The Strongest Beast Tamer With the Strongest System-Chapter 43: Floor 2

Leonardo regretted that he still hadn’t been able to use his new BMW. Instead, he went to the portal by taxi.

In front of the portal, Liam was already waiting for him, becoming the center of attention for many people.

They simply didn’t know that he was an SS-Class Monster, not just S-Class.

Of course, monsters belonging to a Beast Tamer did not trigger notifications in other Awakener chips—even in the Monster World, let alone on Earth, where such notifications didn’t exist at all.

Liam immediately approached Leonardo, making people realize that Leonardo was his owner.

Some people already knew, since they had seen the Z City news broadcast.

Not wanting too much attention, Leonardo entered the portal and appeared in the Transmission World.

Floor 1 (Open)

Floor 2 (Open)

Floor 3 (Locked)

Floor 4 (Locked)

Floor 5 (Locked)

Unlike last time, Floor 2 had already opened for him because he had reached Level 11.

Even from Floor 1, he could directly move to Floor 2 through the gate.

Naturally, he chose Floor 2, where new options appeared.

1st Gate (Open)

2nd Gate (Open)

3rd Gate (Open)

10th Gate (Open)

There were ten gates on Floor 2, but unlike Floor 1 when he first entered, all the gates on Floor 2 had already been opened, though there was no appearance of a Last Gate like on Floor 1.

It had been a long time—Leonardo had no idea who had managed to open the 10th Gate on Floor 2.

He chose the 1st Gate, and he and Liam were transported away from the Transmission World.

(Leonardo Anderson, from Z City, you have entered Layer 17!)

Floor 2 also had many layers, though slightly fewer than Floor 1. Z City and the surrounding areas were also sent to Layer 17.

The moment he appeared, Leonardo immediately felt extreme heat, so intense that it made him uncomfortable.

Instinctively he looked at the sky and saw an enormous sun.

It hung very close to the land—that was why it was so hot.

The ground was covered in scorching sand. Without shoes, the soles of one’s feet could easily be burned.

This was a desert. The entire Floor 2 was a desert world.

But the desert here was rather strange, because many trees grew throughout it, forming forests.

However, these trees looked dry, without leaves, yet they still bore fruit.

Leonardo noticed people wearing fully covered cloaks, even hoods that covered their heads.

When the heat was too extreme, wearing open clothing was actually uncomfortable—it could burn the skin.

Leonardo naturally had a cloak inside his ring.

He put it on and immediately felt more comfortable.

Shua!

He then jumped onto Liam’s back and tapped his shoulder as a signal to fly.

Liam immediately soared into the sky, leaving the people watching below stunned.

It seemed Liam wasn’t affected by the intense heat, which made Leonardo feel relieved.

He observed the desert below and indeed saw more forests than open desert.

He also saw many monsters.

They weren’t just desert creatures, but their bodies looked yellowish, probably from constant exposure to the heat.

Here, A-Class Monsters were quite common, while C-Class Monsters were rarer, and most were B-Class.

Although it was said that all bosses were S-Class Monsters, it was still possible to encounter gates guarded by S-Class monsters.

"Liam, over there!" Leonardo quickly found a target.

He saw a hill surrounded by many monsters, though their levels were only Level 11 to 13.

Essentially, they were guarding a cave beneath the hill.

Leonardo was interested, because he had heard that treasure inside such caves would respawn, though usually not anything extremely valuable.

The good part was that it could be entered directly—as long as one could pass the monster swarm.

"Attack them!" Leonardo ordered Liam, while he himself jumped down and disappeared, entering the cave.

The cave was quite spacious but dark.

Even so, he could faintly see something glowing atop a pile of sand.

A ring, of course.

Leonardo quickly picked it up.

DING!

(You have obtained Dimensional Ring Level 1 with a storage space of thirty square meters!)

His eyes brightened at the notification.

Although the space was smaller, he was pleased because now he had two rings.

He could give one to Ellie to store valuable items.

(Ellie, go to Floor 2!) Leonardo sent the command, then looked around the cave again.

Sure enough, another item leaned against the wall—a dark red staff with flames burning at its tip.

Leonardo teleported directly to it and grabbed it.

DING!

(You have obtained Fire Magic Wand, an A-Class Weapon with fire power. It increases the momentum of your fire when released through this wand!)

Increasing momentum meant that any fire he released would become faster and more dominant.

Unfortunately, there were no other items.

Leonardo returned outside.

But he found the entire area covered in extremely thick black mist.

Monster roars echoed endlessly, but they sounded chaotic.

Sometimes Leonardo heard metallic clanging sounds, not from metal, but from claws striking each other.

It was impossible to see inside this mist—even for him.

It completely nullified vision, forcing creatures to rely on smell instead.

Leonardo climbed the hill and eventually emerged above the mist.

Its range was incredibly wide, leaving him stunned.

The most astonishing thing was that it didn’t consume Mana at all—it only required wingbeats.

Notification after notification appeared, but the EXP Liam gained from each kill was small, sometimes only 10 EXP.

If it continued like this, the next level might take quite a while.

Leonardo kept waiting until he finally sensed Ellie’s invisible presence.

She appeared in front of him, and Leonardo attached the Level 1 Dimensional Ring to her leg.

It could open like a watch, so it could be fastened directly without passing over her claws.

Ellie looked completely shocked.

"It’s not heavy, right?" Leonardo asked.

"No, Boss... but it feels a little strange," Ellie replied softly.

"You’ll get used to it... Now go and take those items, including the Phantom Veil Orchids that have already bloomed, and leave the ones that haven’t bloomed with the Aethercore Fruit Tree."

Ellie nodded several times, glanced at the thick mist below, and then flew away.

(Boss, I also want to level up on Floor 2...) Ellie requested as she was leaving.

She clearly didn’t want to fall behind Liam.

But someone still had to guard the Aethercore Fruit Tree and the Phantom Veil Orchids that hadn’t bloomed yet.

Moving them to Floor 2 obviously wouldn’t work either—after all, they weren’t desert plants.