Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Thinking of the Tamed Beast shop where he worked, Andrew remembered that he had to work there tomorrow.
The previous Andrew had always relied on working during the holidays to support his household expenses.
Otherwise, it would be difficult for an orphan to survive just on the subsidy given by Alice City’s government.
However, Andrew certainly did not need to rely on the low salary from his holiday job to support himself now.
But after all, the Tamed Beast shop’s boss lady did care for him. Thus, it would be better to go and visit her tomorrow.
Thinking about it now, he indeed had a lot of things to do tomorrow.
He estimated that he would take the whole day to finish whatever he needed to do.
Thinking of this, Andrew was disgruntled.
He couldn’t go to the wilderness tomorrow to earn Crystal coins…
He was used to being poor, so Andrew also had a trace of ‘frugality’ in his disposition.
To put it bluntly, he liked to calculate his profits and losses.
However, this was also because of his character.
Just imagine an orphan of a few years old, receiving a monthly allowance from the government.
He would certainly be calculative about the use of each Crystal coin. Otherwise, he would most likely be left with nothing to feed himself at the end of the month.
With these thoughts in mind, Andrew fell into deep meditation.
When he woke up again, it was already the next morning.
He opened the window.
The sun shone down, shining on Andrew’s shoulder.
‘Phew!’ Andrew took a deep breath.
After washing up, the first thing he did was to check the iron-armored black lizard’s condition in the Beast Space.
“Hmm, it has already reached level 8. It should be able to reach level 9 in another day.”
Andrew nodded in satisfaction.
It had to be said that leveling up with a crystal nucleus was indeed fast.
In just a short period of one day and two nights, the iron-armored black lizard had skipped two levels.
Sure enough, only buying more items like making in-app purchases in games could make people strong!
Of course, for it to level up so quickly, the consumption was also huge.
That two-star crystal nucleus had almost been consumed. It could probably last until tonight, and then it would also disappear.
After that, they would start to use up the second two-star crystal nucleus…
“So expensive,” Andrew clicked his tongue.
A two-star crystal nucleus was equivalent to 100 Crystal coins.
100 Crystal coins would have allowed the previous Andrew to cover his living expenses for several years.
Therefore, no matter what era it was, social classes would always exist.
What the rich may consume in a day could be equivalent to several years’ worth of living expenses for the poor.
At this moment, Andrew’s motivation to earn money grew even stronger.
…
‘Ding dong!’
After tidying up the house for a while, there was suddenly a knock on the door.
Andrew looked at the time.
‘Well, she came quite punctually!’
When he opened the door, it was indeed Amy.
At this moment, she was standing at the door with an uneasy expression.
“Good morning, Andrew.”
When she saw the door open, she greeted him with an unnatural expression, looking a little uneasy.
It was also her first time coming to a boy’s house, so she was a little nervous.
Andrew glanced at her.
She was not wearing her school uniform today. She was wearing a tight white blouse and a pair of hot denim shorts. Her outfit revealed her long legs and her curvy figure.
She was indeed the prettiest girl in high school.
However, Andrew did not have the temperament of a teenager.
He only looked at her with admiration. He wouldn’t let his mind wander just because she was pretty.
“Let’s go.”
Andrew did not have the intention to let her into the house and tour around.
He pushed the bicycle, closed the door, and prepared to head out.
The bicycle was his only means of transportation. It was an old item he had found in a thrift market.
“Wait… Andrew, you can ride in my car,” Amy suddenly spoke, her small hand pointed somewhere not far away.
‘Huh?’
Andrew looked in the direction she was pointing.
A touch of something red.
He looked closely.
A Ferrari sports car!
Such a car had appeared in the slum area that Andrew stayed in.
It could be said that it had attracted the attention of most people on the road.
It was as strange as a beautiful woman suddenly appearing in a gay bar!
Andrew was quiet for a moment. Then he silently opened his room’s door and put the bicycle in.
He had guessed that Amy’s family was very rich, but he had not expected them to be this rich.
There were sports cars in this world, but there were very few of them, even fewer than in his previous life.
Because of the appearance of Ferocious Beasts, many luxury goods that were produced in the past had disappeared.
There were also lesser cars.
Lesser cars meant that it was more valuable…
It could be said that this Ferrari alone was worth at least 1000 Crystal coins.
At this moment, Andrew’s evaluation of Amy skyrocketed.
She had gone from a rich child to a rich woman.
After clearing his mind, Andrew stated a location, “Let’s go to the Tamed Beast trading market first.”
Then, with a roar from the Ferrari, Andrew disappeared from the slums.
All that was left in the slums was a group of surprised neighbors.
…
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the Tamed Beast trading market.
Due to the changes in this world ten years ago, many Tamed Beast trading markets emerged.
To put it simply, these were areas where Tamed Beasts were traded.
The Tamed Beasts trading market was very large, and it was set up on a street.
The street was long enough that one could not see the end of it. On both sides of the street, there were vendors who placed their Tamed Beasts by their side.
Most of them were people who came here to trade after their Tamed Beasts had given birth or people who wanted to change their Tamed Beasts.
The reason why Andrew came here was obviously to find his next Beast.
However, this time, he wouldn’t choose his Beast as casually as he did the last time.
The crucial thing was to see if he could find some extremely powerful atavism Beasts.
He walked into the Tamed Beast trading market.
“Green-mantled goshawk… it can undergo atavism to become a four-star green-mantled goshawk… Junk! I don’t want it!”
“Earth bear… it can undergo atavism to become a five-star earth bear… This is too garbage, it won’t do!”
“Green cotton worm… it can undergo atavism to become a two-star wind shadow butterfly… it’s even more garbage!”
…
After looking around the Tamed Beast trading market from the start to the end, Andrew was extremely disappointed.
These were all Tamed Beasts that had garbage atavism.
Of course, it wasn’t that these Tamed Beasts were really atrocious.
A four-star or five-star Tamed Beast already belonged to the category of Tamed Beasts that could grow and attain the Extraordinary Mortal Tier.
Extraordinary Mortal Tier Ferocious Beasts could be considered the best of the best in areas like Alice City.
Moreover, an Extraordinary Mortal Tier Tamed Beast that could truly mature was already comparable to an army.
Take the five-star Tamed Beast earth bear for example.
A fully matured earth bear that had truly grown to over level 40 could destroy a house with a single slap.
If a Beast Tamer controlled it properly, it could even defend an entire city.
Such a thing had happened before.
There had been a two-star beast tide once, and there was a Beast Tamer who controlled an Extraordinary Mortal Tier Beast.
He had blocked the beast tide’s attack with his strength, forcibly changing the direction of the beast tide.
But for Andrew…
He had already witnessed the might of a Mythical Tier Tamed Beast. Of course, he wouldn’t take a fancy to an Extraordinary Mortal Tier Beast.
Just as Andrew was about to leave with a heart full of disappointment, a Tamed Beast in front of a stall owner suddenly caught his attention.