The land trembled as a creature erupted from the surface - a dragon-like creature with a body covered in crystal shards, resembling a porcupine-like dragon. Suddenly, an insect-type creature with a majestic carapace, resembling a horned beetle, bolted into action. It pounced on the earth dragon, and the beetle injected it with a poison that enraged the dragon, causing it to dig underground.
"Fly, BugGod! Prepare for its surprise attack!" Luke commanded the Carapace Venom Beetle, named BugGod, to retreat as the earth dragon dug into the plain, disappearing from sight. Suddenly, a barrage of spiked pillars emerged from the ground, aimed at the beetle. The beetle avoided all the spikes and then launched itself again at the ground, targeting the earth dragon beneath.
Luke then commanded the beetle to use its skill. "Carapace Shotgun Punch!" The beetle loaded its arms mid-air and smashed them through the ground, shaking the arena. The crowd's roars echoed through the stadium.
"Is this it? Will this be the 10th victory of our undefeated champion, Luke?" "I can't believe it - after a three-year break, Luke made a comeback to destroy the current champion like the fight wasn't even close!" the crowd exclaimed. "He's just so good!" "I can't believe that a bug-type monster, considered the weakest, can be that strong!"
Back at the battlefield, the ground shook again, and a wounded earth dragon emerged from the ground, preparing itself for a counterattack. Then, threads of web suddenly wrapped around the earth dragon's mouth.
Then, a humanoid arachnid with multiple crystal butterfly wings on its back appeared atop the dragon's head, immobilizing it with its threads. Simultaneously, a metallic isopod with an intimidating and creepy aura pierced the dragon's body. Finally, the beetle landed the finishing blow, decapitating the dragon's head.
Luke then ordered the monsters to finish the summoner of the opposing side. Securing him the championship record of 10 time world champion of Beast Tamers.
"Woaahhhhhh!" "I didn't know bug types can be this strong" "Such power and aura" "Luke the GOAT!" "STILL UNDEFEATED" "CHEATER". people can't believe what they witnessed with mix emotions.
Luke then take off the VR device and head straight to the center of the stage celebrating its victory.
'Hah another win it's also easy this time' he exclaimed to himself.
The caster then asked him a question: "Congratulations, this will be your 10th championship win! How are you feeling? Was the match hard?"
Luke then answered on the mic, "Not really. I just find it hard to kill them since dragon types have so much health. But other than that, all of my summons can win 1v1. Even the weakest arachnid soloed its opponent and had the chance to deny the earth dragon's final attack."
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"Woahh such confidence"
"Then can you share your secrets with us? How are your monsters so strong, not just this year, but in all your previous championships? We know you like to give yourself a handicap and a challenge. For example, in your 5th championship, you created a team with only goblins. Then, in the 8th championship, you had an all-slime team, and in the 3rd one, a glass cannon team. So, what's in store for next season?" the caster asked.
"My secrets its just simple" Luke exclaimed
"Woahhh what is it will you finally tell us?"
"Grind"
"Grind?"
"Such vague answer isn't it, as always"
"No, it's all about grinding - grinding until you die, like literally"
(The stadium fall on silent)
"Do you know how much I've tortured myself just to get a mythical-grade insect-type summon? The chances are 1 in 1,000,000,000. It took me a whole year to get that Carapace Venom Beetle. And that was just the beginning. I had to grind it to max level, raise its extra stats for perfect numbers, Perfecting its DNA, and level up its items. That took me another 5 months. And that isopod? I got lucky - it only took me 3 months to catch it. I've been surviving on just 2 hours of sleep per day to achieve perfection. That's the secret to being the strongest!"
"WHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHA" He laughed maniacally
"You are crazy man!" "No one got time for all that" "That's torture" "Best grind I can do is 3 months, think about what? 3 years? No thanks" "You spend most of your life on that?" The crowd shouts
"And to answer your last question, there won't be a next time. This will be my last championship. I've accomplished everything I set out to do. To be honest, I was bored. I was the only one in this game who put in the effort, who worked hard, who overthought strategies, and who experimented with countless combinations. I'm exhausted. This time, I'll focus on my health. All these trophies and accolades mean nothing to me now. I regret the sacrifices I made, but it was still fun... just not fun enough, not challenging enough. I'm done."
Luke then left the arena
As Luke pondered in silence in his home beside the lump of trash is the cabinet full of trophies, he then Put his new trophie beside it, as he stared at it Remenecing about his glory in the past.
"It was fun grinding. One thing I really enjoyed about this game was raising my beast to its full potential. I really liked the thrill of looking forward to what's next; it's really satisfying to raise your summon and make it evolve."
"Until there is nothing to look forward to, what will be my next step?" Luke pondered as he fall asleep in his bed.
Two days later.....
'Luke the famous player of beast tamer died in his apartment, the police has been investigating the scene....
'Luke the famous player died at 46, the fans are grieving in his sudden death....
'Luke died on over fatigue....
'The police found strange ingravings on the floor while investigating the scene....
........
In the dark lush forest Luke wake up confused and shock. "Where the hell am I?"
Strange ingravings on the ground can be found uder the ground where he woke up. Luke was so confused unable to process the sudden scenery.
"Did someone kidnapped me?"
"I don't like pranks come out now guys. I will sue you all its not fun!"
Suddenly a bush is shuddering in the distance fell into Luke's attention.
"Come out now" Luke says as he slowly back up
Suddenly something jumps on the bush
"FUCK!!!!" "shitt sorry for my words" "You scared the shit out of~~
"Is that a bunny"
Suddenly a bunny appeared. But not just a normal bunny it looks like a size of an adult pit bull.
(Bunnycorn lvl-1)
"You one heck of a~~
"Am I seeing things or is that a....?"
Suddenly the bunny stared at him revealing a obsidian horn, sharp tooth and a crimson eyes starring at him deeply. The bunny then charge at him as if it was ready to kill him or to eat him like a prey.
"Ekkkkkkkkkkkkk!!!!!" The bunny shriek
Luke then runs as fast as he can, stumbling upon tree roots and rushing past brushes, even though he doesn't stop running. Until a loud shriek can be heard in the direction of the bunny chasing him. As he looks back, a terrifying revelation greets him.
"No way..."
