Chapter 501

Chapter 501

For the reasons mentioned earlier, Lorant was the first to regain his composure and wore a somewhat dissatisfied expression.

In fact, Lorant was indeed not very satisfied with the current performance of the Bigmouth Book.

In his view, what Lancelot had requested was for the Bigmouth Book to merge the Knight's Spear with the Ice Crystal Spell, ultimately displaying something similar to the spear entirely made of ice crystals that Lancelot had presented.

However, what the Bigmouth Book had shown was merely the separate Knight's Spear and Ice Crystal Spell, clearly not related to 'fusion.'

This somewhat frustrated Lorant, who was a novice in such matters.

However, Lorant was both patient and confident when it came to the little ones.

As they say, this is a Grade A Beast Pet, and the little one is only encountering such a concept for the first time; it's understandable that its performance isn't up to par.

"Little one, you can't have treats like this!" Lorant shook his head at the Bigmouth Book. "But you're halfway there! Try to merge the two abilities you've shown, just like this big brother here. Once you complete it, you can have treats, understand?"

The Bigmouth Book shook its head and body somewhat aggrievedly.

The entire creature's pages began to fold and curl up anxiously, much like how humans might unconsciously fidget or make small movements when anxious.

For the Bigmouth Book, this meant the little one rolled up its pages until it became all crumpled.

Seeing this, Lorant knew that the Bigmouth Book had indeed taken his advice to heart and was striving to find a solution, though it couldn't perfectly solve the issue just yet.

Based on his experience with Beast Pets, clearly stating a problem and then letting them solve it often yields better results than humans racking their brains to come up with solutions.

This might be the best explanation of how only Beast Pets truly understand themselves.

No matter how hard humans try, due to time constraints, they understand very little about these mysterious creatures that defy their understanding.

What is currently shown to people is just the tip of the iceberg, with much more hidden beneath the surface waiting to be explored by mages.

What Lorant needs to do is simply give these little ones a push forward, encouraging them to explore inwardly.

In Lorant's view, even though the Bigmouth Book seems a bit special, it still applies to this principle.

The facts prove that his reasoning is not wrong.

The Bigmouth Book now appears very anxious, constantly making various attempts as the magical runes on its body flash like neon signs.

The ice crystals created by the Ice Crystal Spell around the Bigmouth Book are also continuously expanding their range and cooling effect.

As the runes keep flashing, the low-level Ice Crystal Spell is expanding outward, showing signs of potentially exceeding its original range of effect.

Although the same spell can produce different effects when used by mages of different levels, this is only within a certain range of variation. Just as a high-level mage cannot make a common low-level spell perform like a high-level spell, the structure of magical runes determines their upper limits. Even legendary practitioners can only maximize these runes within their own capabilities, not break through the inherent upper limits of the runes.

This is one of the iron laws of magic.

But now, the Ice Crystal Spell around the Bigmouth Book is easily showing such signs.

Although it's only the lowest level of spell range showing signs of breaking through, this situation is almost as absurd as seeing a billiard ball flying everywhere after being struck.

If it weren't for the Beast Pets causing such phenomena, some mages might have already shouted 'Magic doesn't exist!' and run off to destroy the world in madness...

However, when such phenomena appear on Beast Pets, it's somewhat understandable.

After all, those are beast pets, things that cannot be understood by conventional logic. The mages have already had enough surprises and shocks from them, and a little more would only make them more numb.

Everyone saw the continuously flashing ice crystal magic around the Bigmouth Book, combined with the magical runes flickering in front of its pages. They could guess that what they were seeing was not the power of one or two instances of ice crystal magic alone, but the external manifestation of multiple ice crystal magics gathered together.

Although no one knew how the Bigmouth Book managed to rapidly stack the familiar magical runes used by the mages, and even if the effects produced by stacking seemed somewhat exaggerated, it was still somewhat acceptable and not enough to make jaws drop on the spot.

At the same time, the Knight's Lance entangled on the Bigmouth Book's tongue was continuously forming and then shattering, over and over again.

It seemed to be trying to melt the surrounding ice crystals directly into the lance as it formed.

The Bigmouth Book seemed to be stuck in a predicament, repeating meaningless actions with no apparent progress.

Gradually, some curious spectators who had come to watch couldn't wait any longer. Some mages who had come out of curiosity returned to the Bigmouth Book they were responsible for.

The teaching of the Bigmouth Book was conducted collectively, with their learning progress being roughly the same, and their break times synchronized.

The other Bigmouth Books had already finished playing and could start the second round of learning.

Soon, only Lorant, Lancelot, and the mage group originally assigned to this Bigmouth Book remained in place.

By now, the Bigmouth Book had performed multiple experiments and achieved some results.

So far, it had successfully fully crystallized both the tip and the tail of the Knight's Lance. Although the large middle section was still unaffected by the ice crystal magic, it was still significant progress.

The little creature had tried to secretly cover the surface of the Knight's Lance with ice crystals, attempting to deceive Lancelot into giving them a tasty snack.

Unfortunately, Lancelot was not fooled by this cunning little creature.

So the Bigmouth Book had to keep trying...

Fortunately, after the first partial crystallization of the Knight's Lance, the Bigmouth Book seemed to have grasped the trick of combining combat skills and magic, at least the trick of merging these two abilities.

From then on, fully crystallizing the Knight's Lance was just a matter of time.

However, the Bigmouth Book, which had never been patient, only made an effort for a short while under the temptation of food before quickly reverting to its nature.

When the little creature failed to deceive and realized how hard it was to get the snack from Lancelot's hand, it proudly waved its pages and hopped away, as if giving up on the delicious snack.

Humph! If I can't eat it, then I won't! Let's see if you can starve me to death!

The little creature swallowed its saliva and prepared to escape with great determination.

But how could Lorant let it run away from under his watch?

Just as the Bigmouth Book hopped forward, it was suddenly caught by an invisible spider silk around its waist. The open book closed with a snap, was lifted horizontally, and then rolled twice in the air.

The Bigmouth Book opened its still somewhat movable mouth in surprise, its long tongue swaying around, trying to figure out what was restricting its freedom.

Unfortunately, the ghostly spider silk was something the Bigmouth Book couldn't touch at this stage.

By the time it was packed up and placed back in front of Lorant, the Bigmouth Book still hadn't figured out what had restricted its freedom...

Lorant grabbed the sides of the Bigmouth Book's cover, spreading it open in front of him, forcing the little creature's hidden pair of eyes in the center of the book to look at him.

"Little one, don't think about escaping. Escaping is useless," Lorant said to the frightened Bigmouth Book, showing a smile that revealed his sharp teeth. "You're very close to success! I believe you'll be able to finish before dinner tonight. Besides the ink stick, there will be other snacks as a bonus."

"How about it? The ink stick and the black paste, eaten together, must be delicious, right?"

Lorant is a firm believer in encouragement-based education.

Unless something very serious happens, such as a beast challenging his authority or showing signs of disobedience and losing control, Lorant rarely threatens these little ones under normal circumstances.

He is careful to avoid even the slightest hint of a threatening tone.

This time is no different; although Lorant had the baby bring the Bigmouth Book back, he did not intend to threaten it, such as not letting the little one have dinner if it didn't complete the task.

Whether dealing with beasts or human children, a combination of kindness and authority is definitely the right approach, especially when facing beasts. All Beastmasters are taught to establish their status clearly in the early stages of building a relationship with their beasts, to prevent the beasts from getting the upper hand.

If it were just ordinary household pets, such a relationship would at most require a bit more effort and make the owner feel a bit more tired.

But beasts are born for battle, and any inappropriate behavior could ultimately endanger the lives of both the beast and the Beastmaster...

The Bigmouth Book is just a bit of a playful troublemaker, and this minor flaw needs to be gradually corrected; it's not something that can be solved overnight.

Lorant is in no hurry at all.

Fortunately, although this Bigmouth Book is playful, it is not completely unwilling to listen to advice.

After all, it is still a child that has just been born, and it is very adaptable; how these little ones behave depends entirely on how the people around them teach it.

Looking at the Bigmouth Book in front of them, its originally snow-white pages now red from exertion, Lancelot and the surrounding mages couldn't help but marvel. Gaining a fresh appreciation for the beast shop owner's methods of handling beasts.

Although everyone is doing the same job, every time Lorant does it, it seems more efficient.