Chapter 70 - Invitation from the Academy (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

Unsurprisingly, the defensive deployments around the main base—including several missile launchers and laser cannons—were all aimed at the Magical Corpse Beast.

The guards saw friendlies sitting on the creature and asked everyone to hold their fire. Though they still had to thoroughly check the returning group’s settler badges so they didn’t accidentally invite spies who were being controlled by hostile Astral Pets. Such tragedies occurred several times when either Beast Kings or low-rank parasites planned to infiltrate the base. As the second line of defense protecting the base city, they had to ensure security.

Once checked that everything was in order, the guards silently kept Su Ping’s name in their minds. There weren’t many settler teams who possessed such powerful Astral Pets as mounts.

“I’m sorry sir, but you have to put your partner back inside your pet s.p.a.ce,” a guard politely spoke to Ye Chenshan, when he thought the giant creature belonged to Team Polaris. “Large-sized pets aren’t allowed to walk freely in the facility.”

Ye Chenshan cleared his throat. “Ahem, Mister Su, the man’s right, I’m afraid. You should leave your puppet outside for the moment.”

Several guards looked at Su Ping in great surprise. They thought this particular young man was a kid from some rich family who was tagging along to gain experience.

But… Not even a “rich kid” would be able to summon an eighth-rank pet without having the strength to control it.

“There’s no need.” Su Ping shook his head. “I’m turning in this thing to get some merit.”

The Magical Corpse Beast was Little Skeleton’s puppet and could not go inside his personal pet s.p.a.ce. Since he couldn’t keep it with him in the base city, it would be better to get rid of it.

Besides, he didn’t need such a burdensome creature to help him fight when he had Little Skeleton. And it wasn’t like he planned to fight Astral Pets in the barrens often. Supposing he had to return some time in the future, he might just find a dead pet and make another puppet out of it.

The others, however, couldn’t quite accept his decision. Everybody would absolutely like such an awesome mount to show off. Why would they hand it over to the Federation?

Fan Ganglie even tried persuading Su Ping, who did not listen at all.

After ordering the puppet to place the Nether Ore on the ground, Su Ping told Little Skeleton to cancel the puppet effect. As soon as the Undead energy was taken away, the Magical Corpse Beast turned into a pile of bones.

The others couldn’t help but feel their hearts aching upon seeing Su Ping giving up such a precious tool. Yet they couldn’t do anything about it.

A transportation team in the base came and took all the bones and the Nether Ore further inside.

“G.o.ddammit. Such a waste…” Fan Ganglie mumbled.

The others more or less knew that Su Ping was not with them. As a shopkeeper usually stayed in the base city, he didn’t have much use for the Magical Corpse Beast anyway.

While waiting for the inspection results to come out, Ye Chenshan excused himself first. “Guys, since everything’s done, I’ll report back to my team.”