The two got back to the restaurant carrying six bags each, although Elizabeth wasn't planning to buy this much stuff, she couldn't help herself in the store.
Levi placed the bags in their table and walked towards Apollo limply, he already prepared himself mentally for what Apollo is about to say, "Boss..."
He handed the card back to Apollo, his hands couldn't stop shaking for fear on what Apollo's gonna do to him when he finds out how much he 'borrowed'.
Apollo took the card and nodded in reply, "How much did you guys spent?"
There it is, the question that is so simple yet so terrifying at the same time in his situation. Levi didn't even dare to look at Apollo in the eyes anymore.
"Don't tell me..."
His breathing became tense when he heard Apollo say that, his cold and indifferent voice terrifies him the most, sweat began pouring down his face as he tries to think of solutions to solve the problem, "I spent ten thousand dollar boss. Don't worry, I'll work overtime to compensate!" he immediately did a 90 degree bow hoping that the other party would understand.
"Oh. Such a small amount. I thought you bought a house with the loan." Apollo waved his hands telling Levi to get out of his face, his expressions told Levi that he's annoyed.
Meanwhile, Levi is frozen in his place, still bowing to Apollo, 'You call ten thousand dollars small!?'. Even though Levi is involved in the underworld and got payed a lot by doing missions, ten thousand dollars is a lot to him considering his situation now.
While walking back to the restaurant, he thought of all sorts of things just to get out of this mess, and to think that Apollo would say ten thousand dollars is small. He couldn't help but thing of what the the other party is thinking now, seeing him sweat like a bucket of water is poured on him.
Levi walked to their table, his mind is still dazed. Ten thousand dollars is only change to him when he was still in his prime, but now, that is a fortune.
...
Apollo closed the restaurant early and decided to have a break, because of his lazyness, he didn't have time to go to the mountain to take care of his crops, so he decided to go up the mountain.
Arriving at the mountain, he was surprise at how much it changed in just a few days time. The grass became greener, the trees surrounding the land became much more livelier, there are even a few flowers growing in the edges. The change is too drastic that it isn't even recognizable anymore.
He walked towards his farm animals to check their status, and what surprised him even more is that the animals didn't even starve to death while not being fed for a few days. It seems like they are intelligent enough to get their own food.
Apollo didn't realize it at first, but the air and the overall atmosphere in the mountain changed so much that it miraculously became... a paradise.
While checking his farm animals, he noticed something in his field of vision, a dog. Its hair is a bit dirty and there is a wound on its leg but it's nevertheless, a dog.
The dog opened its eyes, seeing Apollo looking at the animals, it immediately barked at him.
Even though the dog doesn't know who Apollo is, it still barked at him regardless, thinking that the owner of the farm would reward him for protecting said farm.
Apollo glared at the dog, he didn't remember bringing a dog in the farm, but at least somebody guarded his farm while he was away, the dog probably even fed all his animals with the crops he planted.
He walked towards the rabid dog and release a little bit of killing intent, even though the dog protected his farm, it is still, just a stray dog.
The dog immediately whimpered in fear, it's just a dog, but it knows when to back down.
The dog is that of a wolf breed, its fangs reached its chin, its gray luscious hair, and its long furry tail.
Looking at the 'dog', Apollo didn't know what to do. Until, the thought resurfaced in his mind again, a guardian!
With his restaurant growing, people would of course be curious on where he gets his ingredients, even though his regulars didn't bother to care on where he gets his ingredients from, there would still be people who would go as far as to steal ingredients.
He looked at the dog again, not with the aggressiveness he showed it before, but with a smile on his face, 'Since you decided to protect this farm of mine, you will eternally be this farm's guardian.' he said to the dog telepathically.
The dog tilted his head at Apollo, confused on what he just said, "Bark?"
Apollo facepalmed, he crouched down and touched the dog's head to say what he just said, but in dog language.
After understanding what Apollo meant, the dog became ecstatic, it jumped all over the place like a kangaroo.
Apollo signalled the dog to come over, the dog obediently followed, it sat on its hind legs, sitting straight up as though it is in the military.
Looking at the dog, Apollo nodded, it's just a dog now, but it will become a heavenly existence once it becomes his pet. Apollo poked a tiny hole into the dog's arm and sent a sliver of his Qi to make the dog be able to cultivate.
The reason he did this is because... it's a dog. How could it understand profound words if Apollo casually gave him a cultivation manual?
The dog understood Apollo's intentions so it began to circulate the Qi throughout its body, even though the dog didn't understand what Apollo was trying to do at first, but once Apollo explains it through knowledge impartation, it immediately understood.
Not even a full lap after it began to circulate the Qi throughout its body, several loud booms could be heard from inside it, it immediately became a Qi Condensation Pinnacle with just a sliver of Apollo's Qi.
Apollo's Qi could be summed up as 'Too Heavenly Defying', his Qi is si pure that it could even heal wounds and remove poisons that could easily kill cultivators that are True Deity realm.
A minute after its consecutive breakthroughs, its skin began to shed and its size grew large visible to the naked eye.
After a few minutes, its size peaked at 6'3 feet, even larger than Apollo, not only that, even its looks became fiercer as if it could kill Apollo at any given moment.
The dog looked dashing as if it came from a fiction movie, its long gray fur following where the wind goes, its pointy upright earsm and its pointed muzzles looked so dashing. But alas, after trying to look cool in front of Apollo, it immediately laid down on Apollo's thighs and licked his face like a domesticated dog.
"What's gonna be your name..." Apollo began pondering on what to name this gray wolf.