Chapter 429 Sale (2/2)
”Son, if you do, I'll have to break your centipede's legs.”
Tommie pouted. Why didn't you say that to big sis just now?
When Wolfgang returned home with his son and daughter, Wolfgang's wife came out to embrace him.
”Is this the familiar you bought for our daughter?” asked his wife, looking curiously at the 10-foot-long blue-grayish centipede.
”She insisted on buying it. I couldn't change her mind,” said Wolfgang, shaking his head.
”Yes, Mama. Look at how cute it is,” said Fanny. She then produced a small, polished gray stone from her pocket and set it on the ground.
Smelling the gray stone, the Glacial Bone Centipede crawled over to it, then devoured the stone without leaving a crumb on the floor.
”All right, I'm not going to say anything about your decision... But I must know, what use does a centipede have? It's your first familiar. You really should think carefully about this sort of thing before making such an important decision, you know.”
”It has a high defense. See for yourself.” Fanny rushed to her father's storage room. When she came back, she was holding a rubber band gun in her hand. She took aim at the Glacial Bone Centipede and shot at it.
Sparks flew as the gun's pellet struck the centipede's sturdy exoskeleton, letting out a hollow clang.
There wasn't a dent on the centipede's blue-grayish body. It still looked brand new.
”It just reached Excellent-grade. When it grows into a Commander-tier familiar, its defenses will become even better,” boasted Fanny to her parents.
The familiars that these people had bought from Gao Peng's store would naturally pique the interest of their friends and family. Once word of his familiar store got out, the store would be guaranteed to receive a steady flow of customers for the next few days.
The day finally ended. Huang Ya did an inventory of the store's stock. They had sold a total of 78 monsters, 18 of them being adult monsters and the remaining 60 being monster newborns.
That day's income alone was enough to cover their travel expenses and the expenditure required to raise their monster stock. The rest of their monsters would bring them a considerable profit in the next few days.
However...
”Young Master Gao, the monsters' freight expenses are just too expensive,” said Huang Ya with a bitter smile.
The freight expenses that incurred during the transportation of all these Commander-tier monsters had reached an astronomical figure. Huang Ya feared that they might not be earning enough to pay it off.
”Don't worry. Have headquarters send over 300 more monsters. We'll just pay out of the company's pocket for now. We could also hunt for monsters with potential in the Arctic wilderness and raise them in a specially built monster training facility here. I'll need someone I can trust to oversee our operations here, someone who can really command everyone's attention,” muttered Gao Peng. He glanced at Huang Ya. ”Do you have anyone in mind?”
Huang Ya fell silent as he raked his mind for someone that fit such a description. Finally, he said, ”If Young Master Gao thinks I'm trustworthy enough, then allow me to shoulder such a burden! I promise I won't disappoint...”
”I'm sorry, but you'll have to remain in the Southern Sky headquarters. If you leave, I won't have anyone trustworthy enough looking after the place for me,” said Gao Peng patiently. ”I'm not looking for someone high-ranking. For now, I only want someone who is loyal, not afraid of taking risks, and of course, intelligent enough to carry out this task.”
With Gao Peng's incredible talent for raising familiars in mind, Huang Ya suddenly thought of the perfect candidate for the job. ”Ji Changming. He's one of the up-and-coming newbies in the reconnaissance division. He has a decisive way of doing things and great judgment to boot. He's also an intelligent man who knows his place in the company.”
”I see,” said Gao Peng, nodding. ”Could you have this Ji Changming come to my place later? You can go now.”
”Thank you.”