Monster Paradise looked like a stretch of grassy plains with a small number of normal trees here and there.
The scenery was massive, with three visible suns in the sky above, but it wasn't that hot. The breeze was cool and gentle, and the atmosphere was quite good.
John summoned Alfred and Barkhide Beetle from his soul space.
"Woof!" Alfred was surprised as he looked around and howled loudly. "Awooooo!"
[ Brother John! Welcome to the Monster Paradise. ]
"Where are you?" John blinked. "Or is it just your voice?"
[My voice only. I can't appear yet.]
"Yet, eh? Alright."
John looked at the interface of Monster Paradise that appeared in his mind, his interest piqued.
[ Monster Paradise Island #1 ]
[ Size: 100 kilometers radius ]
[ Molding Essence: 183 ]
"The size is small, but as far as I can see, it's so big..."
[ It's an illusion, brother John. But you can expand the size and create another island like this later. ]
"I see. So what can I do here, Chuthulos?"
[You can make anything here right out of your imagination by consuming Molding Essence. You can also command your requirement of what you want, and you will get a quotation of how much Molding Essence it will take to create it. Molding Essence is one of the core powers of my ancestor, the Blind Idiot God, Azathoth. It's very powerful, but its power is confined to Monster Paradise.]
[ Here, let me make something first. ]
100 Molding Essence was consumed, and a small canopy of trees appeared where the Draconite Bloodlight Worm was sleeping.
The worm's big eyes opened as it suddenly sensed something. Looking up, a dense cover of branches and leaves from trees appeared with blood-red patterns, taking a 25-meter radius of area.
[There, I made these trees with a blood attribute where this little guy will have a feast eating and resting.]
Indeed, Draconite Bloodlight Worm looked excited and happy as it released a blood thread and shot at a branch before it started eating the leaves.
"Oh yeah, I hadn't fed it anything," John wryly smiled as he looked at the little guy munching happily.
"So I can create things with attributes?! That's freaking awesome."
[ Hehe, there's more, brother John. You will get options to create things as you traverse the world outside, but everything will require Molding Essence. ]
[ Molding Essence is produced automatically, but if you want to increase its production speed, you need to plant spirit resources here and also add more Monsters. ]
"This reminded me of the game I used to play in my free time at the company," John grinned. "I am going to make exotic habitats for different Monsters and add more Monsters here."
John could feel an additional power, which was most likely the Molding Essence. Moreover, he could see the whole island from a godlike bird's view.
[ Yep. That's the plan, brother John. This will be your personal Monster Paradise. ]
John nodded and waved his hand like a god, creating four large and tall trees like he saw in the Silver Hill Spring area for Starry and other eagles to live high up on them.
"Well, I'm out of Molding Essence now, but as long as more Monsters are here, I'll get them, right? In that case, I don't need to keep Alfred and others in my soul space. I can just keep them here and still summon them."
[ Exactly. But you should also plant some resources here. They will give more Molding Essence. ]
"Hmm, I'll make a big garden to plant different types of resources. But I need to get their seeds or something first. Oh yeah, Xhalthuun's shop!" John's eyes glittered as he remembered the shop and quickly brought the Monster Geno Art selection box.
[Xhalthuun's Shop]
Shop level: 1
Xhal Drops: 4638
< This week's Items > (Refresh Cost: 100 Xhal Drops / 1 Free daily refresh left.)
1. Cursed Cane Lochirya—80,000 Xhal Drops.
2. Monster Geno Art Selection Box (Low-Tier)—1000 Xhal Drop.
3. Netherblight Fluguire Wisp—113,400 Xhal Drops.
4. Ring of Amurita—2660 Xhal Drops.
"Hmmm, what does Ring of Amurita do?" John blinked. "Isn't there a way to know the details?"
[ Xhalthuun is a bit too weak for that right now, brother John. You need to upgrade the shop to level 2 by feeding him 10,000 Xhal Drops to get the item-detail function. ]
"I see… Well, I am going to refresh the shop theme. Don't want to buy things I don't know," John said as he refreshed the shop. "Let's see what I get next."
< This week's Items > ( Refresh Cost: 100 Xhal Drops. )
1. Tumbud Star Seeds—4000 Xhal Drops.
2. Monster Geno Art Selection Box (High-Tier)—10,000 Xhal Drop.
3. Velcron Iridescent Bow—43,999 Xhal Drops.
4. Bracelet of Rattanthan—222,660 Xhal Drops.
"What?!" John was dumbfounded. "Please tell me that these items stay in the shop until I purchase them."
[ They will disappear after a week, counting since you refreshed it. ]
"No!" John moaned before wryly smiling. "Well, I just have to get more Xhal Drops. I can get more of them if I sacrifice some better spiritual items instead of Monsters and Cores."
[ Yep. And you are going to the sect soon, brother John. You are entering the world of tamers officially, so there will be a lot of opportunities.]
"Yeah, and I need to get going. But before that, those seeds seem like they'd grow something, so I'll buy them."
John directly spent 4000 Xhal Drops and bought the seeds.
He got three seeds and he planted them 50 meters away.
"Hey, you all, make sure you don't cause trouble for each other. Alfred, keep everyone in line, including other Monsters that I'll be sending in here."
"Awooo!"
"Actually, wait…" John saw he had 18 Molding Essence remaining and spoke the command out loud. "Create metal cages capable enough to hold Prime-stage Silver-rank Monsters and prevent them from escaping."
Suddenly, John saw an interface showing that he could make two such cages with 18 Molding Essence.
"Great. Make them here."
Soon, two metal cages appeared fifty meters away from the Vermillion Trees Canopy, as John decided to call that first habitat.
[ Good. Making cages is perfect if you want to send wild monsters here directly and then tame them gradually. ]
"Yeah, I want to tame all Monsters I send here like a family," John grinned. "Who cares about Soul Space limits?"
[ Well said, brother John! ]
"Alfred. I'll put them in cages at first, but I want you to talk to them and get them in line before releasing them. They wouldn't like to stay in cages for long, so I don't want to do that either. Just make sure they understand this place."
Alfred barked as he nodded, telling John to rest assured.
"Alright, I am going now. I shouldn't delay much lest they try to find me and get suspicious. See you later, Chuthulos."
[ Aye! I'll also go back to work. I've got a lot to do. ]
At that, John finally left Monster Paradise with Pymon while keeping the rest of the Monsters inside.
"Let's go, buddy. Fly through the forest so I can capture two Monsters with good stats and potential and send them into the cages inside."
"Wreeeeeh!"