Chapter 201 Outstanding Erudite Invention Award
Duke didn’t know which shot he fired before the Thunder Beast died, but he fired three full magazines of armor-piercing bullets.
A magazine contains twelve armor-piercing rounds.
In other words, a conservative estimate would require at least thirty rounds of armor-piercing bullets to kill a 4-ring spirit beast. Of course, this must ensure that the spirit beast does not have defensive arcana or is not wearing armor, so as to ensure that every armor-piercing bullet can penetrate into the soul.
Duke, who has the ability to snipe at super long distances, is least afraid of spiritual beasts like the Thunder Beast, which have sparks and lightning along the way.
You can completely snipe it with armor-piercing bullets outside the attack range of the Running Thunder Beast.
But if you switch to a level 3 or above spiritual beast that is wearing armor and even has solid defense arcana, armor-piercing bullets will not work.
In other words, no bullets work well.
After all, the level of the Sand Eagle Pistol itself is only level 1. The power concentrated at one point is indeed overbearing, but no matter how overbearing it is, there is a limit. Defenses below level 3 can basically break through the surface, while defenses above level 3 are powerless.
"The Rampant Thunder Beast attacks the strong and defends the weak. I also attack the strong and defend the weak, but my attack range is farther!" Standing in front of the body of the Rampant Thunder Beast, Duke was filled with pride.
The evolution from 3 rings to 4 rings is a qualitative change.
But Duke still took advantage of the situation and completed a magnificent hunting operation.
The mercenaries have already begun to busy dealing with the corpse of the violent thunder beast. No matter who they are, when they come to Duke, they will bend down and respectfully express their humility to Duke. They have been completely impressed by Duke.
Being able to hunt down 4th ring spirit beasts is enough to explain everything.
"The Arcane Mage is omnipotent, and Lord Duke will definitely become a great Arcane Mage!" Captain Zina was directing the team while secretly watching Duke's back.
At this moment.
She only felt that finding and cooperating with Duke was definitely the most important decision in her life.
A decision that can change your destiny.
"I made the right choice, but it's not enough. If I want to get more, I have to perform better in front of Mr. Duke!" "There is not
much content I can express, and there is only one break. Sword!"
"So, I must use Lord Duke's power to quickly strengthen Broken Sword and make Broken Sword the sharpest sword in your hands!"
Putting away her distracting thoughts, Xina shouted loudly and directed the team to do things.
The mercenaries disposed of the body of the Running Thunder Beast and scraped away the blood on the ground along with the land. Zina arranged for a team of people to transport the Running Thunder Beast back and sent it to Snakehead Town for processing, while the rest continued Carry out the task of clearing away evil spirits.
"I will take half of the proceeds from this spirit beast, and the remaining half will be shared with everyone." Duke replied when Zina asked how to deal with the spirit beast.
So Zina went to find the leaders of each mercenary group one by one, and loudly informed Duke of Duke's arrangements: "Master Duke is generous and is willing to give half of the proceeds from Running Thunder Beast to everyone! All we need is everyone to work hard!"
"Thank you for your generosity, sir. How dare we not do things carefully!"
"This is your good luck. Without using a single blow, you can get half of the profits of a 4-ring spirit beast... In short, to serve you, Your benefits are indispensable!"
Thanks to Duke's feat of quickly killing the running thunder beast alone, and his generous move to share half of the profits.
The morale of the entire team was high, and they neither complained nor complained about being tired. The progress of the mission improved rapidly, and the mission was completed three days earlier than the agreed time.
So with three days left, Duke dismissed the mercenary group.
I just took the broken sword and wandered around in the forest, looking for spiritual beasts to hunt and make some extra money to make my pocket bigger.
"Chiji!"
Xiao Dou has also become red-eyed these days.
In order to train Kabuto, Duke often let Kabuto participate in the fights. Especially when encountering 0-ring spirit beasts, Kabuto was basically the one who went up to hunt them.
Sometimes when I encounter a 1-ring spirit beast, I would let Xiao Dou go up and confront it head-on.
In this high-pressure state, the red knight's contract mark on Xiao Kabuto's forehead has gradually condensed into a complete outline.
"Sir, Xiao Kabuto has reached the critical line of advancement." Vivian said.
"So the forest is the best training ground for spiritual beasts. Spiritual beasts raised in cities cannot grow without experiencing bloody battles." Duke's eyes sparkled, "Vivian, I think I have I have gained some experience in cultivation."
"Sir, what do you mean?" Vivian was puzzled.
"Fighting in the forest is the best way for contracted spirit beasts to digest nutrients. If you want your Mimi and my little Kabuto to evolve into phantom beasts, I'm afraid it's not enough to just sweat and train every day. You have to carry them with you." They have seen blood."
Duke thought about what Muhans Black Snake had said before. The reason why his snake could evolve into a phantom beast was that it mutated and evolved into a phantom beast after experiencing a life and death disaster.
So he continued: "Letting contracted spirit beasts wander on the edge of life and death is probably the best way to stimulate evolution."
Vivian frowned: "Would the mortality rate be too high?"
"So this is a paradox , If you want your contract partner to evolve, you have to push to death, but pushing to death will often drive your partner to death..."
Duke felt like he had said a lot of nonsense.
Vivian felt the same way: "The reason why there are so few fantasy beast knights is that we don't have a good grasp of these two tendencies. I don't want to put Mimi in a dangerous situation, so I can only choose to sweat more." "Yes."
"This is the stupidest method, but also the most effective method... Vivian, take the little pocket with you when you train in the future." "
Yes, sir."
Duke himself has no time to train, so he can only Let Xiao Kabuto train with others.
This made him think with some regret: "It's a pity that there are no natural treasures in this world. Taking one bite can increase your cultivation level, or directly evolve into a fantasy beast or a dragon... If there is one, I will definitely get one for little Kabuto." Eat."
Spirituality benefits all living things and is the source of all natural treasures.
When a plant is favored by the spirit, it will be promoted to a spiritual plant instead of growing into a natural treasure. Of course, spiritual plants are also natural treasures.
Three days flew by in a snap.
After handing over the cleanup task in Area 354, Duke took the Loop airship, left Cuihai Valley, and returned to Shenjiao City.
"I heard that you hunted a fourth-ring spirit beast alone?" Assistant Vikas came over and asked, holding a red wine glass.
Vikas has given up on both academic research and personal practice, and is now keen on inquiring about information and socializing with people.
"It's just that you left me a good arcane weapon based on the legacy of your predecessors," Duke replied.
He can now use the one-ring sand eagle openly. Most arcane mages have their own arcane weapons. The arcane weapons are all kinds of strange, and the effects they produce will not be surprising. After all, there are thousands of paths to spiritual arcana.
Vikas smiled: "It seems that the senior left you a powerful arcane weapon, but you have to think carefully about the meaning of the arcane weapon to you... Normally, the arcane weapon is used as A weapon is not the best choice."
"I understand, I will handle this arcane weapon properly." Duke smiled perfunctorily.
Arcane mages can rely on spellcasting to master powerful arcane spells, so it would be a waste 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 Christian Raging Waves, which is a red sun-shaped ball that can release an attack comparable to a nuclear bomb.
As the most powerful arcane mage in Shenjiao City, Christiansen really needs a powerful arcane weapon to establish his unbreakable dominance.
Most arcane mages rely solely on arcane magic to survive.
Therefore, when it comes to the choice of arcane weapons, they tend to be auxiliary, which can help arcanists better study spiritual arcana or better improve their skills.
Duke had heard from Vikas before that the United Card Shop had trained some first-level arcane mages. In order to focus on card-making skills, each of them forged an arcane weapon called the "Spirit of Cards". On the spirit card, the spell model is drawn and carved instantly.
The principle of Card Spirit is unknown, but large-scale card production is absolutely inseparable from Card Spirit.
Possessing the card spirit arcane weapon and being proficient in psychic 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 the life of such an arcane mage is like a machine, but the accumulation of massive wealth can benefit the entire family.
Vikas thought that Duke understood his good intentions, and said happily: "We arcane mages are destined to rule this world, not only by our combat power, but also by our exploration of spiritual arcana. We are more than anyone else." They are all closer to the truth."
With a twist and a pause for a few seconds, Vikas continued: "The arcane weapon is a prop that helps us witness the truth. If you make good use of it, you will go further in the field of spiritual arcana."
"I understand."
"You are the most mature and smartest of all the young arcane mages I have ever met. I think highly of you, really." "
In fact, I also think highly of myself."
"Haha, Your confidence finally made me feel that I was chatting with 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 are lifeless now." Assistant Lidman came over at some point and gave Vikas a tough sentence.
Vikas was about to retort.
Lidman no longer paid attention to him, but said to Duke: "I found a special snow-blowing pillar during my mission. Aren't you cultivating a normal spiritual plant-like snow-blowing pillar? Maybe this snow-blowing pillar is suitable for You were helpful."
"Thank you. I wonder what's so special about this snow-blowing pillar?" Duke asked.
"It has seeds, and each red worm tentacle is its flower. The red worm tentacles blowing snow pillars have withered and contain seeds. But the seeds are not mature yet, so I dug them back together with the soil clods and sealed them in glass In the box."
"This is great. After we get off the airship, I will send someone to take over."
The survival rate of the Fuxue Pillar cultivated on the Duke James Farm is pitifully low, and even if there are survivors, they are not very healthy. .
If it continues, the training plan will definitely fail.
But it's different with seeds. Fubuki pillars cultivated through seeds may have new resistance and can reproduce smoothly.
When the airship landed at Penrose Wizard Tower, Duke also successfully took over a two-meter-tall snow blowing pillar that was as thick as an adult's thigh. I don’t know where Lidman brought such a large glass box, which can fit the snow blowing column together with the soil at the root.
"Guide Lidman, thank you so much."
"Nothing." Lidman's tone was always cold, "cultivating Fuxue Zhu earlier will provide me with more spiritual material choices." "
I will work hard to cultivate it. ." Duke responded.
Leadman's research direction focuses on the spiritual materials aspect of spirit card production. He plans to start by improving the spirit cards to improve the card-making process.
If successful, you should be able to obtain the title of Card Making Scholar.
Duke quickly rushed to the farm with the snow-blowing pillar sealed in a glass box. In the following days, he ran to the farm every day to personally cast spells on the snow-blowing pillar to help it adapt to an environment free of evil spirits and mature as soon as possible.
The level 2 elf cast a breathing spell, and Duke merged with Chicken when casting the spell. The resonance effect of this breath successfully pulled Fubuki back from the edge of death.
"James, arrange for someone to cast spells on it 24 hours a day to prevent it from dying. As long as these seeds mature, we can breed a new Fuxue Pillar that is more suitable for the environment through seed breeding," Duke ordered.
James immediately responded: "I understand, sir, I will arrange the manpower...I don't know why, I feel that I am involved in a big event, and I have a special sense of mission in my heart." "Your feeling is not wrong
. If we can really cultivate Fuxuezhu well, we can bring down the price of spiritual materials, which will indeed be a good thing for the benefit of the whole people. However, if you want to cultivate a good enough variety, it will not be completed in a few years, you have to be prepared for the long term. "
"I will obey your orders, sir." James held a very low posture and hugged Duke's thick leg tightly.
By the time they returned to Master Penrose Tower, the rewards for clearing the evil spirits in Cuihai Valley had been distributed.
All provided by Bernoulli Wizard Tower.
"Sir, the mission reward is 290 gold dragons, the travel subsidy is 50 gold dragons, and the work delay fee is 35 gold dragons... The miscellaneous expenses add up to a total of 412 gold dragons." Mulali received the reward and calculated it for Duke.
"It's not bad." Duke drank tea comfortably. "This time, Bernoulli's Mage Tower really cut off a piece of flesh."
A 1st-level arcane mage can get 412 gold dragons as a reward, and a 2nd-level arcane mage can get a reward of 412 gold dragons. , the reward of the 3rd ring arcane mage is obviously higher.
Even the great arcane mages such as Christian Raging Waves participated in the mission, which probably cannot be dispatched even with the golden dragon.
Mulali smiled and reported another bill to Duke: "Sir, the spirit beasts you hunted during the mission have basically been dealt with. Among them, the fourth-ring spirit beast - the Running Thunder Beast, was killed by the Black Snake. The whole family bought it and sold it for 1,200 gold dragons."
"1,200 gold dragons? Little Lili, the price is a bit high." Duke was surprised.
"According to the current market price, there is a bit of overflow. However, the Running Thunder Beast was originally going to be sent to the auction house. If the Black Snake Family does not want to get the proceeds from the auction, it will have to buy it at a premium." Although he is also a member of the Black Snake Family, Mu Lali had already thought of herself as Duke's.
She smiled and explained: "Captain Zina thought the price was right, so he gave up the auction and sold it directly to the Black Snake Family." "
What is the use of the Black Snake Family to use the Running Thunder Beast?"
"The Running Thunder Beast is used to make thunder potions. The main material, thunder potion, can help the arcane mage understand the thunder element and increase the understanding of spiritual arcana." Mulali thought for a while and said, "Second Grandpa may want to help Uncle Mudis advance."
Mudis Black Snake is a level 1 arcane mage of the Black Snake family. He is expected to be promoted to level 2. He is the next high priest trained by the Black Snake family.
However, Duke didn't care who was in power in the Black Snake family. He was interested in something else: "Thunder potion..."
The field of potions is an important research direction for arcanists.
Most of the Three Seas monks basically rely on taking drugs to activate their abilities. What they take are potions, such as gas-increasing potions, blood-boiling potions and soul-awakening potions.
Unlike the medicine that patients take when they are sick, potions can only be prepared by arcane mages.
In another way, different spiritual materials are mixed into one to construct a complete spell model at the spiritual level.
Thunder potion is also a type of potion, but it is a very high-end potion - potions are not divided into levels, they all build a complete ring to preserve the spirituality of the spiritual materials, so theoretically all potions are only level 1.
The difference is that some potions have thin spirituality and some have strong spirituality. The more high-end the potion, the stronger the spirituality and effect.
The thunder potion allows arcanists to feel the secret of the thunder element, thereby increasing their understanding of spiritual arcana, helping arcanists improve their cultivation and speed up their advancement. There are many similar potions, such as iceberg potion, hurricane potion, explosive potion and so on.
But Duke had never considered using a vassal potion to help him understand spiritual arcana.
Only arcane mages who have exhausted their potential will consider this method to affect their understanding of spiritual arcana through external interference.
If you are lucky enough to advance successfully, it will leave huge hidden dangers, and there will be no possibility of further advancement.
"So, Mudis Black Snake has lost his pursuit of the third ring and has stopped at the second ring for the rest of his life?" Duke sighed slightly.
He still remembered the first arcane mage he saw in his life, this Moodys Black Snake, in the open class of the Faling Society.
At that time, many spiritual apprentices regarded Mudis as their idol, thinking that he was the most outstanding young arcane mage of the Black Snake family, with unlimited potential and broad prospects.
Unexpectedly, Mudis now relies on drugs to even advance to the second level.
"Uncle Moodys seems to have never pursued the third level." Mulali raised her nose and said, "When I used to worship my ancestors, I heard my second grandfather lamented that the family could not even reach the second level arcane mage. He even called Uncle Mudis' name."
"How did he respond?"
"Uncle Mudis seemed ashamed. He said he would work hard, but he said it very quietly and had no confidence at all."
Duke shook his head . : "Okay."
He has always targeted the Nine-ring Arcane Mage. After all, the existence of Nine-ring Xiaoyi gives him a clear positioning for the future.
But if you ignore other arcane mages, you may not even dare to hope for level 2.
Improving the understanding of spiritual arcana can increase the changes in the spiritual core and evolve to a higher level. But it doesn't mean that seeing more of the world will improve your understanding of spiritual arcana. This involves an understanding and insight into the underlying rules.
After seeing the phenomenon a thousand times or ten thousand times, if you cannot understand the root cause, your understanding of spiritual arcana will not increase by half.
"Fortunately, I have Xiaoyi. I can't understand. Xiaoyi helps me understand..." Duke thought.
Mulali returned to the topic: "Spiritual beast income, 1200 gold dragons for the 4th level running thunder beast, sir, you divided 600 gold dragons... So, from this mission, I got a total of 861 gold dragons." The mission itself rewarded 412 gold dragons
, Earn extra money 861 gold dragon.
It is equivalent to saying that Duke earned 1,273 gold dragons in just over a week for a trip, which was almost as much as his annual fee as a consultant for the Shenjiao City Hotel.
certainly.
Good things like this don't happen often, quests don't come often, and 4th-ring spirit beasts are hard to hunt.
Before the two of them could settle the accounts, there was a knock on the office door. Mulali got up and went to open the door, only to find that it was Assistant Vikas who was bringing someone over.
"Duke, these two are visitors to the Erudite Tower." Vikas led the people in, then retreated to sit on the sofa nearby.
There are two visitors, the leader of whom is wearing the robe of an arcane mage: "Your Excellency Duke, I am the deputy director of the Honor Department of the Erudite Tower, the first-level arcane mage Capello Flamingo, and this is my deputy Drotes."
"Hello, Mr. Capello."
After the greetings, Capello Flamingo didn't say much.
It was mainly deputy Zhuotes who spoke: "Your Excellency Duke, the portable lamp series of lamps invented by you has received very good reviews in the market. After unanimous discussion at our high-level meeting in the Erudou Tower, it was determined that it has a positive impact on improving people's livelihood and benefiting society. A positive influence."
Duke kept smiling.
Zhuotes continued: "Therefore, the Erudite Tower will reward you and grant you the Outstanding Erudite Invention Award. Please go to the Erudite Tower in three days to accept the award." "It is an honor to be recognized by the Erudite Tower, in three days, right
? , I will definitely go to receive the award." Duke happily accepted.
Capello smiled and stretched out his hand, holding it tightly with Duke: "Your Excellency Duke is really young and promising. He invented such an outstanding spiritual weapon at such a young age. It shows that he is extremely talented in natural history. It is really impressive." I admire it."
"No, it's just good luck."
"This can't be justified by good luck. I also use the portable lamp myself. It is really very convenient. Now the brand of Giant of Light has become a household name... In short, three days later, , I am waiting for the arrival of His Excellency Duke at the Erudite Tower."
After complimenting each other for a while, Duke and Vikas guided Capello and sent Capello out of the Penrose Wizard Tower.
Wait until Capello and the two leave.
Assistant Vikas patted Duke on the shoulder and said, "I didn't expect that you would take a step forward in the field of erudition. Maybe it won't be long before I have to call you Duke's polymath." "Haha, you are joking.
" Duke waved his hand, "He just invented a lamp, or improved it from a wind lamp and a car lamp. He cannot be called a polymath." "It is worthy."
Vikas was very serious, "I even think that with the The Giant of Light is selling more and more portable lamps, and its influence is growing. Your title of scholar will be on your head in less than three years." Duke was stunned: "Do you think that with
a With a portable lamp, I can get the title of scholar?"
He didn't think that the portable lamp was a great invention, nor did he invent a product like the electric light that lit up a new era.
Everyone on earth knows that Edison invented the electric light (in fact, he improved it).
But who knows who invented the flashlight.
Tutor Vikas nodded affirmatively and said: "Yes, the portable lamp is undoubtedly a great item of knowledge, Duke, don't underestimate it, you will be included in the Seven Towers Federal Museum because of it. The history of learning."
"Well, listening to what you said, I feel that the title of Scholar is indeed beckoning to me." "
Surely!" Vikas smiled, "Your title of Scholar is stable, if Such inventions cannot be awarded the title of scholar, so scholars are too precious... just wait, the Erudite Tower in Shenjiao City will apply for you soon." The title of scholar requires the
highest Erudite Tower in the Holy City of Austrian Law . Make an assessment.
Therefore, the local Erudite Tower needs to report it layer by layer, and finally it will be voted by the Erudite Sages at the highest Erudite Tower.
Three days later.
Erudite Tower in Shenjiao City.
Duke received the certificate of "Black Jiaohe Land Outstanding Erudite Invention Award" from Chief Director Erwin with a cheerful face.
The certificate is ordinary, but the honor is heavy.
"Congratulations, Duke. Your young face allows me to see the future of natural history. I hope you will continue to work hard in the field of natural history and invent more inventions that are beneficial to social development." Erwin faced the reporter with a smile. .
The reporters held slide cards and recorded this scene into the slide cards.
Nothing major happened in the Black Dragon River these two days. The image of Duke shaking hands with Erwin was enough to appear on the headlines of tomorrow's newspapers.
"Thank you, thank you Erxue Tower for your affirmation of me, thank you sir for your love for me. I will continue to serve the people's livelihood as always, never forget my original intention." Duke held the certificate and faced the reporter with the most handsome smile.
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