Please be my partner.

Level: Beginner

[Introduction]: Mr. Henry Montgomery has developed a berserk potion that can significantly increase the strength of pets. However, it currently has a side effect of causing pets to lose their minds due to the berserk state. He is now recruiting first-level combat professionals to provide protection while he experiments with the potion and subdue any creatures that fall into a berserk state.

[Task Reward]: 10 Alliance Contribution, 100 gold coins or potions of equivalent value, negotiable.

After reading the task, Melen's eyes lit up and he asked the receptionist, "Is this Mr. Henry Montgomery a pharmacist? Can he make pet growth potions?"

After receiving a positive response from the receptionist, Mellen immediately accepted the task.

When accepting the mission, the receptionist said, "Mr. Mellen, since this is your first mission, you don't have any previous mission records or alliance contributions. Therefore, according to management conventions, you will need to pay a deposit of 30% of the mission reward. This deposit will be refunded after you complete the mission."

"Once you have made alliance contributions, you no longer need to pay a deposit. However, if you accept a task that cannot be completed, a certain amount of contribution will be deducted. If you receive a complaint from the task publisher and it is verified, a large amount of contribution will be deducted."

Melen nodded to show that he understood, and after paying 30 gold coins, he successfully accepted the task.

Then, according to the task instructions, quickly rush to Mr. Henry Montgomery's residence on Seventh Avenue in the Halton area.

Mr. Henry's house is quite nice. It is a luxurious villa with its own courtyard. It is surrounded by a high wall. When you get close, you can faintly hear the roar of animals coming from inside.

I knocked on the door, and soon a man dressed as a servant opened it.

Mellen said, "I'm looking for Mr. Henry from the Beastmaster Alliance."

The servant invited Mellen in and said, "The master has already given instructions. Please follow me."

Soon, he was led by the servant into a spacious living room.

After a while, a middle-aged man in his forties with a slightly tired look on his face walked into the living room. When he saw Mellen's young face, he frowned, but when he saw Spike following Mellen and Xiao Honglian in the cage, his expression turned into confusion and shock.

He studied Spike for a long moment and began to grow excited, his eyes practically lighting up.

If Spike hadn't been so obviously alert and vigilant, Mellen believed that the middle-aged man would even want to come up and touch his dog.

Mellen coughed lightly and said, "Mr. Henry? I'm Mellen Warwick, and I've accepted the mission you issued from the Beastmaster Alliance."

"Oh oh!" Henry finally came back to his senses as if waking from a dream and said, "Mr. Mellen, I'm sorry. When I first saw you, I thought you were too young and not suitable for the mission I issued. But after seeing your pet, I realized that I was superficial!"

"This is the best-cultivated pet I've seen in the past few years. Looking at its graceful outline and its energetic spirit, I can conclude that its strength is definitely among the best of the first-level. If... if..."

Henry seemed to be in some kind of dreamlike state, walking towards Spike step by step.

The dog's hair stood on end, and he kept asking, "Can I bite him?"

Mellen had to cough violently to wake Henry up again.

Chapter 68 Experiment

Henry came back to his senses, and withdrew his hand in mid-air with some embarrassment, saying, "Sorry, sorry, it's really your pet..."

Shaking his head, Henry changed the subject and said, "In that case, let's not waste time and start the experiment."

Mellen naturally nodded in agreement.

When the two came to the backyard, they first saw three cages of large, medium and small size. In addition, there was a small iron hut in the corner of the yard.

Apart from that, the backyard was extremely desolate. Not to mention the decorative rockery and pond, there wasn't even a blade of grass on the ground.

The large cage was placed separately, and inside it was a one-meter-tall toad. The toad was brown-green in color, with large and small bumps all over its body, which looked very creepy.

When Henry and Mellen walked into the backyard, the toad immediately rolled its eyes and stared at them.

There is a half-meter-long mouse in the middle cage. It curls up in the corner of the cage, and its small eyes vigilantly scan the outside world.

In the small cage was a normal calico cat. It was smaller than the mouse and looked like a stray cat caught randomly outside.

Henry said, "That toad is a transcendental being that has just awakened. It still retains some of its natural habits and will react to moving objects. Also, don't get within five meters of it. That's the attack range of its tongue, making it difficult to dodge."

"I bought these mice these past few days. They have some extraordinary bloodlines. I don't know why the price of these mice has been very low recently, so I just bought a few extra to use in my recent potion experiments."

"As for that calico cat, it's just an ordinary stray cat picked up from outside."

After seeing that Mellen understood, Henry continued, "I'll feed them the Berserk Potion later and release them from their cages. All you have to do is let your pets fight them for a while so I can collect enough data and then subdue them. Remember, I want them alive so I can further study the potion's subsequent effects."

Mellen nodded to show that he understood, and this was exactly his mission.

Henry first came to the small cage and put a bowl of prepared food into it.

Although the cat was very scared, it was already starving and could not resist the stimulation of the fragrance. It quickly came to the food and started to eat it with relish.

After a while, the cat started to become restless. Maybe it was because its hair stood up, but it looked bigger than before.

The originally childish "meow" sound became sharp and shrill, with its claws exposed and banging against the cage continuously.

Henry and Mellen retreated to the edge of the yard, then the former pressed a mechanism, the cat's cage was immediately opened, and it jumped out.

Spike walked over somewhat bored and started playing hide and seek with the little cat.

Henry had already said in advance that this berserk potion would cause the pets that took it to lose their minds, but because of this, they would only attack the nearest target in front of them, so as long as Spike could attract the cat's attention, the two of them would be safe.

At this time, Henry took out a notebook and kept writing and drawing on it while observing the cat.

Mellen took a quick glance and found that most of the words on the notebook were formulas that he couldn't understand, and the handwriting was extremely sloppy. He needed to carefully distinguish them to know what the few words said.

Look away and don't look any further.

After a moment, Henry said, "Okay, knock it out."

After hearing this, Spike raised his paw and gently patted the cat on the head. The cat fell to the ground and fainted.

Next came the big rat, which followed the same pattern.

This giant rat, which had undergone a certain degree of mutation, was already very fast, and after taking the berserk potion, it became three times faster.

However, there is still a qualitative gap between him and Spike, and he is still easily defeated.

When it came to the Extraordinary Toad, Henry was obviously no longer as relaxed as before. He invited Mellen into the small house in the corner of the yard.

Henry said proudly, "This is an observation room I built specifically for this purpose. It's extremely sturdy. Even the observation windows are made of special glass, strong enough to withstand attacks from first-order transcendental life forms. Furthermore, the entire observation room is sealed, with dedicated breathing holes for ventilation."

Not only that, there is also a secret passage under the observation room, but there is no need to state this explicitly.

When feeding a toad, you don’t do it like the cat and the big mouse mentioned above. Instead, you throw the food directly into its attack range.

Then, a red shadow flashed, and the food in the air disappeared.

Soon, the toad's brown-green skin began to turn a hint of blood red, its two big eyes began to become bloodshot, and its entire body swelled visibly to the naked eye.

Spike became slightly interested in this opponent and became serious.

The cage was opened, and Toad immediately locked onto Spike and took the initiative to attack.

The tongue dances flexibly in the air, stretching and retracting freely as if showing off its skills.

Spike himself is not known for his speed, so when faced with this extremely fast attack, he dodges very awkwardly and sometimes even gets licked by the tongue.

Although it does not leave wounds, the mucus on the toad's tongue can often stick to Spike's body, and then it will be pulled by the huge kinetic energy, making its body unstable, making it more difficult to avoid subsequent attacks.

Spike's attacks will be dodged by Toad's agile jump.

As time went on, Spike became more and more annoyed. Not only was the saliva of these toads disgusting, it also contained corrosive toxins. As it continued to accumulate, it began to burn his skin.

Mellen looked at the backyard that had become a mess in just a moment, and finally understood why it was so desolate.

Fortunately, the tabby cat and the big mouse had been taken away in advance, otherwise they would have suffered as well.

In less than ten minutes, Henry finally stopped writing. In this short period of time, he filled four pages of his notebook with various data formulas.

He said with some excitement: "Okay, knock it out!"

Then he asked worriedly, "Can you do it?"

Mellen smiled and said, "I've been waiting for you to say that. However, this toad is probably going to suffer a lot."

As soon as he finished speaking, Spike immediately received the order. He had already accumulated a lot of anger, so he stopped holding back and his body suddenly began to swell.

Originally, it was taller than the toad, and now it was more like a strong man facing a baby.

The huge feeling of oppression caused the Toad, who didn't have much rationality, to fall into a state of rage and was also stagnant.

Spike naturally didn't care about so much. The surge of strength drove his powerful body to rush directly towards the toad.

The toad subconsciously attacked with its tongue.

However, the attack that had always been effective before was like a tickle in front of Spike at this moment, and had no effect at all.

With a bang, Spike's claws hit the toad's head hard, making a hole in the ground.

When the smoke and dust cleared, they saw that the toad looked flatter than before.

And this is the result of Spike holding back.

Chapter 69 Conditions

Henry looked at the scene in amazement. With his professional knowledge, he could naturally see that Spike was very strong, but he didn't expect him to be so strong.

The extraordinary toad, still under the influence of the berserk potion, couldn't even survive a single blow.

At this moment, a vague idea arose in Henry's mind, and his eyes looked at Spike brighter and brighter.

The servants will clean up the mess in the backyard.

Mellen used clean water to clean the saliva on Spike's body to prevent the saliva containing toxins from continuing to harm his dog over time.

After the cleaning was completed, Henry handed over a tube of potion and said, "This is pet recovery potion. After all, your pet was injured during the experiment, so this is a bonus."

Mellen took the potion, thought about it for a moment, and then fed it directly to Spike.

Although it is necessary to be on guard against others, this is the person who issued his task after all. He still needs help from the other party later, so naturally he does not want to offend the other party.

Besides, if something really happens, he does have a trump card.

When they returned to the living room, Mellen said, "Mr. Henry, are you satisfied with this mission?"

Henry smiled and said, "Satisfied, very satisfied."

Then, they both fell silent.

Melen was thinking about how to ask for the gold coin reward of the mission to be exchanged for potions, and more importantly, how to use the other party as a channel to purchase more pet growth potions.

Henry, on the other hand, was thinking about the thought that had just flashed through his mind.

Finally, it was Henry who spoke first: "Mr. Mellen, I wonder if the reward for this mission is gold coins? Or potions of equal value?"

Upon seeing this, Mellen immediately said, "To be honest, Mr. Henry, the reason I accepted your mission was for the pet growth potion."

Henry was delighted when he heard this and said, "In that case, Mr. Mellen, would you mind taking on an additional mission? I'm willing to pay you with ten bottles of pet growth potion!"

"Oh?!" Melen showed interest and asked, "Please tell me more."

Ten bottles of pet growth potion are enough for Spike to use for a month, and can reduce the spiritual energy required for evolution by about 12 points.

If this were in the Beastmaster Alliance, it would cost 500 gold coins and would have to be purchased over four months.

Henry looked at Spike and said, "I hope you can let your pet join the experiment of the rage potion."

Mellen raised his eyebrows and looked at Henry, neither agreeing nor refusing.

In fact, he was a little tempted, even though Henry's berserk potion had such huge side effects.

But who is Spike?

Master of side effects!

Just look at its skills, every one of them has side effects, it either costs you money or your life!

And, more importantly, the spiritual energy in the wolf-shaped pendant has the ability to eliminate side effects.

So, after rounding it off, it’s basically free!

However, these were all his hidden abilities, and he absolutely didn't want to expose them unless it was absolutely necessary, so...

Mellen said calmly: "Spike is my partner! He is like my best friend, family member, brother!"

Hearing this, Spike looked at the boy and his eyes became extremely soft.

Little Honglian jumped around excitedly in the cage, feeling extremely envious. It also wanted its owner to say the same thing.

Henry hurriedly said, "Mr. Mellen, please. I've invited other first-level beastmasters before, but unfortunately, their pets couldn't withstand the side effects of the berserk potion and also lost their minds."

"Your pet is the most suitable one I've encountered so far. With its powerful physique, it can definitely withstand the side effects of the berserk potion. Then, through the connection of the contract, you can tell me all the effects of the potion in the most intuitive way. This way, my research on the berserk potion will definitely progress much faster than it is now!"

Melen remained silent.

Seeing this, Henry gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty bottles! This is the maximum I can give out under the rules of the Beastmaster Alliance! Because the formula for my pet growth potion comes from the Beastmaster Alliance, there are contractual restrictions on the sale of this type of potion."