The dust and smoke dissipated.

Joey then realized that Little Black, who had been on her back, was gone.

"Little Black! Little Black!"

Joey called out to the surroundings.

"Meow!"

A black figure suddenly emerged from the red dragon's corpse; it was none other than Little Black.

This time it really came out from inside; the huge hole pierced by the Dragon-Slaying Pestle was its passageway.

"Friend, it seems your kitten ate the heart I wanted!"

The man's voice was very close to Joey, who, along with Sergeant Medes, had already approached.

"ah?"

"I don't know!"

"Actually... I mean, if... if I said I'm not very familiar with this little black cat, would you believe me?"

Joey looked embarrassed. They had already reached a deal on how to divide the spoils, but Xiao Hei suddenly broke the agreement, which put Joey in a difficult position.

What do you think?

"I saw it lying on your back the whole time!"

The man's words were cold; he clearly didn't like Joey's joke.

"Um... um... can I make it up to you?"

"Then give this cat to me!"

Without hesitation, the man responded immediately after hearing Joey's response.

It wasn't that the man didn't want anything else, but as a professional hunter, he keenly sensed that the little black cat's aura was unusual; it wasn't an ordinary house cat. If he could catch it and make it his pet, even without the red dragon's heart, he wouldn't feel like he'd lost out.

"no!"

Joey didn't hesitate. Little Black had brought him a lot of good luck, so how could he give it away to someone else?

"Then give me ten gold coins, and we'll call it even!"

The man probably anticipated Joey's response and immediately changed his tune.

"How many?"

Joey could hardly believe her ears, so she asked again.

"If you think that's too much, then give me eight gold coins!"

When Joey pressed him for details, the man, somewhat embarrassed, immediately changed the quantity.

"It's a deal!"

Joey was quite pleased with himself. He was delighted to have already captured the red dragon and to be able to get to know this formidable man for eight gold coins.

He simply took out eight gold coins and handed them to the man.

"Well……"

The man suddenly regretted not giving enough gold coins, having received them so readily.

However, he also became curious about Joey's identity. There weren't many people in this world who could casually pull out eight gold coins; at least, he had never met anyone like that.

"By the way, my name is Joey Brown. May I ask your last name?"

“Reb, Reb Soros, a hunter!”

"hunter?"

"Yes, I'm a Hunter x Hunter, a Beast Master Hunter, so the owl and the tortoise are my pets!"

"Wow, he's so handsome! How can I become a hunter?"

Joey's eyes were full of enthusiasm.

"You want to become a hunter?"

Reibu's tone was full of confusion, as if to say, "Is this guy stupid?"

"Yeah, what's wrong? Having so many pets around makes me feel incredibly safe!"

"Being a hunter is an expensive profession, I don't recommend you learn it!"

Considering that Joey had been quite generous with his offer, Reeb kindly offered a word of advice.

"Spend money? Money is meant to be spent!"

For Joey, who was already rolling in money, he already considered himself a tycoon, and now it was time to show off.

"Have you made up your mind?"

"I'm absolutely certain!"

Joey had already imagined himself dominating the world with a group of pets.

"Alright, I see we have a connection and you have good talent, so I'll sell you this Hunter Job Change Contract cheap!"

"Hunter Job Change Contract?"

"Uh...you didn't know?"

"I...of course I know!"

To save face, Joey started making casual remarks again.

"Then... I'll give you twenty gold coins!"

A hint of uncertainty flashed in Reibu's eyes.

"So, if I get this contract, I can become a hunter?"

"Didn't you say you knew? Of course!"

"Okay, I'll buy it!"

Joey deftly pulled out the gold coins. This is how carefree the lives of the rich are. It seems that these high-class professions are indeed not something ordinary farmers can do. If it were the old him, still worrying about rent for a few silver coins, he really wouldn't dare to dream of such a thing.

"for you!"

Reibu handed him a parchment scroll.

"this……"

Joey unfolded the parchment, but it was covered with text composed of animal images that he couldn't understand at all.

"Drip a drop of your own blood onto it, and establish a pact with the great Beast King!"

Joey's bewilderment was entirely within Reeb's expectations, after all, he had been through the same thing back then.

Joey didn't delay. He followed Reeb's advice, bit his thumb, and pressed it onto the parchment.

Buzz—

A beam of white light flew out from the parchment and entered Joey's forehead.

"It's done!"

When Reeb saw the white light fly into Joey's brow, he relaxed.

That's it?

"Why do I feel like nothing has changed?"

Joey didn't feel like he was a hunter at all; he only felt that his hearing seemed a little more acute than before, but nothing else had changed.

"Then you're a special case for this cat. You'll understand once you see it doing other things!"

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