N-A-A Chapter 103 : New Target
Chapter 103 : New Target
Chapter 103: New Target! Taming an Eagle!
“The two of them? I never planned to let Leo be Eve Sova’s attendant. If possible, I was thinking of having Leo focus more on archery training. In the future, he might be able to serve as Ray Fley’s…” Laforin answered very seriously, but suddenly lowered his head to look at his foot. “Why are you stepping on me?”
Just now, Lady Manta had angrily stomped hard on his foot.
“All you ever think about is training, training, training—your brain is full of muscles.” Although she had stepped on Laforin, she herself winced in pain. “Damn you, you stubborn knight. I really don’t know what I ever saw in you. What I meant was—let Leo become our son-in-law.”
“Ah?!” Laforin’s eyes widened as he stomped and shattered a floor tile. “What did you say? You mean letting that brat marry our precious daughter?”
“Keep your voice down! Why are you shouting? Do you want others to hear?”
“No!” Laforin was clearly agitated, though he lowered his voice. “You’re saying that dull, silent fool should marry our adorable little Eve? Impossible—absolutely impossible.”
The couple clearly had opposing opinions.
“How is it impossible! I think Leo is quite good. He alone manages the entire Dungeon and handles everything in an orderly manner. You say he’s silent—I think he’s very quick-witted, far better than your stubborn brain.”
“No, he shouldn’t even think about it. Do you know how many counts have proposed marriage, and I rejected them all? If my Eve is to marry, she must marry a knight of equal status.” Laforin shook his head, his face now slightly flushed. “Oh, I understand now—you had him come help you because you had this in mind.”
“Hasn’t he already become a Quasi-Knight in such a short time? Becoming a knight is only a matter of time. And what knight or not—he is now an Alchemist!” Lady Manta’s eyes burned with anger as she broke free from Laforin’s embrace.
“No. In any case, I think he’s not worthy of our daughter. Our little Eve—whether in character, appearance, temperament, or knightly talent—she is top-tier in every aspect…” As Laforin spoke, his vision began to blur, and his body grew increasingly hot.
It wasn’t that he looked down on Leo—on the contrary, he thought Leo was excellent.
But when it came to marriage, in his heart, his daughter was perfect. No matter who it was, they always seemed unworthy of Eve.
“Manta, you…” Laforin felt something more and more off.
At this moment, his entire body felt hot. He shook his head heavily. “Did you put something in my…”
“Yes, yes. I originally wanted to have a proper discussion tonight about our daughter’s lifelong matter. But who knew you’d be such a blockhead… Forget it, I’m not in the mood anymore.”
She had just added some aphrodisiac potion into Laforin’s wine.
A knight’s physique was indeed formidable—such a large dose had taken this long to take effect.
“Let go of me!” Lady Manta, still angry, tried to shake off Laforin’s arm.
But Laforin grabbed her and tossed her onto the bed.
“Be gentle. If you hurt me, you’ll regret it.”
“Ah!”
……
After Lady Manta completed the Tier 3 Body Tempering Potion—
She did not return to the Dungeon for several consecutive days.
Leo guessed she had gone to rest.
Because even he, as Lady Manta’s assistant, after completing those two days of assisting work, had fallen into a prolonged state of mental fatigue.
It was the exhaustion that came after long periods of intense concentration.
It felt like in his previous life when he had written tens of thousands of words of a novel in one go—he didn’t want to do anything afterward.
However, Leo did not waste time. After a night of sleep—
He quickly recovered his working state.
Only this time, he shifted his training focus back to the Breathing Technique.
Additionally, his business had been delayed for two days. During that time, Arthur had handled everything alone, so Leo spent some time reorganizing and stabilizing things.
During this period, after the previous Beast Calamity, Blackstone City seemed to have regained its calm, and everything was gradually recovering.
The town had become much livelier than before.
However, Leo continued to embrace his shut-in tendencies, maintaining a strict routine between the Dungeon and his small courtyard.
Now, he felt that his time was completely insufficient.
After assisting Lady Manta in Alchemy last time, his 【Alchemy】 skill was close to leveling up.
But when grinding Alchemy, he had to be fully focused and couldn’t do anything else.
This made Leo extremely busy.
However, everything soon took a turn.
That morning, Leo hid under the thatched roof of his small courtyard like a thief.
Just now, through the Soul Contract, he had controlled the Dragon-Elephant to complete the final feeding task in the Dungeon.
As an excellent employee, Leo decided to let his Dragon-Elephant enter a vacation state.
Leo stared at the cooldown time of the 【Beast Taming】 skill on his panel.
3 seconds…
2 seconds…
1 second.
He pushed aside the straw in front of him and aimed at the rooftop. There was a wooden cross there, with a plump rat tied to it.
He had caught it yesterday from the foul-smelling gutter outside his house.
It was as long as two palms, big and fat, with red eyes—somewhat frightening at first glance.
Now, it was tied by Leo with a rope to a wooden stick, standing upright at the highest point of the roof.
After struggling all night, it was already exhausted.
Meanwhile, Leo was waiting for his next Soul Contract target.
Suddenly, the previously motionless rat began struggling again.
Leo looked up at the sky.
The azure sky was dotted with white clouds, and warm sunlight filtered through.
In the next moment, Leo directly activated Hunting Moment and discovered that the eagle had finally spotted the target.
At this moment, Leo hid in the shadows, quietly observing the eagle circling high in the sky.
With the arrival of spring, many animals had begun to reappear.
Leo had been searching for a suitable target.
Until he discovered this large creature in the sky.
The first time Leo established a Soul Contract was with his Dragon-Elephant.
That massive creature had given him 5 points of experience.
But according to the panel description, 【Experience gained is linked to the animal’s Spirit Attribute】.
Leo had thought it through and observed many animals.
In his previous life, there was a method called “enduring an eagle.”
To tame an eagle, a person had to spend many days constantly wearing it down.
Only then could the eagle be subdued—this suggested that an eagle’s willpower was quite strong.
And not only because of its Spirit Attribute—an eagle’s strategic value far exceeded that of ordinary animals.
At this moment, the eagle in the sky continued circling.
A few seconds later, its sharp eyes locked directly onto the fat rat on the rooftop.
Mid-air, the eagle flapped its wings heavily, performing a nimble roll to adjust its position.
Immediately after—
Whoosh!
The eagle shot downward like a cannonball.
The several hundred meters of distance closed in the blink of an eye.
The fat rat sensed the threat to its life and began to struggle frantically, but it could not break free from the rope.
As the massive shadow descended, the powerful talons of the eagle reached directly for its head.
But at that very instant—
“Soul Contract!”
Leo stepped out from beneath the thatched shelter.
He was somewhat excited.
He had just established a Soul Contract with this large bird.
【Beast Taming Level 1 15/100】
This eagle alone had given Leo 9 points of experience.
As expected of a creature that could endure against humans—its Spirit Attribute was indeed far stronger than that of a horse.
Success!
Shared State activated!
At this moment, Leo felt his soul enter the eagle’s body.
At the same time, he directly entered the eagle’s perspective.
It was like climbing into a fighter jet.
Leo looked at the fat rat before him. At such close range, facing its natural predator, the rat had already fainted from fright.
However, Leo felt that it might be pretending to be dead.
Regardless, Leo did not intend to kill it.
Being able to survive in the castle and grow so fat—
He felt that this rat must have some ability.
He could keep it for now. Next time, he might try contracting it as well.
Leo controlled the eagle to land on his shoulder.
The sensation was extremely strange.
It was as if he was controlling himself riding on his own shoulder.
But Leo didn’t dwell on it. He began wholeheartedly playing with the bird.
At Leo’s command, the large bird on his shoulder soared into the sky.
When it flew so high it was almost out of sight, he once again activated Shared State, letting his soul enter the bird’s body.
At this moment, Leo felt as though he had appeared directly among the clouds—
As if he were piloting a fighter jet.