"Uh... well... Willyx! They're working on a big project for me right now, and they need quite a few things. I think you'd better go have a look! It's a big deal, possibly several times bigger than this owl business," Yu Lin Bloodhawk said, rubbing his nose.
"Ah! Business? They have a deal that big? Quick! Hurry, take me there! Time is money, pal!" Willyx immediately shouted at the elf who was supposed to lead him to the Lyk Brothers, urging him to get moving. He showed not the slightest embarrassment over having just said he did not want to see those two misers.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk picked out 360 owls, half Common Owls and half adult Giant Owls. These were to be distributed among the soldiers of the Eaglewing Regiment and the City Lord Guard.
After a little thought, he also held back 480 Moonnight Tiger cubs. He had decided to let the Dire Wolf Squadron take charge of six hundred of the children in the Eaglewing Regiment and give them the mixed-breed wolf pups. Those under the Snow Leopard Squad would receive Moonnight Tiger cubs. As for the owls... each squad would get a hundred and twenty.
Then, remembering that every warship would also need ten owls, he held back another hundred Giant Evil Owls before finally calling Alleria over.
When Alleria arrived and inspected them, she saw that Yu Lin Bloodhawk had held back 320 of the four hundred adult Giant Owls with wingspans of nearly two meters, leaving only eighty or ninety. She glared at him in displeasure and demanded that he replace those adult Giant Owls with Common Owls.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk flatly refused. "No! You can't have these. These big birds are for carrying messages over long distances. The little ones are only for