The habitat of the Silver Spirit tribe is located in the suburbs of the capital of the Cang Ting Principality, in a valley deep in the mountains.
A long vein of mithril ore runs through the entire valley, with a small half of it exposed on the surface.
Therefore, when Char passed through the outer warning magic array set up by the Brunstadt family and came to the valley——
His radiating mental force sensed the extremely rich free metal elements that filled the atmosphere.
This is also the favorite habitat of the metal element race, the Silver Spirit.
"If I use the 'Space Pocket' to take away this entire mithril vein, I'm afraid Xiao Ai and I won't have to worry about the extraordinary resources until the sixth ring..."
Xia pursed his lips and carefully put away this bold idea in his mind.
Not to mention whether Shanshan's space pocket can hold such a whole mithril vein, those high-level warning magic arrays are not just for show.
If I really do this, I'm afraid the entire Brunstadt family will come after me.
...
...
However, if I complete the novice missions one day, I might be able to catch a big prize...
Anyway, the ancient country of Cang Ting will be destroyed in the future, and there seems to be no point in keeping this mineral vein. It is better to give it to me, the last descendant of the Brunstadt family.
Xia collected his messy thoughts, and then continued to project and expand his spiritual perception.
Not long after, Xia Ya noticed that there were several mental fluctuations of other life forms in his mental perception.
There was no hostility in those mental fluctuations, just a little curiosity.
Xia walked in the direction of his spiritual perception, and soon he saw several small silver spirits with dim light spots around them, looking curiously in his direction.
Compared to the quasi-king silver spirits who had previously assessed the elders, the silver spirits in front of Xia Ya were much smaller in size and momentum, and it was obvious that they were still in their larval or growth stages.
Different from the former's majesty and domineering, these young silver spirits are more refined and graceful.
The two sides were more than ten meters apart and sensed each other through mental perception.
This is Xia's consideration in choosing his third soul pet.
At the same time, it is also the consideration of these silver spirits for their future beastmasters.
In the Western Continent, the relationship between beastmasters and their pets is very complicated.
Humans and some humanoid races can cultivate their spiritual power, open up soul-binding space, and become beastmasters.
Pets can enjoy the benefits of the Soul Contract Space through contracts with beastmasters.
Generally speaking, the contract between pets and beastmasters is a mutually beneficial process based on mutual consent.
Beastmasters can rely on their pets to gain extraordinary powers and strengthen themselves.
Pets can use contracts to accelerate their originally long growth period. At the same time, when they are seriously injured, they can recover and heal in the soul contract space and enjoy the extraordinary material supply from the beastmaster.
Normally, pets that have signed contracts are much stronger than their wild counterparts of the same age.
However, since this is a common situation, there are naturally exceptions.
Of course, there are many people among us who are obsessed with power and will do whatever it takes to force their pets to sign contracts with them...
Among the wild beasts and pets, there are naturally some that are hostile to the Beastmaster. Some even rely on their powerful strength to use the Beastmaster's soul contract as a tool to establish the Lost Beast King of the Kingdom of Disorder.
Of course, as the guardian race of the Brunstadt family, the Silver Spirit would naturally not reject the contract with the members of the Brunstadt family...
But signing an equal contract is like a marriage. The quality of the contract partner will directly determine the development of the second half of your life, so the selection process is naturally very cautious.
The spiritual contact between the two sides lasted for a moment.
Soon, friendly emotional fluctuations were transmitted in the spiritual perception.
This shows that those young silver spirits have recognized Char and are willing to make a contract with him.
As elemental life forms that are naturally close to nature, the perception of silver spirits is more acute than that of humans.
Therefore, they could easily sense that the soul strength of the black-haired boy in front of them was much deeper and hotter than those of the beastmasters who had come before.
In other words, in front of Char, those outstanding people who were carefully selected by the Brunstadt family became losers in an instant.
There is no harm without comparison. Whether it is a pet or a beastmaster, who would not want their contracted partner to be as strong as possible?
After all, this world is realistic and materialistic, and for pets, Char, as a beastmaster, can be described as a pure tall, rich and handsome man.
On the other side, Char was also choosing his contract partner.
In his mind, lines of azure blue information were fluctuating, displaying the specific attribute panels of the silver spirits in front of him.
[Race name: Silver Spirit "Silver Armor Evolution"]
[Category: Elemental species]
【Attribute: Metal】
【Phase: Growth】
[Soul Contract Status: None]
[Battle Level: 26 (Level 2)]
[Racial level: High King (Level 4)]
[Pet skills: Elementalization (proficient), High-speed healing (proficient), Slashing (proficient), Elemental fluctuation (proficient), Metal strengthening (proficient), Super hardening (proficient)]
Very good attribute panel, in line with its racial level of a high-level king. It has reached the combat level of the late extraordinary stage in just the growth stage.
As for the pet skills... "Elementalization" and "Super-speed Regeneration", the lower-level skill "High-speed Healing" are needless to say.
Slash and Elemental Wave are standard damage skills in the fields of spells and physics respectively. Their status is roughly similar to the "fireball" of a wizard in traditional Western fantasy novels. There's nothing special about them, but everyone can use them.
The two high-level skills that follow, "Metal Strengthening" and "Super Hardening", represent that the growth tendency of the Silver Spirit in front of you will focus more on physical combat. These two skills are powerful weapons in close combat.
All in all, this is a very standard front-line fighter who can be called a quality inspector on the confrontation road, which just meets Char's requirements for the third soul contract to complete the frontal combat capability.
But - it still feels a bit too standard.
It’s not weak, but it doesn’t have any special features. I always feel that it doesn’t match the unique style of its own pets.
When a group fight breaks out, the little snow ferret will wear a black robe embroidered with red clouds, and Shanshan will wear a divine robe with the Fourth Hokage's image embroidered on it. The new pet beast won't even know what to wear.
Xia silently put the silver spirit in front of him into the spare list, and then looked at the other silver spirits.
"Growth stage, level 28, specialization in spellcasting...possessing the same high-level damage skill "Silver Meteor" as the quasi-king silver spirit of the assessment elder."
"It's OK, but it doesn't meet the requirements of my third soul contract. If it's just a pure spell turret, its position basically overlaps with Silver's."
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"Larva, level 19, specialization in perception, high-level passive skill "Omen", can get premonitions from the astral world from time to time. The content of the omen is random. In other words, whether it is good or bad depends entirely on luck..."
"If I were really lucky, I would probably choose this. I might be able to pick up some sixth or seventh level extraordinary materials through omens and achieve financial freedom overnight."
"Unfortunately, no matter how many times I read the moon, I still know clearly in my heart that I am a nobody..."
Char silently shed African tears in his heart and passed the option in front of him.
He went down the valley and saw many silver spirits that were in their larval or growing stages and were suitable for contracts.
But overall, there was nothing that particularly amazed or caught Char's eye. "After looking around, it seems that the most suitable one for me is the silver spirit at the beginning."
"I just don't know if if I go back to look for it, will it reject me because I treat it as a spare tire."
Just as Xia stretched, walked down the valley, and was about to go back to find the original Silver Spirit Contract.
His gaze suddenly paused.
All I heard was a faint clanging sound coming from the hillside not far away.
Xia Ya walked down the hillside and came to a dense forest.
In the open space in front of him, there was a petite silver spirit, waving something at a huge piece of metal ore.
The sharp blade collided with the hard black iron ore, making a clanging sound of metal clashing and sparks flying.
When Xia stopped at the foot of the hillside, he discovered that the little silver spirit in front of him was different from the other silver spirits he had seen before.
Obviously, there is no such thing as permanent disability for elemental life, and injuries can be repaired with time and energy replenishment...but for some reason, the left arm of this little silver spirit is empty.
A dim yellow light lingered in the broken part, as if some filthy and inexplicable force had corroded the wound on its left shoulder, preventing the regeneration of the silver element in it.
But what is most concerning is the body of this little silver spirit.
Obviously, all the silver spirits have pure and beautiful bright silver bodies...but this little silver spirit's entire body is stained with a blood-like red color.
Even the silver sword on its right arm, which was formed from flowing metal, was permeated with vermilion blood, and every time it swung the sword, it brought up a red glow.
Compared to its fellow creatures who are the darlings of nature and elements, the little red silver spirit in front of it is no longer as pure and flawless in appearance, but instead has a hint of filth and evil.
In Char's mind, lines of information completely different from before emerged.
[Race name: Silver Spirit "Dusk Corrosion State"]
[Category: Abyss Species, Polluted Species]
[Attributes: Metal, Darkness, Sword]
【Stage: Larval stage】
[Soul Contract Status: None]
[Battle Level: 7 (Level 1)]
[Racial level: High King (Level 4)]
[Pet skills: Filthy Blood (beginner), Darkborn (beginner), Slash (superb), Sword Bone (mastered), Burning Blood (mastered), Heart of the Overlord (beginner)]
A silver spirit whose combat level is only level seven.
As a high-ranking king of the Silver Spirit race, even a newly born Silver Spirit would generally have at least the combat level of the awakening stage. The little Silver Spirit in front of him could be called an outlier among outliers.
This means that the so-called "Dusk Erosion State" is obviously not a good direction of mutation. The foul aura has greatly restricted the growth of this red-silver spirit.
What made Char secretly shocked was the words "superb" of proficiency behind the skill "Slash".
This was the first time that Char had discovered a skill in a wild, ownerless pet that had surpassed "perfection" and reached an "extraordinary" level of proficiency.
Although it is only a low-level "slash" that is relatively easy to improve...but to reach this level, it also requires unimaginable training.
In order to help Gin develop Tsukuyomi, Char spent five full years just to improve Gin's "Charm" skill to perfection. Even so, the final breakthrough was achieved with the help of the system's points.
What's more... this achievement was achieved entirely by his own perseverance without the supervision and assistance of a beastmaster, nor the aid of extraordinary materials.
The little scarlet silver spirit did not notice Char's arrival.
It just continued to swing its sword towards the huge piece of metal ore, and a clear cut mark slowly emerged in the flying sparks.
This is not a sudden inspiration, but a habit that has been formed day after day and year after year.
Only in this way can the most common and often most overlooked "slash" be elevated to such a high level.
“Interesting.”
Char's eyes fell on the little silver spirit swinging the sword.
He did not disturb the other party, but just continued to check the skill panel of this little silver spirit.
[Filthy Blood]
[Attributes: Abyss, Curse]
[Rank: High Level]
[Proficiency: Beginner (0/100)]
[Skill Description: The elemental body is corroded by some kind of filthy power from a higher dimension, thus losing its racial characteristics such as elementalization and elemental affinity. The broken left arm cannot heal itself due to the curse of dusk.]
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Darkborn
[Attributes: Abyss, Curse]
[Rank: High Level]
[Proficiency: Beginner (0/100)]
[Skill Description: The body and soul are corrupted together. Once you fall into it, you will lose yourself and become an apostle of the abyss.]
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[Sword Bone]
【Attribute: Metal】
[Rank: High Level]
[Proficiency: Mastery (1193/10000)]
[Skill Description: After swinging the sword thousands of times, the mental image called "sword" has been imprinted in the origin]
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[Burning Blood]
[Attribute: Spirit]
[Rank: High Level]
[Proficiency: Mastery (3018/10000)]
[Skill Description: Burn the body, burn the mind, use the soul as fuel, and greatly enhance all attributes in a short period of time]
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As for the last item in the skill column, "Heart of the Overlord".
Above the skill description, there was only a short line of text -
[Potential to Become a King]
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