My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

Spot's claws had indeed elongated and looked quite sharp and hard. However, the only problem was that the effect looked small... and insubstantial?

Lucas sighed in disappointment as he ordered Spot to retract his claws. Although the effect may seem small, it was still an offensive-type skill, and its efficacy in battle should be tested before he came to a further conclusion.

Speaking of battle, Lucas descended down the branch and began to search for another chain of lynx to hunt.

It just so happened that Spot had grown stronger from the last battle, so Lucas was quite eager to find out how strong he has become now. Coupled with the Sharp Claw skill, Lucas thought that it should not be a problem for Spot to severely wound a Shadow Lynx with one strike now.

Now that Spot has ranked up, the Spiritual Energy used to summon him has increased as well. Since there was still time before his current summon time limit was up, Lucas did not dismiss him for now, trying to take advantage of the remaining time that the current summoning time Spot has left.

Fifteen minutes later, Lucas dismissed Spot as he crouched down to examine the trails he discovered in the ground. Although the trail of pawprints was not fresh, Lucas determined that they were made not too long ago as well. The problem, however, was that he realized that these pawprints were not left behind the Shadow Lynx.

The Shadow Lynx paw prints were shallow and did not create too deep of indentation on the ground, while the pawprints in front of him were at least twice as deep as those of the Shadow Lynx.

Upon recollection, Lucas determined that these were the pawprints of another beast that also dwells in the Giant Dark Forest.

'A Stone Paw beast?'

Lucas was alerted the moment he recalled that name. The Stone Paw beast was, after all, a fearsome beast of the Iron Grade-Iron Star 5 rank. It always traveled around the Giant Dark Forest searching for prey. The Stone Paw, however, was a slow-moving beast, and hence, the casualties regarding it were minimal, to say the least.

Still, Lucas did not dare to underestimate it due to its slow movements, knowing full well that those who did so had paid the price for their behavior.

Not wanting to provoke the slow-moving beast, Lucas decided to take another route and search in another area.

However, before he could do so, Lucas suddenly heard the sound of faint footsteps echoing in the distance. He shivered in fright, and without wasting any time, Lucas hurriedly looked around and finally decided to climb the tree closest to him.

Climbing as far as he could, Lucas settled in a thick branch with dense leaves and hid himself in haste.

One thing about Stone Paw beasts was that they were extremely slow and did not know how to climb trees. As long as he remained above and did not do anything to get its attention, the beast would probably just pass by this area and leave him alone.

However, instead of the Stonepaw Beast, Lucas saw some people running at a decent speed through the forest. They were moving quickly; their footsteps, although light, still made some sound that traveled to Lucas' ears.

Lucas squinted his eyes and focused on the group as they drew closer. He was not familiar to any of them, but it was obvious that they were second-year students like himself but some seniors.

The second years had only awakened their grimoires not long ago, and none of them dared to hunt in the Giant Dark Forest yet. Lucas only decided to hunt here after carefully calculating the risk and after realizing that it was manageable for him.

The seniors that hunt here were also mostly advanced in strength, and any of them could easily overpower a Shadow Lynx one on one.

Lucas remained hidden in the thick branches of the tree, his breath shallow and controlled. He wasn't sure what the seniors were up to, but he didn't plan to find out.

As the group passed below him, Lucas stayed perfectly still, watching them closely but not making a sound. One of them paused for a moment, glancing up at the tree Lucas was hiding in. Lucas's heart skipped a beat, but the senior only gave a quick scan before moving on to the same location where the Stone Paw beast had moved.

Although this was the first group he encountered here in Dark Giant Forest, it was actually normal to find other students hunting in the same area. Although there were times that they fought over the 'custody' of a beast, most would also just let each other go and proceed to search for another prey.

No one truly has the time to entertain small disputes inside a dungeon, as everyone knew that it was better to hunt another beast and gain experience points than to argue with some of your kind. There were a lot of beasts inside the dungeon anyway. And after all, everyone's time was limited inside a dungeon, so they must make use of it to the best of their abilities.

Once they were far enough, Lucas allowed himself to relax. Even though disputes rarely happen inside a regulated dungeon, it still did not mean that disputes could not happen.

With a sigh, Lucas adjusted his position in the tree, waiting a little longer before deciding to come down. He then turned around and strayed away from the direction of where the Stone Paw and the seniors were going.

It seems that those seniors were out to hunt the Stone Paw beast. Although such a battle would be exciting and he would learn a lot, Lucas did not let his curiosity get over him this time as he decided to hunt for the Shadow Lynx peacefully instead.

Not long later, Lucas finally found the trails of the Shadow Lynxes.

Seeing the familiar trails, Lucas could not help but smile.

'Ahh, what a wonderful sight.'