Outside the space, two snake-dragon beasts paced restlessly along the riverbank. One was the one Lu Heng had contracted yesterday; the umbrella-like skin behind its head was yellowish, while the other’s was pinkish.
Lu Heng didn’t go out immediately. He could hear the thoughts of the snake-dragon beast he had contracted, something no other contracted animal knew except the Director.
“Don’t worry, my master will surely come soon. Perhaps something delayed him.”
The female snake-dragon beast made some hissing sounds, its tail tapping slightly uneasily.
“It was inconvenient for me last night, as you saw. My current level increase is due to being contracted by the master. Yes, after he contracts you, your level will also be the same as mine.”
Looking at the female snake-dragon beast, its level was only eight. This female beast was actually getting a great deal from this contract.
“Do you want to wait in the water?”
Snake-dragon beasts could come ashore, but staying on land for too long would dry out their scales. If they had water abilities, they could create water to keep their skin moist, but it was clear this female snake-dragon beast did not have water abilities.
“I didn’t expect these two to not even have the same attribute.”
Ice attribute. This attribute was much more useful for aquatic creatures than just water abilities.
They were aquatic creatures to begin with. As long as there was water, the ice weapons they created could pierce through an enemy’s body. This was one of the reasons why Lu Heng always liked to use his ice abilities to kill zombies outside.
It wasn’t until the sun was high in the sky that Lu Heng saw the two snake-dragon beasts outside still waiting patiently, and no other snake-dragon beasts came to this area.
“Heh, you are quite punctual.”
Lu Heng finally emerged from the space, looking at the snake-dragon beasts that had already swum back and forth in the river with a satisfied smile.
“Master, this is my mate, Azi.”
“Azi, and what is your name?”
“Alana.”
“I’m genuinely curious, to what extent has your tribe evolved to have your own names.”
“Enough of that. Are you sure it’s ready to be contracted by me?”
“If it doesn’t intend to be contracted by me, I can still let it leave. But if it has any thoughts of rebelling against me after being contracted, I will eliminate it immediately, and I won’t offer any explanation to you.”
“Master, it has decided. We want to be together.” Alana glanced at Azi beside her, then turned to Lu Heng and said earnestly.
“Alright, have it open its mouth, and I’ll contract it.”
Without any questioning or asking about the contract, Alana immediately whispered a few words to Azi.
A moment later, Azi obediently opened its mouth, and Lu Heng shot a drop of blood into it.
The moment the contract was completed, Lu Heng returned to the space with the two snake-dragon beasts.
Instead of returning to the apartment to meet his other pets, Lu Heng took them outside the apartment. At the foot of the apartment building, he created a large pond.
The pond was originally a scenic feature in the city park. Lu Heng had directly moved half of the park near the pond.
This location was close to the apartment building, and Lu Heng could see the scenery from his room, which was a win-win situation.
“You will live here from now on. If you need anything else, tell me. The environment here will not change with wind or rain, nor will night fall. Every day will be like this clear daytime environment.”
“Then, can you create a night environment? We are used to resting in the dark underwater.”
Astonished by the sudden beautiful scenery, the two snake-dragon beasts kept pacing by the pond. Azi even boldly extended its tail fin into the water.
“I’ll build a roof for you, so that some areas underwater can be darker.”
Lu Heng couldn’t figure out how to darken the environment in the space. It was daytime all the time. He had to close the curtains to block out the light when he went back to the apartment to sleep.
After swimming in the water for a while, Azi’s joyful laughter echoed through the space, causing the pets in the apartment building to peek out and look towards here from the glass windows.
“Alana, I’ve really reached level eleven instantly! I feel full of power, and look, my tail has become even more vibrant.”
“Then why don’t you thank the master?” Alana said from the shore, looking at Azi in the water.
“Yes, thank you, master.”
“It’s nothing. Before, you had to kill other magical beasts and consume their blood and demon cores to level up. From now on, if you kill magical beasts outside, you must hand over the demon cores to me. As for the flesh and blood, if you like it, you can eat it yourselves.”
“Without demon cores, our leveling speed might be much slower.”
“Yes, there’s a benefit to being contracted with me. I forgot to tell you, when I level up alone, all your pets with the same attribute as me will also naturally increase. So, you don’t need to absorb demon cores anymore.”
“Is that so? That’s really convenient. But if we also consume demon cores ourselves, will master also level up?”
“This…” Lu Heng hadn’t tried this. It was only after he leveled up alone by consuming zombie crystals that he discovered that contracted pets also leveled up, which was how he learned that pets could share levels with him.
However, Lu Heng felt it shouldn’t be possible. After all, their subordinate relationship meant that the subordinate should follow the main body’s advancement.
“I’ll get some crystals for you to try one day.” Glancing at Alana, Lu Heng knew its intuition was very sensitive, and perhaps this was why it thought of this.
But this would have to wait until he killed more magical beasts and brought high-level demon cores back to Jinyang City.
Without the support of a large number of demon cores, he wouldn’t be able to level up quickly.
Glancing at the pile of animal heads gathered by the apartment building windows, Lu Heng rubbed his temples. He now felt that these pets had been influenced by the Director to become very gossipy.
“Come here, everyone, I have something to tell you.”
With a rustling sound, all the magical beasts gathered at the apartment building rushed out. Although the older pets here had seen this park before, after Lu Heng moved it, half of the park had a new look.
“You pets, I’ve contracted enough for now. If I encounter more suitable ones in the future, I’ll contract them.
Many of the magical beasts here were found by me in the Angu Forest. My original intention in coming to the Angu Forest was to hunt magical beasts and obtain their demon cores.
You magical beasts would have fought each other before. Don’t tell me you leveled up by eating grass.
This world is inherently a place where the strong prey on the weak. Without demon cores, no one can improve.
Therefore, I will be returning to the Angu Forest shortly to hunt magical beasts. I might hunt your kin, but this is the law of survival in the world. If you really don’t want to go, stay in the space. When we move to another place, I’ll take you out for training again.”
Lu Heng didn’t want to cause psychological trauma to them by hunting their family members. These high-level magical beasts had already developed higher intelligence.