Outside the window, it was drizzling.
Garon held a steaming cup of coffee and stood in front of the window.
On the big bed behind him, the girl called Lala was lying on the bed and rubbing her head. She was still in a daze.
"You're awake?" Garen turned around and looked at the bed. This girl called Lala had clearly come here with a clear goal in mind. It was obvious that she wanted his protection. But he still had his own things to do. Being by his side was not much safer than being outside.
Lala half sat up on the bed. Garon did not touch her clothes. She was still dressed in her original dirty and messy clothes.
She immediately checked her body. She did not find any traces of being violated. She immediately heaved a sigh of relief. Her gaze then fell on Garon who was beside the window.
"Thank you for saving me again." Her voice was a little hoarse. It was obvious that she had caught a cold. "If it wasn't for you last time, we would have died on the road outside the city."
"I've always needed something in return. I've saved you twice. So what do you want in return?" Garon looked at her calmly. "Any action that you want to obtain naturally has to consider the price. There's nothing in the world that can be obtained without paying a price. Don't you think so? "
"I understand." Lala's eyes flashed with understanding. "But I'm just a weak girl. What else can I give you? Or rather, what do you want from me? "Her words were clear and concise.
"The cleanliness of this house and the daily affairs are very simple requests. The condition is that I provide you with shelter and food. How about that? "Garon replied calmly. "Besides, as a man with normal physiology, seeing a beautiful and pure young girl in my house makes me feel good," he said frankly.
Lala lowered her gaze. "Your request is very reasonable. I'm willing to use my job in exchange for my safety and food. To be able to control your desires in such a situation and be so respectful to a gentle girl, you're a good person. "
"Good person?"
Garon laughed involuntarily. He stretched out his hands and looked at his flawless white palms. His hands were stained with countless amounts of blood. Some were innocent, some were guilty, and some deserved it. Perhaps it was just a dispute of personal feelings, but life was like this.
He came back to his senses and laughed at himself.
"I'm very happy to have a reasonable companion of the opposite sex, but I'll remind you in advance that there are many places in this house that are off-limits to you, so it's best if you don't wander around. If you want to go out, please write a message to me. I'll arrange it. The medicine is beside your pillow. By the way, this is the first time I've taken care of someone other than my family. "
"I'm honored." Lala finally relaxed and smiled. Seeing Garon calmly walk out of the room, she heaved a huge sigh of relief. Auntie had safely entered the inner city. In one night, it was as if the entire world had collapsed. Countless monsters killed the people around her. Familiar and unfamiliar, too many lives were killed in front of her eyes.
"Sufficient food, sufficient safety, warm blankets …" Lala had never felt that these things that she usually had were so precious.
Garon walked out of the guest room, adjusted his collar, and returned to his master bedroom.
Standing in front of the changing mirror, he sized himself up.
A layer of short hair had grown on his bald head. His eyebrows had also grown a little under the effect of his powerful Qi and blood. Compared to his original handsome face, he had an additional fierceness to him.
He wore a white inner shirt and long pants, and a grey cloak on the outside. As long as he wore the hood and lowered his head, no one would be able to tell who he was.
He pulled open the wardrobe and rummaged through it. He took out a grey inner shirt and changed into it. Then, he put on a full body black leather armor that he had prepared beforehand piece by piece.
Two round shoulder pads, elbow pads, knee pads, leg pads, leather boots, then a helmet and a breastplate.
After changing everything, the person in the mirror looked similar to the Iron Tank City's city guards.
After some thought, Garon took off his helmet and put on the grey robe outside.
"This is much better." He looked at himself in the mirror with satisfaction.
The grey robe covered all the leather armor, only giving off the impression of a burly body.
"Next, let's see what my little babies are doing." He focused his attention on the attribute pane.
'Strength 2.66. Agility 2.72. Vitality 2.76. Intelligence 2.53. Potential 632%. Possess the qualifications of a Luminarist. '
6 potential points.
Garon squinted his eyes slightly. He glanced at the totem pane. The number of parasites had decreased to five. It was obvious that they had been depleted after another battle.
"I'll let the blue back lizards evolve first. The probability of evolving to form three is too low. "
He moved his mind.
Soon, the door was gently pushed open. Three blue back lizards slowly crawled into the room. The last one closed the door under Garon's control.
This type of dark blue giant lizard usually lived in the desert. It was extremely resistant to hunger and thirst. Its vitality was very strong.
Garon squatted down in front of the three giant lizards and touched their heads.
"From now on, you are number three. The deep swamp croc is number two. It's easier to identify this way. I'll help you evolve first. "
His gaze fell on the blue back lizard's icon. Soon, the three potential points disappeared.
Blue back lizard number two shuddered. Suddenly, its whole body trembled violently, as if something was shaking violently in its body.
Screech …
Number two let out a painful hiss. Its body grew rapidly. From one meter, it quickly grew to two meters, three meters, four meters, five meters!!
Its height also increased from ten centimeters to twenty centimeters, thirty centimeters, fifty centimeters, more than one meter!!
Its skin began to show a brassy yellow color. The teeth in its mouth gradually grew out of its lips.
The giant lizard's body became more and more like a crocodile.
Between its four legs, a pair of short legs grew out, turning it into a six-legged creature. A row of fine spikes also appeared on its back.
The most eye-catching thing was its eyes. They changed from the original dark green to a pure white, as if there were no pupils.
The giant lizard's transformation frightened the other two blue back lizards. They hid, avoiding number three's growing body, and let out a frightened sigh.
Garon stood in front of the transformed giant lizard. He felt that this guy was like a legendary land dragon, able to swallow a creature of his size in one gulp.
He looked at the totem icon in his field of vision. The blue back lizard's icon had changed.
'Evolved Giant Lizard (unnamed): Blue back lizard's first evolution, second form creature totem. Upgradable, evolution success rate: 34%. Potential point consumption: 500%.
Ability: Petrifying Gaze (Any enemy creature that meets its gaze will be damaged by the Light of Petrification), Quick Burrow. '
"Petrifying Gaze?" Garon noticed the evolved lizard's eyes. Its pure white eyes faintly glowed with a faint green light.
"Rename it Petrifying Lizard."
He changed the totem's name, and then carefully examined the barely evolved Petrifying Lizard.
The Petrifying Lizard was lying on the floor of the room, lazily motionless, like a bronze statue.
Garon circled around it, and reached out to touch its skin. It was very rough, very hard, like hardened leather, with a hint of warmth.
He pulled the spikes on the back of the Petrifying Lizard. They were very hard, like awls. One by one, they protruded out of the skin, forming a vertical line from head to tail.
"Go out and hunt once for me to see." Garon ordered, and opened the door.
The Petrifying Lizard slowly crawled out of the door. Its movements were extremely slow, like an old man in his seventies or eighties. Its round belly looked like it was about to be dragged along the ground. The six soles of their feet made a series of clapping sounds as they struck the ground.
Garon shook his head, speechless.
"Stealth won't do. Use your fastest speed!" He ordered.
The Petrifying Lizard suddenly increased its speed. It was obvious that it was really trying its best. Its six short legs moved forward with difficulty, but its speed was at most comparable to a turtle.
"This speed! …" Garon had the urge to facepalm. "Close combat is a waste of time!"
Bringing the Petrifying Lizard out of the villa, Garon went to the backyard. There was still an unfinished Unihorn Lizard carcass in the yard.
"Attack the carcass!" Garon ordered.
The yellow Petrifying Lizard crawled five meters away from the carcass with difficulty, and stared at the carcass.
Without a sound, the carcass from the bottom to the top quickly turned into a grayish-white stone, and the spreading stone kept making soft cracking sounds.
Three seconds later, the carcass turned into a stone statue.
The Petrifying Lizard stuck out its red tongue, and did not look tired at all.
Garon felt a little comforted.
"The Petrifying Lizard is only suitable for defense and sneak attacks. It can't keep up with the speed of other creatures."
Ah!!
Suddenly, a woman's scream came from the front door.
Garon took a step, and instantly turned into a gray shadow, and flew to the front of the villa's yard.
Lala was standing at the door with her hand covering her mouth, and stared in horror at the giant black beetle that passed by in the yard. The black beetle's ferocious sawtooth mouth scared her out of her wits. She held on to the door frame, and almost fell to the ground.
Seeing Garon appear, she then pointed at the beetle with a trembling voice.
"Bug!! Monster!! There's a monster!! "
"Those are my little babies, don't be afraid." Garon waved his hand to get the beetle out of sight.
After comforting Lala, Garon told her not to go out, or else it would attract the monsters outside. Luckily, the yard was surrounded by the smell of the dead Unihorn Lizard, and completely covered the smell of Lala's blood in the villa.
He looked at the remaining potential points, and he felt that the three points spent to evolve the Petrifying Lizard were not worth it. No matter how powerful the Petrifying Ray was, it had to hit the enemy. He did not plan to spend the remaining three points on the Blue Back Lizard.
The two Blue Back Lizards had already dug out underground water in the kitchen, or rather, they had turned a corner and dug underground water. There was an additional well in the kitchen, and it was much easier to use water.
After settling Lala down, Garon put on his gray robe and hood, and checked the things on his body. "It's time to check out the situation in the inner city … As long as I'm careful, there shouldn't be any problems."
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