1 Steve and the Monster Tamer System

In a dark alley, a young boy wakes up. He sits up and looks around, thinking <What is this place? I failed to pass the tribulation to break through to the Immortal God realm. But I protected my soul, so I should have been safe and stay in the same place I faced the tribulation. So why am I here?> A ball of light landed on the boy's head and got absorbed into the boy's body.

<I don't sense any danger from that light, so I guess I can leave it alone,> the boy thought.

Suddenly, a voice sounded in the boy's head. It was from the ball of light. [Hello and welcome to the Monster Tamer System!]

"Monster Tamer System? What are you?"

[I am the Monster Tamer System. I will help you become the greatest monster tamer in this world!]

"Monster tamer? What's that?"

[Oh, that's right! You don't know about this world! Let me explain. This world is called Infected Havens. It is a world where humans and monsters coexist. Originally, there were only humans in this world. However, one day, portals suddenly started to appear, and with them came monsters. Those monsters were much, much stronger than the animals that were living in this world, so the animals were almost all wiped out by the monsters. They almost pushed the humans in this world to extinction too, however, many humans gained an ability and were able to catch and tame the monsters. They were known as monster tamers.

[Of course, the humans have to kill the monsters first and then manually catch them with their spiritual power. It depends on chance for whether or not they catch the monster. They could also use a Monster Globe to increase their chances of catching a monster. The higher the spiritual strength of the monster tamer, the higher their chance of catching the monster after it is killed. Of course, the stronger and rarer monsters have lower chances of being able to get caught.

[That is all for the introduction to for this world! Any questions?]

"And you're going to help me become one of them?"

[Not just one of them! I'll make you the strongest one of them!]

"And why would you do that?"

[Because it's my mission.]

"Oh."

[First mission coming up! Please check your mission!]

"And how do I do that?"

[Just say check missions.]

"Check missions."

Main mission: One

Mission name: Catch your first monster

Description: What's a monster tamer without a monster? Go out and catch your first monster.

Objective: Catch a monster (Monster must be at least bronze 1 star quality)

Time limit: 7 days

Completion reward: Unlocks {Monster Nourishment} function

Failure Punishment: Death of user

Side mission: None

"..." The boy looked at the mission punishment, speechless. "Death for failure? Seriously?"

[Yes. The system does not need incompetent fools who can't even do such simple tasks.]

"Well, I don't feel like doing it," said the boy.

[Then you will die. Are you sure?]

"Yeah, no way I'm doing the mission. But you have to be able to kill me," said the boy.

[Then die!] The bright ball of light inside the boy's head became lighter than before, and... nothing happened. The ball of light went right back to the brightness it was before.

[What!? Why are you still alive!? Why can't I kill you!?]

"Cause you're weak, that's why. Don't tell me you didn't even check how strong I was before you tried to make a move on me," said the boy.

[Wait... Status]

Name: Steve

Age: 10

Race: Human

Profession: None

Monster Tamer cultivation: None

Cultivation: ??????

Spiritual Power: ??????????????????

Talent: ??????

Tame Points: 0

[Ehhhh...]

"So..."

[I'm really sorry! My lord! Please spare this little system!] The ball of light inside the boy's head seemed to tremble.

"..." The boy was speechless at the shamelessness of the system. "Well, complete the mission for me."

[I- I can't]

"Huh!? Do you want to die?"

[I- I really can't. My lord, there's a reason.]

"Oh? And what is that reason?

[I can make tiny edits to the system but cannot complete it. But I can help you complete it by letting you get a monster in the lottery.]

"Then show me the lottery!"

[Yes, yes, of course.]

A screen appeared in front of Steve. The screen had a wheel, and the wheel contained a needle and nine sections with different colors in each section. The nine colors were black, red, brown, grey, yellow, dark yellow, purple, white, and blue. Each color had smaller sections than the other.

"So how does this work?" Steve asked.

[The 9 sections of the lottery corresponds to the quality of the monster. Black for iron, red for copper, brown for bronze, grey for silver, yellow for gold, dark yellow for dark gold, purple for epic, white for legend, and blue for divine.]

"Okay, so spin the lottery," said Steve.

[As you wish.] The needle on the lottery started spinning, and after a while, the needle started to slow down. The needle almost came to a stop at the yellow section of the wheel.

"Ohhhh?" Steven said threateningly.

[Wait! My lord! The needle didn't stop yet!] Somehow, the needle that was somehow supposed to stop at the yellow section of the wheel gained a little momentum and started spinning again, this time stopping at the white section of the wheel.

[Obtained monster card legend quality 3 stars monster Unicorn.]

"I see how it is," said Steve. "So..."

[Wait! My lord! This was unavoidable! A legend quality monster can be upgraded to divine quality monster with the {Monster Nourishment} function! Please spare me!] The ball of light within Steve's head trembled crazily.

"Fine, I'll let you go this time," said Steve. "Spin another lottery."

[Yes, yes, my lord.] The needle started spinning again, and this time the needle almost came to a stop at the dark yellow section, but it managed to keep going and finally stopped at the blue section of the lottery wheel.

[Obtained monster card divine quality 2 stars monster Phantom Chameleon.]

Steve nodded his head. "Good enough. Now complete the mission."

[Yes, of course, my lord.] The system secretly breathed a sigh of relief. [Mission "Catch your first monster completed". Please claim your rewards.]

"Claim rewards," said Steve.

[Rewards received. Unlocked function {Monster Nourishment}.]

"Now then, explain to me how this monster card thingy works," said Steve.

[Of course, my lord.]

[The monster card is generated when you have successfully captured or tamed a monster. Once you obtained a monster card, you will be able to use the monster in the card and then use them to battle.The amount of monster cards you can use at one time depends on your spirit strength and the quality of the monster cards you are using. The monsters in the card will have absolute loyalty to the monster tamer.

The monsters in the cards can be injured. Depending on the seriousness of the injury, the monsters require time in the monster cards to recover. If a monster dies, then the card breaks. There are ways to revive the monster if a monster tamer wishes to do so, but it has to be done within a certain time after the monster dies and a heavy price comes with it. The price of reviving the monster depends on the quality and level of the monster, but the price is usually too great that most of the time it is better to just go and catch another monster instead of reviving the monster the had died.]

"Are there schools in this world?" Steve asked.

[There are.]

"Good. I want to go to school. I really enjoyed my life when I was a student back on Earth," said Steve. "Now, give me a fake background and deal with all the necessary things so that I can go to school."

[Yes, yes, of course. Whatever you want, my lord. It will be dealt with immediately.]

"Well, tell me when you're done," said Steve. "I'm going to sleep for now. Also, send me to a bed in a house."

[Yes, of course.]