changed to the previous Xiao Ke, he would directly slap the bird down, but now Xiao Ke's first reaction is to protect his head and face so as not to be pecked by the bird. However, the little bird did not want to attack Xiao Ke, but flapped its wings and flew to Xiao Ke's shoulder, rubbing Xiao Ke's face affectionately with its little head, and making a "coo-coo" sound from its mouth.

The other three looked at the little red bird that was close to Xiao Ke in amazement, and Elena said in an exaggerated tone: "It's unbelievable, there are still animals that like Xiao Ke!" But this little bird is so cute, let me pet it! With that, she walked up to Shoko and gently smoothed the feathers of the little red bird with her slender hand, which seemed to enjoy Elena's touch, and gently rubbed Elena's hand with her little head.

Fu Tian was also very curious about this little bird, and said as he walked forward: "This little guy is lucky, if it weren't for Xiao Ke's current problem, he would definitely catch you for barbecue now!" But what kind of bird is this, it doesn't seem to be a native species of the earth elemental plane. ”

The little bird seemed to be able to understand what Futian said, and shouted a few times at Futian, showing great anger, and when Futian approached, it suddenly opened its small mouth and spewed out a line of fire, almost burning Futian's hair, but fortunately, Futian reacted quickly, and quickly retreated the moment it opened its mouth, so it was not burned.

This time everyone was even more surprised, Xiao Ke took the little red bird off his shoulder, let it stand in the palm of his hand, and while observing it carefully, he said to it: "I can't see it, you still breathe fire?" ”

When the bird heard this, it made a gesture of holding its head high in Shoko's hand, making Elena giggle.

Shoko teased the little red bird, put it on the ground, and said to it, "Little thing, we are leaving, you better go to your parents." ”

The little red bird suddenly became anxious, fluttered and flew onto Xiao Ke's shoulders again, and a pair of sharp little claws grabbed Xiao Ke's clothes hard, no matter what.

Xiao Ke was helpless, and said to the burial heaven: "What now?" Why don't we take it away, do you allow pets in the temple? ”

Fu Tian shook his head and said: "The temple won't care what you raise, but this little guy doesn't have a soul mark and can't enter the temple portal, so you can bring it to the Earth Temple at most." ”

Elena sighed, stroked the little red bird gently, and said to it, "I'm sorry, little one, we can't take you away." ”

The little red bird blinked its eyes thoughtfully, and suddenly cooed, and then suddenly its whole body bloomed with fiery red light, and a red phantom flew out of its body, plunging headlong into Xiao Ke's soul mark!

This change happened between the rabbit and the falcon, Xiao Ke didn't react at all, and a hint had already come from the soul mark:

"There is a strange beast that voluntarily signed a soul contract with you and became your guardian soul beast."

"Note: The Guardian Soul Beast can live in the Soul Mark of the Trialist, and respond to the call to fight for the Trialist at any time, and if the Trialist dies, the Guardian Soul Beast will also die, and vice versa."

Xiao Ke said this situation in confusion, and said in shock: "This is impossible, even if it is a soul contract that is beneficial to you and harmless, at least it can only be signed with your consent!" Besides, you don't have a contract at all, what kind of bird is this, how can you do such a thing out of nothing? ”

The little red bird cooed a few times, and actually made a contemptuous look at the burial sky, and made Xiao Ke laugh: "Little white wolf, you also have today, and you are actually despised by a little bird, hahaha!" ”

Fu Tian snorted coldly and said: "Even if you are lucky, the Warcraft that can sign the soul contract with the trialist must have a high degree of intelligence, and the soul contract, which is an unequal treaty that is even more excessive than the slave contract, most Warcraft would rather be scattered than sign it, but don't be too happy, such a newborn bird, I'm afraid it won't help you in battle!" ”

The little red bird was unconvinced, bouncing on Xiao Ke's shoulder, cooing and cooing.

Xiao Ke touched its little head and said, "You love to scream so much, why don't you name it Gugu!" ”

The bird's head shook like a rattle, and a pair of cute big eyes looked at Xiao Ke pitifully, and Elena said angrily: "What a coo, it's so ugly!" ”

Xiao Ke thought for a while: "Otherwise, let's use a near-phonetic word and call it Guoguo." ”

The little red bird became happy at this time, and rubbed his head against Xiao Ke's face, and Elena said: "Forget it, you can't think of a poetic name, Guoguo will be Guoguo." ”

At this point, Xiao Guoguo officially joined the team of King's Landing, happily jumping around on Xiao Ke's shoulder, and finally it seemed to be tired, so it jumped directly on Xiao Ke's head, and lay down there as a nest, squinting and dozing.

Xiao Ke was embarrassed: "Xiao Guoguo, don't on my head!" ”

Elena and Kane both laughed, and said, "You have to bear the, who made you its father?" Let's go, and when we get back to the temple, I'll check the bird's origins." ”

The four of them summoned the giant ant mount and climbed towards the peak where the Earth Temple was located, and on the way, Xiao Ke asked the burial heaven: "When did I become Guoguo's father?" ”

Fu Tian smiled: "I guess, you see that Guoguo is so close to you, I suspect that it is because you sat on the egg and hatched it." ”

Although this is a joke, it may not be impossible for the four of them to think about it.

The four of them walked as they spoke, and soon climbed a third of the giant peak, and at this moment, Guoguo, who was napping, seemed to feel something, suddenly woke up, and turned into a streamer and drilled directly into Xiao Ke's soul mark. The four of them were taken aback, and hurriedly stopped, on strict guard.

At this time, a voice with both emptiness and heaviness, but also a very gentle voice, sounded directly in everyone's consciousness: "Excuse me, are you the few trialists who accepted Tamu's mission?" ”

With this voice appeared, a humanoid creature appeared out of thin air in the air above Xiao Ke, he was about three meters tall, his entire body was made of azure blue crystals, the muscles composed of spars were flawless in both curves and edges, and one of his faces seemed to have been carved with all the best efforts of the most brilliant artists, and had reached the extreme of human imagination.

Even though he was floating in front of everyone, no one could feel the aura he exuded, and if it weren't for the fact that everyone else had seen this strange man as well, Xiao Ke and they might have wondered if there was something wrong with their eyes.

Burial Heaven came out of the crowd and said in a deep voice, "We did accept the mission of the Mountain Giant Prince, but they did not wait for us outside the core of the boulder as agreed. ”

The azure crystal man smiled and fell to the ground, and said softly: "I apologize to you on his behalf, because Gugar came across the border, they had to make a sudden decision to retreat, and I, I came to meet you, fortunately, you were not hurt by this, which makes me very happy." ”

Funeral Heaven exclaimed: "Gugal? Are you talking about the Grand Duke of Molten Fire? So who are you? ”

The azurite man was amazed at how accurately Burial Heaven could call out Gugar's identity, and he stared at Burial Heaven carefully before replying, "I am Hassanal, the administrator of the Earth Temple. ”

Futian's pupils contracted slightly, and he nodded: "It turned out to be the Blue Crystal Sage, it's rude." ”

"Trialist, I am amazed by your profundity. It seems that you are no ordinary trialists, and it is I who is being rude. Out of respect for your vast knowledge, and sorry for their sudden retreat, I would like to reward you with double the reward for the mission, and in exchange, I would like you to tell me what happened to the Lava Lake after the Earth Legion withdrew? And where did Gugar go? ”

The four of them glanced at each other, exchanged secretly, and said the giant hand in the lava lake very tacitly, but they didn't mention Guoguo.

When Hassanal heard this, he was very puzzled and muttered to himself, "So, Gugar has returned to the fire elemental plane?" He came to the Deep Rock State for a spin, what did he want to do? ”

He thought for a while, but didn't get an answer, so he shook his head and said, "Forget it, no matter what the reason, this matter can't be counted like this, I will report this matter to the Soul Temple, and let the Fire Demon King go and explain it to His Majesty the great Amansel." Since the disappearance of His Majesty the Supreme Andro Mida, the King of Fire has become more and more presumptuous like a wild horse on the loose, not only not responding to the call of the Temple, refusing to open the kingdom of God to the trialists, but also brazenly attacking us, it is time to extinguish his majesty. ”

After speaking, he waved his hand gently, and a boxy rock rose up in front of the four people, and the surface of the stone seemed to have been carefully polished, smooth as a huge mirror. Suddenly virtual images appeared in the mirror, gradually condensing into a variety of armor and weapons, and the rows of boys below indicated the attributes and prices of these equipment.

Hassanal smiled and nodded to the four of them, saying, "Now, you can exchange the Blazing Core for rewards, the price of these equipment has been reduced by half after I adjusted, and you can choose the items that suit you at will." ”

The four of them were pleasantly surprised to find that the equipment on the exchange list is all blue-quality equipment, and in terms of price, two-handed weapons are the most expensive, most of them need 8~10 fiery cores, followed by one-handed weapons and rings and necklaces, generally 6 blazing cores are exchanged for one, and armor is relatively cheap, and the tops, bottoms and helmets with more attributes are 4~5, and the price of other parts of the equipment is basically 3.

After some comparison, the four of them finally decided to choose all the equipment worth 3 Blazing Cores, so that the 12 Fiery Cores in their hands were just enough for each of them.

Shaw Ke and Funeral Heaven chose shoulder guards: Boulder Shoulder Armor (Shoulder Equipment, Blue Quality, Defense +7, Strength +3, Constitution +2, Durability 30/30, Equipment Requirements, Strength Attribute 20 or more)

Kane chose a pair of gloves: Grip of Rage (Hand Gear, Blue Quality, Defense +5, Strength +2, Dexterity +2, Durability 30/30)

And Elena chose a pair of bracers: Earth Spirit Ring (wrist equipment, blue quality, defense +4, strength +1, constitution +2, earth magic damage reduction by 20%, durability 28/28)