This Beast-Tamer is a Little Strange

Since they had no more training that day, Kain instead returned to his laboratory on campus to further analyze and organize his harvest from the relic.

He'd completed 12 trials, and along with the reward provided by Professor Tameridge, he now had 13 more rare objects than before he entered the relic.

He obtained 2 evolutionary base materials from the relic, the life attribute crystal suitable for Eve and Queen, and the black ore suitable for Aegis. Despite the ore only being slightly larger than his fist, it was extraordinarily heavy and Kain hardly lift it with all of his strength.

It also seemed to have either a magnetic or gravitational pull on nearby lighter objects within the laboratory, leading Kain to believe that this material will maybe give Aegis' next evolution a similar gravitational skill.

Kain also obtained a space attribute ore, which can also probably serve as an evolutionary material, but considering he had no spiritual creatures with the space attribute, he would prefer to use it to commission the creation of a piece of equipment that would allow him to no longer be so defenceless in the face of space-attribute attacks.

After the 11th trial where he faced an undead spiritual creatures with the ability to directly target the soul, an extremely rare ability, Kain was given an iridescent smooth white gem resembling opal. Just hold it in his hand he felt refreshed, and he could vaguely feel that it seemed to have a strengthening effect on his soul.

If combined with the appropriate sigils, a pretty powerful piece of defensive equipment that can protect his soul from such attacks can be produced.

"It looks like I need to make some connections with a powerful and skilled blacksmith. The only one I currently know is Dorian Anvil back in Brightstar City…" However, Kain wasn't sure if Dorian was capable of making equipment to his current standards. Not to mention it'd be annoying to have to travel to the southern region whenever he needed a piece of equipment made.

Of the remaining 8 rewards from the relic, 6 of them were mature spiritual plants that Kain was planning to keep in his personal spiritual plant field.

"Come to think of it, now that I have some money to spare, I should tear down the shack on that property and build a decent house…"

He didn't know the exact identities of all the spiritual plants, but he could pretty reasonably guess their properties, especially with the help of some of the equipment in his laboratory that can analyze the properties of materials.

One was an unusual plant that Kain had read about called Gravitas. It closely resembled a shorter tree, standing about six feet tall with a stout, thick trunk that resembled a dark, twisted vine. Its bark was textured and rugged, resembling the surface of a meteorite, with small, glimmering particles embedded within that catch the light.

Its leaves were extremely broad and heavy, and if Kain rests under it, no light from above would reach him—it'd probably be a great nap location if, after approaching it, Kain didn't feel slightly uncomfortable from the heavy feeling.

The Gravitas tree generated a localized gravitational field around it. However, this pull was only strong enough to really restrict the movements of smaller animals nearby, making them feel much heavier and sluggish to the point of barely being able to move. It can also draw in stray debris and even small rocks from the surrounding area, creating a subtle swirling motion around the plant.

Once every few months it will produce a fruit that upon consuming can slightly enhance the control of a spiritual creature, or a human with a suitable gift, over gravity. Based on this tree and the previous black ore, Kain got the hint from the relic that the next most appropriate evolution for Aegis should move in the direction of gravity manipulation.

Kain was thankful for the entire tree rather than just the fruit, but since the improvement given from each fruit is not substantial, he was probably given the entire tree because the fruit would need to consumed continuoiusly over time to see a major difference.

Two of the other plants rewarded to Kain were flowers than can enhance the affinity of a suitable spiritual creature to the life-attribute and another 2 had a similar effect for the mental-attribute.

The remaining spiritual plant was actually one with offensive abilities and consciousness, making it suitable as a contract for those with a plant affinity—unfortunately Kain did not have such an affinity.

Kain actually recognized the identity of the plant—a gold-quality Venomous Wraithvine, which was an extremely rare spiritual plant and was effective a targeting undead spiritual entities, which is likely why it was given as a reward to Kain after completing the 12th trial, since most of his trials consisted of defeating spiritual entities.

It had serpentine, trailing vines that can extend up to twenty feet. The vines had a dark green base that transitioned to a deep, iridescent violet at the tips, giving them a ghostly appearance. The ghostly tips have the unique ability to grip the forms of spiritual entities as well as physical ones.

Small, translucent leaves sprouted along the length of the vines, resembling delicate wings that fluttered constantly even without the presence of any wind in the laboratory.

Clusters of eerie, bioluminescent flowers bloomed sporadically along the vines. These flowers were bell-shaped, and emitted a faint glow in hues of blue and green. The petals had a velvety texture and were often covered in tiny, shimmering droplets of a potent, sticky nectar that is known to have toxic properties.

'I wonder if poisonous honey could be produced from it?' Kain thought. Poisonous plants are usually poisonous due to some liquid it produces, or due to their fruit, but their nectar is usually not poisonous because this would prevent it from being pollinated by insects. Since the Vespirae's honey is made from nectar, Kain hadn't had an opportunity to test if poisonous honey could also be produced.

The gold-quality plant was only at red-grade currently, so it couldn't provide much offensive help to Kain, but over-time it can easily reach yellow-grade without evolving. Therefore, Kain thought it would serve as a suitable guard at his house off-campus.

It also had several powerful abilities, two of which were A-level skills:

-Necrotic tendrils: The Wraithvine can extend its vines to ensnare and immobilize its targets. Upon contact, these tendrils inject a necrotic toxin that drains the life force from living beings, weakening them significantly. This ability is particularly effective against spiritual entities, causing their ethereal forms to destabilize.

-Hallucinogenic Pollen: When threatened, the plant releases a cloud of hallucinogenic pollen from its flowers. This pollen can induce vivid illusions, causing enemies to perceive terrifying visions that disrupt their focus and coordination. The effects can vary from mild disorientation to complete incapacitation, depending on the target's mental strength. Your next chapter is on m v|l-e'-NovelBin.net