Chapter 5 - Strain

Adrian wondered what it meant when it said demon strain, so he asked Gauis. "Gaui,s what does the word strain mean that is near the beast name?" Adrian curiously asked. "Oh! Good question, since that puppy right there seems to be quite special. Strain means that the creature possesses genes or blood of a species that is different from its specific type of organism. For example, a cat having a saber-tooth strain means that the cat is more powerful than your average cat in terms of stats." Gaius replied. "Enough about that, you will learn more about it as you become more accustomed to being a Summoner. Do you know why the asummoner's weapon is called soul gloves?"Gaius continued. As Adrian has already read this particular topic in the forums, he answered, "It is called Soul Gloves because the Summons that are not temporary are soulbound to the summoner. Meaning when you summon a soulbound creature, it does not permanently die even if it is defeated in battle. The creature just returns to the soul space of the summoner and remains there until it can be summoned. The Soul Gloves are just a medium for us to call out the soulbound creature". "Ho ho! So you know about it very good then. There is another way to obtain a soulbound summon, since not all summons can become a tamed creature. Sometimes when you defeat a monster, it will drop a soul stone. A unique stone in which you can call upon the creature to become your monster using a summoning magic circle, but can only do it three times, since every time you call upon it to manifest, it consumes the residual soul power that is left in the stone," Gauis added. "It seems you already know much about summoners. Why not try to soulbind that little puppy since it has grown attached to you?" Gaius implied. Adrian looked at the puppy and it had this longing in its eyes. He knew that Gauis was supposed to give you an auxiliary quest that would give him a random soul ston,e but it seemthat s due to his unexpected bonus reward, he skipped that step and was directly given a summoned beast tosoulbindd. Adrian looked at the puppy and said to it, "Do you want to come with me?" The puppy barked enthusiastically. He looked at the puppy and smiled. He then put the puppy on the floor and activated his new skill, Seal. Glyphs of different meaning appeared in thin ai,r then circled the pup, py then a chain appeared, red or rather sprouted from Adrian's avatar, and shot straight to the chest of the puppy, but it was not hurt. Adrian felt the puppy and him are now connected then is the glyphs surrounding it glowed and formed a sphere around it and was sucked inside Adrian. Ding! Congratulations, you have acquired your first soul-bound creature! Please give it a name. Adrian thought of a perfect name since it was quite literally a black dog. "Sirius," he said. You named the Soulbound creature Sirius. Adrian then looked at Sirius' status. Name: Sirus Species: Dog (demon lupus strain) (Infant) Skills: Bite, Howl, Shadow Sneak Evolution: Possible Description: A domesticated dog with a secret in its bloodline.