[Beast Name: Gentle Dog


    Grade: Unranked


    Rank: Iron Star 4


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


    Gentle Gaze:...


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    Hellhound Manifestation:...


    Sharp w:...


    Soft Bark:...]


    ''There''s indeed a new skill. And he also ranked up to Iron Star 4.'' Lucas'' eyes lit up as he saw the changes in Spot''s profile page.


    Normally, learning a new skill does not guarantee leveling up one''s rank as well. It was only when a beast learned a potent and strong skill would they be able to level up their rank.


    Perhaps it was due to his grade still being Unranked, so every time he learns a new skill, it would be counted as an incredible feat; hence, Spot has always leveled up every time he learns a new skill.


    Lucas moved his eyes downward and focused on the description of the new skill, curious about what it could do.


    [Soft Bark: Let''s out a soft bark to announce your presence in the area.]


    Like its other skills, the name of the skill was somewhat ordinary. However, Lucas had already learned his lesson. The name and the description of the skill might look ordinary and normal, but once Spot used it in his Hellhound Manifestation form, he knew that it would have an entirely different effect.


    Recalling how even the enigmatic senior was shaken by Spot''s roar, Lucas has no doubt that there was more to the skill than meets the eye.


    Who knows if the simple bark to announce the presence might turn out to be a good intimidating skill?


    Lucas wanted to try it and see the effects for himself, but unfortunately, he did not want to summon Spot yet. The grimoire might not have shown Spot''s current status, but Lucas, as the summoner, could feel that Spot was still recuperating peacefully inside it.


    He must have sustained a lot of injuries from the previous fight, so Lucas did not expect to summon him anytime soon unless there was an emergency.


    Releasing a sigh, Lucas turned the page of the grimoire to look at his own profile page, trying to see how many experience points he needed to rank up.


    However, the moment he looked at the information, Lucas was surprised to see that he had somehow ranked up to Iron Star 4 now.


    [Name: Lucas Valen


    Age: 17


    Grimoire Grade: Unranked


    Rank: Iron Star 4 (47.08/506)


    Spiritual Energy: 49/67


    Beasts: Gentle Dog]


    Confused, he hurriedly looked below the profile page and determined what was going on through the grimoire logs.


    There, he saw the logs he had not been able to read yet.


    The logs started with his kill over the Grotesque Chimp, and then followed by another kill that Lucas did not know where it came from. The amount of experience points he received in thest one was what shocked him to the core.


    [You have killed an Iron Grade-Iron Star 6, Grotesque Chimp (100%): You gained 15.72 XP]


    [You have killed an Bronze Grade-Iron Star 9, Dark Catowl (100%): You gained 90.21 XP]


    [Experience points reached the limit. You have ranked up!]


    "F-fucking hell?"


    Lucas blurted out uncontrobly upon seeing the number of points he received from thest one.


    For a moment, he even forgot to breathe and also forgot the pain that was coursing all throughout his body.


    "Where the hell did this evene from?"


    Calming himself down, Lucas pondered over the origin of this beast.


    He knew for a fact that the only beasts they fought after killing the Grotesque Chimp were that bird-like beast as well as that nt-like beast coiling around in Asher''s arm.


    Both of them were pretty strong, and Lucas knew for a fact that Spot was unable to kill the bird-like beast; how much more the nt-like beast—which was obviously stronger—that was able to bind both of them in ce without much of an effort?


    ''Or did he?''n/?/vel/b//jn dot c//om


    The name of the beast that was killed in the logs also seemed to have a resemnce to that bird that Spot fought.


    Lucas closed his eyes as he tried to recall the events that had transpired before they were flung out of the dungeon forcefully.


    Thest thing he remembered was Spot trying to finish the bird-like beast with a swipe of his ws. However, Asher and the nt-like beast arrived at that exact moment and bound Spot in ce. His ws were just centimeters away from the bird-beast, but he was nevertheless stopped and was unable to kill it.


    After that was the slow and agonizing pain he felt as he was slowly consumed by the vines. Spot must have felt the same too.


    And then there was the Soft Bark that Spot used in his Hellhound Manifestation form, creating a wondrous effect that made Asher take a step back.


    Next was Asher''s enraged bellow, the tightening of the vines, the sharp vines that were pointed toward Spot, and then Lucas felt the pull of the dungeon gate behind him and then his consciousness nkout and only regained awareness when he was in the midst of puking his guts out.


    ''Come to think of it... Was it killed during Spot''s Soft Bark? Was that the reason why Senio… Asher was so enraged?''


    ''Is the Soft Bark in Hellhound form that lethal?'' Lucas could not help but tilt his head in confusion.


    No matter how he looked at it, and no matter how many times he overestimated the skill, he still could not fathom how a skill like that could end a beast''s life.


    ''Perhaps it was because it was already extremely injured? And the Soft Bark skill just finished it off at that exact moment?'' Lucas could only specte on such a scenario on how the Dark Catowl was killed.


    Still, this felt unbelievable for Lucas.


    ''A Bronze Grade-Iron Star 9 beast... So, Spot was that strong at that time?'' He recalled that Spot had managed to fight the beast to a draw. This also means that in Hellhound Manifestation form, Spot was as strong as a Bronze Grade-Iron Star 9 beast.


    However, Lucas knew for a fact that this was not Spot''s limit.


    Not to mention that he has already ranked up once more, and the additional skill would surelye into y and increase his capabilities even more.


    What confused him, though, was the fact that he was able to earn experience points from killing a summoner''s contracted beast.


    ording to the information he knew, one would not be able to receive experience points if they killed the contracted beast of fellow humans.


    The grimoire would not even bother announcing the kill, signifying that it does not encourage such acts. In fact, this was also one of the reasons why there were no instances about summoners killing humans and their contracted beasts to gain experience points.


    Was this information wrong as well?


    ''Could it be that we can actually gain experience points from killing other contracted beasts, but the government just decided to hide it to avoid chaos?''


    However, Lucas shook his head as he thought about it more carefully.


    Nowadays, everyone has a grimoire. Even if the government chose to hide that fact, the truth would still resurface in due time, as there were bound to be reports about it online.


    However, since there were no reports about it, it could only mean that this was an isted case.


    For a moment, Lucas thought about the system.


    Perhaps it was the one that allowed him to gain experience points even if he just defeats a contracted beast?


    The system, though, was still as silent as ever. Lucas could not confirm anything about it, but he just assumed it was so. Even if this assumption was correct, Lucas still would not go around and kill other people''s contracted beasts just for experience points, so it would not really change much of his life.


    Compared to that, though, Lucas wanted the Bloodline Detector function even more. Unfortunately, that function was now grayed out and unusable as well.


    Anyway, these were just some of the new questions that Lucas had no answer for the time being.


    Just as Lucas was about to close his grimoire, he suddenly noticed another log right at the bottom of the page, just below the rank-up log.


    Lucas hurriedly read it and was once again ted at what he was seeing.


    [You have received a grimoire page!]


    ''Damn it! Finally! I''ve been waiting for this!''


    Even though it hurt a little, Lucas still clenched his fist in joy as he saw that log.


    A summoner would randomly get grimoire pages as their rank increased.


    The probability was not high, but ording to some data, receiving at least four grimoire pages while still being at Iron Rank was pretty normal and standard.


    Although most summoners would not use them all due to limited energy on nurturing their beast as well as the fact that one''s Spiritual Energy was also limited, having extra grimoire pages was still better than not having one.


    He hurriedly flipped the grimoire, and indeed, there was another nk page right after the page where Spot and his information were stored.


    At this moment, that page was still nk and clean of any words. If Lucas managed to contract another beast, though, this page would be filled with information about that said beast, much like how it was for Spot and Lucas'' profile page.


    Now that he had another grimoire page, he would finally be able to contract another beast. And at that time, the Bloodline Detector skill would surely be usable once more, and Lucas would be able to gain another formidable summon.


    Before that, though, he should think of what kind of beast he should contract.


    Since even a Gentle Dog like Spot could be extremely powerful due to the skill provided by the system, he figured that if he contracted a beast that was already powerful, then the strength of that beast would multiply even more, making it even more formidable and strong.