My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

To rank up a major level, the experience points needed were naturally a lot greater compared to the previous rank.

From his calculation, to advance from Iron Star 8 to Iron Star 9, he only needs about 2500 experience points.

However, to advance from Iron Star 9 to Bronze Star 1, he needs to gain a whopping 7000 experience points.

It was more than twice the amount of the previous requirement, making the breakthrough to a major considerably hard and requires a lot of effort.

Totaling all the experience points he gained all the way from being an Unranked to Iron Star 9, the total might even be a little less compared to the current requirement.

Still, seeing the current requirement, Lucas did not feel that much of a pressure.

Considering that he just earned a whopping 6504 experience points just a while ago, the 7000 requirement did not seem so daunting anymore to him.

Not to mention, after his grimoire evolved to Iron Grade, the experience points he gained would no longer be reduced to a mere 1 percent. As an Iron Grade, he would receive a total of 5 percent from the overall experience points after killing a beast.

An increase of 4 percent might not be a lot, but for Lucas, this was the same as increasing his harvest more than five times compared to his previous earnings.

For example, if Spot had killed the Tri-Colored Finch after his grimoire evolved to Iron Grade, instead of just earning 376 experience points, he would instead receive over 2000 experience points.

Over two thousand experience points, if they could repeat it at least four times, wouldn't that mean that he would be able to advance to Bronze Star 1 just like that?

Higher-grade grimoires were indeed terrifying.

Of course, dreaming about it was one thing, but with their current strength, Lucas did not think that he and his beast would be able to hunt a Gold Grade-Bronze Star 2 beast, let alone a Silver Grade-Bronze Star 9 beast like Asher's contracted beast.

The previous two kills were truly just due to luck and him being able to fish in troubled waters.

Anyway, with Spot's record of being able to kill beasts of a higher star rank and grade than him, and with the Mirage Worm's help, Lucas thought that they should be able to amass 7000 experience points quite quickly.

Speaking of Spot, Lucas turned to look at the second and third pages of his grimoire to see the details of his beasts.

[Beast Name: Gentle Dog

Grade: Unranked

Rank: Iron Star 5

Skills: Gentle Gaze, Hellhound Manifestation, Sharp Claw, Soft Bark

Gentle Gaze:...

Hellhound Manifestation:...

Sharp Claw:...

Soft Bark:...]

[Beast Name: Mirage Worm

Grade: Iron Grade

Rank: Iron Star 3

Skills: Camouflage, Silk Mirage, Unhindered Stealth

Camouflage:...

Silk Mirage:...

Unhindered Stealth:...

]

There were no changes in the Mirage Worm's details. Its rank was still at Iron Star 3, and there were no additional skills in its description.

As for Spot, his rank has now been elevated to Iron Star 5. There were no additional skills in his arsenal, so Lucas assumed that he had ranked up due to the nutritious meats he had eaten.

All those meats were from a higher level and star rank beasts to him. Consuming a lot of them allowed Spot to elevate his rank by one minor rank.

It just takes a while, but if they pursue this method, even if Spot does not learn any new skills, he would still be able to rank up swiftly and not be left behind by Lucas' rank by that much.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Done with his inspection, Lucas began to examine his current state.

To his surprise, most of his injuries had actually been healed already.

After thinking about it, Lucas attributed it to the feedback he received from the grimoire after he ranked up multiple levels in a row.

Theoretically, what an Unranked Grade grimoire could provide him during a rank-up was minimal and negligible at best. However, since he ranked up multiple times in a row, it caused the negligible to become substantial, and his injuries healed in the process as a result.

Clenching his fist, Lucas also realized that his strength and physical body seemed to have increased by a lot.

In his estimate, he should now be able to fight Iron Grade-Iron Star 2-4 beasts head-on with little to no worries.

As a mere human, being able to fight an Iron Star 2-4 beast head-on was already a significant achievement.

After he was done with examining the state of his body, Lucas returned his attention to his surroundings.

It was dark and silent. The stars and the moon illuminated the grassy plain, but the lights they provided were only enough for Lucas to see a few meters ahead.

Just like in the afternoon, there were no visible threats that he could hear and see around him.

It seems that he was truly sent to a relatively safer area this time around.

Lucas was delighted at the thought of it.

However, just to be safe, Lucas decided to summon Spot.

As Spot emerged, Lucas hurriedly looked at his profile and saw that his Spiritual Energy was only reduced by 8 compared to the previous 11.

The effects of the Grimoire talent were indeed significant and were of great use.

Being an Iron Grade Grimoire holder, the amount of Spiritual Energy he now possesses was a staggering 199—more than double compared to when his grimoire was still Unranked.

With that in mind, he would now be able to summon Spot for twelve four hours straight without much of a burden.

As an Iron Grade Grimoire user, his Spiritual Energy recovery speed had naturally increased as well. If he rested and recovered his Spiritual Energy from time to time, it was not impossible to maintain Spot's summoning twenty-four seven.

As for the Mirage Worm, Lucas did not think about summoning it for a long period of time. It was an Iron Grade beast, and the amount of Spiritual Energy it consumed was absurdly high for Lucas. At the very least, though, summoning it for one to two hours would not be a problem.

Laying down on the grassy field once more, Lucas allowed Spot to hop on his chest and ordered him to guard while he slept.

During sleep, a summoner would also recover some Spiritual Energy, albeit by a low amount compared to proactively meditating to recover them.

Ignoring the churning of his stomach, Lucas drifted to sleep.

Morning came a few hours later.

Lucas opened his eyes as the color of lilac illuminated the distant horizon.

Having determined the general cardinal directions once more, Lucas began to plan his next course of action.

The field of grass might be safe and pose no visible danger for the time being, but Lucas knew that he should not stay in this place for long.

At this time, he no longer harbored the desire of going home as quickly as possible.

A week had already gone by since he was sent here.

No matter what kind of plan Asher and his group were plotting before, all of it must have been initiated by now. regardless of whether Asher was there or not.

Lucas sighed, hoping that the damage would not be that great.

Even though he was not a saint, Lucas still felt disheartened at the fact of his classmates being killed by Asher's group.

Having done his best, Lucas naturally did not feel a deep sense of guilt.

Knowing that he could no longer do anything about it, he decided to focus on the survival at hand.

Even if he could not return this week to potentially save his classmates, Lucas still did not give up on returning.

No matter how many weeks, months, or years it might take. Lucas vowed that he must return and see his parents once more.

Lucas sat up and put Spot over his head as he stood up with some difficulty.

He then began walking toward the west as he took a quick glance at his remaining Spiritual Energy after a whole night of maintaining Spot's summoning duration.

"Still over a hundred left."

His natural recovery seemed to have increased a great deal after his grimoire evolved to Iron Grade as well.

After a while, Lucas felt his stomach burning due to being famished.

The abomination beast had struck early in the morning yesterday before he could eat anything.

His meat strips were also stored in the flayed skin bag, which he had stored and hid in another tree; hence, he no longer has any food to consume at this moment.

Fortunately, he had always carried the other bag with him, so it was sent out of the dungeon along with him yesterday.

Walking forward, Lucas picked up the bag and determined the items that remained inside.

Aside from the loss of some items, Lucas did not discover anything significant that was lost.

The water canteen, which only had half of its contents filled with water, was heavily dented on the side. Although it did not crack and was still usable, the amount of water that could be stored was significantly lower than before.

Fortunately, anticipating something like this to happen, he had stored the Flame-Mane Lion's mane and tail inside the leather bag.

Although he still doesn't have any food to cook, at least he already has a fire ready in case food appears.

In this vast field of grass, though, Lucas did not expect to find any food soon.

After a few hours of walking, though, in the distance, Lucas finally saw some trees.