Chapter 305: Strange Visitor

Judging from the fluctuation in his fortune, the situation should not be too serious. Since that was the case, he could simply skip over the process and look only at the result.

"Meow?" Byeol warily watched the other party’s departing back. If Joo Joowon had not forcibly held him down just now, he would have already followed Hwi and attacked this two legged creature that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

"You can’t beat him right now." Joo Joowon bent down and picked him up, reaching out to rub his ears.

Because he was not certain whether the other party could hear him now, he was still careful with his wording. However, the moment he said this, he suddenly realized what his biggest flaw was.

Perhaps he should not have said that just now. Instead, he should have directly said something like, "Do you know what you’re doing?"

His behavior just now had seemed somewhat weak and lacking in confidence. He had failed to put himself in a superior position.

After all, Joo Joowon had never had much experience pretending to be impressive in the past. Fortunately, this flaw was not too serious. It all depended on how the other party interpreted it. As long as no other weaknesses appeared afterward, he should be able to muddle through it. However, he also had to prepare for the worst-case scenario.

After glancing at the Star Fiend, Joo Joowon communicated with Byeol and checked how much Star Fiend it still had left, so that he would have a rough idea of what he could rely on if a fight broke out.

Putting on a tough act really was not something an ordinary person could accomplish. If his strength were sufficient, then there would be no need for him to resort to any tricks in the first place.

Byeol froze for a moment, then answered confidently.

"Meow meow!"

None!

It was impossible to accumulate much energy in such a short period of time. Byeol itself did not even know how the energy it had possessed had disappeared.

From Byeol’s perception, all of it had already been completely consumed. It did not know what it had been used for. Forget about recovering what it had lost, there was not even the slightest possibility of making up for the deficit. All it could do was slowly recover on its own.

Joo Joowon was not disappointed when he heard this. He had already been somewhat mentally prepared for this outcome. If there was none, then so be it.

In any case, the other party’s descent had a time limit. Once the time was up, he would be recalled. Joo Joowon could still manage to do nothing more than delay him for that period of time.

On the other side, Seong Seungmin was not idle either. He was genuinely observing the surroundings, although only a small part of it was because he was choosing a suitable location. Most of his attention was still focused on collecting information.

[ High source energy reaction detected ahead, suspected dungeon... ]

[ Using the current location as the center of the scan, no signs of life detected nearby... ]

[ Elemental particle collection complete. Current world level: 1. ]

[ Quanta information analysis in progress. Please wait... ]

As more and more information was collected, Seong Seungmin could not help sighing at how barren this world was. If the game had not descended, this world was destined to have no chance of breaking through to Level 1 from the moment it was born until the moment it was destroyed. It was far inferior to those worlds that had once been prosperous but had since declined.

Even if those kinds of worlds were in an Age of Declining Magic, there would still be traces of supernatural forces remaining.

Although, if the game had never descended, these worlds would continue to decline, once the game descended upon them, their speed of recovery would be several times faster than that of other ordinary worlds. After all, they already had a foundation to begin with.

Did the other party go to such great lengths to bypass the game’s supervision just to reincarnate into a world like this?

No. Perhaps it was not that he wanted to come here, but that the world he reincarnated into was beyond his control, and he simply had bad luck and ended up here?

That would make sense.

Seong Seungmin pondered this thoughtfully.

After all, the people capable of presiding over such a reincarnation ritual were certainly all members of major factions. Once a major faction decided to carry out something like this, it was impossible for them to place all their hopes on a single person. They would only invest substantial resources in the player who had already reincarnated and was the most suitable and offered the greatest benefits. Even if everyone capable of carrying out such a plan was one of their own people, they would still do the same.

In other words, did the other party choose him only because he had no other choice?

Looking at the other party’s appearance, did he seem to really like raising furry creatures?

So, was he simply pleasing to his eyes?

In fact, Joo Joowon did not feel anything toward him at all. He liked small and fluffy animals, not large creatures that looked almost indistinguishable from humans in the way they behaved.

Just looking at him, he could not bring himself to feel the same way he did when facing a small animal.

Seong Seungmin did not think that his guess was wrong.

Among the human factions represented by the Celestial Sovereign Court and the Divine War God Palace, many people liked to raise a few beast pets. This caused many beast races and other races capable of taking beast forms to especially dislike humans.

Seong Seungmin did not care about this at all. As long as he was given enough benefits, he could accept anything. Even if it meant becoming a beast pet, or even being used for breeding to produce some kind of mixed blood mongrel, he could accept it.