22 Monkey Arms

Ambrose caught the pouch and then smiled. "Thanks, Princess Lena for her kindness." He said and then gave her the Two mushrooms.

"Ahh... You have already used one of them." She said as she looked at the mutated mushrooms in her hands with a curious expression on her face.

"Forgive me, Princess. I didn't know you would fancy these mushrooms or I would have never dared to even touch them." Ambrose said as he placed the pouch given by Lena in his pocket.

He didn't want to open the pouch in front of them as she has mentioned this pouch as a 'gift' and it would be rude to open a gift.

"Boy, you are lucky that Princess Lena wants you to join the Academy. If you ever join the Academy just show this token to any staff and they will bring you to me." Zoe said as he threw a red coloured badge.

Ambrose touched the badge and felt a strange coolness in it. There was also a black hawk emblem on the badge.

He kept the badge in his pocket too. And then bowed towards Zoe. "Thanks, master Zoe for the gift. I will forever be grateful to you." He said.

Zoe chuckled at his words and then looked at Lena. Lena also looked at him and then both nodded.

"Woosh..." With the strong wind, both of them disappeared.

When both of them were gone. Ambrose let out a sigh of relief. "I almost died today. Only strong people have the rights to keep a treasure." He thought and then slowly started walking towards his house.

The Black beetle that has hidden in his shirt also came out and again sat on his shoulder. It flapped its wings a little and released a soothing warm air. That calmed Ambrose down a little.

"Thanks, Little guy. You are very special as you are my first Mana Beast." He said and patted its tiny head.

"Creak..."

"Mom I am home." Ambrose entered his house through the wooden door. He saw his mom cleaning some rice in a bowl. Just as she saw that he was home she stood up.

Her eyes darted all around his body to see if there were any injuries. Her eyes then landed on his shoulder and seeing a Palm Size peculiar Beetle on it. A smile formed on her face.

"You tamed a beast. What kind of beast is it? Tell me everything that happened." She said with an excited look on her face.

She was very happy about Ambrose. She was worrying all night if he would be able to get a Mana Beast or not. And now as he has tamed one. She was relaxed.

This beast was his future. Without a beast, his life would have been very hard and painful in this dangerous world.

Ambrose smiled at her and then sat down on the straw mat. "This is a Molten Beetle. We were very lucky that both Nelson and I got the same beast. It is said that this beast could be trained up to Martial Master Level nine." He said as he took the beetle in his hand and showed it to her.

The Beetle Gently landed on Thalia's palm. Her eyes glimmered when she saw the bug, flapping its wings.

"Martial Master Level Nine? That is too much. Didn't Rich guys stop you both?" She asked with a frown.

Ambrose smiled at her words. "All of the Rich Guys were focused on Molten Dragons. They look domineering and are easy to tame. It was because of them that we got our hands on these Beetles."

"Mom, this Molten Beetle can increase the production of our Mana Wheat by four times. Now you can harvest Mana Wheat four times a year instead of one." He said with an excited smile.

"Four times!" Thalia was getting one shock after another. She has never heard about Molten Beetles. However from what her kid has told. These are pretty beneficial beasts.

"Yes, four times. They can also hunt for meat. Now we don't have to worry about tax anymore. We can easily pay it off and can even save some money." Ambrose leaned back on the wall and looked at his mom's expression.

He was very proud of himself that he was able to make his mom happy.

After talking to him for about fifteen more minutes a satisfied smile formed on her face. "I still have some rabbit meat left. Let me prepare some good soup for you." She said and stood up.

Ambrose also stood up and stopped her from leaving to the kitchen. "Mom since now I have got this Mana Beast. I want to go and train with it a little in the jungle. Maybe I will be able to catch some good meat." He said.

Now as he has this Molten Beetle. He doesn't have to eat rabbit meat. He could now catch something better and can explain it to his mom.

Previously he only caught a Black Toothed Rabbit because he didn't want his mom to ask him many questions. However, now can explain to her catching some good meat.

Thalia looked at him for a few seconds with a reluctant expression. She didn't want him to go to the jungle as soon as he got the beast. However, she also knew that he would not listen to her.

She finally sighed and nodded. "Ok however return quickly." She said and then again sat down in front of rice and started cleaning it again.

Ambrose moved out of his house. His footsteps were hasty. There was a smile on his face. He was excited to check his Molten Beetle.

He quickly moved towards the jungle to test it out. He always dreamt of having a beast when he was a kid. His favourite anime was also about beast catching and taming.

He moved from the front of Nelson's house and the door to his house was closed. "Maybe he is still in the Village Ground," he thought and then moved ahead.

After Crossing the Mana Barrier he looked around a saw that no one was near him. He moved deeper and behind an Elephant Tree he took out the pouch that the princess gave him.

He could feel that it was very light and doesn't have much in it. The pouch itself was red with golden embroidery around its edges. "Even this bag should cost some Gold Coins." He thought.

Ambrose loosened the laces of the pouch and peeked inside. And just as he saw what was inside the pouch his eyes glimmered with light.

A wide smile formed on his face as he pinched himself to check if he was dreaming. "Twenty Low-Quality Spirit Stones! And what is this pill? It should be expensive too." He thought.

"Now I can draw out another mecha from the Random Mecha System. I already had three Low-Quality Spirit Stones that I stole from Village Chief's house and these twenty. I am rich!" He thought with excitement.

"That Princess is generous."

He took out the twenty stones from the pouch and submitted them to the system. His Money Owned tab had 20 low-grade spirit stones written in front of it.

He then looked at the blue Draw Button which had 10 low-quality Spirit stones written below it. Which meant he needed ten low-quality spirit stones to withdraw next mecha.

"Please give me something good." He thought and pressed the button.

Suddenly a chime rang in his head.

[ Congratulations Host has unlocked Monkey Arms mecha suit.]

[The suit gives four arms to the user with two of them are extra-long. That have the power to fight against a level five, Martial Master. There is also a mechanical tail attached to it. That helps in excellent control over the whole body.]

[The Body Can even dodge an attack from a level nine Martial Master. Only a Saint Master Can touch the Mecha Owner.]

The more Ambrose read about the features of Monkey Arms mecha suit the happier he got. "This suit is overpowered. Only a Saint Master could do anything to me." He thought and a wide grin formed on his face.

However, all is Happiness evaporated when he saw the Draw button. He almost vomited out blood. "This system is too greedy. It's even greedier than that damnable Village Chief! 10,000 Low Grage Spirit Coins from 10 what a huge jump!"

"Why not just take my kidney instead!" His face turned red from anger.

"What after 10,000? One Million? How am I supposed to collect that much money? I even got those twenty spirit stones by chance."

After cursing the system for a few more minutes and getting no response. Ambrose gave up with a sigh. "Guess this is how it is gonna be." He thought and summoned the Monkey Arms Ring.

It was yellow with silver patterns on it. It had a polished metallic lustre and looked extremely valuable. Opposite of Snipe Suit Ring.

The Molten Beetle on his shoulder also looked at the Monkey Arms Ring and flapped its wings in excitement. It could sense that Ambrose was excited and so it also got excited.

Ambrose looked at it and an idea flashed in his eyes. He took out his Snipe Suit ring too and tried to put it on Beetle's neck and when he saw the result his smile widened.