Pet Market
On both sides of the road, there were rows of pet cages of different heights, different sizes, and different colors. Most of them were light or white.
Some well-dressed and elegant noblewomen and noble girls were holding white umbrellas as they slowly looked at the various pets and selected them.
Carriages stopped at the entrance of the street, and new guests alighted one after another.
From one of the black carriages, a bald man slowly walked down. He had no hair, no beard, and no eyebrows. His face was like a freshly carved white wax figure, with no hair at all. This attracted the curious gazes of the passers-by.
This person handed the fare to the coachman, and tidied up his white casual clothes.
"Sir, do you need a scarf? It's only five copper rumbs. "A child selling a scarf came over and asked.
This person bought a scarf and wrapped it around his head.
Starting from the left, he slowly walked along the pet street.
A grey-clothed man was holding a gray owl in his hand, and was loudly advertising to two noble ladies with an unfamiliar accent. The owl in his hand turned its head from time to time, and seemed to be in good spirits.
In front of him, a fat man wearing a white jeweled hat patted the big metal cage beside him, and loudly introduced the Clouded Leopard that was walking around inside. This Lynx was anxious because of the heat.
Further in front, a circle of ladies surrounded a small pet shop that sold rabbits and squirrels, and from time to time, there was a light laughter.
Garon slowly walked forward, and his gaze swept across the various pet cages. He kept thinking in his heart.
"Silver totems can't be stored in storage tools, and can only be left outside. They also need to eat and excrete. Then, can these things empower humans? "He suddenly had this thought.
His expression didn't change, and Garon continued to look at the cages one by one.
Eagles, cheetahs, wild cats, hounds, pythons, spiders, etc. All kinds of pets could be found here.
Suddenly, his footsteps stopped. He stood in front of a huge aquarium.
In the blue water tank, a huge white shark was slowly swimming.
"Sir, do you want to buy this great white shark? If you buy it now, there will be a gift, a free aquarium for every great white shark. "A skinny man with a fishy smell introduced enthusiastically.
"I have other kinds of aquatic animals in my shop, and there are also many amphibians. Feel free to look around. Alligators, wolf-fish, ornamental goldfish, black-headed prawns, cylindrical snails, jellyfish, as long as you want it, we can catch it for you! "
"Oh?" Garon was noncommittal. "I want to see the crocodile."
"Please come in." The skinny man warmly led Garon into the dark and damp shop. He had set up shop here for a long time. He originally thought that the young ladies and young masters would like some exotic pets with the sound of water. He didn't expect that business would still be so bad. Now that he had finally met someone who was interested in buying, he naturally couldn't let go of this opportunity.
Garon entered the shop. He saw a deep pit on the left side of the cave. Two short-tailed crocodiles were lying lazily in it. One of the crocodiles had its mouth wide open, and a few small white birds were jumping between its sharp teeth.
"In the main body, the crocodile's armor is very strong. If it were to be transformed into a silver totem, I wonder how much stronger my totem light would be." Garon wanted to buy the crocodile for this powerful armor. Even if he just left it at home, the Totem Light he would get would be incomparable to that of an ordinary creature.
"I want a crocodile. How much is it?"
"Only thirty thousand silver rumbs. Thirty thousand silver rumbs, hehe." The skinny man was overjoyed. He didn't think that he would be able to get a pet as soon as he came in.
"Okay, send it to this address later." Garon took out a pen and was about to write down the hotel's address when he suddenly paused. "Wait, I'll come back later to make a reservation. Here's the deposit."
Garon took out a thousand silver rumbs and counted them for the skinny man. He then left his name and made an appointment to come back later.
After leaving the aquatic pet shop, Garon continued to walk forward, looking around slowly.
Soon, he settled on three Giant Desert Lizards from another pet shop. All three of them were large lizards with dark blue backs. They were more than a meter long. Their skin gave the feeling of coarse cloth.
Garon pressed on the lizard's skin. It was very hard.
These three Giant Desert Lizards only cost Garon ten thousand silver rumbs. However, these creatures were said to be related to the legendary dragon chariot. Garon was quite interested in trying to see if he could evolve them into a similar creature totem.
Of course, everything had to be done on the basis that he could satisfy the core totem first.
These blue back lizards were good at digging holes and were agile. They also had poison glands that could paralyze people. They were very bad for raising pets. If one wasn't careful, they could easily escape. Therefore, the shop owner couldn't afford to sell them at a high price. The price kept dropping. He didn't expect to have a customer. Garon liked these creatures so much. He was instantly overjoyed and sold a total of three Giant Iguanas to Garen.
Then, Garon bought three Grey-feathered Eagles. These small eagles were very fierce. The females were especially powerful. In the northern highlands, they could often fight with leopards. They were also creatures with good foundations.
A short-tailed crocodile, three Grey-feathered Eagles, and three Giant Desert Lizards. There were seven in total. Including the Howling Wererabbit that he already had, there were eight in total. Garen also planned to leave two empty seats in case there were better choices to change to.
These creatures cost him a total of seventy thousand silver rumbs.
He had already given up on custom-made totems. Custom-Made totems were more suitable for totem users than standard totems. The higher the compatibility, the easier it was to evolve. But he had abilities, so there was no need to use expensive methods like custom-made totems.
After paying the deposit, Garon walked against the flow of people towards the street.
Looking at the leisurely noble young masters and ladies around him, they didn't know that chaos was coming.
Among these people, most of them didn't know about the existence of Luminarists. They lived in a world of camouflage. They naively thought that cavalry, archers, patrolling guards, swordsmen, and musketeers were all there was to war. But what they didn't know was that what really decided everything was actually the battle between totem users and Luminarists.
Totems couldn't interfere in the war between mortals. This was a rule. But those who were slightly more knowledgeable knew the importance of totem users. War and peace were in the hands of these few people.
"General Wylan is leading the Ender's Third Army of almost a hundred thousand people this time. I don't know how long it will take for the war to break out. My husband is a logistics officer inside. "A noblewoman said worriedly as she held a little white rabbit in her hand. "I don't know if he can take care of himself outside."
"Don't worry, brother-in-law will be fine. He's a grown man. Sister, look at my squirrel. Isn't it cute? "A red-haired girl happily rubbed the little squirrel in her hand.
Garon walked past the two of them and heard bits and pieces of their conversation.
In the eyes of ordinary people, General Wylan was leading a hundred thousand soldiers, and his three army commanders were brave and skilled in battle.
But the ones who really decided the war weren't these hundred thousand people, but the other thousand totem users. It was just that they had already set off for so long, so he didn't know the exact outcome.
The war between totem users and mortals was different. The battlefields were all individually selected. Once a totem user was defeated, their commander would automatically announce their surrender.
Totem users usually wouldn't kill mortals. But because of this, there were many battles where the weaker side won against the stronger side. Many battles where the disparity in strength was too great, but because of the totem user's defeat, they were defeated because of this.
Collecting his thoughts, Garon called for a carriage and rushed towards the outer city.
He needed to find a house that was completely his own. Otherwise, it wouldn't be able to accommodate so many silver totems.
Back at the hotel, Garon packed up his things and went straight to the nearby rental center.
In the center of the rental center, he chose a big courtyard in the outer city. There was a pond, a fake mountain, and a grass field. It was very rundown. The rent was calculated once every two years, and he had to pay twenty thousand silver rumbs each time.
This was considered a very cheap price.
Garon didn't have much money on him. After buying the pets, he had less than three hundred thousand silver rumbs left. Under the guidance of the rental staff, he went to take a look at the courtyard. He simply paid the two years' rent in one go.
Then, Garon went to the pet street and gave the new address to the pet shop owners.
He didn't plan to go to the other pet markets. In fact, these were the only animals he could find. The rest were lions, tigers, bears, and other beasts. He didn't care much about these common animals. In terms of defense, lions and tigers were not as good as crocodiles. Most importantly, one large carnivore was enough. Once more evolved, the amount of meat they ate every day would not be a simple amount.
When the war came, there wouldn't be so much meat to eat.
*****
Outside the walls of Iron Tank, there were a few courtyards scattered on the side of the sparsely populated area.
One of the courtyards was surrounded by a grey fence. On the green grass inside, there was a small two-story building in the shape of a mountain. The building was white with black edges, and looked a little rundown. Some of the windows were covered with withered yellow vines.
A gust of wind blew, and the scattered yellow leaves on the grass kept rolling.
Garon got off the carriage and stood in front of the fence of the courtyard.
He turned to look at the opposite side. It was a similar courtyard. There were some flowers and fruit trees in the courtyard, and a young woman was watering the flowers with a watering glass.
The young woman also saw Garon, and gave him a friendly smile.
Garon returned the smile.
Taking out the key and opening the padlock of the fence, Garon walked into the courtyard that he had just acquired.
Woof woof!
The sound of a dog barking came from the courtyard opposite.
"Tel! Damn it, don't pee there! Do you hear me? "The woman opposite shouted. "Tel! Tel!! "She threw the watering glass and chased a golden retriever to the back of the house.
Garon looked over there, took out the key from his pocket, inserted it into the lock of the front door of the small building, and turned it.
Click.
The door was pulled open with a creak, and a musty smell came out from inside.
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