Demon Pets’ Black Tech Nest - Chapter 7

Chapter 7: Triggered! Hidden Reward

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“This is a dimensional space technique to change two-dimensional objects to three-dimensional objects. The host need not be alarmed,” the fake system said when the ray of light landed on Cao Yan’s hand.

“How do I use this?”

The thing that appeared on Cao Yan’s hand was actually a Pokeball. Yep, it was the Pokeball from the Pokemon series. It was slightly bigger than a fist and was in the shape of a ball made from an unknown metallic material.

The one in Cao Yan’s hand was black. The ball had complicated patterns on its surface, and they seemed to be pulsing slowly.

“This is a special demon ball used to capture demon pets. It is also known as the home of space. All the host needs to do is throw it.”

Cao Yan’s headache was getting from bad to worse, so he did not hesitate further and threw the demon ball towards the demon spider.

Just as Cao Yan threw the demon ball, the demon spider sensed something was amiss. It quickly turned to escape into the forest, but it was too late.

Whoosh!

With a gleam of light, the demon spider was forcefully sucked into the void as though a strong vacuum cleaner had been installed inside.

The demon ball shook slightly in the air before gently landing back into Cao Yan’s hand. It was as if he had thrown a boomerang.

The demon ball continued to shake in his hand as the black line on its surface appeared and disappeared. The demon spider was struggling inside, unwilling to be tamed.

“The host can drop some blood on the surface of the demon ball to strengthen the contract and appease the demon spider.”

Dripping blood again… Cao Yan did not have time to argue with the fake system since he could feel the demon ball in his hand shaking vigorously. He quickly pulled out the little knife from earlier and slit his finger again. A few drops of blood fell on the surface of the demon ball.

As the blood seeped in, the complicated patterns on the ball radiated intensely. The demon spider’s struggles also decreased within the ball.

After a while, the demon ball stopped moving. It had finally quietened down.

Cao Yan could instantly feel the pain in his head disappear. At the same time, the spiritual connection between them had also strengthened.

“Ding!

“Congratulations on completing the newbie mission and obtaining your first demon pet!”

“Fake system, are you sure there won’t be any more problems?” Cao Yan asked with doubt.

“Don’t worry. What happened just now was due to the insufficient predictions of the demon spider’s behavior after it was released from the seal. It is stable now. The contract between the host and the spider is the highest-tier genetic contract, so there won’t be any more problems. Mission complete. Reward — Elementary (stage one to three) demon pet trainer skill book.”

The interface appeared before Cao Yan once more, and a pale green glow started to form around a large skill book even thicker than a dictionary.

Cao Yan received it and took a look. He tried tapping it slowly… Nothing.

“Isn’t the skill book supposed to turn into a ray of golden light rushing into my head to make me gain all the knowledge in an instant like an epiphany? That’s the trope, right?” Cao Yan blinked.

“That would require very powerful mental guidance. Although your mental capacity is not bad, you are still a far cry from reaching the stage of ‘eating’ the book before you start practicing your skills. Please start reading.”

“You’re a fake system indeed. What a low-quality pirated service.” Cao Yan pursed his lips in despise.

“The skill book comes with a comprehension effect. The host will be able to understand it easily when you read. Guaranteed not to disappoint.”

“The key is, I’m already disappointed.” Cao Yan flipped open the skill book in his hand.

The next instant, he unconsciously became serious and focused.

The skill book did come with a comprehension effect. The moment he opened the book, Cao Yan was immediately drawn to it.

It was quite miraculous. He could understand the knowledge described in the book at one glance, so he could read very quickly. No matter how complex the content was, he could easily grasp it. He was almost at the level where he could master it upon reading.

The elementary demon pet trainer skill book introduced the different types of demon pets and their behaviors, including where to look for them, how to capture them, treat them, feed them, train them, battle with them, and even the types of tools needed to catch them. There was even a detailed description of the production of the demon ball Cao Yan used just now.

He only now realized that being a demon pet trainer was a complex study.

The trainers also had levels corresponding to that of demon pets: Subordinate (elementary demon pet trainer), Elite, Commander, Monarch, and Totem. Each level contained three stages.

When one passed the fourth level to reach stage 13, he would have reached the legendary Totem trainer level, which was also known as the Divine Trainer.

With every level up, the demon pet trainer could own another demon pet.

This meant that every demon pet trainer could have a maximum of five demon pets!

A trainer’s talent was his mental capacity. The higher the mental capacity, the easier it would be for him to form a contract with a demon pet to become each other’s closest partner. Once the mental capacity reached a certain point through hard work and practice, the trainer would level up.

“Not all the rules of a demon pet trainer might be applicable to you because your soul has been through transmigration. It has experienced the warping of time and space, so your mental capacity is pure and strong. Therefore, you’ll have to figure out how you should practice and train,” the fake system interrupted his reading.

Time passed by slowly. Once read by Cao Yan, the words in the skill book would become blurred and slowly fade away.

When Cao Yan was done with the book, the entire book disappeared into a wisp of smoke.

“Ding! The host’s mental capacity aided the reading process to be completed within three hours. Hidden reward conditions fulfilled. 30 points awarded. You can check the exchangeable items when you enter the spaceship tomorrow.”

“Hidden reward?”

“In certain situations, there would be hidden rewards. It would be triggered once you fulfill all the conditions.”

Just then, the interface in front of Cao Yan displayed his personal details:

Name: Cao Yan

Race: Human (Male)

Skin Color: Yellow

Age: 17

Identity: Transmigrator

Occupation: Demon Pet Trainer (Stage 1)

Skills: Elementary Trainer

Mission Points: 30

…

A whole list of content appeared on the screen in order, including his physical qualities. However, Cao Yan was just like the majority of the people physically and was not considered extraordinary.

After reading the skill book and in addition to his talent, Cao Yan had officially reached the first stage as a demon pet trainer. The knowledge about demon pets made him want to give them a try, so he quickly pulled out his first demon ball.

He was going to summon his demon pet with his will using the skill he had just learned.

A black cloud of smoke rose before him and the demon spider appeared out of nowhere. It blinked and stared straight at him with its dark and eerie eyes.

Cao Yan tried to give it commands to see what skills it had.

Upon receiving his command, the demon spider leaped onto the deck at an astonishing speed. It moved its eight limbs and traveled on the water’s surface to reach the shore before disappearing into the forest.

Around four to five minutes later, the spider reappeared, dragging along a struggling, huge black bird stuck in its web.

Cao Yan had already grasped the knowledge of an elementary demon pet trainer. He could tell straight-away that this huge bird was a flying demon named windfinch, lower than stage two. Its wings could create mini whirlwinds and make them into wind blades that could cut anything.

However, this windfinch was stuck in the spider’s web and was struggling frantically. It made a few wind blades continuously, trying to cut the web, but its attempts were futile.

The spider’s thread was sticky and strong. It was difficult to destroy, even for demon beasts of the same stage.

“The demon spider’s specialty is obviously in manipulation. It has an outstanding ability in hunting.”

Cao Yan unknowingly put himself in the role of a demon pet trainer as he referred to the knowledge in his brain and thought of ways to train the demon spider.

The demon spider was just “born”, so it was difficult to see all of its abilities. However, Cao Yan was already satisfied with how it captured the windfinch so easily.

The demon spider dragged the windfinch all the way to Cao Yan. It raised its blade-like limb and stabbed the windfinch at its neck.

The windfinch stopped struggling and started to shrink in size at a visible speed. In just a few breaths, it had become a dried carcass.

So that was another way the demon spider fed on its prey’s blood and meat. That was quite a horrifying sight.

The organism that was eaten by it was sucked completely dry. Nothing was left behind.