Chapter 225 Two Innate Magics
The Wind King’s egg, the hippogryph egg after returning to its ancestors, began to hatch.
This was not only beyond Raven's expectation, but also beyond the common sense of Warcraft trainer Odu.
According to past experience, the incubation period of Hippogryph eggs should be between 11 and 14 months, but these Wind King eggs are only just over 8 months old from birth to now!
"I'm so sorry, Lord Baron." Audu rubbed his hands, with unconcealable shame on his face: "It was so sudden, I didn't expect such a thing to happen..."
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Behind him, in the nest made of feathers and straw, are the eggs of the Wind King.
Compared with ordinary hippogryph eggs, they are larger in size, with barb-like spikes covering their surface, and the eggshells have cyan magic markings.
Even as an outsider in Warcraft breeding, Raven could tell that these eggs were on the verge of hatching.
Because they do not just lie down in their nests, but jump, roll, and move spontaneously. Sometimes a gust of wind suddenly bursts out and blows them into the air, causing the apprentices watching next to them to He was running around in a hurry, lest they fall to the ground.
“I can’t blame you.” Lei Wen said: “After all, Wind King eggs are different from Hippogryph eggs. With experience this time, I will be better able to deal with them next time.”
With that said, he turned back and asked: "Are the children from the orphanage here?"
Flav immediately responded: "The notice has been sent and they will arrive in about half an hour."
Like many birds, hippogryphs regard the first person they see after hatching as their closest relatives, so if you want to cultivate a tacit understanding, it is best to start from an early age.
Raven nodded and walked to the nest. The Eyes of Truth opened and he observed these Wind King eggs.
The activity of the storm element contained in it is indeed far beyond that of ordinary hippogryphs.
Suddenly, a Wind King egg jumped in front of Raven, almost jumping over the edge of the nest.
Lei Wen quickly caught it with quick eyes and hands, feeling that it was heavy and weighing on his hands.
The Wind King Egg is quite hard to the touch, but it also has a soft feeling. You can clearly feel the heat through the shell, and you can even sense the heartbeat of the little guy inside.
Boom, boom, boom...
Crack
A hole was pecked out in the eggshell, and several cracks were opened around it. The silver beak showed its shape and then retracted. Not long after, there was another thud.
Leaven quickly put it safely back into the nest.
This little wind king is beginning to break out of its shell.
The little guy's vitality seems to be quite tenacious. In just five or six minutes, he pecked seven or eight holes in the eggshell.
When these holes were connected in a line, with the last peck, the eggshell finally completely shattered, revealing the body of the Wind King cub inside.
Ordinary hippogryphs are gray and white in color - the whole body is white, and the head, chest, and wing feathers are gray.
But this cub is completely different. It is completely white, except for the pair of secondary wings under its ribs which are pure cyan.
The little guy who had just hatched his shell was still covered in some mucus, and his eyes were not fully opened. However, after only a short while, he stood up energetically, shook himself dry, and then Start pecking at the broken eggshells to replenish yourself with nutrients.
Leaven stretched out his hand and stroked its little head. The down was tender and soft, as if he were touching the finest satin. It felt wonderful.
The little guy didn’t protect his food either, but he was a little impatient with the extra palms on his head.
Even though he was just born, his body is about the same as that of a teddy dog, but his appetite is quite astonishing. He ate all his own eggshells and even stared at other Wind King eggs.
Audu quickly handed over the fresh meat strips that had been mixed with butter. Raven picked up one and slightly seduced it, attracting the little guy's attention.
Watching it swallowing the fresh meat strips in one bite, Raven thought of Xiaobai, who was buried on the bloody high ground. She used her last strength to ensure the safety of her master.
After that, Raven never picked his own hippogryph mount.
"Since it bumped into my hand..." Raven scratched its chin: "You, just inherit her name and call it Xiaobai."
The little guy who got the new name raised his head and shouted hard. His stubborn look really had a bit of Xiaobai's demeanor in the past.
While the little guy hatched, the other Wind King eggs were also ready to move, but fortunately, the children from the orphanage also arrived at this time.
There are 59 Wind King eggs in this batch. Excluding the one in Raven's hand, there are still 58. There are hundreds of children selected to become the first batch of hippogryph knights, so these children , can be considered a lucky one.
Eggs are distributed to everyone, along with matching strips of fresh meat, so that these wind kings can recognize their owners as soon as they hatch out of their shells, and cultivate relationships from an early age, which will save them a lot of trouble in the future.
Children are always noisy. Even if Raven was present, he only asked them to be quiet for a while after saluting. When their attention was focused on the Wind King Egg, they screamed in surprise and the joy in their eyes It never stopped.
They are all young men of fourteen or fifteen years old. They usually pretend to be tough guys, but when they really see small animals, they still can't put them down.
The Wind Kings broke out of their shells one by one, and the children started to play with their monsters one after another, and began to name them in different ways.
There are those with direct human names such as "Ven" and "Kent", there are those with tough and tender styles such as "Little Yellow Flower", "Green Spot", "Little Cutie", and there are also "King of the Sky" , "Thunder Monarch" is full of second-rate talents.
It was okay at first and everyone was having fun, but after the Wind King cubs finished eating the eggshells, the children started to compete with each other.
Mine is stronger than yours, yours is not as handsome as mine, and your name is really bad!
I don’t know if the owner’s emotions affected the Little Wind King, but one of them suddenly flapped its wings and soared into the sky!
The children around him were dumbfounded by this, and even Odu was quite surprised.
Although the hippogryph is a magical beast, after the baby bird is born, it must learn and train to slowly master the flying skills. This wind king can fly even after he is born!
Not only did it fly, but its tiny claws were wrapped with lightning. Then suddenly, a thin line of lightning fell on the opposite Wind King.
This is not over yet. The lightning passed through the Wind King and then flowed to the child next to him.
Not to be outdone, the Wind King on the opposite side let out a roar, opened its wings, and a strong wind blew up, blowing the Wind King who had released the chain lightning from the air!
If there is one, there are two. It didn’t take long for the Little Wind Kings to fight together, with strong winds sweeping through and lightning flying everywhere.
Although they have just emerged from their shells, the innate magic used by these little wind kings is not very powerful, but they cannot bear the electric current passing through their bodies, which is indeed numb and painful.
For a time, the Warcraft Farm was filled with orphans crying and howling.
Leaven called Xikoret to meow, and then the little wind kings calmed down.
"Lord Baron, this is really... a miracle." Odu swallowed.
As far as Audu knows, even the Slater family, which is famous for raising hippogryphs, has only trained one among the tens of thousands of hippogryphs in the past few hundred years that can use innate magic. Hippogryph, it can only raise storms to a limited extent and has no electricity ability at all.
Not to mention, as soon as he emerged from the shell, he mastered two kinds of innate magic!
"That kind of wind-based magic is called 'Storm Vortex'. It is said that after adulthood, it can stir up strong winds enough to blow away dark clouds!" Odu's eyes lit up: "But that kind of electric magic, I’ve never heard of it.”
There are always a lot of ambitious kids. Rhino Lennon was the first to say: “I know what it’s called, it’s called...Thunder Hammer”
This immediately aroused the laughter of the people nearby: "Nonsense, where is the hammer?"
"Then what do you think it is called?"
Then the children talked all over the place. They shouted, such as "Flash of Lightning", "Five Lightning Whips", and the most outrageous thing, "Thunder God's Wrath" came out.
Finally, Hoyaz, who was once taught by Raven to "drive tigers and devour wolves", came up with the most reliable name - "Pulse Surge."
And this is also Got Raven's approval.
Raven was quite surprised by the talents and abilities displayed by the Xiaofeng Kings.
Electric magic is incredibly powerful when faced with heavily armored soldiers; if the storm vortices are used together, they can not only knock the enemy off their feet, but may even change the weather on the battlefield.
Not to mention that after it grows up, it is likely that it can be strengthened again; even if it cannot be strengthened, the effects of these two innate magics alone are not inferior to the third-level Warcraft!
The hordes of third-level monsters are worth looking forward to just thinking about it.
There are also shortcomings.
Raven originally wanted the orphans to bring these little wind kings back to the orphanage to raise them, which would not only inspire the pride of owning a wind king, but also cultivate a tacit understanding between knights and monsters from an early age.
Now it seems that it may not be possible.
He runs an orphanage, not a mental hospital. It would be outrageous to give the children electrotherapy every day.
We can only arrange for these orphans to come several times a day and feed them personally, and then make other arrangements when they are older.
Time passed day by day, and Raven practiced step by step, not only engraving the fireball technique into the magic pool, but also practicing the 6 newly acquired third-level magic. It is worth mentioning that according to subsequent statistics, it was found that the hippogryphs that contained rotten soul essence in the egg stage were all male; while there was only one exception for the hippogryphs that did not contain rotten soul essence, and the rest were all female. This also confirmed Raven's previous guess.
When I have free time, apart from dealing with government affairs, I just fish in the study with the book of magic.
As an inventor, how could you not get one for yourself?
Out of some unspeakable narcissism, Raven’s favorite thing to do during this period was to open the Magic Book and see the users’ “use experiences.”
The first two days were basically flattery, and most of the businessmen from Meng En City were all flattering in different ways.
But as time went by, the content began to change.
No matter where you are or what class you are, you all have a burning heart for gossip and the instinct to spread gossip.
So Raven can immediately know what is happening in Xuefeng County and Meng'en City without going out.
For example, there was a murder case in the upper town of Munn City. The deceased was stabbed seven times in the back. The murderer was not found after running away for a week, so he had to forcibly close the case as suicide;
Viscount Hyde returned In Men'en City, a certain baron's teeth were knocked out with a slap, and he lost 200 gold coins;
Marquis Anthony fell into his old ways and gave scores to every noble he saw.
The person who sent the last message even compiled and posted the details, which involved most of the nobles in the Nord province.
To say that nobles also pay attention to personal sophistication, Marquis Anthony did not evaluate the two earls in the province at all.
So not surprisingly, Raven was ranked first: 100 points.
Marquis Anthony's comment was: "For other young people, I would probably give 99 points, because they still have room to grow; as for Baron Raven, I have to admit that he is the perfect young nobleman of the younger generation. ”
After seeing this comment, Raven immediately began to reflect on whether he had offended this old guy in some way and wanted to kill him with such a single hand.
But when he saw the ranking below, Raven understood a little bit.
Raven is the only baron among the top 10.
The second place is Minsk of the Slater family, while the eldest son of the Fox family, the future Earl Guldan, is ranked 11th.
The comment to Gul'dan is also: "He should seriously learn from Baron Raven how to be a nobleman."
Okay, I really never forget the disgusting Fox family.
Raven, the inventor, is not the only one who likes to read the magic book for free.
After receiving it and understanding its functions, no one will not put it down.
For example, Raven's old acquaintance, Ms. Doreen, the widow of Baron Romney.
Ms. Doreen's life is not easy. Not only does she have to take care of her three-year-old son, who is running around all over the place, but she also has to deal with all the big and small things in the territory. Basically, she can't take time to rest. .
Even if I have some free time, there is no entertainment at all.
She originally liked cocktail parties, but as a widow, she was neither suitable to hold them nor attend them.
And if she finds a man, not to mention whether there is anyone she can like in the territory, if she is plotted by someone and has a child in her belly, she will really be in doom.
But since the magic book came into being, Ms. Doreen's life has become a little more interesting. As long as she holds it in her hand, she can chat with people through it.
In this era of inconvenient transportation, communication is a precious and scarce commodity, so soon after getting it, Ms. Doreen chatted with her sister who was married to a wealthy businessman in Meng En City for a whole night.
Beyond that, there are other options.
What Ms. Doreen likes most is the novel serialized on it.
This allows her to temporarily forget her worries and immerse herself in another world.
If there are any dissatisfactions, there are two points. One is that except for the first three chapters, each chapter costs 5 points; the other is the lack of romantic elements.
She has already read 20 chapters, why hasn’t she seen any love yet?
This is unreasonable!
She even wanted to write some stories of her own.
Everyone has different concerns. Ms. Doreen focuses on entertainment, while our old friend Baron Judra focuses more on practicality.
Although he was quite dissatisfied with Raven, as time passed, he had to admit that Raven was very steady every step he took.
For example, Judra was not optimistic about the establishment of a business alliance at the time.
Because everyone has selfish motives, as the leader of the alliance, Raven doesn't need much. He only needs to be greedy once or twice to destroy the alliance from its foundation.
But Raven restrained his greed, and the business alliance ran smoothly.
This also benefits Judra. High-quality fuel is no longer a problem, allowing Ironforge Town's production capacity to be restored.
And this Skyhawk platform is a stroke of genius. It further strengthens the business alliance. On it, Judra can find the cheapest and best quality sources at any time, and can pick them up at any time. Bulk orders.
There are not many merchants on it yet, but this is just the beginning.
Judra believes that as the Book of Magic spreads, more and more merchants and nobles will use it.
Sooner or later, the Sky Eagle Platform will replace the City of Meng and become the true commercial lifeline of the Nord Province.
And all of this will be held by Raven.
Wealth often means power; being able to distribute wealth means you have the power to distribute power.
The people who saw this clearly were, in addition to Judra, Baron Wessassin, who had suffered two losses at the hands of Raven.
If there was anyone in the entire Xuefeng County who least wanted to see Raven succeed, Wesasin would definitely be ranked first.
It was Raven who forcibly intervened and asked him to hand over the port territory to Mrs. Doreen for renewal of the lease. Later, in the arena, Raven, as a mage, defeated him, a third-level knight, and was very embarrassed. noodle!
For nobles who value prestige, this is really unacceptable.
But you have to accept it even if you don’t accept it. When weighing fame and interests, interests are more important in the end.
It is true that he can withdraw from the business alliance and not use the Skyhawk platform, but what is the use of giving up alone?
The Sky Eagle platform was too convenient, more convenient than he imagined. If he didn't catch this giant ship that was just starting out, he would definitely be left behind by the times.
The only one who will suffer when the time comes is himself.
Since you can’t fight, join!
In addition, Baron Wessassin has also discovered new business opportunities while studying the Skyhawk platform intensively in the past few days.
On the Sky Eagle platform, most of them are bulk orders, and the business alliance itself does not provide protection services for caravans.
You can definitely start from this aspect.
In his territory, there is a vast grassland, growing alfalfa of excellent quality, which is an excellent pasture. He has many cavalry, which is why he originally sent his men to pretend to be horse thieves.
Baron Wessassin can rent out his force on the Skyhawk platform to escort the cargo caravan!
This is supposed to be the business of a mercenary group, but mercenaries have always been synonymous with unreliability. In the Nord province alone, there is a precedent for mercenaries temporarily turning into bandits and looting all the goods and money. There are too many to mention, and there are three to five cases that are reported every year.
The credibility of the nobles is much stronger than that of the mercenary group.
I didn’t do this before because the channels were limited.
A noble baron, you can’t lower your status and join the mercenary guild, right?
Making up his mind, Baron Wessassin manipulated the book of magic, considered the words, and released his "goods" on the Skyhawk platform.
At this moment, a newly released news attracted Wesasin’s attention.
"Marquis Anthony, announced the specific penalties for this re-audit of military merit..."
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(End of this chapter)