Chapter 14：To the Starwood City (2/2)
”How did you do that?” Philip immediately asked.
”Do what?” Sam asked feigning ignorance. Philip increased his voice and pointed at the pouch and asked again. ”That.” Sam just shook his head and stayed silent. Looking at this Philip stopped asking. But he still felt restless inside. He knew how difficult it is to cut or melt the Golden blood tiger bone, not to mention powder. Because, he is also aspiring to become an artisan. He is currently trying to be an apprentice of the Head of the Artisan guild in the Starwood city who is a rank two Artisan. Other side Haley also visibly stunned by the feat Sam has done. But she is more stable than Philip. Just as they are in own thoughts the carriage stopped. Marvin's shout came from outside.
”AMBUSH” They immediately jumped outwards of the carriage and looked at two people fully covered in black clothing and wearing masks standing and talking to each other.
”They came early and they have the Level-2 Beasts with them.” One guy in black said to other. Sam also came of the carriage and looking at the two assailants he again went inside the carriage, remover the black coat and laid it on the two panther cubs who are sleeping. They didn't open their eyes yet, since their birth. Sam came outside again and looked at the two men in black coldly. These two are at seventh stage of Acolyte and looked at Sam and others and threatened.
”Leave everything on you and we will let you live.” One guy in black said. Sam didn't even speak to them and coldly said. ”Attack”
”Suddenly both the Blazing earth bulls shot a huge ball of fire from their mouths directly towards the two men. When they saw these they immediately panicked and turned back to flee. They clearly didn't think that the Bulls are of level two middle stage. They thought that they are only at initial stage that is why they tried this ambush. Right now all they wanted to do was curse the village head to death. When the guys are about to follow the two men Sam stopped and said. ”You can't capture them, their cultivation levels are higher and we better don't push our luck.” All the others nodded. If we push a cultivator to a life and death situation, they might do something crazy which will inevitably cause damage on both sides. So, they continued on their journey. When they boarded back Sam wore the coat again and placed the two little pups in his embrace. They snuggled against him and found a comfortable spot to sleep. Even though the magical beasts will grow up faster, it will still take sometime for them to grow up from the infant stage. During the infant stage the mother will feed the cubs with her spiritual energy until they can grow enough to eat on their own. Right now Sam is doing the same thing and looked at the two cubs with warm smile. Watching this scene Haley's heart skipped a beat. The smile on the Sam's handsome face will make any girl's heart beat faster. Same thing happened to her as she saw smiling like that. His devilishly handsome face with his perfect skin tone and the contrasting black outfit gave him an impeccable look that makes every boy envy him and every girl adore him. At this movement Philip chuckled and looked at Haley with a meaningful smile. Haley immediately got out of her daze and immediately hid her face which is blushing in embarrassment. Sam didn't even notice this as he just looked at the cubs.
Next day in the morning by the time sun rose a green carriage belonging to the Evergreen family could be seen at the borders of the Starwood city. Sam and the others travelled the entire night as Paul took the reign of the carriage in middle of night. Now they can see the city gates from a far.
Soon Sam and the others arrived near the city gate. The guards watching the gates could clearly see the carriage with two level 2 beasts rushing towards them at full speed. They panicked for a moment and looked for their supervisor. By the time their supervisor arrived the carriage reached the city gates and stopped there. The supervisor watched the Evergreen crest and heaved a sigh of relief. The nobles of the Evergreen family are the easiest of all the people to deal with. So, he walked towards the carriage and when he saw Paul at the control he frowned and then he saw Philip and Haley get down along with Sam and Marvin. Philip walked towards supervisor and asked.
”Officer, can you open the gates for me?” Philip asked.
”Young master Philip. I was a bit startled when the guards saw that there are two level 2 beasts used to drag a carriage. Now that I have seen it is you, I am relieved.” The supervisor smiled and said. Then he looked at Sam and said again. ”Young master Philip May I know who he is?”
”Well, he is my friend, he is not a resident of the city. So, you might not have seen him.” Philip replied.
”Young master Philip, you know the procedure right. He should pay the entry fee.” Supervisor said as he pointed at Sam. ”And for these beasts also, you need to pay.”
”Well, how much is that? I will pay.” Philip said. now only he remembered about this and looked rather awkward. The supervisor also only asked directly because it was Philip. Philip is known for his humility and friendliness. If it is any other young noble. He would first let them pass through and then send the bill to their steward.
Before Philip could pay, Sam interrupted. ”I will pay by myself. May I know how much is it in total for my entry along with these beasts.” Sam said as he showed the two panther cubs and Yanwu at the same time along with the Bulls. The supervisor was left in daze for some time as he looked at the number of beasts at same time. Looking at them he gulped and said with shaking voice. ”May I know your cultivation?” Hearing this Sam didn't say anything and just released his aura. 'Only at first stage acolyte and he has this many magical beast pets.' He inwardly thought and said to Sam.
”If you are going to stay permanently, you have to pay one spiritual stone for you and two for each of you bulls, one for the bird and one for both the cubs. So, a total of 8 spiritual stones.”
”Here” Sam immediately threw two fire elemental spiritual stones towards the supervisor, who immediately caught them and stared at them in shock. Sam didn't care about his expression and spread his hand for the change. The supervisor came out of daze and returned four normal spiritual stones which Sam kept in his pocket. Then Sam got a total of 5 tokens, which he kept in his pocket and boarded the carriage along with others. Soon, they arrived at the Evergreen family house. Since, it is early in the morning, only a few people noticed the carriage with two level 2 beasts. After they got out of carriage, Haley and Marvin left t o their own homes. Only Paul, Philip and Sam entered the Evergreen family house.