Chapter 1900 - New Baby, Return to Owner
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Luke curled his lip and gave a light mental knock on the shield which Shriek had put up.
In the end, Shriek was a little smarter.
After hesitating for a moment, it released the mental shield.
Luke's mentally brushed over the giant octopus's consciousness, and he gently and steadily transmitted his thoughts.
The giant octopus blinked. "Hiss~ hiss~"
Although the guy's voice was still unpleasant, it was indeed trying its best to listen.
Pleased, Luke nodded and gently floated to the top of its head.
The two closest tentacles immediately stretched upward to create a 'chair' on the smooth yellow head.
Luke sat down and thought, Let's go.
The giant octopus, on the other hand, shook in fear and couldn't help but look up with its two big eyes.
Luke was both angry and amused. He could only say, Okay! As long as you listen in the future, I promise I won't drill into your head, alright?
The giant octopus hissed cautiously.
Luke: It's true. Also, I won't cut off your tentacles and roast them, as long as you don't mess around.
The giant octopus couldn't help but tremble.
When the Ancient One knocked its soul out of its body, the symbiote's mental shield had been broken.
Ten seconds in Real Dream felt longer than a day for an ordinary person.
However, it had actually only taken Luke half an hour in Real Dream to end this short 'negotiation,' and the giant octopus completely lost its will to resist.
Whether it was its defenses or gargantuan body that it was so proud of, or its near-invincible ability to recover, they had all been useless in front of Luke.
In fact, these advantages became the best tools for torturing it.
No octopus could tolerate its tentacles being cut off to be turned into takoyaki with cumin and chili flakes on top.
It smelled so good as it sizzled on the pan. Coupled with the smooth and crisp texture, and the umami taste, even the octopus itself had wanted a bite.
The giant octopus had simple intelligence, and didn't understand that Luke was sharing these five senses through Real Dream.
What it was experiencing was the best grilled squid which Luke had ever eaten.
That was right! A certain unscrupulous guy had been transmitting the taste of grilled squid.
Unable to resist and in pain, the octopus still had to accept the wonderful taste which Luke was sharing with it – It was half-heaven, half-hell.
The acute contrast caused this pure giant octopus's psychological defenses to instantly collapse.
In fact, if it wasn't for the increased resistance to pain which the symbiote Shriek gave it, the octopus wouldn't have lasted five minutes.
However, this buff was meaningless.
Luke could easily make one minute feel like one year.
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No matter how strong these two guys were, they wouldn't last a week, a month, or even a year. The only choice was to surrender as soon as possible.
Luke didn't punish them too badly in order to avoid unnecessary side effects, and spent most of his time appeasing them.
As the saying went, thrash them first, give them sweet dates later.
Luke's thrashing had been a little more ruthless, so the date had to be bigger.
The symbiote was highly immune to mental control, so Luke had to use his behavior and words to consolidate his absolute authority over the giant octopus.
He also had to thank Bobby Max, the beast tamer, for providing him with this valuable beast taming ability.
Taming a giant octopus that had never interacted with humans and that had just gained intelligence was much easier than dealing with mistreated circus animals.
This wasn't to say that the giant octopus surrendered more easily; many circus animals reacted immediately when they heard the whip, but they were suppressing the dissatisfaction and hatred in their hearts.
Luke didn't need a potential rebel; seeing that the giant octopus was uneducated, he used all the tricks in his bag on this newbie.
As a symbiote, Shriek had a more complicated mindset.
But it was just a symbiote, and was naturally affected by the consciousness of the host.
The giant octopus was genuinely obedient toward Luke, and didn't harbor much resistance.
Furthermore, during those ten seconds in Real Dream, Shriek had been taught a lesson alongside the giant octopus.
That was why the octopus baby was acting so obedient.
At Luke's order, the giant octopus sank into the ocean and began to move through the waters of the North Pole.
After it reached the Bering Strait, it would head south toward the Pacific Ocean and then arrive at San Francisco.
Sitting on the octopus baby that had just fallen into his hands, Luke fell into deep thought.
He had a lot of conjectures about the Ancient One's final words.
For example, she definitely wouldn't take part in the upcoming event in San Francisco.
But she had acted twice tonight, and had helped him capture this octopus baby, even calling it a 'small gift.'
Perhaps this was to give him another powerful fighter for what would happen in San Francisco.
Given the octopus baby's size and the high-speed regenerative ability provided by the symbiote, it was a considerable threat to any opponent.
Except for monsters that flew and didn't come down to earth, or those which ran especially fast, it would be very hard for the octopus baby to be defeated.
If Luke encountered another opponent as large as this in the future, the octopus baby would be another lethal weapon.
The Ancient One had said that they wouldn't meet again, and had done him a huge favor.
He really didn't know the person whom she was interested in. It wouldn't be easy to return the favor.
Hm, that guy had to suffer tremendously while being 'tempered'! Otherwise, he would be letting the Ancient One down.
Secondly, Luke had gotten an unusual sense of foreboding when the Ancient One said that they wouldn't meet again.
Luke's sense for danger had yet to fully take shape, and it was just a very hazy sensation.
However, when he heard her words, he had felt an indescribable sense of horror, similar to the feeling he had gotten before the Ancient One suppressed the 'trace' on the island.
The Ancient One's words could mean the advent of a huge crisis.
But there was no rush.
It was useless for Luke to worry. The most important thing was to increase his strength.
After thinking for a long time, he came back to himself.
The water was a hazy white 100 meters above his head. As the octopus baby swam forward, it grabbed a big fish along the way and stuffed it into its mouth.
Based on the giant octopus's nature, it wouldn't move around all the time, but would hide in the deep ocean and sleep before coming out to find food.
But since Luke had given the order, it didn't dare slack off. It had to replenish its energy as long as it continued moving.
Luke didn't stop it. He just mentally tapped Shriek twice.
Shriek immediately released the mental shield. Luke's Mental Strength brushed over the octopus baby, and he asked, "Where's my blade?"
The giant octopus slowed down, a blank expression on its face.
Nothing could be misunderstood via Mental Communication. Of course it knew what blade Luke was asking about.
It was only at Shriek's reminder that the octopus baby suddenly remembered where it was.
A bulge appeared on the octopus baby's skin down below and then swiftly moved toward Luke's position on the top of its head.
When the bulge got closer, it opened to reveal a gleaming silver katana.
Shriek wrapped it up in its yellow tentacles before placing it in front of Luke.
Luke took it and said nostalgically, "It's finally back."
