Russell had seen the majesty of the Wuyou Snake King contracted by Baron Roman. Not only could it command every Wuyou snake, but even snakes of other species were occasionally driven by it. It was truly the snake king of the Guangguang River Valley.
Likewise, the Pangolin King contracted by Lord Marcus and the Great Horned Deer King contracted by Lord Ertlas were both Beast Kings, capable of commanding ordinary pangolins and great horned deer.
Even Beast Kings that had not evolved into Phantom Beasts could command members of their own kind.
However, Beast Kings were exceedingly rare. Once discovered, they were quickly captured and tamed. The reason was simple: every Beast King had the potential to become a Phantom Beast and stood a high chance of evolving into one. They were strategic resources.
"Father used the Wuyou Snake King to build a snake garden near Fluorite Castle... Lord Ertlas used the Great Horned Deer King to raise herds of great horned deer... Even Lord Marcus often sells pangolin meat."
The development potential of Beast Kings was enormous.
After soothing Kevin and Red-eye, Russell returned to his bedroom and leaned against the headboard, pondering how to make use of Red-eye's status as Rat King.
"I can't seriously raise a batch of rats and sell rat meat, can I?" He had tried rat meat before, and it did taste fairly good, but he did not want to eat it often. He simply could not get over that mental hurdle.
Besides, with delicious pork, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, and goose available, why insist on eating rat meat?
"So rat meat has low production, fetches a poor price, and simply isn't worthwhile."
As for forming a rat army and sending it everywhere to steal things, Russell dismissed that even more firmly. He would