My Summons Are Mythical Beasts

Lucas naturally asked as he wanted to determine the value of the beasts that he will hunt in the future.

Although Shelsea and the others had their own channels to sell the beasts they hunted, Lucas was different and he knew that he could not always rely on their help.

Finding his own channel to sell his hunts was just natural.

The woman's eyes lit up the moment she heard Lucas' words.

Normally, one would need to have an official contract or a position in the shop before a summoner could sell their hunted beast in her store.

However, even though there were a lot of strong summoners in Serene City, not all of them actually sold their hunted beasts in the market.

Most of the strong summoners also belonged to a clan or a powerful family, hence, there would be a need for them to sell the beast they hunted to other shops.

The select few who sold the beasts they hunted in the open market were few and they were also not that good, oftentimes, just delivering an inferior quality meat every two weeks or so.

Although there were a lot of summoners that signed a contract with her to supply the beast meats in her store, the supply could just barely meet the demand of the consumers.

This week, she even noticed that there were a lot of the sumoners that signed a working contract but had yet to submit the beasts they just hunted.

As far as she knew, this was due to them trying to search for the Gobbling Toad in the Western Swamp.

The terms in the contract she offered were not strict. There were a lot of stores selling beast meat in the market, and if she was not careful with her terms, the summoners could end up leaving her for good and jump to another store.

In her shop's contract, a summoner only needs to submit one beast per two weeks. However, even if they could not submit anything that week, as long as they could submit at least one beast per month, the summoner would still receive their wage.

And if they do submit a beast, the shop would buy it at a fair price, making it extremely favorable to the beast hunters.

It was also due to this situation that she could not hastily increase the quota of hunters in her shop. Hence, even with the situation regarding the Gobbling Toad, she still did not try to get rid of any of the beast hunters.

In the end, she could only grit her teeth and allow them to receive wages even though they were essentially not doing what they were supposed to do.

Looking at Lucas who was clearly just a rookie, she sighed and decided to explain the shop's terms to him.

"I see, that's pretty favorable to the hunters. For the prices of the beast meat, how should it be handled?"

"We buy them according to the current market price. Of course, depending on the beast, prices may vary. If a rare beast is found, and no predetermined price has been set yet, we could price it however we want. But of course, we must be prudent and still must adhere to the meat's real value, else, it would just go to waste as no one would bother to buy them."

She paused for a bit and beckoned for Lucas to come over to the counter.

She took a catalog containing all the beasts they could buy and their usual prices before saying, "Most of the beasts within the First Lord's protection are recorded here, and where they could be usually found or hunted. There are also records of beasts that are outside of the First Lord's protection, but unless you are strong enough, I suggest not going there. Of course, beasts outside the area of the First Lord's protection are more valuable as they only appear seldomly in the open market."

"Only those in the clans or family's had the force, and are powerful enough to venture out of the First Lord's sphere of protection."

Hearing that the thick book contained all the beasts within the range of the First Lord's protection, Lucas' eyes could not help but lit up.

He was about to reach out his hands and open the first page of the book, but the woman was quick enough to retract the book out of his way with a smile.

"Of course, one could not easily read and obtain the information contained in here just like that," she said, a victorious smile was just a short moment of surfacing on her face.

Knowledge was valuable, especially in a place like this where numerous beasts roam around the earth daily.

Lucas understood it very well as well.

The woman smiled knowingly, "In addition to 400 Gold Coins, our hunters could also ready all the contents inside this book for free. Of course, they could only do it inside the store, and not anywhere else. No matter how much, or what they memorize, and how they intend to use it, that's already theirs to decide."

"What do you think? Do you want to become our store's official hunter?"

Lucas thought for a bit and recalled the information he knew about the store.

In truth, what the woman had offered was just for the basic contract. For those who have the right strength, the basic salary of 400 Gold Coins per month would naturally increase, the woman had explained it very well as well.

From the information he knew, the basic salary of this store was actually quite much compared to the other stores. It was said that most stores only offer around 300 to 350 Gold Coins per month.

After hesitating for a bit, Lucas finally nodded his head in affirmation.

"What should I do to become a hunter for your store?"

Of course, Lucas knew that getting hired as a hunter was not that easy. Else, the ratio of summoners of being hunters would explode compared to those summoners who were not.

She nodded her head and said, "It's good that you ask."

"We don't just randomly hire summoners to become our hunters. To become one and receive the salary and treatment of being one, you must do a simple trial first."

Lucas nodded his head in understanding.

"Right, I forgot to ask, what's your name? My name's Amara by the way. Since you are younger than me, you may just call me Sister Amara. I am also the owner of this store, not just a mere manager," she said proudly.

Lucas nodded his head and replied, "Alright, Sister Amara. You can call me Lucas."

Amara was already in her late thirties. Although she was wearing a loose dress, Lucas could still tell the vague silhouette of her voluptuous figure behind it.

Like any other summoner, she was also gorgeous and pretty in her own right.

"Okay. So Lucas, here's what you need to do," Amara opened the book and flipped one page after the other.

After arriving at the desired page, she nodded her head and turned the book so that it now faced Lucas.

"Like I said, it's fairly simple. Just hunt this beast, and you will be good to go. I don't care if you go solo or go with a team. As long as this beast is hunted and you present it to me after no more than a week, then I'll gladly accept you as one of my store's hunters."

"Of course, if you are successful, I will still buy the meat of that beast with the regular price."

Lucas turned his attention to the beast listed on the page that she was showing.

With a quick glance, Lucas saw a very detailed information of the beast.

It was an Iron Grade Dwarf Swine. Depending on the age, its rank may vary. They will also reach Iron Star 5 the moment they turn into adults.

Aside from the name, its location and its abilities, the page also contained some other information like how to track and hunt them easily.

If successful with the hunt, the page also contained instructions on what should be done next to avoid spoiling the meat of the beast, and to preserve its unique taste that customers liked.

Lucas read the information thoroughly and memorized all that he could. Fortunately, he was not that bad in terms of memorization skills.

If his phone did not break, though, one snap of the camera and he would be able to see the information time and time again without a problem.

Lucas lamented inside his heat as he read the information.

However, knowing that Amara was still waiting for his decision, Lucas paused for a bit and turned to look at her.

"Alright, I'll do my best."

Amara smiled and reached out her hand toward him,"Good. I hope we become partners soon."

Lucas shook her hand and then went to a corner to sit so that he could memorie all the details regarding the Dwarf Swine.

Amara just looked at him casually reading the information, seemingly not worried of him accessing other information aside from the Dwarf Swine.

A few moments later, Lucas returned the book of edible beasts to Amara.

Since he was not an official worker of the shop yet, Lucas did not try to read the other information contained inside the book.

Aside from the fact that it was not ethical, Lucas could also tell that his soon-to-be boss was observing his every move.

After he returned the book to Amara, Lucas pointed at one of the meat displayed on the counter and decided to buy it.

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A/N: End of month is fast approaching. I will record the number 1 top fan on December 31, 2024, 10:00 pm gmt +8 time.