92: Demon Cloud Eagle

Twilight faded, and night descended.

"Di-ling~ Di-ling~"

Inside the lord's room, accompanied by the pleasant chirping of insects from the dark and tranquil environment outside the window, which sounded like the ringing of golden bells.

The four little ones, including Baize, were playing happily. The original group of three little cuties had now become a group of four, with the new addition being the Small Fire Bull, Lihuo.

The three little ones, Baize included, were very fond of this new companion. Especially Baize, who, relying on its own formidable presence, immediately took Lihuo in as its subordinate.

However, seeing Lihuo happily trotting along behind Baize, Lister realized that it seemed to quite enjoy its new 'position' as a subordinate.

Lister did not find this strange. After all, Baize already possessed strength equivalent to Bronze Tier 4 and had a very high bloodline level; Lihuo had no reason not to submit to it.

But when it came to Baize's strength, Lister didn't know whether to feel helpless or delighted.

Because this guy's breakthrough speed was simply freakishly fast. It had only been ten days since its last breakthrough, and it had already taken another step forward.

One had to know that it was different from Lister. Lister had used quite a lot of good resources, practiced diligently every day, and had even experienced several life-and-death battles.

But as for it, it hadn't consumed any resources at all, relying entirely on its bloodline talent.

As for training... forget it, that little bit of training made no difference at all.

Every day it did nothing but eat and play, yet it could still maintain such a breakthrough speed, making his envy almost turn into jealousy.

In the end, he could only comfort himself; they were his own little ones, so it was good that their talent was a bit stronger.

After watching the four little ones for a while, Lister withdrew his gaze and looked at the black refined stone he had found in a remote cave to the west of Black Stone Territory.

Originally, he thought it was a very small piece of black refined stone. After all, it was a rare resource transformed by absorbing the energy of other black stones, so generally, it was hard for them to be very large.

But who would have thought that the holy light god would be so favorable to him? This piece of black refined stone was actually quite large, reaching fifty centimeters in both length and width, so his space ring couldn't even fit it.

A black refined stone of this size, if taken out to sell, would be worth at least a hundred gold coins.

Of course, he definitely wouldn't sell it, because a selling price is one thing, but it wasn't something you could just buy whenever you wanted.

Once it generally flowed into the market, it would be quickly bought up by those nobles, knights, officials, and the like.

In particular, those famous Forgemasters were very keen on such resources, and since most of them were quite wealthy, they would act very quickly as soon as they heard the news.

According to Lister's estimate, his piece of black refined stone could provide enough for embedding into about ten sets of armor to use for magic defense.

If divided any further, its effectiveness would decrease significantly, but whether it was exactly as he thought would only be known after it was actually forged.

After putting away the black refined stone, Lister moved the thought in his mind, and the ancient white book appeared out of thin air.

Immediately following, three divination messages slowly appeared on the blank pages.

【Divination 1: Because the aura emitted by the Silver Wolf King's corpse was too alluring, Red and his men, who were escorting it back to Ironthorn Territory, were attacked by several low-tier magical beasts that had lost their minds. In the end, they were all killed by Red and his men without any injuries, and the powerful strength they displayed deterred other magical beasts lurking in the shadows.】

【Divination 2: Tomorrow at noon, on the outskirts of the Hengduan Mountains near Ironthorn Territory, a Magic Cloud Eagle will unfortunately die at the hands of a magical beast while out hunting. Its five Magic Cloud Eagle chicks, which were hatched not long ago, will be eaten as a meal tomorrow afternoon by a Black-patterned Python that is about to transform into a magical beast.】

【Divination 3: The 'new western frontier pioneer order' will begin tomorrow, with the royal decree being issued to the entire kingdom. The content within will set off a new wave of pioneering frenzy.】

*Sigh~*

Scanning the first divination message, the tense expression on Lister's face gradually relaxed, and he let out a long sigh.

Fortunately, he had the foresight to know that the Silver Wolf King's corpse would pose a great temptation to those magical beasts and wild beasts, which was why he had let Red lead the escort team.

Otherwise, if Red hadn't been there to oversee the team, the Silver Wolf King's corpse would definitely have been snatched away, and the team might even have suffered heavy casualties.

However, even though this time passed safely, it served as a warning to him; in the future, preventive measures for such matters would need to be even more thorough.

After all, no one could guarantee whether the next attack would be from an even more powerful magical beast.

Although, judging by the general situation of the territories surrounding Ironthorn Territory, even if a magical beast were powerful, it would at most be at the level of the Silver Wolf King.

But there is always a possibility of an exception, so it is never wrong to be cautious in all things.

Looking at the second divination message, Lister's eyes suddenly lit up.

Magic Cloud Eagle!

He had long wanted this kind of semi-magical beast, but had always suffered from a lack of opportunity and channels to acquire one.

Now it had actually delivered itself to his doorstep for free, which made him feel both surprised and incredibly delighted.

In this world, besides wild beasts and magical beasts, there was another type of beast that existed between the two, called semi-magical beasts.

They were called this because when they were activating the magical beast bloodline within their bodies, they encountered interference from external factors, causing them to not fully activate their bloodline, similar to being a half-baked entity.

But even if they were half-baked, they still received energy feedback brought by the bloodline. This feedback could help them strengthen a certain organ in their body, or what was called a trait.

And the Magic Cloud Eagle, this type of semi-magical beast, had strengthened its flight speed and resistance to wind impact.

Given this strengthening, and its naturally docile temperament, it was used as a bird specifically for sending messages.

However, because the evolution of a semi-magical beast required various uncertain factors to be achieved simultaneously, their existence was very rare.

Coupled with the fact that the transformation of birds was even more difficult, the Magic Cloud Eagle, being one type of semi-magical beast, was an extremely rare category among all semi-magical beasts.

Therefore, its preciousness was self-evident, and at the same time, it was almost only used for strategic intelligence transmission.

Of course, there were already people within the kingdom trying to breed them, but because there were too many uncertainties, the probability of successful breeding was very low.

And this time, Lister could directly get five Magic Cloud Eagles for free in one go, and they were chicks that were very easy to tame, which showed that his luck was very good.

Furthermore, the growth rate of Magic Cloud Eagles was very fast, so it wouldn't be long before he could obtain a channel for rapid communication.

Thinking to this point, he couldn't help but think of Daisna, who was far away in Tulip Territory. With the Magic Cloud Eagles, they would be able to communicate more conveniently and frequently.

In a good mood, he continued to look at the third divination message.

Pioneering frenzy!

It looked somewhat unusual, perhaps even exaggerated, as the kingdom was currently quite calm, and it was hard for things to get stirred up over just anything.

Could a single piece of new pioneer order really have such great power?

Although he had doubts, Lister felt deep down that this would really be the case, and the impact might even be greater.

However, all assumptions would have to wait until he saw the content of the pioneer order to be verified.