Amber Sword-Chapter 826 - 146: Rock Garuru Beast! (Second Update)

The next moment, everyone saw Caglis being knocked to the ground.

However, the Rock Shadow Beast with its forelimbs on his chest didn't make any further aggressive moves but instead raised its head, composed of a whole sharp rock, to look at Brand. Brand nodded, and the monster immediately stepped back.

"Approaching Black Iron Middle Rank!" Caglis said, rubbing his chest, "Isn't that ridiculous? This thing is almost catching up to your Obsidian Leopard, my Lord." 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Brand nodded. He was very satisfied with the Rock Shadow Beast's abilities, which were close to the Black Iron Middle Rank, and it was even more valuable for having the traits of a semi-ethereal creature.

Semi-ethereal creatures can halve physical attacks, effectively doubling their Life Value. Moreover, their dexterity is significantly higher than corporeal creatures. Thus, although this thing's strength appears to be Black Iron Middle Rank at most, its combat power has already surpassed the Obsidian Leopard.

He then turned his gaze to the Black Wolf. The Black Wolf itself was at Black Iron Peak, on par with Caglis, and with the rock attribute enhancement, it should be even stronger. Brand chose Kulan as the test subject this time, and the result was that the Black Wolf was defeated. However, the fight showed that its power exceeded even Silver Lower Rank.

At the same time, this new form of Black Wolf possessed extremely high defense. The rocky armor plating couldn't even be penetrated by a casual strike from Kulan, which implies its defense is at least Upper Silver Rank.

Overall, this creature holds about Silver Middle Rank combat power.

Silver Middle Rank, nearly two grades higher than its original strength. Considering the large population and future growth potential, Brand couldn't help but squint his eyes. It's known that when a beast herd reaches the intermediate level, they can generate Lord-level monsters, such as Black Wolf Lords and Obsidian Leopards.

What kind of existence will that be?

Brand was filled with infinite possibilities, but looking at the Black Wolf, he was very pleased. Yet he realized this monster was noticeably different from its original kind, so continuing to call it Black Wolf seemed inappropriate and might cause confusion.

What would be an appropriate name?

He turned around, and Caglis, still holding his chest, seemed to understand his intent and asked curiously, "My Lord, is this still a Black Wolf?"

"No, I haven't decided on its name yet," Brand replied truthfully.

"How about calling it Savage Wolf? It looks kind of like that," Caglis suggested.

"I think it resembles more of a Dire Wolf," Kulan obviously disagreed with him.

"No," Brand shook his head, thought for a moment, and replied, "I've decided to call it—Rock Garuru Beast!"

"Rock Garuru Beast?" Everyone was stunned. What kind of creature is that?

However, Brand was thinking that it would be amazing to create a steel attribute nest, truly turning this into a Steel Garuru. That would be incredible!

While he was daydreaming, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching from behind—was Wade here to inform him to set off? Brand was jolted back to reality, recalling he was still in the 'Wolf Calamity' scenario in this Black Forest, far from a time for celebration.

At least forming the beast herd wasn't a day's work, not to mention the upgrade required massive resource investment. In games, the nest is a money burner; here, it's no different.

The Stone Nest was just one Sage Stone Tablet away, while the investment in the Shadow Nest had just begun.

With these thoughts, Brand turned around, unexpectedly finding it wasn't Wade or Tree Elf Leader Queniel approaching, but Count Oting's somewhat grim face.

"Count?" He was slightly surprised. The Erune envoy group had been following from a distance since failing to persuade him, neither mentioning returning nor interacting with him, almost treating him as a free bodyguard.

But what happened now?

"Baron," Count Oting spoke, "Have you seen Miss Faina and them?"

Faina?

Brand was puzzled for a moment before recalling that was the name of the noble lady from Kruz. To be honest, since the battle with Fog Howl, he hadn't paid attention to the whereabouts of those three young people from Kruz. He wasn't fond of the Kruz Empire in general, and honestly, hadn't already kicked them out of the team just because he wasn't capable of doing such a thing.