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Mood Lea is reaching its peak.
It can be confidently stated that at this moment, Lea is the only player who has attained the "Summoning" ability.
The total experience required to reach this point is 390 points, nearly four times the initial amount of points a player possesses. It's unlikely that any other player has sacrificed so much experience for skills like "Summoning" and "Training" that offer little practical benefit.
And now, it is only just now that the combination of skills Lea has acquired is the most efficient.
The condition for obtaining "Summoning" is "Training" and "Contract".
The condition for obtaining "Contract" is "Summoning" and "Soul Binding".
The condition for obtaining "Soul Binding" is "Summoning" and "Mastery".
Even though Lea had obtained "Training," "Summoning," and "Mastery" earlier, after "Mental Magic," everything just fell into place. In fact, it could be said that because she acquired these skills earlier, Lea only now realized that by acquiring "Mastery," new skills could be accessed.
Lucky indeed. It feels like using up all the luck in one's lifetime.
It's not just luck, I've considered it quite well. It's also the result of my own talent.
A rare adventure will begin from here -
And indeed, I haven't obtained "usage" at all yet. First, there's something I need to do.
The effects of obtaining "usage" are as follows:
"Taming the target and making it a subordinate. If the target succeeds in resistance tests, usage will fail. Witches bound by contract with "Summon: Contract" will not refuse usage. Dead living beings captured by "Spirit: Soul Restriction" will not refuse usage. Targets affected by "Mental Magic: Control" released by oneself will receive a negative penalty in resistance tests when refusing usage. I will share all experience and experience points with all my subordinates. When summoning, I can choose one of my subordinates as the summon target. If a subordinate dies, I cannot summon it back for 1 hour in-game time."
This is truly the pinnacle ability of the various skills I've developed.
And as I finished checking the skill details, the system message sounded.
"The postponed task can be completed. You can tame [Kelly]."
It seems Kelly's previous request was postponed. If the required skills or conditions aren't sufficient to complete the task, then the task will be postponed. It might not make sense if continually postponed, but it seems it will wait for a short while, perhaps around the time to prepare and clean up meals.
Rhea tames Kelly.
Since the skill isn't activated, perhaps she could succeed in taming without having to activate "usage" if the opponent desires it.
Upon successfully taming, Kelly raises her head eagerly and looks towards Rhea.
"Sorry for making you wait. As you guessed, Kelly is now my subordinate. With this, I am officially your boss."
"Yes, Boss! Thank you!"
Upon checking, Kelly's skill attributes and construction seem to resemble Rhea's. Although experience points are zero, this might be because their experiences are shared, as explained earlier. Rhea's increase in experience points might be due to Kelly's successful subordination or due to the merging of unused experience points by Kelly.
Kelly's skills are focused on close combat, with significant experience points allocated to both skills and attributes. In fact, Kelly's total experience points are much higher than Rhea's current one. It's highly likely that a newly created character won't be able to defeat her in a fair battle.
"Ah... It feels strange, something I've never felt before... Sensing the presence of a boss... Pleasurable..."
Like a cat sniffing catnip, perhaps Rhea just needs to get used to this feeling someday.
They stare enviously, so I invite them to submit and succeed in subduing them all. Right after that, "Conquering an enemy named [Mountain Crest Tiger]" "Personal Area [Mountain Crest Tiger Lair] has been opened" "Set [Mountain Crest Tiger Lair] as your home?" - Housing System! Who would have thought that existed too!
However, now isn't the right time to think about it.
It seems Rhea and the others have formed a unique boss together.
Meaning, Rhea is near the starting position of a unique boss.
Indeed, the choice of areas considered recommended environments for Avatar Monsters is caves, volcanoes, ruins, places that might have small bosses, but never did it occur that they would appear so close.
This reveals the unusually high initial difficulty level of Avatar Monsters.
It's no wonder if you gain more initial experience when choosing a monster race. Or more accurately, if you're unlucky and appear right near a boss like Rhea, you might get stuck even though you gain slightly more experience. In fact, Rhea's birthplace is also in a cave corridor.
Even if you start as the weakest goblin and gain 220 initial experience points, even if you struggle to reach the same development as Rhea, you won't be able to obtain "Soul Binding" from "Afterlife" in time. It's better to focus on "Control" than anything else.
Although all experience points are allocated to MND, I'm not sure if goblin abilities would be enough to successfully "master" Kelly.
Rhea builds frugally for a quick start, starting in monster territory to conceal deficiencies, being cautious because of monster territory, and unexpectedly defeating a boss, but not killing it, which led to luck in obtaining information about taming, and using the newly gained experience to subdue the boss.
The previous actions were extraordinary luck, almost impossible if even one step had been different.
It might be good to go with the flow and settle down here. Even though the cave is dark.
It might be a suitable place for me, being albino and having weak eyesight. It really seems like luck.
After setting up the house, I can use the housing menu.
Upon checking, this house includes a distant underground lake. Although I thought it would be incredibly spacious, it's actually just a large room and narrow corridors, so it's not overly large.
Anyway, from here begins the new tale of the "Mountain Crest Tiger."
"Eh? But wait, are you actually "Tigers"?" "No, we're a cat race, not tigers." "I didn't mean it like that."
"?"
It seems they're not a group with a specific name. So who called them the "Mountain Crest Tigers"? This might be worth paying attention to.
Perhaps, although they're unaware, they're being sought after by the "Mountain Crest Tigers" in the city.
Nevertheless, the fact that Kelly and the others turned out to be unique bosses has cleared up some of the confusion felt by Rhea. Able to gather much more experience than expected. Turns out Kelly and the others are stronger than she thought. And now, Rhea has even more experience.
This might be the main reward received when successfully subduing Kelly and the others.
Rhea's current total experience is 320 points.
She doesn't intend to allocate points to physical parameters like STR or VIT, so she must consider other parameters, gain additional skills, or use points for the growth of Kelly and the others.
However, before using points for Kelly and the others, she needs to verify the rules of experience
In theory, the battle with the boss has concluded with this outcome.
The first thing to do is to establish this house as a base. Because when players log out, they sleep, so they need a comfortable place to log out.
Although not an actual bed, at least she wants something to reduce the hardness and coldness of the ground. If there are no other options, sleeping directly on the ground is the worst option, but it doesn't hurt to try to make it a more comfortable atmosphere.
After preparing the sleeping area, she needs to log out and check what happens to her subordinates while she's offline.
Although it's been almost 8 hours since she logged in, because she doesn't have any specific plans in the real world, she doesn't mind staying up. Her body will still sleep. Even if she logs out to verify, she'll log back in immediately.
For the bed, perhaps using the fur of wild animals or monsters is sufficient. She doesn't know what's outside the cave or what lives there, but there are likely some fur-coated animals. Kelly and the others
From the story she heard, it seems they're in the forest.
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