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A trace of power gathered around Nighthowl. Roughly a thousand monsters like these would be enough for him to level up.
Got it.
Above Nighthowl’s head, a full moon flickered into existence.
The sky over the town was cloudy and dim. It was not even night. Yet a massive moon hung overhead.
A crack opened in the moon, and a gigantic eye emerged, staring straight down at every living being below.
The next moment, the eye blinked.
All the Fang Imps in the town were crushed by spatial pressure, pulverized so completely that not even bones remained.
“You have killed Fang Imps x99 p>
“You have killed Giant Fang Imp x1.
“You have cleared the dungeon: Clear Time: 9 seconds p>
“Would you like to save the current record? The current clearing party is: Shattered Dawn p>
Joanna froze for a split second.
Then she screamed.
“Nighthowl, you’re way, way, way too amazing. Good boy. Mwah p>
She rubbed his head hard and planted several loud kisses on the top of his fluffy head.
She was officially becoming a dog person.
Oh my God!
She could already one-shot Fang Imps herself, but they were scattered all over the town. The whole place stretched about a mile long, and checking house by house would take at least half an hour.
This time, it took nine seconds.
Was that a forbidden spell?
Of course not. It was just his talent, Celestial Gaze.
One move, and every monster in the dungeon was gone.
Joanna immediately saved the dungeon record.
Now her party had one cleared dungeon record. They needed four more to meet the SAT pre-registration requirements.
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With Nighthowl’s strength and damage output, the other dungeons should also be easy clears.
Unfortunately, the Fang Imp dungeon was incredibly poor. Not a single piece of equipment dropped.
“It’s fine. No drops or not, we can still collect other stuff. Let’s go, let’s go p>
Joanna was extremely familiar with dungeon looting and immediately started scavenging.
The first house had a string of dried chili peppers hanging on the door. In the Space Alliance, these counted as edible spices. Each chili was worth 8 Starcoins, and there were 300 of them. That was 2,400 Starcoins.
The backyard of the second house was abandoned, but after careful digging, they found potatoes buried underground. Potatoes were sold by weight, 30 Starcoins per pound. There were about 100 pounds total.
Then came the third house.
A large jar of pickled cabbage that had not gone bad yet.
After that, they found 30 heads of napa cabbage, a basket of dried green beans, dried mushrooms, tomatoes that were dented and chewed but still edible, 25 cucumbers, a terrified old hen, and 5 eggs.
Altogether, these items could be sold for around 20,000 Starcoins.
Normally, this kind of food would be kept for the team to eat.
Each player’s basic spatial backpack provided by the system was only about 35 cubic feet, with a maximum weight limit of 100 pounds.
Extra spatial storage cost money. One additional cubic feet cost 5 million Starcoins.
No one on, the Dawnbreaker team had ever unlocked extra space. They were not even willing to clean out their inventories, which caused resources to be wasted in every dungeon run.
This time, they took everything.
“We’ll keep the chicken to eat later. We’ll sell everything else. That covers the entry fee and still leaves us with an extra 2,000 p>
Most importantly, Nighthowl gained another 10% experience.
After ten runs like this, he could level up.
But doing it this way was really not cost-effective at all.
“Nighthowl, how often could you use that kind of ability p>
An ability that looked like a forbidden spell had to consume a huge amount of mana, or at least have a very long cooldown.
Nighthowl tilted his fluffy wolf head, clearly confused by Joanna’s question.
After running a dungeon, his contracted companion looked much better. That faint, hard-to-describe charm was radiating from her again.
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She must really like running dungeons.
Nighthowl suddenly understood.
“There’s no limit p>
Celestial Gaze was his talent.
A talent is something you are born with.
How could it have restrictions?
Joanna opened her mouth.
Then it hit her again. She had really latched onto a powerhouse.
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“Then I’ll be counting on you. We’ll farm this kind of dungeon a few more times. Building capital is always hard at the start, but once we get stronger and have more money, we can challenge better dungeons. Things will only get better p>
Either way was fine with him.
Nighthowl nodded his fluffy head.
Joanna rubbed his head, and the heavy pressure in her chest eased a lot.
Next, she spent another 10,000 Starcoins and entered the Fang Imp dungeon again.
This time, there were two extra eggs among the supplies. On top of that, the Giant Fang Imp actually dropped a necklace.
“Fang Imp Necklace (Common-tier p>
It was made of bluish-purple beads and looked dirty, instantly reminding her of the Fang Imp’s skin color.
But accessories were worth twice as much as other equipment. A normal Common-tier item sold for only 5,000 Starcoins, but a necklace slot item sold for 20,000 Starcoins.
This was a huge profit.
Once they left the dungeon, Joanna sold the necklace right away.
After clearing eight more dungeon runs, Joanna had more money than she expected.
She now had 45,297 Starcoins.
Of course, there were also ten old hens in the Stellar Dominion. Those were not for sale and were meant to be eaten, otherwise the total would have been even higher.
With the final dungeon cleared, Nighthowl reached Level 1.
“Your contracted companion, Nighthowl, has leveled up. Vitality +100, Strength +200, Agility +200, Spirit
+300 p>
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After leveling up, Nighthowl’s body instantly doubled in size. He was now about as big as an adult Shiba Inu. His silver fur grew longer, and his once round, innocent eyes became narrow and sharp, making him look much more handsome.
When he looked at Joanna, his gaze was filled with loyalty and protectiveness. Toward enemies, it was fierce and alert.
“You smell really nice…” Nighthowl sniffed around her.
After clearing 10 dungeons, Joanna also gained 10 affinity points.
She now had a dangerously strong charm.
Nighthowl wagged his tail and circled around her. He liked this kind of contracted companion.
At that moment, Joanna suddenly received a new system prompt.
“Your contracted companion has been affected by your affinity points and is extremely happy p>
“Would you like to spend 10 affinity points to soothe your companion? This will reduce abnormality by 1 p>
“What is this? System p>
“Current abnormality of contracted companion: 99%. affinity points can be used to reduce it. Would you like to use affinity points p>
Joanna tried asking more questions, but the system only repeated the option to spend affinity points.
She fell into thought.
Bloodcall Circle were known for easily contracting humanoid companions. Could it be that his wolf appearance was not his true form at all, but the result of abnormal transformation?
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