Chapter 153 Going into the mountains to hunt birds
The 30th day of the frost gold month.
On the last day of the frost-gold moon, Gaode rarely had any classes.
Of course, He Xi’s Rune Xiaozao class will not stop.
But the rune class only takes half a day, so Gaode has half a day to spare.
He would not waste this half-day of free time.
Gaode is going to the mountains to hunt birds.
As Master Falon said, spells are not finished after building a spell model. They need to be cast more and practiced more in order to gradually master the essence and details of the spell and improve their proficiency and control.
Compared with spending money to practice with a spell-testing puppet in a spell experiment field, it is obviously more useful to practice with a red-eyed sparrow.
In addition, Gaode’s current deposit has dropped to 71 gold and 12 silver, and he is in urgent need of “open source” to obtain new income.
Each red-eyed sparrow is worth 1 gold coin.
According to the introduction in the [Mountain Patrol] mission, there are a large number of red-eyed sparrows escaping from the Demon Pet system.
Since the adjective "a large number" is used, why must it be more than a hundred, right?
Also, if he hunts 7 red-eyed sparrows, he can gain another point of origin.
Goth is naturally willing to do such a thing that achieves three birds with one stone.
The most important thing is that according to the mission introduction, the red-eyed sparrow is not very aggressive.
In other words, the difficulty of this task is how to find the red-eyed sparrow in the vast back mountain, rather than killing the red-eyed sparrow.
It just so happens that this is what Gaode is good at.
The mountains behind Sires College are not dangerous, because this is not a barren mountain in the wild, but a developed scenic mountain.
After the academy mages cleansed them round after round, not a single one of them was left in the mountains.
In most cases, the function of the back mountain is to provide a corresponding environment for certain magic plants in the college that require a natural environment to grow.
In addition, it is the so-called landscape function.
This is why the task of cleaning up red-eyed sparrows is given to students in the form of a [Mountain Patrol] task.
Because this task is actually a chore, not a combat task, and it is not urgent at all.
What the college is worried about is only that red-eyed sparrows will damage the ecology of the back mountain.
It took Gothe half an hour to officially enter the back mountain area of the college from the teaching area of Siris College.
Compared to the mountains and forests in the wilderness, which are full of dead leaves and dangers, the mountains behind the academy are not only safe, but also have a man-made trail because mages often come in and out.
Of course, if you want to hunt birds, you cannot just follow the path. You must go deep into the forest.
The mission comes with a piece of information that details the habits of the red-eyed sparrow.
The most important thing is the environment and food that red-eyed sparrows like to live in.
“An area close to water sources and rich in fruits” This is the preferred habitat of red-eyed sparrows.
"Wild fruits and wild berries growing from the bushes are magical plants." This is the favorite food of red-eyed sparrows.
There are many magic plant planting areas in the back mountains opened by mages from the Potion Department of the academy, but they all have corresponding barriers or magic circles, and red-eyed sparrows cannot get close to them.
Only need to consider the former.
Gothe gradually moved away from the man-made path and stepped into the denser forest.
The surrounding scenery also changes accordingly.
The trees became taller, the branches and leaves became denser, and the air was filled with the fresh smell of soil and leaves.
Gaode looked left and right, afraid of missing the red-eyed sparrow lurking on a branch of a tree.
And in his eyes, the light flashed slightly.
After entering the back mountain, he had already cast [Detection Magic+].
This is Gao De’s means of hunting birds.
The detection range of [Detect Magic+] is not particularly wide, but the ability to detect biological magic auras definitely makes him more likely to find red-eyed sparrows that are good at concealment than other students who accept the task.
Gaode went deep into the forest while holding a map of the back mountain for comparison.
One is because I am afraid of getting lost, and the other is to avoid entering the "back mountain restricted area" designated by the college.
Shortly afterwards, Gothe discovered a clear stream.
The gurgling stream.
A variety of wild flowers and fruits grow on both sides of the creek.
This is in line with the habitat environment preferred by the red-eyed sparrow.
Gothe suddenly slowed down and looked around carefully.
Suddenly, a light flashed in his eyes.
It started from a dense bush not far away.
Even though he was attracted by the aura, Gaode could only see at a glance that there was no trace of the source of the aura except for the stacked green leaves.
However, he noticed that there were pecked fruit residues hanging on some branches of the bush.
Gaode's heart moved slightly, and he was 80% sure.
“He is really good at hiding.” He whispered to himself.
Without any hesitation, in the blink of an eye, Gothe had already cast [Flame Arrow+] and shot towards the bushes.
Among the spells he has mastered, Flame Arrow is not only the most powerful spell, but also the spell with the longest range and the fastest flight speed. It is the best choice for hunting birds.
A blazing flame instantly cut through the air, shooting towards the bushes blooming with magical aura in a brilliant trajectory.
However, just when the flaming arrow was about to hit the target area accurately, a sparrow with red eyes and a blue-gray body suddenly flew out of the bushes at an extremely fast speed and was about to escape.
It is in line with the introduction of the red-eyed sparrow in the mission description: after special training, it is extremely alert.
But for Gothe, this is of no use.
His heart moved slightly.
The exploding flaming arrow actually made a huge turn at this moment, drawing a jaw-dropping arc in the air. It shot diagonally upward in an extremely unscientific trajectory, approaching the red-eyed sparrow that was fleeing in panic.
The red-eyed sparrow was so frightened that its feathers almost stood up. Its wings flapped the air desperately, trying to avoid this sudden death threat.
But even if it has been trained for a long time and no matter how fast it is, it cannot react at such a short distance.
Boom!
With a crisp sound, the flaming arrow accurately hit the red-eyed sparrow.
In an instant, it was wrapped in a flame, causing it to fall down like a broken paper kite.
After falling to the ground, it struggled and flapped its wings a few times, and soon became silent.
Only a wisp of slowly dissipating green smoke and a burnt aroma spread in the air.
Origin:
Hand 0——[Red-Eyed Sparrow] (1/7).
Looking at the new entries in the source column, Gothe's eyes flashed with satisfaction.
But this is not over yet.
Gothe walked to the body of the red-eyed sparrow, took out the Fang of the Hidden Mist, and neatly took out the pair of burnt red eyes from the eye sockets of the red-eyed sparrow.
"The red-eyed sparrow is a 0-level earth-line creature. Its bloodline comes from the 2-level earth-line creature Red Eyes Lieyu, but it does not inherit the ability of Red-eyed Lieyu to control the flames."
Leyline creatures are very particular about their bloodline. In most cases, if you follow the bloodline upward, you can find their ancestors in higher circles.
In fact, Gaode thinks this is very unreasonable. Isn't there reproductive isolation between leyline creatures?
But existence is reasonable, so Gaode silently accepted it.
The red-eyed sparrow only inherited the night vision ability of its bloodline ancestors.
The only prominent part of its body is its pair of eyes, which have excellent vision and are also the hardest part of its body.
It is precisely because of their excellent vision and low aggressiveness that red-eyed sparrows are selected by the magic pet system and trained in the direction of high-altitude reconnaissance.
Gaode carefully put the removed eyeball into a cloth bag he carried, and then put it away with him, and then he felt at ease.
This is the proof of mission settlement. Without this thing, the academy will not recognize his record.
Gold coin +1!
One is like another. Since a red-eyed sparrow can be found here, it means that there is a high probability that there are other red-eyed sparrows living nearby.
Gaode continued to act.
(End of this chapter)