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The strength of the Demonic Beast Fire Raven, whose strength is comparable to that of a first-level wizard, although it is not yet able to possess the ability to transform into shapes, but the ancient Torres language that comes out of its mouth is very standard.
The fire crow, who was led into the small building by the porcelain girl Blanche, was very respectful to Raymond, and after saluting in a strange gesture, he placed a letter sealed with fire paint on the table.
"Dear Lord Raymond, this is a handwritten letter from Lord Viara, and she is very sorry for what happened in the porcelain village. ”
Calm and polite, and with a human-like expression in his eyes, the fire raven made Raymond feel good when he spoke.
After the slightly scented envelope was opened, there was only a thin piece of stationery inside, but the ancient Torris language written in flower script on it looked beautiful and elegant, and it could be seen from the font that Viara of the Crow Castle should be an extremely careful and conservative person.
The letter was simple, Witch Viara was overjoyed by Raymond's presence and invited Raymond to meet her at the Crow's Castle when the time was right.
As for the bitter water produced in the porcelain village, the witch of Viara euphemistically expressed her hope to share it in the letter, and was willing to compensate Raymond for the part she had sold.
"Dear Lord Raymond, Lord Viara would like you to give up a little bit," waited patiently for Raymond to read the letter, and then the fire crow explained. "Because the bitter water produced by the porcelain people is extremely useful to her, I hope you will understand. ”
Talking openly and honestly about his needs, Raymond couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in the face of the polite fire crow in front of him.
The acquisition of resources is a guarantee for the improvement of the strength of the wizard, and even some important resources can be almost equivalent to the life of the wizard.
But according to the meaning expressed in Viara's witch letter. As for the attitude displayed by this fire raven, the posture adopted by the Viara witch of the Red Crow Castle is really a little too low.
"For what?" Raymond, who had a calm face, questioned directly after pondering for a moment. "What the hell is it for? ”
The fire raven, covered in fiery red feathers, had a strange look in its eyes, but it answered immediately. "Mistress Viara wants to be friends with you, and it will be beneficial for both parties to maintain a friendly relationship. ”
"There are many kinds of friends, especially before I met her, all impressions are ethereal," the fire raven's formulaic answer did not satisfy Raymond. He looked into the fire raven's eyes and muttered under his breath. "I'm a pharmacist, and I know how to use any material......
As Raymond's muttering appeared, the eyes of the huge fire crow half-sitting on the floor became brighter and brighter, and opened more respectfully. "Dear Lord Raymond, you need not doubt Lord Viara's sincerity. Because according to Viara-sama's orders, the gift for you will be delivered here in a month. ”
"Gift?" was even more surprised by Raymond. Finally, I couldn't help it. "A month?"
"Yes. A gift from Mistress Viara!" slowly raised her wings to make a fire raven similar to a wizard's chest stroking ceremony, and there was a hint of excitement in her voice. "But the only thing you need to be considerate of is that the porcelain people here can't leave immediately after the Elemental Tidal Storm. ”
The "Elemental Tidal Storm" mentioned again made Raymond feel the implicit meaning in it, but the huge fire raven in front of him was not a suitable communication partner in Raymond's sense.
But when I thought of the need to communicate with the treacherous and cunning porcelain man old Hewlett. Raymond, who felt even more unacceptable, still felt an extreme headache.
"Give me a reason!" Raymond, who thought of this, immediately dispelled the idea of going to old Hewlett for understanding, and turned to the respectful fire raven in front of him. "What does the Elemental Tide Storm have to do with the departure of the Porcelain Man?"
Slightly sideways, the huge fire raven looked at Raymond for a moment before he became a little stunned. "It seems that Lord Raymond is really an outsider. That's why there is such a judgment!"
Raymond, whose identity was exposed again, pursed his mouth when he heard the sound and stopped talking, very depressed.
He didn't even notice that there was a problem there, but in the face of the fire crow in front of him, who even had a smile in his eyes, Raymond couldn't help but frown quickly.
"Dear Lord Raymond, I don't mean anything disrespectful to you," the fire crow took two steps back, but immediately bent his head and became extremely sincere. "And you don't need to mind the question of identity, because the whole Horn of Despair is actually a natural cage where all creatures are prisoners!"
Hearing this, Raymond's eyes immediately became a little sharp, staring at the huge fire crow and asked. "Prisoner?
"Isn't the creature that can only live in this small space a prisoner?" said the fire crow, whose tone became a little emotional, but his eyes showed sadness. "Dear Lord Raymond, you would do well to speak directly to Lord Viara about the Horn of Despair, as her explanation is the closest to the truth. ”
It seems to have a hidden love for the fire raven, which makes Raymond very depressed, but as a messenger sent by the witch of Viara, Raymond has no reason to persecute it.
After thinking it through, Raymond had a wry smile on his face, it seemed that the trip to the Red Crow Castle must also be treated as an important matter.
"So what exactly is the amount of bitter water that Lord Viara needs, and can you give me a standard now," Raymond didn't continue to dwell on the prisoner issue, and directly pulled the topic back to the original question. "And is there a certain difference in the bitter water produced by these porcelain figures before and after the elemental tidal storm?"
"Mistress Viara needs three hundred milliliters of bitter water a month, because that's the minimum she can accept," said the fire crow, who had half sat down on the floor again, his tone solemn. "And those porcelain figures born after the elemental tidal storm must also be able to make up this number in a short period of time......"
The Viara Witch, who owns more than eighty percent of the area of the Horn of Despair, is actually the supreme ruler of this land, and the original porcelain people's village is only a small race for her, and she does not value it.
However, for some reason in the past decade, the Viara Witches, who lived in the Crow Castle, suddenly became interested in these scarce porcelain figures, and not only hunted them in their territory, but also sent a small team to search for them in the outside world.
However, the method of extracting the bitter water was only in the hands of the elders of the porcelain tribe, so Viara's disciple Reginod would appear on the lakeshore and attack the porcelain village of old Hewlett.
However, the method of extracting the bitter water is like the highest secret of the porcelain people, and even in the face of the extermination of the entire clan, the witch of Viara has not been able to force the porcelain people to confess the method.
As a result, the number of porcelain people imprisoned in the Red Crow Castle has exceeded three hundred, but after Reginord sent the message of the blockage here to Lord Viara, the witch who lived in the Red Crow Castle for many years changed her mind and wanted to establish a long-term friendly relationship with Raymond to share the resources brought by the porcelain people.
The bottom line for the Viara Witch is that if the porcelain people can maintain a stable supply, then she can give up the method of extracting the bitter water, and even the porcelain people who are imprisoned in the Red Raven Castle can be released.
Raymond was surprised that the Viara Witch, represented by the fire raven, could offer such a condition.
Because the Viara Witch who lives in the Red Crow Castle actually doesn't need to be so troublesome at all, with the power she has here, she can send a large number of subordinates over and easily take back control of the porcelain village.
Raymond, lost in thought, could not understand this kindness of the witch Viara...... (To be continued......)