At this moment, Zach could be found standing while looking at Adam who had just completed his evolution. If he had twice the size of a wolf before, Adam right now had shrunk by half. Meanwhile, nothing really changed from his appearance but the way he looked right now was filled with dignity and fierceness.
[Beast: Adam (Mutated Dog)
Beast Tier: 1
Beast Level: 37
Beast Classification: Silver
Strength: 140
Agility: 170
Vitality: 110
Endurance: 100
Stamina: 110
Spirit: 120
Beast Skill: Enhance Smell, Super Speed, Predator's Gaze]
"You've gotten stronger now, Adam." Zach said while looking at Adam's status window and saw his new stats. He also now had a guessed as to the difference between ordinary, bronze, silver, and gold class aside from what Diablo had told him that it has something to do with skills.
Looking at the stats, Zach surmised that bronze-class monsters had a total number of stat points ranging from 450 to 500 or might as well say that they were more or less close to 500. Silver class monsters had more or less a total of 750 stat points while gold class monsters had more or less a total of 1,000 stat points. They differ in a way that their stat was completely higher than any other ordinary monster of the same level.
"From this theory, I bet Platinum class monsters had more or less 1,250 total of stat points. With my current abilities right now together with the items I am wearing, I might be able to overwhelm this sanctuary." Zach said while smiling as the total stats he had right now was already close to 2,000 and that alone was quite abnormal.
"It's too early to say that. Let me face another gold class monster first and see whether my theory was right." Zach sighed since it would be stupid to come up with a conclusion without seeing it firsthand. He then just caressed Adam and was proud to see that he has now become a silver-class pet and it might be long before the others would also become the same.
Following that, Zach then just recalled everyone as he headed back straight to the Undead Battleground Shelter since it would be safer to evolve the others in that place than being open in the wild where danger is always present specifically the threat of the Platinum Class monster that Diablo was talking about.
Time passed and they got back at night, Zach had a talk first with Diablo about the things he knew on the cores. He has learned that they were the accumulation of all the experiences and evolution process of any beast or monster and that consuming them would greatly help them evolve.
Diablo also shared that, the higher the class of core the better result it would bring however, consuming them also had a risk. Since the cores were the embodiment of the experiences and evolution process of any beast and monster, there might be chance that they will be corrupted. Thus, there was a rule to only consume cores of the same class as them. Though it would be slower than consuming higher class cores, it was the safest method for them.
After talking for some time, Zach then called out Eve, Ursa, and Ursus as it was now time to evolve them. He would also abide by what Diablo said about the risk so he only took out hundreds of Bronze Cores and let the three of them consume them and hope that they would be enlightened with it.
Seeing the Bronze Cores on the ground, the three pets' eyes were sparkling with excitement however, they didn't immediately start consuming them as they all looked at Zach waiting for his instructions as they thought that those cores might not be for them.
"Consume them and evolve. It doesn't matter how many Bronze Cores you need, I can provide them all so just be patient and take your time." Zach then said while looking at them with excitement. He just thought that it's a shame that Slyther and Slyder weren't with them, so he promised to get them back sometime to have them evolve to silver class.
Hearing their master's instruction, Eve, Ursa, and Ursus immediately started munching on the Bronze Cores on the ground. It's the chance for them to evolve so they were all excited for it as they don't want to be left behind and become useless.
With that, the hundreds of Bronze Cores started to decrease but it would immediately be refilled by Zach and not before long, Ursa's body suddenly started glowing and at the same time, he stopped eating. Seeing this, Zach looked at him with excitement as he finally started evolving.
However, not before long, Eve and Ursus also stopped eating as their bodies also started glowing giving signs that they were also evolving. Three beasts were in the process of evolution and this phenomenon was witnessed by Zach seeing him looking at them with a smile of excitement.
Time passed and the three have completed their evolution, Zach could now be found looking at their new appearances seeing Eve had also shrunk in size the same with Adam, while Ursa and Ursus have become larger that they were originally and that something like an ice crystal have sprouted on their chest.
Wanting to see their information, Zach immediately looked at their status to see the changes brought by their evolution.
[Beast: Eve (Mutated Dog)
Beast Tier: 1
Beast Level: 35
Beast Classification: Silver
Strength: 120
Agility: 170
Vitality: 110
Endurance: 100
Stamina: 100
Spirit: 150
Beast Skill: Enhance Smell, Super Speed, Predator's Gaze]
[Beast: Ursa (Mutated Polar Bear)
Beast Tier: 1
Beast Level: 36
Beast Classification: Silver
Strength: 200
Agility: 100
Vitality: 120
Endurance: 120
Stamina: 120
Spirit: 90
Beast Skill: Enhance Strength, Beast Howl, Ice Spike]
[Beast: Ursus (Mutated Polar Bear)
Beast Tier: 1
Beast Level: 34
Beast Classification: Silver
Strength: 180
Agility: 100
Vitality: 110
Endurance: 120
Stamina: 130
Spirit: 110
Beast Skill: Enhance Strength, Ice Skin, Freeze Breath]
"Amazing." It was the word that Zach could describe upon seeing their new stats, especially upon looking at their skills. Though he doesn't know their function, the name itself was unique and sounded strong. With this, he now had 1 gold-class beast, 4 silver-class beasts, and 2 bronze-class beasts that were waiting for him to evolve.
"I really wanted to see you all evolving to gold class but Diablo said that you need to consolidate your newly acquired power first. It's a shame but we all had the time for that." Zach said while looking at them greedily since he could also have them eat Silver Cores to evolve them further, but Diablo said that it would be bad if they evolved that fast.
"Diablo, will you evolve to Platinum Class if I were to give you Gold Cores? I also have them." Zach then shifted his attention to Diablo since he pretty much had the Gold Core that he acquired from the Auction Building and thinking about Diablo evolving to Platinum Class was making him excited.
"You had Gold Cores, Master?! Unfortunately, it won't help me evolve to the Platinum Class but consuming them will be a great help in helping me acquire new skills." Diablo was surprised after hearing it since he was sure that Zach still hadn't met another gold-class monster or beast so knowing that he had a Gold Core was quite a mystery.
"That's a shame but since you said that it would still help you. Take these then." Zach was quite disappointed after hearing it but since it would help him acquire new skills, it was still quite acceptable. With that, he then just took out a hundred Gold Cores and gave it all to him and see whether it would really help him.
After that, Zach was very happy and so he started celebrating on his own as he treated himself with luxuries to the fullest while having all his pets have fun together with him since they were all alone in the shelter.
One month later, Zach continued to stay in the Undead Battleground Shelter. Moving out from time to time after finding a silver-class monster with the help of his pets. During this month, he hunted another three silver-class monsters. However, they were the kind of Undead that he had already seen so their dropped items were no longer enticing to him.
Zach has also leveled up a few times as he was now only two levels away from Level 50 whereas his pets have also started to get familiar with their new strength. Up until now, they still hadn't seen a gold-class monster around which was quite unfortunate, but it didn't make him feel bad knowing that the 'Land of the Dead' in Diablo's description was very huge.
At this very moment, something was happening seeing Zach inside his house in the shelter together with another person who was none other than Helin, one of the member of Ivan's group. however, when you look at it closely, she was quite not in a good shape as she must be in a hurry of coming to this place.
"Why are telling me this?" Zach asked while looking at Helin after she said everything that happened so far on their end. He has learned that they were betrayed by their own companion Luka as he told everything to the higher-ups. He also learned that they were dismissed as part of the Evolvers as they really had found Nikolai's family and tried to escape them, but they were caught.
Helin told Zach that Ivan and Yuri were held and became prisoners in the military but she was lucky enough to escape unfortunately Nikolai's family was also caught and were now in the hands of the military. She has come here not to ask for help but to warn Zach that there will be a group of Russian Evolvers that would come here to negotiate but after what happened to them, it might not be a proper negotiation.
"We only know you for about of couple days, but we know for sure that you're not a bad person and that you really care about Nikolai's family for you to have come this far. The world now had changed so much that the weak would not be able to win against the strong and I don't know to what extent the people would do for something so your life might be in danger right now." Helin replied while looking at Zach.
"This shelter is already a silver class, and I doubt that you have evolvers over level 50 take down the protective shield of this place. So, you don't have to worry about your safety. Just stay here when they come and I will judge them based on their actions." Zach then just said. He had already decided that he would really not involve himself with how the other nation would handle their people as long as they wouldn't cross the line with him.
"Also, I don't really care if they would come here with ill intentions. My pets have already evolved to silver class, I might as well have them become their food when that time comes." Zach followed while smiling since he pretty much had a gist of their power after having a look at them before and they were not something that would endanger him.
Hearing this, Helin's eyes widen in surprise and fear since she never thought that a pet could also evolve but that was not important now because if what he said was true, then all of those who would come here with the intention of harming Zach would only send themselves to death but it was no longer her concern since she had already lost a little faith on the country that she served.
"Make yourself at home. Let's just wait for your compatriots to come." Zach lastly said before heading towards the kitchen to prepare some food as it was now time for lunch and he was pretty sure that Helin must be hungry and tired from her journey.
With that, Zach and Helin continue to converse from time to time with regards to the situation of their base while at the same time, Helin would ask how Zach's life after living alone in this place the whole time. Both ate lunch together before Zach arranged Helin's house since she had already abandoned her house back in their base and was now able to be part of another base.