A shoebill? James thought before he reached out to touch the yes button, and just before he could another blue box would take priority beforehand. "Damn they did make a gacha game huh?" He exclaimed a little annoyance in his voice before taking a look at the box.

Oh, you're quite the impatient species huh?

Your assistant has been implemented; Information has been added to your 'stat sheets' and information on your classes has been elaborated on. Good Luck mortals.

Just as he finished reading the pop-up a voice intruded his mind.

"Hello Beast Tamer, I am your assistant X-1. I am here to help you in your quest to save the wildlife of the earth. Please reference me when you need assistance." The voice was synthetic and it sent chills down his spine. It didn't feel human, but it didn't feel robotic either he couldn't put his finger on it.

"Hey X-1 would you mind explaining this egg to me and what my job exactly means in this whole thing?" James immediately asked. He continued to hold the egg in his hand, it was strangely warm and pulsating with life.

"My pleasure! The egg you hold in your hand is from a DNA sample that the benevolent system has collected. It holds a creature called the Balaeniceps rex or in your terms the Shoebill stork. It previously was endangered on your planet due to expansion, but now the system has benevolently brought it to a point where it has a chance to survive in this world! Your purpose is to make sure that the animals the system has put in your Gacha have a chance to survive." The assistant spoke worshipping this system, James, on the other hand, zoned out after he gave the same basic explanation as the Gacha menu gave him. He held up the egg and the same prompt appeared. James touched the yes button and a fully grown shoebill appeared before. While this happened the assistant quieted and James could feel a little bit of anger from it. A new status appeared before him.

STATUS

LEVEL

1

NAME

? (shoebill)

CLASS

Bone Bill

HP 50/50

MP 25/25

STRENGTH

6

DEXTERITY

3

CONSTITUTION

Stolen from Royal Road, this story should be reported if encountered on Amazon.

2

INTELLIGENCE

1

WISDOM

1

LUCK

3

SKILLS

Winged Flight, Animal Intimidation.

TITLES

Carnivore. (+3 STR)

Another box appeared right after asking him to name it. After seeing the box he walked up to the shoebill and reached out to it. At first, the Shoebill was reluctant to allow the human to touch it but eventually bowed and allowed the human to touch its feathers.

"How about the name Clog?" The bird responded with a tilted head and squawked the word "Good." James was taken aback a bit Is that what animal companion ment? He sat and thought before submitting the name and just as before another pop-up appeared.

The first event will now begin. Introducing the beasts and monsters from your Mythologies!

The previously quiet city now came to life in screams as he heard what could only be the roar of a creature. James ran quickly to the window and saw a creature he could only describe as a massive creature with two heads one of a lion one of a goat and the ugliest snake he has ever seen. Chills ran throughout his spine as he watched it blanket the streets in a firey blanket. The previous lunch hour had now become its feast.

"A CHIMERA?" His voice came out louder than he intended, as X-1 responded he tried to pull his nerves back under control. "A beast from Greek mythology, I would advise waiting out its meal."

James went to go sit back down in his office chair. His heart was racing and thoughts were racing throughout his head, finally, X-1 made a sound like clearing a throat and then spoke again. "You may want to use your other gacha tokens on either another familiar that could be useful or some equipment so you don't die when the next waves of monsters are pushed through."

He was still getting his breath under control as he nodded, and opened the gacha menu again. He had decided on using the other four gacha tokens from what he could assume were 'beginner level-up rewards' on getting some of the equipment long before X-1 made the suggestion. A new button appeared giving him a mass summon option for all 4 tokens he pressed it and light appeared before him one was gold and the other three were white. He touched the gold first and a description box opened.

Whip of the Druid (Legendary) Soulbound, Scales with the user's level. A weapon given to the druids and beastmasters, It is imbued with the power of nature and the power of the users' familiars.

He held the whip in his hand. It was roughly wrapped and looked to be made from vines and bound with some type of hair. It wasn't the most beautiful thing he has ever laid his eyes on, but it felt powerful. He reached out to the other three items, but they didn't give him the same flavor text as the legendary item. He guessed the system didn't feel they needed an explanation and inspected them like a whip. The first white item was simply a pair of beautifully sown leather pants, the second was a jacket that reminded him of an Australian hunter he used to watch as a kid, and the third was a pair of leather shoes that if he had, to be honest, looked a lot more comfortable than the ones he had been wearing for the past 3 years. He took the clothes and took them to the bathroom and quickly changed and surprisingly the pants had a place for his whip. He looked in the mirror and had to stop himself from breaking out in laughter. He looked like an amusement park employee for a cheesy wildlife park.

When he walked out of the bathroom Clog was waiting for him. The Bird seemed to want to be petted more as it nuzzled his hand. James ruffled the feathers of the bird and walked back to the window, while looking out he noticed the chimera lazily playing the scorched remains of a few bodies. It took everything in him not to hurl as he took himself away from the window again and headed out of the office. I should probably start heading down to the lobby before dark if I want to escape that chimera.