Transcendent Noble

Imerson's father and daughter were captured by alchemy militia from Great Swamp to the mountain fortress. He claimed to be the hunting chief of Baron in Thornton, the three eastern provinces. He also told Victor that his newborn daughter had been The misunderstanding is the story of the wizard. Mother was killed by her big brother in order to protect her daughter. The wizard husband repented and took her daughter to escape to Great Swamp.

Victor values ​​Imerson's abilities and is not interested in the authenticity of the story. It wasn't until Bertina showed luck that was different from ordinary people, that he decided to check the details of Imerson.

The abilities of Imerson and Bertina are very useful. Even if Imerson lied to Victor, he was not going to go into it, but to try to close the loopholes. Three years ago, he found an excuse to let Barol go to Thornton Baron to steal the Thornton family's animal training secrets, but he did not allow Barol to participate in the process of the alchemy militia to torture the Thornton hunting chief.

At this moment, Victor asked about the result abruptly, and the old spy was also shocked, and said: "My lord, the matter is over, but I don't know the details... You have to ask Badu, or see him Written report."

Barol is not Knight. His heart rate changes and breathing rhythm can't be hidden from Victor's perception. They are within the normal range and have not been deliberately concealed.

Victor is a little relaxed, Barol is a smart man. The biggest problem with smart people is that they are curious, want to know everything, want to know everything. Imerson is now the hunting chief of the Randal Family. If Barol perceives something strange through this incident, for the safety of the Imerson father and daughter, Victor will impossible to let the old spy out to work.

"I will watch it." Victor nodded, ponderingly asked: "Randal has many spies sent by other forces, how much do you have?"

The old spy The muddy eyes glowed brightly, spirituality said vigorously: "I have locked 17 people. I believe that as long as I keep an eye on these people, I can dig out the spies who got into the family while I am away."

Baroel’s greatest hobby is the work of spying, including osmosis and reverse osmosis. As for his level, Victor expressed pessimism, thinking that he is not a small distance away from the spies trained by the lord. But Barol insisted that his spy skills were passed down from the Royal Family, because his former owner was a vassal count of the Neowest family.

Victor doesn't care if Barol can beat other agents' spies. This is a small problem in itself, just like ants got in the kitchen and they all trampled to death. They will come again.

"I don’t care which force the spy’s come from, as long as I follow Randal’s rules, they are all my people... Their offspring may become outstanding craftsmen or outstanding soldiers." Victor laughed, instructed: "Watch them closely and try to find out their loyal families, but don't move them lightly... I believe they will be used in the future."

"As you wish, my lord."

After a few more chats, Victor sent Barol back to work and asked Renault to fetch an intelligence scroll written by Alchemy Militia Badu.

After reading the torture record about the hunting masters of the Thornton family, Victor put down the scroll, a playful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth...Imerson did not tell the truth!

"Renault, prepare the Swiftbird mount, and go to the beast den with me."

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The den is the place where the lord keeps domesticated beasts and is under the jurisdiction of the family hunting chief. There are two animal dens in the Randal Family. One is dedicated to keeping beasts such as bears, wolves, tigers and leopards, and the other is a research site where Imerson wizard breeds swift birds, war dogs, blue-eyed eagles, forest falcons, humpbacks and war horses. Therefore, its location is very concealed, built in the depths of the skylark mountain range on the west side of the territory, 77 kilometers away from Flatlake Town, and there is no road connection.

Victor took two alchemy militiamen, Renault and Shak, and rode the Swiftbird, and arrived at Imerson's hidden beast den in just over two hours.

Two black-fured alchemy war mastiffs came out of the concealment first, shaking its head and wagging its tail to welcome their masters, but the three Swiftbird mounts exploded with furs and groans from their throats. , Gu's warning sound, put on a fighting posture, and refused to take a half step forward.

To comfort the Swiftbird, and then ordered the war mastiff to continue to be on guard. The three Victors walked through the forested valley and heard the barking of the guard dog. The alchemy militia guards of the beast lair saw the visitors clearly, drank the bluffing guard dog, bowed to Victor and said: "My lord, good day."

Victor jumped off the fast bird and handed the reins to one of them. The guard asked, "What is Imerson doing?"

"The hunting chief is experimenting in the rapid bird breeding area. Would you like me to call him over?"

"Don't bother him , I'll be fine by myself." Victor said enthusiastically. He wanted to see how the wizard was doing experiments.

There is no defensive fence in the entire den, and the building is very simple. Forty homunculus types act as Imerson’s assistants. There are 8 alchemy war mastiffs on the periphery to patrol continuously. Once there is an emergency Under the circumstances, the alchemy militia will cover Imerson from any direction and quickly evacuate to the mountain fortress.

Imerson is the most valuable asset here.

Alchemy militia guards led Victor into an open-air thatched hut. Imerson was saying something to a female Swiftbird: "Baby, work harder, must give birth to the egg intact...attention , It’s a complete egg, not an eggshell."

The Swiftbird lying in the grass nest is obviously already another creature, and the feathers on its back and wings have completely fallen off. Exposed keratinized black skin; a cluster of white bone spurs emerge from the middle part of the wings, which has a tendency to evolve toward a sharp claw; the beautiful tail feathers are replaced by a hairless tail, resembling a snake tail, but with a hook at the end; like an axe His huge beak is covered with tiny teeth, and his eyes are blood-red, looking ferocious and bloodthirsty.

"Alienated creature?"

Victor suddenly uttered, Imerson, who was completely focused attention, was taken aback, and then the complexion greatly changed, exclaiming: "Quickly kill it!"

The alchemy militiaman next to him raised his sword and fell, and the iron essence scimitar pulled out a sharp arc, and the alienated Swiftbird's head suddenly fell, and red blood gushed out. Victor thoughts move, the air flows rapidly, forming a barrier, and the splashing blood is like a long blood rainbow, flying to the side. Imerson ignored the surprise, and said repeatedly: "Quick, quick, quick, take the egg out."

The alchemy militia overturned the body of the alienated Swiftbird, and cut it open with a sharp iron essence machete. In his belly, his hands in long deerskin gloves penetrated into the still wriggling abdominal cavity and took out two huge eggs.

The egg surface of Alien Swiftbird is stained with mucus, which corrodes colorful patterns on the eggshell. The alchemy militia does not need Imerson to greet, but consciously and quickly scrapes off the mucus on the eggshell surface with a dagger, and then dips in water. Wipe clean with the towel until the eggshell no longer rises with the pungent white mist.

Obviously, this is not the first time he has done this.

Imerson extend the hand refers to lightly poking the egg shell, and said with lingering fear: "Fortunately the egg shell is not soft yet, the problem should not be big...Kooks, send these two eggs to hatch on the 4th The nest, be careful, don't break it!"

The alchemy militia took the alienated bird's egg into a container, held it and turned and left the hayloft.

At this moment, Renault was beside Victor and asked, "Hunting chief, why don't you pay respect to the owner?"

Imerson's excited expression froze on his face and turned his head. Seeing Victor's dark gold eyes, he turned into panic, and when his knees were bent, he would kneel down.

"You don't need to be polite when you work."

Victor put his hand on his arm and asked with a smile: "Imerson, what are you... doing?"

The flattered Imerson became excited again, tore off the towel covering his mouth and nose, opened his mouth to introduce his research, but didn't know where to start, and finally suffocated a word.

"...Laying eggs."

I knew you were laying eggs when I saw it. I thought you were a pig slayer if I didn’t see it... Victor slandered in his heart. In one sentence, he looked up and down the wizard again.

He wears a fine linen shirt, a canvas apron, a hood, and a towel on his face. If he carries a Pig Slaughtering Blade and Randal collar butcher There is no difference.

Considering that Imerson was engaged in taboo research and could not confide to outsiders, the homunculus around him were more dull than the others. It was normal for him to hold back his stomach, but couldn't figure it out for a while. Victor thought for a while and asked: "What is the purpose of laying eggs?"

Imerson eyes shined, and Danger Land said: "My lord, I'm trying to improve the muscle and skeleton strength of the fast bird... In the past, I used breeding, feeding and training methods to cultivate stronger and more ferocious Swiftbirds. But this cannot change the Swiftbird’s skeleton and muscle structure, especially the hollow skeleton, which severely limits the Swiftbird’s weight-bearing capacity and Fighting ability. I think that Swiftbirds don’t need to fly at all, and it’s not meaningful to reduce weight with a thin skeleton. It’s better to let them grow hard bones. Therefore, I chose 15 female birds and slightly alienated them. They changed their body structure, and then used their eggs to try to incubate the sturdy Swiftbird."

Victor asked curiously: "Isn't it said that alienated creatures are not fertile?"

"Yes!" Imerson introduced enthusiastically: "Alienated creatures will absorb the fetus as part of the body. I have tried with pregnant wild wolves and guard dogs, but they have failed. But the nestlings of Swiftbirds are They are bred in vitro, and they have a layer of eggshell protection."

"Although the alienated Swiftbirds also secrete mucus and melt the eggshells, the first six alienated Swiftbirds all failed. But I can control the alienated Swiftbirds and order them to lay their eggs. In this process, the alienated Swiftbirds can suppress the instinct of absorbing bird eggs and no longer produce a lot of mucus..."

Imerson paused, regretfully Shaking his head: "Unfortunately, the alienated Swiftbird's body structure has changed, and there is no way to lay eggs... We can only kill the females and take out the eggs manually. Even if the alienated females die, their flesh and blood are still alive. Yes, it will still absorb bird eggs. Due to our inexperience, many of the bird eggs have been melted into the shell, and only 5 fast bird eggs are obtained."

"I am not sure how these eggs can be Can't hatch new chicks... I think the chances of hatching success are greater for naturally laid eggs."

"The Swiftbird just now has the least degree of alienation, and hopes to lay eggs on its own. When I controlled it, I was...out of the setback, and I can only retrieve the eggs manually..." Imerson said annoyedly. He can control the alienated creatures, but he can't precisely control the alienation process. If he wants to get an alienated Swiftbird with the birth canal, he still doesn't know when to wait.

Victor didn’t have any guilt for destroying Imerson’s important experiment. Another question circulated in his mind. After a while, he said: "The alienated Swiftbird has changed the strength of the skeleton, so it will happen to the egg before the alienation. Corresponding changes?"

Imerson felt a little bit in his heart, rubbed his hands, and said with a smile: "My lord, I'm not sure...this is an attempt. If it succeeds, you can get stronger speed. Birds and birds."

"I don't blame you for sacrificing 15 adult females... It is a good thing to be encouraged to devote yourself to the cultivation techniques of Swiftbirds." Victor slightly smiled and asked: "Why didn't you combine your witchcraft innate talent to nurture Swiftbirds?" Imerson laughed awkwardly and explained: "My lord, I didn't dare before. Now I have become more courageous and want you Favor."

"Because I am now the Royal Highness of the Kingdom, I have the ability to protect you?"

Imerson's expression changed, after a while, he said frankly: "Yes , I used to be afraid of being arrested and purified by the church, even afraid to go to church, and worried about showing the weak spot, so I had to brace oneself to the church to participate in morning and evening prayers, but nothing happened. Father Miller also praised my piety. ...I am now afraid that His Royal Highness dislikes me as useless, so I have the courage to experiment with my witchcraft."

After hearing the wizard's statement, Victor shook his head and said, "These all are appearances, not the reason. You used to live in a wild swamp with Bell, barely clothed, unable to eat, and busy all day long to feed themselves. Now, you don’t need to worry about survival, and you will inevitably want to study your own extraordinary abilities."

"Simply put, you are curious when you are idle." Victor stared at Imerson with scorching eyes, and asked with interest: "Then, what is the principle of your alienating creatures?"

Imerson's heart tightened. Feeling the majesty that cannot be denied, he respectfully said: "My lord, through the research and experimentation during this period of time, I have found that I always change the soul state of animals before they are alienated and completely obey my will."

"How to change the souls of animals? What do they look like?" Victor asked in a deep voice.

Imerson thought about it for a while, and hesitated to explain: "I can’t say how exactly it changed...This is the innate talent of witchcraft, close to instinct. If I have to describe it, it should be “innate talent”. Ran'... Yes, it's an infestation!" He nodded vigorously, raising the volume and said, "In my eyes, almost all animal souls are red, like a burning flame. But, different animals, souls The brightness and color of the flames are different, some are dim, some are bright, some are orange, some are crimson... All creatures alienated by me, their soul flames become the same brightness, the same color... I Suspect, that's the brightness and color that my soul flame should have."

"...but." Imerson silently swept the alchemy militia next to Victor with his concealed eyes.

Victor is secretly funny, Imerson has always mistakenly thought that there is still a powerful wizard hidden beside him. The alchemy war mastiff and homunculus are the masterpieces of that wizard, and because of this, he is afraid of himself. Controlled by that mysterious wizard.

"Retreat, go far." Victor waved back the alchemy militia around him, indifferently said: "You can say it."

Imerson lowered his voice, a little nervous Said: "Your Majesty, I also discovered that your ferocious wolves are completely different from ordinary creatures. Their soul flames are dark golden. I was injured because of peeping at their soul flames... I have to remind you, I The alienated creatures can be controlled because of the soul infestation. Your ferocious wolves are probably in the same situation as my alienated creatures... They are controlled by humans."

Nonsense, uncontrolled alchemy creatures, I want What is it for? However, Imerson’s soul fire infestation controls the alienated creatures and my soul fire division. The principle of controlling Alchemy Tower is the same... This also confirms the Ancestral God Founder’s spirit splitting souls and creating bloodline descendants. For example, Nine -Headed Hydra's binding force on lizardmen... Imerson's alienation witchcraft's soul infestation principle seems to indicate that the soul form changes and the bloodline law is all activated, presenting chaotic mutations, evolving another life form...this Does it mean that the difference between barbarian and human beings lies in their soul structure? Tofoven wizard discovered the primordial nature and diversity of the human bloodline law. Is it because the soul is stable that human beings can still maintain the human life form? Assuming that the human soul shape changes, will human beings become creatures of other forms? Elf? Barbarian Race? Or is Barbarian all human beings change?

What has changed the human soul structure without causing chaotic and disorderly mutations in the human bloodline?

Victor condensed his thoughts, focused his eyes on Imerson's face, and said with a smile: "Cooks, Renault, and Shak are all secret warriors carefully cultivated by the family. You don’t have to worry about their loyalty, let alone your own safety...As long as you are loyal to me, I will give you wealth, status, power, and even longer lifespan and youth."

Imerson hurry up Kneeling on the ground, loudly said: "His Royal Highness Randal, I am grateful for your shelter and shelter, and I swear allegiance to you!"

Victor’s mouth has an elegant smile, indifferently said: "I should Believe you? Thornton's Baron's...Ma Colin."

Imerson's knees softened when he heard Ma Colin's name, and he knelt on the ground.