Chapter 153

Frost Gold Month, 30th.

On the last day of Frost Gold Month, Gao De rarely had no classes.

Of course, He Xi's rune small stove class will not stop.

But the rune class only takes half a day, so Gao De freed up half a day.

He will not waste this half day of free time.

Gao De is preparing to go into the mountains to hunt birds.

Just as Instructor Falong said, a spell is not finished after building a spell model; you have to cast it more, practice it more, and gradually master the essence and details of the spell to improve proficiency and control.

Compared to spending money in the spell experimental field to practice against spell-testing puppets, it is obviously more useful to use Red-eyed Sparrows to practice.

Another thing is that Gao De's savings have now fallen to 71 gold and 12 silver, and he urgently needs to "open source" to obtain new income.

Each Red-eyed Sparrow is worth 1 gold coin.

And according to the introduction in the 【Patrol the Mountain】 task, the Magic Pet Department has a large number of Red-eyed Sparrows escaping.

Since the adjective "large number" is used, it must be more than a hundred, right? Also, if he hunts 7 Red-eyed Sparrows, he can obtain one point of origin again.

Gao De is naturally willing to do such a thing that kills three birds with one stone.

Most importantly, according to the task introduction, Red-eyed Sparrows are not very aggressive.

In other words, the difficulty of this task is how to find Red-eyed Sparrows in the vast back mountain, not killing them.

Coincidentally, this is exactly what Gao De is good at.

The back mountain of Sairisi Academy is not dangerous because it is not a wild mountain in the wilderness, but a scenic mountain that has been developed.

The earth vein creatures in the mountain have long been cleaned up by the magic users of the academy.

In most cases, the role of the back mountain is to provide a corresponding environment for some magical plants in the academy that need a natural environment to grow.

In addition, there is the so-called landscape role.

This is also why the work of cleaning up Red-eyed Sparrows is issued to students in the form of 【Patrol the Mountain】 tasks.

Because this task is actually a miscellaneous job, not a combat task, and it is not urgent at all.

What the academy is worried about is only the Red-eyed Sparrows destroying the ecology of the back mountain.

Gao De spent an hour officially entering the back mountain of the academy from the teaching area of Sairisi Academy.

Compared to the mountain forests in the wilderness, where withered leaves are everywhere and crises are everywhere, the back mountain of the academy, in addition to being safe, even has a man-made path because magic users often enter and exit.

Of course, if you want to hunt birds, you can't just walk along the path; you must drill deep into the forest.

The task comes with a piece of information, which details the habits of Red-eyed Sparrows.

One of the most important is the habitat and food that Red-eyed Sparrows like.

"Areas near water sources and rich in fruits" are the habitats that Red-eyed Sparrows prefer.

"Wild fruits and wild berries grown in bushes, plants rich in magic power..." These are the foods that Red-eyed Sparrows prefer.

There are many magical plant planting areas opened by magic users of the Magic Medicine Department in the back mountain, but they are all equipped with corresponding barriers or magic arrays, and Red-eyed Sparrows cannot approach them.

Just consider the former.

Gao De gradually moved away from that man-made path and stepped into the denser forest.

The scenery around him also changed accordingly.

The trees became taller, the branches and leaves became denser, and the air was filled with the fresh breath of mixed soil and leaves.

Gao De looked left and right, fearing that he would miss a Red-eyed Sparrow lurking on a branch.

And in his eyes, spiritual light flickered slightly.

After entering the back mountain, he had already cast 【Detect Magic+】.

This is Gao De's reliance for hunting birds.

The detection range of 【Detect Magic+】 is not particularly wide, but the ability to detect the magic aura of creatures can certainly allow him to find Red-eyed Sparrows that are good at concealment more than other students who accept the task.

While Gao De was going deep into the forest, he was holding the back mountain map for comparison.

One is to avoid getting lost, and the other is to avoid entering the "back mountain restricted area" marked by the academy.

Not long after, Gao De found a clear stream.

The stream was gurgling. And on both sides of the stream grew all kinds of wild flowers and wild fruits.

This is exactly in line with the habitat environment that Red-eyed Sparrows prefer.

Gao De immediately slowed down his pace and carefully watched his surroundings.

Suddenly, a point of spiritual light appeared in his eyes.

It originated from a dense bush not far away.

Even if attracted by the spiritual light, Gao De looked at it, and except for the green leaves piled together, he still couldn't see any trace of the source of the spiritual light.

However, he noticed the residue of fruits that had been pecked at on some branches of the bush.

Gao De's heart moved slightly, and he was already 80% sure.

"Sure enough, it's good at concealment." He whispered to himself.

Without any hesitation, in a flash, Gao De had already cast 【Fire Arrow+】 and shot it towards the bush.

Among the spells he mastered, Fire Arrow is not only the most powerful but also the longest-range and fastest-flying spell, making it the best choice for hunting birds.

A fierce flame instantly tore through the air, carrying a gorgeous trajectory and shooting towards the bush blooming with magic aura.

However, just as the Fire Arrow was about to accurately hit the target area, a sparrow with red eyeballs and a cyan-gray body suddenly flew out of the bush at an extremely fast speed, looking like it was about to escape.

It is in line with the introduction of Red-eyed Sparrows in the task description: well-trained, extremely vigilant.

But for Gao De, this is useless.

His heart moved slightly.

The bursting Fire Arrow actually turned a huge bend at this time, drawing an astonishing arc in the air, and shot obliquely upward with an extremely unscientific trajectory, approaching the panicked and fleeing Red-eyed Sparrow.

The Red-eyed Sparrow was so frightened that its feathers almost stood up, and its wings flapped desperately, trying to avoid this sudden death threat.

But even if it was well-trained and fast, it couldn't react at all in such a short distance.

Boom! With a crisp sound, the Fire Arrow accurately hit the Red-eyed Sparrow.

Instantly wrapping it in a piece of flame, making it fall like a broken kite.

After falling to the ground, it struggled and flapped its wings a few times, and soon it had no sound.

Leaving only a wisp of slowly dissipating blue smoke and the burnt smell spreading in the air.

Origin:

0-circle—【Red-eyed Sparrow】 (1/7).

Looking at the new entry in the origin column, a look of satisfaction flashed in Gao De's eyes.

But this is not over yet.

Gao De walked to the side of the Red-eyed Sparrow's corpse, took out the Tooth of Hidden Mist, and nimbly took out the pair of slightly burnt red eyeballs in the Red-eyed Sparrow's eye sockets.

"Red-eyed Sparrow, 0-circle earth vein creature, bloodline originates from the 2-circle earth vein creature Red-eyed Fierce Feather, but did not inherit the ability of Red-eyed Fierce Feather to control flames..."

At the same time, the knowledge learned in the "Basics of Magic Users" class a few days ago flashed through Gao De's mind.

Earth vein creatures are very particular about bloodline. In most cases, if you look up along the bloodline, you can find their ancestors in higher circles.

Actually, Gao De thinks this is very unreasonable... Is it possible that there is no reproductive isolation between earth vein creatures? But existence is reasonable, so Gao De accepted it silently.

The Red-eyed Sparrow only inherited the night vision ability of its bloodline ancestor.

The only prominent place on its body is its pair of eyes, which have excellent vision and are also the hardest part of its body.

It is precisely because of its excellent vision and lack of aggressiveness that the Red-eyed Sparrow was selected by the Magic Pet Department to be cultivated in the direction of high-altitude reconnaissance.

Gao De carefully put the taken-out eyeballs into a cloth bag he carried, and then put them away, only then feeling at ease.

This is the voucher for task settlement; without this thing, the academy will not recognize his battle record.

Gold coin +1!

If there is one, there will be two. Since he can find a Red-eyed Sparrow here, it means there is a high probability that other Red-eyed Sparrows are lurking nearby.

Gao De continued to act.

(End of chapter)