Chapter 553 Little Ruby Steps In!

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Ruby had been slowly growing up since he hatched around three years ago. Wyverns are dragon-type monsters, which means they grow very slow by natural means. I could had infected him with Miasma to make him mutate into a monstrous wyvern, but that would probably make him uncontrollable. And for the evolution I want him to take, I don't want to take the cheapest of roads. However, leveling is different, every living being in the world can level up, even monsters.

When monsters level up to their level cap, instead of Ranking Up a Talent they don't possess, they evolve into a higher Rank. Currently, Ruby's a Rank F Baby Blood Wyvern. Monsters can naturally grow over the years and evolve through age, so he would eventually, around five years of age, reach his young adult stage and probably become E Rank, and then adult stage would be D Rank.

But that alone would take around… ten years. I don't have the time for such a luxury, so I have already decided to bring him along through my shadows. My friends already know him a bit, but I often have him inside of my Spirit Realm so he doesn't causes problems at the academy. Erika's mother also dislike beasts, so I cannot bring him out too much either.

Nonetheless, if he grows strong enough I can register him as a tamed monster like Blood, and he'll have the official right to walk wherever he pleases to. Of course, the quicker way for him to reach his adulthood is not by waiting for him to grow naturally, nor by infecting and mutating him with miasma… simply put, I have to feed him easy EXP from high ranked monsters.

Orcs are pretty high rank, so they're ideal. There's a problem with this though, he cannot earn EXP through a "party" like I do with everyone else. Monsters doesn't seem to be added to this Party System, even when they're "Tamed" so I have to personally allow him to inflict some damage into a monster. But that would be too slow as the EXP he'll get won't even be 10% of it.

So what's better? To let him kill the opponent instead, of course!

"Roooarr! Grarrrr!"

Ruby continued attacking with his tiny claws and his fire breath against the two Orcs in the floor, the Orc had incredible defenses, so I had to cover them with various wounds using Gluttony to lower their stats enough for Ruby to hurt their high Defense Stat.

CRASH! CRASH!

After a lot of work, the little wyvern finally managed to slay the two Orcs, it took him five minutes with each one, and I already had him prepared another five more Orcs, with their limbs cut off and bleeding, ready for the kill.

"Roar! Groar!"

The adorable baby wyvern continued slaughtering the weakened Orcs, as the Orcs cried in annoyance and fury for getting killed by such a small creature that they could easily crush to death if they had their limbs.

"What? Did you thought I was going to give you a swift death?" I laughed. "Ruby, make sure they suffer! And drink their blood as well, you have to drink as much blood as you can!"

"Roar!" Ruby responded happily, his adorable red tail waving around like a puppy. Once he was finished, her a to my side and began licking my face.

"Grarrr!"

"Well done, you're a good boy."

Through all this time, I had been utterly unable to see other's status than my own Spirits. I cannot see the status of other people, nor I can see the status of monsters I fight, not even my tamed monsters.

"Hey Grimoire, can't I see the Status of my Tamed Monsters at least?"

[Processing… Such function was not initially possible within the [Grimoire]

"Is there not an Appraisal Skill?"

[Negative.]

"Hmm… Well, whatever. I can guess he's getting closer to max level, it feels like he's overflowing with more energy than before."

Ding!

[The Holy Spirits had answered your request.]

[The Holy Spirit of Fire says that seeing other living beings' status is rather complicated.]

[The Holy Spirit of Water says that seeing through the souls of other living beings requires divine power.]

So that's why I cannot see other status… So the Appraisal Crystal is imbued with divine power? I suppose that's why it is such an ancient and valuable relic.

[However, the Holy Spirit of Light says that such a request is acceptable. With the current Divine Protection of all Twelve Spirits and your developed Spirit Realm, you barely have enough Divine Power for it.]

Hm?!

Ding!

[You can now see the Status of Tamed Monsters]

[If you develop your Divine Spirit Power enough, you might be able to see the Status of other people and monsters.]

I see, as long as I tame the monster, I can actually see its status! How convenient. I suppose those Holy Spirits are quite dedicated to my cause. Unlike having Lucifer watching over me, I prefer these twelve instead, at least they're rather open for conversations and discussions, and might even accept my requests as well.

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[Name]: [Ruby] [Rank]: [F]

[Race]: [Baby Blood Wyvern: ★]

[Spirit Orb Realm]: [Rank 1 (Middle Stage)]

[Level]: [17/25]

[Health Points]: [370/370]

[Mana Points]: [270/270]

[Strength]: [285]

[Agility]: [325]

[Vitality]: [225]

[Intelligence]: [180]

[Dexterity]: [230]

[Passive Skills]: [Wyvern Scales: Lv3] [Flight: Lv3] [Blood Monster: Lv2] [Hawk Eyes: Lv2]

[Active Skills]: [Sharp Wyvern Claws: Lv3] [Strong Bite: Lv3] [Tail Whip: Lv3] [Fiery Breath: Lv2]

[Magic Skills]: [Fireball: Lv2] [Blood Blade: Lv2]

[Title Skills]: [Vampiric Servant: Lv2] [Blood Wyvern: Lv2] [Giant Killer: Lv1]

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Oh, so these are his stats, I can finally see them. He has more Skills than I had originally expected. His status showed inside my Grimoire without any complications as well.

And his Level is 17 out of 25… only a few more levels and you can evolve, little guy.

"GRRRRAAAAH!"

And the Orc Chief was right there waiting to get killed.

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