Chapter 599
Chapter 599
Chapter 599: Steel Rhino
Late at night, I who checked on Jewel’s condition from my room with my Divine Vision can see that Jewel is waking up. Let’s go there and ask her what she was doing before.
I can see that Sophie who was taking care of Jewel noticed that she was awake and checked on her condition first.
After I taught her everything I know about medical knowledge, she has surpassed my ability as a doctor in my past life. Though I’m still better than her because I’m an Aura user.
Alright, forget it. Being a doctor mean we have to heal our patients. We have no time to compete against each other in which one is the better doctor.
...Though it’s obvious that I’m the best one.
On the way to Jewel’s room, I meet Angela and Kayla. Seeing that I’m walking toward Jewel’s room, they figured that Jewel is awake and joined me to her room.
“Good morning, my beloved disciple. Though it’s night right now. How are you feeling?” I asked Jewel who is sitting on her bed.
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“I’m fine. That rhino was stronger than I expected,” Jewel said.
The rhino she is talking about must be the one who can use earth magic to change the landscape. That one is strong indeed. Though I only know about that thing’s magic. Not its physical strength. But since Shelia was there as well, and the two of them had troubles against the herd, that rhino must be really strong.
I’ve heard the gist of it from Shelia. While Jewel was supposed to fight the leader, Shelia was supposed to distract the other rhinos. But they let down their guards and Jewel got injured.
I don’t think that these two would let down their guards so much that Jewel would return injured this badly. That means the rhino was even stronger than what they expected.
“I have heard the gist of it from Shelia, but I want to hear more from your side. What happened?” I asked Jewel.
Jewel told me her side of story and it was as expected. She let down her guard.
Jewel and Shelia were on a journey together ever since I swapped Shelia with Wendy who wanted to study from the ghosts. They traveled far until they find a location where many animal-type monsters were living. They hoped that they would find a powerful rhino monster there, and they were right.
Around three days ago, they finally found a group of rhinoceros. And after observing them for a while, Jewel decided to test them. Which happened today.
Though for Shelia, it was difficult to stay still. So, during the time Jewel was observing, Shelia was quite a distance away fighting other monsters. It was far enough to not alert the rhinos.
Maybe that’s why they let down their guards. Thinking that Shelia could defeat the other nearby monsters easily, they didn’t think that the rhinos were powerful. And that’s how Jewel ended up getting injured and lost her consciousness.
“Master! I have decided that I will try to evolve into that rhino! I thought of looking for a rhino that can fly, but if it can alter the landscape, that’s fine as well. Whether the enemy will be on the ground or in the air, I can reach them if I alter the landscape. I can make the ground rise and make me level with flying enemies,” Jewel said.
“Are you sure? As you know, we already have quite a lot of powerful earth mages. How about looking for other rhinos? Maybe you can find winged rhino somewhere,” I said.
“No. That steel rhino is good enough. It has great defense and powerful charge attack. Even after I attacked it with powerful lightning magic, it doesn’t affect him much. It may have some sort of magic resistance. For now, I’ll observe them a little longer and see if they have other abilities,” Jewel said.
“Alright. Do you need any help?” I asked Jewel.
“No. I’ll do it alone. Though I need someone to keep the other rhinos in check. Master, if you’re free, how about you come with me? It’s easier to travel with you,” Jewel asked me to come with her the next time she faces the rhino again.
“I guess I can do that,” I said positively.
“What about testing the weapons? Most of us won’t be able to use them,” Angela said.
“Most of the weapons are magic items that needed mana to be activated. Anyone who can use magic should be able to use them. But ask Jeremy first which one should be tested. Don’t test items that he doesn’t know the effects. For those, ask Victoria. I will left Ray there. Victoria should be able to use Aura a bit and test those weapons,” I said.
Right now, Victoria is in her room writing her next book. Thanks to the torch, she can see better at night. And since she doesn’t need to sleep, she can continue writing until morning without wasting any resources. Using average magic item to give light the whole night is a waste after all.
“Jewel, I won’t help you much there other than to distract the other rhinos. I don’t remember what Timmy told you about beastform magic, but you should know best what to do. I will only help you when you ask for it,” I said to Jewel.
“Okay, master.”
“Take a day off tomorrow. You can try the magic items we found and get to know Ray. You haven’t met him yet, right? I will go check on those rhinos tomorrow. And then we will go together the day after. Go get Lina to cook you something. You must be hungry,” I said to Jewel before leaving the room.
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The next day, after bringing everyone back to Monsters World to test the magic items, I opened a portal to the Blobby I put behind the rhino’s ear.
When I opened the portal, the rhino who was laying on the ground suddenly jolted. Seems like he knows that I’m coming.
After I entered the portal, I quickly closed it and get away from the rhino.
Jewel said that they are called steel rhinos. But I think they are harder than steel.
Well, iron, steel, rock, or whatever they are, I have the confidence to cut them down. I have grown that strong since I became Aura Master.
Though it doesn’t matter if I’m stronger than them or not. This is Jewel’s business. I will only watch over her.
For now, let’s test what they can do.
Other than the leader, the rest are smaller in comparison. But they are still strong.
I heard from Shelia that even she had some difficulties just defeating one. These monsters’ skin is so thick that even Shelia’s claw couldn’t pierce through it. She needs consecutive attack until she could pierce them. Much like Timmy’s dragon’s scales. But not that hard.
Let’s grab some of them to be tested!
I run away from the leader of the rhinos, and grabbed two smaller rhinos by their horn. Even though I lifted them up by the horn, it doesn’t break. They are strong as expected.
It is weird how I can easily lift two rhinos by their horn easily. But this is the strength of an Aura Master. Someone who is feared by the Evil God.
And then, I opened a portal back to where the others are training. I’ll give Jewel one sample of the rhino so she can check it herself before facing the big one.
“Rhino delivery service! Tie it up so it won’t escape!”
After I said that, I closed the portal and run away. The boss rhino changed the landscape and force me to break through a thick wall to escape. But it’s not a big problem for me.
I didn’t use portal since I don’t want to get too far from the boss rhino. And soon enough, the boss rhino couldn’t catch up to me and I find a good place to test the rhino I picked up.
It was quite heavy and I need to use Aura to lift it up with one hand. And even though I grip it with enough strength to destroy a rock into dust, the horn of the rhino I’m holding isn’t even damaged.
If Jewel able to transform into one, it would be hard for anyone to pierce through her defense. Maybe Jewel prioritize defensive capabilities because she already has lightning element magic which has powerful offensive capabilities. That’s why she picked this type of rhino.
...I am against violence. And I don’t feel proud to abusing animals. But this is a monster, not an animal. And I need to find out more about it. So, what I do to this rhino will be omitted.
Anyway, the result was quite amazing. Even this small rhino, I need to use quite a bit of Aura to pierce through its skin. And its earth magic was at the level of advanced level. But unlike earth mages, these rhinos need to have their feet on the ground so they can use earth magic.
This is a good monster for Jewel to transform into. I like it. I hope she will be successful in her evolution.