Episode 2 – Growing Up Chapter 1 – Magic Beast ‘Shadow Mouse’

“Magical beast ‘Shadow Mouse’? Grandpa Delin, what’s so peculiar about this magical beast ‘Shadowmouse’, and how many levels is it?”

Linley and Derin Corvette communicated mentally, while looking at Derin Corvette with an expectant gaze.

Derinkelwalt smiled faintly and deliberately pretended to cough twice before slowly transmitting, “The magical beast Shadow Rat, it is impossible to say definitively what level magical beast it is, as it is a race. There are two main types of magical beasts of the rat type, one is the Stone Eating Rat and the other is the Shadow Rat. But regardless of whether it’s a stone devouring rat or a shadow rat, they’re all omnivores, whether it’s stones, bones, or even meat, they eat it all.”

Linley nodded darkly.

Just now, he had seen that black shadowrat gnawing on a stone.

“Magical beasts are mainly categorized into nine levels, level one magical beasts are the weakest, and of course above the level nine magical beasts there are also saint domain level magical beasts!”

Delinquent Corvette smiled and looked at Linley, “Linley, the weakest of the stone devouring rats is the gray stone devouring rat, all stone devouring rats from level one to level three are gray, with only a slight difference in coloration. When they reach level four, their entire body is silver, and when they reach level seven, their body will be golden! A golden stone devouring rat is at the lowest a rank seven magical beast, and at the highest it could be a rank eight magical beast.”

“Linley, this Stone Devouring Rats are a very terrifying group, mainly because there are too many of them, and their teeth are too sharp, much sharper than those of the Shadow Rats, once countless Stone Devouring Rats attack, it’s estimated that hundreds of thousands of troops won’t be able to withstand them.”

Derinkovot said with a sigh.

Drinkwater recalled a disaster back then.

The speed of the stone devouring rats was not as good as the shadow rats, but the stone devouring rats’ whole body was like steel, and the higher the grade of the stone devouring rats, the harder their whole body was, and their teeth were also sharper. Don’t look at their small size, but in large numbers, they are terrifying to the extreme.

“The weapons of the army warriors can’t kill the stone devouring rats, but the stone devouring rats can easily eat away the warriors.”

Derinkelwalt sighed.

Linley’s mind couldn’t help but conjure up mountains of densely packed stone devouring rats rushing out, eroding the army like a flood and then gnawing away countless warriors, and when he thought of that scene, Linley couldn’t help but have a chill in his heart.

It was too terrifying.

“The two major magical beasts of the rat class, the stone devouring rats win in terms of extremely high defense, extremely sharp teeth, and at the same time the stone devouring rats are extremely numerous. And what about the Shadow Rats? The number of Shadow Rats is also quite a lot, but it is far inferior to the Stone Devouring Rats.”

Drinkwater was like an encyclopedia, as if he knew everything.

“What about shadow rats, how powerful are shadow rats?”

Linley prodded.

There was a black shadow rat not far away at the moment, and Linley naturally wanted to know how powerful this shadow rat was.

“That stone devouring rat is at the lowest level. And shadow rats are different! The weakest shadow rat is also a grade three magical beast with black fur all over its body! When the whole body turns green, the Shadow Mouse reaches the fifth level magical beast realm. When its body turned purple, it was at least a rank seven magical beast. A high one could also be a rank eight.”

Drinkwater spoke plainly.

Linley secretly nodded.

In terms of rank, this Shadowmouse wasn’t weaker than a Stone Devouring Mouse in the slightest.

“Grandpa Delin, according to what you said, all of the third to fourth grades among shadow rats should have black fur, and only become cyan in the fifth grade. Then this little shadowrat is a rank three or rank four magical beast?”

Linley inquired as he looked at Delinquent Corvette.

“This black shadowrat is not ordinary.”

Derinkelwalt said with a frown, “Stone Devouring Rats are famous for their strong body defense and sharp teeth. This shadow rat, on the other hand, is famous for its extreme speed and sharp teeth! Speed …… is a good yardstick to judge the strength of a Shadow Rat.”

“It’s so fast that it’s a dozen meters in the blink of an eye, but since it’s a shadowrat, it should be considered normal.”

Linley remembered it clearly now.

Derinkovort nodded, “A shadowrat’s speed should be fast, but a shadowrat that’s still in the ‘toddler’ stage can reach the speed of an adult shadowrat, that’s not normal.”

There was also a smirk on Derinkelwalt’s face.

“Unusual?”

Linley looked at Derinkelwalt.

Derinkelwalt continued, “Yes, at the toddler stage, it has the speed of an adult Shadowmouse that has reached the level four magical beast, and when it reaches full adulthood, it’s estimated that reaching a level seven purple Shadowmouse is possible. I suspect …… that he is the child of a purple shadow rat.”

“The child of a purple shadowrat?”

Linley was puzzled, “But its fur is black.”

Drinkwater laughed, “Linley, no matter if it’s a purple shadowrat or a cyan shadowrat, the little shadowrats they give birth to are all black. Only as their strength rises will the fur color on the surface of their body slowly change! Fur color is a symbol of strength!”

Linley’s heart snapped, “So that’s how it is.”

“Grandpa Delin, according to what you said, this shadowrat’s speed is really amazing. Right now, the speed of this shadowrat in front of me, I feel like it’s slightly faster than even Uncle Hillman, and yet you’re saying that it’s only the equivalent of an adult shadowrat that’s reached rank four. A level four magical beast shadowrat is comparable to a level six warrior’s speed ……”

Speaking of this, Linley couldn’t help but sigh again in his heart.

Drinkwater also smiled, “Linley, if not, is it still called a shadowrat?”

A Shadow Rat of the same rank, running, could instantly leave a human warrior of the same rank far behind.

“Shadow rats are rare magical beasts, especially the ‘purple shadow rat’ which is at the lowest level 7 magical beast, many magicians want to take in a purple shadow rat, but purple shadow rats are too fast, adult purple shadow rats are precious, but they’re difficult to take in, whereas shadow rat toddlers that can become purple shadow rats are easy to subdue, but if you want to encounter a purple shadowrat toddler alone, it’s even harder to come across in a thousand years.”

Delinquent Corvette looked at Linley with a smile.

Linley could also imagine.

Purple shadow rats were at the lowest level 7 magical beasts, which meant that this purple shadow rat was at the very least on the same level as a ‘Velociraptor’.

“Linley, the purple shadowrat belongs to the king of the shadowrats, and can command a large number of shadowrats. Although the number of shadow rats isn’t as terrifying as the stone devouring rats, it’s still a lot. A purple shadowrat’s toddler will be protected by a lot of shadowrats when they’re underage.”

Drinkwater glanced at the black shadow rat in the distance that was gnawing on a rock.

“To be this strong at a young age, nine times out of ten, it is a purple shadowrat’s toddler… I really don’t know how it arrived within your family’s mansion, and there are no other adult shadowrats around to protect it.”

Derinkelwalt said with some sighs.

Linley also agreed with what Derinkelwalt had said.

“Linley.”

Derinkelvort’s gaze towards Linley suddenly became somewhat strange, and with a hint of a seductive voice, he said, “Regardless of why this purple shadowrat toddler is here, do you want to take in this little shadowrat? The growth rate of shadow rats is relatively fast, even if it is a purple shadow rat toddler, it is estimated that it will be able to fully grow within ten years. By then you could have a rank seven or even rank eight magical beast.”

Linley couldn’t help but thump his heart when he heard this.

It was difficult to subdue a rank seven or rank eight magical beast. On the other hand, it was much easier to subdue during its infancy.

In the early childhood period, there was also a difference between the types, some magical beasts grew fast, and some grew slowly. For example, some dragons need a thousand years to reach adulthood, but ordinary humans can’t wait that long. This shadow rat belongs to the category of fast growth.

But to meet the purple shadow mouse young children, is too difficult.

After all, the more powerful the magical beasts, the more importance they attach to the protection of their own young, although they do not understand why this little shadow mouse will come to their own family’s ancient house, but the purple shadow mouse’s young in front of them, this is a fact.

“Linley, as long as you have a purple shadowrat, it’s the same as having an army of shadowrats!”

Delinquent Corvette laughed as he looked at Linley, “This is what makes the purple shadowrat, more precious than other level seven and eight magical beasts.”

Delinquent Corvette had been compelling Linley.

And how could Linley, who was only eight and a half years old, hold back.

“Grandpa Delin, how can I take in this purple shadowrat?”

Linley looked at Delinquent Corvette with slight excitement.

Derin Corvette couldn’t help but feel a surge of joy in his heart, “If little Linley can really subdue this shadowrat, I’ll be able to feel slightly more at ease in the future.”

Derinkelwalt was clear that he himself was just a soul spirit body without a trace of magical power at all. A Saint Realm Magus without magical power likewise had little attack power.

He couldn’t protect Linley.

And after spending half a year together, Derinkelwalt, who had already treated this pure, persevering child as his own grandson, naturally had to find ways to improve Linley’s own abilities.

“Linley, be calm.”

Derinkelwalt said seriously, “Even a purple shadowrat toddler’s speed is comparable to that of a level four adult shadowrat, it’s your Uncle Hillman who can’t catch up, you simply don’t have the ability to forcibly take it in, and you can’t set up a ‘soul contract’ magic array either.”

Linley was stunned.

His feverish head went cold for a moment, and he smiled bitterly, “I remember, to subdue a magical beast, the first is to make it truly submit, and the second is to lay out a soul contract magic array, and that magic array can only be achieved by reaching a rank seven magician at the very least.”

Linley couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed in his heart.

Alas, weak in strength, even if he was lucky enough to encounter a purple shadowrat toddler, he wasn’t capable of taking it in.