Theo blinked in the beast space only to see that he was back in the world again. His eyes were still on the green spider in the corner that had stopped twitching now. It stayed like that for a moment before it started moving forward until it was near the ant hill, where the ant queen was just above the small rail that went up. Theo was flabbergasted when he saw the spider approach reach really close to the ant queen, and stay beside it. There were workers all over the place, yet they did not attack the spider as if they were considering it an ally. With curiosity, Theo opened the spider’s status, making a long status screen open in front of him. "....." Theo did not know what to think, but he fell on his butt in a dazed state. * Official source ıs 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝•𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾•𝘯𝘦𝘵 Venomcoil Tarantula (Partially Tamed) Basic Physical Attributes: Venomous Bite: Capable of delivering a potent venomous bite Level 1 (24% progress) Venomous Web: Produces webs coated with a potent venom. Level 1 (57% progress) Favorability: 80% (Very Good) Evolution Potential: Not detected Evolution Information: Next Evolution: Unknown Requirements: Unknown Evolution Traits: Unknown When Theo saw the whole status of the spider, a shiver went down his spine. ’Partial taming...’ he thought with a deep breath. The spider stayed near the ant queen for a while, while the ant queen kept tapping its big antennae all around the spider’s body. A minute passed by in this observation, and finally, the ant queen went back inside, and the spider came off the ant colony before starting to move toward Theo. When it came to Theo’s knee, it started moving forward on his body until Theo halted it with his hand, where it seated itself in the center of the palm, giving Theo that same nostalgic feeling. ’Your favorability is the highest, spider. It’s 5 points higher than the little glutton too... Why do you trust me this much, little guy?’ Theo asked with a warm expression. Thinking back to all the scenarios with the ant queen’s bond, the rats were so scared in that bond’s space, but Theo could properly feel the spider’s feelings. It not only tried coming closer and protecting Theo but also didn’t show any fear toward the ant queen’s aura, which made Theo feel jitters in his stomach from excitement. ’Do you want to fight?’ Theo asked to see if he would get any reaction. A minute in, and he sighed. There was a little downside to this taming of the spider by proxy. The ant queen was the one who could give the spider an order, and by it, Theo could do it too, but not directly. ’But still, I was able to tame my third insect directly before even reaching level 10... that is unheard of,’ Theo thought and felt a weight on his mind now. ’I cannot let anyone know about this... not until I am confident in my strength.’ Theo knew it was going to be a lot more dangerous now. He was in a territory that was unknown not only to him but to the world too. That could only lead to trouble if someone were to know about it. ’What goal should I pursue now? I still have quite a few months before I have to go to the academy... hmm...’ Till now, his goal had been to endlessly level up each ant that he had partially tamed. And now, the spider had joined the force and was only level 2. Its skills were also not that great until Theo decided it was time to become a little creative in his hunting strategy. ’Make the spider crawl to my neck and make it know the order is coming from me,’ Theo gave a complex command to know if it was possible or not. And fortunately, the spider, after a few seconds, started crawling up his arm until it was at the shoulder, where it moved its forelegs up and down for some reason. Theo felt okay keeping it there, just like the mantis. ’This means the orders I give to the spider will be delayed by a few seconds, so I can’t make it fight head-on for now. The order process may have a few extra steps, but the other things are still the same.’ Theo consoled himself by thinking that and moved forward toward the spider’s box. He gave another command after a few seconds, after which the spider started crawling down his arm to its box, where Theo had kept his hand. He then went to the side of his room where the rats were kept. They were the mantis’s favorites to hunt in the big terrarium, so Theo kept a small stock of them, though he only gave the mantis its favorite insects to eat, usually. He brought one out from the tail and dropped it into the corner of the spider’s box. The spider went a little up with the web’s help after looking at the rat, which was frozen in the corner. Theo knew that the rat knew the webs all around were poisonous. He knew the instincts of the beasts now. ’Tell the spider to kill the rat,’ Theo gave the command in the spider’s bond, only to feel the confused emotions of the mantis from the bond. ’?’ Theo felt confused too, only to finally realize that he had given the command to the mantis’s bond rather than the ant queen’s. He chuckled—there was a need to get used to giving commands to two different bonds now. Theo gave the command to the right bond now, and after a few seconds, the spider moved its feet back only to procure more web from its behind. It moved forward, connecting new webs with the old ones, and Theo had no idea why it was doing that. The rat was stuck at the corner of the box. It did not make a single movement aside from its snout, which twitched every now and then. In a matter of seconds, the spider came very close to the rat through the webs above the rat. Theo had his hands gripped in excitement. This was it. It was all feelings of excitement until he saw the spider actually pounce at the rat, which was able to flinch at the right time, only to get tangled in the webs near it. Theo saw the spider dig its fangs deep into the rat’s body before moving really fast through the webs. He was flabbergasted by the speed at which it was traveling. Just like that, Theo kept a watch on the rat’s shivering body and started noting the time to know when it would die off.