"Don't worry, it just likes you." Duan Linzhou noticed Lin Hu's nervousness, tightened his grip on her hand, and gently stroked the soft flesh of her palm with his fingertips.
"Why does it like me?" Lin Hu continued to ask, when suddenly the leopard licked his hand, which was hanging by his side, and he was so startled that he quickly put his hand into his coat pocket.
“Because I like you, it can sense it, and... you have my scent on you.” Duan Linzhou walked ahead, his expression unreadable, and his words sounded as if he were saying something completely ordinary.
Lin Hu, who was being led behind, secretly blushed with annoyance.
I never expected that Brother Duan could say sweet nothings.
When Lin Hu sat down in the living room, he had calmed down. The two little ones were sitting at the other end of the sofa watching TV, completely absorbed.
In the animated film, the character is oblivious to their surroundings.
After Lin Hu sat down, Leopard approached and sat down in front of Lin Hu, resting its head on Lin Hu's knees and squeezing most of its body into the gap between the sofa and the coffee table.
"How was the contract made?" Lin Hu asked, tentatively reaching out to touch the leopard's head.
The leopard, who had been intently watching Lin Hu's appearance with its large, bright blue eyes, closed its eyes and reached out to nuzzle Lin Hu's palm when it saw a hand reaching out.
“I met you a couple of days ago when you had just woken up from your coma. I was doing a quest when I encountered you.” Duan Linzhou said, his gaze towards the black panther softening.
Two days ago, Duan Linzhou received a quest to kill 100 level-four mutated beasts. After completing the quest, his supernatural abilities were almost completely depleted.
He sat under a pine tree to rest, planning to use the remaining time to continue exploring after his powers recovered.
But then he heard something fall down in the woods, making a sound not far from him. It was probably some kind of beast tide. Duan Linzhou had just calmed down a little when he was forced to get up and go to check.
If nothing's wrong, that's fine; if something does happen, he can just teleport back.
Duan Linzhou saw the black shadow lying in the snow from a distance, some snowflakes already covering its body.
Duan Linzhou observed for a while, and seeing no movement, he cautiously went up to check.
It turned out to be a level 6 mutated beast. The surrounding traces and atmosphere were very large, so it should be a big guy, but all we found was such a small thing.
It must have shrunk to save energy.
Duan Linzhou originally planned to kill the black panther, take the crystal core, and leave, but the next second, the black panther suddenly exhaled a breath of hot air.
Duan Linzhou looked at the black panther's appearance and the faint flames on its body.
Actually, killing it should have yielded suitable crystal cores and weapons for him, but for some reason, he suddenly thought of Boss Zhou.
Finally, Duan Linzhou set up a fire next to the black leopard and left.
The leopard has a keen sense of smell and a nimble body. After recovering, it followed the scent to find Duan Linzhou.
When it found Duan Linzhou, he was fighting a level 5 red-eyed one-legged crane.
Duan Linzhou's superpowers had not fully recovered, and he was clearly struggling against a level 5 opponent with full health.
However, because he urgently needed crystal cores to advance to level six, and happened to encounter a suitable one with a way to retreat, he dared to go up and challenge it.
As Duan Linzhou was about to be overwhelmed and was about to retreat, a flaming whip struck the foot of the Fire-Eyed One-Legged Crane.
The fiery-eyed one-legged crane stumbled and fell to the ground. The man and the crane looked at the one who had attacked.
Only then did they realize that it wasn't a whip at all, but a tail as thick as an adult man's thigh.
At this moment, the black panther was engulfed in flames, making it impossible to tell that its fur was black, and Duan Linzhou did not recognize it.
Judging from his physique, he could only guess that his strength was at level six. Since the other party had just saved him, he didn't think they were there to cause him trouble, so he didn't continue to confirm "end mission" on the light screen.
Black Panther stood in front of Duan Linzhou, its size far exceeding that of Fire-Eyed One-Legged Crane.
The black panther raised its front paw and slapped down, perhaps due to the overwhelming difference in their levels, or perhaps because it had been injured in its battle with Duan Linzhou.
The fiery-eyed one-legged crane couldn't dodge; its wing was struck, it lost its balance, and it fell to the ground, flapping its wings.
"Gah—Gah—" The Fire-Eyed One-Legged Crane flapped its wings, trying to stand up, its sharp beak opening and closing, making a hissing sound due to pain.
Just as Black Panther was about to deliver another blow, annoyed by the noise, Duan Linzhou called out in time, "Wait, I'll handle this."
Black Panther stopped his claws, which were already swinging in the air, and looked at Duan Linzhou with a confused expression.
Duan Linzhou thought to himself that it was alright.
If the black panther were to strike with its claws, all that would be left is the crystal core; there would be no other rewards.
Duan Linzhou plunged his knife into the eye of the Fire-Eyed One-Legged Crane, and a message immediately popped up on the system interface.
[Ding! Congratulations on successfully defeating a Level 5 Fire-Eyed One-Legged Crane. Do you wish to dismantle it?]
Duan Linzhou immediately clicked "yes" and received a fiery red level 5 crystal core, a blueprint for a mid-level flame pistol, two diamond treasure chests, and some experience points.
In the adventure, the rewards, except for crystal cores and blueprints, are all doubled, so he now has four diamond treasure chests.
The rewards now seem to have been weakened by the survival system, and diamond chests are rarely seen anymore.
Just as he was immersed in joy, a heavy thud sounded behind him, accompanied by the sound of snowflakes that were not yet fully compacted being blown away by the blast wave.
Duan Linzhou turned around and saw the black panther that had turned back into an ordinary black panther. Only then did he recognize it as the one he had encountered before.
However, because snowflakes had been covering it, he hadn't gotten too close and hadn't noticed that the black panther was covered in wounds.
Duan Linzhou hadn't expected his unintentional action to have such an effect, and now he was genuinely worried about the leopard that had just helped him get the reward.
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