The deeper they ventured into the forest, the more dangerous the beasts seemed to become. Soon, they heard the heavy footsteps of a powerful beast approaching from somewhere ahead.
All of them slowly moved forward on tiptoe, heading towards the source of the sound.
Fat Insect immediately burrowed into the ground so that it could emerge from the other side and attack the beast. Meanwhile, Zyric and Velociraptor approached from the opposite side, hoping to get a look at the beast from behind first.
"Judging by its appearance, this beast has to be at least Classic Level Six or Seven," Zyric said with a smile.
"But Zyric, I told you that I could fight it."
"Of course, I can fight it! But its body is just too big. Zyric, how am I supposed to cut through it?" Velociraptor complained.
Zyric began thinking about the problem.
Just then, he noticed Fat Insect making gestures towards him from a distance.
"Don't even think about it! If you cut it apart and defeat it, you'll end up going inside and eating it anyway. No, no! Your idea isn't a good one. Let me talk to it first. We'll see what happens after that," Zyric said to Fat Insect.
He then climbed onto Velociraptor's head. Velociraptor threw him forward, sending him directly in front of the beast.
Zyric immediately regained his footing.
"Look, look! Don't attack me! I can talk to you!" he quickly said to the beast standing before him.
The beast was a monkey—a very large one. It looked like a mutated version of a monkey and was roughly the size of a chimpanzee. Overall, its appearance was extremely terrifying.
Moreover, its arms were as thick as hammers, and its legs were equally powerful. If it jumped into the air with all its strength and landed on the ground, the entire earth would shake. That was how powerful its limbs were.
At first, the red mutated monkey looked at Zyric with slight surprise.
Then, it suddenly spoke.
"Oh, so you can talk to me. What am I supposed to do, dance for you?"
The red monkey looked at Zyric and laughed.
"Anyway, you should be grateful that you came here to talk to me instead of attacking me. If you had even dared to attack me, you wouldn't have wanted to imagine what would have happened to you. You would have been crushed beneath my huge hand, and your remains would have been scattered all over the place.
"Now get lost. If you want to stay alive, leave!"
The red mutated monkey gave its order before turning around and walking away.
Watching it leave, Zyric felt a little disappointed. He, too, turned around and began walking away.
"I don't think I'm going to get anywhere here," he murmured with a slight sigh as he continued walking.
Zyric was just about to leave when he suddenly heard the voice of the cute girl coming from inside his Fuzan Vault.
"Ugh! What a complete idiot you are! That red monkey told you to leave, and you're actually leaving? You fool! How will you ever become stronger like this? If you keep acting this way, all the beasts will keep chasing you away, and you'll never be able to tame a single beast!
"To tame a beast, you have to defeat it and prove yourself to it. And that beast is practically begging to be beaten because it's so arrogant. If you break its pride, there's a good chance it'll be willing to submit to you.
"Basically, before choosing a human as its master, a beast wants to see whether that person is even worthy of becoming its master," the girl explained.
"Defeat it? Alright, how am I supposed to do that? Should I beat it half to death? Leave it unable to move? Or what?"
"Oh, my goodness! Do I have to explain everything to you? Just bring it to the point where it feels defeated by you. Basically, you need to stand before it like someone superior to it so that it chooses you as its master. Got it?"
Zyric understood what she meant and nodded. Then, he looked behind him at the monkey, which was still walking away.
He immediately summoned Velociraptor.
Velociraptor let out a strange cry and began moving forward at high speed.
The red mutated monkey immediately turned around. It was extremely surprised to see Velociraptor because it had never encountered such a strange beast before.
"What is this? What kind of beast is that? It's so strange! Wait a minute. Its blood is incredibly pure. It's even purer than mine!" the red monkey exclaimed in astonishment.
"But I'm no pushover either!"
With that, the red mutated monkey suddenly jumped into the air and prepared to land directly on top of Velociraptor, intending to crush it.
Velociraptor watched as the monkey came crashing down towards it.
The next moment, the ground beneath Velociraptor suddenly gave way, and it fell into a hole that Fat Insect had dug underground.
The red monkey landed, but it couldn't get inside the hole, allowing Velociraptor to escape.
"What the...?" the monkey exclaimed, straightening up in surprise.
The next moment, Velociraptor emerged from the hole and tried to tear open the red monkey's stomach with its teeth.
However, it couldn't do much damage. The monkey's enormous body made it an extremely dangerous opponent.
Velociraptor eventually retreated and stood behind Zyric.
Suddenly, the red mutated monkey let out a deafening roar that echoed throughout the forest, causing even the surrounding trees to tremble.