The classroom was filled with students listening to Miss Grace as she continued explaining the lesson. However, one student seemed to have his mind somewhere else entirely.
Miss Grace was staring directly at Zyric because he wasn't paying attention. When Zyric noticed her angry glare, he immediately shifted his attention back to the lesson and began listening carefully.
After a while…
"Alright, children, today's lesson is over. Does anyone have any questions?" Miss Grace asked the class.
No one stood up to ask a question until Zyric finally rose from his seat.
"Miss Grace, I have a question," Zyric said.
All the students were surprised to see Zyric stepping forward to ask a question.
"Hmph, what could his question possibly be?" many of them said, laughing in surprise.
"Miss, my question is this. Nowadays, we have Fuzan Vault devices that allow us to summon beasts from our Fuzan Vaults. But in ancient times, when the early Monster Tamers tamed beasts and stored them in their Fuzan Vaults, how did they bring those beasts back out? That's what I want to know. When the very first Monster Tamer stored a beast in his Fuzan Vault, he must have wondered how he would get it out again, right?"
Zyric presented his question to Miss Grace, leaving all the students stunned by how interesting it actually was.
"I have to admit, that boy has asked a good question," Miss Grace said, looking equally amazed.
She was genuinely surprised that someone like Zyric, who was considered a 'loser' by others, could come up with such a thoughtful question. She remained silent for a moment, thinking about how to answer it.
"Alright. The answer to your question is that, in ancient times, when people tamed beasts, they could only make use of their genes and nothing else. Suppose you have a beast that is exceptionally good at running fast. If you tame that beast and combine its genes with your own, you can gain its running ability. Similarly, if the beast possesses any other special abilities, you can acquire those abilities through its genes and use them yourself.
"But back in ancient times, there was no way for anyone to bring a beast out of their Fuzan Vault. People could only use the genes of the beasts stored inside their Fuzan Vaults to gain their abilities and receive help from them. That was all they could do. In those days, there was simply no method available to summon a beast out of a Fuzan Vault," Miss Grace explained to Zyric.
After listening to Miss Grace's explanation, Zyric sat back down in his seat and began thinking about the matter.
"Maybe that's why, in ancient times, beasts would think a thousand times before agreeing to be tamed by anyone. They knew very well that once they entered a human's Fuzan Vault, they would be imprisoned there for the rest of their lives. They would simply become a part of that human's daily life, combining their genes with the human's and providing help with various tasks whenever needed."
"And there's another problem. Back then, even if someone managed to tame a beast, they couldn't increase its strength easily. After all, if the beast could never come out of the Fuzan Vault, how would its power increase? Hmm, these are all serious problems. So, if people wanted to increase the power of their Fuzan Vaults in ancient times, they couldn't rely on their own beasts because those beasts couldn't come out of the Fuzan Vaults. As a result, they couldn't use the Fuzan Vault liquid that belonged to their own beasts."
"Because of that, they had to repeatedly venture into the forest to defeat other beasts, kill them, or forcibly extract the liquid from their bodies. It must have been an extremely difficult and dangerous task. They even had to locate the Fuzan Vaults inside those beasts' bodies before they could extract the liquid. Good heavens, life for people in ancient times must have been truly terrifying and dangerous," Zyric thought to himself.
"In this era, people have it much easier. If they tame a beast, they can simply summon it and use its Fuzan Vault liquid. That way, they don't have to go through so much trouble. But in ancient times, even if a beast liked someone and willingly entered that person's Fuzan Vault, the person still couldn't use its liquid. They could only make use of some of its abilities," Zyric continued thinking to himself.
After that, the class finally came to an end.
Zyric went over to his drawer, opened it, put some things away, and took a few others out. Raven's drawer was right beside his, and she hurried over to it before quickly taking something out.
"Hey, Raven, did my sister give you the money?" Zyric asked quietly.
Raven simply nodded in response. However, because she was in such a hurry, she accidentally dropped something from her drawer, and it rolled all the way to Zyric's feet.
When Zyric bent down to pick it up, he was shocked to discover that the strange object was actually a small quantity of Fuzan Vault liquid.
"This is Fuzan Vault liquid. Raven, this is Fuzan Vault liquid, right? Have you generated a Fuzan Vault too?" Zyric asked in surprise.
Raven immediately snatched the liquid from Zyric's hands, shook her head, and walked away without saying anything.
"Hey, Zyric, do you know her?" Fat Insect asked him.
"Yes, I do. But did you guys notice what I noticed? Don't you think she's hiding something?" Zyric asked Fat Insect and Velociraptor.
"Hmm, it certainly seems that way," Velociraptor replied.
"Something felt strange to me. Raven looked scared when she took the liquid back, and the Fuzan Vault liquid was green. She also has a green snake, a tiny baby snake that has only recently hatched. If she extracts its liquid before it's old enough, the little thing could die. And I'm certain that the liquid belongs to that snake," Zyric said confidently.
"Extracting the liquid once might be alright for a baby beast, but doing it a second or third time could kill it. I really don't know what Raven is trying to do," Zyric thought to himself.
"But she wouldn't want to kill her own beast like that, would she? After all, she went through so much trouble to tame it in the first place."
While Zyric was still thinking about the matter, Fat Insect suddenly spoke up.
"Oh, forget it, man! Let's go somewhere. Just leave her alone."
"The only place worth going where I can actually have some fun is the forest. That way, I can become stronger at the same time. But to enter the forest, you need to be at least Classic Level 4. So, what am I supposed to do?" Zyric was saying when—
Fat Insect suddenly stopped in his tracks, his face twisting with frustration. Unable to tolerate Zyric's constant whining any longer, he turned around and glared right at him.