As I entered the Inner region, the number of monsters increased. It was not just the number but also the ranks of the monsters increased.
Even with such an increase, they didn't pose a problem for me. With my rank and skill levels, I chopped them as if they were vegetables. It was also good for me, as for a year, there was not much of a change in my rank. It has to change by the time I exit the secret realm.
I need to reach peak Tier-4 so that I can show that I am peak Tier-1 to the people and take on my promotion mission.
In this world, strength is the only thing that people respect. I stayed in Tier-1 for too long. If I stay in that rank anymore, they would think I am weak.
It can be considered average to reach Tier-2 by the end of the first year. By the end of the second year, most students would reach Tier-3. This was the general average.
After that, the rank-up takes a sharp turn. Most wouldn't enter Tier-4 by the end of five years. This was due to the difficulty of the Tier-4 promotion mission.
There is a huge difference between them, at least that is what I heard. I skipped Tier-1 to Tier-3 promotion missions. So I have no idea if there was a change in difficulty personally.
In a few days, I might experience that.
It was said that from the Tier-4 promotion mission onwards the difficulty of completing them would be increased exponentially.
It again changes at the Tier-7 promotion mission.
This was said after checking with various professionals who went through hell to complete those missions.
Though my mission wasn't that difficult on paper, it was. It caused a burden on my mind, that can't be eased.
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Huh?
What is that?
I have never seen such a monster before. I should capture it. It looks small, so it probably wouldn't hate me too much after I do so. It would be bad if the tamed monster riots against its master.
There are such situations that occurred in the past and were recorded.
Most of the time, it occurs when one tames an adult monster. They should have established their own life and family as an adult. Taming that monster means that you are tearing it away from its family and most likely starving its family members who could be waiting for the monster to bring food back home.
These monsters would resent the tamers and when they have the chance, they would certainly betray their masters who might have caused their families to starve and die.
Even though they are monsters, they too give birth and have families. Though they are not as civilized as humans and other races, they too care for their cubs except for a few which even eat their children.
So it was decided that tamers have to bond with newborn cubs or unhatched monster eggs.
They won't have too much intelligence. As long as they were treated well, they wouldn't go against their masters. There is one warning issued though about taming cubs or unhatched eggs.
Make sure that their parents are nowhere near and they can't track you.
What I see is a cub but what I don't see is its parents.
If I tame it, there is a chance that the parents would appear and I have no idea what those monsters' strengths would be or the skills that they would possess.