Blood tax

Chapter 194 Griffith and the Mysterious Senior Sister of Silver Moon Tower

"So, because of the emergency, you let local officials have a hand in the procurement?" Professor Heinz asked.

"Yes, Professor." Griffith answered honestly.

"Then, without an order from your superiors, you set up a military committee on your own?"

"Yes, Professor. But I think it was a spontaneous organization of the masses..."

"Spontaneous, hum, you are my three-year-old child! Are you threatening them that the central government will set fire to the city?"

"Yes……"

"You are quite courageous, Griffith!" Professor Heinz shouted, "Beyeland sent you to supervise, but you are so lucky that you set up an army and headquarters without authorization, and even deceived the entire city went in."

"Isn't it because the central government didn't send enough people?" Griffith replied muttering.

"What did you say?!"

"No, professor!"

"Well, you little bastard, you actually talk back?" The professor grabbed a stack of reports and slapped it on the table, making a loud noise, which made the quasi-knight jump in fright.

"You have to put a good record on your resume-reckless, you know?"

"Yes, Professor."

"Go and get your reward, 2000 Silver Lang bonus."

"..."

"Why, you seem dissatisfied?"

"Isn't it, it's too little, I'll kill it..."

"You little bastard, still think it's too little?" The professor jumped up and ran to a cane in the corner, "You lost half of the city's residents, tens of thousands of people! I haven't found out what the cultists created, you guys Idiot! I originally wanted to deduct your meritorious deeds, but it seems that your merits and demerits are offset by the results of the kill. You are ashamed to think that the rewards are too small, and see if 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 carried a heavy cane filled with lead, and stared at the quasi-knight.

Griffith hurriedly reported his findings with the fastest speaking speed.

"Interesting, very interesting." After listening to the report, Professor Heinz fell into deep thought.He opened his mouth to say something, but didn't say it.He sat back in his seat, his whole body motionless as if petrified.

……

It was already evening when Griffith returned to Homewatts.He first reported the situation to the professor, and then started looking for the janitor to repair his Anima breastplate.

Revan's battles had left his armor badly damaged, requiring a large sum of money to repair it.After it is repaired, he plans to ask Sonia to help inlay the magic green agate and earth-attributed citrine that are in charge of harmony and recovery to provide special effects.After the inlay is complete, the breastplate will be regarded as a sacred weapon. As long as it is worn on the body, it will provide additional strength and speed up the speed of hemostasis and wound healing.

He had hoped that the Revan mission would give him a decent weapon as a reward, but it didn't.His usual long sword was easily damaged in the fierce battle, and the corroded feather fencing sword in his second hand was a light stabbing sword, which was embarrassing.

At present, Griffith's biggest reliance is the frost, blood and undead runes he possesses.This kind of strange energy condensed with spiritual power can preset spell energy and provide magic spell support when needed.This rare ability has become stronger and stronger, and has become his core fighting method.

In view of the fact that the main combat power comes from spells, Griffith intends to upgrade all the spells he has mastered to the third level.The duration and mental power consumption of the blood spell should be greatly reduced, and the number of undead that can be controlled by the necromantic spell and the success rate of enslavement have also been increased.

One of the most critical improvements is the Flesh Puppet.Minos, the bone ring, provided him with some mystical knowledge, letting him know that the curse of flesh and blood puppet will be renamed blood puppet after it is upgraded to the fourth level, and has special enhancements.

After the ascension is completed, Griffith needs to use a drop of blood to create a puppet, which has the same appearance and clothes as himself, and can even simulate the animal he is riding.Puppets can simulate the shape of armor and weapons. Although they may not be as powerful as the real ones, they don't look much different.

The blood puppet promoted to the fourth level will be more tenacious and powerful, possessing 70% of his own attributes in terms of physique, strength, and agility, which is equivalent to the combat effectiveness of a melee extraordinary person with good strength.The puppets can move independently away from Griffith for a short period of time, and if they are close to receive spiritual supplies, they can continue to fight without time limit.

Griffith can command the puppet to fight as he likes, or let Minos simply command, and add the effect of his own fourth-order spell "Frost's Favor" to the puppet, which is to tear the streamer shield and ice The buff/enhancement effect of the bite is attached to the puppet, making it stronger in defense. It can even have a certain chance of frostbiting the enemy in battle, traumatizing their minds, and causing the effect of being unable to cast spells or abilities for a short time.

From this point of view, not only will the fourth stage of each spell change its name, but its effect is also far stronger than the first three stages.

If possible, Griffith would like to strengthen all the spells to the fourth level as soon as possible.However, the cost of doing so is prohibitive.

一阶至三阶的强化成本还算可以接受。四阶的提升需要消耗15单位的潜能药剂和1个单位精炼灵能合剂，成本不少于12，500银郎。他的手头只有5000银郎的维罗纳任务奖金，2000银郎的瑞文任务奖金和2500银郎的维罗纳缴获分配。他每个月的300银郎收入的薪金、津贴收入在这样巨额的花销面前根本就不够看。

He has some Extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 7, but he feels that selling it like this is too hasty, so he keeps it for collection first.

Fortunately, although Raven didn't get too many rewards for his mission, he still has more than 8000 of the 5000 silver Lang donations he received, allowing him to smoothly raise the supplies needed by the blood puppets.

However, the improvement of the three spells of Bloodbat Storm, Resurrection, and Domination of Undead requires 6 units of Potential Potion each.Griffith, he emptied his pockets and took out the little reserve left over from selling bootleg liquor, but it was still not enough.

Fortunately, Sonia still owed him some money for corrupting poison sacs, so she could help him slowly raise these potential potions and special materials.By the end of the semester, he might be able to complete all the promotions.

Griffith now has some merit points, theoretically he can be promoted to the first rank and get more salary.But he was promoted to the captain of the reserve assault squadron not long ago, and the military department will not make adjustments in a short time.

After dealing with these trivial matters, the next thing Griffith has to do is to see what else Minos can do.

After the Raven incident, Minos has merged with the red stone and has the ability to transform energy, resurrect and manipulate creatures.He even considered handing over the command of the puppet to Minos, creating a persistent clone to fight with him.

The details and risks are still to be worked out, the first thing to do now is to strengthen Minos and see what else it can do.

……

"Essence of Moon Spirit, fresh pith mushroom, juice of mandrake."

Griffith rushed to the ranger's cabin before going to bed, and recited the material like a memorization.

"Then you are asking the right person, my little friend. There are plenty of pith-head mushrooms," the forest ranger Krog said with his tongue out while drinking the pumpkin wine brought by Griffith, "the essence of the moon spirit is a bit scarce. Today is the night of the full moon, and you can find some on the spire of Silvermoon Tower."

"Why do you want to go there?"

"Moon spirit is actually a kind of cute little moss, which needs the lost magic power and moonlight to nourish. It is a practical material for prayer and meditation. It only appears on the night of the full moon. You can dig it from the roof of the library. Some, and then infused with psionic energy, they will melt into a liquid. Collected in a test tube and filtered, it is your moon spirit essence."

"Thank you, you are very knowledgeable."

"Hehe, who said otherwise? The principal himself promised to set up a separate course for me. I will try to teach it next semester."

"Really?"

"Of course, it's hard to have an intuitive impression of magical creatures and mutant creatures just by reading books." The half-giant ranger pointed to the magic spider lying on the chopping board. "Practical lessons are very important."

According to the clues given by Kroger, Griffith rushed to the top of the Silver Moon Tower that night.

This is of course against the school rules, and it will fall from the top if you are not careful.But Griffith didn't think he was that stupid, and the edge of the spire was wide enough for a person to sit on.

After nightfall, he sneaked out of the dormitory and waited on the roof of the library, waiting for midnight to fall.

Sure enough, as soon as the twelve o'clock bell struck, moss appeared like moonlight moss.

Griffith began to carefully collect moss, and then collected it with psionic refinement.

"What are you doing?" In the silence, a clear and beautiful voice suddenly asked him.

Although the incident happened suddenly, Griffith was not frightened at all.This pleasant voice speaks softly, making people feel light and romantic.

"Good evening, Mr. Quasi-Knight," the senior who had appeared in the Forbidden Bookstore squatted aside, looked at him curiously, and asked again, "What are you doing?"

"Good evening," Griffith hastily corrected his posture, half-kneeling to say hello to the senior sister a few steps away, "I am Griffith in the first grade, and I am collecting some moon spirit essence."

The other party is not only a beautiful young woman, but also a senior, so he can't be rude.

"Oh~" the strange senior said with a long voice, "You're mistaken, it's moss, a kind of luminous plant that grows in stagnant water, and the moon spirit is on top of your head."

Griffith raised his head, and sure enough, he saw some different moss on the spire.

"You have to be careful. Someone once fell in order to collect these mosses. I took care of him for a week."

"May I ask who is so careless?"

"I won't tell you," the senior sister smiled softly, "I bet you will roll down later, like a bear stealing honey."

"No, I am flexible." Griffith was not wearing armor, and moved quickly and dexterously.He reached out and carefully grabbed the moon spirit moss above his head.

These little things seemed to be alive, making his palms itchy.He managed to grab a handful and retracted his hand.

"Senior sister, please look, I am safe and sound."

"It's not bad, but the moon spirits are very cold, and their juice will quickly freeze into slippery ice. Be careful when you walk over, that person last time, ah!"

Before she could finish her sentence, Griffith rolled down from the spire of Silvermoon Tower.

(End of this chapter)