Reincarnated as a bamboo rat, it begins its extreme survival struggle.

Seeing that Wim had come all the way to accompany Bell to the Hunter's Guild, Angie naturally wouldn't treat Bell lightly.

He sensed the life force emanating from the large wooden crate Bell had brought, and a guess arose in his mind.

Bell didn't waste any more words, opened the wooden box, and confirmed Angie's suspicions.

"I've heard that your Hunter's Guild has some pretty good animal trainers, so I've come to find suitable owners for these puppies."

The wooden crate was tilted slightly, and the six fire-chewing hyenas wagged their tails and ran around the Hunter's Guild's reception room. But after a short while, they returned to Bell's feet after wandering around for a while.

Seeing the docile-looking fire-chewing hyena, Angie's eyes widened. He took a deep breath and carefully asked Bell to confirm:

"Mr. Ning means... you want to sell these six fire-chewing hyena pups?"

"Ah."

In response to Angie's question, Bell calmly hummed in response, causing an eerie silence to fall over the room.

Angie paused for a second, then her voice immediately rose eight octaves.

"Please wait a moment, I will inform Director Julianne immediately!"

After saying this, Angie strode out and took out a huge, round conch shell from the Hunter's Guild's office on the third floor, pressing it to his ear.

These conch shells come in pairs, one male and one female. Through advanced magical processing, they can be transformed into communication devices. By inputting magic, the two conches can connect and communicate via voice.

"Director Julianne, please come to the guild headquarters immediately. Someone has brought six excellent-quality Fire-Chewing Hyena cubs for trade, and we need your decision..."

"fifteen minutes."

Before An

After Ji finished speaking, the other end of the communication cable was immediately disconnected.

At this moment, Wim, who was in the reception room, also explained the composition of the Hunter's Guild's board of directors to Belko.

Unlike agricultural guilds, where council members rise to positions based on contributions and abilities, this is a relatively relaxed and leisurely guild.

The Hunter's Guild's council members are mainly divided into three factions, based on the different professions within the Hunter class.

As the most versatile traditional hunter faction, it has the most council members and the largest share of power and resources, accounting for a full third. Meanwhile, the beast tamers and trappers, who have advanced to the next class, each account for one-fifth.

These three major factions control most of the guild's resources.

The remaining council members are from several less popular hunter-related professions. These people generally share one characteristic: they are exceptionally skilled in combat. There are also some honorary council members who have also studied the hunter profession. Honorary council members are basically powerful life-skill practitioners with little real power.

"When a group of people are together, simple things become complicated, which is something I'm not good at thinking about."

After hearing Wim's description, Bell only replied with this one sentence.

Wim wholeheartedly agreed. As a council member of the Agricultural Guild, the largest guild, he knew all too well how difficult it was to manage once a large number of people formed factions and entanglements.

He still remembered how much opposition the farmers who had stockpiled grain voiced when the senior bard, whom the agricultural guild had sponsored and trained, used "Song of Spring" to save farmland on a large scale after the locust plague.

Just then, a cry of an eagle suddenly rang out directly above the Hunter's Guild.

A powerful eagle cry caused the fire-chewing hyena pups that were playing and frolicking around Bell to bristle and instantly huddle together, hiding behind Bell.

As the king of the bamboo forest, Bear Grylls was able to ignore the imposing presence contained in the eagle's cry.

After the sound, everyone in the room turned their heads toward the window.

A golden eagle with a wingspan of five meters and feathers that looked like they were cast in metal flashed past the window.

A woman grabbed the golden eagle's claw with one arm, and as it swung past the window, she swung slightly and jumped directly into the room, her movements incredibly graceful.

"Long time no see, Director Julianne."

The woman who jumped into the room was wearing a bodysuit, leather protective gear on her hands, and a short dagger at her waist.

She was efficient and, after entering the room, she simply greeted everyone and got straight to the point, fixing her gaze on Belle.

Julianne knew that the man in front of her had brought those exceptionally fine fire-chewing hyenas.

"Are you selling these fire-chewing hyenas? Name your price."

Julianne spoke calmly and indifferently. After she finished speaking, the golden eagle that had flown in with her landed directly by the window. Its huge claws crushed the eaves and walls as easily as if it were tofu.

The golden eagle's imposing presence made Julianne's calm tone difficult to resist.

In this situation, Angie, who had summoned her, could only smile wryly. He knew that this woman was always domineering, and few in Cangxing City could control her.

Despite being a woman and having a relatively lowly profession as a beast tamer, Julianne is one of the most powerful monsters in Azure Star City.

Wim, sitting on the sofa, frowned upon seeing this display. Bell was someone he had brought, and Julianne's actions were undoubtedly a disrespect to him.

Although he was no match for Julianne, Wim prepared to intervene and block the powerful aura she was unleashing.

In an instant, the strange coat on Wim's body, made of demonized silkwormweed, came to life at high speed, and the aura of a plant manipulator rose steadily.

Chapter 136 The Rules Are for Beasts to Choose Humans

Wim's assertiveness did not deter Julianne from backing down in the slightest.

She merely raised her eyebrows slightly, and immense pressure instantly gathered and pressed down on Wim.

“Director Julianne, please restrain yourself!”

Standing right in the middle of the confrontation between the two sides, the miserable trap master Angie was covered in sweat and had a bitter face as he tried to persuade his mistress to calm down for a while.

But judging from Julianne's expression, she has already ignored Angie.

This situation arose because the difference in strength between Julianne and Angie was too great. Given Julianne's personality, Angie was already beyond human.

As for how big the gap in strength is, according to the information shown in Bell's [Information Insight], even if Angie were to boldly prepare a trap, he would still have a hard time defeating Julianne.

Julianne

Race: human

grade:

Health Points: 600 (Shared Health)

Mental strength:

Magic Power: 800 (Shared Magic Power)

Skills: [Symbiosis with Beasts], [Master of Combat], [Dagger Mastery], [Archery Mastery], [Resilient Life], [Combat Intuition]

Occupations: [Beast Tamer], [Martial Artist]

Beastmasters and plant manipulators share similar professional skills. Wim coexists with a large number of extraordinary plants, gains attribute bonuses from these plants, and manipulates them in battle.

Julianne also used a similar skill, gaining a lot of attribute bonuses from her animal companions, but unlike Wim who could command a large number of extraordinary plants, she only had one animal companion, the golden-feathered eagle behind her.

Those in the Beast Tamer faction within the Hunter's Guild knew that Julianne was pursuing a path of symbiosis with beasts.

Symbiosis with animals is the way to gain the most physical attributes from animal companions among the beast tamer's professional skills, but the cost is that if the animal companion dies, the beast tamer will be severely affected, ranging from injury to death on the spot.

Therefore, Julianne did not have many animal companions, only the Golden Feathered Eagle, which was powerful enough and had a strong ability to survive.

She doesn't really need animal companions as her main fighting force because Julianne is strong enough on her own.

She was used to being arrogant in Cangxing City, relying on her own combat strength.

Besides being a beast tamer, Julianne is also a martial artist, and she is highly skilled in this field. Her master-level combat abilities, along with a range of skills to aid in battle, make her one of the strongest in Azure Star City.

"Ugh, my head hurts."

Seeing the momentum of both sides escalating, Bell knew that if he continued to sit there idly, finding a new home for the fire hyena pups today wouldn't go very smoothly.

Moreover, Wim, whose aura had been surging, had become a vegetable, with all sorts of strange plants sprouting from under his coat. But if a real fight broke out, Bell was sure that Wim wouldn't last three rounds against Julianne.

"Alright, Director Wim, we're not here to fight."

Bale patted Wim's lower back, signaling that he didn't need to keep pushing. The guy's size had increased many times since he became a vegetable, and Bale couldn't control Edu to pat his shoulder.

Want to maintain

With M's breath subsiding, Bell had to find a way to counter Julianne's overwhelming pressure.

Frankly speaking, Bale couldn't directly confront Julianne's momentum. After all, even if Bale went all out, he couldn't withstand her head-on.

But at this time, his identity as the King of Bel Bamboo Forest becomes the key to breaking the deadlock.

Unleashing the aura of the [Beast King], it directly impacted the golden-feathered eagle behind Julianne.

This enormous bird, with a wingspan of five meters, was incredibly imposing and of a high level. It was even stronger than the Fire-Chewing Hyena King that Bell had seen, and was a powerful existence among the overlord-level magical beasts.

Unfortunately, this golden-feathered eagle was neither the king of its kind nor the ruler of any region.

The oppressive aura emanating from the bamboo forest caused the golden-feathered eagle's momentum to falter.

In that stagnant, tiny space, Bell's mental energy quietly pierced Julianne's aura, causing it to become chaotic.

This unexpected turn of events caused Julianne to frown, and everyone in the room sensed a discord in the previously assertive aura, ultimately leading Julianne to withdraw her powerful presence.

"They hide their true intentions, but they have some real skills."

Looking back at the Golden Feathered Eagle, Juliana instantly deduced how Bell had broken her imposing aura: the Beast Symbiosis school had a much stronger perception of animal companions than other schools.

She could sense a magical barrier around Bell, which concealed his presence and altered his appearance, but Julianne had no intention of removing it.

"Hey, you can break my aura? Let's set a time for a duel."

"what?!"