John Wicked: Endlessly Evolving My Pet Monsters-Chapter 2: Rune of New Beginning

In the Kingdom of Elveria's Capital Academy, the final year class of 16-year-old students was gathered on the training ground.

Among them was John Veron, previously John Wicked, a silky black-haired boy with a lean-fit figure and peach-pale skin tone. He stood with a stiff indifference on his face at the first row, his figure straight.

'Finally...' John's mind was on a certain progress bar in his mind. 'You seriously made me endure sixteen years for this, Chuthulos.'

"Get on the airship! It's time to depart."

The airship just landed on the ground nearby, ready to carry the students toward their first taming expedition.

"Hey, John, are you sure you're up for this?"

"Of course, he is. A single glare and he will tame any monster in front of him, hahaha."

As the students began walking on the aisle to enter the big airship, the mocking words of his fellow students entered John's one ear and left from another.

Found at the orphanage at a year old with his memory intact, John stood out due to his peculiarities.

He tried to act his age, but it was tiring, so he decided to limit his actions and chose a solo path, while focusing on important things, like how to get strong and learn more about this world.

But due to how he brought himself up, his reputation was also infamous.

He was a so-called delinquent. He was not taking shit from kids his age. Both his tongue and hands were fire.

Two months ago, John beat up three kids with a stick, even breaking one's bone with a kick. This put him in real trouble despite the fault lying within those kids.

Kids started verbally abusing him, but nobody put their hands on him because they didn't have guts.

And he didn't care about their words.

'I am leaving this shithole soon.'

John looked at some of the people as he arrived on the deck. They sat at a corner at a table wearing distinctive outfits belonging to Four Ruling Sects.

More specifically, they were from sub-branches of those sects in this region of Brimwind that housand 49 Kingdoms.

They visited every kingdom to find promising seeds, but their acceptance rate was utterly low.

However, John wanted to get accepted no matter the cost!

Arriving on the lower floor of the ship, John sat in the compound with other students. Students from four other Kingdoms were already on board, heading towards the grand taming expedition for all sixteen-year-olds of the Brimwind Region.

It would last for ten days, and it tested the students' survival skills and their first adventure as tamers in the vast land of Paladon Forest.

Peaking out of the window, John saw one more airship flying a certain distance away.

Sitting back down, John reigned in his surging excitement and checked the boon Chuthulos had given him. It was supposed to be the stolen power of Azatoth modified by Chuthulos.

John had received it just today ten minutes ago and it was showing symbols with a progress bar.

[#$&% 99%]

'Come on.'

And soon a few seconds later, it hit 100%.

[Rune of New Beginning has been assimilated with your soul.]

John's consciousness in his mind saw a window appearing, displaying his status.

[John Wicked]

-Soul Rank: Bronze

-Stats:

— Strength: 9

— Speed: 9

— Soul Core: 10/100

-Pet Monster Space: [0/2]

-Skills:

— Inspect

— Evolution Pathways.

'So it shows me my status, eh? And I have skills already. Good,' John internally smiled. 'And I knew I formed my Soul Core perfectly.'

The academy would teach students how to form their soul core. Soul Core determined how much soul power they could exert when using their Pet Monster's skills, and it also determined the number of Pet Monster spaces one could have to store tamed monsters inside their soul space.

Most students couldn't form their soul core perfectly and had a Pet Monster space of one. Only those who perfectly formed their soul core and attained that value of 10 could create space for a second Pet Monster.

'You said I would get Alfred, Chuthulos. I hope he is in that storage.'

John saw a tab below and opened it with a thought.

-> Mysterious Egg (Alfred)

'Egg?!' John wanted to burst out laughing, but he held back. When he focused on the Egg, he got additional information.

[Mysterious Egg (Alfred)]

-> Here is your lifelong partner, brother John. Just drop a bit of your blood on the egg, and soul binding will be completed. You can choose one of the three options for Alfred's starting evolution form. All the best and enjoy your new life.

"Umm, hello..."

John opened his eyes as his focus shifted and looked in the direction of the voice.

It was a girl with a long pink ponytail behind a charming face.

"Can I sit here?"

John glanced around and saw that there were some empty spaces, but this girl wanted to sit beside him.

'What does Yuna want from me?' John thought before plainly replying. "Sure."

"You don't have any tamed Monster Pet, right? Are you planning to capture one in the forest?"

"Yeah," John nodded while thinking. 'Well, I can't take out the egg here, so might as well kill time until we reach the destination.'

"Did you get your first Monster Pet?" he asked.

Yuna blossomed a smile and nodded, "Yes. It's a Bronze-rank three-tailed Sun Fox."

"Three-tailed? That's top-tier for a bronze-ranked Sun Fox," John raised an eyebrow. 'Wait, I should use Inspect on her and see how it works.'

"What about you? Any specific target you want as your first Pet Monster? I heard you can tell them to send you to a specific part of the forest."

John began to tell her slowly about some of the choices, but his focus was on the information he gained by using Inspect.

[Yuna]

-Soul Rank: Bronze

-Stats:

— Strength: 8

— Speed: 9

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— Soul Core: 10/100

-Pet Monster Space: [1/2]

—> Three-Tailed Sun Fox (Bronze)

-Skills:

— Blazing Wheel Technique.

'Damn, she also learned a soul technique?' John was surprised.

Luna was not a noble of the kingdom, but just a merchant's daughter. However, her talents were recognized as top-notch, as well as her beauty because she already had received a marriage proposal from multiple noble families.

He could already feel some daggers coming at him, but Yuna's approach was understandable from a perceptive.

After all, only he was the other one who formed a perfect Soul Core aside from her.

'Three-Tailed Sun Fox means her family must have pulled some strings to get this Monster. Let's see if I can learn more about her Sun Fox.'

John focused on the name tab of her Pet Monster, and it indeed sprung up a status window!

[Pet Name]: Three-Tailed Sun Fox.

[Pet Attributes]: Fire.

[Pet Rank]: Bronze.

[Pet Growth Stage]: Adolescent

— Gene Potential: 6/100

— Strength: 14

— Defense: 11

— Speed: 17

— Soul Core: 24

[Skills]:

—Sun Sigil (5-star)

—Flame Vortex (5-star)

—Pyro Claws (3-star)

[Evolutionary Pathways]: ???

John greatly held himself back from making a surprised expression because he wasn't expecting such a detailed status window of someone's Pet Monster!

He used his second skill, and also saw the Evolutionary Pathways and requirements to achieve those evolution paths!

'Holy shit...Chuthulos gave me one hell of a boon, alright!'

"Are you listening, John? I really suggest you go for the Silver Hill Spring area of the forest. If you can capture high-potential Silverwind Eagle as your first Pet Monster, you can perform better in the eyes of those important people watching us."

"Yeah, a Silverwind Eagle can be a highly useful first Pet Monster."

John suddenly realized something and looked at Yuna weirdly. "Are you perhaps telling me this because you also want to go there and want to capture a Silverwind Eagle? I know perfect male and female Silverwind Eagle mating can result in an egg of a Moon Spirit Eagle. They can also evolve if we train their Genetic Potential to full."

Yuna's ears turned red. "I know if it's you, we can capture perfect Silverwind Eagles and make it happen in five days to seven days. I want to do this, but I thought it would be better if I asked you for this plan instead of some stranger."

'The plan is not bad at all and her Three-Tailed Sun Fox is a good asset.'

"Alright, we'll do this."

'Alfred for ground and Silverwind Eagle for aerial combat. It's a perfect start.'