The Strongest Beast Tamer - 151 One Last Day in Houston

The last day began, the group awakened from their sleep on the island. Flynn and Chloe were the first to depart, they left in a hurry shouting that they won’t be held back this time. The next to wake up was Lachlan, Phoebe, and Sarah.

Phoebe was sleeping in Lachlan’s hut along with Sarah, it gave them a nice sense of comfort and Sarah enjoyed Phoebe’s company a lot which made him quite happy. He wouldn’t exactly know what to do if Sarah hated Phoebe, but fortunately, she saw Phoebe as an older sister.

As they got up they stretched their bodies, grunting loudly before they walked out. Unlike previous times when they’ve been near or above cities. This time they’ve brought the families into the city during their stay above Houston. Allowing them to get clothes and try out different foods. Fortunately, their situation was similar to Flynn’s in that their banks accounts still worked and still had money in them.

Now then, Lachlan, Phoebe and Sarah were currently located near the edge of the island. Although the breakfast in the city was good Lachlan thought the coconuts on the island were much better; both nutrition-wise and taste. He couldn’t get enough of it, it felt so primitive, breaking the coconut with his bare hands. But that’s exactly what he enjoyed about it, how simple it was.

Granted, Lachlan had already forgotten that the coconuts required a massive amount of force to crack them open. Even bullets would struggle to break through the shell; they certainly wouldn’t be coming back out the other side.

Giving the three of them a coconut each they sculd down the contents, finishing them up within minutes before looking down at the view. Although the ocean view was quite nice, there was just something more comforting and pleasant having a nice natural view. Especially with the knowledge that there’s an entire city beneath the ground, hidden from the beasts that roam in the wild.

Looking at certain points in the ground they could see the entrances. The handles were camouflage rather well, all while being quite small so only a human could use it. Although it wasn’t an impenetrable fortress it certainly worked rather well.

“So, what should we do today?’ Lachlan asked as he inhaled the fresh air, leaning back while using his arms as support pillars.

“I want to try one last thing. Although I very well have done it much earlier I wanted to save it for last. Let’s get some sushi; with the evolution, all the ingredients should have gone up in tastiness,” Phoebe explained joyfully.

Lachlan frowned. “Indeed, but because the ingredients come from the ocean the price is also going to be absurd. just rise wrapped in seaweed would probably be rather steep in price, let alone having fish in it as well.”

“How about we make a deal with them?” Phoebe questioned as she raised a finger. “If we bring our own fish they can turn it into sushi. And after that, they can keep the remains so that we don’t have to pay.”

“Well, I suppose that can work. And since you so dearly want it along with you being the only one to have an aquatic beast; how about you get those ingredients while I take Sarah into the city,” Lachlan suggested.

“Sure, just make sure not to eat too much, we want a lot of room for when we have the sushi,” Phoebe said as she shot off into the skies, swiftly breaking the sound barrier as she headed towards the ocean.

Lachlan looked over to Sarah. “Alright Sarah, remember one important rule, never leave Lachlan’s side no matter what. Also, go to the toilet before we head into the city, I don’t want you going into those bathrooms alone.”

Sarah sighed and frowned before walking off. She knew Lachlan meant well, the world they’re currently living in isn’t exactly the definition of stable. Any person on the street could harm her, especially since she doesn’t have any strength to defend herself right now.

When she came back she slightly complained about how Lachlan was keeping any dangers away from her. Along with all the benefits to come. “Lachlan! Why can’t I get a tamed beast yet? Why not let me train?”

Lachlan was slightly flustered by the abrupt questioning. Although he knew he would have to deal with it eventually, he just didn’t know how he would do it so he came up with something on the spot. “Well Sarah, your compatibility is rather rare, we haven’t come across amphibians in a while. As for training, I’ve given you plenty of time to go off and train on your own. There really isn’t much to it, no special techniques or anything, just do as you’ve seen online or tv before the world’s evolution.”

“What about the fruits, I think I can handle the pain,” Sarah said with confidence. Although Lachlan wasn’t exactly too sure on whether or not he should trust that confidence. Sarah was still young, she hasn’t felt a great deal of physical pain.

But Lachlan sighed, grabbing hold of Sarah they returned to the house and Lachlan brought out the fruits. He brought them to Sarah. “Okay, now listen closely, the pain you might feel could be excruciating but you can’t lose consciousness. Also, instead of focusing on training and getting stronger you should be getting taught with the others.”

Grabbing hold of Sarah’s shoulder Lachlan brought her closer. “Those parents are trying their best to teach their children useful skills. You should join the other children, that way you can also get smarter.”

“But I don’t want to go to school!” Sarah complained loudly.

“You’ve never gone to school,” Lachlan said back. “You don’t know whether or not you’ll like it. Also, Sophie will be going to the other children to get taught as well so you won’t be alone. You can also make some new friends and reunite with old ones. Have you ever talked to the children you were with at Mount Barker since we came here?”

“I don’t need to talk to them since I have a big brother here, as well as Sophie, and Phoebe, and everyone else,” Sarah replied with her childish voice. Lachlan sighed as he rubbed her head, roughing up her hair as she squinted her eyes.

“Indeed, but it isn’t a bad idea to make a group of friends, people you can trust with your life. Not to mention you’re all living on the island, it wouldn’t be a bad idea for you to form a friendship group with them,” Lachlan explained. “Like the relationship I have with everyone in the group; we spent two years together on this island, we can trust each other with our lives and secrets. You need to try and make friends like that.”

“But won’t they see me as ugly?” Sarah asked as she held up her webbed hands, rolling back her sleeves she revealed a faintly scaled skin. “I don’t look normal, that’s why I’ve been getting glares from people whenever we enter any cities.”

Indeed, it certainly was a problem but there wasn’t much Lachlan could do. Although they could cover Sarah’s arms up she still felt bad, as though she was hiding because she was ugly. However, it did surprise Lachlan as he hadn’t thought Sarah would be self-conscious about her image while so young.

Likely the result of getting weird stares from everyone passing by.

Lachlan smacked his hands together as he got a lightbulb idea. “I know, how about we bring along the other children. That way you won’t look out of place, nor will you be the one getting weird stares.”

“What do you mean?” Sarah asked as she tilted her head.

“Phoebe and I are going to be the ones getting all the stares. Taking care of so many children, we would get weird stares from just about everyone.” Lachlan was willing to do this if it meant Sarah had a good day with friends.

“Now then, shove these into your stomach and prepare yourself, you’ll be in a whole world of pain,” Lachlan said as he handed over the fruits. He decided it would be best for Sarah to have some strength to defend herself.

Sarah nodded as she threw them all into her mouth at once, she swiftly chewed them all up before gulping them down. She felt a wave of heat rushed through her body, it felt like stinging needles so it wasn’t unbearable.

By the time the heat dispersed she stared at herself with wides eyes, wondering if there was any effect. She looked to Lachlan for confirmation but all she received was a shocked expression, Lachlan looked as though he had frozen in place. She thought it was because she had terrible luck and wasn’t able to increase her strength by much.

What she didn’t know was that Lachlan was shocked for the exact opposite reason. But more than that, he was shocked that Sarah toughed it through like it was nothing. Flynn, Zhang, and Brianna all had terrible experiences when dealing with the sudden influx of strength. Sarah on the other hand…

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Name: Sarah Wilson (Human Hybrid)

Age: 6 (Child)

Soul Contracts: 0/5

Compatibility: Amphibians (Perfect)

STR: 24, AGI: 25, VIT: 20

INT: 19, PER: 23, WIL: 20

Weakness: Everything

Strengths: Webbed Feet & Hands, Slippery Skin

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Took it like a champ.

Her stats had drastically increased, all her stats were way above average. She could beat most people in a fight with the strength she currently possessed. Sort of anyway. She doesn’t exactly have any combat experience and would lose just about ever fight exactly for that reason.

“Are you disappointed Lachlan?” Sarah asked with her head held down. “I didn’t experience the wave of pain, so I didn’t get stronger.”

Lachlan remembered that that’s exactly what he told her beforehand. Rushing up to Sarah he hugged her tightly. “It’s the exact opposite, you’ve gotten so much stronger without experiencing the excruciating pain. It seems Lachlan made a mistake.”

“Really?” Sarah asked with wide eyes.

“Really,” Lachlan replied before continuing the hug. “Now, how about we get the other children before heading to the city. That’s where we’ll be meeting up with Phoebe and I don’t want to be late when I wasn’t the one going hunting.”

Sarah nodded vigorously and Lachlan chuckled. They took off to head to the other children, it’s currently where Sophie was also located due to her being taught by the other parents. Flynn and Chloe wanted just one day to themselves and they believed they could trust the parents. Not to mention Dylan was in the trees keeping watch.

Lachlan waved to Dylan as they went past, he seemed to be in a much better mood ever since he told him to socialise with the parents and make some friends. He also seems to be taking his job much more seriously now, he doesn’t want to disappoint them.

The rest of that day went by fast, the sushi was delicious and the sushi chef was thrilled to be given the rest of the fish for free. He even gave them a few of his specialties without charge, using some of his premium ingredients.

And although the children still got stares from people passing by, they were to busy talking to each other to notice them. As for Phoebe and Lachlan, whenever they stopped an old woman would always come up and say congratulations. Not to mention the weirds glares they were getting.

But it was worth it. Lachlan enjoyed seeing Sarah have the time of her life along with her friends, Phoebe enjoyed it just as much. Not to mention she didn’t mind the stares, she just didn’t take much notice of them.