I looked around, trying to find what had killed the wolves. I imagined that the mother of the kitten had done that, but I couldn’t see traces of it.
“Are you the one who got them?”
“Grrrrr!”
Although it was wounded, the creature still had enough energy to growl at me. Understandable… Come to think of it, animals never liked me that much, so I wondered why it would be different now.
I approached the creature to check its wounds, but soon it got up and then tried to bite my hand. Maybe it was weak or my defenses were that high, but it didn’t hurt much. Not like I had any healing skills. The wounds weren’t that deep, but the creature was too weak to do anything. So, it probably will starve to death.
“I guess your only choice is to come with me, then I will have any reason to leave you with one of my… wait, you can’t equip a ring, so I can’t help you heal faster.”
There was nothing saying that the creature would come with me either, so perhaps the creature was done for. In any case, I decided to confirm if the creature was indeed an animal… I felt that only a monster would be able to be this small and still kill so many wolves.
You successfully tamed a Frostfang Sabertooth. Do you wish to change its name?”
The creature stopped growling and then soon began to behave before licking my hand. As expected, the skill was like brainwashing… that would only be the thing that would explain such a change in behavior.
“I wonder if I should rename you… if I l.heal you, it will be fine if I abandon you later, right? Of course not. Well, what is done is done… Let's hope that you will live as much as me… is it fine to call you Glacius? I am sorry, I am terrible with names.”
You successfully named the Frostfang Sabertooth.
I was able to see the parameters of the creature again, but I saw all the rest with details this time. Unless this guy was an reincarnator, he started his life with some cheats as well.
Iceborne Prowess
This trait represents the Frostfang Sabertooth's innate strength and dominance in cold environments. It enhances the creature's physical attributes like strength and endurance when in icy or snowy terrains..
Frost Aura
A magical trait that allows the Frostfang Sabertooth to emanate a constant field of cold around its body. This aura lowers the temperature in its immediate vicinity, making it harder for enemies to approach. It deals minor frost damage to enemies over time and can gradually sap their stamina, making them sluggish and vulnerable. The aura also helps camouflage the beast in icy settings by distorting the air around it.
Minor Vulnerability to Fire
Due to its frost-based physiology, the Frostfang Sabertooth has a weakness to fire and heat-based attacks. These attacks deal slightly more damage, and prolonged exposure to heat can cause the sabertooth to tire more quickly.
Enhanced Cold Resistance
This trait allows the Frostfang Sabertooth to completely ignore the harmful effects of extreme cold that would incapacitate or kill most creatures. It can comfortably operate in sub-zero temperatures, survive frostbite-inducing environments, and even gain energy when exposed to powerful sources of cold or frost magic.
The area wasn’t that cold, but it wasn’t too warm either… winter was coming, after all, so perhaps that would explain how Glacius was able to defeat so many wolves. I wished that there was a skill somewhere to talk with animals… it would be quite interesting to have it.
Arctic Camouflage: gain experience when launching stealth attacks in cold environments.
Cold-Weather Adaptation: gain experience while living in extreme harsh cold environments.
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Predator’s Focus: gain experience when chasing prey.
Frost Manipulation: gain experience when slowing down targets with ice magic.
Apex Instincts: gain experience when sensing the presence of enemies.
‘If I can see this, perhaps I have the power to use his experience as I see fit… this is quite interesting, but it is also a bit perplexing that the system would allow someone else to take charge of the fate of another, even if it was an animal.’
Beast of the North
Parameter: Health/Strength - Increases your health by ten points and strength by one point per level.
Active Skills - Frostbite Claws: Enchant your claws or weapons with freezing energy, causing your attacks to deal additional cold damage and slow the target’s movement speed by 20% for 5 seconds. Cost: 15 Mana
Howl of the North: Let out a mighty roar, boosting your allies’ damage against frozen or chilled enemies by 15% for 10 seconds. Cost: 25 Mana
Elemental Predator
Parameter: Magic/Mana - Increases your mana by ten points and magic by one point per level.
Active Skills- Icerend: Strike with your weapon or claws, dealing additional ice damage. Cost: 10 mana
Predator’s Pursuit: Enhance your movement speed and tracking abilities, allowing you to follow a marked target for 10 seconds without being slowed. Cost: 30 Mana
Frost Guardian
Parameter: Endurance/Spirit - Increases your physical and magical defense by one point per level.
Active Skills - Ice Shield: Create a shield of pure ice that absorbs damage equal to your magic and spirit. Lasts for 10 seconds or until the shield is broken. Cost: 30 Mana
Frozen Fortress: Create a large wall of ice, blocking paths or protecting allies from ranged attacks for 15 seconds. Cost: 50 Mana
Icebound Stalker
Parameter: Stamina/Movement Speed - Increases your stamina by ten points and movement speed by 0.1 points per level.
Active Skills - Frost Step: Move silently over snow or ice, leaving no tracks and becoming undetectable for 10 seconds, even if enemies are nearby. Cost: 25 Mana
Frozen Ambush : Set up a deadly ambush by freezing the ground beneath a target. When triggered, the target becomes immobilized for 5 seconds, and you gain a damage boost against them. Cost: 40 Mana
I furrowed my eyebrows. How come this little kitten could use more magic than me? Well, it couldn’t use more magic per se, but it had access to more combat spells.
“Well, aren’t you a strong kitten? Do you want to take over the world with that much potential? Then you will use the world to obtain power and then use all the power in the world to obtain even more power. Rinse and repeat? Well, at least you will be of some use.”
I decided to sit down and then share the leftovers of breakfast with the kitten. Glacius began to eat it furiously. At the same time, I began to carve a pendant using bones of the giant armadillo. The materials were too good to be used like that, but I didn’t have anything else. Once it was done, I added the healthy regeneration effect on it. It came at the adept rank, so it could restore four points of health per hour.
“Not bad for someone who doesn’t have the jeweler class. Actually, enchantments don’t have anything to do with that.”
I put the bone pendant that looked more like a collar now on Glacius, and he gladly accepted it. I looked around, wondering if I should cook the wolves… they should be the property of the goblins, so if I eat them, they will probably complain later.
It seems that animals have more potential than humans since the parameters of the classes grant them two parameters at once instead of one. Being born with classes was also pretty unfair, but I decided to think that people still had the upper hand since we didn’t like to lick our hands or feet. At least most of us didn’t.
“Glacius! Use Ice Shield!”
I decided to play around, but Glacius actually understood my words and followed my orders and summoned an ice shield in front of me… I blinked several times thanks to the surprise. It was pretty thin, but it was better than nothing.
Given that Glacius had more aptitudes than classes, it seemed that creatures like him would be able to get stronger without completing the trials. I wondered what would be necessary for that to happen… I had not a single idea about that process. In any case, I decided to put him on the back of my back and then move. The idea of getting an animal ride has been discarded and soon I was surprised.
“It looks like you aren’t Glacius, but Gracias… just kidding. What about Glacien? It doesn’t sound too hard, right? Man, I am more lonely than I thought… I need to be careful, or I will have the idea of getting more cats.”
Speaking of cats, I heard that in some histories, both cats and vampires often share themes of nocturnality, elegance, and mystery, making cats fitting companions for vampires. A vampire might have a loyal cat familiar or simply enjoy their enigmatic nature.
In some stories, vampires can shapeshift into cats or control them, further tying the two together. Cats may serve as spies or messengers for their vampire masters. Although they tend to be more common to be familiar to witches…
Still, I didn’t have to worry about that since in this world, there were a lot of things that didn’t make sense and went against my previous knowledge. A half vampire that only has weaknesses was one of those… although I was pretty sure at this point in time that I could obtain vampiric powers through the system. The question was, if an ordinary person follows the same route, what would happen?
‘I guess that their vampiric powers would get stronger… if that is the case, then why didn’t they try to take over the world by blocking the sun or something?’
In all the books and stories of vampires that I have heard of, they were always trying to do some crazy shit. Perhaps if I try to look for them, I will unlock an insane quest line or something. Still, it was too risky… I am not strong enough to deal with them. There is always a chance that I will meet my mother in this world too and I didn’t know what would happen if we met. I somehow doubted that we would have a heartwarming reunion…
‘Well, no use thinking about that… if that were to happen, I will leave such problems to the future me since the current me needs solutions to my current problems.’