Bonding with Humans

"So if I swim in the ocean, I can get stronger?" the little girl asked.

"Yes," Ning said. "But not until you start forming a bond. Let me get a beast for you to bond."

Ning jumped off from the octopus' head and into the ocean. He looked around for a bit and found a very young fish that was barely at Rank 1.

He caught the fish in a bubble of water and floated it up to the octopus' head.

"Wow, teacher, you can fly?" the little girl was amazed.

"You can too once you start being able to form bonds," Ning said. "Here, try and tell this guy to follow you and in exchange, you will give it all of your spiritual energy."

"This guy?" the princess cocked her head to the side to look at the weak little fish. "I don't like this guy. I want a big monster like Occy."