"Don't say such nonsense. I'll manage the money. You take Blue to the hospital."
Alex ran with Blue to the hospital like a mad man.
Ron and Lia also summoned common beasts like Alex, but they were from relatively wealthy families. That's why they could afford a beast pouch, a space bag where summoned beasts could live, that's why their beasts weren't with them.
But rare beasts could live inside their master's sea of consciousness, like Noelle's, who summoned a Mutated Thunder Eagle, a rare beast from the 3rd layer.
Ron looked at Lia.
"I have around 30 gold coins saved in the bank. Do you have some money?"
Though Ron was from a wealthy family, 50 gold coins were still a big amount for him.
Lia nodded. "Yes, I have around 15 gold coins. But we will still be needing 5 more. Do you think you can ask someone else?"
"Please, take the money from me. You don't have to go to the bank. He needs the money right now. And I have them with me now. Just don't tell him," Noelle said slowly.
"We can't take this, Ms. Silva. Don't worry, I'll ask my father," Ron rejected instantly.
"Please, Ron, take the money and go with him," Noelle said, putting a bag in Ron's hand and hurrying away.
Ron looked at her leaving.
"Lia, do you think she is in love with him?" Ron asked.
Lia was looking at Noelle. "Who knows. Let's go. He probably doesn't have any money on him now. How will he treat Blue?"
Ron and Lia started running too.
Alex ran toward the hospital and went to the doctor, there was some patients before him.
Alex knelt infront of them,
"Please let me go first, or else blue would die."
Among those patients, there weren't any serious one, so they let him go first.
The doctor was a genius who became a Lord at the age of 50, whose one of the summoned beasts was a rare Healing Butterfly.
Alex took Blue to him, and with just a wave of its wings, Blue recovered to his peak condition.
"Thank you, doctor."
The doctor only nodded at him.
The assistant of the doctor said, "10 silver."
The moment he heard about money, Alex's face turned dark. He didn't remember that he had no money with him; he was just too worried about Blue that moment.
"Kid, don't tell me you have no money." The assistant's eyes turned cold.
"Mister, here is the money," suddenly Alex heard Ron's voice.
Ron and Lia arrived just in time.
"Thanks, Ron."
Blue was now fully healed. He was licking Alex's face as if saying, "I am alright. Don't worry."
They came out of the hospital after Alex got his treatment too.
"Here are your 50 gold coins. Just return them when you can. No need to force yourself."
Ron decided he would pay the money to Noelle first, and then whenever Alex could, he would pay him back.
"Where did you get so much money in such a short time? Are you secretly a millionaire?" Alex asked him suspiciously.
"Haha, don't talk nonsense. And you don't have to worry about that. Do what you want to do."
Alex felt so lucky to have such a friend like Ron at that moment. Though Ron was technically friends with the previous owner, he now owned this body, so everything was his now. Even his friends too.
He would always protect these friends.
"Okay, I have something to do. Bye, Ron, bye, Lia. Thanks again."
Now his target was to find a secluded place and evolve Blue.
The humans in this world were very advanced, at least more advanced than Earth in technology, but they used Summoners in all aspects of life. Technology was just to keep them entertained. That was all.
Alex called an automatic car and went to the bank of a river.
The ride was free for students, so he didn't have to pay anything.
"Okay, system, take the money."
[Ding! 50 gold coins are deposited in the system.]
Instantly, the gold in the bag vanished.
Alex went to the small forest near the riverbank.
He put Blue on the ground.
"Okay, Blue. Be ready to become stronger."
"System, start the evolution."
Instantly, Blue was wrapped in an energy cocoon.
[2 hours needed.]
Alex waited beside the cocoon and started thinking.
The power system in this world was tremendous.
"I wonder, is this a planet or a realm? Is there anything above the nine astral realms? I feel so tiny in such a grand scale of things.
By the way, if Blue can change his form between common and uncommon, then would my strength fluctuate with him too? Probably.
The summoned beast is connected to its master's soul. If the master dies, the beast dies. If the beast dies, the master gets tremendous soul damage. If a Master Realm individual loses his beast, there is a chance he will become a retard due to soul damage.
So as long as my beasts are safe, I'll be safe too. The stronger they become, the higher my safety margin will be. I wonder how much it will take for him to become a rare beast."
He was thinking all this, and soon two hours passed.
The coccon was broken down, a three-foot-tall and five-foot-long blue panther appeared in front of him, and instantly he felt a tremendous force enter his body.
It was the feedback energy from Blue.
"Blue, you look amazing in this form. Let's test your strength and speed."
As he also had 50 percent of Blue's total stats, he could do everything that Blue could, but only half of his power.
Boom!
Like lightning, he attacked Blue. It was the boon of having five times more speed. The skills could be shared between master and beast without a problem.
So Alex could also run five times faster than his normal speed.
Passive skills were like talents, so they didn't absorb any extra energy.
Blue dodged his attack easily because he was two times stronger than Alex. Suddenly Blue vanished.
"Dash? He can already use it?"
Alex also used Dash. Alex and Blue clashed together for ten minutes. They used the five times strength skill too. Alex couldn't win against him because as a beast, blue had innate fighting talent and also more power.
"It feels exhilarating. Is this how a powerful person feels?"
Alex lay on the ground, looking at the blue sky.
Blue came to him and licked him. Blue looked very ferocious right now.
"Blue, you will have to return to your first form. Until I can buy you a beast pouch or evolve you into a rare beast, you will have to maintain a low profile. We will have our revenge at the perfect time."
Blue gave a positive thought through their soul connection.
Then he started absorbing energy. Beasts could absorb energy naturally. They didn't need any technique to do that.
In this panther form, he could absorb energy five times faster than a normal uncommon beast.
While Blue was cultivating, Alex was thinking about his next evolution.
"System, give me Blue's evolution page."
Another blank page appeared in front of him.
This time he drew a lion with a blue mane. It would be a seven-foot-tall and ten-foot-long lion in its rare form.
As for skills:
Active skill: Fly, 10 times strength boost, Intimidation, size enlargement up to 3 times, Healing.
Passive skill: 10 times strength than normal rare beasts, 5 times more defense than normal, dark element manipulation, 10 times cultivation speed than normal.
These were the skills he wanted. There was no need for too many skills that would make most of them useless.
Besides, he wasn't doing this right away. He was just getting an understanding of how much money he might need.
[Ding! Except Healing, the rest of the skills can be included. 5000 gold coins needed.]
"Whoa! A hundred times more? Well, it is acceptable because normally a rare beast is ten times stronger than an uncommon beast. And I added those extra skills too. So it's totally acceptable.
I need to read more about beasts. I need to learn different skills from different beasts and include them in mine."
Alex found something special, and that was he couldn't add a different elemental talent into the beast. Like he decided to make Blue a dark elemental beast and added Healing in the skill list, which was clearly a light elemental skill. That's why it got rejected.
Five hours later, at night,
Blue finally finished his cultivation session. He had broken through to level 2 Master Realm.
Alex got another strength feedback from Blue.
"I think I'll be able to destroy a stone boulder with a punch now," Alex thought.
"Okay, Blue, turn back to your first form. We need to go."
Blue again became a small cat, and Alex felt a significant amount of strength vanish from his body too.