Chapter 168 Strengthening the Hippogryph
There are many kinds of magic plants on the dark blue platform. Before actually coming into contact with them, Raven had never thought that there were so many weird magic plants in the world.
For example, a second-level magic plant called "cupping grass" is half a person tall and has melon-sized grass fruits on the top. When it is picked, it requires almost no processing. A natural container for spices and seeds with fire properties.
The price of a seed of this second-level magic plant is 117.4 gold coins, while the finished cupping can can be sold for 352.1 gold coins, more than twice the profit margin.
However, it’s okay to plant two magic plants like cupping grass for your own use. If you really plant them on a large scale, sales will be a problem.
Raven's thinking is very clear.
Although the consumption power is extremely strong, there are very few magicians on the Middles continent. In the entire Nord province, there are many famous magicians who can be counted on two hands.
As long as Deep Blue is around, you can’t make a fortune by earning the magician’s money!
In contrast, even after a war, the population of Nord Province is still over ten million, and the market size is much larger than that of magicians.
So the most important features of the magic plant he was looking for were large output and low cost, and ordinary people could also enjoy its benefits.
Lei Wen glanced over and finally ordered two kinds of first-order magic plant seeds, "Red Mist Fruit" and "Beige Green Peach", two hundred seeds each. Taking into account the procedures and shipping costs, the total cost was 3,120 Seventeen gold coins, I plan to try planting them first, and then buy them on a large scale once they are really effective.
Although there was still a lot of curiosity in his heart, Raven knew that he had stayed in the secret room for too long, so he decisively closed the magic circle.
The magic circle is drawn successfully. Just activate it every time you use it.
There were no windows in the secret room, and there was no sunlight. When Lei Wen came out, he happened to see the colorful clouds floating on the sky outside the window, and he felt a little dazed for a moment.
Looking at the waiters and maids who were not coming and going in the corridor, I confirmed that it was the early morning of sunrise, not the evening.
I actually stayed in the secret room for a whole day!
Now, Raven finally understood why the rumored magician always lived in seclusion.
It can only be said that the world of magic is so magical. There are still many things to explore on the Deep Blue Platform itself, and the magic plants, magic beasts and magic props displayed on it are all novel to Raven.
This is just a look. If you really immerse yourself in research, God knows how much time it will take.
After being promoted to a second-level magician, Raven's energy limit was greatly increased. Even if he didn't sleep all night, he didn't feel tired. After washing up and having breakfast, he continued with his daily schedule.
After lunch, Raven did not use the magic core to strengthen his magic power as usual. Instead, he came to the church in Eagle Town and picked up Lux.
It is not easy to invite this conscientious priest. This time Raven gave the reason: "I bought a new batch of very cute monsters. Do you want to come and take a look?"
< br>Lacus was moved and agreed to Raven's invitation.
Today, the Priestess took off her priestly robe and put on a bright yellow pleated skirt with a low neckline and a soft and breathable pure white cotton shirt inside. The shoulders were designed with cage sleeves and decorated with lace. Two sections of white lotus-rooted arms were exposed, shining in the sun.
The destination is in the southeast of the military camp. This place was originally designed as a farm. Now it has been slightly changed and it is a good Warcraft breeding farm.
After getting off the carriage, the trainer came up and led the two people into the house.
As soon as the door was opened, a trace of water vapor flowed out. Lux walked in curiously, and then froze on the spot, with heart-shaped bubbles popping out of her blue eyes.
So cute!
I saw a group of oily and slippery capibalas soaking in the artificial pool. Each one squinted their little eyes, enjoying the tranquility of summer. From time to time, they took a bite and floated on the water. There are no ripe green plums.
Even though they are such sour things, they still taste slowly and without any dissatisfaction, as if they are not picky about life at all.
There is quite a sense of lying down that if you learn without thinking, you will be in vain, and if you do not think and learn, you will be happy.
One of the Capibalas suddenly... fell asleep while chewing food! ?
Lacus blinked and asked softly: "Can I... touch them?"
Walking to the pool and squatting down, Lacus tentatively stretched out her hand. Kapibala didn't react as if he didn't see it.
When the fingers touched Capibala's fur, it didn't feel as smooth and satin-like as Lux expected, but it felt wonderfully comfortable, like a puppy, but rougher than a puppy's fur. .
She moved her fingers gently, and Capibala's fur was ruffled by her. Her ears swayed, her eyes narrowed, and her nostrils opened, letting out a comfortable breath of air.
Looking at this cute look, Lux giggled and stretched out her other hand to play with Capibala's little ears. She couldn't put it down.
She squatted on the ground, the white cotton socks on her feet were slightly wet with water, and she had an innocent smile on her face.
All this fell into Raven's eyes, making his heart filled with joy, as if he had returned to his carefree youth before time travel, playing house with the little girl next door.
“Yeah!” Lux suddenly exclaimed.
Raven came back to his senses and asked, "What's wrong?"
Lux pointed at the pool, her tone trembling slightly: "Is it, is it dead?"
He turned around to look. , Raven let out a laugh, and it turned out that the Kapibara that Lux had just touched actually fell into the water.
"No, it was just too comfortable, so I fell asleep."
Lux was stunned: "Eh? Asleep?"
She really didn't believe that any animal could fall asleep so quickly.
Leaven put his hand into the water and lifted Capibala out of the water by its small round ears.
"Pfft——"
Kapibala opened his nostrils and sprayed out a cloud of water mist, then opened his eyes, blinked, and sat there blankly, He seemed very lethargic.
"Raven." Lux's heart was moved fiercely. She tugged at Raven's pants and said in a soft voice: "Can I... raise one?"
Raven smiled and nodded: "Okay, of course no problem."
"That's it!" Lux grabbed Capibara's shoulders with both hands and lifted it out of the water. The four short legs struggled symbolically for a moment and then stopped moving: "Tell me, what should I name it?"
Leaven said: "If you ask me, this guy should be called 'Lazy Guy'."
"It sounds so ugly!" Lux rolled her eyes at Raven and thought for a moment: " How about...'Little Lazy'?"
"Your pet has the final say," Raven said.
Taking a large wooden basin and a bag of Capibala's rations, Raven took Lux and her "new favorite" into the carriage and sent them back to the church.
After helping move the things into the church and handing Xiao Laoxi to Lux, Raven did not go back to the castle directly, but went to the Warcraft Farm again.
Now that he has been successfully promoted to the second level, some plans that were only under planning before can finally be implemented.
Leaven went directly to the third floor and immediately heard a piercing scream!
"Karma——"
This sound was made by the second-level monster, the male hippogryph. Its gray pupils stared at Raven, its feathers exploded, shaking the chains tied to its body.
Leaven frowned slightly and asked the trainer: "Isn't it still possible?"
"Yes, Lord Baron." The trainer said with a hint of helplessness: "This beast has a really bad temper. It's so strong that even now, we have to be very careful even when feeding. Just four days ago, an apprentice was pecked on the hand by it when he was feeding. It was just a big hole, and if it wasn’t for luck, the whole arm would have been destroyed.”
The trainer’s name is Audu, he is fifty-one years old, and he is considered an old man in the Griffith family. He had taken care of horses, hounds and other domestic animals for the Griffith family for generations. He was laid off during the later years of Donald's administration, and now he has been brought back by Gordon Sr.
Audu sighed: "I'm not saying bad things about Master Vesdon. A hippogryph that can truly be ridden must be worth at least four to five thousand gold coins. This kind of four hundred gold coins, even for breeding, "
Having said this, he shook his head.
Leaven understood what he meant. Although the productivity of Middles Continent is backward and there are no scientific concepts, there is an experience system for the domestication and selection of Warcraft. The temperament of the male and female parents will It is also a basic conclusion to affect future generations. This male hippogryph is so violent, and his offspring will most likely be the same.
"I understand, you go down." Raven said: "Without my order, no matter what sound you hear, you are not allowed to come in."
Au Du originally had a bit of a stubborn temper, but if it were Donald who said this, he would definitely choke on his words, telling Donald not to be a layman and guide an expert.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been fired in the first place.
However, when facing Raven, Odu's temper was all tempered, because he admired this young and promising lord from the bottom of his heart.
He watched helplessly as the Eagle Territory prospered step by step under Raven's leadership.
What's more, Raven is still a second-level magician!
Audu went downstairs, and Raven also opened the Eyes of Truth, with bright silver light shining in his eyes.
At this moment, the male hippogryph, which was still eager to try and hostile to Raven, suddenly died down.
At this moment, Raven could clearly see the energy distribution on this hippogryph. The most concentrated energy was at the back of its head, where the magic core was located. In addition, the pair of wings under its ribs contained It contains an extremely strong storm element.
“It’s difficult to handle...”
Leaven muttered to himself.
Originally, Raven wanted to test whether he could strengthen this second-level monster, but now it seems that there is no point in doing so.
Even though this male hippogryph is now as honest as a quail, Raven is convinced that as long as he leaves, it will immediately relapse into its old ways. Even if the strengthening is successful, it will only cause more trouble.
Thinking like this, Raven's eyes fell on the female hippogryph next to him.
Unlike the male, this female was not tied up, but only symbolically tied with an iron chain around her ankle.
Raven grabbed a handful of beans and handed it to its mouth. The female ate it docilely. The sharp beak was used appropriately and would not hurt Raven at all.
“If only you could ride…”
The hippogryph has two pairs of wings, one main and one main. It is a kind of monster with huge male and female differences. The male is violent and ferocious, while the female is docile and obedient.
However, females are less than half the size of males and cannot bear the weight of an adult, so they are usually only used for breeding and laying eggs.
At this moment, Raven was stunned for a moment, stretched his hand into the female hippogryph's arms, and stroked the pair of wings under its ribs.
The male hippogryph's eyes suddenly turned red, but he still didn't dare to move.
It’s not that Raven has any sexual interest in Warcraft, but he discovered that there was no gathering of storm elements on the female Hippogryph’s secondary wings!
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that before!"
Although the male hippogryph is tall, it is a bird after all. It weighs only 130 to 40 kilograms, and it is impossible to carry it with physical strength alone. When humans take off, what really comes into play is the storm element in the secondary wings.
In this case, if the female hippogryph's secondary wings are also imbued with storm elements, will it be able to carry people on its back?
Just do it, Raven put a touch on his belt, then held a second-level storm attribute magic core in his hand and crushed it.
Skillfully collecting the essence of the rotten soul into the crystal bottle, Raven mobilized the storm magic power in the air and accurately guided it into the female hippogryph's secondary wings with his mental power.
"Gah-"
The female hippogryph neighed, her body trembling slightly, but she did not make any drastic move.
A subtle sound of bone friction was heard, and with the influx of storm energy, the bones of the female hippogryph's secondary wings began to expand and the feathers became more and more colorful.
When the element injection is completed, the wings under the ribs of this female hippogryph are the same as those of the male, and the storm element contained in them is even three points stronger than that of the male!
A trace of excitement flashed in Lei Wen's eyes, and then he took out another second-level magic core and crushed it. This time, it was no longer poured into the secondary wings, but evenly poured into the female hippogryph. body!
The male hippogryph beside him was stunned.
It watched helplessly as the female Hippogryph's body grew rapidly, and its feathers became full and wide, even surpassing its own!
The iron chain originally tied to the claws and wrists of the female hippogryph suddenly broke.
“Gah——”
Seemingly happy to have gained strength, the female hippogryph lowered her head and rubbed Raven’s shoulder affectionately, expressing her full expression of joy. docile.
"From today on, your name is...well, 'Xiaobai'!" Speaking of this name, Raven is Yile.
Annuo's pet is called Xiao Mo, Lux's pet is called Xiao Lan, and his own pet is called Xiao Bai. Together, they make three little ones.
I don’t know if I can hold a concert.
The female hippogryph was very pleased with her new name and flapped her wings.
"Odu!" Raven shouted.
The trainer had long heard the noise upstairs and rushed up immediately, then froze in place and rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
What did you eat to grow so big?
Raven continued to order: "Go and find me a hippogryph harness."
Audu nodded immediately.
When I bought these two hippogryphs, the merchant came with a set as a gift. It was originally intended for the male hippogryphs, but now it fits Xiaobai fairly well.
Pulling Xiaobai into the yard, Raven got on its back, gently pulled the reins, and said: "Fly -"
Xiaobai cried out, and slammed his claws on the ground. With one kick, smoke and dust shot up into the sky like sharp arrows!
Audu was stunned when he saw it on the ground: "Really, really flying...flying!"
Feeling the sound of the biting wind passing by his ears, Raven descended from the sky. From the look of it, the pedestrians on the ground were like ants. The originally spacious territory was all in sight, which gave Raven a feeling of pride that would trample everything under him!
"Oh——" Raven shouted loudly.
"Gah——" Xiaobai felt his master's thoughts and neighed.
If the previous understanding of air power was only theoretical, then now Raven understands this point more clearly and intuitively.
With a hippogryph as a mount, on the plains, you can see the enemy at a glance dozens of miles away; and the flying height of the hippogryph can block most arrows, magic and martial arts. Once formed into a large scale, you can throw weapons downwards, and even ordinary stones can turn into terrifying weapons under the influence of gravity!
The price of a female hippogryph is only about two hundred gold coins, and a rideable male costs at least four to five thousand gold coins.
And Xiaobai's success can be replicated. As long as the supply of magic core is sufficient, Raven can completely turn any female hippogryph into a combat monster!
A cost difference of more than twenty times!
In other words, with a maximum of 150,000 to 60,000 gold coins, Raven can build a flying brigade of 500 people!
The air power the Slater family had before the war was only two centurions!
Withdrawing his longing for the future, Raven's eyes fell on Eagle Town again - it now looked a bit like a city.
“Xiaobai, let’s go back.”
Raven said loudly.
There is still business to do!
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(End of this chapter)