The pet master

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....... Time passed and the sun rises.

At this moment, Lucy just took control over the mountain.

Max smiled evilly. He could feel it through their shared spiritual link.

“it looks like my bad luck is gone, and things are working out without random nonsense jumping out.”

He started running at a steady pace towards the mountain.

He looked like someone working out, although the silver suitcase stood in the way.

.......

Max kept on running. He only needed around 100m more to reach Lucy's current range of activity.

As a Max was running, a modified adventure vehicle passed by him, it looks like Subaru Ascent with heavy modifications.

With an old man in a butler uniform driving, while two young men sat next to him, and two young ladies in the back seat.

as they passed Max, one of the young ladies said something to the old man and the car slowed down a little.

The young lady opened the window and called Max

“Hey you, if you need a pickup, come over. We are heading deeper.”

This young lady couldn't help but be interested in Max's current actions.

She was curious about him, a weird guy running with the silver suitcase in an E-rank danger zone

The woman next to her had an aloof expression and didn't regard Max.

She didn't care if one more joined them, and since her best friend wanted to be kind for once, so be it.

She just waited for Max to accept her friend’s kindness.

One of the young man looked displeased, but he didn't comment.

While the other young man directly gave Max a death glare,

His eyes conveyed an obvious message: just refuse if you know what's best for you.

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Looking at this scene, Max had an idea.

maybe this is his first pot of gold earned by his own hard work in this world, like the other protagonists.

just perform his old forgotten hobby, cutting the road and stealing cars by force.

But looking at the old man driving silently, he felt some danger and changed his mind.

Feeling that he was only a few meters away from Lucy's range, Max just smiled and gave them a middle finger.

“fuck you bitchs, I can fucking fly, and you ask me to ride your shity car.”

In this wild environment, Max’s inner hooligan finally woke up.

The people in the car seemed confused for a moment. They couldn't process Max's words for some time.

With their strict education, they probably never heard such fragrant language before.

All of them had stunned, speechless expressions, even the two men.

but Max ignored them and jumped in the air.

Back in the city, Max always had to play nice.

be a good boy with the orphanage caretakers.

be a good student with the teachers.

be the Law-Abiding Citizen with the police.

Max had enough.

Actually, if it weren’t for his perception of the old man’s strength, he would have instructed Lucy to take action.

at the same time pulling his sniper to Rob them even if he didn't need money, and it's just out of bad taste.

As he jumped in the air, and before he could land on the ground.

White Mist appeared under him and quickly formed into a small cloud as he landed on top of it.

The Mist circled around Max's leg, then propelled to the sky, at high speed, under the dumbfounded expression of the group of young man and young ladies.

Aren't most flying skills exclusive for B-rank and above? What's a B-Rank doing here in the newbie zone?

The old man had a solemn expression. He felt Max's animosity for a brief moment, and looking at this scene, he was worried.

The old man decisively turned around the car, planning to go back. At the same time, he spoke in an annoyed tone.

“young lady, we are out of the safe zone. Laws no longer apply here. Please mind your own business.

Same for you two young masters.

Showing any bad intentions towards a stranger in this kind of place might mean the start of a fight and your possible death. “

The proud young lady wanted to speak for the others, but the old man stopped her.

“it is clearly your bunch aren't ready to explore the wild, don't even speak about dungeons, we are going back, and that's final.”

……

Back at Max.

Under the air pressure he had to crouch down, stabilizing himself with one hand, although breathing is still hard, but the scenery was worth the discomfort.

Looking at the surrounding scenery, Max felt blood rushing to his brain in excitement.

“little Lu, stop for a while.”

The cloud stopped midair, and Max sat down, relaxing.

Taking out the scorpion sniper rifle, Max used the scope to look around.

Currently, he is over 500 m in the sky.

Standing on this small cloud looking down, Max won't lie. He was a little scared, but the excitement covered that up completely.

Lucy seems to be busy experiencing her new senses, so she didn't communicate with max much other than performing whatever he orders.

Max, on the other side, just stood in the sky for a good hour.

observing the scenery, green land, tall trees and the strong wildlife all around.

Max even saw a few E-rank beasts fighting for territory or food. He wasn't too sure.

Max was an Explorer at heart, otherwise he wouldn't have become an archaeologist back on Earth.

And this is the first time Max saw this Magical World up close and personal.

Experiencing it first hand. The feeling is obviously different from just reading about it or watching it on the screen.

“Sigh, I can't get enough of this, but we need to set base first. Let's go, Lucy, and this time wrap me in a ball of mist and go full speed.”

A small, vague figure made of mist appeared in front of Max. It seemed to be Lucy trying to make a copy of her body using mist, but the shape definitely needs some working on, or a lot of work to be honest.

Max laughed out loud, “little Lucy, you look like a drowning fish with legs.”

The figure seems angry, and it's gotten even more distorted.

‘you are the fish’. responded Lucy angrily through their spiritual link.

she had the urge to grab Max with from his leg, and wave him around a little, and see who looks like a fish then.

Max's expression became dull for a moment, maybe because it's Lucy's first time in mountain form, and she was distracted. But he can hear her thoughts.

He could feel that Lucy didn't plan to send those thoughts through their link, it seem to just happen.

“you traitorous disciple, now that you have become powerful you want to turn on your master, and wave me around.

so that's how it is,” yelled Max loudly as a joke.

Lucy didn't seem to understand that Max was joking.

Thinking that Max was angry, she was frightened, and her Misty form disappeared.

Max just waited for her reaction, suppressing his laughter.

Lucy's Misty form soon appeared next to Max. She lowered her head and pulled on Max's clothes.

Or at least that what she tried to do.

Max didn't laugh at her this time because he was busy trying to stop his face from twitching because of Lucy's mental message.

‘don't be angry, I won't wave you around like a useless fish, I really won't, please forgive me.’

Max could feel that Lucy was sincere, but that's what made his face twitch harder.

‘useless fish?’.

“sigh, alright little Lu, I am just messing with you. I am not angry.”

Not noticing Max's twitching eyebrows, Lucy became all cheerful again and they resume the journey at full speed.

Max also became serious.

Soon Max landed, and under his command Lucy opened a small cave on the ground, and after Max walked in, she closed it with rocks, leaving a few small holes for oxygen.

At the same time, the cave isn't too deep, and not completely made of rocks, even if it collapsed for some reason Max will be able to climb up.

For the next 20 minutes, Lucy killed anything that walks in the surroundings, then throwing the body far away under Max's instructions.

After confirming that the coast was clear, Max let her go to the next mountain.

The initial one required almost three hours to be controlled, but that’s because it was Lucy’s first experience possessing the mountain, so she was a bit slower than anticipated, but she should be much faster from now on.

At the same time, Max didn't worry about her meeting any danger, because there are countless mountains around. Just escape to one if necessary.

............

Time passed and soon Lucy took control over the second mountain in less than 2 hours.

Because the mountains were in close proximity, Max didn't even need to move the finger.

He just gave the command and Lucy opened the cave and he went inside the Mist ball again.

This process kept repeating for the entire day and their efficiency became faster and faster.

............

Soon Max decided to stop.

“we should be over 15 km away from the city by now.

hmm and we seem to be really close to the D-rank Zone, 2 km away, maybe? “

Lucy's Misty figure appeared next to Max, this time a little more resembling her.

“little Lu, I think this is it. It's our new home.”