My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

"What are you doing?"

One of them asked, looking at Lucas with a curious gaze.

He was wearing simple clothing and tied a red-black bandana on his arm. The others were also wearing the same bandana, but in different parts of their body. It was probably their insignia for their squad.

Lucas had seen a lot of them these past few days, insignias, or any sort of sign to distinguish one's squad from the rest. It was kind of a thing in Starlight Academy.

In his previous life, something like this was called fraternities, but here, the teachers do not forbid or even try to stop from joining one. Heck, some even encourage it.

"Uhh, traps?" Lucas answered with a raised brow.

"Are you alone?" The student asked once again.

Lucas looked to his side and saw Spot. "No?"

As if knowing what he was implying, the student's lips twitched in annoyance.

"Are you perhaps a second-year student?" He asked once more.

Lucas nodded his head, not knowing what he would ask next.

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"Didn't your teacher tell you that it's dangerous for you to hunt in the Giant Dark Forest? And you're alone to boot. Are you perhaps trying to get lucky with some traps?" He said with a stern tone.

Lucas suddenly did not know how to react to the sudden scolding. The stern tone, however, carried a hint of care and concern.

"Do you want us to escort you back to the Safe Area, or to a safer area that you could hunt?" The man offered.

Lucas shook his head and said with a smile, "Don't worry, senior, I can manage. I'm pretty cautious, you know."

The man shook his head. "Up to you then."

The man and his squad did not linger any longer, thinking the stubborn as good as dead.

His random kindness, however, was well appreciated by Lucas.

He had always avoided encountering people inside the dungeon. Perhaps it was because he was very cautious and would always think of the worst scenario and just wanted to avoid trouble. Or maybe his reason was as shallow as him not wanting others to learn of his strength and pitiful talent.

Anyway, Lucas did not want to meet anyone and would just prefer searching for a chain of Shadow Lynx instead.

There was no use in meeting anyone anyway. It's not like he would team up with them or something.

Waiting for a few moments, Lucas also set foot toward another direction to search for another chain of Shadow Lynx—his favorite target.

With Spot's increased strength, their hunting speed was boosted, and they could eliminate a chain of Shadow Lynx in less than thirty-five minutes. However, most of the time was still spent searching for the Shadow Lynxes, with some dedicated to resting and recovering energy. The actual time spent killing a chain of Shadow Lynx rarely exceeded five minutes.

There were also minutes spent in setting up the traps, but since he only needed to set up trip traps in his hiding spot now, the time was drastically decreased as well.

In the past three hours, Lucas and Spot managed to eliminate four more chains of Shadow Lynxes—with each chain consisting of four Shadow Lynxes. The battle went smoothly, and there was no particular danger that Lucas had encountered.

There were, however, some more senior students that he had met during this time as well—three squads, to be precise.

One of them saw and greeted Lucas, while the other two, Lucas discovered beforehand and hence was able to successfully hide from them.

It must be noted that he was actually familiar with one of the two squads that he was able to avoid. They were the same squad that was chasing the Cliff Borne Ram a few days ago. Dorian and Asher were among them as well.

Just like the other squads he had met prior, the squad of Dorian and Asher also seemed to be searching or chasing for something in the Giant Dark Forest. If Lucas had to guess, then it must be that Stone Paw beast that they were after.

[Name: Lucas Valen

Age: 17

Grimoire Grade: Unranked

Rank: Iron Star 2 (191.71/225)

Spiritual Energy: 48/58

Beasts: Gentle Dog]

His experience point had significantly increased after the past three hours. He was now infinitely closer to the next level, and he was pretty excited about it too. In the group chat, only Hector himself, as a Gold Grade Grimoire user, had managed to increase his rank to Iron Star 3.

Perhaps Hector was already an Iron Star 4 summoner now, but Lucas still did not undermine his achievement because of it. In fact, reaching Iron Star 2 in the span of a few days of hunting was already unbelievable enough for one with a Bronze Grade grimoire; how much more for someone like him who only has an Unranked Grade?

His experience was nothing short of exciting as well. Every move was fraught with dangers, but he somehow managed due to Spot, or more precisely, due to the Hellhound Manifestation from being too overpowered.

Without it, Lucas would have probably taken an extremely long time just to reach Iron Star 1.

Anyway, the sun was setting inside the regulated dungeon—or at least, the light that illuminated this world was.

Usually, Lucas would have rushed to go back to the Safe Area and exit the dungeon by now.

However, he had never planned to exit early this time around.

For him, each dungeon dive cost a lot of money and resources, so it would be a waste if he only used half of the time he was paying for. He intended to make use of every bit of it until the last minute—or at least, the last hour.

For this, he had already informed his parents beforehand so that they would not worry too much.

His food has been prepared as well. His mother especially prepared his lunch; as for his dinner, he thought that some crackers would suffice.

Although he did not want to go back to the Safe Area yet, Lucas also had no plans to stay in the Giant Dark Forest, as it was very dangerous staying here during the night.

Most creatures in the Giant Dark Forest had adapted well to the dark surroundings. The night was especially their domain, and most turned active during such times as well, making the forest even more dangerous to stay in.

The last thing he wanted was to get besieged by the sudden activities of beasts in Giant Dark Forest.

Instead of staying here, Lucas set his eyes to another location where he could still hunt safely even during the night.

At this point, though, Lucas was still unaware that a few silhouettes were actually following behind him.