August 30, sunny and hot.

Duke with a red mark on his chest and a green mark on his stomach, allowed Xiaoyi to continue to maintain 85% of the power solidification spirit core.

He rode his bicycle and went to the town to find out the news.

Last night's airship chase caused quite a stir in the town, and soon Duke found out the news from a mercenary of the Broken Sword Mercenary Regiment.

"Ah, I heard that it was an ant queen who caught a 5-ring!" The mercenary didn't see it with his own eyes, but the news came, "They all said that this queen ant was born with wisdom, that is, it commanded the crypt marching ants to invade the farm, but the airship caught the 5-ringed ant queen and flew directly to Shenjiao City." ”

"Didn't you rest in Snakehead?"

"No, except for the Sunset airship of Elwin's Mage Tower, which rested in Serpent's Head Town, the other ships of the airship brigade have all been evacuated. The task of opening up the war headquarters and dispatching our mercenary group has also come to an end. ”

"Okay, is Captain Zina back?"

"No, there are still a large number of crypt marching ants to be cleared on the front line, and the large army will need to delay their return for a few days." The mercenary returned to the station early because of the delivery, "Do you still want to buy ant meat, I can sell you a few at half price." ”

Knowing that there is cooperation between Duke and the regimental commander, the mercenaries are also happy to be a favor.

Duke shook his head: "I won't buy it for the time being, I don't have enough money on hand." ”

In fact, after selling a lot of Arcane cards one after another, he already had more than 300 golden dragons on his Spirit Dragon card. And there is also a 2-ring arcane card - Monty Python Shadow Bondage, if this card is also sold, personal savings will reach as much as four hundred golden dragons.

However, considering that he was about to be promoted to the 1st Ring Arcane Mage, and he was going to Shenjiao City to buy a house and settle down, and he would have to spend money on everything, so he was not willing to spend it indiscriminately.

Leave the Broken Sword Garrison.

While riding the bicycle, Duke said to himself: "You heard it, the mangrove branch was grabbed by the airship and sent to Shenjiao City...... It should be greeted by a guinea pig's fate, but as you have said, the intelligence of the mangrove twigs is not outstanding, and perhaps the arcane mages will soon lose interest and dry it to avoid pain. ”

The green mark on the belly sparkles and flashes, inspiring a little warmth.

Apparently the chicks are able to hear outside sounds.

It expresses its anger at the scene described by Duke and its reluctance at the red branches, but it doesn't seem to be so reluctant.

The reason is that in Duke's villa, there are also ant eggs with mangrove branches.

Although the mangrove branch will die, its bloodline will be renewed with the help of this ant egg, as if a new mangrove branch was born.

"But, chick, the mangrove branch must have laid countless ant eggs......" Duke remembered, having asked himself last night.

The chick replied seriously: "That's different, this ant egg is the last egg of the mangrove branch, and it will hatch into a little red branch!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"Mangrove twigs are different from other big ants, and this egg is not the same!"

At that time, Duke was still a little unsure, but now there is a vague guess that the mangrove branch is a rare 5-ring bloodline queen among the crypt marching ants.

The ant eggs it usually gives birth to should be just ordinary 3-ring bloodlines.

But only this one, which inherits its 5-ring bloodline and hatches new ants in the future, will be the 5-ring crypt marching ants.

And Duke also found that whether it is a chicken or a mangrove branch, the emotions of these non-human creatures may have similar parts to humans, but there are also many parts that are different from humans. For example, for the parting and inheritance of life, they are more indifferent.

The chick has lost its red branches, but with this ant egg, it seems that it has not lost its red branches.

At this time.

Xiao Yi suddenly sent a message: "Master, only 0.01% of the future can be completed to solidify the spirit core, do you want to complete the final steps yourself?" ”

"Yes!" Duke pedaled the bike hard.

Quickly returned to Little Duke Farm and rushed up to the second floor of the villa.

After traveling to this world for more than a year, he finally reached the most important juncture, and he just wanted to complete it himself and witness it himself.

……

"Are you going to be promoted to arcane mage, Duke?" The chick has rested, recovered from the imprint state, and swung its tail again to swim in the air.

"Not bad."

"Looking at it this way, you're still quite powerful among humans, Armage." Chick said.

Its knowledge of human beings is probably learned from the mouth of its "spirit" grandmother.

In addition, the spirit beast of Cuihai Valley has recently been abused and killed by the arcane mage, which makes the arcane mage synonymous with power in its mind.

Duke is about to be promoted to arcane mage, and he has finally made it impressed.

"The more powerful is yet to come, chicken, don't feel wronged by me, in five or ten years, you will be the luckiest elf."

"Oh." The chick said perfunctorily.

Duke stopped talking to it, but beckoned to Little Pocket.

Xiaodou first bared his teeth at the chick, and then meekly jumped into Duke's arms: "Tsk." ”

"Good little pocket, help me be on guard, don't let people in and disturb me."

"Tsk!"

Xiao Dou received the order, immediately jumped on the beam, and stared at the door to maintain a high level of vigilance.

Duke took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the futon sewn by Sister Sally, closed his eyes, and his mind quickly sank into the sea of spirits.

In the center of the spiritual sea, the dim ring is particularly eye-catching.

The bright nine-ring Xiaoyi, and the shining one-ring sand eagle, no matter how flashing, can't steal the limelight of this dim ring, and can't become the focus.

Duke stared at the ring, quickly finding the last trace of spiritual power and arcane trail that had not yet fused on the ring.

Mind Guidance.

Forcible fusion.

Perhaps because he was too excited, he failed on his first attempt, but Duke quickly adjusted his rhythm, and his control over the spiritual sea allowed him to quickly merge this last trace of spiritual power with the arcane trajectory it had drawn.

Smack.

It was as if a drop of rain had fallen into the sea.

In the next moment, the entire dim ring, along with the last trace of energy fusion, formed the most stable psionic state. Then this ring quickly spread outward in a slow and rapid strange state, and in a matter of moments, it spread to the entire spiritual sea.

The ring of the psionic state also disappeared into the spiritual sea as it continued to spread.

Ring.

Disappear.

However, the entire spiritual sea, from the original pitch black, only the starlight was shining, gradually began to brighten, as if countless spiritual energy filled in.

The light is fast, and the dark is fast.

At the same time, in the center of the spiritual sea, the dim ring that had disappeared appeared again. And it is still the most dazzling existence in the field of vision, but compared with before, its breath has a trace of eternal taste, as if the spiritual sea has been formed when it first opened.

"Solidify the Spiritual Core...... This is my solidified core...... The spiritual sea is its dispersion, it is the concentration of the spiritual sea, it is the rule of all arcane trajectories, and it is also the underlying logic of the operation of the world. ”

Duke's mind has left the spiritual sea and returned to reality.

But he still closed his eyes, carefully understanding the cognitive changes brought about by the solidification of the spirit core.

"If the previous me was a drop of water on a splashing wave, then the current me is a drop of water that has fallen back into the water."

"Even though I'm still just a small drop, I've become one with thousands of droplets, and I share whole rivers, lakes, oceans with them."

"I'm here!"

"But my future can be in the deep sea, in the clouds, in mountain streams, in magma, I am everywhere!"

"Wherever there is a spiritual mystery, there is my existence."

"Because I have become a part of the spiritual mysteries." Duke opened his eyes, a heartfelt smile on his lips.

This perception may be exaggerated, but solidifying the spiritual core represents integration into the spiritual arcane realm. To put it mildly, it is only to be promoted to 1 Ring Arcane Mage, and you can get in touch with some spiritual arcane methods; At the very least, the end of the extension of the spiritual arcane is the end of what he can reach.

"One is the present, the other is the future."

"Spirituality will guide me to that glorious future, which is my confidence as a new 1-ring mage."

Duke stood up, grinned under the gaze of the chick and the little pocket: "Friends, now, let me have the honor to announce to you that in front of you, it is...... 1 Ring of the Arc Master Duke! ”

(End of chapter)