Speed Is King

Chapter 23

“Excellent. Now, how should I spend my points? Hawk! Tell me my options!” Elliot instructed his AI eagerly after he had made sure that his sisters were warm and comfortable atop Winter.

[You have unlocked Beast Transformation at level twenty. Available beasts to transform into are as follows.]

[Black Bear Warrior – 10 points]

[Frost Wolf Warrior – 10 points]

[Primal Feline Warrior – 10 points]

“Beast Transformation!!! AHMAYZING!!” Elliot whooped for joy deep within his heart. “What else?”

[Skills available for purchase:]

[Leadership Aura – Passive aura that increases all allies’ attack power by 50%.] [Cost: 10 points]

[Summon Beast Totem – Active skill which allows you to summon a fearsome Beast Totem that will cause all unfriendly beasts to flee.] [Cost: 10 points]

[Summon Tiger – Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary common tiger] [Cost: 10 points]

[Summon Eagle – Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary common eagle] [Cost: 10 points]

“Excellent! Excellent! Level twenty opens up so many awesome stuff! I really feel like buying all the skills now! But I need to be patient and wait till I’ve checked out everything. Hawk! Show me the new items I’ve unlocked!” Elliot said.

[Acknowledged.]

[Items for sale in the Level 2 Shop:]

[Healing Potion – Heals you for 500 HP] [Cost: 20 points.]

[Attribute Boost Potion – Boosts selected attribute by 4 for 20 minutes] [Cost: 20 points]

[Small Beast Lure – Lures a Small Beast to your location.] [Cost: 20 points]

[Small Stealth Potion – Disappear from sight and smell for 1 minute.] [Cost: 20 points]

[Large Mystery Box – Contains three random items.] [Cost: 20 points]

“Everything is so expensive!” Elliot sighed. “I definitely have to get one of the beast transformations. And I definitely want the Large Mystery Box. And I want to invest 10 points in my personal stats. So that’s forty points. So I am able to get two out of the four skills. Alright, I’ve decided!

Hawk! I want the Primal Feline Beast Transformation, the Large Mystery Box and Summon Tiger and Summon Beast Totem! Put 4 points into Strength, 3 into Intellect and 3 into Reflexes. Please also open the Mystery Box immediately!”

[Acknowledged.]

[Opening Large Mystery Box]

[Received 1x Summon Giant Armored Mammoth]

[Received 1x Large Attribute Candy]

[Received 1x Large Attribute Candy]

Elliot’s jaw dropped so fast when he saw the first item that he almost dislocated it.

“Giant Armored Mammoth? What the heck is that? A mammoth is already huge! This one is a giant? AND armored?? My luck is amazing! Amazing!!” Elliot sighed contentedly. “Hawk! How big is the Giant Armored Mammoth?”

[The Giant Armored Mammoth is eight meters tall and weighs forty thousand kilograms.]

“HA HA HA! Perfect! Perfect!! With this skill, I now have no worries about surviving the Apocalypse. I AM SET!”

Elliot was so ecstatic that his happiness spilled into his tamed beasts’ mind space.

“Hmm? Why are you so happy, Little Master?” Brock asked as he cantered along at a steady pace.

“Master? Happy?” Ellie yawned from within Jessica’s arms.

“Ahahahaha, it’s nothing. I just got something wonderful. Don’t mind me, don’t mind me. Hahahaha!” Elliot laughed happily.

“Good. I hope it’s something that can help us take down that stupid monkey.” Brock grunted.

Elliot merely chuckled mysteriously and continued his inner dialogue with Hawk the AI.

“Hawk, consume both Large Attribute Candies and assign attributes to Reflexes and Strength.”

[Acknowledged.]

[Received 0.8 Strength!]

[Received 0.8 Reflexes!]

“Excellent. Now show me my stats and let me bask in all its wonderful glory!”

Character Name: Elliot Musk

Current Level: 22

HP: 2200/2200

Current Experience: 0/2200

Strength: 3.8

AI Comment: Holy smokes, what happened? Why are you so strong? Monkeys now worship you as the Monkey God of Strength!

Intellect: 2

AI Comment: Twice as smart as the average human being. Monkeys now worship you as their God of Intelligence!

Endurance: 1.0

AI Comment: At the level of the average human being. Monkeys can outrun you anyday.

Reflexes: 2.4

AI Comment: As fast as a monkey! Now you can compete with them when grabbing for bananas!

Looks: 0.6

AI Comment: Uglier than the average human being. Definitely uglier than a monkey.

Emotional health: 0.4

AI Comment: Love tank almost empty. Sicker than the average human being. Let’s not even mention the monkey to avoid host’s emotional health from dropping further.

Mental health: 0.4

AI Comment: Borderline psychopath.Crazier than the average human being. Totally nuts compared to a monkey.

Beast Affinity: 0.01

Sub Affinity with Monkeys and Apes: 2

AI Comment: Even a gentle cow being butchered would take the time and effort to spit at you. Stay away from animals. ALL animals, except monkeys and apes. They LOVE you!

Luck: 2.1

AI comment: Much luckier than the average human being. If you’re a monkey, you’ll find bananas to eat every week AND new monkey partners to ehem every day!

Overall: 1.41

AI Comment: You are now in position to help human beings AND monkeys! I suggest you help the monkeys!

Available points: 0

Skills

[Level 1 Beast Taming Aura – Passive aura that increases your affinity with beasts by 0.2.]

[Level 1 Summon Beasts – Active skill which allows you to store, summon and control 2 tamed beasts up to the Medium category.]

[Level 11 Summon Wolf – Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary common wolf.]

[Level 3 Summon Hawk – Active skill which allows you to summon and control 3 temporary common hawks.]

[Level 1 Summon Beast Totem – Active skill which allows you to summon a fearsome Beast Totem that will cause all unfriendly beasts to flee.]

[Level 1 Summon Tiger – Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary common tiger]

[Level 1 Summon Giant Armored Mammoth – Active skill which allows you to summon and control a temporary legendary Giant Armored Mammoth]

“Mwa ha ha ha ha! Now I am strong! I am powerful!! Mwa ha ha ha ha ha!” Elliot cackled happily in his “public” mind space where his beasts could all hear him. He was quite oblivious that he sounded like a madman, much to the consternation of Winter and Brock.

“Now all that’s left for me to test is the Beast Transformation and the Summon Giant Armored Mammoth skill! Ah, what a wonderful feeling it is to FINALLY have so many things going well for me’¦” Elliot sighed and laid down on Brock’s broad back in relief and in deep contentment.

After a lifetime of worry, pressure, and hopelessness, Elliot’s current condition was so comparatively blissful that he felt like a huge load was taken off his shoulders.

For the first time in many loong years, he felt peace.

He closed his eyes. And very soon, he fell asleep.

NGROOORK! NGROOORK!

And snored.

*-*-*-*-*-*-*

“His luck is absolutely off the charts.” Monkey King muttered. “I feel bad for the other Diamond Sponsors. This feels too’¦ unfair.”

“HAHA! You morose old monkey. Who cares about fairness when we have a huge bet in place!” Void Walker laughed ecstatically. Ever since Elliot was reverse time walked, her mood and spirits had been rising non-stop and it wasn’t showing any signs of slowing down.

“Truly, truly incredible.” Monkey King sighed. “A Giant Armored Mammoth is a Legendary Grade beast that cannot be found on planet Earth!”

“What?! Legendary? Hey, even I am jealous of that skill. How on earth are you able to sneak in a system that allows him to learn legendary summons past the Game Masters? I thought they were pretty strict on such things.” Void Walker asked curiously.

“I made the Mystery Box draw from an extremely huge pool of items and sneaked in a few legendary summons in there.” Monkey King chuckled. “The Giant Armored Mammoth is one of the best legendary skills I have. It’s so powerful that it isn’t even among the list of beasts which would be released on Earth by the Game Masters.”

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