The Greatest Beast Tamer of Earth
Chapter 17 Grind 1

As soon as he heard the alarm clock, Rishi woke up. He stood from his bed, stretching his hands.

He then proceeded to his bathroom to get ready.

get ready. He sat down and waited for his maid to arrive with his breakfast.

He examined his breakfast, which included magic beast meat and juice made from magical fruits.

After finishing his breakfast, he told his maid, "I will be late today; please do not prepare lunch for me," and then he left.

Rishi needed to go to the forest today to gain experience; he didn't want to bring anyone because it would alert his attackers, so he went on his morning walk and left clan's area.

He changed into regular clothes and put on a mask over his face. He then entered the Puna Forest in search of level 3 magic beasts.

Rishi called Sheru out. Sheru affectionately rubbed himself around Rishi's legs. Rishi also stroked his pet's head.

"Sheru, today we have to train hard so that we can level up quickly," he said.

Sheru 'growled' in recognition.

Soon after, they noticed a level 3 white monkey-type magic beast on a tree. Rishi examined his opponent using his inspect skill.

[Red faced Langor]

AGE: 5

LEVEL: 3

HP: 550

STRENGTH: 35

AGILITYY: 30

STAMINA: 25

VITALITY: 30

MP: 25

SKILLS

PASSIVE: 2

Blessed by the forest: Vitality is increased when on a tree.

Enhanced Strength: Strength is increased every level.

ACTIVE: 1

Monkey Slap: Does 30% more damage and stuns the target for 0.5 seconds. uses 5 MP every time it is used.

Rishi informed Sheru "Let him come down first, and be wary of his Slap attack."

"I'll bait it to attack me, and you'll hide and then attack his legs first, preventing it from fleeing."

He then attacked the monkey with a stone in order to annoy it and bait it into attacking them.

When the stone hit the magical beast on the head, it became irritated and turned to attack Rishi without thinking about anything else.

It was a magic beast which was slightly bigger than the average magic beast that Rishi has faced till now. It had big hands which were his main weapons.

Rishi was fully prepared for an unexpected attack, so he easily avoided the magic beast's attack.

The magic beast became increasingly irritated and desired to pursue Rishi, but before it could do so, it was attacked by Sheru, whose golden claw struck the magic beast's leg, rendering it immobile.

"Be cautious now, Sheru; it will use all of his strength. Don't attack it; just bait him into using its skill."

Rishi also draws his bow and arrow to irritate the magical beast if it does not move.

The plan worked, and the magical beast used his active skill to attack Sheru and Rishi several times.

Rishi and Sheru were both very agile, while the magical beast was sluggish due to his injured leg.

Rishi issued the command "Sheru, finish it now" after calculating that it had depleted all of his mana.

Sheru used his active skill, "Tiger Claw," to dispatch the magical beast.

Rishi and Sheru fought many level 2 and level 3 magic beasts for two more days.

"We need one more level 3 magic beast to level up," Rishi said, looking at his status window.

They looked around, but they couldn't replace a single level 3 magical beast.

After some more searching, Rishi noticed a branch of the tree that appeared to be different.

He wouldn't have detected it if he didn't have beast sense. Rishi used his inspect ability to determine whether or not there was a magical beast present.

[Walking Sticks Bug]

AGE: 7

LEVEL: 4

HP: 800

STRENGTH: 20

AGILITY: 30

STAMINA: 40

VITALITY: 40

MP: 20

SKILLS

PASSIVE: 2

Exoskeletal Armour: It increases the defense of the magic beast by 2.

Camouflage: It helps magic beast camouflage and become hard to detect.

ACTIVE: 1

Poison Spit: by using 5 MP, it sprays poison towards a target. The poison causes pain and can be dangerous for any magic beast below level 4.

Rishi examined the magical beast's level and stats. He wasn't sure whether he should attack the magical beast because it had mostly defense related stats.

He determined that there isn't much time left until sunset; if they want to reach level 4, they must fight this beast today. Rishi was most concerned about the poison skill of this beast.

This magical beast's defense was also very strong, and the more Rishi and Sheru fought it, the more likely was the chance of getting poisoned.

Rishi began to plan a strategy to kill this magical beast as quickly as possible.

He devised a viable strategy and informed Sheru of it: "Sheru, I will throw you up, and you will attack that magical beast on his legs in such a way that it will fall to the ground. We'll than gradually defeat it once it's on the ground by injuring its large legs and mouth."

Sheru 'Growled' in appreciation. Rishi took a deep breath and calmed down before grabbing Sheru and throwing it up.

Sheru jumped up as well, and he soon reached the same height as the magical beast. He used all of his strength to attack the magic beast with a claw on its stick-like long legs, causing it to lose its grip and fall from the branch.

Rishi fired numerous arrows at the mouth of the magical beast, some of which struck it and injured his mouth.

At the same time Sheru also used the momentum of his fall to attack the magic beast's mouth with another claw, but the magic beast used the 'poison spit' skill while falling down, and Sheru was in the air and couldn't react.

Sheru also didn't stop and used his attack, his paw landed on the mouth of the magic beast almost tearing it apart, Sheru also closed his mouth and stopped breathing so he didn't get affected by the poison much.

The bug cried out, 'crackle,' as it was hurt.

It also became visible to Rishi it was a bug-type magic beast, it had big stick like four legs and a thick exoskeleton over his body.

Rishi became concerned when he saw Sheru get hit by the poison attack.

'Growl,' Sheru exclaimed, feeling the pain on its entire face as it was the area hit by the attack.

"Are you okay, Sheru?" he asked as he gave him some medicine.

'Growl' Sheru made a determined expression.

"Let's finish it quickly, Sheru," Rishi said as he took out his bow.

Sheru and Rishi attacked the magical beast simultaneously. They gradually killed the magical beast.

Rishi and Sheru used a hit-and-run strategy throughout the fight, never getting close to its attack range.

They eventually killed the magical beast.

Rishi summoned Sheru back into the book and used the 'Book of Contracts' healing option.

He also discovered that he had leveled up. He then looked at his status bar.

[RISHI RAWAT]

AGE: 12

LEVEL: 4 (all stats are increased by 4 points)

HP: 650 (HP is not a stat; it is just a representation of health.)

STRENGHT: 35

AGILITY: 40

STAMINA: 35

VITALITY: 30

MP: 35

CHARM: 19 (This stat makes magic beasts friendly to you / It doesn't affect humans until it is 50 points)

Free points: 0 (1 point could be used to increase a stat by 1)

SKILLS

Skill points: 0 (use 1 point to increase the level of a level 1 skill by one level, use 2 points to increase the level of a level 2 skill by one level, and so on.)

PASSIVE: 3

Fitness Freak (Level 2): Your stamina will recover faster.

Enhanced Focus (Level 3): When you concentrate on something, you will be able to do it quickly and easily. You will be able to recall anything you have read or seen to some extent. / This skill has been upgraded

Beast Sense (Level 3): It increases all the natural senses by four times. / This skill has been upgraded

ACTIVE: 1

Inspect (Level 3): Consume 7 MP to reveal everything about the object or magic beast of the same level or two levels above the user. The greater the difference between the level of the user and the target, the less information will be visible.

[Contracted beast 1/1]

[Golden Tiger King (infant)]

Age: 2 months

LEVEL: 4 Exp (050/400) (all stats are increased by 3 points)

HP: 750 (HP is not a stat it is just a representation of Health)

STRENGHT: 35

AGILITY: 45

STAMINA: 40

VITALITY: 35

MP: 35

Free points: 0 (1 point could be used to increase a stat by one)

SKILLS

Skill points: 0 (use 1 point to increase the level of a level 1 skill by one level, use 2 points to increase the level of a level 2 skill by one level, and so on.)

PASSIVE: 2

Sharp Claws (Level 2): It increases the toughness and sharpness of the claws by 3 times.

Beast Sense (Level 3): It increases all the natural senses by four times. / This skill has been upgraded

ACTIVE: 2

Tiger Claw (Level 3): uses 3 mana per use to triple the amount of damage dealt by claw attacks to the target for 2 seconds. / This skill has been upgraded

Dash: (Level 2) Increases your movement speed by 20% for 5 seconds.