Chapter 306: Choosing a Place

Seeing that he had collected almost all the information about the world, he put away his mechanical battle armor and immediately ran back on all fours.

When he came over, to guard against the possibility that this was a trap and avoid being killed by the other party immediately upon landing before he had time to resist, Seong Seungmin had kept his mechanical battle armor only partially retracted, allowing him to deploy it at any moment.

However, judging from the information he had collected now, there were not many things in the entire world that could pose a threat to him. This was consistent with Ashfall’s description.

Since that was the case, there was no need to wear his mechanical battle armor anymore. It would only cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

Seong Seungmin ran extremely fast, even kicking up the loud sound of rushing wind. The area that had taken Joo Joowon several hours to finish examining by car was something he managed to return from within just a few minutes.

"Boss, what do you think of that place?"

He did not stand up again, seemingly believing that Joo Joowon would prefer him in this form. Even so, the body displayed in front of him was still enormous.

Joo Joowon had seen a Siberian Tiger at a zoo before. Its size was quite intimidating when viewed from up close, while Seong Seungmin’s body was somewhat larger than a Siberian Tiger. When standing upright, he was two or three meters tall. Even while on all fours, he was still more than a meter tall, giving ordinary people an extremely strong sense of pressure just by standing beside him.

Joo Joowon looked at the place he was pointing toward and could not help raising an eyebrow.

"The reason?"

"The world’s rank is currently rising. It is estimated that in another half a month to a month, the world will experience an earthquake caused by its first expansion. Judging from the surrounding situation, only that place will not be affected by the impact."

"Moreover, that place has an open view, making hunting convenient, and its resources are abundant. If players pass through here in the future, you can even collect protection fees from them."

Mountains, rivers, and the veins of the earth all had their own natural courses. When the world underwent changes, it was doing so to better accommodate the power of the game, not to destroy its own world.

Therefore, even earthquakes had traces that could be followed. Some places were destined not to be affected, while other places were destined to be left in complete disorder.

"Then let’s go with that place."

Joo Joowon nodded, agreeing very readily.

There was no other reason. The place he had pointed out was precisely the mountain where Gaemi was currently staying.

Seong Seungmin was not surprised either. No matter how much someone liked raising beast pets, they would not want to see them every moment of every day. Aside from that mountain range, the surrounding area had no other place that was as suitable.

The terrain was high, and combined with the fact that the other party followed the Fate Path and had also requested an observatory, this indicated that he should prefer high places.

Supernatural beings who watched the starry sky all had this particular habit.

It was just unknown which branch of the Fate Path he actually belonged to.

He lay down on the ground.

"Boss, please sit."

Joo Joowon could not help raising an eyebrow.

His fortune fluctuated somewhat violently at this moment. He gave a slight nod and did not refuse. Holding Byeol in his arms, he climbed onto his back.

Hwi widened his eyes from the side.

What about me? What about me?!

With a bang, he suddenly grew larger and hissed at Seong Seungmin.

"Hwi!"

Joo Joowon could not help holding his forehead.

"Turn back."

"Whimper..."

Hwi looked aggrieved, pressing his ears down as he shrank back to his original size, then immediately curled himself into a ball.

He wanted to go too!

Seong Seungmin’s gaze swept over Hwi, and his expression subtly changed.

Generally speaking, unless they are beast races that have grown up in the wild, most supernatural beings also have a proper name. Those with families have their names given to them by their parents and elders, while those who follow humans and become beast pets have their names given to them by humans.

As long as the beast pet is still treated more like a subordinate, its name will at least be chosen to sound somewhat like a proper name.

But if the name is given very casually, then it really means that the person is simply raising it as a source of amusement.

The translator’s translation error would not be too great. Seong Seungmin could not help thinking about it for a moment before temporarily suppressing the thoughts in his heart.

Was this hinting at him?

Generally speaking, the body structure of most animals was actually unsuitable for riding. Seong Seungmin naturally did not let Joo Joowon sit directly on his body. Allowing a supernatural being of the Fate Path to come into contact with his body was an extremely dangerous act.

Therefore, he had actually extended part of his mechanical battle armor.

Joo Joowon controlled his body muscles without showing any signs of it and make sure to keep his body in a relaxed state. Hwi stared longingly at him as he left, unhappily swishing his tail.

Whimper, whimper. He did not want to guard the house.

Joo Joowon had also considered things carefully when deciding to only bring Byeol along. Although Byeol said that he did not have any Star Fiend, and Dal was still asleep, when the critical moment really came, they could still be useful.

But Hwi could not do that. His fate was not strong enough. If something really happened, there was a good chance that he would be the first one to die.

Joo Joowon stroked Byeol’s smooth and soft fur.