Novice Village

The next morning, the sun shone through James Williams' window.

He sat at the head of the bed, lit a cigarette, and watched as the smoke flew out from his fingertips toward the window. Under the sun, the smoke was white and hazy.

After finishing the cigarette, James Williams got up to wash up, quickly put on his clothes, and ate some food before waiting for the game to start.

It was already 8:50 in the morning. Normally, no one would be allowed to enter the game, but as the owner of an eternal ring, he knew that he could enter the game ahead of time based on his memories from his previous life.

Sitting on the sofa, James Williams put on the eternal ring. As his body felt numb, he came to the Eternity Continent again.

[Respected explorer, how would you like to be addressed in the Eternity Continent?]

Hearing the mechanical voice in his ear, he gave some careful considerations and chose Hades as his name.

The name slowly appeared above his head. Looking at the teleportation door in front of him, he stepped in without hesitation.

Entering the passage, he felt as if he was standing in the void as he watched the scenery under his feet rapidly grow larger. As he pierced through the clouds, there were occasional flashes of lightning in the thick fog in the distance. He could vaguely see a pair of eyes slowly retreating in the thick fog.

He wanted to take a closer look, but he was like a meteorite as he rapidly pierced through the clouds and flew towards the land under his feet.

He landed steadily on the ground, and a holy light showered the sign in the distance like countless feathers.

Novice Village.

Before he could take a step into the Novice Village, a voice sounded in his mind...

[Ding! Congratulations on awakening the Divine Beast Growth System.]

Hearing the voice in his ear, James Williams was stunned.

It did not seem to be a reward from Eternity. Could it be a system that he obtained after his rebirth?

[Divine Beast Growth System: You can choose your own pet to upgrade and evolve, allowing them to reach a higher level and obtain stronger skills to help you in battle.]

Hearing the voice in his mind, he slowly became happy. Wasn't this Divine Beast Growth System the evolved version of a beast tamer?!

On this Eternity Continent, everyone could get a pet, but logically speaking, a pet came along with the game helmet at the beginning of the game.

The rest of the pets needed to be obtained through their own fighting, conquered with one's strength so that they would be tamed. Another method was to use tempting conditions to keep them by one's side.

However, if you wanted to reach True Eternity, you had to fight with legendary pets, or have enough conditions for them to stay. Other than that, there was no other way to reach True Eternity.

Now that he had obtained the Divine Beast Growth System, it meant that even if he had obtained a bronze-level pet, he could still upgrade it to a legendary-level pet through the later stages of evolution!

Thinking of this, James Williams began to fantasize. As the king of beasts, all the legendary-level pets on the Eternity Continent would be groomed by him.

However, once the pet reached the legendary-level, these bindings would disappear, and the pets would have their own consciousness for problem-solving. They were no longer ignorant pets. Some of them could even transform into human forms.

Suddenly, he was jolted awake. He had to return to reality. He had not become the king of beasts yet. What was more important now was to solve the problem of his sister's 400,000 USD surgery fee.

He opened his backpack and there was indeed a pet egg inside.

[Pet egg: You have obtained a white gold-level pet egg. This magical pet eggshell has yellow patterns on it. When the pet breaks the shell and eats the eggshell, you will receive a random skill.]

Looking at the white gold-lvel pet egg, James Williams was so shocked that his eyes almost fell to the ground. He had started with such a high-level pet, so why would he need to fight monsters? He could directly challenge some small bosses.

He clicked on Summon, and a pet egg appeared under his feet. After a while, a crack appeared. James Williams squatted down and looked at the eggshell in front of him carefully.

A small crack appeared in the crack, and a furry little head popped out. It was an orange cat.

It slowly climbed out of the eggshell, tilted its head, and blinked its big, shiny eyes at its new owner. This made James Williams' little heart melt.

He put his hand on the cat's head.

[Ding! You are about to bind with the orange cat in front of you. Do you want to bind it?]

"Bind!"

In an instant, James Williams' palm seemed to have magic power as it emitted waves of white light. He felt that he now had an additional sense of familiarity with the kitten in front of him.

The kitten seemed to have also felt it as it rubbed its forehead against James Williams' hand.

"Alright, now eat your eggshell. Only after you learn your skills can you fight with me."

The orange cat obediently turned around and chewed on its eggshell. After it finished eating, a beam of light rose from its body.

The kitten actually leveled up! It seemed that this eggshell had quite an amount of experience.

He looked at the kitten's stats panel.

[Character: Long-range pet cat]

[Master: Hades]

[Grade: White gold]

[Level: Level 2]

[Race: Cat ]

[Skill slots: 1, Energy Fluctuation (10 seconds cooldown)]

[Attack: 20]

[Defense: 13]

[Health: 240]

[Agility: 16]

James Williams nodded his head in satisfaction and looked at his attributes.

[Hades]

[Level: Level 1]

[Race: Human]

[Skill: Voodoo Mist (7 seconds cooldown)]

[Identity: Wizard (Forger)]

[Attack: 43 (can be increased with equipment)]

[Defense: 29 (can be increased with equipment)]

[HP: 450 (can be increased with equipment)]

[Agility: 28 (can dodge enemy attacks)]

He sighed and said, "The number of points I have should be the highest. After all, I am a player with an eternal ring."

However, the system was not unfair. It did not equip any equipment for the players who had obtained the eternal ring.

In other words, when his attacks hit the monsters, they would not lose any HP upon their defense. He was not even comparable to an ordinary player.

Fortunately, his HP was high enough to withstand the damage from the monsters. Otherwise, it would be really difficult for him to even move an inch after he entered the game.

He brought his kitten to the Novice Village. There were still five minutes before normal players could enter.

James Williams quickly walked in front of the NPC village chief. In his previous life, someone had received a special quest from the village chief and received a generous reward.