The Strongest Beast Tamer 58 Powerful Stones

Next time Lachlan opened his eyes he met with Phoebe's, her face immediately went bright red. She tried to speak and started stuttering.

Lachlan took the initiative, "Morning Phoebe," as he leaned in a peeked her lips. She jumped back in shock, "Ah-eh-uh, morning Lachlan," was so embarrassed. She ran out after greeting him and went straight into her room.

Lachlan scratched his head thinking it might not have been a good idea. He didn't mind though, she'll eventually get over and hopefully go for the initiative next time. If there was a next time that is.

He then walked over to the gravity stone and analysed it to confirm his doubts.

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Name: Gravity Stone (Low)

Description: Grants the user control over gravity within a limited space. To gain control one must drop their blood on it. The more crystals or the larger the crystal is, the more powerful their control over gravity will be.

Location: Can be found where the gravity is unique to that area.

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'So that means I just need to do this to control it' Lachlan thought as he poked his finger with a shark piece of the stone. His blood ran down the crystal for a second before getting absorbed, Lachlan felt as though he suddenly had a mental connection with it. Similar to the one he has with his beasts. it just won't talk back nor can he unsummon it. He also felt a rush of information go into his brain, it was filled with a bit of information about how to control the stone.

He picked it up, it was roughly the size of a hamster and could fit perfecting in his palm. He tried to control the gravity around him, 'Double to gravity'.

Nothing happened which likely meant it wasn't large enough to affect him. 'Alrighty then, half your gravity'. Lachlan felt as though the stone suddenly became a lot lighter, exactly half its original weight.

'Alright let's try something else' Lachlan placed the stone on the gravity and walked to the other side of his room. Placing an open palm facing the stone, 'Decrease gravity to zero'. Lachlan didn't see anything happen before he quickly realised what went wrong.

He slammed his foot against the floor, with his strength sending a quick jolt towards the stone. It jumped up from the ground and stayed floating. Lachlan quickly walked over and grabbed it, when he held it up he didn't feel anything.

He let it go again and thought of another thing to do, 'Increase gravity from the right to Earth's normal gravity'. The stone looked as though it dropped to the side, landing on Lachlan's wall. Lachlan shook his hands in excitement, he knew exactly what he could create. If he turns it into a weapon he could have flying weapons, ones that would be able to return to his hands at his will.

'Return to zero' Lachlan gave the command and walked over, feeling nothing. He felt as though he could fight better with the stone in his hand. Especially if he changes the direction of gravity. If he was swinging down with a bladed weapon and missed, he could easily change the trajectory.

He tried it out in his room, while he swung down with the stone in hand, '5 times gravity to the right'. He slammed his hand against the ground and quickly recoiled.

"Ah shit, why didn't it work," And then Lachlan thought about the description. How the size will affect the power and the radius. Meaning the bigger the stone the more powerful the gravity he can control.

He held the stone up and tested with the gravity. He could only go between no gravity and two times gravity. It was two times Earth's gravity so it felt relatively normal. He also realised that the description matched with the (Low) by the name. Meaning to get better stones he needed to go to more extreme gravities, and he was in the perfect place to do exactly that.

Lachlan swiftly realised that the stone's powers only activate when someone has control over it. So aside from it looking like a pretty crystal it gives off nothing for people to think it's special.

Lachlan walked outside with the stone in his hand. Most of the group was by the campfire warming themselves up. Aside from Joe and Lachlan who have control over fire the rest of the group had to deal with the cold.

"Why do you have your stone with you?" Simon asked. The entire group has one or two stones in their room, it looks cool and provides them with some slight lighting.

"Catch," Lachlan threw the stone at Simon and although unprepared he still managed to catch it.

"What was that for?" Simon complained.

'Decrease gravity to zero' Lachlan commanded the stone. Just as Simon was about to throw it back he felt as though it disappeared from his hands. He pulled his hand back and stared at it, inspecting it before tossing it up.

"Wha," Simon was stunned when he saw the stone floating in space. He tapped it and it moved. Just as he was walking around it inspecting it, 'Change gravity to 2 times' the stone shot down and landed on Simon's toe.

"Ah! What the fuck was that?!" Simon shouted as he grabbed onto his toe. Although there wasn't any damage it did send a shock through his system and slightly stung.

"I just learnt that these crystals poking out of the stones have special abilities once you own it," Lachlan explained calmly to the shouting Simon. The rest of the group was just as stunned, Joe and Georgia sprinted back into their rooms and brought out their stones. Georgia was holding a stone that had green crystals poking out while Joe was holding two that had blue crystals.

"How did you do that?" The both asked enthusiastically. Lachlan, on the other hand, analysed the stones in their hands.

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Name: Water Stone (Low)

Description: Grants the user control over water within a limited space. To gain control one must drop their blood on it. The more crystals or the larger the crystal is, the more powerful their control over water will be.

Location: Can be found where there is a large source of water.

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Name: Plant Stone (Medium)

Description: Grants the user control over plants within a limited space. To gain control one must drop their blood on it. The more crystals or the larger the crystal is, the more powerful their control over plants will be.

Location: Can be found where there is an abundance of plant life surrounding it

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Those were the three crystal colours found by the river. There were bound to be others in extreme locations. Such as ice stones being in the snow tundras, or fire stones being found by or in volcanoes.

"Put a drop of your blood on the stone, you'll feel a mental connect similar to what you have with your beasts. Through that connection, you can telepathically control the stone," Lachlan explained. He then saw Joe and Georgia excitedly cut there finger on the stone and bleed over it, thinking that one drop wouldn't be enough.

They then opened their eyes wider in shock. They felt as though they could control things. Joe held out his stone and swung his hand down, leaving a trail of water that fell to the ground. He then tried something else once he saw that. He faced his hand towards the beach and swung down. But instead of the trail of water staying midair, it shot towards the ocean, reaching 10 metres before it fell down.

Georgia, on the other hand, ran over to the shrubbery and placed the stone on the ground. Holding her palm out the grass around the stone began to grown, holding the stone on the top. The grass quickly grew to the size of Georgia and looked as though it was handing the stone over back to Georgia.

Even Lachlan was surprised by that, 'Suppose there is a big difference between the stones' It was likely that certain elements would be harder to control, gravity being one of the hardest. Nature also looked slightly difficult but because the stone was ranked as a medium it didn't matter too much.

The rest of the group quickly went back to their rooms and did the exact same thing. They came running out firing blades of water. Zoe managed to write something quick enough with the water trail.

Phoebe came out looking confused. She walked over to Lachlan slightly nervous, "What are they doing?"

Lachlan then explained the same thing to Phoebe, to which she immediately ran back in and grabbed her own stone. Aside from the medium ranked plant stone that Georgia has the rest of the stones were low.

But Lachlan was certain he knew where he could get higher graded ones. Of course, the further one goes into the island the higher graded gravity stones one would find.

He took his theory and went over to the cave. Walking in he analysed all the stones that were there. And aside from a few low graded ones, the rest were all medium. Lachlan ran outside the cave with a medium ranked one in his hand.

It didn't look too different from the low grade one. Which meant it would be difficult for people to differentiate between the stones.

Lachlan held it in his hand and tested the gravity. The difference between low and medium was insane. While the low grade could only go between 0 - 2 times gravity, the medium one can go between 0 and 20 times. Its maximum was exactly ten times the low grades gravity.

It was a big shock to Lachlan as it brought his hand down and slammed it on the ground. He then had a few new ideas as to what he wanted to do with the stone but that would have to be for a later time.

But for now, Lachlan tested how large the radius was. And while the low grades were only around the stone, the medium grade created an area in which gravity was affected. It was almost like a dome, roughly 10 metres in diameter.

The rest of the day continued as usual, and aside from testing or mucking around with the stones, there wasn't anything different. Another thing they had a theory was that there was no limit to the number of stones one can own.

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