欲海三姐妹

Chapter 159: The First Attempt

Moss, Mill, and Alan’s study group resembled a clear stream compared to the other busy students. The trio read their Magical Beast Bestiaries in the underground training grounds.

However, Moss was reading and thinking simultaneously. He thought about how he could improve faster during this phase of the tests.

Half an hour later, Alan could not stand reading anymore, but Mill suddenly said, “There are too many magical beasts with varying habits and characteristics each. It might not be efficient to go through them one at a time. Can we classify them first and then sort them out?”

Alan’s eyes lit up as he kept nodding.

Moss looked at Mill and smiled. “You took those words straight from my mouth! Let’s mark the Magical Beasts the training camp has here and divide them into vertebrates and invertebrates.”

Moss quickly recalled the animal classification method he had learned in his past life’s junior high biology class. Then he said, “We can divide vertebrates into fish, reptiles, birds, amphibians, and mammals. Invertebrates include protozoa, mollusks, worms, insects, and crustaceans.”

“Then we can classify them according to their habits and characteristics. That way, we can group the ones with similar habits and characteristics and develop strategies for each group.”

“Agreed!” Although Alan did not understand most of what Moss said, he felt it was better to follow his captain.

“That’s great!” Mill praised. She felt that Moss’s intelligence had grown exponentially.

After making plans, the trio took action. Many students had trouble fighting on the ninth floor, while the trio went to the next floor after patrolling the ninth floor.

After circling the eighth floor, the trio found fewer types of beasts compared to the previous floor. However, the beasts here were also much stronger.

“Moss, people are training on this floor too!” Along the way, Alan became anxious when he saw some students training on the same floor.

“Hmm, some with higher standards can start training on the eight and seventh floors. Still, it has its drawbacks,” Moss responded.

“Oh? Why is that?” Alan and Mill asked in unison.

“There won’t be any issues in the training segment even though they skipped the basic level to match beasts according to their strengths. The problems only occur during the taming period,” Moss explained.

“Oh! I get it!” Mill smiled brilliantly and continued, “So, these students can quickly gain experience and level but will lack familiarity with lower-ranked Magical Beasts, making it disadvantageous on the taming stage.

“How is it disadvantageous?” Alan tilted his head.

“Remember what Mr. Hank said during our theory class. We can only tame lower-ranked beasts in our current training because we don’t have enough spiritual power to tame higher-leveled beasts,” Mill explained.

Alan finally understood what Mill and Moss meant. “Then let’s proceed with our plans!”

Moss nodded and looked at Mill approvingly. The trio went to the sixth floor and also saw people training there. Upon closer inspection, they saw A-110 and A-066.

The trio admiringly sighed when they saw A-110 fighting against a level 13 Terror Monitor Lizard.

Duke was a swordmaster, after all. Moreover, the trio had witnessed Duke’s skills and strength when they fought each other in the five-on-five match. Moss also noticed Duke’s strength seemed to have improved again in just half a day.

He felt nothing else notable about Duke, so he proceeded with his plans. Then Moss was shocked when he saw A-066 fighting a Magical Beast.

Moss noticed many black vortexes around A-066 and the black rays he shot toward the beast. He notified Alan and Mill, “A-066’s skills are complex and unorthodox. We must be extra careful around him!”

Alan held his chin and said thoughtfully, “I saw him when we first entered the camp. He didn’t look this powerful before.”

“Now that you’ve mentioned it, I might have an impression of him. But that’s a typical case, especially after training in the camp’s Mystic Realms. Society will advance leaps and bounds if one works hard in a suitable Mystic Realm,” Moss explained.

“A-066’s progress is speedy, and his results have been consistent,” Mill said in surprise as she thought of A-066’s improvements during the previous tests.

“He might’ve unlocked those two skills he used just now after he leveled up, and that’s why we’ve never seen them before.” With that, Moss led the way to the next floor.

…

The trio finally arrived at the first floor through relentless efforts, observations, and records. They only took a few steps when they heard a deafening roar. Moss and his two teammates could not help but shiver.

The trio followed the roar and walked forward. After 50 meters, they saw a massive cage with three Manic Giant Apes. The smallest one was around thirty-nine feet tall.

“Moss, you know there are eighteen layers of hell, right. This place exudes that kind of aura. Let’s finish our plan and leave as quickly as possible. If those apes get out, we…” Alan felt the oppressive aura of death and already thought of escaping.

“Since we’re already here, we should carefully observe them. It would be best if we could better understand the apes’ skills,” Moss said.

He tried using his knight’s spirit to stimulate his spiritual power. However, its effects were not apparent even after a few tries.

Then Moss tried using his basic Beast Communication to interact with the ape, but the ape’s spiritual power was higher, and it suppressed Moss’s

Although Moss failed with his basic Beast Communication on the first try, he discovered it would stimulate his knight’s spirit and trigger his spiritual power. Still, his spiritual power was too weak compared to the ape, and the ape almost took control of Moss’s spiritual power.

Fortunately, Moss had a stronger will. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable. If he encountered a beast with potent spiritual powers, he could not overcome them with his spiritual power.

…

Moss and the other two finally finished inspecting the final floor through relentless efforts and overcoming potent spiritual pressure.

Although they had spent most of their time studying the other floors, they understood more about each beast’s habits, characteristics, and skills combined with their Magical Beasts Bestiaries.

The trio finally exited the final floor as Moss suggested, “I think we should return to the ninth floor. Then we can choose a category most advantageous to us according to the number of students on each floor. After that, we can begin training with the Magical Beasts. What do you guys think?”

“Agreed!” Mill and Allen responded in unison.

Then the trio headed to the ninth floor.