Chapter 246 - Taming Without Equipment (1/2)
Trying to tame the monster while keeping the other minions alive is hard. Not only that but because this is an Elite Monster, it would take quite a bit of beating before it gets to be possible to be tamed. And although I don't have expertise with taming monsters, I do have the basic knowledge in taming but I didn't do any in the past timeline due to how complicated some of the things I experienced. Thankfully, this timeline is no longer similar to the old timeline.
After looking for a chance to slip through the other wolves, I finally found one chance and grabbed the rare opportunity as they are hard to deal with if they attack in packs.
My sudden arrival in front of the wolves was so sudden that they were startled by my appearance.
”Atlas! Lucia! Now!”
The two appeared immediately and took hold to block the other mobs. The Elite monster, Dark Desert Wolf immediately stood up and brandish its fangs and claws, but I quickly stopped it from its tracks.
”[Ice Prison]!”
The Dark Desert Wolf was in the middle of leaping towards me when the [Ice Prison] appeared around its body and freeze its legs.. Before it can even land an attack, it was frozen on the spot and started to fall.
Once the Dark Desert Wolf's half-frozen body is falling in the air, I changed my weapon into a gauntlet and made a full-force punch to the falling Dark Desert Wolf.
”YELP!”
-You have dealt 10,000 damage!
I almost killed it instantly and I was lucky that the critical hit didn't proc or else, this guy is instantly dead.
The Dark Desert Wolf struggled to stand up after severe damage done from the punch. I purposely used the Gauntlet as this weapon has blunt damage that has a bit low chance to kill enemies instantly if you hit it somewhere on its body that it can withstand. In swords and other bladed weapons, they are much dangerous and with my Versatile Weapon, it would just kill the Dark Desert Wolf.
”Alright doggy, come here and be tamed!”
I grabbed the weak Dark Desert Wolf and wrapped the [Chain of Taming] to its neck. The dull color of the chain suddenly glow in gold and the Dark Desert Wolf started to struggle.
A small interface appeared and a circle with percentages on the center appeared before me. It was like I am doing a download on the internet but the difference is that I am trying to make sure it won't fail.
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
The percentage number keeps on rising while the Dark Desert Wolf also struggled to break free.
”Master? Are you done? These wolves are hard to defend without killing them!” Lucia said while shoving the wolves and keeping them at bay using her flames. As for Atlas, he is doing fine with his thick defense but it is also clear he is also struggling not to accidentally kill a single wolf. After all, he is pretty strong and he might squish one wolf if he gets too forceful in the process.
90%
91%
92%
It was about to reach 100% when...
CRACK!
The chain breaks and the energy that was accumulating on the necklace that was trying to subdue the Dark Deser Wolf suddenly breaks. I already expected it so I quickly swapped it out with another [Chain of Taming]. Too bad it has to start again in the very beginning but I have no choice about it since it is the only way to tame a monster.
...
13 minutes later...
My sweat is already dripping and was waiting for the number of the interface to reach the necessary number I needed to see.
98%
99%
I was expecting it to finish at 100 but like always, it breaks off.
”F*ck... that's the last [Chain of Taming] I got!”
Without the [Chain of Taming] I have no more item to subdue it to submission. The Dark Desert Wolf is already struggling to move after several attempts to subdue it and the energy from the [Chain of Taming] is already wearing it out alongside the low health, it contributed a lot. However, it is not an easy way to finish things, especially I don't have any ways to tame it anymore.
Maybe the Druid class has something that can allow me to tame it without a piece of equipment for taming?