Chapter 241: Luke Wants a B-Rank Beast as a Pet?!

"Seems like cultivation has to wait." He exhaled in frustration. Because he couldn’t even ask Nyx and Caelith, since they were still asleep.

"Well, let’s forget about that." So he removed those thoughts from his mind, before asking the system about his new titan.

Only to get the absurd answer.

[Ahem! Luke... actually, your new titan form is loading, so it will take some time to unlock it.] The system with an embarrassed expression, repeating the same words earlier to Luke.

Upon this, he looked toward the system, with something wrong expression.

"Wait a minute." He paused and remembered that the same words the system had said before.

So before he could say something about being cheated, the system’s defending words came.

[Luke, each new titan came with more power unlocked. So bringing them inside Valtharion is not easy.]

Though the system didn’t mention that if they were not forbidden titans, then he could do it easily.

Plus, he was also bringing those titans from a prison created by some high-level beings.

"I don’t know what to say anymore." So he ignored the system and asked for his daily rewards.

[Well, you have only one reward. Since you had not interacted with your wife in the remaining 19 days.]

"..."

And this time he didn’t even need to think, because he really didn’t have any words for this.

Since he always remained near Aurielle, which resulted in a daily supply of rewards.

So now suddenly getting the news that 19 days’ worth of rewards had been wasted,

he somehow felt cheated.

"Aurielle, I miss you." So those words escaped his mouth, which meaning no one knew. As he was missing her for real, because she was his wife or because he was not getting any rewards without her.

[So do you want to draw the random reward?] At this, the system also didn’t dare to gaslight him and asked this question.

Hearing this, Luke paused and thought for a moment.

Healing Theia was his utmost priority and next, getting out of this place.

’But the random rewards...’ Thinking about them, he shook his head.

"Unless it’s an emergency, there is no point in drawing them." So he decided to stack charges.

And for the current situation, he would have to explore outside.

Still, before going outside, he gave one last look toward Theia, who was sleeping with a pained face.

"I will be back soon." With that, he summoned Valzareth, before teleporting outside.

Just after Luke teleported, Theia’s sleeping eyes opened suddenly. And her gaze turned toward the place where Luke was standing earlier.

Then she looked down toward her deep wound. But this made her expression sad.

"Seems like I don’t have much time left." She muttered those words with resigned fate.

Even then, one regret remained. ’I couldn’t serve him properly.’

After that, she closed her eyes, hoping to die fast. So Luke wouldn’t have to suffer for her.

’I am sorry, my liege.’

This was her last thought, before she was engulfed into a deep sleep.

But a small drop of tear escaped her closed eyes, which fell quietly onto the ground.

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Luke was standing at the peak of a tall tree, without knowing what had happened with Theia.

"I can’t fly here." He looked toward the sky, where the huge shadows of a few beings were roaming around the sky.

Like their playground. Which brought dread to his whole being.

"Then let’s try a different method." He shook his head to remove those huge images and the next moment,

his shadow glitched, before 100 other Lukes appeared in the mid-air. And the next instant dropped to the ground with a thud.

"Now, this is called power." Seeing this, a big smile bloomed on his face.

As after his breakthrough, he could now summon 100 clones for a long time. But even then, summoning them for an infinite time was tough for him.

"Go, search everything, without provoking A rank beings." He said those words loud.

Since now, he could face an early B rank being alone and even had huge chances to defeat it.

So with these many clones, he was sure he could face even some high-ranking B rank beings.

But not any A rank.

"What’s the real strength of those beings?" He thought about them, as he had only seen one A rank until now, which was Count Magnus. Even then, he had never seen his strength.

[If those beings fight, then their aftereffects would destroy your body.]

[So pray, that unless you have strength, you wouldn’t see them at all.]

The system intervened and poured the coldest water he got onto Luke’s thoughts.

"I know, I was just thinking." So Luke muttered calmly, without giving any chance for the system to rebuke.

Then he surveyed the area, which was covered with nothing but huge tall trees.

Which could rival even 100-story buildings.

Even the sunlight barely reached here.

"I am not in the endless forest..."

"But this place doesn’t seem less compared to that." He thought about the endless forest description,

which stated an endless forest situated underground, filled with only brown-colored trees.

As he was thinking this, one of his clones sent him an interesting piece of information.

"Hmm..."

"This will do." He muttered slowly, before using Void Step a few times to cross 100km.

Yeah, 100km with a few Void steps. Because now his Void Step range also increased from the previous 1km to 10km.

After coming to the location, he looked at the scene, while hiding behind a huge boulder.

"ROAR!"

There, one early B rank Lion-type beast was fighting against three B rank Deer-type beasts.

"Heh???" Seeing this scene, he felt his worldview shatter.

Because since when did deer get bold enough to fight a lion.

[Luke, this is a fantasy world.] So the system brought him out of his stupid state.

"Ahem."

"I know." He replied with a cough, like the system’s earlier mention was not necessary at all.

Though the system didn’t comment any further.

And kept observing the ongoing fight.

"Hmmm... a lion..." In the start, Luke thought about killing it. But seeing its fighting power, Luke changed his plan.

"My home needs a guardian pet, and you will do." So with that he smiled sinisterly, and the fighting lion suddenly felt goosebumps.

Like some dirty old man wanted to do bad things with it.

So it looked around, but couldn’t find the dirty old man.

But this distraction gave the three injured deer an opening.