Jiu Ming bared his teeth. He reached deeper into the Gap and yanked hard, forcibly dragging out the white fox that had swallowed his entire hand in her mouth. He tapped her head with the awl. "Hey, hey! This is a hand, not a lollipop. No matter how hard you bite it, it won't taste sweet."
The white fox ground her teeth viciously, spat out Jiu Ming's arm with two ptooey sounds, and swiped a paw at the awl in his hand.
"You want it? Not giving it to you."
Jiu Ming raised his hand to dodge the white fox's paw and grinned at her. That big fox's move had been downright underhanded—she had left behind payment and an explanation, then immediately left without a word, not even giving Jiu Ming a chance to speak.
That had directly cut off any possibility of him refusing. Was that what it meant to be a fox? Crafty enough in everything they did. He had no idea why the big fox had chosen to do this, but since she had, there had to be a reason.
Thinking of the Exotic Beasts that had been monitoring the white fox, he could guess at a few things. If nothing had happened, why would the white fox be treated like this for no reason? Exotic Beasts had their pride too, especially a highly intelligent Exotic Beast like the white fox, who stood somewhere between the high-tier and super-tier ranks.
Besides, the payment the big fox had left behind was far from ordinary...
[Name: Unicorn's Horn] [Type: Other Weapon] [Attribute: Lightning] [Quality: Excellent] [Remarks: Though it is a unicorn's horn... it is not the kind of unicorn found in fantasy worlds, but an Exotic Beast.]
It was an awl that could command lightning with only