Julio approached Beatrice's body, pulling a potion of fire from his space ring. He threw it on the body, just for good measure.

While Julio was making sure Beatrice was dead, Nicholas undone his transformation, going back to his human form and slumped to the ground, unconscious.

Looking at this scene, Lucy opened her mouth wide in astonishment. That human can actually turn into an animal.

She pointed at Nicholas, then at Max with excitement shining in her eyes, and through their spiritual link, Max received a message that made him speechless.

‘why can't you do that?, do it, please? I want to see it. ‘

‘What do you mean, why can’t I do that? That's a beast holder. That guy literally eats pets for his power, and I am a pet master. ‘

Beast holder is a complicated profession.

At first it requires attuning to a certain pet or beast, then after it the Beast is killed and turned into a special type of potion.

after drinking it according to a certain ritual, the person will be able to gain part of the beast’s abilities, skills and attributes.

The second most dominant profession on the continent is beast holder. Pet masters and beast holders often have ideological conflicts with each other. It is very rare to find a duo like Julio and Nicholas who cooperate so well.

“don't make trouble Lu,”

Max just ignored her as usual and waited for the two to rest a little.

After Julio confirmed that Beatrice was gone for sure, he first checked on Nicholas. After making sure he was fine, he went to Max.

“This time it's all thanks to you, Max. We owe you one.”

“It's not a big deal. Just take it as a token of friendship”.

Although Max actually wanted to ask for something like a blue skill, or maybe just money, but he didn't want His Image to look weak. Or to seem like a lone wolf, even if he is. His passive is currently effective on the two and he wants it to stay that way.

Max didn't want to get the attention of whichever force was behind Julio. Right now, he's biggest priority is to grow stronger in peace.

Julio smiled and gave Max a platinum colored card.

“this is a special card for our association the Phantom Titan, with it you will have access to our shops, although the goods are less numerous than star tower, but there is no need for something like star mark, as long as you have this you can buy whatever is available there. “

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Holding the metallic card, Max was stunned. He had no channels to buy high-quality goods, but now...

‘ such a windfall’.

“Julio, this should be yours. If I use it, won't I get in trouble like being suspected of impersonation”.

“originally it belongs to me but now it's yours. I will later have them change the information to a special guest card, so don't worry about any trouble like being accused of theft. “

“then I will keep it. Thank you very much.”

“no thank you my friend, you don't know how much you've helped us”

Julio extended his hand for a handshake. And Max responded in kind.

“well, I am afraid this is goodbye. I will carry that muscle brain with me, and we are off on next station”.

Julio nodded and carried Nicholas going to wait for the next train stop.

... As they left, Max looked at Beatrice or what's left of her, and spat on the ground. Tfoo! .

“scum like you who can backstab their own family deserve a more painful death.

I, Max, played the hero for once, and cleaned shit like you from this world.”

Lucy looked at him, perplexed. " We are heroes? ‘even with her tiny brain, she could tell that the statement was somewhat off.

Max patted her head. “well one good deed, should be enough for the next 100 years, right Lu? ”.

Lu just gave him a strange look.

Out of happiness, Max was just feeling playful and kept messing with Lucy. How can he not be happy when the blood Essence is already in the space ring?.

Earlier, when Lucy blocked the entrance with fog, she took the chance to steal it when Beatrice flew in.

With her and F++ Agility, and Beatrice being heavily injured. She didn't even notice when Lucy stole it.

As for Julio, he might've guessed that Max took it, or maybe he just forgot about it.

Max didn't care anyway, with his passive even if Julio knew he wouldn't of said a word about it.

Max just left to his room, planning to use the blood essence immediately.

..................

A few kilometers away from the train’s current location, within a bustling city.

A Strange creature walked on the road dazed.

The creature was painted in different colors, somewhat resembling an ugly bird without feathers.

Two days ago, when Beatrice sneaked into Max’s room, the pigeon without hesitation jumped out while the train was still speeding at a little over 600 k/h.

Somehow it survived. Maybe all the pain it went through helped it survive.

It will never go back to that pair of heartless master and the devil of a pet.

... still without much food and being injured, it is currently in a dying state.

People noticed the strange thing, but they ignored it, fearing it might be someone's pet.

But when the dazed creature fall in an open sewer hole, someone actually went to help it.

In his mind, he never saw such a pet, so it should be a rare one, and its master shouldn't be simple. If he can carry favor with him/her, then it would be a free profit.

But after the man went down, he didn't go back up for a long time.

People watching on the side were worried and got closer.

But one of them noticed something stopped and called, “everyone stop immediately. That's a dungeon entrance”

.........

Author’s Note: Hello everyone!

Firstly, I want to assure you that I will only change the POV when absolutely necessary. And when I do make such changes, they will be brief and concise, just like this little mention about the pigeon.

Secondly, I will be using words and names from various languages I am familiar with, but I will spell them using English letters.

This will be for pet names/locations/new races and such.

Not for character names, because that would be just confusing.

So don't be surprised when you read something weird.

I have done this in the past, and I will continue to do so extensively. I think it is a little more interesting this way.

I hope you all have a fantastic day!