"Cough, cough!" Garon covered his nose as he walked in.
The first floor was empty. All the furniture had been moved out. In the hall on the first floor, there was a corridor on the left that led to the backyard or the kitchen. On the right was a spiral staircase that led to the second floor. Most of the red paint on the wooden staircase had faded, and it looked old.
Garon opened all the windows and the door. It was full of dust.
He coughed as he walked out of the building, and found a cleaning advertisement on the wall.
Soon, he went out, followed by four middle-aged women carrying cleaning tools.
The four women entered the small building and began to clean up. Garen stood outside with his arms crossed in front of his chest and waited quietly.
Once everything settled down and the pets were delivered, he could begin the process of Empower the totems. After a few days, when the White Dragonhawk was returned and the core totem was settled, it would be time to go to the War Guild to hunt. There was also the food that he had stockpiled. He should be able to earn a lot in a while.
He calculated the time of war in his mind. Everything was arranged, now he just had to follow the prescribed order.
"Hey."
A young woman's voice came from behind.
Garon turned around and saw the woman who lived opposite him walking over with a golden retriever in her arms.
"Hey, I just moved in today. I'll be living here from now on." Garon reached out his hand and smiled. "Garon, Garon Lombard."
"Alice, Alice Vera." The woman reached out and shook Garon's hand. "Are you renting or …"
"I'm renting, but I might buy." Garon smiled. "Alice, how long have you lived here?"
"This is my grandfather's house. I like to read and rest here. I've lived here for about three years. " Alice recalled. "The environment here is not bad. It's far from the city, and there are empty courtyards around, just like the two courtyards around us. No one has lived here for many years. There are a total of twenty-three courtyards in this Huang Feng district. There used to be a lot of people, but now there are only five families living here. "
She shrugged, and a trace of helplessness appeared on her not-so-pretty face. "You know, this place is too far away from the city. It's very inconvenient to go shopping. We can only rely on the deep wells nearby for water supply."
"But it's quiet enough," Garon added. "That's why I decided to move here. My job is already noisy enough. I can't stand it if the place I live is even more noisy. "
"That's true." Alice nodded in agreement. This woman, who was no more than 20 years old, had an intellectual temperament. She was wearing a white shirt and white trousers, looking simple and elegant. Her long blonde hair was tied into a ponytail. Her figure was not good, but not bad either. Her face was not beautiful, just ordinary. However, his mind was unusually mature and rational.
She didn't seem to be afraid of Garon's lack of eyebrows, beard, and hair. Noticing Garon's puzzled gaze, she explained with a smile.
"My grandfather was once like you. His eyebrows, beard, and most of his hair were burned off by the fire. So when I saw you, I knew you were the same. Take a closer look, you're actually quite handsome. "
"Thank you for the compliment. Then I should really thank your grandfather. He saved me from scaring you." Garon smiled.
"Well, I'll go first. There are still some things I haven't finished over there."
"Okay."
Garon watched Alice turn back into her courtyard and withdrew his gaze. He continued to wait for the cleaning to finish.
The four women fetched water from the deep well nearby and washed the courtyard. The troublesome thing was that it cost Garon five silver rumbs to fetch the water.
It wasn't until the sun was about to go down that the courtyard was completely cleaned.
Garon also straightened the wooden mailbox outside the courtyard, wrote down the address on it, and went to the post office in this community to register as a resident.
Then he went out to hire a carriage and piled all kinds of daily necessities into the small building. Then he wrote letters to Andy, Jessica, and Goth, telling them his new address.
Dinner was bread sticks dipped in strawberry jam.
By the time everything was settled, it was already night time.
The pet shop's cart had also arrived. The pet market was under unified management. The staff moved the seven iron cages from the cart and one by one into the backyard of the small building.
Standing in the yard, Garen held the glass lamp and watched as the bullock-cart from the pet market slowly left and soon disappeared from his sight.
Then he turned around and walked towards the backyard.
Seven different pets were still waiting for him to empower them.
He carefully checked the surrounding environment. Garon found that the situation here was indeed very similar to what Alice had described. It was very quiet. The nearest house on both sides was at least a hundred meters away.
He stood in front of the seven iron cages of different sizes. He reached out and grabbed the first cage and walked towards the back door of the small building.
He closed the door and hung the glass lamp on the right door handle.
Garon lifted the black cloth on the cage and saw a blue back lizard crawling around inside.
He put the cage on the ground and carefully took out a red crystal ball from his inner pocket. It was a fist-sized Derivator.
He carefully placed the Derivator next to the iron cage.
The red light from the crystal ball illuminated his face. A line of words slowly floated on top.
'Would you like to empower nearby creatures?'
"Yes."
The blue back lizard suddenly became anxious. It kept crawling around in the cage, trying to avoid the red light, but to no avail.
The crystal ball slowly turned into a silver light. The silver light enveloped the lizard, as if it had a paralyzing effect. The lizard suddenly froze and stood still on the spot.
Pew!
A silver light beam shot out from the crystal ball and landed on the lizard's head.
After a full five seconds, the silver light beam quickly disappeared and the crystal ball turned red again.
"Empowerment complete. Creature sample loaded. Transferring host … Please do not move. "The crystal ball suddenly shot out a red light in Garon's direction.
Just like last time, the area that the red light shone on felt warm and comfortable.
There was a new 3D totem icon in the skill pane at the bottom of his vision.
'Blue back lizard: First form living totem, can be upgraded. Evolution success rate: 66% (The weaker the body, the higher the success rate). Potential point consumption: 300%.
Ability: Venom, Burrow. '
"Three points … This actually consumes three points …" Garon frowned.
He let the lizard out of the cage and repeated the process. He dragged all the cages into the small building and used the derivator to empower them one by one.
Three blue back lizards, three grey feathered eagles, one short-tailed crocodile and a howling wererabbit. There were a total of eight empowered totems.
Garon stood in the corridor behind the small building. He raised his hand and looked at the three different colors of totem light covering his arm: blue, grey and black.
The three colors finally merged and turned into a blue-black color.
He held the derivator crystal ball in his hand and looked at the information that slowly appeared on it.
'Master Garon, your current totem light level is: Second form normal. Your totem light is superimposed by eight different empowered totems. '
"I've reached the second form of totem light?" Garon was happy. Although he didn't have a way to defeat a second form totem user, and he didn't have the strange special abilities of a second form totem. But the fact that his defense level had reached the second form did make him happy.
Of the pets he chose, other than the howling wererabbit, the rest were creatures with good defense. The blue back lizard's skin was resistant to corrosion. When the grey feathered eagle was attacked and bitten, its feathers would naturally reduce most of its power. The short-tailed crocodile was covered in armor and was abnormally strong. Garon had considered all these aspects.
He clenched his fist and felt the totem light covering his body. It was like wearing a thick layer of clothing, but it was unusually breathable and not airtight at all.
He looked at the skill pane at the bottom of his vision and saw the other two icons that automatically formed.
The grey feathered eagle's evolution success rate was also about 60%. Its abilities were flight and eagle eyes.
The short-tailed crocodile's evolution success rate was slightly lower, only about 50%. Its abilities were bite and camouflage.
Sitting on the new sofa on the first floor, Garon had the grey feathered eagle on his shoulder and the short-tailed crocodile at his feet. There were also three blue back lizards on the sofa, constantly sticking out their red tongues.
He felt like an animal trainer in a circus.
Speechlessly letting all the silver totems leave his side, Garon carefully considered the strength of his opponents.
Silver totems were different from regular totems. They could not be stored in tools, and could only be brought along with him. The short-tailed crocodile needed constant nourishment, and the lizard's hunting ability was not very good. It would not be of much use to bring them along. Only the grey feathered eagle, as a bird of prey, could be brought along to participate in the hunt.
"Next, I have to wait for the white dragonhawk. Before that, I'll go and accumulate some potential points."
A grey feathered eagle stood on Garon's shoulder and one on each arm. He walked straight out of the small building and climbed over the fence under the cover of the night, heading towards the dark outskirts of the city.
*****
War Guild
Garon held a glass of foam wine but did not drink it. He sat in his usual seat and frowned as he looked at a few mission parchments in his hand.
The fat maid in charge of serving the guests held a drumstick in one hand and gnawed on it. She used the other hand to place a few mission parchments on Garon's table.
"You can choose any of these missions. They are all form one missions. Your mission completion rate is not bad, keep up the good work." She turned around to take care of the other guests.
Garon glanced at the mission list on the table. They were all form one missions. The targets were all form one totem users, and most of them were Phantom Lamps.
These totem users who believed in natural selection were the kind of people who killed without batting an eyelid. They were very harsh on themselves, and their battle techniques were very skillful. They were completely incomparable to the Silver Lamp totem users from before.
Garon asked for so many form one missions in order to choose the most suitable one. He picked up a mission list and saw that it was written on it: Hunt down Triss Angel. This totem user had a twisted mind and fled from the north to Iron Tank City. Although she was only form one, she had four different totems and was very difficult to provoke.
"I'll take this one."
Garon selected the mission, stood up and walked towards the counter in the hall.
This opponent should be able to test his current strength, and see which one was stronger between silver totems and primitive totems.
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