The dark night passed quickly.

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

He first glanced at the soldiers who were guarding the entrance of the cave and pretending to sleep, and immediately asked in an uncertain tone, "You haven't slept all night here?" ”

"Of course, the hosts. Your safety is always paramount, and I can't guarantee that a venomous snake won't crawl through the hole when I fall asleep. The soldier quickly opened his eyes, stood up and saluted.

No doubt.

The sense of responsibility and loyalty he showed surprised Zuo Si greatly.

Zuo Si originally thought that the humanoid creatures summoned by the card were just puppets with no wisdom and thoughts, and would only mechanically obey orders like golems.

But the soldier in front of him behaved not much different from a real living person.

He even needs to eat and sleep to regain his strength, just like a normal person.

Obviously, the creature cards of the traveling mage are definitely not like summoning magic in the spell system, which is simply and rudely summoning a creature from elsewhere to fight or serve the caster through a powerful contract.

It's also not about making a golem-like thing and sealing it inside a card.

Instead, a more complex and esoteric magical technique is used.

It's a pity that Zuo Si hasn't made creature cards himself, so he doesn't know anything about it.

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

The prerequisites for crafting creature cards are extremely harsh.

With the strength he currently possesses, at best, he can try weak chickens such as goblins and kobolds, or domestic cats and dogs that can be domesticated.

What's more, crafting a creature card costs almost three times as much mana as a magic card of the same level.

On top of that, the former's role in combat was far less immediate than the latter's.

Rather than spending precious mana trying to craft creature cards, it's more cost-effective to invest in leveling up your class.

The soldier clearly didn't know what was going on in Zuo Si's mind.

Seeing that he stood there for a long time without moving or speaking, he took the initiative to ask, "Master, are you hungry?" Why don't I catch two fish, or a few eggs for your breakfast? ”

Zuo Si hurriedly shook his head gently: "No, no need." I ate a lot yesterday and I'm not hungry yet. Also, you should be very tired after not sleeping all night, so you should lie down and rest. I'll take care of the breakfast matter myself. ”

"Rest? If I stay and rest, who will keep you safe? A worried look appeared on the soldier's face.

You don't have to ask to know that in his subconscious, protecting the safety of his master is the highest priority of all matters, even more than his own life.

Zuo Si keenly captured this and immediately responded: "Don't worry, I can take care of myself." And I'm not the only one of you. ”

With that, an extra card appeared in his palm out of thin air.

[Creature Card: Beast - Leopard]

[LV1 Green Card (Upgradeable)]

[Card Quality: Normal]

[Effect, summons a large leopard until it is killed or actively cancels the summoning.] You can give simple commands such as attack, retreat, hide, sneak attack, etc., through gestures, but you can't communicate in complex languages. After all, it's just a beast, and you can't expect it to be as smart as a sapient creature.]

[You need to pay 2 green mana, or 2 universal mana]

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

As the creature card activated, a large cat with yellow fur and black spots appeared at the entrance to the cave in an instant.

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

Whether it is the sharp teeth or the claws, it proves that it is a predator in the animal world.

"Roar!"

As soon as it was summoned, the leopard let out a low roar and gently rubbed the back of the summoner's hand to show closeness.

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

It is even comparable to and surpasses some small tigers, such as the Sumatran tiger.

I don't know what kind of special breed it is, or if it has mutated because of the power of magic.

"Well, are you relieved?"

Zuo Si raised his hand and vigorously rubbed the leopard's head, which was about as tall as his shoulder.

Unlike the first summoned human soldier.

This leopard has been following him for a long time and has participated in several brief battles.

So they know each other very well.

Zuo Si, who is a bit of a "Furui control", even gave the leopard a name, called Rhett.

It means "sneak attacker".

After all, who doesn't love a big cat that is smart, fierce and loyal.

Seeing that one person and one leopard were so intimate, the soldier suddenly showed a relieved smile: "I'm relieved to have it there." Be cautious when navigating the bushes around the island, though, as sometimes the humble snake is often more deadly than the beast. ”

"Got it, I'll take notice."

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

Maybe it's in the mage tower in the floating city for too long.

When he saw the green plants and colorful wildflowers around him, he actually felt a sense of relaxation that he had never felt before, and his mood became very happy.

The leopard followed unhurriedly.

As soon as the wind blows, it immediately raises its head and up its ears to look around.

But it turns out that they are squirrels, rabbits, ferrets, foxes and other little guys.

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

The most dangerous and the most numerous are snakes of different lengths and thicknesses.

It didn't take long for Red to bite and eat four half-meter-long small snakes, a large snake one and a half meters long and about as thick as Zuo Si's arm.

For these breakfasts delivered to your door, it has always been a no-no-no.

As for whether these snakes are venomous, it is unknown.

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

When he walked to the beach, Zuo Si, who had exercised in the morning, was also a little hungry, and immediately ordered the "big cat" to get himself two coconuts to make breakfast.

Leopards are known to be good at climbing trees.

The leopard, which has slightly shorter limbs and is strong and powerful, is the trump card of the same kind of good players.

Not to mention picking two coconuts, even if it's dragging a deer about your size up to the treetops.

In the blink of an eye, Red slaps two coconuts down from the top of the tree with the standard "cat-cat fist" and slurps them in front of the owner.

Zuo Si took out a dagger with a silver cold light from his satchel, found the "soft eye" on the coconut shell, and inserted it fiercely.

When pulled out, the sweet coconut water flows out of the holes.

He unceremoniously raised his head and drank a fine drink.

After drinking all the coconut water, it is natural to open the shell and eat the fresh coconut meat inside.

After the two coconuts are in the stomach, there are six or seven points full.

Just when Zuo Si was about to continue to get some fish or bird eggs, he suddenly noticed that a raised mast suddenly appeared on the sea level in the distance.

At the top of the mast there is also a long, thin yellow flag fluttering in the wind.

Got a boat?

A look of surprise appeared on his face.

But soon, this surprise was replaced by doubt.

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

The hull in front of it was wide and round, like the round bellies of fat houses, and it was obviously a merchant ship designed and built to increase its carrying capacity.

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

The distance between the two is about a few hundred meters.

The latter is clearly trying to catch up with the former, while the former, on the contrary, is trying to escape as best he can.

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