Chapter XXXVII: Preparatory Meeting (End of Volume I)
"I hope everyone here can help Mia well. I'm sure you'll have a good time working with you from the last experience. Mia was about to refuse, but was interrupted by Bird, who nodded and looked at her, so she nodded in agreement.
Seeing that the first thing was settled, Bird continued, "When I was in the Centaur tribe, the Centaur elders had received a prophecy from Beatrice, the mother of the earth, which roughly stated that there would be changes in the winter year of the next year, and told the centaurs to prepare sufficient food in advance. Therefore, the next development focus of the academy is to reclaim some grain fields and vegetable cultivation areas, and then we will have to ask Antoine" Bird scanned the people in the room, and then focused on the two hollows in the mask of Antoine the Shepherd. Antoine the Shepherd paused slightly, seemed to hesitate, and told the Shepherd to go and cultivate the grain fields, which was the first time he had heard it.
"Antoine only needs to drive those trees and jungles to another place and free up a field, and we won't do any harm to the trees and jungles. Bird thought Antoine was worried about the trees that had been cut down during the ploughing, so he reminded him directly. There was nothing in conflict with what he believed in, and with his own personal supervision, Antoine was not worried about any problems, so he agreed.
"When the time comes, you will need to use your magic to produce a batch of food first, and I will try to bring back some food from the human villages and the human empire outside, in case there is an accident in the winter year. In addition, if there is any problem in the academy, such as an invasion by a foreign enemy, I hope that you will focus on preserving your strength, and wait for me to come back before making plans. If there is no problem, everyone will disperse."
Bird mainly explained some important issues of the academy this time, and everyone didn't have too many objections, so they dispersed one by one, and Bird left the crow Corey alone.
"You're not going to leave me behind because of the joke I just made about the two little centaurs," Rook Corey looked at Bird with disdain.
Bird shot at the crow Cory with a black line, and the sound of "snap" actually slapped the crow Cory directly under the table. Bird was startled, quickly helped it up, and asked, "Why don't you resist?". Rook Cory croaked with a hellish expression on his face, "I obviously dodged, who knew that I was directly shattered by a chaotic energy, and then sucked away my mana energy, so that I couldn't move"
Bird thought for a moment, it couldn't be caused by the strange magic space in his body. Anyway, after covering up this matter first, Bird looked up and said, "It can't be caused by the instantaneous energy chaos or the spatial crack."
Confusion of energy or spatial rifts are both caused by the mixing of energies, and perhaps it happens in an instant, and then ends in an instant. However, it is rarely seen, but it is often recorded in various wizard books. It is said that if someone can grasp the spatial rift for an instant, they will be able to reach the treasure room of the Lord of Greed through the spatial rift, but no one has ever actually entered it.
Hearing Bird say this, the crow Corey also looked up and looked around, maybe it was really caused by the energy chaos or the spatial rift. Rook Cory scolded secretly, "Don't let me encounter it again, if I have the strength to stabilize the spatial rift that day, I have to go in and empty the treasure of the Lord of Greed." ”
Seeing this, Bird smiled secretly in his heart, he knew that it would not be easy to make this crow suffer, but today he did it, but it was still important to get down to business. Bird shouted Cory twice, and after focusing the crow's attention, he asked sternly, "Cory, when I go to the Wizard's City, can you help me temporarily remove the crow guards around me?" The three crow guards around Bird are now following Bird every step of the way, and they are now waiting for Bird outside the room.
"No, this is what the Great Black Crow is specially designed to protect you" "But if I go to the Wizard's City like this, wouldn't it be easier for people to know that I have a relationship with the Great Black Crow, what if I run into some enemy of your people, and take me to kill you first and then find your place of residence?"
"Wait, I'll ask the big crow" "Go, go," Bird hurriedly urged. He had thought that this crow Cory would have to fly all the way to ask, and he was ready to wait for it. The crow Cory's eyes rolled and his whole body twitched. Bird was stunned by the scene in front of him, the black crow's current appearance was completely beyond his imagination, and before Bird could mutter, the black crow Cory instantly returned to his normal state.
The last time this black crow came, he said something about the big black crow, and it seemed that the big black crow had been secretly and silently watching him. Bird also stared at the crow guards outside the house for several nights, and when he saw that they didn't move, he gradually relaxed. But now that he saw this crow family, he could pass his information to the big crow in an instant, and he couldn't help but be shocked, it seemed that he had to take precautions, so he secretly made up his mind.
The crow Cory didn't notice Bird's abnormality, and as soon as he recovered, he said directly, "The big crow said that you can untie these crow guards, but for your safety, you must take one of them with you when you go to the Wizard's City." The big crow also thought about it, in order not to be noticeable, it would make the crow guards smaller, like the size of a pet bird" The crow Corey directly recounted everything the big crow told it to Bird in one breath.
Bird nodded in agreement and called the three crow guards outside the house, seeing that the crow Cory's eyes were red and looking at the three crow guards one by one, now was a good opportunity to get rid of the crow guards. He directly said, "Corey, let these crow guards go to stay outside the library", and Cory also agreed with Bird's suggestion, which was another burst of red light.
After a while, two of the crow guards ignored Bird and flew straight towards the library. Now that there was only one left in the house, Cory also focused his attention on the single crow guard, only to see that the crow guard quickly shrunk, and in a moment it was only the size of Bird's fist.
"This crow guardian has not yet untied the mark with you, so keep it by your side. In addition, the big black crow wants me to give you something to save your life in case of an accident. I saw that the crow Cory looked exhausted, and plucked a feather from his body.
Rook Corey instructed Bird, "This is what the big black crow gave me to save my life when I came, and now I give it to you, this feather can allow you to use a deadly curse or dark spell, and be immune to some levels of curse spells and dark spells." ”
Bird took the black feather, black as ink, but with a strange luster that kept wandering in it, making people have to think about the mysterious power contained in it. It was the first time Bird had received such a mysterious item, and after seeing it, he quickly put it away.
"I've done everything the big crow told me now. If there's nothing wrong with you, I'll go back to meditating and resting, I've just consumed too much mana and energy. Rook Corey said to Bird half-eyelids, as if he wanted to lie down and fall asleep right now.
"It's nothing, thank you, Corey" Cory spread his wings and flew back as soon as he heard from Bird.
Bird took out the black feather that Crow Corey had given him just now and looked at it, as if the big crow really didn't want to have an accident for himself, Bird thought seriously. I noticed that the crow guard on the table, who had become smaller, had the same eyes as before, dumbfounded. As revealed in the mouth of the rook Corey before, it looks like a corpse.
Bird suddenly remembered that this big crow originally had the ability to be constantly reborn, could it be that these corpse-like black crow guards were the parasite of its rebirth? Bird gave his guess eight or seven times out of ten affirmation, and if there was a chance in the future, he would naturally know. Anyway, now the big black crow doesn't seem to want to take his own life, so he doesn't think about it anymore.
Bird had already planned his trip, so he didn't take the red willow staff with him as usual, but took some gold bars, the storage keys left by the former dean, and some letters to his old friends that he had instructed in his last words and set out on his way.