Life is tough, so Honglong resorts to performing?

Chapter 49 First Day at Work

The next morning at 8:15, Loren arrived at the zoo entrance before the zoo opened at 9:00.

A female half-elf dressed as an apprentice druid was looking around.

Upon seeing Loren with his red hair appear, her eyes lit up with excitement.

"here!"

Loren recalled that Morris had indeed mentioned this when they discussed it last night.

I need to send someone to help me quickly understand and integrate into the zoo.

Is this the person in front of me?
"You can call me Isa. I've worked here for three years and I get along well with all the animals. Feel free to ask me anything."

Before Loren could even speak, the other person took the initiative to introduce himself.

"Loren, the Red Dragon Loren."

Loren briefly introduced himself, and then the two chatted as they walked one after the other into the zoo.

"Our staff meals are usually served in two meals a day, and the animals are fed according to their specific habits."

"Well, because of your special attributes, the headmaster has decided to provide you with three meals a day."

"The first meal will be delivered before the store opens at nine o'clock. Although we don't know your diet yet, Lord Aaron said you can eat vegetarian food. He and vegetarian dishes hit it off immediately and he is a first-class vegetarian friend."

The half-elf's face twitched slightly; she didn't quite understand how the red dragon could be friends with a druid.

"But according to biological habits and feeding regulations, what we've prepared for you today is a wild bull with fire attributes, roasted fully cooked. Breakfast is about 200 pounds of pure meat. Can you accept that? Is that enough for you?"

"If you insist, we can change it to vegetarian dishes for you."

"Enough."

Loren nodded. He was someone who spent most of his time gnawing on rocks, eating junk food from the city, and occasionally buying a couple of skewers of roasted rats to satisfy his cravings. Why would he be picky when he had bull to eat?

"That's good. The lunch menu is usually the same as the morning menu."

"However, that time it will be raw, and you will need to cook it yourself with a flame."

"We guarantee that it will be absolutely fresh and will not be subjected to rough handling or contaminated with dust during transportation."

"We will place this part at the food delivery point in the Heart of Lava stadium."

Isa hesitated for a moment, then continued,

"Lord Morris said that if possible, he would like you to demonstrate how to catch food and make it fly."

"no problem."

Loren understood what the other party was hesitating about; she felt that having a wise red dragon perform as an animal was indeed beneath its dignity.
The fact that the other party had appeared in front of her in human form made it even more jarring to her.

Elves generally value dignity and face, and even half-elves are no exception.

But Loren didn't care at all.

Noodles?

Two meals a day, 400 pounds of pure meat. The cost of feeding it for a week is higher than my salary. You're talking to me about face?

"Okay, for the third meal this afternoon, you will need to transform into human form and eat with us as an employee. I will take you there then."

"There are separate sections for carnivores and vegetarians, and the menu changes daily. The roasted nuts in the vegetarian section and the cream of mushroom soup in the omnivorous section are delicious. You can try them."

"We will absolutely guarantee your portion size, so you won't go hungry."

Isa smiled as she spoke to Loren, who nodded repeatedly in agreement.

It's so nice to have meals provided!

"For the performance, all you need to do right now is transform into a dragon and fly around the park."

"The tentative time is from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. You can fly around the park as you like, one or two times, just don't catch tourists."

"The specific theater performances and rehearsals are all scheduled for a week from now. We need some time to warm up for your appearance in the theater."

"Looks like Maurice really intends to keep me like a celebrity," Loren thought to himself. But that's fine too, since his wallet is practically empty.

"By the way, this is the code on my magic crystal terminal. If you need anything else, you can contact me directly."

As she spoke, Isa took out her magic crystal terminal and showed her digital code to Loren.

Loren also took out his terminal and added the other person to his friend list.

"I work in the large tropical beast area next to your Lava Heart exhibit. I heard from Lord Morris that you can fly. Could you give me a ride?"

An embarrassed smile appeared on Isa's face, and the reason for her enthusiasm was finally revealed.

Hey, she's never been carried by a dragon before!
"sure."

Loren didn't mind, and then, under the other person's excited gaze, he cast a flight spell on her.

"Let's go, I'll fly like that too."

As Loren spoke, he cast a flight spell on himself and flew towards the Heart of Lava.

Isabella hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped herself.

A short while later, in front of the Lava Heart arena, Isa handed the Lava Heart arena pass to Loren.

"Because of the pressure from the giant brain, there is a restriction array above your venue. Shake it and you can enter once the authentication is passed."

Isa explained.

"Ok."

Loren took the pass, a product made from some kind of enchanted birch bark and enchanted by a druid; it felt rather heavy in his hand.

Loren shook it upwards to confirm that the magic circle was opening a gap, then crawled inside.

Upon entering the heart of the lava, Loren sensed an intensely high temperature.

The ground was cracked from the heat, and the air itself was distorted by the temperature.

Several low-level fire elemental lifeforms, randomly generated due to the excessive concentration of fire element, are fighting each other.

For normal intelligent beings, this place is nothing short of hell.

But for Loren, this was the first time in all these years that he had stepped into and owned such a comfortable house.

It's like an active volcano, that's amazing!
After surveying the exterior, Loren flew toward the giant's eye sockets to see what the interior of the skull was like.

Flowing lava covered half of the floor inside the skull, while several huge stone platforms were anchored in the upper middle part of the skull.

It was likely intended for Loren's activities and storage.

Sunlight streams in through the eye sockets of the skull, illuminating the entire interior of the skull through several carefully placed, polished, large obsidian mirrors.

If this place weren't entirely his own, Loren would have loved to bring everything from the demiplane over here to turn it into his own dragon's lair.

"This is the kind of environment and life that Red Dragon should have."

Loren murmured.

"Mr. Loren, your breakfast is here."

A magic crystal speaker hanging from his eye socket emitted a sound, reminding Loren that he could still get a free breakfast.

He quickly flew away, where a human chef was pushing a special food cart with steaming hot roasted bull on it, and next to the cart was what appeared to be a cartoon image of a red dragon.

"You even prepared this, you're really something."

Loren chuckled, waved the pass, grabbed the beef back into the Lava Heart, and began to eat it heartily.

Although it was well-done, the chef's preparation was clearly superb. It had undergone certain pre-treatment, indicating that he is definitely a professional chef. The beef was not overcooked at all.

Loren ate with great relish, increasingly feeling that his choice was quite wise.

(End of this chapter)