"I know it had just been weeks since I left this place but man, it feels like a lifetime." Sean mutters while looking at the place.
"I think that I'll bring Wuk here to see his former playmates." He chuckles before bringing Jericho in the largest place inside this shop.
An underground forest that copies some of the features of the Outside.
"I only had ever been in this place once, fortunately I have Priscel to escort me or else I wouldn't dare to enter this place."
Jericho was startled, he can't help but ask. "What's so special in this place?"
"Mystique creatures are thrown here in order to feel wild, some of them are untamable so they were thrown here in the purpose of breeding or training partners."
Jericho can't help but sucks in a cold breath, this is terrifying.
"Don't worry, since this is a pet shop, all the mystique creatures here are still in their juvenile and growth phase, the adults are turned into foods."
This is the first time Jericho heard of this and he was taken aback.
Showing his vitality as a bronze ranker, the two of them were let inside under Priscel's confirmation.
Most mystique creatures cowers when they senses his killing intent.
But one of them didn't, a wolf was growling at them, its eyes are full of defiance.
"Let me introduce you to one of this store special product, a variant forest wolf that carries metal element." Jericho's eyes widened when he heard the word "variant" being mentioned.
"This is quite a stubborn wolf, once it became an adult, this store will sell it to evolution planners, knowing what this profession does, you can already imagine what's in store for its future."
Jericho clenches his fist, he wants to own this mystique creature, the way it looks at him and its own uniqueness made it quite appealing to him.
Sean smirks when he sees the fervent eyes of his friend. "Don't underestimate it, in all the growth phase mystique creature, it's considered as the strongest in this shop."
Jericho nods his head and says something that shocked Sean greatly. "You can leave, I want to persuade this mystique creature by myself."
"Are you sure? This will put you in danger, you just recently broken through, you're no match against this mystique creature." He shakes his head. He's not someone to put a friend in danger.
"Trust on me this, our family always had a legend that we're former beast tamers, our ancestors has the ability to suppress beasts." Licking his lips.
The fur of the wolf suddenly stands up, as if it's facing a greater threat than Sean.
Upon seeing this, Sean was shocked but everyone has their secret, he pats his friend's shoulder and cautions him.
"Be careful, I don't want to lose a friend." He left the place, he was going to try his luck to find his fifth mystique creature.
Suddenly, a person stops him in his walk, with a mischievous smile, she attacks him without any warning.
Sensing the power behind that punch, Sean can't help but smile helplessly.
Titan Body activate!
Jade Skin activate!
Berserk!
Impenetrable Fortress!
BOOM! After receiving the attack, he was forced to take a couple of steps back.
"Wow! Any bronze rankers would be blown away by this attack but to think that you would receive mine forcefully."
The person that attacked him was Priscel, when she heard he visited this place, she immediately went to trouble him.
"Haha, your joke isn't that funny, your attacks would injure anyone of my rank." He shakes his head again, knowing full well of this lady's personality.
"I only attack because it's you." She pouts before linking her arms to his.
"So what are you doing in this place?" She chuckles, teasing him with her sweet voice.
"Trying to find a compatible third mystique creature, my spiritual sense is clearly much greater than those of the same rank, making it possible for me to barely sign a contract with a third mystique creature." Hearing this, Priscel's eyes widens.
Such cases were rare but not zero, it can only happen to those that can be considered as supreme geniuses or Spiritual Tamer.
"Wait, third? Don't tell me that you really signed a contract with that Spirit Fox?" She remembers that he bought a Spirit Fox in their store.
"Yes, I feel that it's fated with me so when I reach bronze rank, I immediately signed a contract with it." He casually says.
"What!? How can you waste such a precious spot in your soul!?" She was taken aback.
Sean laughs out loud. "Because I feel she's fated with me, I don't care of her origin or potential, I sign a contract with those that I feel compatible with or at least fun to have with."
Priscel stops and looks at him deeply, she can't help but ask. "Is it the same for that monkey."
Sean didn't answer and just smiles, seeing him like this, she hurriedly pulls him towards a certain direction.
They arrive at a large pond, there are numerous mystique creatures swimming around it.
Priscel takes one of the turtles in the pond, it was the smallest one amongst its group.
"This is one of our newest catch of mystique creatures, they are called Water Arrow Turtles, they are known to be good swimmers and can be used as both physical and elemental damage dealers." Sean was a bit surprised, he didn't know this shop sell these.
"Are they the new product this shop wants to unveil?" He asks, touching the shell of the small turtle.
"Yes, unlike the dojos and such, we will thrive after the upcoming new rules the Federation will implement." Sean agrees to this.
"So the shop is buying more varieties of mystique creatures for the students to choose from?" He asks, this is great news, once his family becomes Spiritual Tamer, he can bring them here to choose their mystique creatures.
"Yes, this is one of the new products bought by the Evergreen Family from a well known evolution planner, unfortunately, they're considered as defective products." She says patting the turtle who wiggles its shell for her.
"Defective? I might not know and had seen any Water Arrow Turtles but I do know they look healthy." He doesn't mention that his spiritual sense already felt that they're bursting with vitality.
"Yes, in fact, other than this little one, every Water Arrow Turtle in this pond is bigger than their normal counterparts." Priscel shares.
"The evolution planner that sold them to us explained that they are supposed to evolve into a new evolutionary line but failed but none of us are surprised, after all, he actually wanted to nurture them with the bloodline of an Island Dragon Whale."
Sean was shocked, if these turtles are already bigger than their counterparts, then, how can they manage to inherit the bloodline of such a large beast.
He heard about them, Island Dragon Whale, the evolve version of the Island Whale.
They are dozen of times bigger than their pre-evolution form, the size of a city.
What kind of madman would actually dare to fuse such two creatures.
'Wait! Two extremities are considered polar opposites but once combined would actually give a surprising result.' He though about something and was enlightened.
Two extremities.
Hot and cold.
Light and dark.
Gentle and rough.
Soft and hard.
He enters a state of enlightenment, spiritual energy starts pouring into his body as he seems to grasps something but at the same thing not.
Taking a deep breath, he realizes that his body is now filled to the brim with spiritual energy.
'I need to fight! I need to consume meat, my body isn't strong enough to actually realize the theories in my mind.' He thought.
He looks at the turle in the hands of Priscel and asks. "Can I buy this turtle in your hand?"
He doesn't know what benefits he obtained from that sudden enlightenment, all he knows that it's good for him.
Since that's the case, he feels fated with the turtle on Priscel's hand.
She was shocked to hear his words, she can't help but asks. "Are you truly willing to buy this turtle?"
"I don't want to trick you but this is the most defective siblings amongst the bunch, it can't even be called a Water Arrow Turtle because it can't form water arrows."
The turtle in her hands suddenly bites her finger after hearing her words.
Sean's eyes brightens when he sees its reaction.
What an intelligent mystique creature! It can actually understand them.
"I'm liking you more and more, then in the unbelieving eyes of Priscel, he signs a contract with it." He laughs out loud.
The systems then notifies him that the mystique creature he signed a contract with is actually a new species and he can name it.
[Do you wish to see the description of the mystique creature?]
Sean was taken aback.
[Due to the enlightenment earlier, large amount of spiritual energy is absorbed by the system, none went to the Beast World.]
The system seems to be upgrading and gaining sentience- no! It's more like it's unlocking its functions.
He didn't immediately agrees and looks at Priscel, he doesn't want to see him looking in a daze.
"Thank you for introducing me to this little guy, I like smart mystique creatures." He chuckles.
Priscel was feeling helpless, she didn't expect that he would do this, he was only trying to introduce their brand new products to him.
"Come on, lighten up, if I win the competition, it will also be good for business, after all, all three of my mystique creatures came from this shop."
Priscel can only nods weakly, she hopes that both the Spirit Fox (Jasmine) and the Water Arrow Turtle would not hold him back that much.
She then brings him to the other new mystique creatures they are selling, proudly explaining their origin.
Sean was listening carefully, other than the two bunnies, the rest of his partners came from this shop.
Who knows, maybe he'll find his sixth partner in this place.
They return to the field where they both saw Jericho running with the variant wolf.
"Sean, you're back, told you that I can manage." Jericho rubs his nose as he pats the head of his new partner.
"I also have one but don't tell anyone about it, I want to keep it a secret." Sean warns him before introducing Pangaea, the small turtle.
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Name: Pangaea
Race: Mutated Water Arrow Turtle
Grade: Rare
Rank: Vital Realm (Iron Tier 1)
Type: Earth/Water
Innate Trait: Elemental Shell
Skills: None
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Elemental Shell (Unique): Born from the mutation of two bloodlines. (Currently unusable)
"This little turtle is your third pet beast? You sure are collecting strange mystique creatures." Jericho clicks his tongue, not feeling anything from this turtle.
"My path is different from yours after all, we should celebrate our success, you should call your relatives, we should meet at our usual hangout, also, call those knuckleheads."
Jericho pats his chest and agrees, he can't wait to show off his new pet beast.
"Hey, Priscel, want to come with us?" He asks.
Priscel shakes her head. "I know that it's more his celebration than yours so I think that I shouldn't impose."
"Nonsense! I consider you as a friend, feel free to come, besides, I'm going to invite Dorothy too, I'm just hoping that you won't look down on the shabby restaurant where we're going to celebrate."
"Hahaha! No need, as a high ranker, I don't have that much free time now that almost all high rankers are now active but you can bring Dorothy with you, I'll just ask some of the workers to sub her." She waves her hand dismissively.
Sean looks at her and sighs. "I feel pity for that fellow, now that you're the one in charge, you're definitely going to make his life miserable."
The person he meant was the guy that was always jealous of him being friends with the two girls, he'd always seen them as his, especially Dorothy.