This Beast-Tamer is a Little Strange-Chapter 467: A New Lease on Life

The room was silent as Gabriel’s new contract materialized before them.

The black tortoise, now significantly smaller than its original house-sized form, only reached Gabriel’s knees.

Aside from its size, there were other changes to its appearance.

Its shell, once adorned with intricate carvings that glowed faintly, now bore simpler patterns, though they still shimmered with a faint light.

The creature’s eyes, originally sharp and intelligent, now held a childlike innocence, reflecting that along with its size and strength, its intelligence had also likely regressed.

The once imposing aura it radiated had also diminished, replaced by something gentler, almost comforting. It was as if the creature itself had been reborn, starting anew alongside its new master.

Gabriel knelt down, his eyes wide with wonder as he reached out to touch the tortoise’s shell and felt the new intangible connection to the creature like a suddenly appearing fifth limb. "It’s… amazing," he whispered, his voice filled with awe.

Kain activated his System, pulling up the creature’s profile. Knowing its identity as one of the strongest creatures on Pangea created by Aurem. And seeing its resemblance to the mythical Black Tortoise Xuanwu that Kain had read about in his past-life, Kain was mentally prepared for the specialness of the creature.

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Nickname: Unnamed

Species: Black Tortoise Guardian (Sealed)

A juvenile version of one of the guardians of Pangea created by the Golden Dragon Overlord, Aurem. The Black Tortoise embodies the essences of protection and wisdom. As one of the four guardians, its unique birth also gave birth to the season Winter on Pangea. Despite its diminished state, the Black Tortoise retains a fraction of its former power, its abilities focused on defense and support.

Quality: Special

Type: Guardian Spirit

Attributes: Earth, Water

Skills:

*Note: Due to the Black Tortoise’s diminished state, several of its higher-level skills are currently locked.*

X-Celestial Fortress: Sealed

X-Dark Tide: Sealed

X-Serpent’s Dominion: Sealed

X-World Shell: Sealed

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S-Earthen Barrier: The Black Tortoise summons a protective barrier of earth and stone, shielding its bonded partner and nearby allies from harm. The barrier absorbs incoming attacks and gradually heals those within its radius. This skill is particularly effective against physical attacks.

A-Aquatic Veil: The Black Tortoise creates a veil of water that obscures its bonded partner and nearby allies from enemy detection. This skill enhances stealth and provides a temporary boost to evasion.

B-Serpent’s Gaze: The snake-headed tail of the Black Tortoise can unleash a paralyzing gaze, temporarily immobilizing a single target. This skill is useful for creating openings in battle or escaping dangerous situations.

C-Guiding Current: The Black Tortoise can slightly alter the current of large bodies of water and also control aquatic creatures in the water weaker than itself.

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Previously Kain had always thought that it was impossible for the strongest creatures on Pangea to form contracts. After all, all those undergoing this procedure did not awaken an affinity and still have white-grade spiritual power—therefore the strengths of the creatures they could contract were limited.

However, this automatic sealed state that they seemed to enter if too powerful, completely overturned that assumption.

Gabriel’s eyes sparkled Kain shared with him what he knew about the Black Tortoise, and its high potential. "It’s perfect," he said, his voice filled with excitement.

The Black Tortoise let out a soft, melodic hum, its snake-headed tail swaying gently. It seemed to radiate a sense of calm and reassurance, its presence instantly putting everyone in the room at ease.

Serena smiled at Gabriel, but her expression was thoughtful as she gazed at Kain with some suspicion. Although she wasn’t sure about the identity of the ’hidden realm’ that this array leads to, she could sense that it had some kind of connection with Kain. Especially since he seemed to instinctively have a lot of information about spiritual creatures that had never been spotted in their world before. But since he didn’t want to explain, she didn’t bother to ask. "It’s a powerful creature, even in its diminished state. With time and training, it could become an invaluable ally."

Kain nodded, a sense of pride swelling in his chest. After all, as a planet exclusively accessed through him, the higher the potential of Pangea’s residents, the better it was for him.

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After forming a contract and officially being able to cultivate, it took only a couple of weeks for Gabriel to cultivate and strengthen his body to a level that could withstand the massive amount of spiritual power he had, and was able to leave the array around the lab that suppressed his spiritual power.

It also helped that as a tortoise—who Gabriel chose to name Xuanwu after the story of the mythical tortoise Kain told him about—the feedback from it also seemed focused on strengthening him physically.

Life settled into a rhythm. Kain visited his family every few days, enjoying the rare moments of peace and normalcy. The mansion on the outskirts of Dark Moon City had become a sanctuary, a place where his siblings could thrive away from the dangers of the world. Continue reading on novelbuddy

Gabriel had moved in with them, and the change in the boy was remarkable.

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At first, he had been hesitant, unsure of how to interact with the other children. He had spent so much time isolated: he was an orphan provided for by an uncle in a far off city and only having a caregiver paid to look after him but didn’t care for him; then he was trapped in a laboratory by a mysterious organization and experimented on; and then things started to lok up when rescued but he was still confined to Kain’s workspace. Therefore, socializing felt unfamiliar to Gabriel. But Cherry refused to let him stay withdrawn.

Cherry, with her vibrant and mischievous personality, had taken Gabriel under her wing, pulling him out of his shell and helping him embrace his new life. She dragged him into every game, forcing him to join in races across the courtyard, sparring matches with wooden swords, and even the occasional prank against the older kids.

Despite his initial reluctance, Gabriel found himself enjoying the chaos and the other children accepted him easily, treating him like just another kid rather than a pitiful victim or freak.

Slowly, Gabriel began to laugh more, his guarded expressions softening as he adjusted to a life where he didn’t have to constantly look over his shoulder.