15 Chapter 14 - Real Battle

Chapter 14 – Real Battle

In the next few days in real-time, Lucas had been training Fury to improve the Fur Ball skill. He asked Fury to compress the Fur Ball and then attack their opponent. Due to the skill's low attack power, Lucas thought that compressing the Fur Ball would increase the damage.

After dozens of days of training in the dungeon, Fury succeeded in improving the Fur Ball skill. Thanks to compressing the skill, the attack power increased but the skill had another effect added too.

When Fury compressed the Fur Ball to attack, it would explode once it touched the opponent. The explosion did not cause damage to the opponent but disrupted their movement. Due to the explosion, the fur was flying around in the air and got stuck on the opponent's body making them uncomfortable.

When they were uncomfortable, their movement would be disrupted. They would slightly slow down their movement. Thanks to this condition, the slow effect was added to Fur Ball's skill. The effect was super low but it was a good one. The effect stacked too.

As a result of improving the Fur Ball, the attack power was added by 3 and slow by 1%. The improvement was minimal but it was better than nothing.

After that, Fury continued training Fury. He decided to wait until Fury maxed out his skill level before they headed to the Rank 3 and Rank 4 zone. He wanted Fury to face more challenging opponents. He wanted to train Synchro with Fury too.

If they stayed in the Rank 1 zone, their battle experience would not increase because the monsters in the area were too weak for Fury. More so after Fury had improved his skill.

40th Winter, Month 2, Year 3400.

It was morning and Lucas got out of his bed. He took a shower and went to the dining room for breakfast. Lucas, Katheryn, and Hailey had their breakfast. While having breakfast, Katheryn told Lucas that the nursery would officially open the next day.

For the past few days, Katheryn had been going around the shopping district promoting the nursery. She went to visit all the shop owners in the shopping district to get to know them as well as promoting their nursery.

Other than that, she had been passing flyers around to promote the nursery and pasted poster of their nursery in places she could. She had done a lot of promoting. Katheryn had also gone online and promoted the nursery in forums and social media.

"I thought that mom did not know how to use a computer or laptop but she seems to know a lot of things about it. Mom is a fast learner and you are a good teacher, Sery," said Lucas.

[… I did not teach her much though. She kind of knows many of them already and only needs some refreshment. I don't think she is a tech blind like your father. It looks like it has been a long time since she uses a computer and only needs to know some small things before she remembers many things] said Sery.

"… Mom must have lived normally before she married dad. It looks like she knows a lot of things," said Lucas. Lucas had this feeling when she saw how good Katheryn was with the computer. Even Lucas himself only knew a bit about computers. He only knew a few essential things when using a laptop or computer.

He learned all that in school. Even so, the school did not teach them how to use the computer or laptop, the students needed to learn it by themselves.

"I don't know how many people will try our nursery tomorrow but I need you there. Who knows? We may get a lot of customers," said Katheryn. "Our nursery's services cost much lower compared to other nurseries," Katheryn had done her research and she knew a bit of a common price of the same services offered by other nurseries.

"Okay, Mom," Lucas nodded. Since it was opening day, as the owner of the nursery, he needed to be there. He also needed to help with the nursery if they had many customers.

After their breakfast, Lucas headed to the dungeon. After focusing on training Fury for the past few days, it was time to gain more battle experiences. After careful consideration for the whole night, he decided to head straight to the Rank 4 zone.

After training for many days, Fury had managed to max out all of his skills' level. All of them were now Rank 1 Level 10 and there was nothing else Lucas could increase. Thanks to the max out skills, Sery said that even Rank 3 monsters would not be that much of a challenge to the duo if they executed the skills properly.

So, Lucas decided to head to the Rank 4 zone. A rank 1 Fury could have contended against a Rank 4 monster but that was of Tier 1 monster. For Tier 2 and above, Fury would be easily killed by them even from the same rank. The stat difference was too much.

Other than that, Fury's talent had increased a lot too. Since Lucas decided to put Fury in the playground every night, Fury's talent had increased a lot. Thanks to the increase in talent, Fury could max out his skill level that fasts.

Fury was not the only one who had maxed out his skills. Lucas was the same too. He had mastered all of his skills. Once he had ranked up, he could raise his skills' rank too.

Lucas did not rush to rank up. He wanted to test battling in the Rank 4 zone first before they properly advanced to Rank 2.

Lucas and Fury were transported to the dungeon. After that, they headed straight for the Rank 4 zone. It took them a few hours of walking before they arrived at the Rank 4 zone.

"We took too much time walking. I will need to get a pet I can ride for my second pet. Traveling like this is a waste of time," said Lucas. He looked around the Rank 4 zone and found their first target. It was a white slime. Lucas appraised the white slime.

Species: White Slime

Tier: 1

Stage: 1 – Newborn

Rank: 4

Potential: E

Element

1. Normal (50% talent)

Status

Health: 78 (Max 120)

Energy: 26 (Max 40)

Attack: 10 (Max 16)

Defense: 13 (Max 20)

Speed: 3 (Max 4)

Skill – Tackle.

"Slime is a bit too weak for us, right? Although they have high health and energy, the combat stats are not that much different compared to Fury," said Lucas.

[Other than his attack and speed, all of his other stats exceeded Fury] said Sery and he added, [This is a good starting fight for Fury] Lucas nodded.

"Fury, let's go," said Lucas. Fury got serious and bounced towards the white slime. Once he got closer to the slime, "Fury! Use tackle!" Lucas shouted. Fury stopped bouncing and tackled the white slime. This tackle was different from common tackle. It was fast thanks to the speed stat the skill had. All those training bore fruit.

The white slime felt something was coming and looked towards that direction. Σ(°ロ°) it was shocked when it saw a ball was coming fast towards it. The white slime wanted to dodge but it was too slow. Fury's tackle landed and the white slime was sent flying.

The white slime rolled on the ground for a few meters and (╬ Ò﹏Ó) it was angry. Lucas checked the slime's stat and saw its stats had lowered quite a lot.

"Tackle is Fury's most powerful offensive skill. With the normal element stat, the tackle's power has increased a lot. The white slime is too slow and Fury will not have much problem in this battle," thought Lucas.

In anger, the white slime bounced towards Fury but it was too slow. "Fury, use Roll. Don't use center effects. Gain speed and use Tackle!" Lucas gave his order. Since the slime was too slow, Lucas decided to use speed to their advantage.

Fury used Roll and his speed increased. Fury easily got closed to the white slime and then, he tackled the white slime. The white slime was once again sent flying for a few meters. It got angrier and angrier. The situation continued for a few more rounds and finally, the white slime kicked the bucket.

"… The white slime is not the right monster we need for the challenge," said Lucas.

[I think the white cat and the white dog is the best opponent for you in this area. Fury can easily outspeed the white furball, white slime, and the white sheep. They all have high health and defense and can withstand an attack many times but all of them will not be able to catch up to Fury] Sery said.

He added [You can easily use hit and run attacks on these types of opponents because they are too slow. Fury is not only fast but he has high attacking power too. Opponents with high defense and low speed will not be able to defeat his hit and run tactic unless they have skills that can help them]

Sery added more, [This dungeon is too easy for Fury. The monsters here are too weak]

Lucas acknowledged what Sery said. The monsters in the dungeon were too easy. He would not talk about the stats because there was nothing much in the stats for Tier 1 monsters.

Even so, they were too inferior to Fury when looked at their skills. None of them had an improvement in their skills. They all had the starter skill but no other additional skills. Fury that had been going through many pieces of training would not be in real trouble fighting them especially with the help of Lucas.

Lucas and Fury continued searching for other opponents. After walking for a few minutes, they found a white dog. Lucas appraised the white dog.

Species: White Dog

Tier: 1

Stage: 1 – Newborn

Rank: 4

Potential: D

Element

Normal (30% talent)

Status

Health: 30 (Max 40)

Energy: 27 (Max 40)

Attack: 40 (Max 56)

Defense: 7 (Max 8)

Speed: 36 (Max 56)

Skills

Tackle – Rank 2 Level 4

Bite – Rank 3 Level 3

"Fury, ready!" Lucas gave his order. Lucas was serious this time because the white dog easily out sped Fury. Even with Roll, Fury was slower than the white dog by 12 points. This will be the most challenging battle for Fury after he had maxed out his stats and skills.

The white dog sensed them and stared angrily at Lucas and Fury. "Fury, use Roll, and make the white dog as your center!" Fury immediately used Roll towards the white dog.

"GROWL!!!" The white dog agitated and rushed towards Fury too. It was fast. In a second, it got closed to Fury. Lucas was shocked. The white dog opened its mouth and its teeth shone in white light. The white dog used the Bite skill on Fury.

"Fury, use Fur Guard! Fast!" Fury could sense the danger too. It had been dying many times before and its sense of danger had increased a lot. Fury's fur expanded and it suddenly ballooned in front of the white dog.

The white dog bit the Fur Guard but before it could fully unleash the Bite's mightiness, Fur Guard's repel effect activated. The white dog was sent flying backward by the repel effect. Fury was repelled backward too.

The white dog was shocked. However, it gained its sense back. Before it landed on the ground in an unsightly manner, the white dog fixed its posture and landed properly on the ground. It did not waste time and rushed towards Fury again. The white dog became serious as it knew that Fury was not a normal opponent.

Fury had been training in Fur Guard the longest and had mastered the skill properly. Even if he was sent flying by the skill, Fury could easily land properly. Due to the nature of the bounciness of the skill, the improper landing would cause more bouncing.

When Fury first got the skill, he had always been thrown too far away from his enemy without any control due to Fur Guard's bounciness. Since then, Fury had trained to control the bounciness and managed to bounce in the right direction.

Once Fury landed properly, he launched towards the white dog using the Fur Guard's bounce effect. The white dog was shocked and it was almost hit by Fury. However, its speed was superior and the white dog easily dodged Fury.

The white dog had learned his lesson to not bite the Fur Guard. It then used Tackle and tackled Fury. The repel took effect once more and the white dog was sent flying once again. The Tackle skill used more momentum when attacking and thus, the repelling effect was stronger.

This time, the white dog failed to land properly and was smashed to the ground. "Awr!!!" The white dog screamed in pain. Due to its low health and defense, the pain it felt was much more compared to the white slime.

Fury did not waste any more time and bounced to the sky. Once it got high in the air, Fury made his judgment and released the Fur Guard skill and fell towards the white dog.

Using the speed of the falling, Fury used Tackle and hit the white dog. "GROWL!!!" The white dog once again screamed in pain. Fury landed beside the white dog, used Roll, and circled the white dog to gain speed and kept hitting the white dog a few times.

After two Roll hits, Fury used Tackled and hit the white dog for one final time. Suddenly, the white dog opened its eyes in rage and took the tackle head-on. It grabbed Fury and did not want to let him go.

[The White Dog in Normal Dungeon gets an improvement. A new skill learned – Grab] the system notified Lucas.