I have an Apocalypse City-Chapter 822 - 823: Shadow Claw_1

Chapter 822: Chapter 823: Shadow Claw_1

Wang Qi felt a bit awkward when the pet store owner addressed him as the City Master. He coughed twice, steadied her leaning body, and said with a stern face, “I am only the Vice City Lord of the City of Hope. This is the real master of the City of Hope, Song Jian, City Master Song. You must recognize him clearly!”

The pet store owner Laurenie was greatly alarmed, judging by her reaction, the way she had just addressed Wang Qi was likely to have offended the real City Master present.

As an NPC who had wandered through countless cities, Laurenie naturally knew the extent of power held by a city’s master. She quickly bowed to Song Jian and spoke with a hint of panic on her face, “I didn’t know the City Master was here, and failed to welcome you from afar. I ask for the City Master’s forgiveness!”

“It’s no bother, no bother at all!” Song Jian waved his hands with a beaming smile, “Today, I am just accompanying a friend to buy a battle pet, so that’s why we had Vice City Lord Wang come with us!”

“Accompanying a friend to buy pets?” Laurenie’s eyes brightened as she turned her gaze to Zhao Yu;

Seeing Zhao Yu’s tattered gear and the white quality long crossbow hanging on his back, Laurenie frowned slightly.

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Had Zhao Yu come to purchase a pet by himself, Laurenie probably would not have given him a second glance, but now that he was a friend of the City Master, countless ways to flatter Zhao Yu suddenly came to mind;

“Judging by this young brother, you seem to be a ranged professional,” Laurenie said with a sweet smile, “If I’m not mistaken, you are also a rare professional, a Dark Night Hunter, impressive, very impressive!”

With that, Laurenie summoned a maid and whispered a few words in her ear. In just a moment, the maid brought out three ornate boxes from the back room and placed them on the counter;

Laurenie smiled as she opened all three boxes. Each box contained an egg that emitted a silver glow. It should be noted that most of the pet eggs displayed in this pet store were of white quality, with an occasional appearance of green and blue quality ones. Such eggs were usually snatched up quickly by customers and would be sold within minutes after appearing;

By directly presenting three pet eggs this time, it was clear that Laurenie was willing to make a significant investment to curry favor with Song Jian;

“Young brother, take a look at this Battle Pet Egg first. This is an Andes Hunting Spider’s egg. The Andes Hunting Spider belongs to the jumping spider family; it’s extremely fast and though its attack and defense are somewhat modest, it specializes in poison attacks and web casting!” Laurenie explained, pointing at the first egg.

This egg had a few dark spots on its surface and looked quite unremarkable. If not for the pale silver glow it emitted, it would be hard to believe it was a rare Battle Pet Egg;

Next, Laurenie pointed to the second egg and said, “This is a Shadow Owl’s egg. Not only does it possess vision comparable to a hawk’s during the day, but it also has dark vision. Being a shadow creature itself, it has the ability to shadow dodge and is very hard to detect, making it an extremely rare scouting battle pet!”

Seeing Zhao Yu’s drooling expression, Laurenie’s smile grew wider, but as she saw the expressionless faces of Song Jian and Wang Qi, it felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over her. It seemed that the battle pets from her store had not caught the interest of the two city lords;

Laurenie became more enthusiastic towards Zhao Yu, gently setting down the second egg and picking up the third wooden box;

Looking at the wooden box, Laurenie’s eyes revealed a hint of pain;

“This third pet, known as the Shadowclaw Tracker, is a snow leopard with Shadow Panther lineage. It has extremely fast short-distance sprint capabilities, and its damage output is very high. Furthermore, its fur is incredibly smooth, which allows it to evade attacks. When attacking enemies, it automatically enters stealth mode, and most importantly…” Laurenie looked at Zhao Yu and smiled, “A level 30 Shadowclaw Tracker will automatically learn the ‘Sword Shadow Clone’ skill, creating four clones at the same time, although the attributes of each clone are only 30% of the original body’s. Even so, this still is a very rare ability.”

Song Jian’s eyebrows raised slightly, as he could actually create four clones, which sounded even stronger than his own Sword Shadow Clone.

Zhao Yu’s gaze flitted back and forth over the three silver pet eggs, already appearing somewhat dazzled and unsure of which one to choose.

“Zhao Yu, the brighter the glow of an item, the better its quality!” Song Jian reminded.

Among these three pet eggs, the Andes Hunting Spider was a pale silver, the Shadow Owl was bright silver, but the one named Shadowclaw Tracker, a snow leopard, was radiating a snowflake-like lively glow.

“Then I’ll choose this Shadowclaw Tracker!” Zhao Yu said, pointing to the third pet egg.

“Young man, you’ve got quite the eye!” Laurenie said with a smile, waving her hand, the other two wooden boxes were immediately stowed away. She pushed the wooden box with the Shadowclaw pet egg forward and said, “A special offer of six hundred thousand Doomsday Coins, and in light of the two City Lords’ presence, I can offer you a fifty percent discount, just three hundred thousand Doomsday Coins will do.”

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As she mentioned the fifty percent discount, the corners of Laurenie’s eyes twitched involuntarily. She had originally set a low price for this pet egg, and it could sell for at least eight hundred thousand, if not more, at an auction.

But even three hundred thousand was beyond Zhao Yu’s current means; he couldn’t help inhaling sharply, as this single pet egg cost three times more than his safety house.

“Ms. Laurenie choosing to open a shop in the City of Hope is an honor for us, and how could I take advantage of you?” Song Jian said with a smile, handing over several banknotes: “We appreciate your kind gesture, here’s six hundred thousand Doomsday Coins, please take it.”

Laurenie was startled for a moment, but then she smiled and said, “That amount of money is naturally nothing to the City Lords, so let my store hatch this pet egg for this young man, as a little gesture of goodwill from us.”

Song Jian nodded; he was indeed curious to see the difference between hatching at the pet store and hatching with his own blood.

Laurenie personally led Zhao Yu to a small room, then extracted a drop of his blood and placed it into a sci-fi-looking nutrient tank, where the Shadowclaw Battle Pet Egg was inserted.

After that, a staff member slowly injected a tube of pale red liquid into the machine, which contained Zhao Yu’s drop of blood.

The machine started up, and after a slight vibration, it was visible that the nutrient solution in the nutrient tank was disappearing at a visible rate, and the surface of the Shadowclaw Battle Pet Egg began to show cracks.

In no time at all, the cracks on the surface of the Battle Pet Egg interconnected like a spider web, and a faint golden light burst forth from these fissures.

“The, the grade has been enhanced?” Laurenie looked at the nutrient tank in astonishment, an incredulous expression on her face.

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PS: Thank you “Pao Ge Meng Da Nai” for the 100 Qidian Coins reward~