After spending the entire afternoon and evening working with the construction crew and settling in the new Woolies, the first thing Raiden did once the guests left was to gather all the new members of the farm.
Looking at the anxious looking Woolies in front of him, Raiden smiled as he gently rubbed the head of the nearest one.
"Don't worry, you guys are safe now. You won't have to worry about food or anything else ever again. You'll be safe here." As Raiden slowly consoled them, they also adopted a better and more neutral expression on their faces.
It seemed like their new owner wasn't bad? This gave them a sense of relief.
Raiden, meanwhile, checked their information.
{Woolie, The Farm Sheep}
{Rank: Bronze}
Description: Woolie, The Farm Sheep. It uses its fleece to protect itself from danger, and it likes to shed its fleece once a week. It starts to feel uncomfortable if it doesn't.
{Potential: F Tier}
{Do you want to upgrade its potential?}
"Yes, upgrade!" Raiden clicked on the upgrade option, as that feeling of weakness hit him once again.
{Ding! Woolie Potential is Being Updated: F → E (1/1)}
As soon as he hit upgrade, the change was immediate. The Woolie grew larger and fluffier in front of him, his fleece shining brighter than before.
"YES!! IT WORKED!!!" Raiden shouted, as he clenched his fists tightly in excitement, scaring all the other Woolies around him into backing away.
When he upgraded their potential, the quality of wool they shed upgraded along with it. With this, he had full confidence in becoming the Wool Tycoon in this world. He can upgrade them to their full potential. Just a month of sales from top-tier Woolie will be around 400,000-500,000 Credits. That's 5 Million Credits for 10 of them. And if he had a hundred of them? That's 50 Million Per Month!!!
Raiden started daydreaming about the day he ended up as the richest person, sitting on a throne with all mature, long-legged beauties around him, feeding him grapes with a seductive expression and calling him husband~ in their sweet voices.
"Hehehe..."
Our Woolie, who was standing next to him, looked at him with disdain as his human started daydreaming and drooling once again.
"Woo!" Unable to stand his expression, Woolie gave him a strong headbutt in the chest.
Bang!
"Oww, you little— What was that for?!" Raiden rubbed his chest, feeling immense pain. He was furious.
"Woo Wool Woolie woo!!" Stop wasting time! It's dinner time already! I am hungry!!
Hearing his words, Raiden felt exasperated. But somehow he expected this. His Terra Beast had nothing on its mind except Food and Battle, and no care for his human partner. He lived in a constant rebellious phase.
But in the end, Woolie was right for once, and he needed to hurry up and go back home. Otherwise, who knows when Sylvia might feel the creative urge to show off her cooking and burn down the house again.
Shaking his head, he got to work, upgrading the potential of all the Woolies Present. By the time he was done upgrading all ten Woolies in rapid succession, he had no strength left in his body, becoming like a wet, soggy noodle on the floor.
It's a good thing; he only brought 10 of these for now. Otherwise, forget earning money—his body wouldn't be able to hold on. Not to mention he had to upgrade his own Terra Beast, The Berry Trees, His Sister, and maybe try to upgrade his Aunt Ruby once again.
No matter what, if she regained her strength as a Mythical Terra Beast, he would be able to walk sideways in this world. After all, only 12 of those Mythical Tier Battle Masters existed in the world. 15 if you counted Nuclear Tier Masters.
Thinking about all this, he really feared his body wouldn't have sufficient strength for daily use.
Ignoring his imaginary thoughts, he got ready and made his way towards the new house, where Sylvia was already waiting for him with Aunt Ruby, who had a hardened expression on her face. Seeing this, he had a bad feeling.
It was the expression she used to make when she punished him. He remembered, as a child, she hung him up on a tree and beat his arse because he acted really naughty.
Just thinking about it made him shudder. No, this won't do, he must do something!!
He quickly ran inside and brought out a special food box before offering it to Ruby.
"Aunt Ruby, I ordered this food just for you! I remembered this was your favourite!!" Raiden felt hurt just thinking about when he ordered it. Just one box costs 10,000 Credits. A month of supply cost him 300,000 Credits alone!!
"Hmm... You remembered what I likedd, not badddsss~" Ruby, now just 2 meter long, softened the expression on her face as she spoke in a mature, serpentine voice that sent a shivers down anyone's spine.
Hearing her speak like a human, both Raiden and Sylvia felt shocked.
"Aunt Ruby/Auntie!! You can talk?!" Both siblings exclaimed together. They knew she could change sizes; they had seen it before, but it was the first time they had ever seen a Terra Beast speak.
"You can talk, what'sss wrong with me speeekingg~" Aunt Ruby threw back a retort, making both siblings speechless.
Alright, it seemed like she didn't want to talk about it to them.
"Auntie, what exactly happened to our parents?! Where are they really?! Are they dead?!" Sylvia, who felt thrilled that she could communicate better, asked the first question on her mind.
Hearing her question, Ruby fell silent for a moment before speaking.
"Don't ask questions you sshouldn't assskkk!"
"Wait, does that mean, they are still alive?!" It was Raiden who spoke this time, staring at her with shining eyes. If they were dead, she would have said so, but she told them something else. This meant there was a chance they were still alive!!
Hearing his question, a sad look came in Ruby eyes as she shook her head.
"Mayybee, I don't knowww. All you needd to knoww iss that you needd to be strrrongerrr to learn about themmm.... Much much strrrongerrr~" Ruby seemed to be hiding something, but no matter how much Raiden asked about it, she refused to talk.
So he let it be. After all, she wasn't wrong. Even if he found out, what could he possibly do? He was just a Bronze Trainer.
"Alright, Enough abouttt meee, Rai-Rai, have you becomeee a womanizzerrr. I also heardd, that you bullied Sylviiiiii~" Ruby narrowed her eyes, as she looked directly at Raiden, making his hair stand on their ends.
"Slander!! This is pure slander!! I am telling you, Aunt!! What womanizer, I don't even look at women!! They are all like brothers to me!! I swear!! Also, I don't know what lies this brat has been feeding you, but I never bullied her once!! In fact, I was always taking care of her!!!"
"Liessssss. You have becomeee shameelesss too~" Ruby narrowed her eyes as Raiden felt even greater pressure descend upon him.
Damnit. Raiden forgot she could detect if he ever lied. It was like this in his childhood; it was the same now.
"Wait, Aunt!! Listen to me!! I really have a good explanation, please just listen—AAGGRRRHHHH!!!"
That night, horrifying screams of pain erupted from the house, scaring all the wild Terra Beasts near the farm. It was destined to be a sleepless night for Raiden.