Rheo gaze landed on the peeping toms, the scared Muscle Rats had gone to hide in the thick woods, peeping from the shadows.
They were still careful of this evolved new species.
It was understandable, after all, the Ninbunny was a commander-grade monster, even above the Rat Emperor.
Rheo could more or less guess the reason for the evolution, the Knight guard had certainly evolved because the Rat Emperor was slain, this also marked the completion of the quest given to him, which meant the system evolved it, perhaps to serve as the new tribe leader.
If I remember correctly, the interface ranked it as Shadow King.
He turned to the Ninbunny and tried to summon the monster into the so-called Tamer Space, and within a blink of an eye, his arms were empty.
It really worked, it seems the Tamer Space is real.
[You Have Store A Pet!]
Rheo ignored the notification, he still had another thing to do that was important.
He then went over to check the scorched corpse of the Rat Emperor.
This will fetch a good price, I will use part of the money to buy Muscle Rat's meat for Raizen and make sure it enjoys itself.
Ouch!
The youth screamed in pain, due to the sudden multiple system revelations, he had forgotten about the parts that were singed by the heat wave.
I need to get myself treated
He looked at the burn spots and grimaced.
Even though he wasn't the one who battled, there were multiple burn wounds he had incurred.
Rheo sized up the scorched corpse of the Rat Emperor, even though it was quite small, as a high-tier wild-grade monster, its monster crystal core could fetch a few hundred thousand Earth coins.
Although the money wasn't up to one Supreme Dollar, however, it would easily be enough to sustain someone for a couple of months.
Selling it in parts would be the best, he reasoned it was the best idea, the youth planned to remove the monster crystal core before selling the monster carcass.
Selling the body whole would reduce the worth of the monster.
Rheo packed up the Rat Emperor's carcass, right now, he needed to go to the Evolver Pet Center so that the two pets could receive treatment.
He took the carcass and started moving, however, his eyes caught something.
Rheo turned to look, it appeared to be ridges of earth, it was as if something was tunneling very close to the ground surface.
Suddenly, a single head popped out from one of the ridges, it was a Muscle Rat, the monster was quietly tunneling after him, its thick furs completely smeared in thick earth.
Another head popped up, then another, about three heads looked back at Rheo with fierce red eyes, their cheek stretched into a cute smile but the menacing long dirty incisors betrayed the cute expression, the incisors were glinting like a deadly object grew only to give the deadliest cut.
You guys?..., is it because they have no leader?
A tribe without a tribe leader, I see. Since I have already contracted their new leader.
Although this wasn't all of them, perhaps the others had split away from the group.
You are Earth-type monsters and I only have one Martial-type Tamer Token, is there anything I can do?
Rheo thought for a while, they could just follow him as tamed pets and when he had enough funds for a contract, he would contract them in the association.
Perhaps he might find an Earth-type Tamer Token before that.
But wouldn't it be weird if they followed him like this into the city?
A teenage boy with about... Hummm
He counted the Muscle Rats, they were six in number.
A teenage boy with six wild-grade mini monsters, that would definitely catch people's attention.
Rheo shook his head, not wanting to imagine the scene.
An idea popped into his head.
Perhaps I could store them in my Tamer Space, can I?
There was no response.
"Store Pet"
"Store these pets"
He wrinkled his brows, perhaps the system's definition of taming was to use a tamer token.
In Rheo's view, all these Muscle Rats had already been tamed.
The Muscle Rat had already come out of the tunnels, they were smiling brightly at Rheo as if expecting some nuts.
He realized he still had some mountain seeds in his pocket. Rheo scooped some out and threw them at their feet.
Seeing their favorite food, the monsters pounced on it immediately, gnawing madly at the black seeds.
Watching the cute rodent monsters, Rheo suddenly realized something.
He shouldn't use the Tamer Space—even if it works. If Raizen wakes up, there'll be more than just conflict.
The thought of that made a slight headache surge up the temples of the youngster.
[Open Inventory?]
"A response came?"
A smile tugged at the corners of his lips, and Rheo's eyes widened in anticipation.
The system was giving him an option.
Yes, open Inventory.
[Inventory: ??]
Really? Not even a single bonus item for becoming a player?
He scoffed, and then an interface suddenly appeared.
[Player: Kai Rheo]
[Class: Monster Ranger]
[Level: 2]
[Exp: 5/100]
[Talent: ???]
[Pets:]
[Steel-feather Thunder Falcon]
[Ninbunny]
[Inventory: ???]
[Store: (locked) (L.v 10)]
Rheo grimaced at the Talent section, just like the Thunderbird's case, he didn't even receive a single talent after contracting the Ninbunny, a commander-grade Shadow King.
He felt dejected immediately.
Anyway, let's see if I can store these mini-monsters in the inventory.
Store!
He pointed to the monsters which were calmly looking with confused expression.
The body of one of the monsters started to shimmer, the others looked, bewildered, they jumped in fright, and just like that, theirs too started shining, and before Rheo knew it, they had vanished in a pulse of light.
Cool, he smiled, satisfied,
You never know until you try.
Then he stored the carcass of the Rat Emperor.
[Two Life Forms Stored!]
[Carcass Of Rat Emperor Has Been Stored!]
Two messages shimmered into view.
Rheo dusted his hands and stepped out of the woods, his work here was done.