I was lucky. After accepting the fixed task, the other party also gave me a side task. I was looking for a cat for a city resident. If I found it, I would gain 50 reputation. If I couldn't find it, I wouldn't lose anything.
This kind of task is definitely a no-brainer.
[You accepted a temporary mission: looking for a lost cat. 】
[You left Phoenix City and headed to Sunlight Grove. 】
Sunlight Grove is also one of the new locations unlocked after Mu You reaches a friendly reputation. It is located to the west of Phoenix City, not far away. Mu You rode a chocobo and rode a chocobo for more than ten minutes to reach the place.
[You have entered Sunlight Grove. 】
[This forest blessed by eternal spring is filled with extremely rich arcane energy. Through the solar barrier covering the forest, it can absorb sufficient light during the day and is a gathering place for various solar creatures. , and therefore it will only exude sufficient vitality when the sun is shining. 】
[It is getting late, and the forest is quiet. The noisy and bustling sunshine forest during the day looks particularly deserted at night. Only a few luminous mushroom plants are still acting as light sources, lighting up the way forward for you...]
Sunlight Woodland, to put it bluntly, is a place where the Sunlight Elf tribe uses it as a place for their children to get their initial training. Most of the monsters there are very weak, with an average of only three or four levels, and the highest ones do not exceed level eight, and most of them are still weak. It only appears during the day, which perfectly fits the characteristics of the daylight elves, but it is very unfriendly to outsiders.
Of course, Mu You didn't expect to level up here. He came here purely for the mission. After entering the forest, he immediately started searching non-stop.
Fortunately, this forest has no restrictions on mounts. You can directly ride a chocobo to complete tasks without spending too much energy on the road.
After wandering in the forest for more than ten minutes, Mu You finally encountered the first creature.
[The chirping of the chocobo attracted the attention of some strange creatures in the forest, and you saw a transparent plankton floating towards you. 】
[This is a petite creature, only as long as an adult's palm. It has dragon horns and a body wrapped in fish scales. It swings its body and flies in the air, as freely as a fish swimming in the water. 】
[Out-of-control mana floating dragon: attack power 15-21, health value 300, ability: floating dragon bite. 】
[The Mana Floating Dragon is a gentle creature and generally does not actively attack other creatures, but the one you see has scarlet light in its eyes, which is a sign of loss of control. 】
[The mana floating dragon has discovered you, screamed "mi", swung its tail wildly, and suddenly accelerated towards you! 】
This thing is a kind of gentle pet. It doesn't even have a level. Even after going berserk, its combat power is still weak. When it attacks Gua Sha, it still only has 300 health points.
Mu You didn't even bother to fight back, and casually clicked on an arcane missile on the panel.
[You used Arcane Missiles against the Mana Floating Dragon. 】
[Three missiles emerged from the tip of your wand one after another, tracing a zigzag trajectory and hitting the plankton in mid-air with precision like missiles. 】
[In the red flash, the Mana Floating Dragon let out a scream, and its entire body suddenly emitted a brilliance similar to an arcane explosion. After the light faded, the mana floating dragon turned into a thumb-sized crystal and fell to the ground. 】
[You killed the out-of-control mana floating dragon, your reputation value +10, and you obtained arcane crystal*1. 】
There is no experience in killing this thing, and it also requires a little bit of mobility. Fortunately, the dropped items can be exchanged for one year of life, which just offsets the consumption. Overall, it is a task that exchanges time for reputation.
Next, Mu You continued to control the character to wander in the forest.
There are actually not many of these things, and the body is still transparent. It is not easy to find them in the middle of the night. With the support of his night vision, it takes about ten minutes on average to find one.
After working for an hour and a half, Mu You finally killed 10 mana floating dragons.
It's a pity that there is still no clue about the cat-finding mission.
Mu You didn't give up. After all, he still had fifty reputations and continued to search the forest repeatedly with a lantern. In terms of finding things, jack-o'-lanterns also use
He has never been disappointed.
Sure enough, after half an hour of repeatedly jumping through options at various intersections in the forest, the jack-o'-lantern was successfully triggered.
[Under the cyan glow of the pumpkin lantern, you see some plum blossom-shaped footprints on the red maple mud beneath your feet. 】
[These footprints of small animals such as cats and dogs are most likely left by the target you want to track. Do you want to track them down? 】
"Trace it."
[You follow the footprints and finally come to a big golden-red tree. 】
[You heard the intermittent screams of the Mana Floating Dragon in front of you, and hurried to the nearby area. 】
[You come to the foot of the big tree and see a black civet, staring at you with copper bell-like eyes. And at the civet's feet, there is a mana floating dragon with scars all over its body, paralyzed on the ground. , swinging the dragon's tail weakly, but unable to take off again, like a fish washed up on the shore, about to die from drying up. 】
[You want to get closer, and the civet immediately emits a threatening meow, seeming to warn you not to get close to its prey. 】
Looking at the situation, it was obvious that the cat ran into the forest to chase the mana dragon and forgot to go home.
The text suggested that the cat was quite aggressive. After all, it was the target of the mission. Mu You didn't force it. He went to get a can of canned cat and brought it into the game. He placed a trap near the big tree and placed the canned cat on the trap.
[The civet is attracted by the aroma of the food, meows and trots towards the food in front of you. 】
[The moment he stepped through the trap, the trap suddenly closed, and the civet was imprisoned in the wooden cage. The civet howled loudly and struggled fiercely in the cage. You turned a blind eye and stepped forward to pick up the cage. 】
[You obtained the "Lost Civet Cat"...]
The mission target was successfully captured, Mu You stuffed it directly into his backpack, and then took a look at the mana floating dragon.
[You come to the big tree. The plankton in front of you has red eyes and a fierce look in its eyes. It is obviously an out-of-control mana floating dragon. Unfortunately, it was too seriously injured and was on the verge of disappearing. your choice……】
Three options: [Heal it], [Kill it], [Leave it alone].
It's definitely not possible to leave it alone. The drops from this thing are worth a year's life.
However, today's Mana Floating Dragon mission has reached its upper limit. Mu You thought about saving some mission time by saving it first and keeping it until killing it tomorrow.
Thinking of this, Mu You chose to "treat it".
But what he didn't expect was that some strange texts popped up in the game.
[You pick up the Mana Floating Dragon and want to heal its injuries. However, the moment the Mana Floating Dragon enters your hand, you feel some familiar fluctuations. 】
[The chaotic flow of magic power in the body of the Mana Floating Dragon gives you a feeling somewhat similar to those creatures that have been eroded by natural magic power and then turned black...]
"Huh?"
Mu You was stunned for a moment. They were similar to blackened creatures... Could it be that the reason why these magic floating dragons lost control was also due to the inhalation of natural magic power?
If this is the case, then perhaps the secret crystallization can be used to help sort out the chaotic energy into normal energy, just like the way we sorted out the black magic crystals picked up in the dark forest before.
When Mu You thought of this, a prompt popped up in the text.
[You guessed that the Mana Floating Dragon's loss of control might be related to natural magic power, so you tried to use secret crystals to help it sort out its energy...]
The combing process was quick, and after about ten minutes the text resurfaced.
[You helped this mana floating dragon sort out its energy. The scarlet color in its eyes disappeared and it turned into a normal mana floating dragon. 】
[The mana floating dragon feels the arcane energy that is full of you, which is purer and more delicious food than the arcane energy they usually suck. The mana floating dragon wanders around you excitedly, actively asking to become your contracted creature. 】
[Do you accept its contract? 】
"It's really cured!"
Mu You was surprised. It seemed that the Mana Floating Dragon's loss of control was really due to ingestion.
After seeing the mixed natural energy and helping it healed, the mana floating dragon actually relied on him and took the initiative to make a contract with him!
"Accept." There is no reason to reject the pet that comes to your door.
[You accepted the contract request from the Mana Floating Dragon, and the contract spell was automatically completed. 】
[Mana Floating Dragon: After contracting, it can swallow a magic circuit and remember it. During the battle, you can release this magic as you wish to assist you in combat. The magic swallowed by the Mana Floating Dragon is equivalent to the analyzed magic. Current growth rate: Juvenile stage (52/1000): Devouring other mana dragons or arcane crystals can increase growth rate. 】
The text description after the contract surprised Mu You: it was actually a contracted familiar that could assist in combat!
It can swallow and memorize a magic. This description is somewhat similar to the effect of the Arcane Ball. Mu You guessed, could the Arcane Ball be made based on the principle of the Mana Floating Dragon?
However, the description of the arcane ball clearly mentioned that it can only copy ordinary magic and cannot memorize black magic, but the description of the mana floating dragon did not mention this limitation...
So Mu You, just in case, took out a fireball secret skill card, put it into the game, selected [Feed], and fed it to the mana floating dragon.
[The mana floating dragon swallows the secret cards you feed like cookies. 】
[After some chewing, the card disappeared. Mana Floating Dragon successfully memorized the "Small Fireball Technique". 】
"It's actually possible!"
Mu You was stunned. Being able to swallow black magic meant something extraordinary, especially to the twelve mystics.
Because this means that this thing can be used as a card slot!
"Vivian, have you ever contracted a mana floating dragon before?" Mu You hurriedly went to find Vivian and asked.
"Mana Floating Dragon?"
Vivian shook her head: "The mana dragon is a companion creature of the sun elves. They only recognize the blood of the daylight elves. Even if other races capture the mana dragon, they cannot make a contract. What?"
Even Vivian doesn't know this?
But it makes sense to think about it. Under normal circumstances, the mana floating dragon cannot be contracted by outsiders, and after the out-of-control mana floating dragon appears, it will be quickly destroyed by the daylight elves, and outsiders have no chance to come into contact with it. Therefore, even the secrets of the previous generation The magicians don’t know the secret of the magic floating dragon!
Mu You immediately told Vivian what happened in the game just now.
Vivian was also surprised after hearing this, and then said thoughtfully: "It is said that mana dragons naturally pursue purer magic power. The arcane energy they usually absorb is actually purer ordinary magic power. However, nature still has There is natural magic power that is more powerful than arcane energy, and it is more delicious for the Mana Floating Dragon. However, the natural magic power is too complex, which is seriously harmful to creatures that pursue purity like the Mana Floating Dragon."
"So normal mana floating dragons will instinctively reject natural magic power, but there are also a few floating dragons with poor self-control that will unconsciously absorb natural magic power, gradually leading to addiction, and then developing out of control..."
Mu You also understood what she meant.
Ordinary mana floating dragons reject natural magic power. Of course they are not interested in people like him who possess the crystallization of secret arts. They will even instinctively reject him.
But the out-of-control Mana Floating Dragon is itself a creature addicted to natural magic. When it felt that Mu You had a large amount of natural magic in his body, and it was pure black magic with no side effects, he immediately couldn't resist the temptation and took the initiative to make a contract with him. .
Thinking of this, Mu You returned to the game and tried to extract the mana floating dragon into reality.
The Mana Floating Dragon is not a real creature. Strictly speaking, it is an energy condensation. It is similar to the Shadow Ghost and can be freely accessed through the game.
[At your signal, the mana floating dragon submerged into your body and disappeared. 】
Mu You felt it and found that a strange little dot appeared next to the secret crystal in his mind, lying on the crystal like a small insect, sucking the pure energy in it.
Mu You stretched out his hand and tried to summon the magic floating dragon.
The next moment, a transparent tour
The dragon emerged from between his hands, spinning around him like a long snake. As Mu You stretched out his hand, it immediately hovered obediently on his hand.
Mu You took the mana floating dragon into the lock core backpack, found an open space, and tested the fireball technique that had just been swallowed by it.
The Mana Floating Dragon itself has no magic power, and of course the magic power in Mu You's body is used to cast the spell.
As the reserves in the secret crystal suddenly decreased, the mana floating dragon opened its mouth, and a surging fireball condensed rapidly in front of it, and then shot forward.
Not only that, Mu You discovered that the fireball shot by the mana floating dragon could actually turn in the air according to his will!
The fireball was seen tracing an arc, passing over the ground and bombarding the sky, exploding at the top of the space like a blooming firework.
"Is this the effect of magic analysis..."
Mu You was thoughtful. Not only can the power of the analyzed magic be freely adjusted, but it can also continue to control the direction after it is fired. The latter point is particularly practical in actual combat.
Moreover, the magic released by the Mana Floating Dragon does not need to be chanted by oneself, and can be used simultaneously with other magics, saving worry and effort, and can also achieve some cooperative effects, such as wind assisting fire and so on.
In general, this Mana Floating Dragon not only provides him with an extra card slot, but it is also a very high-quality card slot!
Mu You immediately returned to the game and continued to look for the mana floating dragon. Such an excellent substitute for the card slot, he wanted to contract as many as possible.
[You found a new mana floating dragon, wandering in the grass ahead, you choose...]
[You took the initiative to attack the Mana Floating Dragon, but you did not kill it directly, but severely injured it with your vampire claws...]
[You channel the chaotic energy in the body for the Mana Floating Dragon...]
[You cured the Mana Floating Dragon, and the Mana Floating Dragon took the initiative to request a contract with you...]
Sure enough, as long as the Mana Floating Dragon can help channel the chaos in its body, they will take the initiative to make a contract.
Mu You clicked to agree, looking forward to the addition of a new floating dragon.
However, the following text immediately poured cold water on him.
[You have successfully contracted with this juvenile mana floating dragon. 】
[But before you had time to be happy, you saw the mana floating dragon you just contracted with appeared on its own initiative, and the two mana floating dragons fought together. 】
[The first mana floating dragon quickly swallowed the new mana floating dragon, and its growth rate increased by 5 points. 】
"Well……"
Looking at this situation, Mu You has already realized a possibility: Mana floating dragon cannot coexist?
Next, he did not believe in evil and captured a few more to try to contract, but the results were the same. As long as he contracts more than two floating dragons at the same time, they will definitely fight, and then the stronger one will eat the weaker one, thereby increasing a certain amount of growth. Spend.
Moreover, Mu You found that all the mana floating dragons that could be captured were in the juvenile stage, and none were mature.
But as soon as I thought about it, I realized that this kind of mana floating dragon with no self-control had no chance of surviving beyond its infancy. Soon after they were born, they would lose control and be treated as pests.
Mu You shook his head sadly.
From this point of view, the Mana Floating Dragon can only add an extra card slot to them.
However, after the mana dragon grows and evolves, the number of magic it can remember may increase.
Mu You tried again to feed the arcane crystal to the mana floating dragon.
The result is the same as the mana dragons devouring each other, only adding five points of growth.
In other words, to raise it to the growth stage, it needs to be fed more than 180 crystals...
"take it easy……"
Mu You breathed out and looked up at the time.
After all the tossing in the game, the time has quietly arrived at eleven o'clock in the evening, and it is about to be a new week's secret meeting.
Mu You prepared the cards and items he would bring today, and when midnight arrived, he and his clone stepped into the portal.
As the scene in front of him changed, Mu You appeared in the quaint palace again.
First, he raised his head and glanced at the conference table as usual, but the result surprised him slightly: only ten of the twelve seats were full.
The two missing ones are Libra and Capricorn.
"Huh? Neither the Libra girl nor the Capricorn guy is here!" The lion was the first to say in surprise.
"What's going on?" the shooter asked. "Has anyone seen these two?"
Others shook their heads to express their ignorance.
The weekly meeting is one of the most important events for their mystics. Unless there are special circumstances, they usually will not be absent. It is indeed rare that these two people did not come.
Mu You also frowned and looked at the two missing seats.
Capricorn and Libra, these two people are together in reality. It is said that they are still lovers. Even if one of them is busy, at least the other person should be arranged to attend the meeting. However, both of them did not come at the same time... The only possibility that Mu You can think of is They encountered a battle, and it was an urgent battle from which they could not escape.
"Anyway, let's start the meeting."
Mu You spoke, attracting everyone's attention.
"Before we start exchanging cards, let me say two things..."
Mu You took out the fragment of Burning Sun City from his pocket.
"First thing, I have a map fragment of Sky City, Blazing Sun City No. 9..."
"Bang!"
Before he finished speaking, he heard the sound of his head hitting the table from the other side.
The lion opposite didn't care about his embarrassment, covered his nose and said excitedly: "Boss Aries!!!"
