Chapter 128 Elk and Crow

Then Gawain burned the corpse and Jenny gathered the horses. The two drove ten horses and the injured unicorn to the Iron Ridge Mountain.

Back to the manor.

Gawain put five of the horses into [Arad's Canal], opened the mechanism in the bedroom, and a dark cave was revealed.

The two went down the vertical ladder and soon entered the mine.

After passing through three forked mines in a row, they encountered a giant man-eating plant more than half a person tall.

The two sprinkled pollen on their bodies and easily passed through the flowers.

Finally arrived at the mountain hall.

"Gululu~~~"

"Gululu~~~"

As soon as they came in, three rock leopards as big as hounds rushed out. Seeing that it was Gawain and Jenny, they quickly shut up and greeted them with tails wagging like three puppies.

This was trained by Gawain using [Illusion Gaze], which took more than a year.

"Go!"

Gawain drove the rock leopard away, opened the hidden stone door on one side of the hall, and saw a brand new vertical shaft. The entrance of the original vertical shaft had been blocked, and he used [Fossil to Mud] to open up a new vertical shaft.

Gawain led Jenny into the vertical shaft.

Walked sideways for a while.

This was connected to the original vertical shaft, and a long iron lock hung at the mouth of the well.

Gawain pulled Jenny into the vertical shaft and fell for a while.

Then he entered the underground world.

"Hoo~~"

Surrounded by [Light Spirit of Wind], and [Wings of Wind] flapping rapidly behind them, the two finally landed on the top of the tower, and the guarding halfling servants hurried to greet them.

Gawain ran a few more times and finally brought the remaining war horses and fork-tailed dragons back to Ghost Rain Island.

During the meal, Gawain sat at the main seat of the long table.

Everyone gathered together.

Jenny was on the left, Lilith was on the right, butler Cole stood on one side, and Mirabelle lay beside him. There was a separate table, and the long table was filled with all kinds of delicacies.

Most of them were sea fish.

The previous supplies had long been exhausted. Although Gawain had newly cultivated and transformed ten white bread trees, they could only serve as staple food, and meat could only be replaced by sea fish and Tuolong.

Fortunately, this was Guiyu Island, and killing sea fish would not attract the attack of sea beasts.

As for vegetables.

There were planted mushrooms and mosses everywhere. Gawain was not used to them before, but he got used to them after drinking them, and felt that the taste was barely acceptable.

Lilith chattered about the situation on the island, and butler Cole occasionally added a few words.

"Squeak~~"

In the evening, Jenny, who had just taken a bath, pushed open Gawain's bedroom.

That night, Jenny shouted for half a night, and finally her voice was hoarse. Lilith lay on the bed tossing and turning, and Mirabelle lay on the blanket and sighed.

"Miss Jenny is a knight, the master is too strong."

"That's right~~"

"Miss Jenny usually looks cold, I didn't expect that..."

"Do you think Miss Jenny will become our mistress?"

"No way."

"I think Miss Lilith is more suitable."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, and shut your mouth if you keep talking nonsense. The master's private affairs are not for the servants to comment on. By the way, give the master more meat for the first meal tomorrow."

......

The next day, Gawain, who was refreshed, left Guiyu Island and returned to the manor on the surface. After turning into a crow, he took the crow Xiaobai out of the Iron Ridge Mountain and spread his wings to the Sunset Mountains in the northeast.

Gawain's speed was a bit slow.

Crow Xiaobai seemed to be integrated with the sky, accompanying Gawain to appear and disappear.

The progress of the [Chameleon Transformation] experiment was relatively smooth, but it had higher requirements for the physical fitness of the experimental subjects. At present, only five crow deacons, including Crow No. 7, have undergone the third stage of upgrade and transformation.

Unfortunately,

The success rate is not 100%, and Crow No. 23 died on the test bench.

Because of this.

Gawain temporarily postponed the third stage upgrade and put more energy on the training of new crows and the second stage upgrade.

Now the number of crow messengers who have reached the first and second stages.

has grown to 35.

Together with the four third-stage crow deacons, there are a total of 39 red-eyed crows.

This is also the maximum number that can be maintained at present, and with the help of Lilith, if there are more, it will take more energy to clear the gray fog accumulated in the red-eyed crows.

This will delay Gawain's practice.

In order to continue to expand the number of red-eyed crows, Gawain came up with two solutions.

One is to train more wizard apprentices and assign these tasks to the apprentices.

The other is to build a special bird's nest.

Whenever a red-eyed crow flies back to the nest, the magic array running in it can automatically clear the gray fog in the crow's body.

What a pity.

Gawain had little knowledge of magic circles and was also hesitant about training apprentices on a large scale. He planned to wait until he became a formal wizard and had a stronger deterrent.

Then he would start to move forward.

Gawain quickly flew to the outskirts of the Sunset Mountains, and after changing back to his original form, he landed on the tallest oak tree, and the [Wizard's Book] on his chest automatically turned pages.

[Magic Disguise] was activated.

Gawain's right hand showed a strange red light, and he reached out and wiped his cheek.

He turned into the appearance of the butler Cole.

"Yo Yo~~"

Two quarters of an hour later, a sika deer ran out of the forest and stopped in the distance.

It looked around vigilantly, and the deerskin on its body was suddenly lifted up. A man wearing a sika deer mask climbed up from the ground with his waist bent.

He put the deerskin on himself and looked up at Gawain on the tree:

"Good day, Mr. Crow!"

"Good day, Mr. Elk!"

Gawain returns the favor from the tree.

Under pressure from the church, the wizard apprentice on the surface lived more cautiously than in the underground world. He also abided by the rules on the surface and gave himself the code name "Crow".

"Elk" is naturally the other party's code name.

The two met two months ago when Gawain was exploring the Sunset Mountains.

Accidental acquaintance.

Elk adjusted the mask on his face: "So, Mr. Crow, can we start the first transaction?"

"certainly!"

Seeing Gawain nodding, Elk took out a cloth bag from his arms and threw it on the ground with a clang: "Here are the gold and silver coins you want. There should be about a thousand gold dragons and more than ten thousand silver deer. According to the One hundred golden dragons are worth one magic stone, which is roughly equivalent to more than twenty pieces."

"However, considering the actual value, Mr. Crow can just give me fifteen magic stones."

As he spoke, he opened the mouth of the bag, revealing the metallic luster of gold and silver.

"That's fair."

Gawain nodded and approved the other party's offer.

However, it was impossible for him to be willing to pay with magic stones. He reached out and touched the [Wizard's Book] on his chest, and five test tubes containing light gray liquid appeared in his hands:

"How about five [secondary magic potions]?"

"All right."

Elk hesitated for a moment, but agreed. [Secondary Magic Potion] was only a mainland product among wizard apprentices, but gold and silver coins were even less popular.

Gawain sent the potion down and used the [Wizard's Hand] to grab the cloth bag and bring the gold and silver back.

The elk put his hand into another pocket of the deerskin, took out an emerald green stick, and introduced: "This is the latest magic wand I made. It has the [Reply] effect and has also solidified a magic wand called [Thrive Growth]. The zero-ring witchcraft only requires twenty-five magic stones.”

"Feel sorry."

Gawain shook his head, indicating that he was not interested.