"Are you all just working hard? How many times have I told you that every contracted egg must be wiped clean and the lid of the box must be fastened!"
"This batch of contracted beast eggs must be handed over to the Financial Officer. If you don't bring me the account book quickly, do you think I have to go and get it myself?"
The speaker's name is Harrison, the largest contracted beast dealer in the Principality of Floy. He recognizes money but not people. He comes from the same family as Finance Officer Thomson, but the latter is a direct blood relative, while Harrison is a sideline.
Minor details.
But even so, Harrison can rely on this background to run rampant in Valan City. Coupled with his extraordinary business acumen, it can be said that he currently controls nearly 90% of the contracted beast eggs.
"Tell your distant relative to be smarter. As long as he can meet the requirements of the principality, I can tacitly allow him to monopolize the entire contract animal market." These are the words of Grand Duke Teresa, and they are even more of a warning.
From that day on, Harrison became a new rich man, and now he has established a firm foothold in the aristocratic circle and has become an extremely wealthy person.
However, Harrison himself knew very well that if one day he offended Grand Duke Teresa, or failed to meet the requirements of the duchy, he would probably be close to death.
Therefore, he always has a hands-on attitude towards the five contracted beast eggs that he turns in every month, and they are all the best in the same batch.
"Sir...Sir, there is a contracted beast egg that seems...to have no signs of life!" The servant turned pale, and then said tremblingly.
"What? It's broken, it's broken, this shadow beast is a good thing obtained from the golden plains of the orcs, and the Grand Duke is also very interested in it, hurry up and get it for me!"
Harrison was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then sweat broke out on his forehead. Therefore, this shadow beast egg came from the distant golden plain, and it was a treasure that he had worked hard to obtain.
Shadow beasts, an ancient and strange creature, have been wandering in the Golden Plains since the ancient magic era, and will only appear on the Golden Plains.
According to legend, they are the soul clones of orc warriors, so they cannot be cultivated artificially, and it is impossible to trace their origins. Shadow beasts have no entity, and their shape is like a black mist. Shadow beasts have only one ability, which is to invade the target's body and directly destroy it.
Nerve cells.
Although this ability is very powerful, there are only two people in history who can truly fully control the shadow beast. One is the leader of a certain generation of orcs, and the other is the queen of the dark elves of the previous generation.
Shadow beasts are difficult to cultivate, both from the perspective of hatchability, and even if you sign a contract with them, they will not completely surrender.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you quickly put it into the magic potion! As long as it is still alive when it is delivered to the Grand Duke, then we will not break our promise!"
Harrison shouted angrily to a kind of servants, and the servants very skillfully put the shadow beast eggs into the magic potion.
The magic potion, one of the methods used by the Principality of Floy to become famous in the ancient continent, can stimulate the vitality of the contracted beast eggs to the greatest extent, or speed up the entire catalytic process.
Gulu! There were two sounds in the room at the same time, but in this anxious mood, only one person noticed it. In the shadowing technique, the dark elf Christine smiled and patted her storage bag, but in her eyes
But full of ice and cold.
However, after more than ten minutes, not only did the shadow beast egg show no signs of improvement, but cracks appeared on the surface of the egg. Click! Accompanied by an inaudible cracking sound, only a black mass as big as a baby's palm was visible.
Fog appeared out of thin air, but the mental state seemed very depressed.
"It's finished after all, damn shadow beasts, damn golden plains of the orcs!"
"Unlucky thing! Someone, please keep this shadow beast in a safe place. I'm going to the palace now!"
Harrison curled his lips in disgust, with no emotion at all in his words. The shadow beast made trembling efforts to get closer to it, but in the end it still couldn't climb out of the huge glass vessel.
"If this shadow beast is of no use to you, can you give it to me?" A strange question suddenly sounded in the room, the shadowing technique collapsed instantly, and the tip of the Nirvana wand flashed fluorescently.
"You... no, who are you? Why do you want to break into my territory? I am a marquis, but a relative of the treasurer." Although Harrison was only a reserve warrior, he could still feel the irresistible feeling.
The breath.
"It doesn't matter who I am, but that shadow beast seems to be very appetizing."
"Little guy, your fate will not change, but I can give you a choice now, follow them and die with hatred, or become nourishment and continue to exist in another form."
The giant rock cradle slowly opened, and the mother worm squirmed, and it was rare that she was eager to try. The shadow beast, which is very humane, first glanced at Harrison, and then floated into the mouthparts of the mother worm without hesitation.
The giant rock cradle closed again, and the female worm inside looked very sleepy after devouring the shadow beast. Christine smiled and nodded. She liked the character of the shadow beast, which was not sloppy.
Then break.
"Your end is your rebirth! Become a part of my contracted beast, and then travel the whole world with me!"
"As for you, although I don't want to cause trouble, you should all die!"
"The moon beast sleeps soundly, the night demon sleeps, the son of void and chaos, the human-faced rat and the snake-headed jackal are companions, in my name, the spirit will be decomposed!"
Along with the magic power fluctuations of the Nirvana Wand, everyone in the room instantly collapsed to the ground. They lost their souls due to mental decomposition and turned into vegetative bodies.
"Long time no see. Have you cleaned up the sour smell on your body?" Christine put away the wand of annihilation, then looked at a certain corner and asked softly.
"Yeah! Sister Christine will definitely find out. It's a pity that the shadow beast got the advantage of Fatty Bug in vain." Rikka complained and took the lead to walk out of the shadow.
"Long time no see. It turns out that you have also come to the Principality of Floy. Don't you plan to follow me secretly this time?" Boom pulled down his gray linen hood and immediately gave the other party a mage salute.
On the branches under the moon, the night owl crows, and the three of them finally return to the small courtyard. The magic crystal shadow lamp is placed on the table. A bag of snacks, two cups of strong tea, and three smiling faces.
"So you are now out of the Whispering Forest, and have been secretly following me and Rikka since the time of the Tundra Continent?" Boom frowned, not understanding this behavior.
Because in his eyes, "love" is just an impulse, but something destined to end in tragedy. A strong person should put all his thoughts on cultivation and never waste time like this.
"Oh, what about the secret dried worms? How about brother, let's go back to the tundra continent. Rikka is very sad."
"But since Sister Christine has nowhere to go now, why not come with us together. As the leader of the Rikka Mercenary Group, I invite you to join and give you the same position of deputy leader as my brother." Rikka pretended to sigh sadly at first, but then acted like a young adult and said to herself. Christine smiled when she heard the words, neither immediately agreeing, nor directly rejecting.
"I also think this is the best. If you don't dislike us brothers and sisters, just stay for now." Boom thought for a moment, but it was rare that he didn't refute.
With a cup of fragrant tea in her throat, Christine looked at the moonlight outside the window, with a hint of gratitude in her eyes. Although she is a peak powerhouse, she really has nowhere to go now, or she doesn't know where she should go. p>