Beast Taming Patrol-Chapter 744 - 251: A Pact with Ghost Ghost (Requesting Monthly Tickets)_2

Chapter 744 -251: A Pact with Ghost Ghost (Requesting Monthly Tickets)_2

In Bluestar, all pets were brought up in breeding districts from birth, beginning their contact with humans and being cared for by breeders.

Such pets, besides being closer to humans, had another advantage that few people realized.

In their youth, pets in the breeding districts would only live with others of their species, and even if they encountered other species under special circumstances, life-and-death battles rarely occurred.

Even if fights did break out, humans would intervene to stop both parties.

As a result, they did not harbor too much fear toward pets stronger than themselves.

Whether facing an opponent of a higher species rank or a higher growth rank, as long as they were with a Beast Tamer, those that grew up would dare to fight.

This was particularly evident in Qiuqiu.

During its juvenile phase, despite being an elite species, it fought several times against leading species, showing no fear of defeat or victory; the suppression brought by species rank seemed nonexistent to it.

Yet, Ghost’s background was completely different from Qiuqiu’s.

Before meeting Lin Su, it had many years of wilderness experience.

In the wild, where the weak were prey to the strong, many beasts preyed on other species and killed at will.

In such environments, the gaps in growth and species ranks magnified their effects on the beasts, making each creature naturally fear those stronger than themselves as a self-protection mechanism.

This was why there was strict hierarchy in ranks among wild beast communities.

Years of wild life inevitably instilled a similar fear in Ghost.

Thus, initially, when it followed Lin Su and was discovered by Qiuqiu, it appeared very timid.

At that time, Qiuqiu had already reached the elite phase and was a high monarch species, the oppression of the species rank causing Ghost to fear, fearing that the other might strike to kill.

Such a mentality was somewhat alleviated after Lin Su formed a contract with Ghost, but having been long-established, it couldn’t just vanish.

It wasn’t exposed on normal days, but still lurked deep within Ghost’s heart.

When it faced Dark Lynx, the long-suppressed issues completely erupted.

And for Lin Su, the real tricky part was that he had no precedent to follow.

Apart from the original Beast Tamers, all of Bluestar’s Beast Tamers contracted pets from breeding grounds and lacked experience in contracting and nurturing wild pets.

In Shenwu, it was common for Beast Tamers to contract wild pets, but no one cared about the psychological state of the pets; cases like Ghost’s current condition would only lead them to deem the pet ineffective and replace it with a better one.

Thus, he had to find his own way to solve Ghost’s mental issues.

Watching Ghost, whose expression showed extreme fear as if awakening from a nightmare, Lin Su felt a pang of sympathy. He pondered for a moment, then gently began to inquire, “Ghost, do you remember the Golden Feathered Vulture that helped you with oppressive training?”

“It was of the monarch rank, and even a sovereign species at that. Why weren’t you afraid of it then, instead bravely confronting it?”

Ghost blinked, recalling the past situation carefully, hesitating for a while before slowly speaking.

“Chi? (⊙▂⊙)” (Because I knew it wouldn’t really harm me?)

So that was it.

Lin Su understood in his heart.

It was the presence of a threat of death that made Ghost feel fear.

“Chi… (╥﹏╥)” (I was wrong to feel this way…)

Ghost looked increasingly dejected.

As a Beast Tamer’s pet, yet fearing enemies stronger than itself; even it realized that there was a significant problem with its own mentality at this moment.

Could it no longer fight for the Beast Tamer when facing stronger opponents?

Clearly, this was not the state a pet should be in.

However, just being aware of it didn’t mean it could overcome it right away.

“It’s okay, we’ll take it slowly.” Lin Su stroked Ghost’s head, his voice becoming even gentler upon sensing Ghost’s guilt and compunction, “Not everything happens overnight, just like improving skill proficiency levels…”

He halted mid-sentence, suddenly finding it difficult to continue.

Improving proficiency could indeed happen instantly.

Isn’t there the Illusion Dream Stone?

“Cough cough, just like understanding the power of rules.” Lin Su coughed lightly, quickly correcting himself, “So we need to slowly correct this.”

“You’ve developed this mentality over several years,” Lin Su smiled, “On the contrary, the time you’ve been a pet has been much shorter, so it’s natural that you can’t completely dispel your fears.”

“In fact, compared to before, you have already improved a lot.”

“Chi? (⊙▂⊙)” (Really?)

Hearing Lin Su say this, Ghost blinked, looking somewhat puzzled.

Many gradual changes are hard for oneself to notice.

Thus, Ghost didn’t feel like it had made progress over the past.

On the contrary, it fell into self-doubt, feeling unworthy of being Lin Su’s pet.

“Of course it’s true.” Lin Su smiled, his eyes filled with a hint of reminiscence, “When I first brought you home, every time you trained with Qiuqiu in the backyard, you would keep a distance from Qiuqiu, hiding in another corner.”

“Later on, even when Qiuqiu was training beside you, you weren’t afraid anymore.”

“Do you remember the first time you and Qiuqiu tackled the Beast Tamer Tower together?” Lin Su stroked Ghost’s head, “I still remember back then, every time the Tower simulated a Frost Flower Dream Shadow, you would instinctively dodge away.”