Chapter 585 - 585. Jagara Region
Same with the other elite classes, he also received several inherent skills after becoming a Beastmaster.
Jump 300%.
Defense +10%.
Enhanced Senses.
Pet received attribute boosts when close to tamer.
"Oh? I can also make a superhuman jump now?" Jack said after reading the descriptions. He was outside the building now. He gave it a try by making a vertical jump. With his current attributes, He could jump more than one meter normally. This time, his body shot up to a height of almost five meters.
He whistled all the way as he landed back down. The passerby looked at him with weird faces.
"Hehe, this jumping ability allows me more tactical options. I should also have an easier time traversing difficult terrains with this ability."
As for the 10% increase of defense, he figured this was something to compensate an originally ranged player who switched roles to a melee one. Of course, on him, this only meant that he became even tougher to kill.
The increased senses made him feel as if he was still the wolf from the trial. He could hear and smell very well. He didn't feel any improvement on his vision though, probably because his Dragon Eye's passive effect was already better than the beastmaster's vision enhancement.
The fourth skill supported the Beastmaster class' melee intention. If both the tamer and pet fought within melee range against the same opponent, the pet would become even more lethal with the tamer beside it.
He then checked the two skills he received after becoming a Beastmaster. The exclusive skill received for passing the trial on the first try was Call Wolf Pack. This skill made him reminiscent of his experience just now on being a wolf.
At the first level, this skill summons five wolves of elite grade. Its duration was ten minutes with a three hours cooldown.
The standard Beastmaster skill he got is Master Tamer. This skill allowed the taming of a medium-sized beast.
Jack had 45 free Beastmaster skill points which he had saved. He could level up these two skills to the max, which was what he did. He used 38 skill points on those two skills, leaving 7 free skill points for later use.
At level 20, the Call Wolf Pack skill lasted twenty minutes and summoned ten wolves.
As for Master Tamer, its max level increased damage and defense of his pet by another 50%. Combined with Archer's Tame Pet skill which at max level increased the pet's HP and Stamina by an additional 50%, his summoned pet would practically be one and a half times its original power. Jack asked Peniel what about the pet's attributes? Peniel mentioned the attributes would increase when the star proficiency of the skills was upgraded.
With this, he was ready to hatch that Theras Beast Egg, but Peniel told him to go buy Pet food first. This food was necessary to help the pet's growth. Some shops in the business district sold them, but Peniel advised him to go to the Magic Associations shop in the noble district. The best pet food should be sold there.
Jack followed her advice and headed over. Inside the shop, Jack asked the attendance for the best pet food in the shop. The attendance took him to one section which displayed several different types of pet food. The attendance pointed to one of them, indicating it was the best one they had available.
Jack checked the price. Of course, this best one was also the most expensive one as well. But it posed no problem for Jack since it only cost 90 silver.
"Buy a hundred and twenty of them," Peniel said.
"What? a hundred and twenty?" Jack uttered. He then made a quick count, "Hey, that's 108 gold coins! Why do we need so many?"
"The ideal frequency you feed your pet should be two times a day to ensure maximum growth," Peniel explained.
"Then it's too many, with a hundred and twenty food I can feed him for two months. Flame's pet wolf took less than two weeks to mature."
"You can't put the two in the same league. That wolf is a small-sized beast. Your Theras Beast is medium-sized. The Therras Beast needed at least twice the time that wolf used to mature, and it likely requires longer time. I estimate two months for safety, you don't want to be in a situation where you run out of pet food and you have to return to town to purchase more, do you?"
He certainly didn't want that. He currently had 554 gold coins. If he spent 108 gold coins, he won't have enough for the restaurant's third upgrade which needed 500 gold coins. But then again, he still got two weeks' worth of restaurant profit and one week's worth of bakery's profit. He estimated it should be enough to cover the lack of coins. With great reluctance, he parted with 108 gold coins.
"Okay, now ask for a throwing knife," Peniel said.
"Huh? What for? I am already short on coins," Jack uttered. "And aren't throwing knives used by Hidden Weapon Specialist?"
"They are, but a Beastmaster can also use them for an optional ranged attack. For an archer who became a Beastmaster, don't you think they will be very frustrated if they have spent lots of their skill points on ranged skills such as Precise Shot? They can still activate such a skill using Throwing Knife."
"Hm… I don't think I will use such a weapon much, but okay, let's see the price first. I only need one throwing knife, correct?"
"Yes. Same as Ranger's Throw Weapon skill, the knife will return after being thrown. So you only need to buy one."
With that confirmation, Jack asked the attendant to take him to the section where the throwing knife was sold. There were also multiple throwing knives being displayed. They had different grades and levels. The highest one was level 35, Jack checked the prices of the ones with that level. The common-grade one was cheap, costing only one gold coin. The rare grade cost twenty-five gold coins.
Jack decided to just buy the uncommon grade which cost ten gold coins. It possessed physical damage of 120. It was incredibly low if compared to his other weapons, but this throwing weapon was just auxiliary, so he didn't give it much thought.
Now his purse only contained 436 gold coins, he hoped his saved profits were enough to cover at least 64 gold coins.
Leaving the Magic Associations shop, Jack went to the Hunters Association to pick up hunting quests. Peniel asked him to pick some quests targeting the draconic monsters at his destination. He took three such quests, they were classified as S-rank quests. The remaining seven were A-rank quests for monsters he might encounter on his way.
From the Hunters Association, he moved next door to the Adventurers Association. He reported his two neutral quests, Search for Aubelard Maxius and Thesylvania's Missing Children. The two quests netted him 12,000 adventurer points.
The sun was setting by then, so he decided to just spend his time with Amy while waiting for the restaurant to close. He went to collect the profits from the restaurant first before doing the same at Amy's Bakery. To his relief, the total profit was 81 gold coins.
Amy's Bakery closed earlier than the restaurant, so he spent the time chatting with the little girl and her mother. After Ellie closed the restaurant, he came over to the bakery with Bill. Jack then went to the restaurant and activated the upgrade feature. 500 gold coins disappeared from his bag, leaving only a paltry 17 gold coins. He felt as if he had returned to becoming a poor player again.
Jack, Ellie, Bill, Amy, and Samantha watched as the restaurant was getting covered by the translucent fabric. Amy asked Jack when he was going to do the third upgrade to the bakery. Jack told her he will do that as soon as he had another 500 gold coins. Jack told her not to worry, he would save the coins and put her bakery as a priority.
The next morning, Jack said goodbye to Amy and Samantha and left. The night before, Jack had asked Peniel which country was the place he could farm the draconic essence. Peniel told him that it was not any country. It was a no man's land like the Fulgur region where the Temple of Divine Squall was located.
Peniel informed this place was called Jagara Region. It was a mountainous region located in between Themisphere Kingdom, Sangrod Empire, and Hydrurond Dominion.
Jack teleported to the closest town from that region and then rode Pandora towards it. He spent an entire week of riding before Peniel informed him that he had arrived at the edge of the region.
He saw a series of mountain ranges. Many tall ones further away, but Peniel told him not to wander too deep in this region. This Jagara Region was home to draconic monsters. The deeper one went, the stronger the monsters were. There was even a high possibility of a true dragon residing within the depth of this region.
The draconic monsters he was targeting were located in the three mountains by the edge. Each housing a certain type of draconic beast.. Jack headed towards the closest mountain.