Eh?
Ren blinked and looked at the little thing in his hand as it looked back at him with its round misty doe-like eyes, full of curiosity and adoration.
It looked like a hybrid of a fox and a bird. Its midnight-black fur was so dark that even shadows seemed gray beside it, streaked with flashes of lightning-blue. Its features were oddly birdlike—ears, eyes, and mouth—but its eyes were mesmerizing, like pearly sapphires. The creature's body was long and slender, roughly the length of an arm.
And it has wings!
So . . .
So CUTE!
Ren mused and rubbed the little creature's head with the pad of his finger while the latter rubbed its head against his hand in delight.
Piii! Piii!
Ren released the creature and stared at its eyes.
"What's your name?"
Piii! Piii!
"Yosh! From now on, I'll call you Pii!"
Piiii!!
Pii chimed joyfully, and it curled along Ren's neck, making itself comfortable before rubbing its little head against Ren's chin.
Ren chuckled and patted its head.
He already likes his pet.
He pressed his [Home Screen] and accessed the newly added [Pet] icon on his screen.
Ren pressed
[ Name: Pii
Type: Pet
Owner: Ren
Personality: Docile, loyal
Relationship: 90% ]
Wow!
Ren's relationship with Pii rose 20% from just giving it a name and patting its head.
Ren then looked at Pii's stats in excitement.
‖ P i i ‖
HP: 400
MP: 70
STR: 7
DEF: 4
MDF: 4
INT: 7
AGL: 10
LCK: 7
Passive Skill:
❶ Wings
–– Grants the ability to fly and ignore all terrain restrictions
Spell:
❶ Evolution Lv.1
–– automatically activates once HP reaches 1%
–– last 1min.
–– 1x a day
‖ E N D ‖
Ren blinked.
He didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
He cursed the developers in his head like there was no tomorrow.
What did they mean by the most powerful pet? Its stat was nowhere near the level of a regular [Horned Rabbit] in Euclid Forest.
Ren didn't know what to do. He was expecting high-level ATP and OP skills from the most powerful Pet in COVENANT, but he was given a mediocre stat and a vague skill.
Ren sighed.
It was a good thing that he didn't put all his coins in this 'weapon' of his.
Ren looked at Pii once more while the little one tilted its head, eyes melting and begging. It seemed to sense his disappointments, and Ren's heart took a dive.
Ren stifled a laugh and scratched little Pii's chin. "No problem at all. Even if your stats are low, I still like you the best."
Piii!
Little red hearts bubbled out from above Pii's head as it chirped joyfully.
Red hearts appeared above a pet's head whenever its relationship level increased. For Ren, that meant his bond with Pii was already maxed. Once a pet's relationship level reached its peak, it would obey every command and assist in every way it could.
Ren didn't mind little Pii's low stats since he had ways to increase them. Like buying accessories for it or those expensive rare vitamins that could permanently raise a pet's stats.
Though Ren was hesitant to raise Pii's ATP since it was too low and it was a waste of time ad resources, it was not like those items could be found with just a snap of a finger. And those hella expensive [Vitamins] and hard to acquire [Pet Foods] would only raise a pet's ATP to one.
It would take a tremendous amount of money, time, and resources to raise Pii's stats, and by that time, Ren doubted that Pii would be useful in a battle because of its still very low ATP compared to the other beasts and monsters. Pii didn't even have a single spell or skill that was useful in a battle.
Pets could aid you in battles and various ways. The only downside for having a pet was that they couldn't be leveled up, and their ATP's could only be raised through [Vitamins] and [Pet Food]. The former was expensive as hell, and the latter was hard to find and acquire.
That was why most Hunters and Animist preferred high-level beasts because their ATP's were already high.
Regretfully, there were no skill and spell books for pets, and a pet could only use its given inborn skill and spell in combat. That was why a lot were picky with their pets.
Ren shrugged his shoulders and glanced at the fellow who was being comfortable curling on his neck. It didn't matter. Pii was still useful to him in other ways. And he kinda likes how docile and affectionate it was to him.
Ren had seen many Hunters and Animists in his past life whose pets remained wild and unpredictable, even with a high relationship level. It was the downside of taming a powerful beast—sometimes they refused to obey, and on occasion, even turned hostile.
Ren chose to have Pii travel perched on his shoulder. He could also dismiss it with a press of a button in the [Pet] menu, making Pii vanish instantly—though it would reappear the moment he called it back.
But for Ren, he chose to travel with his newly found pet since every time he looked at it, his mood would immediately lighten.
There were two other reasons Ren chose to travel with Pii. Confident that he had acquired [Phantom Cloak], he could conceal his appearance, and with Pii by his side, others would assume he was a Hunter or Animist. This perception would work to his advantage when trading information and items for money.
Second, traveling with a pet not only boosted your relationship level, but it also offered practical advantages: pets could uncover rare items, detect hidden objects and traps, and help navigate the correct paths. That was why every team—especially those embarking on dungeon raids—needed a Hunter or Animist.
Ren didn't have anything he deemed worthwhile in Euclid Forest anymore and decided to finally check his chests before returning to Euclid Village and resting in the inn.
However, before he could, a notification popped on his screen that paralyzed him on the spot.