Anton

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Forming an Equal Contract

Anton was one of three bear siblings, born to a ninth-level darkness-attribute black bear that took her young along to steal honey. He became separated from his mother before joining Lucas 36 43.

Lucas earned the unnamed cub’s trust with roast meat, play, and belly scratches. He then pretended to leave, prompting the cub to chase him, bite his thigh, and initiate an Equal Contract using its own blood. Its first words through their soul connection were a request for meat. Lucas later named him Anton after learning about his mother 36.

Early Travels and the Spatial Rift

Anton’s first documented major fight was an ill-judged charge at a seventh-level Velocidragon while he was only fourth rank. Its tail knocked him aside, leaving Lucas to defeat it. Anton subsequently retrieved its core, only to discover that it lacked the darkness attribute he could consume 36.

Their travels took them to a cavern behind a waterfall, where a ninth-level snake guarded a spatial rift. Anton translated their request to leave, but the snake threatened to kill them for discovering its secret. He absorbed its first attack so Lucas could knock it into the Planar Prison. Both companions suffered severe injuries and spent three months recovering in a secluded valley 37 38.

Training near the Stans Tribe

After returning with Lucas to the Stans Tribe, Anton learned that his decision to follow Lucas had been deliberately encouraged with food. He protested that he had believed the choice was entirely his own 39.

Concerned that he had spoiled Anton, Lucas imposed daily magical-energy absorption and morning sparring, ending his easy reliance on Magic Beast Cores. Anton recovered his magical power in the afternoons and kept watch at night. When Lucas undertook a major sculpture, Anton faithfully guarded the site—even preventing Abuda from approaching until the work was complete 41 42 43.

Return to the Waterfall

Anton accompanied Lucas back to the waterfall, taking turns observing it for a month before they reentered the cavern. He later helped test Lucas’s refined snake zombie, restraining his strength to preserve the experimental subject. When it collapsed, Lucas reassured him that the failure was not his fault 45 46.

Rihanna and the Journey East

On their homeward journey, Anton detected a fast-moving beast stalking them. The attacker was Rihanna, a black-and-white kitten capable of soul attacks. Anton guarded Lucas while he resisted her first attack, then helped corner her and relayed the negotiations that led to her contract with Lucas 46 47 48.

Before Lucas and Windsor’s wedding, Anton and Rihanna captured four eighth-level saber-toothed tiger cubs as gifts for the couple’s families. After the wedding and a further month with the tribe, both beasts accompanied the newlyweds east. Lucas later sent them to investigate the direction a wary young boy had glanced toward 50.

Appearance

• Black fur: Consistently described as a little black bear, including after reaching higher ranks 36 45.
• Chubby build: His flesh visibly jiggled when he charged the Velocidragon on all fours 36.
• Expressive behavior: Rubs against Lucas, hugs his thigh, and adopts pleading expressions when asking for food or avoiding punishment 36 41.

Personality

Anton is gluttonous, picky, and particularly devoted to honey and Lucas’s roast meat. His favorite delicacy is the crisp, honey-coated skin of roasted Bloodthirsty War Boar. Food initially made him easy to manipulate, and even strict training failed to diminish his appetite 36 37 43.

He prefers comfort to exertion and repeatedly looks for ways to escape sparring. His offer to protect Windsor during her training journey was interpreted by Lucas as an attempt to avoid his own lessons. Nevertheless, he follows serious instructions reliably, standing guard during cultivation and protecting Lucas when a soul attack leaves him motionless 42 43 47.

His early recklessness gives way to more measured behavior: during the encounter with Rihanna, he does not abandon the incapacitated Lucas to pursue her. He also becomes curious about godhood, though his desire to study several mysteries at once earns a warning against overreaching 36 47 48.

Abilities & Skills

Darkness and Destruction Attributes

Anton possesses both darkness and destruction attributes, despite his mother being identified only as a darkness-type magical beast 48.

• Can consume darkness-attribute Magic Beast Cores; the Velocidragon’s incompatible core is unsuitable for him 36.
• Practices absorbing magical energy directly under Lucas’s supervision 42.
• Receives guidance to begin with the Profound Mystery of Darkness Essence, rather than attempting several mysteries simultaneously 48.
• Has no documented breakthrough into Saint rank or comprehension of a law or edict in these chapters 48 50.

Physical Strength and Durability

Anton’s sturdy body makes him useful for taking attacks and blocking opponents 38 47.

• Survives the ninth-level snake’s blow at sixth level and regains consciousness before Lucas, despite suffering serious injuries 38.
• Overpowers Lucas’s fifth-level snake zombie while deliberately holding back 45.
• Withstands Rihanna’s physical attacks long enough to prevent her escape 47.
• Lacks Rihanna’s speed and cannot reliably track her movements before the ambush 46 47.

Soul Communication and Interpretation

His Equal Contract allows him to communicate directly with Lucas through their souls 36.

• Relays messages between Lucas and magical beasts whose speech Lucas cannot understand 38 47 48.
• Uses Soul Transmission to report danger and receive instructions 46 50.

Scouting, Guarding, and Hunting

Anton regularly supports Lucas outside direct combat 37 42 46.

• Locates a magical-beast bee nest and hunts Bloodthirsty War Boars for meals 37 43.
• Guards Lucas during meditation and uninterrupted carving 42 43 49.
• Detects the presence of the beast stalking them, though not its exact position 46.
• Works with Rihanna to capture magical-beast cubs and investigate possible danger 50.

Relationships

• Lucas — Equal Contract partner, trainer, and the person Anton calls “Boss.” Their bond combines affection, food-based bargaining, strict discipline, and mutual protection 36 38 42 47.
• Anton’s mother — An unnamed ninth-level darkness-type black bear who introduced him to honey stealing 36.
• Windsor — Calls her “Second Boss” and offers to accompany her as a protector when she leaves to gain experience 42.
• Rihanna — Initially an enemy he helps capture; afterward, a fellow contracted companion and partner in Lucas’s assignments 47 48 50.
• Selina — Urges Lucas to treat Anton well. Anton immediately invokes her words to request more meat 40.

Notable Quotes

“Boss, I always thought I'd chosen to follow you myself. I never knew you were so cunning, tricking the simple little bear Anton into leaving with you.” 39

“But Boss, can we find another way to get stronger?” 42

“You never asked, Boss!” — After revealing his destruction attribute to Lucas 48

Trivia

• Lucas briefly suspects Anton might be a mutated Divine Beast, but abandons the idea when Anton says he expects to reach adulthood in another two years while still only ninth rank 48.
• Anton appears in Lucas’s sculpture of their near-fatal battle with the ninth-level snake, lying behind Lucas as he confronts it 43.