"Then let's hurry up and take action too."
[Direction: West]
The Flame Dragon flapped its wings once and immediately charged toward the west without any hesitation.
The Flame Dragon lowered its flying altitude.
Its long tail swept across the surface of the sea, leaving behind a long trail of waves being split.
Seeing this, Little Raven couldn't stay still either. It struggled in Asher's arms, then flew out of his arms on its own initiative.
Felter hesitated for two minutes, but still released the Golden Armored Wyvern as well.
"Gaa—", The Golden Armored Wyvern was just about to throw a little tantrum at the Beast Tamer when it suddenly sensed a familiar and terrifying aura nearby.
In an instant, like a duck whose throat had been grabbed, its voice suddenly got stuck in its throat.
Felter, upon seeing this: "..."
Heartache, on the verge of tears.
'So the reason the Golden Armored Wyvern is rebellious is really because I am not strong enough?'
'Wuwuwu!'
With Little Raven around, the Golden Armored Wyvern was unbelievably obedient.
Rebellious phase? What's that? It's been eaten by the Golden Armored Wyvern.
Asher smiled.
Freya looked at Felter with a sympathetic gaze.
Felter himself: "..."
Didn't really want to talk, but…
"Asher, teach me! Please! This is my lifelong request!", Felter suddenly turned to look at Asher beside him, clasped his hands together, and looked like he was praying to a bodhisattva.
This time, it was Asher's turn to fall silent.
"…This kind of thing, just teaching it won't work," Asher sighed.
This isn't a matter of whether he wants to help or not, it's a matter of whether he can help or not.
He can't help.
Asher chose to give up.
Felter cried out like a puppy.
'Wuwuwu! Heartbroken!'
Just thinking about it made him feel like crying.
"When there's time, I'll let Little Raven teach you a bit, maybe…?", Asher said, not very certain.
Hearing this, Felter instantly perked up, "I think this can work!"
"Little Raven just looks like it has a very strong aura."
"Same with Little Gold. As soon as it saw Little Raven it got scared. If I can learn a trick or two from Little Raven… hehehe!", As Felter spoke, an excited smile appeared uncontrollably on his face.
Rubbing his hands, he could totally imagine that scene.
"Ambition," Freya rolled her eyes at Felter, "That's a shortcut, in the end, you still need to rely on yourself to conquer your pet beasts."
"Otherwise, even if Asher could help you with the Golden Armored Wyvern, what about your other pet beasts?"
"There's no way your second pet beast is also a Golden Armored Wyvern, right? Not to mention you still need to contract a third and fourth pet," Freya shrugged.
Felter, who had just been dreaming: "..."
"Say no more, say no more, saying more just makes me feel sorry for myself," Although Felter hadn't yet learned from Asher how to make his pet beast obedient, he had successfully learned how to change the topic.
Both Asher and Freya couldn't help but laugh upon hearing that.
No longer fixated, skipping this topic.
Heading west all the way, they didn't encounter any special events on the way.
No beasts popped up, and none of those strange encounters like Asher previously had in the Red Soil Secret Realm, none of them existed.
Seeing this, Asher stroked his chin.
'Was it just my illusion?'
Asher glanced down at the ocean again.
'Anyway, it looks calm and peaceful.'
From time to time, some ordinary species of sea fish would leap out of the water.
Beasts? Not a single one.
"There seems to be an island ahead. Let's temporarily stop here?"
"Let's also check if there's anything on the island," Freya looked toward the island standing in the sea not far away, then turned to Asher and Felter and asked.
Both had no objections.
The Flame Dragon landed on the island.
"I feel like the ecosystem here is weird," After jumping down, Felter frowned and said, "Forget about no beasts, this island doesn't even seem to have ordinary creatures, like insects or bugs?"
Felter looked around, then noticed some grass rustling, as if something alive was hiding inside.
"Little Gold!"
Golden Armored Wyvern: 'What? Want to command me? Beg me, you—alright alright! I'm going!'
With just one glance from Little Raven, the Golden Armored Wyvern shot out like an arrow from a bow and rushed straight toward the rustling grass.
It was a rabbit with gray fur.
Seeing this, Asher stroked his chin, and his expression became strange, "What exactly is going on with the space inside this folded dimension?"
This island, who knows how many years it has existed, and yet it's barely had any contact with the real world, and still, there's such a fat rabbit living here?
And that's not all. There are big fish in the sea too, but no beasts? That's not normal, right?
Asher recalled his experience in the Red Soil Secret Realm.
That place really had almost no living beings.
"A folded space is originally a special space that exists outside the real world. No matter what strange things happen inside it, it doesn't seem that strange when you think about it."
Freya shrugged and said calmly, "Unless one day an ancient human or a future human pops out of the folded space, then maybe I'd think it's a little weird."
Asher: "..."
That would already be extremely weird.
"I'm going to catch some fish, find a place to rest and eat something?", Asher glanced at Freya.
Freya had no objection.
The three of them discussed together and decisively took action.
Asher brought Little Raven and set out to catch fish.
Thinking it over, Asher also released all the other pet beasts from home.
Cat-Worm: "!"
As soon as Cat-Worm's six legs touched the ground, it was like it had taken a shot of adrenaline. Full of energy, it bounced up and down and ran wild.
Asher: "..."
"Little Raven, it's up to you now," Already unable to keep up with Cat-Worm's speed and unable to rein it in anytime soon, Asher decisively handed over the task to Little Raven.
Little Raven: 'Ok!'
'Got it!'
'Speed up! Dive!'
'Capture successful!'
Cat-Worm with all six legs off the ground: OvO
"Meow! Meow! Awoo!"
'Oh~ my dear Beast Tamer~ If I said this wasn't on purpose, would you believe me?', Cat-Worm blinked its chaotic eyes, trying to move Asher's icy heart and make Asher tell Little Raven to let it go.
"I think you need to calm down," That's what he said, but Asher had also noticed that Cat-Worm seemed a bit too excited. This was unusual and shouldn't happen to Cat-Worm under normal circumstances.
However, Asher didn't find it very strange.
"If this island were completely normal, that would be the strange thing," Saying that, Asher led the pet beasts toward the seaside.
Angel and Little Jellyfish each took a side, both shaped like spheres, following beside Asher. They looked a bit like fully automated follower drones.
Little White Snake, at some unknown time, had already coiled its now quite thick body tightly around Asher's waist.
Asher also had to use one hand to carry Cat-Worm.
Asher, who suddenly realized he was traveling under heavy load, "..."
After a moment of silence, Asher sincerely looked at his pet beasts and said, "How about I send you all back to the spiritual space for now?"
'Otherwise, this posture is really too torturous!'
Very quickly, Asher was defeated by his own pet beasts' watery eyes and affectionate gestures.
As for who was acting cute…
Angel stated firmly, if it doesn't count, then it absolutely did not act cute.
Ahem, in short, Asher didn't leave a single pet beast behind in the end.
Like a giant pet beast display rack, Asher carried his heavy pet beasts and finally arrived at the seaside.
"Fishing huh…", Asher thought for a bit, opened his backpack, and surprisingly took out a full fishing kit from inside.
Asher: "?"
Asher was trying to figure out what kind of thought process Old Hank had. But anyway, having this kit definitely made things more convenient.
"This island is weird. If we can avoid going into the water, then let's cautiously avoid it," Asher took out the fishing rod.
Of course, it couldn't compare to professional fishing gear.
But for simply catching a few small fish to make do, it would work.
He baited the hook with some bait that was also somehow stuffed into the backpack and happily began his island survival fishing plan.
Cast.
Fish.
Three seconds later.
The fishing line started trembling violently.
Asher: "?"
"Am I perhaps born with some innate sacred physique for fishing?", As he said this, Asher's tone carried some disbelief.
Can't blame Asher for being so shocked. This speed was just too fast. Far beyond Asher's expectations.
But Asher didn't hesitate and quickly started reeling in the line.
It seemed like he caught a big fish, there was a tremendous pull on the other end of the rod.
Little White Snake, coiled around Asher's waist, wanted to help, but Asher immediately stopped it: "Don't!"
"This fishing rod can't handle that much force."
Asher didn't doubt his pet beast's strength at all.
Precisely because of that, with a non-professional rod like this, the result of both ends exerting force would most likely be a snapped rod.
Asher was still curious about what was on the other end.
Why not assume the thing at the other end was a fish… let's just say it was purely Asher's intuition.
Cat-Worm stood on Asher's shoulder, cheering him on like crazy.
'Go go!'
'Use force!'
'Beast Tamer, you can do it!'
Little Jellyfish used its long tentacles to pull Asher's body, preventing him from being dragged into the sea by the massive force from the other side of the rod.
Angel flew over the sea surface, mechanical eyes flickering with different lights.
"Beginning analysis… special energy blocking detected in seawater, currently unable to analyze…"
Asher suddenly felt more strength.
An energy that could affect Angel and block its detection?
What kind of energy could that be? No matter how you think about it, it could only be mythical creature energy.
Little Raven was also circling above the sea, its golden-red eyes staring intensely at the surface. If the thing in the water dared to surface, it would immediately be pecked by Little Raven.
Then… the fishing line snapped.
Due to the backlash, Asher almost landed on his butt. Fortunately, Little Jellyfish supported him from behind, helping him stagger and stay upright.
The sea, which just had a slight ripple, quickly returned to calm.
Asher held up his snapped fishing rod, looked at it for a while, then clicked his tongue, "Interesting."
Saying so, Asher picked off a silver-white, seemingly broken fishing line fiber from the line.
Upon closer inspection, it was clearly not that.
It looked more like some creature's hair.
Asher rubbed it a bit.
Since there was only one strand, it didn't feel particularly special.
He sniffed it closely, no strange smell either.
Asher took out a tissue from his pocket and carefully wrapped the special hair in it.
He stared at the calm sea for a while, but still didn't dare to go into the water.
Who knew what might happen, it was better to be cautious.
As for food…
He would stroll around a bit more and see if there were any other creatures on the island besides rabbits.
Perhaps because Asher had good luck in this area, after one round he ran into another rabbit and a wild chicken.
Asher: 'Although I don't understand how these things survive in a place like this, it's not a big problem.'
'They should be edible.'
With what could be called a decent haul of game, Asher returned to the original camp.
The earlier rabbit had already been cleaned and was roasting.
"You're back?", Freya and Felter were pulling out all sorts of seasonings from their backpacks and sprinkling them on top while sniffing and looking at Asher.
Asher held up the newly obtained wild chicken and rabbit.
Freya gave Asher a thumbs-up.
Not an amazing haul, but enough for a meal.
"But didn't you go to the beach?", As if she had thought of something, Freya asked in confusion, "I just saw a fishing rod in the backpack, I thought you were going fishing."
"Although that may be, I really did plan that at first," Asher handed the prey in his hand to Felter, and Felter accepted it without complaint and immediately began processing it.
That technique, Asher was surprised just watching it.
'What? Aren't we all the same age? Where did Felter learn that technique?'
"Learned it during military training," Felter, as if he understood the confusion in Asher's eyes, sighed and said helplessly.
"No choice."
"If you don't learn a bit of survival skills in the wild, the various assessments in the next few years will really be hard to get through."
As he spoke, Felter let out a very world-weary sigh.
Asher: "…"
Once again, in a strange and inexplicable place, he felt the mysterious nature of Jade Dragon University and Flood Dragon University.
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