The Mech Lord

[A match has been found..]

Leo\'s eyes widened in surprise. He wasn\'t expecting anything honestly. This really was a pleasant surprise to him.

\'Which one is it?\' Leo asked, a bit excited.

The next instant, an arrow suddenly formed in front of him. It was obviously Arthur\'s doing.

Leo just followed the arrow, and walked through the nursery passing through dozens of little beasts.

\'Where is it?\' Leo frowned when he found himself walking towards one of the empty corners of the nursery. He couldn\'t see any beast around, but the arrow was still pointing ahead.

A few seconds later, he came in front of a bush where the arrow blinked a few times before vanishing.

\'Huh? Is it here?\' He asked in confusion, because he couldn\'t see anything around.

[It\'s in the bush..] Arthur\'s voice rang once again.

Leo frowned a bit on hearing him, and then put his hands in bushes and tried to see if there was anything inside of it.

\'Is there really anything around?\' He muttered as he searched, but nothing was coming in his sight.

\'Hmmn?\' Leo suddenly froze as his eyes fell on a Leech in the bushes. \'You aren\'t talking about this thing, right?\'

[Yes…]

Leo\'s face twitched on Arthur\'s confirmation. He had no words to describe his current feeling right now. \'You are being serious?\'

[Yes, I am.]

[He is trolling you-nya.] Aiden didn\'t believe him either.

Leo tried to look through the booklet to see what kind of creature it was, but there was no record of it.

\'Scan it, Arthur.\'

He still wanted to see what was so special about this thing.

[Scanning..]

Name: [Arora Leech]

Lv 1: [Awake]

Yellow Rank Skill: [Suck]

Race: [Arora Beast]

Comprehensive Body Assessment: [F-]

Leo\'s face slowly turned dark.

\'You are messing with me?\'

There was nothing good about this thing!

Hell, even if he randomly picked any beast from the nursery, it would easily kill it with a stomp.

This thing was useless.

[I thought it had something. But, it turns out to be just a common Leech. This thing sticks to the body of Arora Beast or sometimes even digs a hole into their body to suck off Arora energy. Aside from that, it has no use. I am not surprised to find one in this nursery-nya.]

Leo was really left speechless. It seemed he had got his hope high in vain.

[It is indeed useless on its own. But, who do you think my creator was..] Arthur\'s voice rang in Leo\'s head. And, the next instant, the Inheritance booked opened up to a particular page.

[Pg- 431]

[Parasite Heart Technique]

\'What\'s with the creepy name?\' Leo frowned. Just reading it gave him chills. Still, he gave it a thorough check, and with each sentence his face became uglier.

[This is awesome-nya!]

\'This is crazy!\'

Leo and Aiden simultaneously spoke, but their views on it differed though.

\'I am not going to do this!!\'

[Are you an idiot!! How can you let go of such an opportunity-nya!!] Aiden protested. He really wanted to come out of the storage capsule and slap this guy.

This Parasitic Heart Technique was a method which allowed one to train an Energy sucking parasite like the Arora Leech to act as a container. A container to store energy. Normally a person could only have one container that was their body to store Energy. But, this technique allowed you to possess one more.

It clearly allowed you a huge advantage in comparison to your peers. It sounded a bit creepy, but the benefits far out classed everything else about this technique. You just needed to let the Parasite into your body where it would feed on your energy.

It would be a mutual relationship of benefit between the two. The Parasite would get its food while the host could fill it with more than enough energy which could be later withdrawn for use.

If people found out that such a miraculous technique existed, they might even abandon Golden eggs for it. Umn..It might have been a bit exaggerated but it was definitely close for sure.

And, the best of all.

This kind of Parasite beast didn\'t need any kind of attention to command at all. It was another major benefit for a person.

Leo and Aiden went back and forth on the topic of the [Parasite Heart Technique]. Even though Leo was very reluctant, he couldn\'t deny the benefits that the technique was going to bring him.

In the end, he reluctant picked up the Leech using a stick.

[Are you really going to act like that? You have to let that thing burrow a hole into your body-nya.]

\'Stop scaring me!! I am trying!!\' Leo retorted in anger.

\'Anyway, what will I say to that old farmer and the rest of the family? You don\'t expect me to say that I got a Leech as my Pet Beast, right?\'

[...] Aiden turned silent for a second.

It was true. He couldn\'t even imagine how people would react if he told them that. Hell, he would surely turn into a joke if this matter spread to the public.

The two contemplated the matter but couldn\'t come up with any solution.

[Why don\'t you take another pet beast with you-nya?] Aiden suggested.

\'Do I look like a Beast Tamer to you?\' Leo retorted. Even though people in Gloria were sometimes referred to as Beast Tamers, they weren\'t actually so in true sense.

Only people who would train more than one beast went onto the path of being a true Beast Tamer. And, such people usually have skills related to this kind of profession. But, for normal people, just one beast was more than a handful.

And, unless you had a wish for trouble, you wouldn\'t want another one.

A few minutes passed, but no solution had come out yet.

\'Just let it be, it\'s not like I haven\'t done anything against the norm. Besides, no one except your father and the old farmer will know about it. We can just ask them to keep quiet about it, and say to others that we haven\'t found a beast that we are looking for..\'

[We can fool others. But, what about mom? She would not be happy with this when the matter comes to light-nya.]

\'We still have at least 6 months to a year at max, right?\' Leo asked. This is what he had heard. People usually didn\'t wait any longer than that. By the mid term of the third year, most people usually had their pet beast with them.

[Yeah, what about it-nya?]

\'Within this time, we already would have a huge hurdle in front of us, the Lv 11. If we achieve that, do you think that your mother would care if we had parasites for a pet?\' Leo asked with a smile.

That certainly was true. After all, it wasn\'t necessary for people to have pets. And, most people couldn\'t even raise their pets to a great level, and later they would just end up like house guards after their level fell way behind their owners.

This was a common occurrence.

After all, it was so easy and full of benefits, wouldn\'t every person in the world raise beasts as well?

….

"You have returned?" The old farmer looked at Leo, and then around him. But failed to see any beast around. "Unable to reach a decision?"

Leo forced a smile on his face, "No, I have selected.."

"Which one is it?" The old man asked with a pleasant smile on his face, and Leo\'s face twitched.

Leo controlled his trembling hands, and slowly brought the stick in front which he had been hiding all along.

The old farmer\'s face slowly turned dark, "Where did you find it? I have been looking all around for this little prick. A few of the pets had fallen sick due to Arora Deficiency, I knew one this pricks was behind it."

"Give it to me, I will take care of it.."

The old man looked at Leo, but for some reason he didn\'t pass it to him.

"What\'s the matter?" He asked Leo in confusion.

"Actually…this..is the one I sel.e.c…t..ed.. Leo\'s voice almost turned into whispers towards the end.

"What are you saying? Can you be a bit loud?" The old man looked at Leo with an odd face.

Leo sighed and then looked at the old man with a serious face, "This is my choice, I want this Leech.."

"..."

The two stared at each other for a few seconds.

"Sorry, come again. I am getting old. My hearing is really deteriorating." The old smiled helplessly.

"This is my choice." Leo tried to maintain a straight face, but the old farmer sure couldn\'t. When he heard the same thing for a second time, his eyes slowly turned wide. He now knew that it wasn\'t his ears that weren\'t working, but Leo\'s mouth.

This brat had definitely forgotten how to speak properly!!