Online Game: Super Beast Tamer

Chapter 15 Climbing the tree
Xiao Hei brought Su Ming to a big tree with a diameter of 3 meters. Many wooden boards were inserted on the trunk.

There is a fallen sign on the ground in front of the tree:
Young animal trainer, congratulations on finding the tallest tree in the woods. Please cooperate with your pet to climb to the top of the tree and take the diamond.

"There's a sign. Looks like we've found the right place."

Su Ming straightened the sign and looked up.

The tree was estimated to be more than ten meters tall. It was too thick to climb with bare hands. The wooden boards were obviously put there artificially to make it easier for the trainer to climb the tree.

The wooden boards are not parallel to each other. They are 1.5 meters apart from each other, and are distributed in a stepped manner in a very regular pattern, like a spiral staircase.

"Master, I'll jump up and take the diamond down for you to give it to me," said Xiao Hei.

The slime has amazing jumping ability, and it is easy for Xiao Hei to jump over a distance of 1 meters.

"Okay, I'll wait for you." Su Ming said.

So Xiao Hei started jumping.

Regarding the Tamer job change mission, the game forum provides more than one way to complete it.

Some of them are very simple, such as directly taming a bird and letting it fly up to pick up the diamond; some are difficult, like a guy who knows parkour and finds that the arrangement of these wooden boards is very reasonable, so he jumps on them by himself.

That parkour method sparked a trend called "tree climbing challenge" in the Novice Village at the time. Regardless of whether or not you were a tamer, everyone would try it to prove that they had excellent control over the game character.

Su Ming happened to have tamed a slime, which would help him in completing this task. It was a coincidence.

Two or three minutes later, Xiao Hei jumped onto the last wooden board. He searched everywhere along the branches, but couldn't find the diamond. Instead, he found a nest of four birds, chirping and very curious about the slime that climbed up the tree.

Xiao Hei made a face at them, teased them for a while and then ignored them. He then talked to Su Mingtong:

"Master, there are no diamonds on the top of the tree."

"No? Did you lose it? Or does this quest item require the trainer to go up there in person to refresh it?"

"How about you come up and look for it, Master?"

"also."

Xiao Hei jumped onto the second-to-last wooden board, stretched his body to make it slender, and said:
"Master, jump over here and use me as a rope."

"Ah."

Su Ming climbed onto the first wooden board, took two deep breaths, jumped to the second wooden board, and successfully grabbed Xiao Hei in the air. Xiao Hei exerted force and pulled Su Ming onto the board.

Then Xiao Hei returned to his original position, jumped up one space, and continued to pick up Su Ming.

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Rhodes Room.

He was thirsty and went to the kitchen to drink some water. He found a pink diamond next to the glass.

He slapped his forehead, thinking that something was wrong.

Because not long ago, a bunch of guys who didn't participate in the tamer job change were climbing trees every day for some reason. He was afraid that the diamonds he put up would be taken by others, so he changed the situation of the trial.

It has changed from taking diamonds to putting diamonds, but no one has done the tamer task in the novice village for so long that it has been forgotten.

He turned on the surveillance eye and saw that Su Ming was already climbing a tree. He thought, forget it, let's go with the flow. When this man returns, he will throw the diamond on the ground and let him pick it up.

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The wooden board had a small space and no protective facilities around it. After reaching a higher level, Su Ming was quite scared. The time interval between each jump became longer and longer.

However, in order to leave the village and earn more money, he plucked up his courage and finished the dance bit by bit.

He climbed on the branches and checked each twig one by one, but indeed he did not find any pink diamond.

Finally he saw the bird's nest and asked Xiao Hei:
"Have you checked the nest?"

Xiao Hei's eyes lit up and he said:

"I haven't checked it. Maybe it's really in the bird's nest. Master, you are so smart!"

"Hehe, it's nothing." Su Ming moved over.

The four little birds in the bird's nest saw an unidentified object moving over, and they opened their eyes wide with curiosity and chirped.

These four little birds have yellow fluff on their bodies, just like chicks.

They jumped in the bird's nest, making a "pa pa pa" sound. At first, Su Ming thought it was the sound of small branches in the nest being crushed by the birds. When he got closer, he found that the four birds were electrified.
Thunderbird chick.

This is the name of the bird, a first-level creature.

In the guide to changing one's job as a tamer, there is also a mention of a thunderbird cub. It is considered an adventure event that not everyone can encounter. Through capture testing, it is clear that a thunderbird cub is definitely an excellent pet for a tamer.

It can be used up to at least level 20 (the current average level of players).

It is easy to catch, has a fast speed and high attack power. Apart from being a little fragile and expensive to raise, it does not have any major disadvantages.

In order to obtain thunderbird cubs, some trainers will repeatedly accept tasks and try to refresh the thunderbird cubs, but most of them are a waste of time.

Of course Su Ming didn't know about these things. As he got closer and closer to the bird's nest, the four little birds changed from being curious at first to being scared. So he comforted them:

"Don't be afraid, I'm just here to see if there are any diamonds. I won't hurt you."

Su Ming reached into the bird's nest and was about to explore when he heard Xiao Hei shouting:

"Master, be careful behind you!"

Su Ming turned his head and saw a giant python that had climbed up the tree at some point. It swam quickly on Su Ming's body, treating him as a branch. It instantly crossed a distance of two or three meters and came to the bird's nest with its mouth wide open.

Its target was not Su Ming, but the young birds in the nest.

The python bit down, but only swallowed air.

It turned out to be the critical moment. Su Ming swept his arm and caught all four birds, but he himself fell off the tree because of his big movement.

"Owner!"

Xiao Hei descended rapidly, changed its body, and hung Su Ming. It shook twice and threw Su Ming onto a wooden board.

Su Ming breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Hei did a great job."

"Master, be careful behind you!"

Su Ming was stunned. Why did he have to be careful behind him again? Was the python chasing him?
When he turned around, he saw a huge bird covered in lightning flying towards him and sweeping him down with one wing.

Then the big bird caught up with Su Ming, flapping its wings wildly, and Su Ming's health bar was empty in an instant.

In the air, Su Ming couldn't maintain his balance and the bird in his hand fell.

When the thunderbird saw the little bird fall out, it stopped attacking Su Ming, flew over, caught the little bird on its back, and flew towards the bird's nest.

Xiao Hei quickly climbed down the tree again and got under Su Ming before he hit the ground.

The slime's elastic body helped Su Ming reduce the damage and allowed him to survive.

Su Ming quickly drank the medicine and replenished his blood.

"Why am I so unlucky? I thought this mission was easy." Su Ming sat on the ground and scratched his head. He said, "I really need to ask other players for strategies."

Just as Su Ming was about to leave, the thunderbird flew down again, and its flapping wings caused a strong wind.

Xiao Hei jumped in front of Su Ming and entered combat mode.

Su Ming also took out the wolf bone magic wand.

"Chirp!" The thunderbird chirped, loosened its claws, threw the python's body and a ring in front of Su Ming, and then flew away.

"Is this... a thank you for me?" Su Ming guessed that the little bird must have told the big bird the truth, so it threw these two things over.

"Please wait a moment!" Su Ming shouted.

The Thunderbird circled in the air, waiting for Su Ming to continue speaking.

Just as Su Ming thought, the monsters in the game can understand human language.

Su Ming asked:
"Have you ever seen a pink diamond in this tree?"

Thunderbird shook his head.

"Okay, thanks, it's alright."

Since even the ptarmigan living in the trees said they had never seen one, there must be no diamonds.

(End of this chapter)