173. Griffon
The magic crystals of the Abyssal Ghost crystallized into a fine powder, tossed with egg whites, and evenly spread on the surface of the ash golem. It was already the seventh day, and Merlin said to the halfling standing beside him, "If you lie to me, you should prepare a cold bath this winter." ”
"No, of course not," Yoda's head shook like a rattle, "Yoda is an honest and trustworthy man, and the lord's mistake is not to listen to all the secrets, you can't blame me, right!" The halfling's small eyes flashed with a sly glint as he spread his hands out in front of Merlin.
"Well, I didn't hear clearly, I think I'm unlucky!" Merlin's face was unusually pale from the loss of blood. "Today is the seventh day, so tell me what's going to happen next?"
Merlin's consequence of being teased by the halfling was that he changed the setting of the magic device in Yoda's bathroom that night, and no matter how much Yoda adjusted the temperature of the water, the water remained frozen.
It was obviously unwise to offend a master blacksmith, so the two smart people quickly compromised, "As long as you wait patiently, the gray golem will soon be able to upgrade." ”
Yoda's words quickly lasted for almost a day, until the sun went down when the ash furnace golem, coated with the magic crystals of the abyssal ghosts, began to glow faintly. The magic crystal powder mixed with egg whites had hardened, like a layer of egg shells, and it was struck with a loud bang.
"It takes time to grow, a little patience, my little Merlin. Yoda unconsciously closed his eyes, and he did it between the two gray golems, and after a while, there was a slight snoring.
Merlin was secretly amused, but the halfling's snoring was getting louder and louder. "Am I in a hurry?" Merlin couldn't help but ask himself, as he began to recall some of the things that had happened recently, and reflect on some of his own practices, and his heart slowly calmed down. At this time, some things that I couldn't figure out before, some questions that I couldn't understand before, suddenly dispersed like dark clouds.
Before you know it, the hut is no longer visible. There was a clicking sound from inside the two boulder galls. Merlin came to his senses and happily lit the candle.
With a click, a tender yellow claw poked out of the eggshell. Then came the fluffy head, and finally the eggshell cracked. Out of it came the body of a lion, the claws of a vulture, and a strange beast with two wings on its back.
"Tut-tut, Merlin boy, you're so lucky that you're actually a Griffon with Mithril blood," Yoda didn't know when he was standing by Merlin's side, "I didn't think I'd ever live to see Griffon." ”
Merlin didn't know what the griffon's bloodline was, but the fluffy silver-white mane around the beast's head looked unusually majestic and majestic in the orange candlelight. Then another griffon came out of the eggshell, and it came out a little later, and it looked a little thinner, but it was much more clever than its brother, and it sniffed around, and then found the eggshell on the ground and gnawed it, and in a short time ate its own eggshell.
The griffon, which was born first, also seemed to be hungry, and it quickly ate all the eggshells on the ground. The two griffons looked up at each other, and then let out a roar, not loud, but giving Merlin a great shock.
Merlin's heart was filled with a strange feeling, a sense of divine connection at the heart of the underworld. It was as if there was a connection between Merlin and the two griffins, and their emotions were transmitted to Merlin. It's a very wonderful experience, Merlin has had the experience of the King of Bumblebees sharing a vision, but this experience is a feeling beyond the vision, it is a tacit understanding of the heart.
If the Grey Golem is a tool that Merlin can control, then the Griffon is now two living beings with their own experiences.
"Woohoo......" The two griffons finally focused their eyes on Merlin's body, and after watching for a while, Merlin's side, who was running backwards, rubbed Merlin's body with their silver manes like puppies.
"It's itchy, it's itchy. Merlin couldn't help but laugh.
"It's time for you to give them a name. Yoda said jealously, it was the first time he had seen a griffon beast that had such an intimate sense of its owner when it was just born.
"Let's call Gaia and Nien!" said the lord irresponsibly.
For the lord's casualness, the halfling's cheeks are only twitching, and he is not the first time to see Merlin's surprise. Just like a woman like him who has no scruples about taking in a wandering knight.
"It's beautiful, what is this?" Leah appeared behind Merlin with Arthur in her arms.
"My new partner!" Merlin smirked.
"My lord, I'll go first, if there's anything you don't understand, you can ask at any time. The halfling left without looking back.
The first born griffons were larger, Merlin gave him the name Gaia, and the second born griffons were smaller and more agile, and his name was Nien. But apart from Merlin, Leah couldn't tell which of them was bigger and which was smaller.
After the Grey Golems evolved into Griffins, their ability to devour rock was enhanced. As for how much it has been strengthened, Merlin will have to test it himself to know. However, Griffonmon now has an additional ability to purify metal. In other words, they can refine the metal from the ore that is swallowed up.
As a master blacksmith, Merlin has a very intuitive understanding of the alchemy techniques of the entire Holy Empire. For example, in the case of Hippo City, although it is rich, it can only refine ordinary iron ingots, and the production is very limited. On the shores of the Endless Ocean, the Grey Dwarves who live in the Great Wasteland are the only ones who know more about metals and ores, and who are the only ones who can refine rare metals such as Mithril.
However, Merlin's main concern was the two wings on the back of the griffon. Gaia's wings are only less than two meters fully extended, and there is no way to fly with such wings of its size, but for magical creatures, flying is more dependent on magic and not entirely on the power provided by the air.
After the gray golem turned into a griffon, it didn't become too big in size, and its streamlined appearance was very handsome. Merlin's heart moved, and he put away the two magically summoned creatures. He clicked on the system's package, and sure enough, two metal nameplates lay quietly in the corner.