Imperial Crown.

Chapter 225 Two Kinds of Magical Talents
The Wind King Egg, that is, the Hippogryph Egg after reversion to its original form, began to hatch.

This was not only beyond Raven's expectations, but also beyond the common sense of the Warcraft trainer Odu.

According to past experience, the incubation period of Hippogryph eggs should be between 11-14 months, but this batch of Wind King eggs has only been incubated for a little over 8 months from birth to now!

"I'm so sorry, Baron." Odu rubbed his hands, with an unconcealable shame on his face: "It was so sudden, I didn't expect something like this to happen..."

Behind him, in a nest made of feathers and straw, were Wind King eggs.

Compared to ordinary hippogryph eggs, these are larger, covered with barbed spikes on the surface, and the eggshells are marked with cyan magic patterns.

Even as a layman in Warcraft breeding, Raven could see that these eggs were on the verge of hatching.

Because they do not lie obediently in their nests, but jump, roll, and move around spontaneously. Sometimes, a gust of wind will suddenly burst out and blow themselves into the air, making the apprentices guarding nearby panic for fear that they will fall to the ground.

"I can't blame you for that." Raven said, "After all, the Wind King's egg is different from the Hippogryph's egg. With this experience, I can better deal with it next time."

Then he turned to the back and asked, "Have the children from the orphanage arrived?"

Volav immediately responded: "I have already notified them and they will be there in about half an hour."

Like many birds, Hippogryphs will regard the first person they see after hatching as their closest relative, so if you want to cultivate a tacit understanding with them, it is best to start from an early age.

Raven nodded, walked to the side of the nest, opened the Eye of Truth, and observed the Wind King eggs.

The activity of the storm element contained in it is indeed far beyond that of ordinary horned beasts.

Suddenly, a Wind King egg jumped in front of Raven and almost jumped out of the edge of the nest.

Raven caught it quickly and felt it was heavy and a bit heavy.

The Wind King's egg feels quite hard, but it also has a bit of softness. Through the shell, one can clearly feel a sense of heat, and even the heartbeat of the little guy inside.

Boom, boom, boom...

click
A hole was pecked in the eggshell, and several cracks appeared with it as the center. The silver beak showed its shape and then retracted. Not long after, there was another "drip" sound.

Raven quickly put it back into the nest.

This little wind king began to break out of its shell.

The little guy seemed to have quite strong vitality. In just five or six minutes, he pecked seven or eight holes in the eggshell.

When the holes formed a line, with the last peck, the eggshell finally shattered completely, revealing the body of the Wind King cub inside.

Common hippogryphs are gray and white - white overall, with gray on the top of the head, chest, and wing feathers.

But this cub is completely different. It is snow-white all over, except for the pair of wings under its ribs which are pure blue.

The little guy who had just hatched from the shell still had some mucus on his body, and his eyes were not fully open, but after only a short while, he stood up energetically, shook himself to dry himself, and began to peck at the broken eggshells to replenish his nutrition.

Raven reached out and stroked its little head. The fur was so soft and tender, just like the finest satin. It felt wonderful.

The little guy didn't guard the food, but was a little impatient with the extra hand on his head.

Even though it was just born and its physique was not much different from that of a Teddy dog, its appetite was quite astonishing. It ate up its own eggshell and even set its sights on other Wind King eggs.

Odu quickly handed over the strips of fresh meat that had been mixed with butter in advance. Raven picked up one and tempted it slightly, attracting the little guy's attention.

Watching it swallowing the fresh meat mouthful by mouthful, Raven thought of Xiaobai, who was buried by her on the bloody high ground. She used her last bit of strength to ensure the safety of her master.

After that, Raven never chose his own hippogryph mount again.

"Since you ran into my hands..." Raven scratched its chin: "You, inherit her name and call yourself Xiaobai."

The little guy who got a new name raised his head and called out loudly. His stubborn look really had some of the style of the old Xiaobai.

During the time when the little guy was hatching, the other Wind King eggs were also ready to move, but fortunately, the children in the orphanage also came at this time.

There are a total of 59 Wind King eggs in this batch, and there are still 58 eggs excluding the one in Raven's hand. There are hundreds of children who have been selected to become the first batch of Hippogryph Knights, so these children can be considered lucky ones.

Eggs were distributed to everyone, along with matching strips of fresh meat, so that these wind kings could recognize their owners as soon as they hatched, and cultivate feelings from an early age, thus saving a lot of trouble in the future.

Children are always noisy. Even when Raven was present, he only asked them to be quiet for a while after they saluted. When their attention was focused on the Wind King's egg, the screams from their mouths and the joy in their eyes never stopped.

They are all boys around 14 or 15 years old. They usually pretend to be tough guys, but when they really see small animals, they still can't let go.

As the wind kings broke out of their shells one by one, the children took to playing with their respective beasts and began to name them, each in their own unique way.

Some are directly called human names like "Wayne" and "Kent", some are tough but tender like "Little Yellow Flower", "Green Spot" and "Little Cutie", and some are full of middle school style like "King of the Sky" and "Thunder Lord".

Everything was fine at the beginning and everyone was having a good time, but after the Wind King cubs finished eating the eggshells, the children began to compete with each other.

Mine is stronger than yours, yours is not as handsome as mine, and your name is really bad!
I don’t know if the master’s mood affected the little wind kings, one of them suddenly flapped its wings and flew into the air!

This stunned the children around, and even Odu was quite surprised.

Although the Hippogryph is a magical beast, after the baby bird is born, it still needs to go through learning and training before it can slowly master the flying skills. This wind king can actually fly when he is born!
Not only was it flying, but its tiny claws were wrapped in electric light, and then suddenly, a thin bolt of lightning landed on the wind king opposite.

That’s not all. The lightning passed through the Wind King and then flowed to the child next to him.

The Wind King on the opposite side was not to be outdone. He let out a roar, and spread his secondary wings under his ribs. Suddenly a strong gust of wind blew up, blowing the Wind King who released the chain lightning down from the air!
Wherever there was one, there were two. Before long, the little wind kings were fighting each other, with strong winds sweeping and lightning flying everywhere.

Although they have just hatched, the innate magic used by these little wind kings is not very powerful, but they cannot withstand the electric current passing through their bodies, which does cause numbness and pain.

For a while, the Warcraft farm was filled with the screams of orphans.

Raven called Sikoret and meowed, which made the little wind kings quiet down.

"My Lord Baron, this is truly... a miracle." Odu swallowed.

As far as Odu knew, even the Slater family, which was famous for raising Hippogryphs, had only one Hippogryph that could use innate magic among the tens of thousands of Hippogryphs they had raised in the past few hundred years, and that Hippogryph could only create storms to a limited extent and had no electrical abilities at all.

Not to mention, as soon as it hatched, it mastered two kinds of innate magic!
"That kind of wind-based innate magic is called 'Storm Vortex'. It is said that after reaching adulthood, it can stir up strong winds strong enough to blow away the dark clouds!" Odu's eyes lit up: "But I have never heard of that kind of electric magic."

There are always many children who like to show off. Rhino Lennon was the first to say, "I know what it's called. It's called... Thunder Hammer!"

This immediately drew laughter from the people around him: "Nonsense, where is the hammer?"

"So what do you call it?"

So the children started shouting at the same time, such as "a flash of lightning" and "five whips of lightning", and the most outrageous one was even "the wrath of Thor".

Finally, it was Hojaz, who had been taught the "Drive the Tiger to Devour the Wolf" by Raven, who came up with the most reliable name - "Pulse Surge."

This was also agreed by Raven.

Raven was quite surprised at the talents and abilities displayed by the little wind kings.

Electric magic is incredibly powerful when used against heavily armored soldiers in full helmets; if the storm vortexes are used together, they can not only blow the enemy to the ground, but may even change the weather on the battlefield.

Not to mention that after it grows up, it may be strengthened again; even if it cannot be strengthened, just based on the effects of these two kinds of innate magic, it is no less than a third-level monster!

Just thinking about the hordes of third-level monsters is something worth looking forward to.

There are some shortcomings.

Raven originally wanted the orphans to take these little wind kings back to the orphanage to raise them, which would not only inspire their sense of pride in owning a wind king, but also cultivate a tacit understanding between knights and monsters from an early age.

Now it seems that it is no longer possible.

He runs an orphanage, not a mental hospital, and it is inappropriate to give the children electrotherapy every day.

The only thing we can do for these orphans is to visit them more often every day and feed them personally, and then make other arrangements when they grow up a little.

As time went by, Raven continued to practice step by step, not only engraving the fireball spell in the magic pool, but also practicing the six new third-level magics. It is worth mentioning that according to subsequent statistics, all the horned hippogryphs that contained the essence of rotten souls in the egg stage were males; and those without the essence of rotten souls, with only one exception, were all females, which also confirmed Raven's previous speculation.

When he has some free time, besides handling government affairs, he would just sit in the study with the magic book and slack off.

As an inventor, how could I not make one for myself?
Out of some unspeakable narcissism, Raven's favorite thing to do recently is to open the magic book and read the users' "user experience".

The first two days were basically all flattery, and most of the merchants from Mon'en City were praising him in various ways.

But as time went on, the content began to change.

No matter where you are from or what class you belong to, everyone has a gossipy heart and the instinct to spread gossip.

Therefore, without leaving home, Raven could know what happened in Xuefeng County and Meng'en City at the first time.

For example, there was a murder case in the Upper District of Mon’en City. The victim was stabbed seven times in the back. The murderer ran away for a week and could not be found, so they had to forcibly close the case to suicide.

Viscount Hyde returned to Monn City and slapped a baron's teeth out, and paid him 200 gold coins as compensation;
Marquis Anthony returned to his old ways and gave scores to every noble he saw.

The person who sent out the last message even compiled and posted all the details, which involved most of the nobles in the Nord province.

If we talk about the aristocrats, they also pay attention to personal relationships and social etiquette. Marquis Anthony did not comment on the two earls in the province at all.

So it was no surprise that Raven was ranked first: 1 points.

Marquis Anthony's comment was: "For other young people, I might give 99 points, because they still have room to grow; and Baron Raven, I have to admit that he is a perfect example of the younger generation of aristocrats."

After seeing this comment, Raven immediately began to reflect on whether he had offended this old guy in some way, and why he wanted to flatter him like this.

But when he saw the ranking below, Raven began to understand.

Raven is the only Baron in the top 10.

The second place was Minsk of the Slater family, while Gul'dan, the eldest son of the Fox family and the future Earl, was ranked 2th.

The comment to Gul'dan was also: "He should learn from Baron Raven how to be a good noble."

Okay, you really never forget to disgust the Fox family.

The inventor, Raven, is not the only one who likes to read the Book of Magic when he has nothing to do.

Once you receive it and understand its function, no one will not love it.

For example, Lady Doreen, an old acquaintance of Raven and the widow of Baron Romney.

Ms. Doreen's life was not easy. Not only did she have to take care of her three-year-old son who was running around all over the place, but she also had to deal with all the big and small matters in the territory. She basically had no time to rest.

Even if I have some free time, there is no entertainment.

She loved cocktail parties the most, but as a widow she was neither suitable for hosting nor attending cocktail parties.

And if she were to find a man, regardless of whether there would be anyone she liked in the territory, if she was plotted against and got pregnant, she would be doomed.

But since she had the magic book, Ms. Doreen's life has become a little more interesting. As long as she holds it in her hand, she can chat with people through it.

In this age of inconvenient transportation, communication was a precious and scarce commodity, so soon after receiving it, Ms. Doreen chatted for a whole night with her sister, who was married to a wealthy businessman in Mon'en City.

There are other options.

What Ms. Doreen likes most is the novels serialized in it.

This allows her to temporarily forget her worries and immerse herself in another world.

If I have to say anything that I am dissatisfied with, there are two points. One is that except for the first three chapters, each chapter costs 5 points; the other is the lack of romantic elements.

She has already read 20 chapters, why hasn't she seen any romance at all?

This is unreasonable!

She even wanted to write some stories of her own.

Everyone has a different focus, Ms. Doreen focuses on entertainment, while our old friend Baron Judea is more practical.

Although he was quite dissatisfied with Raven in his heart, as time went by, he had to admit that Raven took every step very steadily.

For example, when it came to the establishment of a business alliance, Judra was actually not optimistic about it.

Because everyone has selfish desires, Raven, as the leader of the alliance, does not need too much. He only needs to be corrupt once or twice to destroy the alliance from its foundation.

But Raven restrained his greed, and the business alliance ran smoothly.

This also benefited Judra. High-quality fuel was no longer a problem, allowing Ironforge Town's production capacity to be restored.

The Sky Eagle platform is a stroke of genius, a further strengthening of the business alliance. Through it, Judra can always find the cheapest and best quality sources of goods, and can also receive large orders at any time.

There aren’t many merchants listed above yet, but this is just the beginning.

Judra believed that as the word of the Book of Magic spread, more and more merchants and nobles would use it.

Sooner or later, the Sky Eagle Platform will replace the City of Monn and become the true commercial lifeline of the Nord Province.

And all of this will be in Raven's hands.

Wealth, in many cases, means power; if one can distribute wealth, he or she has the power to distribute power.

In addition to Judra, the other people who saw this clearly included Baron Versacem, who had suffered twice at the hands of Raven.

If we were to ask who in the entire Snow Maple County least wants to see Raven succeed, Wesasi would definitely be ranked first.

It was Raven who forcibly intervened and forced him to hand over the port territory to Lady Doreen for renewal of the lease; then in the arena, Raven, as a mage, defeated this third-level knight, making him lose face!

For the nobles who valued reputation, this was simply unacceptable.

But you have to accept it whether you want to or not. After weighing the reputation and interests, interests are ultimately more important.

Indeed, he could withdraw from the Business Alliance and stop using the Sky Eagle platform, but what would be the point of him giving up alone?
The Tianying platform is so convenient, it is more convenient than he could have imagined. If he doesn't get on board this giant ship that has just started, he will definitely be left behind by the times.

The only one who will suffer then will be him.

If you can't fight, then join!
Moreover, after intensively studying the Sky Eagle platform in recent days, Baron Vissaxin has also discovered new business opportunities.

On the Sky Eagle platform, there are mostly bulk orders, and the business alliance itself does not provide protection services for caravans.

You can definitely start from this aspect.

His territory had a vast grassland with high-quality alfalfa growing on it, making it an excellent pasture. He also had a large number of cavalrymen, which was why he had the confidence to send his men to pretend to be horse thieves.

Baron Versassin can rent out his military forces on the Sky Eagle platform to escort the cargo caravans!
This should have been the business of a mercenary group, but mercenaries have always been synonymous with unreliability. In the Nord Province alone, there are countless precedents of mercenaries temporarily switching jobs to bandits and looting all the goods and payments. There are three to five rumors of such incidents every year.

The reputation of the nobility is much stronger than that of the mercenary group.

We didn’t do this before because channels were limited.

As a baron, you can't lower your status and join a mercenary guild, right?

Having made up his mind, Baron Wessassin operated the Book of Magic, carefully chose his words, and published his "goods" on the Sky Eagle platform.

Just then, a new piece of news caught Wesasi's attention.

"Marquis Anthony, announce the specific punishment for this re-audit of military merits..."

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(End of this chapter)