Going into the wild

Early in the morning, Alan sat cross-legged inside the training room; in front of him, Nova was having her breakfast as she ate a second stage core and some grilled meat.

Name: [Nova]

Stage: [2nd stage] [33%]

Species: [spatial black snake]

Potential: ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Description: [a noble spatial black snake species with a high bloodline, extremely adept at manipulating space and can be considered a space master, very powerful with a very high potential extremely intelligence and prideful]

Talent: [snake bite, tail whip, poison fog, initial space manipulation, teleportation, inventory]

Evolution path: [6]

Watching the string of information that reflected in his view, Alan was pleasantly surprised; last night he had fed Nova a third-stage core, which directly increased the progress bar by 20% in one night.

Looking at the many talents that Nova had, Alan again knew how lucky he was to find this partner of his.

Alan decided to spend the next few days strengthening himself and breaking through to the second stage to consume all the resources that he previously bought.

….

4 days went by like a flash, and today Alan was concentrating on practicing his art and meditating, spending every moment he had on his training.

While meditating, Alan suddenly felt the presence of a barrier as he couldn't accumulate any more Ena, taking a deep breath, started attacking this barrier; after almost an hour went by, suddenly there was a baking sound inside him, and the huge amount of Ena flooded his limbs.

Swimming all over his body, nourishing it, the process lasted half an hour.

Name: [Alan]

Stage: [2nd stage] [0%]

Looking at his own information, Alan was happy that he had caught up with Nova. He was finally a second-stage being.

Nova, who was practicing her talents at the other end of the room, looked at her master as if congratulating him. Alan smiled and went over to Nova, patting her head gently.

Alan: "Nova, we will soon go into the wild where you can hunt and sharpen your instinct. We will have to fight many beasts, so are you ready?"

Nova hissed excitedly in response, as a beast she has never experienced hunting in the wild, and no matter how good Alan took care of her, providing her with everything she needs, hunting is still one of the most primal instincts for her as a beast.

Alan also understood that without adventuring and surviving in the wild, he and Nova would be nothing more than a flower in a glass; to get experience in battle and survive through the wild is one fundamental process that any real beast tamer has to go through, so Alan decided to visit the Beast Master Association to get information before going on his expedition into the wild.

And not to worry his mother and sister, He decided to come up with an excuse, as he has to work for a couple of days in his workplace; it is much better than having to worry all the time.

Having made up his mind, Alan immediately put Nova in his sanctuary and headed out to the association.

...

Entering that association, Alan walked over towards one of the information windows.

Alan: "Good morning, can you please give me a detailed report about the beasts around Howler Town, and how many points their carcass can be exchanged for? Plus, I would appreciate it if you included the distribution and best habits in the information."

Receptionist: "Good morning, sir. Please give me your beast master association ID and open your terminal. I will send you the relevant information there."

After Alan handed over his ID, he thanked the receptionist.

Receptionist: "I just sent all the information, and I also updated your status as a 2nd stage beastmaster."

Alan: "Thank you again."

After he finished getting the information and updating his status, he immediately went to the market to buy a few necessary supplies for his expedition.

After he finished shopping, Alan's heart ached as he only bought a few supplies, but it almost drained all his remaining savings.

He bought an enchanted leather armor as he always advocated agility-style-based combat.

A tent, a couple of bottles of spices, and a few cooking equipment, such as a portable heated plate that works by infusing Ena in it.

After he collected everything he needed, his savings went down from 700,000 to 80,000 federation dollars, but he was not worried, as money will soon be coming again.

Alan opened this terminal and contacted Carla to inform her that he will be unavailable for the next few days.

Carla, faking tears, started a drama of her own on the call, but after a while, she assured him that there was no urgent work that he needed to attend to, telling him to be careful, never going deeper into the woods that surround Howler town.

Alan felt warm inside as he genuinely heard concern in her voice.

After saying his goodbye to Carla, he informed his mother that he will be working for the next few days and can't come home, who was worried at first, reminding him not to overwork himself.

After everything was in order, Alan immediately took the bus towards the Northgate of Howler Town.

....

The security at the gate was tight. After he reached there, he presented his ID to the guards, who, after confirmation, allowed him to go through the gate but not before reminding him to be careful.

It was Alan's first time in this life going out of his town. He looked around only to see a wide plain and the forest that was his destination for today.

The moment Alan reached the forest he immediately took Nova out of his sanctuary.

Nova, who saw the forest for the first time in her life, was extremely excited as she circled around Alan, who couldn't help but laugh at Nova's antics as she was behaving like an excited little child.

Moving carefully for 5 minutes Alan found his first prey.

Name: [none]

Species: [Grass rabbit]

Grade: [1st grade]

Potential: ⭐

Description: [A rabbit-type beast, found on the grass plain, it has a weak but agile body; it is extremely fast, and it uses its advantage to stay alive. With a high reproductive ability, it is a weak and fast grass plain beast with almost no potential.]

Evolution path: [1]

Even though it was one of the weakest beasts mentioned in the information, Alan heightened his vigilance, and through his telepathic communication with Nova, he asked her to flank the rabbit to cut its escape route.

Waiting for the perfect moment when the little rabbit guard was at its lowest, he attacked, but due to the rabbit's high speed, it managed to evade the attack, only for Nova, who was waiting to bite it and break its neck with its jaws.

Alan: "Good work, Nova. Just as we planned, make him concentrate on me, and you deliver the killing blow."

Nova was happy with Alan praising her, using one of Nova's most important talents, the inventory they collected: the dead body of the rabbit.

Even though enchanted space pouches on space rings exist, for Alan, who was broke, they were out of reach.

So with Nova's inventory subspace talent, that expedition will become much more convenient.

Previously, after Nova broke through to the second stage, Alan tested all of her talents in their training. The inventory that Nova controls has a space of 50 cubic meters, much more than enough for their needs now.

1 hour later, going through the woods, they met the second opponent.

Name: [none]

Species: [forest monkey]

Stage: [2nd stage]

Potential: [⭐ ⭐ ⭐]

Description: [The forest monkey beast is a very agile and mischievous beast that likes to taunt its opponents. It has a strong body, and it moves through the trees like the wind. Once angered, it goes into a fit of rage, an extremely vengeful and playful creature.]

Talent: [Jaw bite, sharp claws, wooden fest]

Evolution paths: [3]

The moment the forest monkey saw Alan, it immediately started shouting at him. Alan walked slowly towards it while giving Nova instruction to climb up the trees.

The monkey who was standing on a tree branch

Immediately jumped and headed towards Alan, who calmly evaded the monkey claws and counterattack, The monkey who saw the huge fist crushing down on him immediately retreated, avoiding Alan's attack.

Alan didn't give the monkey any breathing time as he followed after launching a barrage of fists.

When one of them landed The monkey was thrown away; feeling the pain, the monkey went into a fit of rage and immediately climbed the tree next to it to launch itself from it and attack Alan, but the moment it climbed the tree, Nova did not give him any time as she launched an attack, biting its neck, barely avoiding the fatal injury as Nova bit its shoulder.

But a moment of carelessness in a fight is enough for one to lose his life, as Alan has jumped and launched a fist towards the head of the monkey, killing him in the process.

Taking a breath to calm himself down, assisting the surrounding for any danger nearby, only when he confirmed that they were safe Alan relaxed his tense nerves; this was the first real fight for him and Nova. Reflecting on the process, although the plan was almost perfect, the execution can use a lot of improvement, but for now he will take the win.

Alan smiled at Nova, who was still excited by the fight, after removing the core of the forest monkey and storing its carcass in Nova's inventory, they continued moving to find more targets.