20 Coober Pedy *

Looking at the large birds made everyone impressed, now they have a fast ride as well.

"How long can they fly for?" Chloe asked.

"About 2 - 3 hours, for now, they haven't been alive for long and while they do have some crazy strength they can't control it well, not to mention they have no experience flying," Lachlan explained.

Everyone nodded before they separated into pairs and got onto a bird each, Alfredo and Dylan were at the furthermost left side of the group. Jack and Adam were at the furthermost right side of the group. Lachlan and Chloe were in the middle of the group, slightly in the lead.

"Hey, you know the way back?" Dylan asked.

Adam quickly checked the phone but realised he had no signal. Slightly disappointed, "No connection".

There was a bit of silence before Chloe decided to give some useful directions, "Since we came from that direction," She pointed in the direction of where the car was and continued, "As long as we go straight we should be able to get back on the main road and follow it from there".

"Come on! Let's go that direction," Lachlan commanded as he pointed in the same direction that Chloe said.

*Flap*Flap*Flap*

All three Rocs began their ascent, slowly lifting off the group and getting used to the feeling of flying.

*Screech*

All three Rocs screeched and begun flying in that direction and a high speed, causing everyone's fast to slighting distort from the air.

"You three! Do you know a way to prevent the wind from blasting us?" Lachlan questioned the Rocs.

The Rocs seemed to have quickly glanced at each other before screeching again.

"Huh," Lachlan and everyone else was surprised by the sudden lack of pressure. It was as if all the air surrounding their body follows along with the Roc, creating a safe place for them to breathe.

"Good Job!" Lachlan shouted while petting the one he was riding. Everyone else followed his action, praising the Roc and giving it a pet.

*Screech*

This screech was slightly different, this one sounded like they were having fun.

It took half an hour, but they were back to the main road. Adam quickly took out the phone to see where they were.

"We aren't too far from Coober Pedy, it's in that direction," Adam said while pointing.

*Screech*

All the birds began to fly in that direction, and just like before Lachlan and the rest of the group didn't feel a thing.

Getting closer to the town they realised that it was still active, although it didn't seem like a lot of people, it was the most amount of people they had seen. It also seemed they had some tamed beast with them. About 5 of them, three of which they had already seen before.

…

"Hey everyone! Look up there are people on those birds, maybe they can give us some help," A bulky man said.

"Hopefully," a fairly skinny guy next to the man said.

"Wave! Try to get their attention".

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Looking down at the group of people they realised they were all waving to them. Slowly going down the got closer and closer to the people. Taking a closer look Lachlan recognised some of the tamed beasts alongside them.

"Analyse"

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Name: Mike (Iron-Fist Kangaroo)

Age: Adult

Attribute: Iron

Level: 12

STR: 53(+19), AGI: 41(+21), VIT: 30(+16)

INT: 24(+6), PER: 30(+9), WIL: 26(+5)

Weakness: Incapacitating the tail or legs

Strengths: Strong stomping and punching strength

Description: A variant evolution of Kangaroo that evolved this way due to their surrounding environment being barren, deciding a strong body and powerful stomping power were needed.

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Name: Mamba (Black Taipan)

Age: Adult

Attribute: Darkness

Level: 14

STR: 24(+21), AGI: 55(+23), VIT: 20(+26)

INT: 33(+5), PER: 31(+11), WIL: 32(+7)

Weakness: Small body

Strengths: Extreme speeds, and an extremely dangerous poison

Description: A snake that evolved to kill its opponents without having to use much strength which leads to its physical strength and defence decreasing. However, in return, it got an extremely dangerous poison and fast strikes.

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Name: Trick (Trap Scorpion)

Age: Adult

Attribute: Earth

Level: 14

STR: 34(+20), AGI: 41(+27), VIT: 35(+26)

INT: 30(+7), PER: 31(+9), WIL: 32(+4)

Weakness: Turning its body

Strengths: Fast tail attack, and strong pincers

Description: A scorpion evolved to trick its opponents into getting closer to its stinger, as its body is able to camouflage alongside trees. It's overall strong with nothing special aside for its stinger.

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Looking at three of the five status screen confirmed Lachlan's theory, he had seen them before, one of which was killed by Alfredo.

Lachlan decided to analyse the rest of the group, it seemed there were 5 people but six beasts. Well, after the analysis he will determine who has tamed a beast and who hasn't

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Name: Hunter Stephen (Human)

Age: 23 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 1/5

Compatibility: Scorpions (High)

Level: 16

STR: 14(+24), AGI: 12(+32), VIT: 10(+33)

INT: 15(+10), PER: 13(+12), WIL: 12(+8)

Weakness: None

Strengths: Fast attacks, and strong grip

Descript: A unique being that had adapted to being top of the food chain, desperate to keep their status at the top they evolve to get the ability to tame beasts, sacrificing any physical improvements. They also have a hidden stat, WIS, something that humans relied on to stay on top before the evolution.

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Hunter was a tanned male. He had blonde hair, blue eyes and a shredded body, he was about 6'2 and was wearing plain clothes.

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Name: Mia Stephen (Human)

Age: 25 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 2/5

Compatibility: Snakes (High)

Level: 16

STR: 13(+28), AGI: 12(+37), VIT: 10(+32)

INT: 15(+12), PER: 13(+18), WIL: 12(+15)

Weakness: None

Strengths: Extreme speeds, and an extremely dangerous poison

Descript: A unique being that had adapted to being top of the food chain, desperate to keep their status at the top they evolve to get the ability to tame beasts, sacrificing any physical improvements. They also have a hidden stat, WIS, something that humans relied on to stay on top before the evolution.

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Mia was 5'6, she had long blonde hair that reached her hip, green eyes, and She had a slim body and a bit of muscle. Just like Hunter, she was wearing plain clothes.

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Name: Luke Burns (Human)

Age: 31 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 1/5

Compatibility: Kangaroos (Perfect)

Level: 15

STR: 16(+26), AGI: 11(+27), VIT: 10(+20)

INT: 18(+8), PER: 14(+12), WIL: 13(+7)

Weakness: None

Strengths: Strong stomping and punching strength

Descript: A unique being that had adapted to being top of the food chain, desperate to keep their status at the top they evolve to get the ability to tame beasts, sacrificing any physical improvements. They also have a hidden stat, WIS, something that humans relied on to stay on top before the evolution.

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Luke was 7'0, had large muscles and was relatively shredded. He had dark brown-black hair that was cut short and hazel eyes. He was wearing a tank top and shorts.

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Name: Adam Burns (Human)

Age: 31 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 1/5

Compatibility: Snakes (High)

Level: 15

STR: 13(+27), AGI: 11(+31), VIT: 10(+25)

INT: 19(+10), PER: 13(+8), WIL: 13(+11)

Weakness: None

Strengths: Fast speeds, and a durable body

Descript: A unique being that had adapted to being top of the food chain, desperate to keep their status at the top they evolve to get the ability to tame beasts, sacrificing any physical improvements. They also have a hidden stat, WIS, something that humans relied on to stay on top before the evolution.

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Adam was 6'5. He was very skinny compared to everyone else. Had Dark brown-black hair with brown eyes. He was wearing a plain shirt and shorts.

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Name: Emily Hans (Human)

Age: 27 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 0/5

Compatibility: Sharks (Perfect), Fish (Intermediate)

Level: 1

STR: 13, AGI: 11, VIT: 10

INT: 15, PER: 12, WIL: 14

Weakness: Illusions

Strengths: None

Descript: A unique being that had adapted to being top of the food chain, desperate to keep their status at the top they evolve to get the ability to tame beasts, sacrificing any physical improvements. They also have a hidden stat, WIS, something that humans relied on to stay on top before the evolution.

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Emily was 4'9. Had dark brown hair that reached her shoulder bones and brown eyes. She was wearing a plain grey dress.

'Huh, so that's the person without a beast, well it's not like she can tame an aquatic creature in the middle of Australia anyway,' Lachlan thought.

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Name: Ryley Watson (Human)

Age: 18 (Adult)

Soul Contracts: 4/5

Compatibility:Lizards (Perfect)

Level: 24

STR: 13(+39), AGI: 11(+51), VIT: 10(+54)

INT: 15(+26), PER: 12(+38), WIL: 14(+22)

Weakness: None

Strengths: Strong skin, teeth, claws, and able to camouflage himself

Descript: A unique being that had adapted to being top of the food chain, desperate to keep their status at the top they evolve to get the ability to tame beasts, sacrificing any physical improvements. They also have a hidden stat, WIS, something that humans relied on to stay on top before the evolution.

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'Hm, but I can only see one lizard, maybe the rest are unsummoned. Now onto checking the rest of the beast,' Lachlan thought.

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Name: Yeet (Black-Head Snake)

Age: Adult

Attribute: Darkness/Rock

Level: 11

STR: 41(+22), AGI: 42(+25), VIT: 30(+21)

INT: 36(+7), PER: 33(+6), WIL: 36(+7)

Weakness: None

Strengths: Fast speeds, and a durable body

Description: An evolution of snakes that chose to not strengthen their poison but instead their body. They're able to strangle many beasts with their strong and durable body.

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This had to be the largest snake they had ever seen. It was 20 metres long, its body was almost entirely light brown, except the head which was completely black.

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Name: Surprise (Trickster Lizard)

Age: Adult

Attribute: Rock

Level: 15

STR: 20(+25), AGI: 37(+28), VIT: 35(+27)

INT: 20(+7), PER: 23(+13), WIL: 18(+6)

Weakness: Weak defence

Strengths: Strong teeth, claws and can camouflage

Description: A lizard that evolved to earn the ability of camouflage, which completely erases its presence from anything. Due to its body relying on camouflage it doesn't have much strength.

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This lizard wasn't too large, only 3 metres long and maybe half a metre wide. It had light brown and yellow skin with bits of rest.