fighting Lyney; Lyney hadn't displayed an HP bar.