After confirming this, Mu You promptly handed the spider egg to Xiao Ya, then went into the shop and moved all the small animals-hamsters, rabbits, birds, and the like-into the space. Once he opened their cages, the animals all gathered around Xiao Ya without exception.
By now, Xiao Ya was completely surrounded by animals. They covered her legs, hands, and shoulders, making even the slightest movement difficult.
But seeing how peaceful the little animals around her looked, she remained seated and held out for the full hour.
With nothing to do in the meantime, Mu You logged in and played for a while.
The Scarecrow at the village entrance had disappeared. Deprived of his source of amusement, Mu You steered his character into the nearby Owl Shop.
["Oh, look who's here!" Delighted to see a familiar customer enter, Old Cat, the shopkeeper, enthusiastically showed you today's three items.] [Arcane Missile scroll: low-tier spell. Upon activation, fires an Arcane Missile that automatically flies toward a random hostile creature nearby, dealing 50 damage. Price: 110 years of lifespan.] [Sold out.] [Sold out.]
Two of the three merchandise slots were already empty!
It seemed that after the Large-Scale Closed Beta began, even shop merchandise had become hot property. He would have to come early every day from now on, before other people snapped everything up.
Fortunately, there was still one spell scroll left for him.
Arcane Missile only dealt 50 damage-better than nothing-but its automatic targeting effect was very useful.
If he knew an enemy was hiding nearby but could not pinpoint their location, he could cast this spell to find them directly.
More importantly, he could get it for free!
``` [You purchased the Arcane Missile scroll. Lifespan -110 years...]
[You tore open the scroll, and a spell took shape