Chapter 1092

"Mm, take us to an ordinary restaurant first. We might be staying here for a few days." Lin Cheng's plan was to find a spirit pet within Beast Pen City, which might take a few days, along with the system's earlier reminder!

The elven archer Valkyrie Ailin was about to awaken.

Less than three days remained, and he was looking forward to this hero from the closed-beta period. It was very likely connected to the Valkyrie Ailin he had heard about from Liu Ci, but even if it wasn't, it didn't matter — having another elven girl by his side would be easy on the eyes.

His only worry was whether the other's birth came from the system, and where the other's will came from.

Because he didn't understand Ailin, he worried that an Ailin born from the system would have her own personality and ideology, and wouldn't be under his control, and might in the end become an enemy.

The ideals of humans and elves were separated by race and upbringing, and it was easy for them not to accept each other. Moreover, a directly born hero and an otherworlder who had received a hero's inheritance were, in the end, still different. An Ailin born directly from the system might possess the memories from her background story, and fight for some virtual goal.

In the end, the system itself was already unreliable enough; adding another unreliable hero on top of that would give him a real headache.

"A restaurant? Guest, you don't know, do you — recently Beast Pen City is going to hold a War Pet Selection Competition. At a time like this, I'm afraid the ordinary restaurants have all been booked." The young guide said with some difficulty.

"I see. Then what about the top-tier restaurants?" Lin Cheng was also a bit anxious; if there was nowhere to stay, that would be troublesome.

"The top restaurants in the inner city can only be stayed at by the rich and powerful."

Lin Cheng looked at Miss Qianhui and General Ji Xia beside him, unsure whether they counted as rich and powerful.

"How about… we give it a try?" he asked the two women.

With Miss Qianhui's status as a young lady of the Gong family of Black Shicheng, or General Ji Xia's status as a general of the Eternal Night Legion.

"No." The two women said in unison.

Miss Qianhui had this self-awareness — in Black Shicheng she could count as one of the powerful, but here in Beast Pen City she was merely a countryside noble's descendant, not a rich person at all, let alone one of the powerful.

General Ji Xia was the same — she was only one of many vice-generals within the Eternal Night Legion, and didn't count as one of the powerful either. More importantly, she didn't want to abuse her status.

"Fine then, kid, help us find a decent inn. If the lodging is satisfactory, I'll increase your fee…" Lin Cheng had no choice but to hand this task of finding lodging to the young man before him, because as a local of Beast Pen City, if he really knew the place well, he would surely be able to find a good place to stay.

"Alright, guest, please follow me. The distance isn't far… the War Pet Selection Competition starts the day after tomorrow, and at a time like this, the rooms in ordinary restaurants have long been booked. But I know some inns whose rooms haven't been booked yet, and the service won't be any worse than the restaurants."

The young man introduced it enthusiastically, thumping his chest and swearing that the service would absolutely not be worse than the restaurants.

For Lin Cheng, as long as there was a clean place to stay, it would be fine; other things, he wasn't — well, he was slightly interested.

"By the way, the War Pet Selection Competition you mentioned — is it about comparing the good and bad between war pets?"

"Yes, guest. War pets are tamed magical beast races. Every year such a War Pet Selection Competition is held. At the competition, all sorts of tamed war pet races will appear — newly emerged war pet races, and war pet races that were tamed long ago. At the competition, war pet merchants will demonstrate the degree of taming of their war pets, as well as combat trials. It's very interesting…" Speaking of this, the young man also seemed to get into it, and talked on and on.

"Last year's champion was still the Black Hound. The Black Hound has won the championship for three years now. This year, who knows if it'll still be the Black Hound, but the Black Hound is really obedient. It's said to be very friendly with people, and very easy to train… too bad, the price is too expensive."

"What are the benefits of participating in this competition?" Lin Cheng inquired.

Dogs, as creatures humans had tamed for ten thousand years, necessarily had an extremely high degree of domestication. The so-called Black Hound didn't surprise him.

"The war pet and war pet merchant who win first place in the competition will win the majority share of Beast Pen City's sales for the entire following year. Guest, are you interested in taking a look? It's really interesting…"

"Will spirit pets appear at the competition?" Compared to ordinary war pets, Lin Cheng was more interested in spirit pets.

"The Black Hound is a spirit pet…"

"What!!"

The young man's words had not yet finished.