Right when the countdown hit zero, the system notification popped up for the last time.
DUNG! [You have successfully contracted a C-rank boss monster, the Sand Dung Beetle!]
[Because your current rank is too low, your tamed monster's strength will be sealed to your level]
[Congratulations for getting your first pet~]
[The customer service is now off work. The system is shutting down ••• ]
Before the system shut down, Poo waved his hands at Castra as he dived back into the system's panel.
[Bye bye, host~ See you tomorrow! Ganbatte, mwaaah (≧▽≦) ]
With that, Poo disappeared along with the system's panel and Castra could no longer see any panels.
But Castra couldn't even pay attention to the system.
His eyes were glued to the figure of the orange cat who was slowly descending from the air.
His jaws dropped to the floor and he felt as if everything was a dream.
Did…did Garfin just blow off the boss monster's health by 50.000 in a single punch while he was in cat form…and had a debuff too?
Mario and Cecily also froze on the spot, not daring to breathe.
Even the other spirits subconsciously huddled with each other, staring at Garfin with horrified eyes.
W-who is this cat??
This is not an ordinary cat spirit!
This is at least an S-rank spirit, right?
No, maybe higher!
Castra knew that Garfin was a high-level spirit but this was the first time he had seen Garfin use his ultimate skill.
And that skill…it looked like Nyan Nyan Punch!
So…could his Nyan Nyan Punch also reach Garfin's level one day?
Castra's heart skipped a beat and a surge of excitement sent a shiver down his spine.
It seems that the main mission's reward…is even more powerful than he thought!
Before Castra could think more about Nyan Nyan Punch's true strength, the huge dung beetle suddenly shrunk rapidly right in front of everyone.
!
"Hey, what's wrong with this bastard?"
Mario was so stunned that he subconsciously cursed.
At first, the beetle was gigantic, at least ten meters tall, but now it slowly shrunk to the size of a truck, a car, a refrigerator...
It's still shrinking!
"The boss is in a weak state! It's plobably dying! Evelyone, this is oul chance!"
"Kill it!!"
Garfin, who was the closest to the monster, was about to slap the monster with a casual paw when a red panel from the Spirit World popped up in front of him.
[WARNING! WARNING! Spirit [Winged Sabertooth Tiger] has used a power beyond his current form.]
[As a penalty, you will be summoned back to the Spirit World forcefully and suspended for any summons for a month.]
Right after the last paragraph appeared, a circle of blue light appeared beneath Garfin's feet and the cat looked at it with a sour face.
Hmph. He knew this would happen if he tagged along with another spirit in his suppressed form and yet still used his ultimate skill.
But a one month suspension? Won't he die of boredom??
Garfin slapped his tail to the magic circle, expressing his little annoyance at getting a penalty.
Such a bright magic circle attracted everyone's attention.
When Castra saw the reverse summoning circle under Garfin's feet, he immediately sprung to his feet and rushed towards the cat.
"Your majesty! What happens?? Why are you summoned back to the Spirit World— "
"You owe me a lot, hooman!"
Garfin glared at Castra and immediately rattled off like a Gatling gun.
"Don't forget this king's massage, combing, nail trimming, bath and spa service, meow!"
Then, Garfin lifted his little head proudly.
"This king is leaving, meow."
Bye!
Before Castra could catch Garfin's paw to say goodbye, the cat had already disappeared with the summoning magic circle, leaving nothing but sparkles and dots of lights in the air.
"Ah...."
But your majesty...at least leave a communication number so that this peasant could find you!!
H-he can't lose such a golden thigh!
While Castra was wailing at the loss of his biggest backer, Mario and Cecily stared at the shrinking monster with wide eyes.
Uh. How come the boss monster still continued to shrink to the size of a cow...a dog...now a cat.
Wait, it's still shrinking!
It's now the size of a...hamster!
A weak, palm-sized hamster!
Mario and Cecily's eyes both glowed with a green light.
This is it!! If they could land the last finishing blow, they could level up and use the monster's body parts to strengthen their own natal spirits!
The two summoners looked at each other with sparks flying in the sky and the next second...
They sprung from their corpse-like state and rushed towards the monster with their fists clenched.
"Arghhhh! The boss monster is mine!!"
"It's mine, you fake summonel uncle!!"
When Castra saw that his companions were still ganging up on his beloved baby, he immediately blocked them with his own body and shouted exaggeratedly,
"Nooo! Don't kill it!! I have tamed this boss monster! It's now mine!!"
The palm-sized dung beetle monster boss somehow became less scary than when it was huge.
Its overall "art style" even changed from realistic to chibi.
The cute little beetle crawled to Castra's toes and whimpered,
"Duuuuu duuuuuu duudududuuuu QAQ"
Boss, boss, these two hooman are bullying me!
Somehow...Castra could understand what the beetle was trying to convey even when the beetle could not speak or send a telepathy.
Seeing his cute money printer— cough, pet being bullied like this, Castra immediately scooped the beetle onto his palm and glared at the two greedy summoners.
"Dear summoners, this monster is mine! Mine! Now, don't you dare harm Dudu, okay?"
The freshly-named Dudu: Duuuuu QAQ
The two summoners stopped at their tracks and then looked at the beetle settling calmly on Castra's palm with wide eyes.
"Eh, you tamed this boss monster? When? How? I have never heard of a spirit taming a monster..."
"Thele is a monstel tamel among the spiwits. It's all possible."
But if she remembered it right, this spirit wasn't a monster tamer, okay?
Or maybe as a [Poop Shoveling Officer], he was bound to tame monsters and scoop their poops?
It makes sense!
Mario also thought of the same thing, so he just scoffed at Castra while peeking at him, looking like a tsundere.
"I didn't know that you're this strong, fake spirit."
"If you're so strong...I would have never reported you!"
Mario secretly retracted the report that he made to the Spirit World's administration.
Then…