Chapter 715: 709: Timid Goldy

Mesona Space.

Accompanied by a gentle breeze blowing past, the colorful array of mesona plants in the fields swayed silently like elves; however, the next second, a series of crackling explosions abruptly shattered the tranquility of nature.

In the babbling brook, Goldy’s body radiated with electric light, with countless sparkling arcs of electricity wildly bursting across the water’s surface.

Soon, several little fish emitting billows of steam lay wide-eyed, floating on the river’s surface, and slowly drifted toward the bank with the flow.

One couldn’t help but say that the scene at first glance looked as if someone was crazily electrocuting fish, only who would have thought that these days, the most ruthless one at electrocution was none other than Goldy itself.

Under David Jones’s watchful gaze, the electric light on Goldy’s body dissipated, and it leisurely swam to the edge of the brook, opening its mouth and occasionally gulping down a big mouthful of dried fish.

“Blub.” Goldy showed a satisfied expression.

“I’ve raised you for so long, you’d better work hard in tomorrow’s competition!” David Jones said with a smile.

“Blub?” (￣ェ￣;)

Upon hearing about the competition, Goldy stiffened its movements and quickly shook its head, indicating it was not up for it.

Seeing this, David Jones couldn’t help but reminisce about the time when he first caught Goldy.

He remembered that when Goldy first got ashore, it gave him a blast of water straight in the face, making David Jones think he had caught some mutated Red-tailed Goldfish.

After all, besides being ornamental, Red-tailed Goldfish had no aggressiveness whatsoever.

As it turned out, he discovered Goldy was just a timid and cowardly Red-tailed Goldfish, storing clean water only to fend off enemies, and the water it spit out from its mouth didn’t count as a water skill at all.

But these were all trivial matters.

The main reason David Jones did not choose Goldy as his initial pet was due to Goldy’s poor compatibility with the Dragon-Wielding Force and Dragon Crystal, as well as Goldy’s nature to evade conflict during battles.

Once, when watching a competition with Goldy, David Jones asked it, “Do you want to fight on the stage?”

However, Goldy inside the fish tank only glanced at the battle-ridden pets on the Battle Platform and then swiftly hid back in the rock cave, with a face full of fear peeking out.

Clearly, Goldy’s answer was negative; it was accustomed to an easy life and did not understand the significance of battle at all.

“Just as I thought.” David Jones smiled faintly.

Others cannot fathom the pleasure of a fish, and if Goldy did not harbor a secret, David Jones would have allowed Goldy to live its life as it pleased, ordinary and unremarkable.

But the problem was that the secret hidden within Goldy was so huge, it was not only beyond David Jones’s understanding but was also somewhat unimaginable.

“Just listen to me once, give it a try. How can you know if you never try!” David Jones laughed, and casually picked up the Five Elements pet resources Goldy had disdained by the brook.

David Jones did not know what type the Beast of the God of Nature was, but after collecting samples and research, he knew that Goldy’s favorite treats were the lightning and earth dual-type pet resources.

As for dragon-type resources, Goldy didn’t mind having them or not.

“Hopefully, the cheers of the thousands of spectators will hone Goldy’s confidence!”

After scanning Goldy’s attribute panel with his Illusion-Piercing Eye, David Jones turned and left the Mesona Space.

“Pet Name”: Goldy

“Pet Type”: Dragon, Earth, Lightning

“Species Level”: King (???)

“Species Skill”: …

“Grade”: Class IV upper-level

“Profile”: This is a Red-tailed Goldfish that has no idea of its own incredible strength. When encountering an enemy, it instinctively chooses to evade, demonstrating an extremely steady temperament. However, concealed within its body is a power beyond imagination, making fighting beyond its level as simple as drinking water.

“Glub?”

At this moment, Goldy blinked its enormous dead fish eyes as it watched David Jones’s disappearing figure. A hint of confusion and timidity flickered through its eyes.

…

Time flew by quickly.

In the blink of an eye, the much-anticipated Waterland City Hegemony Race was about to begin.

On this day, the East Battle Square in Waterland City, with a capacity of 50,000, was filled to the brim as the buzz of spectators’ voices filled the air.

“Why is it that at the same age of twenty, I’m just a nameless Senior Trainer, yet David Jones is already a world-renowned Epic, I’ve pondered this for three days and nights and still can’t figure it out!”

“Stop overthinking it below, isn’t it better to just skip ahead and watch King beating up kids?”

“??? You call men in their forties and fifties, with beards, kids!”

“Isn’t it true, though? With King’s strength, even participating in a Level I city Hegemony Race is overkill, let alone the Waterland Hegemony Race.”

“Hehe, I just love watching King trash noobs, brother what do you say?”

“What noob trashings? David Jones is clearly participating in the competition to personally guide and nurture the next generation of Trainers for the sake of his hometown’s future!”

It goes without saying, David Jones’s participation directly made this year’s Waterland City Hegemony Race the hottest local event in Sunbeam Province, so hot that it even dominated the top three headlines on the WanYu app.

“Shocking! David Jones takes an unexpected action after his breakthrough to Epic!”

“Is it guidance or obliteration? David Jones confirmed to participate in the Waterland Hegemony Race!”

“The first race in history where the champion is already decided before it even starts!”

Nobody thought David Jones could lose in the city Hegemony Race, and on various leaderboards in the WanYu app, David Jones topped the charts with a terrifyingly high support rate.

Boom boom boom!

As the brilliant fireworks faded, the grand opening ceremony came to an end, and Guildmaster Maud smiled at the camera.

“Hello my dear audience, welcome to the 1028 City Beast Trainer Hegemony Competition. I am your special guest, Gavin Maud.”

Next to him, a refined and elegant-looking middle-aged man continued, “Hello everyone, I am Gregory Louise.”

“Epic Louise, in this competition, which contestant are you most optimistic about?” Guildmaster Maud personally started the conversation for the sake of viewer traffic, knowing well what name the audience was most eager to hear.

Hearing this, Gregory Louise glanced at the list of contestants on the big screen, somewhat puzzled.

It wasn’t unheard of for Epic powers to participate in a city Hegemony Race, but those were in Level I cities, and David Jones had indeed set a precedent along with those two others.

But remembering the Louise family’s relationship with David Jones, he replied without hesitation, “Of course, Epic Jones.”

Guildmaster Maud’s face showed surprise as he coughed lightly and said, “As a local of Waterland, personally, I hope that contestant David Jones wins, but this year’s Hegemony Race can be said to be of hellish difficulty, with veteran Epics like Epic Grant and Epic Sora also participating in this grand event!”

Upon hearing this sudden news, the audience on-site and the Trainers in the backstage area were all shocked, and the live stream’s chat was furiously scrolling.

What?

Apart from David Jones, two other Epic Trainers had shamelessly entered the competition, doesn’t that mean David Jones is doomed!

After all, the Beast Hegemony Race is a competition of Pet strength, not the personal combat power of the Trainer. Even if David Jones’s personal power is immense, it wouldn’t help the Frost Wyvern win.

With this development, could it be that David Jones will face his first defeat in his professional Trainer career on his home turf?