176 Battle group (2/2)
”Yes, there is. But I wouldn't recommend you to use it. There are just too many options and I think it is better to select something that you have fought against in the wild and that you liked.”, Carl responded to his question, before continuing with his point.
”So what is left is support and ranged attackers. And that's where the problem is. There aren't many of either of them.”
”Huh? But there are many in the dungeons aren't there?”, during the dungeon explorations he had often met monsters that could use ranged attacks or even magic.
Carl smiled and asked him, ”Did you try taming them?”
Ivan shook his head. He hadn't even thought of trying to do it.
”Even if you had tried, you would have failed every time anyways.”, Carl told him. ”Monsters in the dungeon are different from those in the wild. While it is possible to tame monsters of a low grade, level, and rank like your Vlada, it would be impossible to tame others.”
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”So we have to tame monsters in the wild?”
”Yes. And there, monsters who can attack over a distance or use magic, are much rarer. They usually are mutations of other species since in this realm there aren't any species that have a high enough grade to consistently have magic.”
”So I just have to go out and hope to be lucky?”
”Basically yes. Of course, you can also try to buy slaves if you have the money. At auctions, they can sometimes be found. Most of them are human but that is usually accepted. Many even think of it as easier than to have those roles occupied by monsters.”
Ivan had forgotten about that aspect of slavery since he had never come into contact with it. He had always felt that his slaves were something that was connected to him and he was completely unwilling to sell them. Sure he had only ever had two. Vlada and Celine with Celine even being a very special case.
Carl could see his doubt about taking this route. ”If you think that buying a slave to serve the role should have some drawbacks then you are right. Hm, how about you tell me your thoughts and then I'll tell you what I think about it?”
”Sure. First off, I think a problem is loyalty. By buying a slave there wouldn't be any loyalty, which I felt when I tamed Vlada. And according to the lecture just now the relationship between slave and master is important. I think that by buying a slave that there is a different starting point that makes it harder to improve the relationship. Even more so, if the slave is more intelligent.”
”Good. That's a good point. Of course, sometimes it can also be that by buying a slave you can make that slave have a very good impression of you. It mostly depends on the former owner.”
Ivan was happy that his mentor praised him since it made him feel as if he had grown. Before he had to always ask for advice but slowly he had started to make conclusions by himself. And those conclusions would be the right ones in other's eyes as well.
”Then another point would be former habits. If a slave has served another master before, then it should have developed some habits, which aren't necessarily compatible with my own style.”
”Good. Do you have another point?”
Ivan thought for a bit and then shook his head. He didn't have anything else he could think of.
”Not bad, you already mentioned the main points. Which is the relationship and the compatibility between master and servant.” He then turned towards the girls, ”Do you have anything to add?”
The girls looked at each other and then Gala opened her mouth, ”There is something missing if a slave isn't directly bound but instead bought. When you sell a slave you have to transfer the contract and in that process, the mental link gets disrupted. After that, it is possible to build something similar but it will always be inferior.”
”Correct. Since you never had a bought slave it isn't surprising that you don't know about it.”, he then reassured Ivan as if he feared that he would be depressed that he hadn't known about it, while all three girls knew about it.