CHAPTER 286: CHAPTER 267: HATCHING THE GOLDEN BEHEMOTH

Time: 18:15

Location: Private room in the Forget Worry Tavern of Vermilion Bird City

A figure hurriedly entered, and as soon as he got in, he began apologizing profusely:

"Sorry, sorry."

"I didn’t expect to oversleep, really sorry."

Ouyang Hao saw the newcomer and flashed a wicked smile:

"You’ve made us all wait for you for so long. At the very least, you should cover our late-night snacks this week, no objections, right?"

"Oh, come on!"

Guo Shaojie glared at Ouyang Hao, discontented:

"I was only late for like ten minutes; covering an entire week’s worth is too much, isn’t it?"

"Tch~"

Ouyang Hao said meaningfully from the side:

"Fifteen minutes per person, you do the math for how many minutes that adds up with so many of us here?"

Guo Shaojie:

"A week is definitely not doable; at most, I’ll cover tonight’s snacks."

Ouyang Hao:

"Then five days!"

Guo Shaojie gritted his teeth:

"Three days!"

Ouyang Hao chuckled:

"Deal!"

Ouyang Hao then draped his arm around Guo Shaojie’s shoulder, smugly saying:

"Thanks, handsome boss."

Guo Shaojie disdainfully pushed him aside:

"Get lost, annoying."

Actually, Guo Shaojie wasn’t bothered by the money; he just didn’t want to let someone have their way.

Seeing Guo Shaojie caught in a bind, everyone else laughed along.

At this moment, Zhan Tianpeng (Zhan Chen) turned to Lin Yi and asked:

"Now that everyone’s here, where are we going to level up next?"

Everyone looked at Lin Yi, who unhurriedly replied:

"No rush, we’re still waiting for one more person."

"Someone else?"

Everyone was puzzled:

"Who?"

Their curiosity didn’t last long, as another figure appeared in the private room.

When they saw who it was, everyone was surprised:

"It’s you?!"

Fang Zhengrong was especially shocked, looking at the newcomer:

"Why are you here?"

Then, realizing something, he incredulously looked at Lin Yi:

"Is this...?"

The newcomer, visibly excited, greeted everyone:

"Hello, everyone! Please take care of me in the future."

Seeing the incredulous expressions, Lin Yi chuckled and said:

"Since you all know each other, I won’t bother with introductions."

The newcomer was Shen Yanhua, whom they had parted with at noon, with the game name: Xiao He.

Lin Yi didn’t keep them guessing and directly said:

"This is our new teammate. He’ll be leveling up with you later."

System (Mercenary Corps): Welcome player "Xiao He" to the mercenary corps.

New teammate!

Everyone was momentarily stunned, then quickly reacted, each stepping forward to greet.

No one was happier or more surprised than Fang Zhengrong.

After everyone had greeted Shen Yanhua, Ouyang Hao looked at Lin Yi in confusion:

"Aren’t you coming with us to level up?"

Lin Yi shook his head and said:

"I have something else to do, so I won’t be joining you."

"I’ll take you to a place once you all reach level 30."

Hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up:

"Where?"

Whenever Lin Yi said things like this, it usually meant some ’unexpected surprise’ was awaiting them.

Seeing their expectant faces, Lin Yi gave a mysterious smile:

"Want to know?"

But to Lin Yi’s surprise, they all shook their heads like tambourines and said in unison:

"Nope!"

"Uh~"

Lin Yi was a bit taken aback:

"You really don’t want to know?"

Ouyang Hao:

"Anyway, even if we asked, you wouldn’t tell us."

Then burst into laughter:

"It’s rare to see Feng Boss’s frustrated expression, hahaha~"

Everyone then waved:

"Let’s go, time to level up."

At this point, Fang Zhengrong suddenly approached Xiao He jokingly:

"Aren’t you a Thief? Why are you carrying a chain?"

The rest noticed this too and gathered around to ask, but by then everyone had left the private room, and Lin Yi couldn’t hear what they were saying.

Seeing how he’d been completely ignored by the group, Lin Yi stood there speechless:

"I was originally going to tell you, but since you don’t want to know, forget it."

Just then, Lin Yi opened his backpack and took out the Golden Behemoth Egg.

"Would you like to hatch the Pet Egg now?"

[Yes] [Cancel]

Lin Yi placed the Pet Egg on the ground and chose: [Yes].

After a blinding flash of golden light, a little guy appeared in front of Lin Yi, reaching up to his waist.

On the Rafam Continent:

The Behemoth resembles a gorilla, with short hind limbs and strong, sturdy forelimbs, walking upright like a human.

Its body, except for its face, is covered in long, fine hair;

It has hard and sharp fangs in its mouth, paired with compact features, giving it an exceedingly fierce and intimidating appearance.

Normally, Behemoths have white hair all over their bodies.

At first, Lin Yi thought his Golden Behemoth would be covered in golden hair.

But in reality, there was only a conspicuous tuft of golden hair on its forehead.

Aside from that, it’s no different from a regular Behemoth, all of it is white.

"This..."

Upon seeing that tuft of hair that looked like it had been dyed, Lin Yi couldn’t help but think:

This is what’s called a Golden Behemoth?

Isn’t this a bit too carelessly done...

Lin Yi initially thought this guy would be imposing, but didn’t expect it would immediately hug his leg and call out in a childish voice:

"Master!"

The soft voice didn’t match its rugged appearance at all.

Lin Yi reached out to stroke the little guy’s fine, soft hair on its forehead, and the little guy closed its eyes, looking very content.

Then Lin Yi opened the attribute panel for the little guy:

Golden Behemoth (Pet)

Level: Epic

Owner: Feng Hua

Level: 1

Life Value: 500/500

Mana: 100/100

Upgrade Experience: 0/100

Physical Attack: 10-50

Magic Attack: 0-0

Physical Defense: 100

Magic Defense: 100

Racial Talent (Passive) (Golden Behemoth): When health is below 80%, Double Defense increases by 50%; When health is below 50%, Double Defense increases by 80%; When health is below 20%, Double Defense increases by 120%, and healing effects increase by 30%.

Additional Attribute 1: None (activated at First Transformation)

Additional Attribute 2: None (activated at Third Transformation)

Additional Attribute 3: None (activated at Fifth Transformation)

Additional Attribute 4: None (activated at Seventh Transformation)

Divine Techniques: None (activated at Divine Level advancement)

Hidden Attribute: Activation condition not met.

Lin Yi was almost dumbfounded looking at these contents, utterly shocked:

"Holy shit, it’s that powerful?"

It’s hard to believe that this is just the level 1 attribute panel for this guy!

It already has a Defense of 100 at level 1, and it’s Double Defense too!!!

For reference, a player’s starting Defense is only a meager 15 points!

Compared to this, it’s like heaven and earth, not to mention the racial talent bonus.

Seeing this, Lin Yi could only exclaim:

’As expected of one of the strongest species on this continent, famed for its defense, it truly lives up to its name!’

At this moment, Lin Yi couldn’t help but wonder:

If an Epic Level Pet Egg is already this extraordinary, how terrifying would a pet hatched from the highest Mythical Level Pet Egg be?

Just as Lin Yi was lost in thought, the Jade Qilin walked over and patted the Golden Behemoth with its paw, grinning:

"Hey kid, call me boss!"

The Golden Behemoth, with eyes as big as copper bells, curiously looked at the Jade Qilin and asked in a childish voice:

"Who are you? Why should I call you boss?"

The Jade Qilin, upon hearing this, glared with wide eyes, its body shaking as it said:

"I got here before you, and I’m bigger than you, so I’m your boss, got it?"

The Golden Behemoth blinked its eyes, with a look of serious contemplation, then said:

"Seems right."

It then really did call out in a childish voice:

"Boss!"

The Jade Qilin chuckled gleefully:

"Good, good, follow me from now on, and I assure you..."

"Move aside!"

Lin Yi directly kicked the Jade Qilin aside, squatting down to ask the Golden Behemoth:

"Can you understand what I’m saying?"

The Golden Behemoth, with its big eyes wide open, eyes full of innocence, said:

"Yes!"

"Alright then,"

Seeing that the Golden Behemoth indeed had its own independent intelligence, Lin Yi said:

"From now on, you’ll be called Small Gold."

Upon hearing that it had a new name, the Golden Behemoth immediately hugged Lin Yi’s face excitedly and licked vigorously.

Caught off guard, when Lin Yi came to his senses, his face was warm and sticky, truly a feeling that was... hard to describe...

Off to the side, the Jade Qilin rolled itself up and sprang back to its feet:

"What about me, me, me? Give me a name too."

Lin Yi glared at this fellow:

"Don’t you already have a name?"

The Jade Qilin giggled:

"Since I’m his boss, there’s no reason you give him a name but not me!"

"Give me one like his."

Lin Yi rolled his eyes:

"Are you thinking of being called Small Jade?"

Yet to Lin Yi’s surprise, the Jade Qilin actually nodded seriously:

"That’s a nice name, but I’m bigger than him, so from now on I’ll be called Big Jade."

Looking at the Jade Qilin’s earnest manner, Lin Yi once again kicked it aside with a face full of disdain:

"Scram."