Chapter 1 Griffith and the mysterious senior sister of Silver Moon Tower
“So, because the situation is urgent, you just let local officials have their hands in the procurement?” Professor Heinz asked.
“Yes, Professor.” Griffith answered honestly.
“Then, without orders from superiors, you set up a military committee?”
"Yes, Professor. But I think it was a spontaneous organization of the masses..."
“Spontaneously, hum, you treat me like a three-year-old child! Are you threatening them that the central government will set fire to the city?”
"Yes……"
"You are very courageous, Griffith!" Professor Heinz yelled, "Bijerland sent you to supervise, but you actually formed an army and headquarters without authorization, and even deceived the entire city.
Got in."
“Isn’t it because the central government didn’t send enough manpower?” Griffith muttered in reply.
"What did you say?!"
“No, Professor!”
“You little bastard, you actually talk back?” The professor grabbed a pile of reports and slapped it on the table, making a loud noise, which startled the would-be knight.
"You need to put something on your resume - wanton behavior, you know?"
“Yes, Professor.”
“Go and claim your reward, a bonus of 2,000 silver francs.”
…”
“Why, you seem dissatisfied?”
“Isn’t it, it’s a little too little, I killed it...”
"You little bastard, you think that's not enough?" The professor jumped up and ran towards a cane in the corner, "You lost half of the city's residents, tens of thousands of people! You haven't found out what the cultists created, you guys
What a loser! I was going to deduct your merits, but for the sake of the kills, the merits and demerits are equal. You have the nerve to think that the reward is small, so I don’t interrupt your dog legs!"
Seeing that he was about to be beaten, Griffith hurriedly shouted: "I have initially found out the situation of the Raven branch!"
This incident attracted the professor's attention. He was carrying a heavy cane filled with lead and looked at the would-be knight with eager eyes.
Griffith hurriedly reported his findings as quickly as possible.
“Interesting, very interesting.” Professor Heinz fell into deep thought after listening to the report. He opened his mouth to say something, but did not say anything. He sat back in his seat, his whole body motionless as if petrified.
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It was already evening when Griffith returned to Homemonworth. He first reported the situation to the professor, and then began to find the school staff to repair his anima breastplate.
Raven's battle caused serious damage to his armor, and he needed to pay a large sum of money to repair it. After it was repaired, he was going to ask Sonia to help inlay the magical green agate and earth-attribute citrine that mastered reconciliation and restoration to provide special effects.
After the inlay is completed, this breastplate will become a holy weapon. As long as it is worn on the body, it will provide additional strength bonus and speed up bleeding and wound healing.
He originally expected that Raven's mission would give him a decent weapon as a reward, but it didn't. The long sword he used to use was easily damaged in fierce battles, and the corrupted feather sword in his off-hand weapon was a light stabbing sword, which was difficult to carry out heavy tasks.
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At present, Griffith's biggest reliance is the frost, blood and undead runes he possesses. This strange energy condensed with mental power can preset spell energy and provide magic support when needed. This rare ability changes
Getting stronger and stronger has become his core fighting method.
Since the main combat power comes from magic spells, Griffith plans to upgrade all the magic spells he has mastered to the third level. The duration and mental power consumption of the blood spell should be greatly reduced, and the death spell can be
The number of undead controlled and the success rate of enslavement have also been increased.
The most critical improvement is the flesh puppet. Minos, the bone ring, provided him with some occult knowledge, letting him know that after the flesh puppet spell is upgraded to the fourth level, it will be renamed the blood puppet and has special enhancements.
After the upgrade is completed, Griffith needs to use a drop of blood to create a puppet. The puppet's appearance and clothing are the same as his own, and can even simulate the animals he rides. The puppet can simulate the appearance of armor and weapons, although it may not be as good as the real thing.
Powerful, but doesn't seem to make much difference.
The blood puppet upgraded to the fourth level will be more tenacious and powerful. It has 70% of its own attributes in terms of physique, strength and agility, which is equivalent to the combat power of a melee extraordinary person with good strength. The puppet can leave Griffith
Si can move independently over long distances in a short period of time. If he gets close to receive psychic supplies, he can continue fighting without time limits.
Griffith can direct the puppets to fight as he wants, or let Minos do simple command, and add the effect of his own fourth-level magic spell "Frost Favor" to the puppets, which can tear the streamer shield and ice apart.
The buff/enhancement effect of the bite is attached to the puppet, giving it stronger defense. It can even have a certain chance of frostbiting enemies during battle, traumatizing their minds, and causing them to be unable to cast spells or perform abilities for a short period of time.
From this point of view, the fourth stage of each spell will not only change its name, but its effect will also be far stronger than the first three stages.
If possible, Griffith would like to strengthen all the spells to level four as soon as possible. However, the cost of doing so is too high.
The cost of strengthening from level one to level three is quite acceptable. Upgrading to level four requires 15 units of potential potions and 1 unit of refined psychic mixture, which costs no less than 12,500 silver francs. He only has 5,000 silver langs of vitamins on hand.
The Rona mission bonus, the Raven mission bonus of 2,000 silver francs, and the Verona capture distribution of 2,500 silver francs. His monthly salary and allowance income of 300 silver francs are simply not enough in the face of such huge expenses.
He has some extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 7, but he thinks it would be too hasty to sell it like this, so he collects it first.
Fortunately, although Raven did not receive many rewards for his mission, he still had more than 5,000 silver francs left in the donation of 8,000 silver francs he received, which allowed him to successfully raise the materials needed for the blood puppet.
However, the improvement of the three magic spells of Blood Bat Storm, Resurrection of the Undead and Undead Dominion each requires 6 units of potential potion. Griffith emptied his pockets and took out the little reserve money left from selling private wine.
There is still not enough on hand.
Fortunately, Sonia still owes him some money for the Corruption Poison Sac, which can help him slowly raise these potential potions and special materials. By the end of the semester, he may be able to complete all the improvements.
Griffith now has some merit points and can theoretically be promoted to a military rank and receive more salary. However, he has only been promoted to Reserve Assault Squadron Leader not long ago, and the military headquarters will not make adjustments in the short term.
After taking care of these trivial matters, the next thing Griffith had to do was to see what else Minos could do.
After the Raven incident, Minos has merged with the red stone and has the ability to transform energy, resurrect and control living things. He even considered handing over the command of the puppet to Minos and creating a persistent clone to fight with him
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The details and risks have yet to be studied. The first thing to do now is to strengthen Minos and see what else he can do.
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“Essence of Moon Spirit, fresh medulla mushrooms, and mandrake juice.”
Griffith rushed to the ranger's cabin before going to bed and read the material over and over again as if he were reciting it.
"Then you asked the right person, my little friend. There are plenty of medulla mushrooms," ranger Kroger said while drinking the pumpkin wine brought by Griffith, "The moon spirit essence is a bit scarce.
It's a full moon night, and you can find some on the spire of Silver Moon Tower."
“Why go there?”
"The moon spirit is actually a cute little moss that needs lost magic and moonlight to nourish. It is a practical material for prayer and meditation. It only appears on full moon nights. You can dig it from the roof of the library
Some, and then infused with psychic energy, they will melt into liquid form. Collect them in a test tube and filter them to become your moon spirit essence."
“Thank you, you are so knowledgeable.”
“Haha, who says it’s not the case? The principal also personally promised to open a separate course for me. I will try it out next semester.”
"real?"
“Of course, it’s hard to get an intuitive impression of magical creatures and mutant creatures just by reading a book,” the half-giant ranger pointed at the magic spider lying on the chopping board, “Practical lessons are very important.”
According to the clues given by Kroger, Griffith rushed to the spire of Silver Moon Tower that night.
This is of course against the school rules, and you may fall off it if you are not careful. But Griffith felt that he was not that stupid, and the edge of the steeple was quite wide, enough for one person to sit on.
After nightfall, he sneaked out of his dormitory and went to the roof of the library to wait, waiting for midnight to fall.
Sure enough, as soon as the twelve o'clock bell rang, dots of moss appeared like moonlight.
Griffith began to carefully collect moss, and then used spiritual energy to refine it and collect it.
“What are you doing?” Suddenly a clear and beautiful voice asked him in the silence.
Although the incident happened suddenly, Griffith was not frightened at all. This pleasant voice spoke softly, making people feel light and romantic.
“Good evening, Mr. Knight-to-be,” the senior who had appeared in the library before squatted aside, looked at him curiously, and asked again, “What are you doing?”
"Good evening," Griffith hurriedly corrected his posture, half-kneeling and greeted the senior sister a few steps away, "I am Griffith, a first-year student, and I am collecting some moon spirit essence."
The other party is not only a beautiful young woman, but also a senior, so he must not lose his etiquette.
“Oh~” the unfamiliar senior said in a longer tone, “You are mistaken, that is moss, a luminous plant that grows in standing water, and the moon spirit is above your head.”
Griffith raised his head and saw some different moss on the spire.
"You have to be careful. Someone once slipped and fell while collecting these moss. I took care of him for a week."
“Excuse me, who is so careless?”
"If I don't tell you," the senior said with a soft smile, "I bet you will roll down later, like a bear that steals honey."
"No, I am agile." Griffith was not wearing armor, and he moved quickly and nimbly. He stretched out his hand and carefully grabbed the moon moss above his head.
These little things seemed to be alive, making his palms itchy. He finally grabbed a handful and retracted his hand.
“Sister, please look, I am safe and sound.”
"Not bad, but the moon spirits are very cold, and their juice will quickly freeze into slippery ice. Be careful when you come over, that person last time, ah!"
Before she could finish her words, Griffith rolled down from the spire of Silver Moon Tower.