When the sun slowly rose from the sea level in the east, Zuo Si finally woke up from his sleep.

He first glanced at the soldier who was dozing at the entrance of the cave, and immediately asked in an uncertain tone: "You have been guarding here all night without sleeping?"

"Of course, master. Your safety is always the most important thing. I can't guarantee that there won't be any poisonous snakes crawling in from the cave after I fall asleep." The soldier quickly opened his eyes, stood up and saluted.

Without a doubt.

Zuo Si was very surprised by the sense of responsibility and loyalty he showed.

Zuo Si originally thought that the humanoid creatures summoned by the cards were just puppets without any intelligence or thoughts, and would only obey orders mechanically like golems.

But the soldiers in front of him behaved no differently from real living people.

He even needs to eat and sleep to restore his strength like a normal person.

Obviously, the creature cards of the Planeswalker are definitely not like the summoning magic in the conjuration system, which simply and crudely summons a creature from other places to fight or serve the caster through a powerful contract.

It is also not about making something like a puppet and sealing it in a card.

Instead, a more complex and profound magical technique was used.

Unfortunately, Zuo Si had never made creature cards himself, so he knew nothing about this.

It’s not that I don’t want to, but that I can’t.

The prerequisites for making creature cards are extremely strict.

With the power he currently possesses, at best he can try weaklings like goblins and ogres, or domesticated animals like cats and dogs.

What's more, the mana consumed to create a creature card is almost three times that of a magic card of the same level.

Most importantly, the former's effect in combat is far less immediate than the latter's.

Rather than spending precious mana trying to make creature cards, it is more cost-effective to invest it in upgrading your profession level.

The soldier obviously had no idea what was going on in Zuo Si's mind.

Seeing that he had been standing there for a long time without moving or speaking, he took the initiative to ask: "Master, are you hungry? How about I go catch two fish, or pick up some bird eggs for you as breakfast?"

Zuo Si quickly shook his head and said, "No, that's not necessary. I had a full meal yesterday and I'm not hungry now. Besides, you must be very tired after not sleeping all night, so you should lie down and rest. I'll take care of the breakfast myself."

"Rest? If I stay to rest, who will protect your safety?" A worried expression appeared on the soldier's face.

Needless to say, in his subconscious, protecting his master's safety is the top priority of all things, even more than his own life.

Zuo Si keenly grasped this point and immediately responded: "Don't worry, I can take care of myself. And you are not my only subordinate."

After saying that, a card appeared out of thin air in his palm.

[Creature Card: Beast - Leopard]

[LV1 Green Card (Upgradable)]

[Card Quality: Ordinary]

[Effect: Summons a large leopard until it is killed or canceled. You can give it simple commands through gestures, such as attack, retreat, hide, sneak attack, etc., but it cannot communicate in complex language. After all, it is just a beast, you can't expect it to be as smart as an intelligent creature.]

[Using this card requires two green mana points, or two general mana points]

[When the summoned leopard is killed, the card automatically enters the graveyard and waits for rebirth for one day]

As the creature card was activated, a large feline with yellow fur and black spots all over its body instantly appeared at the entrance of the cave.

Including the tail, it is probably over 2.8 meters long, with a slightly round head, relatively short but strong limbs, and weighs about 150 kilograms.

Whether it is sharp teeth or claws, they all prove its status as a predator in the animal world.

"roar!"

As soon as it was summoned, the leopard immediately growled and gently rubbed the back of the summoner's hand to show its closeness.

It can be seen that it is much larger than the leopards on Earth.

It is even comparable to or even surpasses some smaller tigers, such as the Sumatran tiger.

It is not known what special species it is, or whether individual mutations have occurred due to the power of magic.

"How about it, are you relieved now?"

Zuo Si raised his hand and rubbed the leopard's head, which was almost as high as his shoulders.

Different from the human soldiers summoned the first time.

So they are very familiar with each other.

Zuo Si, who is a bit of a "Fruit Fan", even gave the leopard a name, Red.

It means "sneak attacker".

After all, who doesn't like a smart, fierce and loyal big cat?

Seeing the close relationship between the man and the leopard, the soldier immediately smiled with relief: "With it here, I feel relieved. But you still have to be careful when walking near the bushes on the island. Sometimes, inconspicuous venomous snakes are often more deadly than wild beasts."

"Got it. I'll pay attention to it."

Zuo Si waved his hand, turned around and took the leopard down the mountain road.

Maybe it's because I was locked up in the wizard tower in the floating city for too long.

When he saw the green plants and colorful wild flowers around him, he actually felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation and his mood became very happy.

The leopard followed behind slowly.

At the slightest sign of trouble, it will immediately raise its head, prick up its ears and look around.

But what we often find are small creatures like squirrels, rabbits, weasels, and foxes.

As the soldiers had judged last night, there were no large land creatures on the island.

The most dangerous and most numerous are snakes of various lengths and thicknesses.

Before long, Red had killed and eaten four half-meter-long small snakes and a large snake that was one and a half meters long and almost as thick as Zuo Si's arm.

It has always accepted all the breakfasts that were delivered to its door.

It is unknown whether these snakes are poisonous.

Anyway, as long as you don't get bitten, it doesn't really make much difference whether it's poisonous or not.

When they reached the beach, Zuo Si felt a little hungry after his morning exercise, so he immediately ordered "Big Cat" to get him two coconuts for breakfast.

As we all know, leopards are good at climbing trees.

The leopard, with its short, strong limbs, is the trump card among the best of its kind.

Not to mention picking two coconuts, even dragging a deer as big as himself to the top of the tree would be a piece of cake.

In the blink of an eye, Red used the standard "cat punch" to knock two coconuts down from the top of the tree and then brought them to his owner.

Zuo Si took out a dagger that was flashing with cold silver light from his bag, found the "soft eye" on the coconut shell, and stabbed it hard.

When it is pulled out, sweet coconut juice will flow out from the small hole.

He tilted his head back without hesitation and drank it all up in one gulp.

After drinking all the coconut milk, the natural next step is to peel off the shell and eat the fresh coconut meat inside.

After eating two coconuts, I feel about 60% full.

Just when Zuo Si was about to go get some more fish or bird eggs, he suddenly noticed an upright mast appearing on the sea level in the distance.

There is also a thin and long yellow flag on the top of the mast fluttering in the wind.

Have a boat?

A look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

But soon, this surprise was replaced by doubt.

Because as the distance got closer, Zuo Si could clearly see that it was not just one ship, but two ships.

The hull of the ship in front is broad and round, just like the round belly of fat guys. It is obviously a merchant ship designed and built to increase its carrying capacity.

Not far behind, approaching rapidly, was a slender and very fast warship.

The distance between the two is probably several hundred meters.

The latter was obviously trying to catch up with the former, while the former was just the opposite and was trying his best to escape.

In order to reduce weight and increase their speed, some sailors carried heavy stones like ballast stones and threw them into the sea.

(End of this chapter)