Chapter 6: Monster Rank

Gael has been visiting the library for two weeks now and he just finished reading all the books regarding Tamers, there are still books about monsters that he hasn't read yet, and he is now on his way to the library to start reading them, for others, it might be boring to continuously read books inside the library but for Gael, it is not just a necessity but he finds it fun being able to learn new things.

" good day old man Alastor " he greeted the old man arranging books when he entered the library, this past few weeks Gael became close with the extremely strong librarian, he even calls him old man Alastor, which made those who heard him turn their heads, but the librarian doesn't mind he likes it, since he is an old man, and it has been a long time since he's been this friendly with someone.

" oh Gael, you're here " when he heard Gael, the old librarian turned his head to greet him.

" I still have a lot of books to read, " Gael said.

" I see, you better go and start reading then hahaha, " the old man said.

Gael went upstairs after talking for a few minutes with old man Alastor.

He went to the table where his pile of books are on, he picked up a thick and old book, it is a book that explains the connection of the Tamer to his/her familiar.

He flipped the book open and started reading.

'the connection between a monster ad human once they became bound the Tamer and Familiar relationship is based on mutual benefits, the human body of the Tamer becomes stronger because of the tamed monster or familiar, and a Tamer can only tame one monster or familiar for the rest of his or her life, because the familiar will occupy half of the Tamer's soul, and that half of the soul will be the bridge that enables the familiar to share its abilities and attributes to its Tamer.

If a Tamer has a sea creature type monster as his or her familiar he or she will gain the ability to breathe underwater and be able to move faster or swim faster in the water, the familiar will also help improve the Tamer's physical ability, if a tamer has an agility type familiar his or her speed will increase by leaps and bounds, and the same principle applies to other types of monsters.

The reason why Tamers are not allowed to fight in a war between normal soldiers is because of the benefits that their familiars gave them, the power balance will be broken and the whole battlefield will just become a place of massacre, Tamers fight with themselves, those who are tied to a kingdom or a faction fights against other faction's Tamers, that is their form of war, though they cannot fight in a scale as large as those of normal soldiers, their wars are more destructive and bloody, since they fight alongside monsters, and those monsters vary from sizes.

But what separates Tamers from normal soldiers is the ability to learn their familiar's skills, a monster has different skill that they use to hunt for their prey or protect themselves from predators, and humans learn how to use weapons like swords and spear to fight, while monster learns skills that are lying dormant in their bodies but once they managed to learn those skills it will drastically increase their strength, imagine a human using the unique skills of the monsters, paired with the mastery of their weapon or martial arts, they will be an unstoppable killing machine in a battlefield.

" I see, so the Tamers are the core strength of a kingdom, no wonder they are not known by a commoner like me, their existence is the representation of power and status, but this time I will be one of those tamers, people will look up to me while my enemies will fear me and shiver just by knowing my identity" Gael started to imagine himself as a strong Tamer, with the most powerful familiar. After a few minutes of daydreaming, he continued his reading.

Monsters have different 'ranks' and those ranks represent their potential and growth rate, and their chances of evolving to a higher form of themselves.

E ranks are the weakest while S ranks are the strongest monster, they have almost unlimited potential and unbelievable strength, but they are extremely rare, for a normal human the chances of seeing an S rank monster is zero to none.

A monster with the rank of E has almost no capability to fight so no one in their right mind would waste half of their soul just to tame an E rank monster, they are at the bottom of the food pyramid, and most of the Tamers have a C rank monsters and those are the mainstream rank of monster that normal Tamers have access to since capturing a living monster is extremely difficult, making living monsters expensive, while those from wealthy families can buy B rank monsters, giving them a great head start in the world of Tamers but monster ranks are not the absolute indicator of strength ranks just represent the 'future' potential of familiars and their Tamers.

" I see, so monsters have different ranks, it would be nice if the Prince can provide us with a high-rank monster, " Gael said.

Hours passed and the skies turned dark, though he is reluctant to leave he has no choice since the library is closed at night, Gael left the library in a sour mood, and Alastor just laughed at Gael's leaving figure.

Gael entered his room where he noticed that there was dinner already served on the table, he immediately gobble up the delicious dinner, since the beginning of his stay here at the Palace he's been eating delicious food that he never imagined he will be able to eat.

" The Prince is generous, if he mentioned that they will provide me with foods this delicious I would've accepted his offer the moment he brought it up," Gael thought as he continues to eat.

After he finished eating he lay down on his soft and comfortable bed, he's more used to sleeping in a soft bed now compared to when he first arrived here, while laying down he started thinking.

" I'm getting excited, I wonder what kind of monster the Crown prince will provide us "

He started to list down the names of strong and ferocious monsters that he read from a book in the library.

" a Gale Wolf would be nice it has great speed and good strength, plus it looks cool, though an elemental is great too, I will be able to use some of their skill paired with my swordsmanship how great would that be?"

" an orc or an ogre would be great if a have their pure strength, imagine the kind of slash I can deliver with my sword, hahahahahahaha, I can't wait to be a Tamer.

As he imagine what kind of monster will he get, he started to get sleepy, he changed clothes and went to bed.

The morning came and Gael woke up in a good mood, but his mood is about to get even better, there is a letter attached to his breakfast, he read it and its content made him smile widely.

" at last the day has come " though he is a calm and cool-headed man, especially on the battlefield, today he's like a kid who received a new toy, he quickly ate his breakfast and washed up, he left the room in a hurry and he heads towards the place where he met Marcus and the Crown Prince.

He entered the luxurious room and to his surprise, he is not the first person to arrive there, there are already three people sitting and waiting, namely Commander Balmor, Lily Augurn, Amon Vega, and Wency Walker, with him, the five out of eight chosen members of the Prince's Tamer Squad are already here, the ones who still hasn't arrived are the Oswald twins Kali and Kalisto, and Melchor Malkin.

Gael took a seat with the others.

" oh Gael you're here" Commander Balmor Greeted him, he is the commander of the last battle that they all went to, since all of them have fought alongside each other, they are all slightly familiar with each other, though they belong to different squads and Gael is not a formal soldier still they were once brothers in arms.

" Greetings Commander " he greeted the commander back, while he just greeted the rest with a slight bow.

" The whole gang is already here"

" hahaha it seems like we are the last ones " they already knew the owner of those energetic voices, all of them didn't even bother to turn around, the twins, found their place and sat beside the commander, Melchor Malkin is also with them, he greeted everyone with a slight bow and found a seat.

After a few minutes, the Crown Prince and Marcus arrived.

" it seems like everyone is already here, " Crown Prince said in a good mood, he walks in front of everyone along with Marcus beside him.

" I welcome you all, and I am thankful to everyone for accepting my offer, don't worry I will adhere to my earlier promise, I am not the type to go back on my words " Crown Prince greeted everyone and expressed his thank you to everyone.

" all of you here, from today onwards you won't be normal soldiers and nobles anymore, today you will take your first step to the world of Tamers, though it is great given that you will become more powerful and will receive greater respect from the others, it does not come without a price, though the world of Tamers leads to great fame and wealth it is accompanied by great dangers, are you willing to face those dangers?!" Marcus asked in a loud shout.

" yes! " Gael and the others answered simultaneously, the whole room reverberated with their voice filled with conviction and determination.