Chapter 513: Annan Extra (①)
After the patriarch of the Roland clan from the Sanctuary bid farewell and left, Annan finally relaxed her tense nerves and leaned softly against the cushioned chair.
On the desk in front of her was a cubic crystal, inside which slept an ivory platinum Pegasus with twin wings. This was the secret spirit-beast of the Roland clan-Pegasus Spirit. Once activated, the spirit-beast would transform into a two-wings Pegasus, capable of riding, assisting in combat, and fighting independently.
This was an extremely rare beast taming spirit, as summoning a spirit-beast relied on knowledge and inspiration to build the spirit-beast from scratch. Therefore, spell branches frequently encountered in daily life, such as Fist-Claw, Earth spell, Water spell, and Gunmanship, were mainstream. In other words, the vast majority of mainstream spells derived from common skills that ordinary people could master.
High-level spell branches like prophecy, fate, and Truth, which ordinary people couldn’t learn, understand, or comprehend, were impossible for average sorcerers to master.
The Beast Taming Sect also possessed characteristics of these high-level spell branches-how could ordinary people really understand other creatures? If you were skilled at horse-riding, you were just proficient in riding; if you were good at dog training, you were just proficient in domination; if you adopted many stray cats, you were just proficient in kidnapping… Humans could only master human skills, and no skill allowed a human to become another creature!
Some might think they could mimic other animals, like learning from dogs, cats, or horses… But a dog’s digestive system can process waste; can a human’s? A cat can groom itself; where can a human lick? A horse can sleep standing up; can a human?
Even if you successfully imitated, at best you could summon a beast transformation spirit-beast, still a far cry from true beast taming. The difference between the two is as vast as learning crossdressing and actually finding a girlfriend.
Currently, the main ways to acquire beast taming spirits are to either obtain them from sorcerer projection drops or to tame virtual realm creatures and have them willingly become beast taming spirits. However, virtual realm creatures that don’t even fear death are unlikely to submit to a sorcerer’s domination. The best a sorcerer can do is forcibly enslave a virtual realm creature, making it nearly impossible to win its voluntary allegiance.
The only exception is the Goblin sorcerers, as virtual realm creatures often don’t view Goblins with hostility. Although still a rare occurrence, a Goblin sorcerer can usually tame two or three virtual realm creatures in their lifetime, making them the primary source of Beast Taming Spirits.