After an initial test of the crow's abilities, Kevin began further testing and domestication. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Kevin once again carried forward the principle of asking if he didn't understand, and went directly to the communications department of the barracks, asking questions about the large number of parrot mages here. Although no one has ever raised crows here, some of the habits of birds have been figured out, and Kevin believes that asking more will definitely yield something.

However, Kevin doesn't have any acquaintances here, and it's not very polite to suddenly run to disturb, and not many people are really willing to answer, most people just use casually: "I don't know" "My parrot is from above, and I have already opened my mind as soon as I came, and there are no questions like you said." "Wait.

Kevin had no choice but to go back and explore it on his own. Kevin designed a lot of puzzle mechanisms, such as tying a piece of meat to a string and placing it in the crack of the table. Crows can't pounce on the meat directly, but all crows know how to hold on to the string, pull the meat out, and finally eat it.

Kevin put a small hook on the meat again, then hit the hook with the end of the string and set it aside. The strongest crow was tested first, and the crow flew around, looking dazed. Kevin had no choice but to put a piece of meat in the cage, and the strongest crow automatically flew back, Kevin closed the cage with his hand, and then released other crows to test.

As a result, the other three crows were able to easily grasp the rope, hang the hook, put it in the crack of the table, slowly hook the piece of meat, and then eat it. But after watching the movements of the three crows, the strongest crow can also follow the same example, and slowly hook the meat.

Kevin complicates the mechanism again and disconnects the rope and hook to see if the crow has the ability to tie the hook to the rope on his own. This question is obviously more difficult, after all, crows have no hands, and they usually peck by their mouths, and it is quite difficult to tie a rope, even if Kevin has tied it in front of them a few times.

The experiment took more than half a day, but when the two crows were finally released, the crows clamped the hook between the vertical pages, fixed the hook vertically, and then took the end of the rope in its beak and passed it through the hook hole. The other crow caught it, and then circled it, and the two crows cooperated tacitly, although they also failed several times, but finally succeeded in tying the hook, lowering the hook, and then hanging the meat.

Then the two crows fought over a piece of meat.

Kevin hurriedly dispersed the two crows and then replaced them with the other two. However, one of the other two crows is the strongest crow, and once the strongest crow is released with the other crows, the other crows dare not come out, and no matter how much they coax them, it is useless to seduce them with meat. Obviously, the strongest crows are far more powerful than the tempting power of meat, and they are not hungry at this time.

Kevin recorded all the test data, crows 7, 8, and 9 are obviously smarter, know how to use and even create some tools, and crow 6 is the most powerful, but his intelligence is relatively low, but he can also learn the movements of other crows, and then immediately learn the same, which is also quite good. As for the 6 magpies, their intelligence is even worse, and even if they are asked to learn from crows, they still can't learn it.

However, it is a bit difficult to carry out the next step of training now. I'm afraid that the next step is to train outdoors, Kevin is worried that once he is put outside, what will he do if he flies away? In this regard, Kevin consulted many parrot mages in the barracks, but unfortunately no one answered this question, and they all said that their parrots had a high intelligence and flew back automatically.

Anyway, Kevin decided to explain to them how catapults work and what they were going to do: "First of all, this is our catapult model! A real catapult is many times bigger than the model. ”

Kevin explained the whole catapult three times to the 10 birds, repeated the same sentence three times, and disassembled the catapult model, assembled it, showed it to the crows, and tried to launch it once. Of course, the model is smaller, and Kevin can forcibly control it with his hands, and the small stone bullets sent out only end up falling back into his own hands.

"All you have to do is stand on the loading slot and grab the stone bullet. When I fire the projectile, you fly with the projectile, and you use your wings to adjust the angle of deviation in the air, and hit the target precisely at the last time. Do you understand?" Kevin said, then repeating it twice.

The crow didn't react, and neither did the magpie.

"Of course, the catapult stone projectiles used in actual combat are relatively smooth and heavy, and you obviously can't hold them with your claws alone. At that time, I'm trying to figure out how to improve the stone bullet, maybe add wings to the stone bomb, or even design a device for you that you can control, and I'll talk about that later. The first step is to understand what you're going to do!" Kevin didn't care about the birds' reactions.

"Ahhhh......h

Kevin even thought that the crow understood what Kevin meant, but given the low intelligence that the crow had been showing, Kevin thought that it was probably hungry again, right?

So Kevin casually gave him another grain of corn, and the crow is an omnivore, and it can eat all of this.

The crow looked at the corn for a moment, then picked it up, but instead of eating it, it quickly hid it under Kevin's pillow, and then flew all the way back to the top of the cabinet, calling at Kevin, "Ahhhhhh......h

Kevin: "......"

It is said that crows do have the habit of hiding food, and it can even be said that it is natural, but hiding under Kevin's pillow, which makes Kevin a little uncomfortable, and he is glad that this time it is not meat for him, otherwise it will be even more disgusting.

"Well, you go in first. Kevin threw a piece of meat into the cage of the strongest crow, and as is customary, the crow went back in to peck at it, and Kevin closed the cage.

But this time the crow did not enter the cage, but lay on the outside of the cage, stretched out its beak and went in, and took the meat out through the fence of the birdcage. Kevin was shocked.

Then I saw the crow with the meat in his mouth and quickly stuffed it under Kevin's pillow.

"Ahhhhh......h

Kevin could only take out the corn and meat under the pillow with a dark face, and the pillow and bed sheets were stained with oil. It's late November, the weather is getting colder, and I'm already sleeping under the quilt.

"Listen, don't hide under my pillow in the future!" Kevin warned the crow.

The crow is still: "Ahhh......hh

Kevin had no choice but to take the pillow and bed sheets out to wash first, but when he came back, he saw the crow playing with his catapult model, jumping to this end for a while, and then jumping up to that end, and this head was upturned, which was very pleasant.

Kevin saw that he was happy, and immediately stretched out his hand, holding a small piece of meat in his hand, which was regarded as getting close to the crow, and feeding it with his hands. The crow seemed to hesitate for a moment, then gradually flew over, grabbed the meat, and then quickly hid in Kevin's shoes, and flew to the top of the cupboard at random: "Ahhh......h

Kevin was helpless, his chest was still hurting recently, otherwise he would have roared loudly, but at this time, he could only silently pour out the flesh of the shoes, and then go out to wash the shoes.

When he returned from washing his shoes, Kevin warned the crow again, "Either give me something to eat or give it back!"

The crow is still: "Ahhh......hh

Kevin had no choice but to decide not to give it meat to eat in the future, but only grain, so that it would not have much of a problem hiding in the future.

In addition to training the crows, Kevin also conducted a catapult model test, and two iron models, one large and one small, also arrived soon. Kevin used a variety of different stone projectiles to test the difference between the models, and pulled the catapult airdrop, as well as observed the shaking and deformation on the catapult.

In addition to external factors, the more stable the catapult, the more accurate it is, and theoretically if the initial settings are exactly the same, then the position of the projectiles should also be exactly the same. In this regard, the small model is obviously superior, the large model has begun to have some deviations, and the real catapult is even more biased.

In addition to swapping out the entire material, using the Hardening Array is already the easiest way to do it. What Kevin wants to test at present is where the specific hardening is more suitable, where it needs to be cured, etc., originally thought that it would be enough to pay someone to engrave the magic circle, but the experiment felt that it was not so simple.

Sclerosis also has a difference between strength and weakness, and if the formation is too strong, Kevin can't drive it, and if it's too weak, it won't work. Some of the moving joints must be hardened to a higher degree, while others can be relatively neglected, and the specific parts of the joints require a lot of testing.

However, Kevin is not in a hurry, as long as it can be completed by March next year, March is the start time of the military exercise, and at present, in late November, there are still more than three months, which should be enough. As for the crow training problem, Kevin just didn't have much hope, it was naturally good to succeed, and there was no way to do it.

After another two days, the crow began to grow more and more arrogant, and because Kevin was worried that it was hiding things, he would not give meat to eat, but only grain. The crow can even open other cages on its own, then snatch the meat of the other birds, beat it up by the way, and then close the cage and go out. These are all in front of Kevin, and Kevin's heart is terrified.

The birdcage switch is nothing more than a pin that cannot be opened from the inside and has a partition, but it is easy to open from the outside. This low-intelligence crow seems to have finally understood this after watching Kevin open and close the birdcage for so many days, and can go in and out of other birdcages at will, and then beat other birds, which is extremely arrogant.

The next day, Kevin had to lock the other cages and keep the keys in Kevin's pocket to prevent the crow from getting wilder.

At the same time, this crow is becoming more and more afraid of Kevin, in the evening Kevin reads and writes, the crow even jumps directly on his shoulder, Kevin can even touch it with his hand, it is not afraid. Kevin continued to read, and the crow continued to stand, as if it could read.

The books Kevin reads are all borrowed from the library in Saka City, and there are many books about military strategy and tactics in the middle, and of course, the books that appear in the library are already open to the public. Even so, Kevin still benefited a lot, after all, he didn't specialize in anything like it before.

There is a detailed description of catapult combat, and it is believed that catapults will never go out of style anytime soon. In addition to throwing stones, fire oil, etc., catapults can also throw magic. In most magic, a part of the magic will inevitably be wasted for magic flight, and if you kick off the flying part and throw it instead of a catapult, then the extra magic power can naturally further increase the strength and killing effect of the magic.

It was even suggested that a ring of shields should be added around the catapult to form a powerful armor that would be able to charge directly into the city. Or add multiple crossbow bolts to the front of the catapult to turn the entire catapult into a kind of mobile fortress.

However, there are also those who refute these views, arguing that it is stupid to make a fortress under the current prevalence of magic, and that slowness is equivalent to a live target for the other party. And ironically ridiculed some people in order to be different, deliberately put forward some ideas that do not conform to the public, but in fact it is useless.

Some people think that the current combat idea is too limited, and the number of mages was scarce in the past, so the main station was still a regular class such as infantry, cavalry, archers, etc., but with the gradual increase in the number of mages, it can become a scale. There are many spells, and it should be possible to form a variety of new combat systems.

There are also people who design new types of weapons, tying a crossbow to a spear, called a crossbow spear, which can be inserted into the spear and shot at a distance. But many people also disdain this, it is considered that the four are not like weapons, you must know that the more complex the mechanism, the easier it is to be damaged during battle, rather than that kind of crossbow spear, it is better to bring a crossbow and a spear.

Some people try to improve the shield, thinking that adding spikes to the shield can not only block, but also attack? If the spikes are long enough, it is not the same as another sword. However, there are also rebuttals, arguing that once the infantry charges on a large scale, once the first platoon is forced to stop, then the people behind will not be able to hold their feet, and the first platoon will not be killed? However, the other side also refutes it, believing that it is enough to add relevant tactical training, or only let the first platoon take the stabbing shield, and so on.

Conflicts in tactical thinking are common, and many of the authors of such books are experts of a certain academic standing, some are also retired or active military personnel, and of course there are many pure fools who do not have much level. In the final analysis, it is still the recent Guotai Ming'an, everyone has eaten enough, and they have begun to be idle and have nothing to do. But even if it's wrong, Kevin still feels that there is something to be gained. No one can climb to the sky in one step, and only by constantly learning can they continue to improve.

By the end of November, tomorrow will be the time for veterans to be discharged. At this time of year, the army is so loose that it is extremely difficult to manage, after all, because the veterans are about to leave, and the commanders are too lazy to talk about them. And the behavior of veterans inevitably affects some others, making it difficult for others to manage, but this is already a convention, and the army has long been used to it.

The pickets have been much more relaxed recently, and people are leaving, still staring, and a little unkind. Starter was able to relax and often come to Kevin's side to sit.

It's not a secret that Kevin is basically aware of the fact that the barracks know about it. Some people say that Kevin is doing a great experiment, and some people say that Kevin is depraved, and no one cares about it, so that he has degenerated to raising birds and playing all day long, in short, there are different statements. The general also sent an escort to inquire about Kevin, to which Kevin also answered truthfully.

The general did not say anything about this, neither supported nor opposed, and it was considered a tacit acquiescence. In fact, Kevin's injuries are not all healed, and even if he is asked to do something else at this time, he can't do it.

Of all of them, Stadt undoubtedly knows Kevin best, but he has some conspiracy theories, and he insists that Kevin must have something left untold him, some earth-shattering plan being implemented, and he jumps out at a critical moment to be shocked. Even though Kevin has repeatedly reiterated that he is just training normally, he still doesn't believe it.

For this reason, Starter has often come over to visit the door recently: "Hey, how is your crow?

"As you can see, the best is still the most capable of fighting, and the stupidest is still the stupidest. Kevin cautiously closed the door.

"You're going to lock them up in the house?" Statt was surprised, "can you let them out and run away?"

"What if you run away?" Kevin asked, "it's wild, not domestic." Anyway, there is a lot of time, so let's raise it for a while. ”

As he spoke, the crow was already standing on Kevin's shoulder.

Stadt looked at it, "Looks good, what's your name?"

"Uh...... Unqualified 6." Kevin replied.

Starter shook his head: "If the crow could understand, it would definitely take the name as a shame." ”

"Hehe, if it understands one day, it means that it is qualified, then I will naturally replace the unqualified brand. Kevin replied, turning to the crow and asking, "Really?"

Raven ignored it, still standing on Kevin's shoulder, looking left and right.

"Would you be interested in having him participate in the parrot contest?" Statt thought on a whim, "It is said that there will be a similar show at the party when the veterans are discharged. The strongest parrots can also get the right to mate. ”

"First of all, it's not a parrot," Kevin smiled, "Secondly, the open parrot is a completely different level from other birds that are not open to the wit, and the military parrot has also undergone special training, don't look at it is very good at fighting now, it can hit a few crows and a few magpies, but it is still ...... to challenge the military parrot Suspend. ”

"You're a master...... Tsk," Stadt shook his head, "If the pet can understand, you will immediately vomit blood." ”

"It's just the truth," Kevin replied, "and I haven't trained it in martial arts, not to mention that it's a parrot or a bird or a pet." It is not qualified to come to power. ”

"It depends on your level," said Stat, "first of all, you can open your mouth to despise the other person, and when the others think that this crow is going to be defeated, they will most likely teach them a lesson." So your crow can come to power normally. ”

Kevin shook his head: "Then my crow will be arrested and investigated because of his suspected high IQ, and I will be investigated with me." To tell you the truth, I once asked Professor Rook that Wang Li College had bred a group of high-IQ crows, but I don't even know what happened after that. I asked where the crows had ended up, and the professor told me not to ask more. ”

"Could it be that all those of high intelligence have been put to death?" said Stadt.

"I don't know," Kevin said, "I'm just telling you what I'm saying, and you'll judge for yourself afterwards." ”

"Alas. Start sighed.

Kevin turned his head to look at the crow: "So settle down, don't think about mating with a parrot, that's impossible!"

Raven: "Ahhhh......h

"Actually, there is no need to be too pessimistic," said Staat, "since the parrots have assembled the troops, there have been many parrots that have been caught and bitten to death by wild cats when they go out. To tell the truth, parrots are not invincible even if they are enlightened, and winning a battle will be regarded as an upset at most, so I don't think it would be such an exaggeration to catch and study. ”

Kevin thought for a moment and felt that what Stadt said made sense, and it would depend on the specific situation. At this time, the crow on his shoulder was jumping left and right, not knowing what kind of wind to smoke.

"What are you doing?" Kevin curled his neck, "you want to mate with a parrot?"

Raven: "......"