Chapter 14 Life and death go hand in hand
When Gong Hao hurried to area 56, he saw Andrew was already there.
There was still a servant kneeling on the ground, who was being stepped on by a puppet warrior. It seemed that as long as Andrew gave the order, the servant would fall to the ground.
To better control these servants, Andrew didn't mind wasting some resources when necessary, killing one or two servants to deter the rest.
"Mr. Andrew." Gong Hao ran over and bowed to Andrew first.
"Glair, you're dereliction of duty." Andrew's tone was extremely bad.
Gong Hao's heart trembled.
On the way here, Fink had already told him what had happened.
There are about fourteen types of monsters in area No. 56, all of which are rare species.
The most precious of them is the pair of flaming birds locked in bird cages.
The flaming bird is born with the ability to communicate with magic elves and can release various fire spells. It is an advanced monster. Because of the abundant elemental energy in their bodies, their blood can be used to make good magic recovery potions. The magic recovery potions may be the most precious of all potions, and require a large amount of materials, among which the blood of elemental birds is indispensable. The magic recovery potions made with the blood of the flaming birds can not only help the mage restore its own magic power, but more importantly, they can also increase the magician's fire element sensing ability. The elemental sensing ability can be said to be the foundation for the mage to settle down, which shows how useful it is.
During the Hundred Years War, elemental birds such as the Flaming Birds and the Extreme Ice Birds were hunted in large quantities by human alchemists and used to make various magic recovery potions and elemental sensing amplification potions. Although they are very ferocious and extremely powerful, no matter how powerful a monster is, it is impossible to compete with humans who are good at organizing and using all means.
After that, monsters such as the Flaming Bird gradually disappeared. Although people later found alternative materials from other monsters, no effect was better than the blood of elemental birds. Not to mention increasing elemental sensing ability.
Half a year ago, Lancelot brought back a pair of flaming birds in the central area of Purgatory Island. He was also covered in bruises and almost died. From that day on, drawing the blood of the flaming birds to refine magic recovery potions and elemental sensing potions has become another great contribution of Purgatory Island to the empire.
Since there was only one pair of flaming birds, Hines ordered special care to take care of them. He drew the blood of one flaming bird every seven days, and changed the next week. In this way, blood was drawn every half month. With the powerful vitality of the flaming bird, there would be no life danger.
Elemental birds have always appeared in pairs. They are loyal to each other and remain loyal to their partners until death. If one of them dies, the other will never live alone. At that time, humans used this characteristic of Elemental Bird to successfully set traps and capture Elemental Birds again and again.
However, what no one expected was that the loyalty between these partners had reached a level that humans could not imagine. When the young servant in charge of Area 56 drew blood on the flaming bird, he never dreamed that for three months, he actually drew blood from the same flaming bird.
Now, in the tall bird cage, the blood-drawn bird finally couldn't stand it anymore.
It lies in the cage, its fiery red wings are dull, and its life is gradually disappearing. Its companion, a female flaming bird, is guarding her husband sadly, and making mournful screams from time to time.
Her eyes were filled with sadness.
"Ejie, didn't I ask you to hang a license plate to distinguish them?" Gong Hao asked the servant who was kneeling on the ground.
The servant replied tremblingly: "I'm dead, but I didn't expect that the bird would actually replace the license plate."
Gong Hao's anger suddenly rose: "But I told you to hang the magic license plate, the Flaming Bird is a very smart creature."
"I..." Poor Ajie never thought that the flaming bird would be so smart. He thought that Gong Hao's orders were just a waste of time, so he didn't care. Because they looked exactly the same, ordinary people couldn't tell them. Ajie's momentary negligence caused the male flaming bird to secretly change the license plate every time, and he was the one who was drawn every time.
Only then did Ajie remember why the flaming birds, who had been famous for their loyalty and love for their partners some time ago, often showed signs of fighting and quarrel in the cage. It turned out that they did not love each other, but loved each other too much.
It’s just that females obviously cannot compete with males, which leads to this consequence.
At this moment, looking at her husband who was about to die, the female flaming bird let out an angry roar at the outside of the cage.
It blew out a large mouthful of flames, hitting the wall of the magic cage, but it could not hurt the other party at all.
Maybe he knew that his actions were useless, the female flaming bird gave up the attack and lay sadly on her husband's body.
Gong Hao could even see that tears were flashing in the eyes of this elemental bird with fire attribute.
The flamed birds only shed tears once in their life, and they were crying for their companions.
Gong Hao sighed softly, he knew that if the male flaming bird died, then the female would never live alone.
Andrew breathed a long sigh. Although he knew that this was not Gong Hao's responsibility, he still said coldly: "Glare, many times, the servants may not do things exactly as you told me. They are often lazy, clever, and self-righteous. If you think you have considered, ordered, and ordered, and the matter is completed, then you are very wrong. No matter what, you have an unshirkable responsibility in this matter."
Another servant chief, Sisser, couldn't help but say, "Sir, can't you save it?"
Andrew shook his head: "Elemental creatures are not something we can save. We have never conducted research on this."
That's right, you just study the murder. Gong Hao said viciously in his heart.
Compared to these monsters with sincere feelings, perhaps humans are the real beasts!
However, no matter what, the current crisis will always be lifted. Gong Hao never hopes that this will be the reason for him to be sent to the valley next month.
We must find a way to save the flaming bird.
However, how to save it? How can I solve the problem that Andrew can’t solve it himself?
I became more anxious.
Suddenly he remembered the Bloody Orchid.
The eyes lit up, yes, life has its own way out!
He shouted, "Sir, I have a way to save it."
Andrew was stunned and said happily: "What's the solution? Tell me quickly!"
Gong Hao gritted his teeth and finally shouted, "Let it go."
"Let it go?" Andrew was shocked, and only heard Gong Hao say quickly: "We can't save it because we don't understand it. But as a wise high-level monster, I believe it must have a way to save itself. We all know that some monsters will escape to certain places after being injured. They always have a natural sense of where they can give them vitality. I have seen records of the Hundred Years War. In the process of humans catching monsters, such things have happened not once or twice. The monsters licked their wounds and made a comeback, and sometimes even caused great casualties to humans. I believe that there must be a place or opportunity on Purgatory Island that can restore its vitality. But it will not tell us. As long as it is released, it will save itself."
Andrew roared: "But what does a flying flame bird mean to us? I would rather it die now, at least there is blood in its body for me to use several times. Once it flew away, it would be gone?"
Gong Hao calmly replied: "You are right, this is indeed a risk. But I'm sure it will definitely come back."
"You said it would fall into the trap and let us catch it?" Andrew wanted to laugh. Isn't this kid crazy?
But Gong Hao said, "Yes, it will fall into the trap and get back into this cage by itself."
"Why?"
"Because there is his wife whom he cherishes the most, more precious than his life." Gong Hao pointed with one hand and pointed at the female flame bird crying towards her husband.
Andrew was silent.
He didn't expect that Gong Hao's thinking was so sharp that he grasped the key to the problem at once.
That's right, even if the male flaming bird is released, it will never be able to leave from now on. It will not be willing to leave its wife.
"So, what if it can't save itself?"
"Then we just lost the little blood in the body of a flame bird, that's all. Adult, he can provide us with continuous benefits when he is alive, but if he dies, we can only dig the last legacy from the corpse. If possible, I believe that Adults should try to gamble and give it a try."
Andrew suddenly felt that Gong Hao's words were actually not only talking about the Flaming Bird, but also about himself.
Living lives are always more valuable than dead ones.
He nodded, and became more and more sure of the kid's wisdom.
"It's great, just do what you say. Regardless of whether this happens or not, I will not punish you again. If the flame bird fails to fly back, then we are in trouble. If it flies back, I will give you some rewards. You can think about what rewards you want first."
"Thank you, sir, let's save him first." Gong Hao replied calmly.
The dying flame bird was released.
Gong Hao is anxiously waiting for the news every day.
One day passed, another day passed.
After several days, there was no result.
Even Andrew became anxious and ran over to question Gong Hao if the bird was dead or he didn't plan to come back at all.
Judging from his anxious look, it seemed as if he had forgotten the statement that he had promised that even if the Flaming Bird did not come back, he would not punish Gong Hao.
Gong Hao pointed to the female flaming bird in the cage and replied: "From the moment her partner flew away, she didn't eat or drink, and kept waiting. Until the day before yesterday, she suddenly resumed eating and drinking. I thought, it must be because her husband had recovered. Today, I even heard her singing loudly, and his voice was full of joy. I think... it was her husband who was about to come back."
Andrew was a little confused: "How could she know about her husband?"
Gong Hao replied: "Maybe it's a sympathy."
Andrew sighed, "There are always many things in this world that we do not understand or understand. Even an alchemist cannot understand all existence."
Chapter completed!