Chapter 234 – Cat Dad''s Generous Deals


    Looking at their mascot being tortured, Hwarang Guild''s members were enraged. They brought out their weapons and looked at their leader.


    "Boss, let''s go out and kill Xiaomao!"


    "We can''t watch anymore. How dare he humiliate and torture our Cookie?!"


    "That''s right. Cookie''s *Ahem* meat *Ahem* belongs to us! How envious… I mean, how horrible!"


    Vermilion stared at thest guy with red eyes, and thetter shrunk away. The former scoffed and turned to the battlefield. Then, he looked at the current SP.


    Seven minutes had passed, and their guild managed to gather 4,200 SP, which was enough to build weaponry factories and towers.


    "We can''t win if we keep hiding behind the castle walls! Scout team, you go around the map and find a resource to build an extractor or a resource factory. As for the ranged DPS,e with me to kill Xiaomao! As for the melee, protect us from Xiaomao''s troops! Craftsmen, build Anti-Air defense towers in the middle of the field!"


    "OOO!!"


    Hwarang members opened the main gate and rushed out like a mob. They ignored the threat of Xiaomao''s firepower.


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    "OOO!!"


    The war cry of Hwarang Guild was so loud that Cookie and Xiaomao could hear them from the sky. The phoenix looked at his people and gritted his teeth.


    Graa! (You''re finished, stupid cat! My friends will kill you!)


    "Sure, munya. I guess I''ll do this instead."


    The bracers on Xiaomao''s tentacles glinted, and all eight tentacles extended by 100 meters. The long arms tied the body of Cookie like a rope.


    Xiaomao looked down and pointed the tip of his flying sword at the people below.


    However, instead of using a fireball and instantly wiping out the pursuing party, Xiaomao pursed his lips and used something else.


    mmenwerfer!


    The fire sword''s tip suddenly acted like a me thrower. It fired a long stream of me as if a dragon breathed fire at the crowd below.


    The trail of fire and the heat caused the crowd to disperse and backed away from the me. However, none of them was harmed.


    As the crowd''s charging momentum was interrupted, most of them stood there and waited for instructions from their leader. Using this opportunity, Xiaomao turned his flying sword around and ordered it to fly toward his guild''s castle.


    "I''m taking your chicken home, munya! If you want him back, do nothing for an hour and press the surrender button, munya! If promise that I won''t eat him or kill him, munya!"


    "Huh?"


    He also heard the desperate cry from his familiar.


    GRAAA!! (HEEEEEELLLPPPP!!)


    "…"


    Speechless, Vermilion furrowed his brows and watched the catopus flying away.


    "What''s next, boss?" One of Vermilion''s subordinates looked back and forth in confusion.


    "… Search for resources, build defensive towers and war factories. We prepare for a siege battle."


    "What about your pet, boss?"


    Vermilion fell into deep thought. He opened his game menu and pressed the friend tab. Then, he searched for Xiaomao''s name and added him as a friend.


    DING


    A few secondster, Xiaomao epted Vermilion''s friend request. Seeing that Xiaomao was willing to talk, Vermilion asked him through a voice chat.


    "What are you doing with my pet?"


    Xiaomao instantly replied, "Harvesting his meat, feathers, and organs for food materials, munya. Oh, don''t worry. I''m healing him to full health every time I cut off his limbs and meat, munya."


    "…"


    Although angry, Vermilion suddenly had an inspiration. He boldly asked Xiaomao.


    "Can you give me some of the feathers and meat?"


    "Of course, as long as you surrender quietly without putting up a fight after the match''s timer is close to zero, munya."


    "Does it taste good? What kind of stats or perks do you get from eating a phoenix?"


    The conversation shocked Vermilion''s subordinates. He looked at their boss with round eyes.


    Vermilion hushed the crowd and turned his attention to the voice chat. Xiaomao took a while to answer this time.


    DING


    Xiaomao posted a screenshot of the description of Cookie''s breast meat and feathers.


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    <strong>Fledgling Phoenix''s Breast Meat</strong>


    This lean cut of meat is a precious material for many legendary medicines and food. Eating it raw can also be beneficial as it is bacteria and virus free!


    <strong>Item Type:</strong> Food, Medicine


    <strong>Rarity:</strong> Legendary


    <strong>Effects:</strong> Eating it raw gives you the following perks;


    - Permanently increase Fire and Light Spiritual Roots by 1,000.


    - Permanently increase Max HP and MP by 10,000.


    - Obtain a permanent abnormal status [Phoenix Curse].


    <strong>*[Phoenix Curse]</strong> – You are a sworn enemy of the phoenix race. All phoenixes will proactively hunt you down to avenge for their kin.


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    <strong>Fledgling Phoenix Down</strong>


    This phoenix''s feather is still young and iplete, but it can be used to heal a fatal injury and remove all status debuffs. Master alchemists can refine it into a resurrection potion if they have enough ingredients.


    <strong>Item Type:</strong> Consumable, Ingredient


    <strong>Rarity:</strong> Legendary


    <strong>Effects:</strong> Eating it raw gives you the following perks;


    - Fully restore all HP and MP.


    - Remove status attribute debuffs.


    - Permanently increase Max HP by 100.


    - Permanently increase Fire and Light Spiritual Roots by 100.


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    After sending the images, Xiaomao gave them a kind offer.


    "10 breast meat, 10 feathers, and your phoenix''s survival for your white g at the 59th minutes. What say you, munya?"


    Vermilion and his subordinates widened their eyes in shock when they saw the description of their mascot''s meat. None of them had thought of extracting meat from their cute phoenix before, and Xiaomao showed them what they had missed in life.


    Everybody regretted not thinking of this earlier. Had they known that their pet was this impressive, they would have raised Cookie as livestock!


    Being enlightened, Vermilion looked at his subordinates.


    "Let''s vote. The meat or the match?"


    "…"


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    Back at Xiaomao''s castle, the catopus and Cookie both listened to the conversation between Vermilion and his subordinate through the voice chat. Those men forgot to turn the chat mic off when they were talking.


    Cookie heard everything while his meat was being extracted. He shed tears of sadness and anger.


    GRAAA!! (Bastard! Don''t ept the bribe and help me! Why are you thinking of taking my meat?!)


    Xiaomao shook his head as he quietly cut two of Cookie''s legs and regenerated them back with his white me spit. Then, he turned off the voice chat microphone.


    "See the true color of your masters, munya? When you''re strong, they rely on you and worship you. When you''ve fallen, they are ready to eat you alive, munya."


    Graa… (I wanna die. I don''t want to live anymore.)


    "Why, munya? Because you''re humiliated or being treated as livestock?"


    GRAAA!! (I don''t want to be eaten by anyone! I''m a supreme being!)


    "But they want your meat now, munya. Even if I let you go, they will surely ill-treat you from now on."


    Cookie red at Xiaomao. Although he was exhausted, he still hated the cat.


    "I have a proposal, munya."


    Graa (What?)


    Xiaomao showed a bottle of sacred water to the phoenix.


    "If I remember correctly, phoenixes need a source of energy and Qi to grow bigger, right?"


    GRAAA! (QI WATER?! WHERE DID YOU GET THAT?!)


    Xiaomao grinned. He stopped cutting Cookie''s meat and rubbed his tentacles like a shady merchant.


    "Why don''t you quit being that guy''s familiar and join my dungeon, munya? I can provide you shelter and the endless source of this water, munya!"