The King of Beast Trainers

Chapter 49 - 43 Three Squirrels_1

"Hey, King of Sudden Death."

"Don't you really wish you had a body covered in hard armor scales?" Nôv(el)B\\jnn

At that moment, the King of Sudden Death was locked in a battle of wits and strength with a wild grasshopper.

It was surprised because, just like Lu Ran had said, hunting grasshoppers had indeed become so easy for it.

Their speed seemed unbearably slow in its eyes.

Their resistance was so feeble against its body that it felt nothing.

Its strength could overwhelm its opponent in an instant and crush them flat.

In just a few minutes, the King of Sudden Death had already eaten three grasshoppers; the intense fight was about to put nearby Mr. Husky to sleep.

"Waka?"

Hearing Lu Ran's voice, the King of Sudden Death poked its head out from the grass.

It carefully pondered the meaning of Lu Ran's words and then emitted another "waka."

[Scales hard, no hurt, scales not hard, sudden death!]

"Uhh..." Lu Ran rubbed his head and continued to ask,

"Why are you so fixated on getting stronger defense? If you had absolute strength and could make the enemies that threaten you die suddenly, wouldn't that work too?"

[Hurt, pain leads to sudden death.]

Lu Ran: "..."

Forget it, No point in communicating with a little simpleton.

He thought he had grasped what the King of Sudden Death meant.

To gain immense strength, even if you could make your opponents die suddenly, there was still the risk of getting hurt and it would be painful.

But with the strongest shield, even if you can't overcome your opponent, they can't do anything to you; ideally, their attacks wouldn't even cause you pain. As long as there's no pain, it would be very comfortable.

Lu Ran didn't quite understand this kind of logic, but considering that the creature was just a lizard with the intellect of a two or three-year-old child and held its own racial preferences, he didn't expect too much from it.

Compared to the King of Sudden Death, Mr. Husky seemed to hold an opposite view.

Despite risking injuries all over, his goal was to ensure the enemy's sudden death, aggression maxed out.

The two of you really compete!

Neither is normal.

Can't you develop more balanced skills?

But indeed, having maxed out defensive power is quite comfortable...

If I used Super Beast Mimicry to become a giant dragon with maxed out defense, I would also be super tough... impervious to enemy attacks.

Couple that with the aggressiveness and speed gleaned from other Pet Beasts, The Strongest Shield could also turn into the strongest spear. Should I also follow this second style of Beast Training?

"You guys keep going." Lu Ran spoke, and then with nothing better to do, he continued to browse the forum.

Strolling and browsing at the same time.

According to Lu Ran's judgment, if the King of Sudden Death only ate regular insects, it would have to eat a lot to be satiated, given that it was now an Extraordinary Being.

Shrink.

Lu Ran suddenly started searching for keywords.

He had just noticed that the forum had recently added a search keyword function.

"Huh?" And when the search results refreshed, Lu Ran was indeed struck by a revelation.

["Help! Why do I see everyone else's Pet Beast increase in size after contracting, but my contracted hedgehog shrunk?"]

Zasini: [Online now! Urgent! I'm entering the Beginner Trial Secret Realm in an hour. Although they said it will be adjusted according to the selected Pet Beast, isn't this too small? Will it work?]

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"Indeed, just like the King of Sudden Death. Let's see if there are any experts who know what's going on," Lu Ran muttered to himself as he quickly read the comments.

There were quite a few replies to this post, and the most upvoted featured comment was pinned right at the top.

Horseman: [Lol.

I have one good news and one bad news for you. Which do you want to hear first?

Let's start with the good news; your hedgehog Pet Beast has decent Talent. Happy now?

But your happiness has come too early.

Because the bad news is, your Talent sucks.

After contracting with a Pet Beast, Beast Trainers and their Pet Beasts become stronger.

But this enhancing force that strengthens both parties doesn't come from nowhere.]

A part of the power comes from the Contract Card, and the other part is provided by the Pet Beast to the Beast Trainer, and vice versa.

The mutual provision of power, combined with the power of the Contract Card, will produce a miraculous reaction, epic-level strengthening both parties, but the premise is that both sides can provide high-quality power.

For example, if a Beast Trainer contracts with a dying mouse, then after the contract, the feedback the Beast Trainer receives on the spot is actually not much.

Take another example, a Level 5 Beast Trainer, when contracting with a common animal, that common animal will receive a much greater degree of strengthening than if an Intern Beast Trainer contracted and strengthened it.

In other words, because you can't provide much high-quality power, your Pet Beast doesn't get enough nutrition during its awakening, so how could it possibly grow bigger?

As for why it becomes smaller, it's a self-protection mechanism of the Pet Beast, which allows it to fully strengthen itself with the little power it has. This situation is generally because if it maintains its original size, it's very likely not to get a complete evolution and can result in its own defects.

Questioner, don't mind me being direct, but is there something wrong with your body? I suggest you go to the hospital for a checkup.

Also, don't worry about your Pet Beast, its talent is very good. Not every one can shrink to achieve Perfect Strengthening; it requires a certain talent.

Beast Trainers used to popularly use a resource called the Awakening Leaf to screen the aptitudes of Pet Beasts. The Extraordinary Beings awakened by the Awakening Leaf, lacking feedback from Contract Cards and Beast Trainers, don't get much strengthening force initially.

Most of them will not grow bigger; either they remain the same size, or they shrink so that they can have a more complete extraordinary bath. This situation is very common, and to some extent, it can be used to judge the aptitude of Pet Beasts.

When you later provide it with enough growth nutrients, and its Growth Level is higher, its size will gradually normalize. Understand? Instead of worrying about your Pet Beast, you should be more concerned about your own health, you're still young, it shouldn't be from over-exerting yourself, right...]

This person really asks for a beating.

"Damn!" Lu Ran saw this and seemed to understand what was going on.

It turned out that the extraordinary strength provided by the Awakening Leaf was too little, forcing the King of Sudden Death to shrink in order to evolve completely.

The extraordinary strength it absorbed was already small; if it still wanted to grow larger, it might end up with incomplete limbs due to incomplete strengthening.

In other words, the current mini King of Sudden Death isn't condensed essence...

But rather... in a state of malnutrition?!

Was it really such a superficial reason? Lu Ran fell silent.

"I really don't know enough about Beast Training," he admitted to himself.

Lu Ran first mourned for the Beast Trainer named Zasini for two seconds, then glanced at the King of Sudden Death, who was munching on grasshoppers with relish, feeling a bit guilty.

"King of Sudden Death, you'll have to suffer for a while, make do with what you can eat. Once Mr. Husky and I earn some money, I'll supplement you with enough nutrition..."

Bigger and harder and more suitable to be a meat shield!

Lu Ran continued to browse the posts.

He hadn't noticed before, but there was so much nourishing stuff on this forum.

It seems that later on, he could take some time out of training to browse posts and increase his knowledge...

And so, Lu Ran browsed, and half an hour passed by, the King of Sudden Death seemed to be really starving, having consumed more food than several times its own size...

But its size doesn't seem to have changed much.

That's right, its body is so hard, to grow perfectly without any flaws, it would definitely need a vast amount of nutrition. It's difficult to rely on ordinary grasshoppers for that...

[Someone else has arrived.]

[Humans are so frightening.]

[Yeah, they're even killing each other.]

[And commanding terrible monsters.]

Huh?

At this moment, Lu Ran was still walking Mr. Husky and the King of Sudden Death.

However, as he walked, he seemed to catch a series of thoughts.

This was a common occurrence; once Lu Ran activated Psychic Sensing, he often heard the thoughts of wild animals.

But such clear communication was rare, indicating that the intelligence of the communicating beings wasn't low.

Lu Ran looked around and soon, on a tree, he spotted three squirrels holding fruits and watching this way.

It was actually three squirrels!

Although the intelligence of squirrels is not particularly high on average, it's not bad either. Judging by the level of the three squirrels' communication, they should be considered quite exceptional, their intelligence nearing that of the Crow from Green Sea City.

Normally, when Lu Ran heard the animals' thoughts, he rarely responded.

However, this time he couldn't help but stop, simply because the content of the three squirrels' communication was so far-fetched.

Humans? Killing each other? Commanding terrible monsters?

"What's going on?" Lu Ran stared at them intently, and when the three squirrels realized he had stopped and was looking straight at them, they all got startled, dropped their fruits, and seemed ready to act as if nothing had happened and leave, hand in hand...

"King of Sudden Death, it's time to test you. Catch those three squirrels for me!"

"What?" The King of Sudden Death looked at the squirrels, which were bigger than itself, and pondered the situation, but remembering its recent bravery and its Absolute Defense, it gritted its teeth and charged forth! Catching squirrels wouldn't lead to sudden death, but defying Lu Ran certainly would!

The three squirrels ran even faster, their expressions horrified. Humans are so scary!