BXBX NOVEL Chapter 104 Tale Of The Weakest Creature
Rishi went to his exam the next day. He walked into the lab, where the exam was about to begin. He noticed that this lab was distinct from the others.
There were large shelves around the room with various materials stored on them and large LED lights on the ceiling. The serum injecting machine was connected to the large chamber in the center of the room via massive injections.
There were machines nearby that could be used to mix serum, as well as machines that could be used to inspect the condition of the magic beast.
"Sir, this is the topper of our academy's exam this year; Rishab, this is the instructor assigned by the NBT (National Beast Cultivation) Association to examine your exam today," the professor said as she entered with a man.
"Good morning, sir, and good morning, ma'am," Rishi said to them both.
"Good morning," the instructor replied to Rishi before turning to the professor and saying, "I have to go to Ram Nagar City to conduct an exam there; can we start the exam?"
The professor agreed with the instructor and removed the wall curtains. "Rishab, you will need to evolve any of them to get your license," she said, pointing to three low-level magic beasts.
Rishi examined the large metal cages; on the right side was an ape-type magic beast; in the center was a pig-type magic beast with a big red nose and fan-type ears; and on the left was a four-winged pigeon.
He thought for some time before deciding on the 'Four-winged Pigeon' Rishi was aware of two common evolution paths for this magic beast, but he desired to impress the instructor and become famous to gain favor from the NBT.
When he used his 'inspect' ability, a window appeared, explaining various evolution paths.
[Four-winged Pigeon]
Grade: Unusual
[Element: Wind and fire are available]
[Select the primary element for your magical beast.]
Rishi waited a while before deciding on the fire element, and soon, one evolution path appeared before him.
[The Flame Pigeon]
Rishi clicked the 'more information' button to the right to learn more about it.
[A rare grade species found in areas with high fire element concentrations and fast winds]
[To progress along this path, you must first allow this magical beast to consume many fire essence crystals to increase his affinity for that element.]
[The evolution serum must be made from flame apples, red chiles, brown peas, and popping walnuts, as well as the essence of a fire element magic beast.]
Rishi began gathering materials before beginning to prepare the serum. When the professor and instructor saw Rishi picking up various materials that were not used in any of the evolution routes they were familiar with, they were taken aback.
The instructor was dissatisfied and even looked at the professor; the professor asked him to wait and allow Rishab to finish the procedure. The instructor decided to let Rishi do his thing.
Rishi mixed the serum and the essence of the fire element's magic beast in the machine. Following that, he began feeding the magic beasts fire essence crystals, fire resistance, and fire immunity elixirs to help it consume them quickly.
The concentration of the fire element began to increase inside the magic beast's body, and small red-colored patterns began to form in the magic beast's feathers.
The magic beast was wailing in annoyance. It was shaking its body and pecking at the cage in frustration, wanting to escape.
"Don't be afraid; this is only a small price compared to what you will become," Rishi said as he approached it and fed another piece of fire-resistant material. "Don't you want to get stronger?"
Rishi's charm worked, and his words soothed the magic beast. What they witnessed astounded the professor and instructor, It was widely assumed that controlling a magical beast without a contract was extremely difficult, but Rishab had just done so.
Rishi didn't stop there; he fed the magic beast some more fire crystals, and this time the beast didn't complain. It was in more pain than before but wore a determined expression. This was the determination of the beast with the lowest grade; It was born as the most vulnerable creature.
It had seen its parents, friends, and everything it had cared for killed by stronger beasts, and despite having wings, it was always afraid to fly high, not because its wings would be burned by the sun as Icarus's were. It was because he was afraid of creatures far more powerful than himself.
Its whole life started flashing through his memories.
Magic Beast's POV:
I cried every day, thinking about my life, I wanted to get stronger, which is why I trained all day, but no matter how hard I worked, my body had a physical limit. It was like a chain was tying me to the ground, reminding me that the skies are for stronger magic beasts.
I cried daily and even gave up on my dreams of becoming stronger, but everything changed one day. I noticed an unusual group of creatures; they stood on two legs and had different colored skin than the other creatures I had seen. They could even remove and change their skins whenever they wanted.
They held a strange object that appeared in front of them whenever they wanted. I saw them summoning various magic beasts from the objects, and they were all solid and cheerful.
I followed them for a week and saw how these magic beasts that emerged from the strange book grew very powerful and were even loved by their partners. It blew my mind; these magic beasts appeared to be the ones who the Beast God had blessed.
I wanted to approach them but couldn't because I was scared, I saw them killing other magic beasts. When these strange creatures began to leave the forest, I followed.
They soon arrived somewhere outside the forest; there were many large, similar-type stone mountains where these humans used to live. These creatures were in abundance in this location.
I also started noticing that many magic beasts lived happily here with their master; I also wanted to get stronger; I made a decision one day and approached a human boy.