Heart of the Castle

Chapter 568
Babrupa's proposal was like a stone thrown into the calm water, and immediately aroused a heated discussion in the ancient hall of Green Castle. I feel that although this proposal is a bit whimsical, it is indeed worth a try. Even if the unlucky emerald dragon is accidentally killed during the blood collection process, the result is no different from cutting off its head directly.

More importantly, after hearing from Mr. Dish that emerald dragon blood can be used to refine the elixir of resurrection that can heal the wounded Marquis Osiris of the sky knight, many nobles of the royal capital immediately changed their position from demanding peace talks with the giant dragon clan. Come here and start to support taking blood to refine medicine, even if the young dragon is squeezed into dragon meat, it doesn't matter.

After all, hundreds of years have passed since the era when the giant dragons soared into the sky. Even if they occasionally read about the power of giant dragons from historical classics, many people consciously or unintentionally regard it as the deliberate intention of the original recorder. exaggerate.However, the strength of the sky knight Marquis Osiris was witnessed by many nobles in the capital. Although the green lion was severely injured by the original power of the abyss on the night of the fall of the capital, compared to those high-ranking nobles who could not even resist the bloody sea of ​​fire. For a high-level knight, it is still a powerful symbol.

What's more, at that time, Marquis Osiris was far from healed from the trauma he suffered in the Battle of St. White Stone Castle, and his strength was only a line higher than the count with a sword.

Many nobles in the royal capital firmly believed that as long as Marquis Osiris could recover his health, the day to recover the royal capital and drive out the demons would not be too far away.At the same time, the recovery of Marquis Osiris' injury will bring another benefit. Although Lord Griffin has a high prestige in the northern county, he holds military and political power, and is also the head of the important ministers appointed by Princess Fleischer and the guardian of the whole kingdom, but Once the Sky Knight wakes up, the current dominant power structure of the Griffon Lord's family will inevitably change.

No matter how loyal the lords of the northern border are to Li Weiston, the dual status of Marquis Osiris as the first knight of the Kingdom of Arthur and the leader of the Knights of Ashes will bring great pressure, at least it can make the king The predicament of the nobles in the capital has become more relaxed, and at the same time they should be given some power.

Seeing that the wind direction in the venue had changed, the face of the star tutor Satzi Enheer suddenly became extremely pale, and the old scholar's withered fingers tightly grasped the armrest of the seat, roaring silently in his shriveled chest Echoes endlessly.

"It failed, and just like the time when the military was integrated, it was a failure that I had to accept without even having a contest!" Instructor Xingchen felt that his scholar's necklace had become extremely heavy, and the precious metal clasp sharpened his neck. The tingling sensation on his skin made him even more irritable. "Li Weiston!" Sat Enhell silently engraved the name in his heart, and then looked at the calm-looking Griffin Lord with narrowed eyes, and the light of hatred was fleeting.

Li Wei seemed unaware of the hateful gaze cast by the important minister of the kingdom beside him. What he cares about now is whether Babrupa's proposal can be practically implemented. After all, the bear gall of the earth bear and the emerald dragon's heart Blood is not comparable at all.Fortunately, after careful consideration, Mr. Dish slowly nodded his approval.Li Wei then suddenly stood up from his seat, raised his hands high, and then pressed left and right to signal everyone in the venue to quiet down.

"Everyone, it seems that Mr. Babrupa has indeed put forward a good suggestion for us." Li Wei raised his voice and said, "Take the blood of the dragon's heart as punishment, and reserve its life for negotiating with the dragon family. , At the same time, the blood can also be used as raw materials for alchemy to create a potion that can heal the sky knight Marquis Osiris. This is a good way to kill three birds with one stone. I suggest that those who agree with living dragons to draw blood, please come up with this brilliant idea Mr Babrupa applauds!"

As soon as the words fell, Levi himself clapped his hands first, followed by Mr. Dish with a smile, and then Wilps, Sir Grace, Dragoons and other Griffin Knights applauded enthusiastically. Yang and several royal nobles around him also joined in.The applause seemed to be contagious. In less than a minute, almost everyone in the venue was applauding vigorously. The sound waves aroused hit the four walls of the castle like sea waves, and echoed in the ancient halls of Green Castle.

Babrupa's round face turned purple like an eggplant. It was probably the first time in his life that he received so many applause, and all the applauding people were high-ranking nobles with unattainable status.This made him feel like he was in a dream. He wanted to say something humble or thankful, but his normally flexible tongue was a little out of control, and he could only show a bewildered smile.

This state of ecstasy continued until after noon, when the fake priest finally woke up and began to think about more realistic issues.

From taking bile from a living bear to drawing blood from a living dragon, Babrupa's associative ability is undoubtedly rich, but in actual operation, he suffered a blow that he never thought of beforehand.In the beginning, Babrupa wanted to monopolize the credit of the living dragon to draw blood. When he was an assistant to the alchemist Rumbuk, he had squeezed the bile of the earth bear many times with his own hands. It seemed that there was no difficulty. The needle tube used to extract the bile is still kept in his bark box until now, and was once boasted as part of the "Eternal Water Preparation Device of the Goddess of Life Alara".

But when he excitedly held the hollow steel pipe with one end ground into a sharp point, and wanted to pierce the dragon's heart from his chest, he was embarrassed to find that it was impossible.

The surface of the emerald dragon's body is covered with a layer of fine scales, which exudes a charming luster like a pure emerald, which makes it hard to bear to destroy.Babrupa admired it for a long time before he calmed down, and used all his strength to pierce the steel needle down.The result was not ideal, the steel needle couldn't penetrate through the cracks in the scale armor, and he fell violently due to his unstable center of gravity. The dragon scale was still glowing with a charming luster, and there was not even a scratch on the surface. down.

The Earth Bear is one of the more powerful mid-level monsters. It is powerful and good at gathering earth elements on its body to form armor. However, after being anesthetized by alchemy potions, the skin of the Earth Bear is not enough to block the sharp spirits. Piercing with a steel hollow needle.

After all, the emerald dragon is one of the five high-level dragons. Although this emerald baby dragon is not yet an adult, the hardness of its scales is already comparable to that of less powerful adult dragons such as green dragons or white dragons.Not to mention ordinary people like Babrupa, even elite fighters who have reached a certain level of combat skills cannot easily penetrate the protection of dragon scales with a long sword made of stainless steel.

Unwilling to fail, Babrupa tried two more times. Not only did he fail to pierce the dragon scale, but because of too much force, even the steel needle made of fine steel was broken into two pieces.He thought about it for a long time with a sad face, and finally had to go to Mr. Dish for help. In order to make himself appear anxious, he even held his breath for 2 minutes before knocking on Mr. Dish's door until his face flushed.

"Master Frederick." As soon as Mr. Dish opened the door, his feet were hugged firmly by the jumping fat man, and at the same time, a scream like a trampled piglet sounded in his ears, "My kind father By God, it sucks, we're in trouble!"

"Isn't this the pious Mr. Babrupa?" Mr. Dish looked at him calmly, with a calm tone, but he put emphasis on some words in his answer. "Is it really 'us' who have 'trouble' and 'sucks'? Should it be 'you' yourself?"

Babrupa was very thankful that he was so out of breath that he blushed just now, so he could show a guilty expression purely based on his acting skills, "Master Frederick, what you said is absolutely right, it was the trouble I encountered. But I It's for Master Li Wei, you are Master Li Wei's housekeeper, so the trouble I encountered is your trouble, right?"

Mr. Dish couldn't help a teasing smile at Dumpty's audacity, but he had to admit that the guy had a point. "Well then," he said, "tell me, dear Mr. Babrupa, how can I help you out of your troubles?"

Babrupa hurriedly got up, half-bowed, and carefully described the problem he had just encountered to Mr. Dish.Through those boastful boastings, Mr. Dish quickly understood the crux of Babrupa's problem.

"The dragon's scales are too strong for steel needles to penetrate?" Mr. Dish frowned. "Have you tried it with a knight who has mastered the power of fighting spirit?"

"I'm afraid not." Babrupa wiped the sweat from his head, and replied in a low voice, "The power of fighting qi may destroy or change the nature of dragon blood, at least the bear bile of the earth bear is like this. In terms of power, the nature will become very violent, and the potion produced can directly support the user until it explodes."

Mr. Dish nodded thoughtfully, "You are right. It seems that we need a sharper blood-taking device. The giant dragon is not only tough with its scales, but its flexible muscles are also difficult to deal with."

It would be biased to say that a master alchemist is omnipotent, but it is not too troublesome to just create a thin hollow needle that can break through the hard dragon scale.Not long after Mr. Dish returned to the room, he came out with a long and thin object that was as clear as crystal.

Then he rang the bell to call a servant, and ordered, "Go to the head of the third branch of the Griffon Knights, Iron Fist Knight Dragosson, and ask him to come to me."

A few minutes after the servant left, there was a sound of clanging steel boots in the corridor, and Dragoonsson in steel armor strode over and kowtowed to Mr. Dish from a distance. "Master Frederick."

"Lord Dragoons." Mr. Dish bowed slightly in return, "You are the most powerful knight under Lord Griffin's command. I hope you can do one thing for me."

There are many knights in Northern County who don't know about Mr. Dish's ability, but Dragunson is by no means one of them. "I am happy to help you." He nodded vigorously, "What do you want me to do?"

"Be the first brave man to draw blood from a living dragon," Mr. Dish told him.

Dragonson has an extremely astonishing strange power, which makes him a high-ranking knight, enough to compete with ordinary great knights.It may be difficult for the current Steel Fist Knight to slay a dragon, but it is not so difficult to get blood from an unconscious young dragon. In addition, the crystal needle made by Mr. Dish is extremely sharp, and it takes no time After a while, a drop of crimson dragon's blood flowed out along the thin hole in the middle of the crystal needle, and dripped into a medicine bottle prepared by Mr. Dish, which was only as thick as a knuckle.

The blood of the heart is the source of the dragon's life. Although it was only a drop carefully squeezed out, the damage to the emerald dragon is still quite huge.Although in a deep coma, the young dragon still groaned in pain, and the charming luster on the surface of the dragon scales faded a lot.

"You two, I'm sorry." Mr. Dish nodded to the two senior priests of the Earth Temple standing next to him, and the two priests in khaki robes hurriedly returned the salute with their hands on their chests, "Praise the Lord of the Earth, Fett Master Lie, we will do our best."

The magic system of the Earth Temple is mainly defensive magic, but the level of healing magic is also quite good. Although it is not as good as the magic effects of the Temple of Glory and the Temple of Life, it can connect broken limbs and see miraculous effects; It is mild and long-lasting, especially effective in treating post-injury weakness.

The healing technique with the light yellow light of the earth's divine power shrouded the body of the emerald young dragon, and then gradually penetrated, but it seemed that the effect was not obvious, and the luster on the dragon scales did not recover much.Babrupa showed a disappointed expression, but after Mr. Dish took a closer look, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Starting from today, use the healing technique on it twice a day, and you should be able to take the second dragon's blood in a week."

"A week later, does it take that long?" Babrupa was quite surprised by the satisfied tone in Mr. Dish's words. "Mr. Dish, the bear bile of the Earth Bear can be extracted in at most two days."

"The appearance of gold and scrap copper is similar. How should we calculate the difference in value?" Mr. Dish replied with a smile.

Babrupa leaned over with bright eyes, "This is the blood of the legendary dragon's heart." He looked at the potion bottle with a scorching gaze, and all the flashes in his eyes were gold coins. luster.Then he suddenly thought of an important thing, and asked hesitantly: "Master Frederick, this drop of blood was taken from the underage emerald dragon, will it affect the effect of the potion?"

"Affect the effect? ​​Of course, the energy in the young dragon's body is low, and the difficulty of refining will be greatly reduced." Mr. Dish continued to admire the charming luster of the dragon's blood in the sun, then shook his head and said. "There are many branches of the giant dragon family, and the effects of dragon blood potions are also different, but in general, the blood energy of the heart of adult dragons is stronger, and the potion effect is better, except for one potion. "

"Is this the resurrection potion?" Babrupa asked.

"That's right, the emerald dragon has the strongest natural attribute power in its body among the dragons, so its blood has quite powerful regeneration and stimulation abilities. The blood of the emerald dragon can be refined to produce two different effects One of them is the archdruid elixir that can immediately possess the natural magic power of the magister level, and the other is the revival elixir that can heal all kinds of serious injuries that cannot be cured by magic spells." Dish The master shook the potion bottle in his hand, "If it is to refine the elixir of the Grand Druid, then of course an adult emerald dragon is the best; but if it is to refine the elixir of Su Sheng, it is better to use the blood of a young dragon. Higher and more energetic."

"So there are so many sayings, Master Frederick, your wisdom is simply unmatched, and it really opened my eyes." Babrupa praised it with emotion, and then carefully glanced at the potion bottle , "What are we going to do next? If we are going to refine dragon blood into Su Sheng's elixir, shouldn't we discuss it with Master Youyue?"

"Dragon Blood Potion is a top-level alchemy potion. Only I can be sure of success. Youyue is still far behind." Mr. Dish said in a tone of "I am the authority", and stuffed the potion bottle into it The secret bag in the sleeve, and then told Babrupa, "But I need to refine it in a safe place. You go and tell Master Li Wei that Su Sheng's elixir will be refined soon, please ask him Get ready, in the afternoon, we will go to the room where Marquis Osiris is recuperating."

For young girls who work as servants in Greencastle, serving the Marquis Osiris, the knight of the sky, is a dream job. The elf's handsome face and noble status are just like the prince in a bedtime story, which makes those girls fall in love with him Fascinated.They even forgot the huge gap between their identities, and wholeheartedly seized every opportunity to get close to Marquis Osiris.When jobs are assigned every Friday, the number of girls vying for the job is so great that a lottery is necessary to decide who is chosen.

The maid who was lucky enough to serve Sky Knight this week is Lakshmund, the illegitimate daughter of Sir Goryjoy, the instructor of swordsmanship. She inherited a pair of water-colored eyes and quick movements like a bobcat from her father. She has a very funny and cute personality. young girl.When Li Wei pushed open the door, Lakshi was lying on the side of the bed, admiring the sleeping face of Marquis Osiris without blinking his eyes, so absorbed that he didn't even hear the footsteps from behind.

Li Wei waited quietly for nearly 2 minutes, and then had to speak, "I'm sorry to disturb your work, Laksh, but we have more important things, can you please wait a moment?"

Lakshi jumped up like a kitten whose tail had been stepped on. While turning around quickly, he reached out and pulled out the short protective dagger from his waist.It wasn't until later that she recognized that the people behind them were Levi and Mr. Dish, and hurriedly put away the dagger, her pretty face flushed.

"Your Excellency, Mr. Steward, I'm very sorry, I didn't see it just now..."

Levi had to bite his lip to hold back his smile, so he couldn't answer for a while, but the well-informed Mr. Dish was completely able to pretend that nothing had happened. "Lakeshi, Master Levi has brought an elixir that can heal Lord Osiris's injuries. Please go and inform the head maid, Ms. Martha, to prepare some food suitable for weak patients."

"Ah, so, has His Excellency the Marquis of Osiris finally come to his senses?" The girl had a tangled expression of three-point surprise and seven-point regret on her face, and her tone seemed a little weird.

Li Wei glanced at the girl in confusion, "Lakesh, you don't seem to want Marquis Osiris to wake up?" He asked, with more curiosity than doubt in his words.

"Of course it's good that he can wake up." Lakshi twisted the fingers of his hands into balls, muttering and replied, "But it's hard for him to get this opportunity to see him well, Marquis Osiris wakes up." After you come here, you will definitely not be able to see it."

After hearing the girl's answer, Levi forgot his own voice in astonishment, while Mr. Dish let out a burst of uncontrollable laughter.Compared to those aristocratic girls who daydream about being favored by the knights of the sky, Lakshi is obviously sensible and smart enough. From the very beginning, she set her goal on admiring the handsome face of Marquis Osiris.

It's a pity that even this little wish couldn't be fulfilled. Looking at the girl's eyes that were about to cry, Li Wei was actually full of guilt. "That...Miss Lakshi." The Griffon Lord cleared his throat and said in as solemn a voice as possible, "It is undoubtedly cruel to reject this small dream, but please put the overall situation of the kingdom's revival first. The kingdom needs Ossie right now." With the power of the Marquis of Rees, after the kingdom is successfully restored, I will definitely find a way to fulfill your dream."

"Is this true?" Lakshi's eyes widened suddenly, and something gleamed inside, "Your Excellency Li Wei, don't lie to me."

Li Wei stroked his chest with his right hand, and pressed three fingers on the silver crown medal representing the head of the minister, the dawn sword badge representing the guardian of the whole realm, and the golden griffin badge representing the Griffon Knights, his tone was as serious as if he was in the palace. Swear before God. "I guarantee it on the honor of the Stern family."

The girl showed a satisfied smile, "Then I am looking forward to that day, Your Excellency the Griffon Lord." She bowed deeply and backed out, but before closing the door, she suddenly raised her arms and shouted.

"Long live the revival of King Arthur!"

"Long live the revival of the Kingdom of Arthur!" Levi raised his fist and echoed loudly, and the sonorous oath echoed in the ancient corridors of Green Castle, accompanied by Mr. Dish's choking laughter flying higher and higher.

(End of this chapter)