Light Spring Murmur
Chapter 21: Eliminating the Earth Burrowing Rats
The tasks here are purely for people who want to hire Beast Tamers as temporary workers at a low price.
For example, the task of capturing live Wind Locusts is a task commissioned by a restaurant to the Beast Tamer Association.
Wind Locusts are extraordinary creatures, agricultural pests, and also popular delicacies on the dining table.
Compared to directly purchasing live Wind Locusts from farms, it is more cost-effective to acquire them in the form of tasks here.
The only drawback may be the slower efficiency, but this is obviously not a time-limited emergency task, but rather a long-term approach.
Capturing flying Wind Locusts is actually quite troublesome. Although these guys are not much stronger than Green Cotton Worms, their agility is very high. Their racial skill is Wind Wings, and they are very fast.
After looking around, if it weren't for the fact that Eleven couldn't fly, making it difficult to carry out this task, Shi Yu might have chosen this task.
In the battle just now, although the victory was relatively easy, Shi Yu was not without some reflection.
The Ice Armor Beast's attack movements were very fast. Faced with the attack, Eleven, who had no actual combat experience, could only subconsciously harden its entire body for defense.
But in fact, there was another option at the time, which was to judge the opponent's attack position and only carry out partial defense.
This way, it could save a lot of stamina.
Although, proficiency-level Hardening gave them the capital to fight with full-body hardening, winning at the lowest cost obviously could represent that the pet possessed more excellent combat qualities.
"Perhaps 'Super Vision' can be arranged for the next skill."
Although the Iron-eating Beast's burst speed is very fast, its reaction speed and vision are what you'd expect.
Shi Yu felt that he could see better than Eleven even with sunglasses on.
This racial defect caused Eleven to be unable to accurately judge the enemy's attack position during the battle just now, and could only harden its entire body.
But if Super Vision is arranged, this situation can be greatly improved. In battle, it can effectively see the enemy's attack.
And tasks such as capturing agile Wind Locusts are obviously a good training method to exercise Super Vision and reaction ability, naturally Shi Yu's alternative.
"Actually, this task of clearing Earth Walking Rats is also possible..."
Since Eleven couldn't fly, Shi Yu looked at another task.
Earth Walking Rats are also bottom-level creatures in the pet world. Their racial skill is Earth Tunneling. They are good at escaping underground. In terms of combat power, an awakened Earth Walking Rat is at most equivalent to a wild dog. An adult can deal with it with a weapon.
However, the troublesome thing about this kind of creature is that it reproduces too quickly, the number is huge, and the movements are agile. When encountering danger, they often cooperate as a team, and their threat cannot be judged by the normal growth level.
Fortunately, unless they are in a desperate situation, their first choice when encountering other creatures is definitely to escape. Otherwise, the impact would definitely be greater.
But even so, this kind of creature is worse than Wind Locusts and is listed as one of the four pests. They are active, indiscriminate in their diet, and rampant, trying their best to find food.
Not only are they limited to stealing food and gnawing on crops, but their Earth Tunneling skills can also cause damage to buildings.
There may be fewer of them in the city, but in some rural areas, Earth Walking Rats are numerous and difficult to eradicate, which is very troublesome.
The task of clearing Earth Walking Rats was jointly issued by several towns in Pingcheng District. It is also a long-term task. Almost every day, Beast Tamer teams go to the countryside to eliminate pests.
Exterminating Earth Walking Rats is not necessarily easier than capturing live Wind Locusts, and it seems that it can also be used to train Eleven's reaction ability.
This reminded Shi Yu of a game...
Whac-A-Mole!
Finding the Earth Walking Rat and killing it before it burrows into the ground is just like the Whac-A-Mole game.
This task is settled according to the number of Earth Walking Rats eliminated, and the price is not high, not as good as capturing Wind Locusts.
Shi Yu suspected that the main reason was because their body structure was like a lump of earth, and no one wanted to eat them, far less tasty than Wind Locusts, so the price was cheap...
"Taking Eleven to train its reaction speed for a few days is also good."
"Let's put the Hardening training on hold for now, proficiency-level Hardening is enough for now."
To cultivate a pet, you must develop in an all-round way!
After confirming that he would accept the task of clearing Earth Walking Rats, Shi Yu prepared to register with his identification.
However, just as he was queuing, coincidentally, he felt that the person in front of him looked familiar.
The Beast Tamer in front of him seemed to feel something in the dark, subconsciously turned his head, and then saw Shi Yu smiling.
"What a coincidence."
"Has the Ice Armor Beast recovered?"
This person was exactly Chen Kai, the top student after school who was crushed by Shi Yu and Eleven just now.
At this time, Chen Kai's face instantly darkened when he turned his head and saw Shi Yu.
"Recovered." He said unhappily.
"Are you here to do a task too?" Shi Yu asked.
Chen Kai nodded.
After the Ice Armor Beast's injuries were treated by the Beast Tamer who mastered healing abilities in the battle arena, he felt more and more uncomfortable after losing the battle.
As a result, Chen Kai decided to work hard and take advantage of the weekend to take on tasks to train himself. Then, he took a taxi here, one step faster than Shi Yu who was reluctant to take a taxi.
"Are you too? What task are you planning to take?" Chen Kai asked after nodding.
He wanted to know what training task a "master" like Shi Yu would take, perhaps it would be of some reference value.
"Clearing groundhogs, no, it seems to be Earth Walking Rats." Shi Yu said.
"You alone?" Chen Kai was stunned.
Shi Yu nodded.
"Is there a problem?"
"No... Generally speaking, this task is more suitable for a few people to team up, because Earth Walking Rats are too cunning, and teamwork is often easier to eliminate them on a large scale."
"Otherwise, why don't I team up with you? I'll take this task too." Chen Kai asked eagerly.
Shi Yu:?
What's wrong with this person?
He is not some beauty, and he just abused him, why is he so active?
"There's no difference between one person and two people..."
"I can go and call two more classmates, and then someone will control, someone will aggro, and someone will output, which will be more efficient."
Shi Yu: "..."
Are you fighting a Boss here?
Shi Yu thought for a while, a few individual Earth Walking Rats are indeed not a threat, but if the number is large, if he encounters a nest, it will indeed be a bit difficult.
Teaming up seems to be a good choice, he can't be as withdrawn as before.
"Okay." Shi Yu nodded and said, "Then let's take this task together."
"Okay, I'll call two more classmates tonight to make up a standard four-person team." Chen Kai smiled.
If it were an average peer, he wouldn't be so eager. The main reason was that Shi Yu's strength really hit him. He wanted to see how Shi Yu trained his pets.
An indolent Iron-eating Beast, can Shi Yu still train it into something special?
After the two finalized it, they agreed to meet here tomorrow morning.
After that, Shi Yu didn't stay outside for too long. On the way home, he went to Zhongcaotang Pharmacy again, intending to replenish some tonics.
"It's you again?" Inside the pharmacy, the young doctor looked at Shi Yu with a strange expression.
Shi Yu has come for the third time in half a month.
What exactly is this person doing every day? He suspects that Shi Yu has a fusion talent.
"Cough, the amount of training and combat for my pet is a bit high, and I've been in poor health since I was a child, so there's no way..." Shi Yu explained.
The young doctor expressed understanding and sympathy, and took the tonics for Shi Yu. At this time, Shi Yu was also considering whether he should change to another pharmacy, otherwise his reputation would be ruined sooner or later.