The Lord of Ashes

The conversation and encounter with the second-level knight Gude was just a small episode in Thain's life in the fortress.

After taking Yuri back to the temporary residence arranged for him by the Space Fortress, Thane didn't even take the initiative to invite Goode to come in and sit.

The main reason is that the space of this temporary residence is not large, and each room has been filled with various experimental equipment that Thain needs to use.

Except for Thain, it would be difficult for other outsiders to find a place to stay.

Goode has a big and thick body of a violent bear, and I am really afraid that he may accidentally break some of Thain's sophisticated experimental instruments.

Thain didn't invite him, and Goode couldn't be shy and took the initiative to go in.

In fact, this guy is extremely curious about Thain's laboratory, and as a relatively vulgar second-level knight, Goode also has an ambition that few outsiders know - to marry a fair-skinned and beautiful first-level female magician. .

Don't think Goode is vulgar, this is actually the true inner thoughts of most knights.

If you could marry a magician who could make all kinds of potions and alchemy equipment, many knights would probably wake up laughing from their dreams.

The Ernst family probably views Thain in the same way.

The Source of Jade Holy Tower has many more resources than ordinary magicians.

After returning to his residence, Thain first processed the materials he had just exchanged for purchase, and then invited Yuri to enter the laboratory with him.

Rest does not mean complete idle relaxation.

Compared to that guy Good, who has been "idle" recently, Thain is much busier.

Thane did not miss any magic experiments or routine meditation.

He also had to help Gud repair his armor and equipment, and make some magic potions by the way.

Potions can be extremely profitable during the war. In addition to using them for himself, Thane can sell them or exchange them for equal value to other knights.

This is also a way to expand your network and build relationships.

The practical area of ​​the residence allocated to Thain in the Space Fortress is actually quite large, but because Thain has many experimental instruments and they are piled up, it appears to be relatively small.

Not to mention anything else, just Yuli's ten-meter-tall golem standing there, with a large number of auxiliary experimental instruments placed around it, almost filled a laboratory.

In addition to the bedroom where he usually lives and rests, three of the remaining four rooms in Thain's residence have been converted into laboratories.

The last one is a warehouse, filled with unsorted trophies and magical materials that may be used in experiments.

When entering the laboratory, the little fox girl Ai Jieli was cleaning.

Last night, Thain stayed up all night again, so there were some unused bottles and jars placed in the laboratory.

Aijieli has been following Thane for a long time, and she is also learning carefully from Yuli. Therefore, she is much better at cleaning up the laboratory than another mermaid.

The pink-tailed mermaid was beautiful, but she accidentally broke one of Thain's experimental equipment last time.

If it weren't for the fact that she had become a lot docile in recent years, and she usually served tea and water, Thain would have to teach her a lesson.

After Thain and Youli entered the laboratory, the little fox girl Aijieli had almost finished cleaning up. She bowed respectfully to the two of them, and she was about to leave with some rags and empty bottles that Thain didn't need.

Before leaving, Thain stopped the other party.

Glancing at the bunch of red gourds hanging on the opponent's tail, Thane thought of something and asked, "How are you getting along with that thunder beast recently?"

The "Thunder Beast" that Thain was referring to was naturally the first-level Thunder Beast that he captured after arriving at the Thunder World battlefield.

In the fortress defense battle that just ended not long ago, the big guy who was placed at the bottom of the magic tower by Thane did not die.

After being dug out from the rubble, it still has relatively strong vitality.

At that time, the little fox girl, the orc shaman, was singing a psychic war song.

This is derived from a certain ancient language tone in the orc world. Thain later asked Ajieli and learned that the meaning of the lyrics was mainly to praise the great God of War.

Psychic war song, as the name suggests, is a song that goes straight to the soul.

Do not underestimate the heritage of any world civilization.

It makes sense that the orc world, which the public seems to be ignorant of, can reach the level of a large world.

This psychic war song also made Thain, who has some research on soul science, curious.

The little fox girl has a very small number of war songs, only this most basic one, and its function is only the simplest to soothe the souls of the deceased.

After a large-scale war in the orc world, there will be priests who spread such war songs, probably to avoid the birth of some powerful resentful spirits and undead spirits.

When the little fox girl saw the tragic scene on the battlefield, she just felt it.

But he never expected that it would trigger another hidden ability of the Psychic War Song - the call of the wild.

The call of the wild is another signature ability possessed by the orc shaman in addition to the war song aura.

You can sign a contract with a powerful creature that is connected to your own soul and establish an equal soul relationship.

The wild call of the little fox girl and the hidden meaning expressed in the psychic war song obviously moved the first-level thunder beast who was under the ruins at that time, and his soul was tortured and painful.

Speaking of which, this guy is quite pitiful.

Its compatriots on the plane were in front of it, engaged in a fierce battle with the Wizarding World Legion, but it itself was captured because of injuries and was forcibly branded as a slave by Thane.

Although it does not directly face its compatriots from the home plane, it continues to provide energy for Thain's magic tower. Isn't it also a disguised enemy?

What can this thunder behemoth do? It just wants to live.

Having almost died once, it knows how precious life is.

It is also because it has a first-level life level, so it knows more than ordinary thunder behemoths below the first level and whose wisdom has not yet been enlightened, and it also endures more suffering in its heart.

It was also under this circumstance that the Thunder Behemoth and the Little Fox Lady reached a certain level of soul resonance, and then became the familiar of this small orc soul priest who had not even reached the first level of life.

After becoming Ajieli's familiar, something surprising happened to Thane.

Not only was the soul imprint that existed in the eyebrows of the thunder beast, it was also forcibly erased by the mysterious power of the psychic war song.

Including the little fox girl's strength, it also ushered in a triple jump.

Thain found that the little fox girl's mental strength and soul toughness had improved several levels compared to before.

In the past, this little fox girl was just a beautiful toy with a shelf life.

So now, she might be able to stay with Thain for a longer time.

At least Thain found that she already had the potential to advance to the first level, and in addition to the little fox girl, the first-level thunder beast that was completely under her command was also a strong combat force.