"So, because the situation is urgent, you just let local officials have their hands in the procurement?" Professor Heinz asked.
"Yes, Professor." Griffith answered honestly.
"Then, without orders from your superiors, you set up a military committee?"
"Yes, Professor. But I think it was a spontaneous organization of the masses..."
"Spontaneous, hum, you treat me like a three-year-old child! Are you threatening them that the central government will set fire to the city?"
"Yes……"
"You are very courageous, Griffith!" Professor Heinz shouted, "Beyeland sent you to supervise, but you are so lucky that you actually formed an army and headquarters without authorization, and even deceived the entire city. Got in."
"Isn't it because the central government didn't send enough manpower?" Griffith muttered in reply.
"What did you say?!"
"No, Professor!"
"You little bastard, you actually talk back?" The professor grabbed a stack of reports and slapped it on the table with a loud sound, which startled the would-be knight.
"You need to put something on your resume - wanton behavior, you know?"
"Yes, Professor."
"Go and collect your reward, a 2,000-silver bonus."
"..."
"Why, you don't seem satisfied?"
"Isn't it, it's a little too little, I'll kill it..."
"You little bastard, you still think it's not enough?" The professor jumped up and ran towards a cane in the corner, "You lost half the city's residents, tens of thousands of people! You haven't found out what the cultists created, you guys You idiot! Originally, I wanted to deduct your merits, but the merits are equal to the merits and demerits based on the kill results. You have the nerve to think that the reward is small, so I won’t interrupt your efforts!”
Just as 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 was carrying a heavy cane filled with lead and looked at the would-be knight with eager eyes.
Griffith hurriedly reported his findings as quickly as possible.
"Interesting, very interesting." Professor Heinz fell into deep thought after listening to the report. He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. He sat back in his seat, his whole body as motionless as if he were petrified.
…
It was already evening when Griffith returned to Homemonworth. He first reported the situation to the professor, and then started to find the school staff to repair his anima breastplate.
Revan's battle left his armor severely damaged, requiring a large expense to repair it. After it was repaired, he planned to ask Sonia to help inlay the magical green agate that mastered reconciliation and restoration and the citrine with earth attributes to provide special effects. After the inlay is completed, this breastplate will become a holy weapon. As long as it is worn on the body, it will provide additional strength bonus and speed up bleeding and wound healing.
He originally expected that Raven's mission would give him a decent weapon as a reward, but it didn't. The long sword he was accustomed to used was easily damaged in fierce battles, and the corroded feather sword in his off-hand weapon was a light stabbing sword, which was difficult to carry out heavy tasks.
Currently, Griffith's biggest reliance is the frost, blood and undead runes he possesses. This unique energy condensed with mental power can preset spell energy and provide magic support when needed. This rare ability has become more and more powerful and has become his core fighting method.
Since the main combat power comes from magic spells, Griffith plans to upgrade all the magic spells he has mastered to the third level. The duration and mental energy consumption of the Blood Curse should be significantly reduced, and the number of undead creatures that the Necromantic Curse can control and the success rate of enslavement should also be increased.
The most critical improvement is the flesh puppet. The bone ring Minos provided him with some occult knowledge, letting him know that the curse of flesh and blood puppet will be renamed as blood puppet after it reaches the fourth level, and will have special enhancements.
After the upgrade is completed, Griffith needs to use a drop of blood to create a puppet that has the same appearance and clothing as himself, and can even simulate the animal he rides. The puppet can simulate the appearance of armor and weapons. Although it may not be as powerful as the real thing, it doesn't look much different.
The blood puppet that has been upgraded to the fourth level will be more tenacious and powerful, possessing 70% of its 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 puppet can leave Griffith for short periods of time and move independently over long distances. If it is close to receive psychic supplies, it can continue to fight without time limits.
Griffith can direct the puppets to fight as he likes, or let Minos take simple command, and add the effect of his own fourth-level magic spell "Frost Favor" to the puppets, which can tear away the streamer shield and ice. The buff/enhancement effect of the bite is attached to the puppet, giving it stronger defense. It can even have a certain chance of frostbiting enemies during battle, traumatizing their minds, and causing them to be unable to cast spells or perform abilities for a short period of time.
From this point of view, the fourth stage of each spell will not only change its name, but its effect will also be far stronger than the first three stages.
If possible, Griffith would like to strengthen all the magic spells to the fourth level as soon as possible. However, the cost of doing so is too high.
The cost of strengthening from the first to the third level is quite acceptable. The upgrade to the fourth level requires the consumption of 15 units of potential potion and 1 unit of refined psychic mixture, and the cost is no less than Ginlang. He only had 5,000 silver francs from the Verona mission bonus, 2,000 silver francs from the Raven mission bonus, and 2,500 silver francs from the Verona capture distribution. His monthly salary and allowance income of 300 silver francs is simply not enough in the face of such huge expenses.
He has some extraordinary characteristics of Sequence 7, but he felt that it would be too hasty to sell it like this, so he collected it first.
Fortunately, although Raven did not receive many rewards for his mission, he still had more than 5,000 silver francs left in the donation of 8,000 silver francs he received, which allowed him to successfully raise the materials needed for the blood puppet.
However, the improvement of the three spells of Blood Bat Storm, Resurrection and Undead Dominion each requires 6 units of Potential Potion. Griffith emptied his pockets and took out the little reserve money he had left from selling bootleg wine, but he still didn't have enough.
Fortunately, Sonia still owed him some money for the Corruption Poison Sac, which 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 improvements.
Griffith now has some merit points, and can theoretically be promoted to a first-level military rank and receive more salary. However, he was promoted to reserve assault squadron leader not long ago, and the military headquarters will not make adjustments in the short term.
After taking care of these trivial matters, the next thing Griffith had to do was to see what else Minos could do.
After the Raven incident, Minos has been fused with the red stone and has the ability to transform energy, resurrect and control living things. He even considered handing over the command of the puppet to Minos and creating a persistent clone to fight with him.
The details and risks remain to be studied, and the first thing to do now is to strengthen Minos and see what else he can do.
…
"Moon spirit essence, fresh pith mushroom, mandrake juice."
Griffith rushed to the ranger's cabin before going to bed and read the material over and over again as if he were reciting it.
"Then you asked the right person, my little friend. There are plenty of medullary mushrooms," ranger Kroger said while drinking the pumpkin wine brought by Griffith, "The moon spirit essence is a bit scarce. It’s a full moon night and you can find some on the spire of Silver Moon Tower.”
"Why go there?"
"Moon Spirit is actually a cute little moss that needs lost magic and moonlight to nourish. It is a practical material for prayer and meditation. It only appears on full moon nights. You can dig it from the roof of the library Some, and then infused with psychic energy, they will melt into liquid form. Collect them in a test tube and filter them to become your moon spirit essence."
"Thank you, you are so knowledgeable."
"Haha, who says it's not the case? The principal has personally promised to give me a separate course. I will try it out next semester."
"real?"
"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 at 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 school rules, and you may fall off if you are not careful. But Griffith felt that he was not that stupid, and the edge of the spire was quite wide, enough for a person to sit on.
After nightfall, he sneaked out of his dormitory and waited on the roof of the library, waiting for midnight to fall.
Sure enough, as soon as the twelve o'clock bell rang, dots of moss appeared like moonlight.
Griffith began to carefully collect moss, and then refined it with spiritual energy to collect it.
"What are you doing?" Suddenly a clear and beautiful voice asked him in the silence.
Although the incident happened suddenly, Griffith was not frightened at all. This nice voice whispers softly, making people feel light and romantic.
"Good evening, Mr. Knight-to-be," the senior who had appeared in the Forbidden Library squatted aside, looked at him curiously, and asked again, "What are you doing?"
"Good evening," Griffith hurriedly corrected his posture, half-kneeling and greeted the senior sister a few steps away, "I am Griffith, a first-year student, and I am collecting some moon spirit essence."
The other party is not only a beautiful young woman, but also a senior student. He cannot lose his etiquette.
"Oh~" the unfamiliar senior said in a longer tone, "You are mistaken, that is moss, a luminous plant that grows in stagnant water, and the moon spirit is above your head."
Griffith raised his head and saw some different moss on the spire.
"You have to be careful. Someone once slipped and fell while collecting these moss. I took care of him for a week."
"Who is so careless?"
"I won't tell you," the senior smiled softly, "I bet you will roll down later, like a bear stealing honey."
"No, I am agile." Griffith was not wearing armor, and he moved quickly and dexterously. He stretched out his hand and carefully grabbed the Moon Spirit Moss above his head.
These little things seemed to be alive, making his palms itch. He managed to grab a handful and retracted his hand.
"Senior, please look, I'm safe."
"Not bad, but the moon spirits are very cold. Their juice will quickly freeze into slippery ice. Be careful when you come over. That person from last time, ah!"
Before she could finish her words, Griffith rolled down from the spire of Silver Moon Tower.
