First To Become Iron star 1

The legs of the ants were not particularly strong. The front legs kicked the Gentle Dog away, its feet dragging on the ground, and only stopped a meter away.

The strength of these ants was not really to be underestimated. They were small compared to the Gentle Dog's current form, but one of them was still able to push away the Gentle Dog with a simple kick.

Fortunately, the Gentle Dog had a strong defense, and such a kick was nothing to it. It recovered easily and pounced forward once again.

Since one of the ants was already smashed to the ground and was quite injured, the battle this time went smoother than Lucas had anticipated.

It did not take long for the Gentle Dog to finish the two ants off, transforming them into particles of light.

Lucas nodded his head at the top of the tree.

Although it went smoothly and the battle developed according to his plan, he was still nervous deep inside him, as he was not sure if there were any variables that he had overlooked.

After confirming that he had gained another two sets of 4.64 xp from the ants, Lucas went down and did not linger in the area any longer. He and the Gentle Dog proceeded to the next area he marked on the map.

…

On another side of the outer area of the dungeon.

Hector, Anjie, and three other students could be seen confronting a Blood-Eyed Mole with great teamwork.

Hector led the charge with his lion, Anjie, with her Bronze Wolf and the three students with their respective beasts supported the lion.

With their combined efforts, it did not take them long before they were able to kill the Iron Grade, Iron Star 1 Blood-Eyed Mole.

Hector smiled in delight as he saw the experience points he gained from killing the Blood-Eyed Mole.

"Wow, another 30% contribution and 25 experience points gained. As expected of a Gold Grade Grimoire user," one of them commented in awe as everyone's gaze was attracted to the numbers listed below Hector's profile page.

With Hector occupying 30% of the contribution, the four of them could only share the remaining 70. The four of them were only Bronze Grade awakeners, so they were already satisfied with what they were getting.

Anjie, for example, with a contribution of 19%, receives a total of 3.21 experience points after they killed the Blood-Eyed Mole. As for the other three, their contribution points were lower than Anjie, but they were still thinking that it would not take long for them to advance to Iron Star 1 summoners.

It must be noted that when Lucas killed the Blood-Eyed Mole, he only received 1.69 experience points with a 100% contribution. It can be seen the disparity of the grimoire grades and why lower grades were looked down upon.

Hector smiled proudly and stated, "If we kill another two Blood-Eyed Mole, I should be able to advance to Iron Star 1."

This was the second beast they had killed for the day. It has only been two hours since they entered, and killing two was already pretty impressive, especially since today was the first time that they were here.

Others would need to prepare a lot before they could successfully hunt a creature. However, relying on Hector's Majestic Lion, they were able to kill two Blood-Eyed Mole with not much preparation.

"Becoming an Iron Star 1 Summoner just a day after you awakened? Sigh, we Bronze awakeners can only envy geniuses like you!"

Anjie nodded her head. Her eyes glistened as she became even firmer about her decision. For her, the Iron Star 1 rank was just around the corner as long as she followed behind Hector.

"Hector, with this, you should be written in the history of the Starlight Academy as the first to become Iron Star 1 summoner, right?" Anjie said with a light giggle.

"And if you break more of such records, won't you become a legendary figure in Starlight Academy in the future?"

Hector grinned proudly and stated, "Of course. It's only natural that I do so!"

The group rested and proceeded to search for another prey a few minutes later.

In the next moment, though, a hurried shout was heard ahead of them.

"Quick! Run! Ants!"

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[Name: Lucas Valen

Age: 17

Grimoire Grade: Unranked

Rank: Iron Star 1 (16.43/150 XP)

Spiritual Energy: 3/53

Beasts: Gentle Dog ]

"Finally!"

Lucas looked at his profile page and was ecstatic to see the increase in his rank.

After more than an hour of hunting, he finally became a bona fide summoner, becoming an Iron Star 1 summoner.

His spiritual energy had also increased from 50 to 53. The small increase was mainly attributed to the grade of his grimoire being unranked.

His current spiritual energy was also pitifully low, just amounting to 5. To summon the Gentle Dog, he needs 9 Spiritual Energy. So after the 30-minute time limit was up, he would no longer be able to summon it as long as he did not recover any Spiritual Energy. 

At this moment, Lucas looked ragged and dirty.

During the first few hunts, everything went smoothly.

However, after the sixth time, something went awry as they faced two pairs of Ember Soldier Ants.

Fortunately, the Gentle Dog, in its Hellhound Manifestation form, still managed to beat the four Ember Soldier Ants. Although the process was a little difficult and dangerous, it managed to do it in the end, which excited Lucas a lot. That hunt earned him a total of 18.56 experience points.

The Gentle Dog was in its Hellhound Manifestation form and could actually fight four Iron Star 3 beasts and defeat them.

Of course, the Gentle Dog also sustained some injuries during the fight, minor ones. But it still worried Lucas a lot, as the Gentle Dog was his only summons at the moment.

If it died, he, as the summoner, would also receive some sort of damage due to the contract.

Due to that worry, Lucas decided to return to the safe area and recuperate.

However, what he did not expect was that he actually encountered six Ember Soldier Ants.

Like the previous two pairs of Ember Soldier Ants, these three pairs were also very alert.

They easily spotted Lucas even though he had applied a new set of insect repellent powder on his body.

With that, Lucas had no other choice but to summon the Gentle Dog again, who was still recuperating inside the grimoire for about 5 minutes.

Although he was not sure what was going on, he could roughly infer that it had something to do with his recent hunt of Ember Soldier Ants.

The battle of the Gentle Dog and the six Iron Star 3 Ember Soldier Ants was even more hard and dangerous than the previous two pairs.

This time, the Gentle Dog was already injured, and it was even besieged by six beasts at the same time.

Seeing that the Gentle Dog was sustaining injuries, Lucas decided to join in and fight.

Of course, as a weak human, he did not fight the beasts directly.

Instead, using some tactics, he distracted some of the Ember Soldier Ants by throwing the remaining insect repellent powder around them as well as some rocks in the surrounding area.

They became disorganized, allowing the Gentle Dog to take a momentary breather, and even successfully killed one of them.

With Lucas making a lot of effort to distract the Ember Soldier Ants, the Gentle Dog finally managed to defeat them one by one.

However, it also grew weaker and was no longer as ferocious. It sustained some heavy injuries but was still fighting hard.

Perhaps it knew that the moment it fell, it would also be the doom of Lucas. Hence, it was still fighting hard even though it was already quite injured. 

For that, Lucas was very grateful.

When there was only a pair remaining, the Gentle Dog was already at its limits.

Fortunately, at that time, Lucas had already advanced to Iron Star 1.

And when a summoner advances a major rank, they would randomly gain one skill from their contracted beast.

It was due to this skill that he and the Gentle Dog managed to finish the remaining two Ember Soldier Ants without any more problems.

Lucas glanced down on his profile page and saw the information about the newly added skill.