Duke didn't know how many shots he had fired before the Thunderbeast died, but he fired three armor-piercing rounds of magazines.

There are twelve armor-piercing rounds in a magazine of bullets.

In other words, it is conservatively estimated that it takes at least thirty armor-piercing bullets to kill a 4-ring spirit beast. Of course, this has to make sure that the spirit beast does not have defensive arcane arts, or is not wearing armor, so that every shot of the armor-piercing bullet can enter the soul.

Duke, who has ultra-long-distance sniping ability, is the least afraid of running thunder beasts, a spirit beast with sparks and lightning all the way.

It is completely possible to snipe the Running Thunderbeast with armor-piercing bullets outside of its attack range.

But if it is replaced by the kind of spirit beast with more than 3 rings wearing armor and even solidifying defense arcane, the armor-piercing bullet will not be good.

In other words, no bullet is good.

After all, the level of the Sand Eagle pistol itself is only 1 ring, and it is indeed domineering to concentrate on one point, but no matter how domineering it is, there is a limit. Defenses below 3 rings can basically break through the surface with points, while defenses above 3 rings are powerless.

"The Rampaging Thunder Beast attacks strong and defends weakly, and I also attack strong and defends weakly, but my attack range is farther!" Standing in front of the corpse of the running thunderbeast, Duke was full of pride.

The evolution of 3 rings to 4 rings is a qualitative change.

But Duke still got down and completed a gorgeous hunt.

The mercenaries had already begun to busily dispose of the corpse of the Raging Thunderbeast, and whoever it was, when they walked up to Duke, would bend down and respectfully express their humility to Duke, who had been completely impressed by him.

Being able to hunt 4-ringed spirit beasts is enough to explain everything.

"Arcane can do anything, and Lord Duke will definitely be a great Armage!" While commanding the team, Commander Zina secretly watched Duke's back.

At this moment.

She only felt that finding Duke and working with Duke was definitely the most important decision of her life.

A fateful decision.

"I made the right choice, but it wasn't enough, I wanted more, I had to be better in front of Lord Duke!"

"There's not much I can show for anything, there is only one broken sword!"

"Therefore, I must use the power of Lord Duke to quickly grow the Broken Sword, and make the Broken Sword the sharpest sword in the hands of the Lord!"

Putting away the distractions, Xena shouted loudly and commanded the team to do things.

The mercenaries disposed of the corpse of the Running Thunder Beast, and even the blood on the ground was scraped away along with the ground, and Zina arranged a team of men to transport the Running Thunder Beast back and send it to Snake Head Town for processing, while the rest continued to carry out the task of clearing the evil spirit.

"I'll take half of the proceeds of this spirit beast, and divide the remaining half to everyone." Duke replied to Xena's advice on what to do with spirit beasts.

So Zina found the leaders of each mercenary group one by one, and loudly informed Duke of his arrangements: "Lord Duke is generous, and he is willing to give half of the proceeds of the Running Thunder Beast and share it with everyone!" All that is needed is for everyone to work hard! ”

"Thank you for your generosity, how dare we do things without care!"

"This is your good luck, without the power of a knife or a shot, you can share half of the benefits of a 4-ringed spirit beast...... In short, serving adults is indispensable for your benefits! ”

Thanks to Duke's feat of single-handedly killing the Thunder Beast, as well as his generous shot of sharing half of the profits.

The morale of the whole team was high, they did not complain of hardship or tiredness, and the progress of the task increased rapidly, and the task was completed three days earlier than the agreed time.

So with three days left, Duke dismissed the mercenary group.

Just with a broken sword, wandering around the forest, looking for spirit beasts to hunt, earn a little extra money, and make your pockets a little more bulging.

"Tsk!"

In the past few days, Xiaodou has also killed red eyes.

In order to hone Xiaodou, Duke let Xiaodou participate in the fight, especially when he encountered a 0-ring spirit beast, he basically went up to hunt Xiaodou.

Sometimes when I encounter a 1-ring spirit animal, I also let the small pocket go up and touch it.

In this high-pressure state, the red knight contract mark on Xiao Dou's forehead has gradually condensed into a complete outline.

"My lord, Xiaodou has reached the critical point of advancement." Vivien said.

"Therefore, the forest is the best training ground for spirit beasts, and spirit beasts raised in the city will not be able to grow without experiencing bloody battles." Duke's eyes lit up, "Vivian, I think I've figured out a little bit of cultivation. ”

"What do you mean, sir?" Vivien was puzzled.

"Fighting in the forest is the best way for contract spirit beasts to digest nutrients. Your Mimi and my little pocket, if you want them to evolve into phantom beasts, I'm afraid it's not enough to train by sweating every day, you have to take them to see the blood. ”

Duke remembered that Muhans Black Snake had said before that the reason why his snake could evolve into a phantom beast was that it had undergone a catastrophe of life and death before it mutated and evolved into a phantom beast.

So he continued: "Letting the contract spirit beast wander on the edge of life and death is probably the best way to stimulate evolution. ”

Vivien frowned: "Will this be too high a mortality rate?" ”

"So it's a paradox, if you want your contract partner to evolve, you have to force it to death, but if you force it to die, you will often really force your partner to death......"

Duke felt like he was talking nonsense.

Vivian felt a little empathetic: "The reason why there are so few phantom beast knights is that they don't have a good grasp of these two tendencies. I also don't want to put Mimi in danger, so I can only choose to sweat more in normal times. ”

"It's the dumbest way and the most effective...... Vivien, I'll take the little bag with me when I train in the future. ”

"Yes, sir."

Duke didn't have time to train himself, so he had to let Xiaodou train with others.

This made him think with some wistfulness in his heart: "It's a pity that there are no natural treasures in this world, how much can you increase your cultivation by taking a bite, or directly evolve into a phantom beast or a wulong...... If there is, I will definitely get one for Xiaodou to eat. ”

Spirituality benefits all living beings and is the source of all things.

When a plant is favored by the spirit, it will be promoted to a spirit plant, not to grow into a heaven and earth treasure - of course, the spirit plant is also a heaven and earth treasure.

Three days passed in a snap of a finger.

After handing in the clean-up task of Area 354, Duke took the Ring Airship, left Cuihai Valley, and returned to Shenjiao City.

"I heard that you hunted a 4-ringed spirit beast alone?" Vikas asked, holding a glass of red wine.

In the area of academic research, as well as in the area of personal practice, Vikas has given up, can mix and mix, and is now keen on inquiring about news and personal communication.

"Relying on the legacy of my predecessors, I left a good weapon." Duke replied.

He can now use the One Ring Sand Eagle openly, and most of the arcane mages have their own arcane weapons, which are so strange that it is not surprising what kind of effect they appear. After all, there are a thousand paths to spiritual arcane.

Vikas smiled: "It seems that the senior left you a powerful arcane weapon, but you have to think about what the arcane weapon means to you...... Often, it is not the best choice to use an arcane weapon as a weapon. ”

"I know, I'll take care of this artifact." Duke smiled perfunctorily.

Arcane mages can rely on casting spells to master powerful arcane arts, so it would be a bit wasteful to use arcane weapons as weapons.

Unless this kind of arcane weapon has the power to destroy the world, such as the arcane weapon of Keystone Fury, which is a red sun-shaped orb that can release a nuclear bomb attack.

As the strongest arcane mage in Shenjiao City, Keystone really needs a lethal arcane weapon to establish his unbreakable dominance.

And most arcane mages are enough to stand on their own with arcane alone.

Therefore, in the selection of arcane weapons, they tend to be auxiliary, which can help arcane mages better study spiritual arcane methods, or better improve their skills.

Duke had heard Vikas say before that the Union Card Shop had trained some 1-ring arcane mages, and in order to focus on card-making skills, each of them had cast an arcane weapon called the "Card Spirit", which could be used to instantly complete the spell model painting on the spirit card.

The principle of the spirit of the card is unknown, but the mass production of cards is absolutely inseparable from the spirit of the card.

With the card spirit weapon and proficient in psionic resonance memory technology, such an arcane mage is basically equivalent to a spirit card printer.

Countless low-level spirit cards can be printed every day to supply the needs of the entire Seven Towers Federation.

Perhaps such an arcane mage, life is like a machine, but the accumulation of massive wealth can benefit the entire family.

Thinking that Duke understood his kindness, Vikas said with relief: "We arcane mages are destined to rule this world, not only by our combat power, but also by our exploration of spiritual arcane, and we are closer to the truth than anyone else. ”

After a twist and a pause of a few seconds, Vikas continued: "And the arcane weapon is the prop that assists us in witnessing the truth, and if you use it well, you will go far in the spiritual arcane realm. ”

"I understand."

"You're the most mature and intelligent of all the young arcane mages I've ever met, and I'm very optimistic about you, really."

"Actually, I'm very optimistic about myself."

"Haha, your self-confidence finally makes me feel that I am talking to a seventeen-year-old young man." Vikas sighed with emotion and fell into nostalgia, "When I was young, I was as high-spirited as you......"

"But you're dead now." Leadman's assistant came over at some point and scolded Vikas.

Vikas just wanted to refute.

Leadman ignored him anymore, and said to Duke: "During my mission, I found a special snow blowing pillar, aren't you cultivating a normal spirit planting snow blowing pillar, maybe this snow blowing pillar will help you." ”

"Thank you, I don't know what's so special about this snow blowing pillar?" Duke asked.

"It bears seeds, and every bloodworm tentacle is its flower, and the bloodworm tentacles of this snow-blowing pillar have withered and contain seeds. But the seeds were not yet ripe, so I dug them up with the clods of soil and sealed them in a glass box. ”

"That's great, I'll send someone over to take over when I get off the airship."

The snow blowing pillars bred by Duke James Farm have a pitifully low survival rate, and even if they do, they are not very healthy.

If it continues, the nurturing program will definitely fail.

But with seeds, it's different, and through the snow blowing pillars cultivated by seeds, there may be new resistances that can reproduce smoothly.

By the time the airship landed at Penrose Mage's Tower, Duke had also managed to take over a two-meter-tall, thigh-thick snow-blowing pillar. I don't know where Leadman brought such a large glass box to fit the snow blowing pillar with the root clod.

"Thank you so much for Leadman's guidance."

"Nothing." Liedman's tone was always cold, "The sooner I cultivate the Blowing Snow Pillar, the more spiritual materials I can choose from." ”

"I'll try to nurture it." Duke replied.

Lidman's research direction focuses on the spiritual materials of spirit card making, and he plans to start by improving spirit cards to improve the card making process.

If successful, you should be able to earn the title of Card-Making Scholar.

With the snow blowing pillar sealed in the glass box, Duke quickly rushed to the farm, and for the next few days, he ran to the farm every day to personally cast spells on the snow blowing pillar, helping it adapt to the environment free of evil qi as soon as possible and mature as soon as possible.

The 2-Ring Spirit uses a breathing spell, and Duke also merges with the chick when he casts the spell, and the effect of this breath resonance successfully pulls the snow blowing pillar back from the edge of apoptosis.

"James, you arrange for people to cast spells on it 24 hours a day to prevent it from dying. We only need to boil until this batch of seeds matures, and we can breed new snow blowing pillars that are more suitable for the environment through seed breeding. Duke commanded.

James immediately responded, "I understand, my lord, I will arrange the manpower...... I don't know why, I feel like I'm involved in a big thing, and I have a special sense of mission in my heart. ”

"Your feeling is not wrong, if you really cultivate the blowing snow pillar well, it will indeed be a good thing to benefit the whole people if you can bring down the price of spiritual materials. However, if you want to breed a good enough variety, it will not take you a few years to complete, you have to be prepared for the long term. ”

"I'll listen to your orders." James slumped low and hugged Duke's big thick leg tightly.

When I returned to the Penrose Mage Tower, the reward for clearing the evil qi in the Emerald Sea Valley had already been paid.

All courtesy of the Bernoulli Mage Tower.

"Sir, the task remuneration is 290 gold dragons, the travel allowance is 50 gold dragons, and the lost work expenses are 35 gold dragons...... The miscellaneous expenses add up, a total of 412 gold dragons. Mulali took the reward back and gave it to Duke one by one.

"Okay." Duke drank tea comfortably, "This time, the Bernoulli Mage Tower really cut a piece of meat. ”

He can get a reward of 412 golden dragons for a 1-ring mage, and the remuneration for a 2-ring mage and a 3-ring mage is obviously higher.

Even Great Arcane mages such as Keystone Fury are involved in the mission, which I am afraid cannot be dismissed with a golden dragon.

Mulali smiled and reported another bill to Duke: "Sir, the spirit beasts you hunted in the mission have basically been dealt with. Among them, the 4-ringed spirit beast, the Running Thunder Beast, was bought by the Black Snake family in its entirety, and it was sold for a price of 1200 golden dragons. ”

"1200 Golden Dragon? Xiao Lili, this price is a bit high. Duke was surprised.

"According to the current market price, there is a little overflow, but originally the Running Thunder Beast was going to be sent to the auction house, and the Black Snake family didn't want to auction it, so they had to buy it at a premium." Despite being a member of the Black Snake family, Murali has long regarded herself as a Duke.

She explained with a smile: "Captain Zina felt that the price was right, so he gave up the auction and sold it directly to the Black Snake family. ”

"What's the use of the Black Snake Clan's Thunder Beast?"

"The Running Thunder Beast is the main material for making the Thunder Elixir, and the Thunder Elixir can help the arcane master comprehend the thunder element and increase his cognition of the spiritual arcane." Mulali thought for a while and said, "Second Grandpa probably wants to help Uncle Mudis advance." ”

Mudis Black Snake is the 1st Ring Arcane Mage of the Black Snake Family, and is expected to be promoted to the 2nd Ring, and is the next High Priest of the Black Snake Family.

However, Duke didn't care, who was in power in the Black Snake family, and he was interested in other points: "Is the thunder potion ......?"

The field of potions is an important research direction for the Arcane Master.

Most of the monks of the Three Seas basically have to rely on drugs to open, and what they take is potions, qi potions, boiling blood potions, and awakening elixirs.

Unlike the medicine taken by the sick patient, the potion can only be prepared by the Arcane Master.

In another way, let the different spiritual materials be mixed into one, so as to build a complete spell model on the spiritual level.

The thunder elixir is also a kind of elixir, but it is a very high-end elixir - the elixir is not divided into grades, and it is all to build a complete ring to preserve the spirituality of the spiritual raw materials, so theoretically all the elixirs are just 1 ring.

The difference is that some elixirs are spiritually thin, while others are spiritually rich, and the more high-end the elixir, the stronger the spirituality and effect.

The Thunder Elixir can make the arcane mage feel the mystery of the thunder element, thereby increasing the cognition of the spiritual arcane, helping the arcane master to improve his cultivation and accelerate his progression. There are many similar potions, iceberg potions, hurricane potions, inflammatory potions, and so on.

But Duke never considered vassalizing potions to help him comprehend spiritual arcane.

Only arcane mages who have exhausted their potential will consider this way to affect their own perception of spiritual arcane laws through external interference.

If you succeed in advancing by luck, you will also leave a huge hidden danger, and there is no possibility of progress.

"So, Moodis Black Snake has lost his pursuit of 3 rings and stopped at 2 rings for the rest of his life?" Duke sighed slightly.

He still remembered the first arcane mage he had ever seen in his life, this Mudis Black Snake, in an open class at the Dharma Spirit Society.

At that time, many spiritual apprentices regarded Mudis as an idol, believing that he was the most outstanding young arcane mage of the Black Snake family, with unlimited potential and broad prospects.

I didn't expect that the current Mudis would even rely on drugs to advance to the 2nd ring.

"Uncle Mudice never seems to have pursued the 3 rings." Mulali cocked her nose and said, "When I used to worship my ancestors, I heard the second grandfather sigh before, saying that the family couldn't even renew the 2nd Ring Arcane Master, and I also named Uncle Mudis. ”

"What's wrong with him?"

"Uncle Mudice seemed to be ashamed, saying that he would work hard, but he said it very quietly, and he had no confidence at all."

Duke shook his head: "Okay. ”

He has always aimed at the Nine Rings Arcane Mage, after all, the existence of the Nine Rings Xiaoyi has given him a clear positioning for the future.

But ignoring the other arcane mages, you may not even dare to expect 2 rings.

Raising the awareness of spiritual arcane can increase the change of the spiritual core and evolve to a higher level. But it does not mean that seeing more of the world can improve the understanding of spiritual arcane, which involves an understanding and insight into the underlying rules.

If you look at the phenomenon a thousand times and ten thousand times, if you can't understand the root cause, you won't increase your understanding of spiritual arcane law by half a point.

"It's good that I have Xiaoyi, I can't understand it, Xiaoyi helps me understand......" Duke thought.

Mu Lali returned to the topic: "Spirit beast income, 1200 golden dragons of the 4-ring thunder beasts, sir, you have divided 600 golden dragons to go out...... Therefore, the results of this mission have a total of 861 golden dragons. ”

The task itself rewards 412 gold dragons, and earns 861 gold dragons.

It is equivalent to saying that Duke went out on a trip and earned 1273 gold dragons in more than a week, which is almost enough to catch up with his annual fee for being a consultant for Shenjiao City Hotel.

Of course.

This kind of good thing is not very often, the task is not very often, and the 4-ring spirit beast is also difficult to hunt.

Before the two of them could settle the score, there was a knock on the office door, and Mulali got up to open the door, only to find that it was Vikas who had brought someone over.

"Duke, these two are visitors from the Erudite Tower." Vikas ushered the man in, and then retreated to the side of the couch and sat down.

The two visitors, led by an arcane mage's robes: "Lord Duke, I am the head of the Honor Department of the Erudite Tower, the 1st Ring of the Arbic Mage Capello Flamingo, and this is my deputy Zottes. ”

"Hello, Lord Capello."

After the pleasantries, Capello Flamingo didn't talk much.

It was mainly the deputy Zhuotes who spoke: "Your Excellency Duke, the portable lamp series of lamps and lanterns invented by you have produced a very good evaluation in the market, and after the unanimous discussion of the high-level meeting of my erudite tower, it is determined that it has a positive and positive impact on improving people's livelihood and benefiting the society. ”

Duke kept smiling.

Drottes continued: "Therefore, you will be rewarded by the Erudite Tower, and you will be awarded the Outstanding Erudite Invention Award, which you will be asked to receive in three days. ”

"It's an honor to be affirmed by the Erudite Tower, and in three days, right, I will definitely go to receive the award." Duke gladly accepted.

Capello smiled and stretched out his hand and shook it tightly with Duke: "Your Excellency Duke is really young and promising, and inventing such an outstanding spiritual weapon at such a young age shows that he is extremely talented in naturalism, which is really admirable. ”

"Where, where, it's just luck."

"It's not a matter of luck, I also use the portable lamp, it's really very convenient, and now the brand of the giant of light has become a household name...... Anyway, three days later, I awaited the arrival of His Excellency Duke in the Erudite Tower. ”

After a while of mutual praise, Duke and Vikas helped to send Capello out of the Penrose Mage Tower.

Wait until the two of Capello leave.

Vikas patted Duke on the shoulder and said, "I didn't expect you to take the lead in the field of erudition, maybe it won't be long before I have to call you Duke Polymath." ”

"Haha, you're laughing." Duke waved his hand, "It's just an invention of a lamp, or an improvement of the spirit lamp and car lamp, and it can't be called a polymath." ”

"Afford it." Vikas was very serious, "I even think that as the Giant of Light sells more and more portable lamps and becomes more and more influential, your Erudito title will be able to wear it on your head in less than three years." ”

Duke was stunned: "Do you think I can get the title of Erudito with a portable lamp?" ”

He didn't think the portable lamp was a great invention, nor was it the invention of the electric lamp, a product that lit up a new era.

On Earth, everyone knows that Edison invented the electric light (in fact, it improved it).

But who knows who invented the flashlight.

Vikas nodded affirmatively and said, "Yes, the portable lamp is undoubtedly a great erudition, Duke, don't underestimate it, you will go down in the history of the Seven Towers Federation Naturalism because of it." ”

"Well, hearing you say that, I have a feeling that the Erudito title is indeed beckoning to me."

"Steadily!" Vikas laughed, "Your Erudito title is secure, and if such an invention doesn't get the Erudito title, then Erudito is too precious...... Wait, Shen Jiao City Erudite Tower will apply for you soon. ”

The title of scholar is required to be assessed by the highest tower of erudition in the Holy City of Ofa.

Therefore, it is necessary to report to the local erudite tower, layer by layer, and finally hand it over to those erudite sages of the highest erudite tower to vote on.

Three days later.

Erudite Tower of Shenjiao City.

Duke received the certificate of "Heijiaohedi Outstanding Erudite Invention Award" from the hands of Chief Director Erwin.

The certificate is ordinary, but the honor is heavy.

"Congratulations, Duke, your young face has made me see the future of naturalism, and I hope you will continue to work hard in the field of naturalism and invent more inventions that are beneficial to the development of society." Erwin smiled at the reporter.

The reporters held slide cards and recorded this scene into the slide cards.

There have been no major events in Heijiaohe in the past two days, and the image of Duke shaking hands with Erwin is enough to appear on the front pages of tomorrow's newspaper.

"Thank you, thank you for your affirmation of me, thank you, my lord, for your love to me, I will, as always, not forget my original intention, and continue to serve the people's livelihood." Duke held the certificate and also faced the reporter, presenting the most handsome smile.

Ask for tickets~

(End of chapter)