Lightyear Dragon Rider: "..."
"ROAR—"
When approaching the ground, Lightyear Dragon Rider shook its wings disdainfully and directly flung President Robb off.
Excited President Robb: "!!!"
With very special effects, he crashed directly to the ground and even rolled over twice.
Immediately after, President Robb quickly stood upright, "Ahem!"
Fortunately, the drop wasn't high. Mainly, President Robb didn't react in time. Otherwise, stabilizing himself wasn't a difficult task.
President Robb looked at Asher and Jason with a serious face, as if nothing had just happened.
Jason, who witnessed President Robb falling: "..."
'This sense of conviction is really too strong.'
President Robb ignored the strange look in Jason's eyes.
'What? What just happened? I don't know anything.'
President Robb puffed up his chest and said seriously, "Heart of Machinery and mechanical-attribute beasts, right?"
"This matter is very important. I think we need to have a good talk next," President Robb put on a shrewd merchant expression.
Jason: "..."
Jason opened his mouth. Jason was stuck.
'This matter...'
'I really don't know how to negotiate it properly!'
"Let your president come talk to me about this matter," President Robb waved his hand.
Trouble young people? He doesn't have that hobby.
Besides, Asher is also a young person, maybe he has a lot of common topics with these young people?
President Robb just wanted to fight for more benefits and advantages for NY City, for Asher.
'No need to fixate on the young ones.'
Asher didn't say anything seeing this. Just smiled.
He handed over the remaining matters fully to President Robb.
'Hmm!'
'President Robb is still quite reliable in this regard.'
Asher had confidence.
Next, in the conversation between President Robb and Oakridge City's president, Asher did not participate.
He just told President Robb one thing—
"The drive of the Heart of Machinery is bound to my pet," Saying this, Asher pointed to the Angel.
In an instant, the smile on President Robb's face grew even wider.
In comparison, Jason's side looked much more downcast.
'Sigh!'
Although he had already mentally prepared himself.
But when he really knew there was no hope… there was still a little disappointment.
Jason's colleague patted his shoulder, "This is very normal."
"After all, this was something Professor Asher worked hard to find. No way he'd give it up as a wedding dress for someone else, right?"
Jason nodded, "True, just hope I can get a chance to contract a mechanical-attribute beast soon."
'Just thinking about it is exciting!', Jason perked up again.
On the other side.
The conversation between President Robb and Oakridge City's Beast Tamer Alliance president also ended quickly.
No choice.
Even if the president of Oakridge City's Beast Tamer Alliance wanted to fight for the Heart of Machinery, he had to have the opportunity.
"Your luck is really good," After the conversation ended, Oakridge City's Beast Tamer Alliance President Hestner couldn't help but look at President Robb with envy and jealousy.
Who would have thought, a sudden rise in NY City brought out an Asher. Having great talent in pet evolution research was one thing. As a Beast Tamer, his combat power was also outstanding. Now he's even so lucky.
To have contracted the first truly mechanical-attribute beast.
And along with it, bound a Heart of Machinery that can continuously produce semi-mechanical life creations...
Just thinking about it made President Hestner's eyes turn red with jealousy.
"Hahaha!", President Robb couldn't help laughing loudly when he heard that.
"Luck, luck!"
"It's all luck!"
As he spoke, President Robb waved his hand.
No use being envious.
This thing called luck, intangible, untouchable, incomparable, can only be envied.
"But...", As he spoke, President Hestner's face showed a hesitant expression again.
"Is that really a mechanical-attribute beast?"
President Hestner swore.
He really wasn't trying to cause trouble, just slightly, just a tiny bit jealous.
So he wanted to give President Robb a little trouble.
President Robb looked at President Hestner when he heard that and didn't get angry.
As for President Hestner's thoughts, even if President Robb couldn't say for sure, he had at least guessed seventy percent.
Totally normal.
President Robb smiled, "I trust Asher."
President Hestner: "?"
President Hestner originally didn't have much curiosity about Asher.
All kinds of online claims about Asher were so exaggerated that President Hestner got tired of hearing them.
Even wondered if there was something fishy he didn't know.
But it didn't matter. He might not even deal with Asher, so whether those things were true or not didn't really matter.
It's just that President Hestner forgot, there's something called a flag.
The more you think it has nothing to do with you, the more it entangles with you.
In the blink of an eye.
Asher appeared on Oakridge City's turf.
Discovered a mechanical-attribute beast and the Heart of Machinery in Oakridge City.
And Oakridge City didn't even get a sliver of benefit... President Hestner sighed.
'Being human, indeed you can't speak too absolutely.'
Then hearing President Robb's unparalleled trust in Asher, president Hestner became a bit more curious about Asher.
'Just how amazing does this Asher have to be, to be trusted so much by President Robb, the president of NY City's Beast Tamer Alliance?'
Even President Robb's own subordinates might not get this level of trust.
President Robb didn't know President Hestner's thoughts.
Otherwise, he would've said, 'Isn't this obvious?'
'Look at Asher's achievements! Think about Asher's nickname! If not Asher, then who could you trust?'
With curiosity, President Hestner walked out with President Robb.
And saw, their Beast Tamer Alliance's staff, forming circles inside and out, surrounding something.
In the middle, it was unclear.
President Hestner: "?"
'What's going on? Why are so many people gathering together?', President Hestner blinked, eyes full of doubt.
"Uh... That should be Asher in there?", President Robb said, a bit uncertain when he saw this.
President Hestner half-believed, half-doubted President Robb's words.
'Asher?'
'How could that be?'
'Why would Oakridge City's Beast Tamer Alliance staff be surrounding Asher?'
As they spoke, the two walked toward the crowded area.
"What's going on?", President Hestner casually grabbed the nearest staff member to ask.
"President!", The staff initially didn't want to respond, still craning their neck to look into the crowd. Then suddenly found the voice a bit familiar.
Didn't expect to turn around and see President Hestner, instantly their heart skipped a beat.
"President, this...", The staff member's expression looked a bit nervous.
President Hestner waved his hand, "It's fine, just tell me what's going on over there."
Seeing that President Hestner was really not angry, the staff member quickly explained what happened.
"At first, everyone was just a bit curious about the mechanical-attribute pet contracted by Professor Asher."
Hearing the staff's words, President Hestner paused, then nodded.
Understandable.
Mechanical-attribute beasts.
Everyone would be curious.
He came out too, wasn't it out of curiosity?
"But that still doesn't justify this many people, right?", Next, President Hestner frowned, still feeling that the scene in front of him was a bit exaggerated.
Isn't it just a mechanical-attribute pet? Everyone takes a look, touches it, discusses a bit.
Shouldn't they disperse?
Why are they all packed together, what the heck?
Seeing President Hestner frown, looking like he was about to scold someone, the staff member quickly said, "It's not what you think, President."
"Everyone was indeed initially attracted by the mechanical-attribute pet, but later… it was because of the Little Pony."
President Hestner was stunned.
'Little Pony?'
Little Pony is a very common beast in Oakridge City.
Because it looks like a horse and like an undeveloped small horse, it got the name Little Pony.
Simple and understandable.
Everyone's used to calling it that.
Little Ponies are cute, have strong endurance, fast speed, and are quite convenient as ride-type pets.
Even though their combat power is slightly weak, it doesn't prevent Little Pony from being a major feature of Oakridge City.
Because of that, Oakridge City even developed many large-scale industry chains related to Little Pony.
"…Just chatting, everyone got to talking about the Little Pony, a specialty of Oakridge City," Seeing President Hestner's expression relax, the staff member quickly continued.
"Anyway, no one knows how it got there, but everyone became really curious if Professor Asher could develop a better evolution path for Little Pony."
Little Pony's current evolution paths are Flame Pony and Ice Pony.
As for attack power... how to say. Not much stronger than the original Little Pony. Worse still, Little Ponies that could originally be used as ride-type pets, after evolution, became attached to special energy attributes.
Flame and Ice.
Neither of which are easy for humans to bear.
As a result, after evolution, Little Pony even lost its functionality as a ride-type pet.
So Beast Tamers in Oakridge City, even if they contract Little Ponies, usually won't choose to evolve them.
It's better to just keep Little Pony as it is and continuously improve its endurance and speed.
More practical that way.
President Hestner wasn't unaware of Little Pony's evolved shortcomings.
But he never thought about researching new evolution paths or turning those flaws into advantages.
Ask why?
Because in his mind, Little Pony was already fixed as a ride-type tool.
Powerful?
Strength?
Are those really important for Little Pony?
Even without strong power, there'd still be many Beast Tamers in Oakridge City who'd contract a Little Pony as a pet.
But...
President Hestner looked toward the direction where Asher was.
Unfortunately, too many people. President Hestner couldn't see through the crowd to find Asher in the middle.
"So, all these people surrounding Professor Asher, is it because Professor Asher already made another discovery?", President Hestner said casually.
He swore.
He really was just saying it offhand.
After all, the time he spent talking with President Robb wasn't even enough for a pet professor to finish researching one beast.
What President Hestner didn't expect was that he heard a definite answer from the staff.
"Yes!"
"President, Professor Asher is just too amazing."
The staff was animated, talking non-stop with excitement, gesturing wildly as they spoke.
"Professor Asher said Little Pony might have multiple evolution paths, just that we haven't developed them yet."
"If we develop them properly, at the very least, we could research an evolution direction with wind attribute."
Little Pony's original attribute is special-type.
Attributes like fire and ice are added only after evolution.
Both attributes are useless for Little Pony's ride function.
But if Little Pony can evolve with wind attribute...
President Hestner thought about Little Pony's original speed.
'Add wind attribute to that... hiss!'
Even President Hestner couldn't help but feel tempted.
This is performance.
And with wind-attribute Little Ponies, surely more Beast Tamers would want to contract one.
That would mean another source of income for Oakridge City.
Thinking about that, President Hestner looked toward the crowd, and his gaze became fiery.
"Move move move!", President Hestner unhesitatingly flashed his credentials and struggled to squeeze into the crowd.
And saw Jason standing with a young man.
President Hestner immediately confirmed Asher's identity.
First time seeing Asher, President Hestner showed a shocked expression.
Although he already knew Asher was young—
It was only after seeing Asher in person that President Hestner could truly feel just how young.
'So young, yet with such achievements...'
President Hestner glanced at President Robb beside him again.
President Robb wore a calm, confident smile.
What? Envy?
Jealousy?
Heh! He's long used to it.
Looking at him with that kind of gaze, President Hestner isn't the first, nor will he be the last.
Still the same thing. It's just luck! Nothing can be done.
"Professor Asher, is this really possible?", Jason was still there holding onto Asher, saying, "After the evolution of Little Pony..."
Mumbling.
"Theoretically yes. But to confirm, more experiments and research are needed," Asher said with a smile.
"Even if I'm a genius, I can't guarantee things out of thin air, can I?"
Just waiting around was boring.
While chatting about the beast Little Pony, Asher casually took a look.
Not that it was anything magical.
Just that Asher found it interesting, so he said a few more words.
What Asher didn't expect was, Beast Tamers in Oakridge City seemed to have a special emotional attachment to this beast, and wouldn't stop talking once they started.
Asher: "..."
What could Asher do? The moment he saw President Robb walking over, his eyes lit up.
"President Robb, you've finished your discussion?", Asher immediately looked at President Robb, trying to change the topic.
But over there, Jason and several staff were still clinging to Asher.
President Robb took one look and immediately understood what was going on.
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