When Gong Hao rushed to Area 56, he saw that Andrew was already there.
There was a servant kneeling on the ground, being stepped on by a puppet warrior. It seemed that as long as Andrew gave the order, the servant would be beheaded.
In order to better control these servants, Andrew didn't mind wasting some resources when necessary, killing one or two servants to scare the others.
"Lord Andrew." Gong Hao ran over and bowed to Andrew.
" Glaer, you failed in your duty." Andrew's tone was extremely unfriendly.
Gong Hao's heart trembled.
On the way here, Finkle had already told him what had happened.
There were about fourteen types of magical beasts in Area 56, all of which were relatively rare species.
Among them, the most precious ones were the pair of Flaming Birds locked up in the bird cage.
Flaming Birds were born with the ability to communicate with magic elves and could release all kinds of fire spells. They were high-level magic beasts. Due to the abundant elemental energy in their bodies, their blood could be used to make good mana recovery potions. The Mana Recovery Potion was perhaps the most precious of all potions. It required a large number of materials, and the blood of elemental birds was indispensable. The Mana Recovery Potion made from the blood of the Flaming Bird could not only help a mage recover their mana, but more importantly, it could also increase a mage's fire elemental sensing ability. Elemental sensing ability could be said to be the foundation of a mage's life. From this, one could see how useful it was.
During the Hundred Years War, Flaming Birds, Ice Birds, and other elemental birds were hunted down by human alchemists to make various mana recovery potions and elemental sensing enhancement potions. Even though they were extremely ferocious and powerful, no matter how powerful they were, they could not possibly fight against humans who were good at organizing and using all kinds of methods.
After that, the Flaming Bird and the other magical beasts gradually disappeared. Even though people had found replacement materials from other magical beasts, none of them had a better effect than the blood of elemental birds. Not to mention increasing his elemental sensing ability.
Half a year ago, Lancelot had brought back a pair of Flaming Birds from the central region of Purgatory Island. He himself was covered in wounds and almost died. From that day onwards, extracting the blood of the Flaming Bird to refine Mana Recovery Potions and Elemental Sensing Potions had become Purgatory Island's greatest contribution to the Empire.
Since there was only one pair of Flaming Birds, Heinz ordered them to be specially looked after. Every seven days, he would draw the blood of a Flaming Bird, and then change it to another one the following week. This cycle would take turns, and once every half a month, with the Flaming Bird's powerful vitality, there would not be any danger to its life.
Elemental birds had always appeared in pairs. They were loyal to each other until death. If one of them died, the other would not live alone. Back then, humans had used this characteristic of the elemental birds to successfully set up traps and capture the elemental birds time and time again.
However, no one expected that the degree of loyalty between these partners had reached a level that humans could not imagine. When the young servant in charge of Area 56 was drawing blood from the Flaming Bird, he never dreamed that for three months, he was actually drawing blood from the same Flaming Bird.
Now, in the tall birdcage, the Flaming Bird that had its blood drawn finally couldn't hold on any longer.
It lay in the cage, its fiery red wings dim and lifeless. Its mate, a female Flaming Bird, was guarding her husband sorrowfully at the side, letting out mournful cries from time to time.
Her eyes were filled with sorrow.
"Agee, didn't I ask you to put a number plate on them to differentiate them?”Gong Hao asked the servant kneeling on the ground.
"I hung up, but I didn't expect the bird to change the number plate."”
Gong Hao's anger suddenly rose."But I told you to wear a magic number plate. Flaming birds are very intelligent creatures.”
" I…" Poor Aijie never thought that the Flaming Bird would be so smart. At that time, he thought that Gong Hao's order was unnecessary, so he didn't care. As they looked exactly the same, ordinary people could not tell them apart at all. Ager's momentary negligence had caused the male Flaming Bird to secretly change its number plate every time, causing him to be the one to be drawn blood every time.
Ager finally remembered why the Flaming Bird, which had been famous for its loyalty and love for its mate, would often show signs of fighting and quarreling in its cage. It was not that they did not love each other, but they loved each other too much.
It was just that females clearly could not compete with males, which led to this outcome.
Looking at her husband who was about to die, the female Flaming Bird let out an angry roar towards the outside of the cage.
It spat out a large mouthful of flames and crashed into the wall of the magic cage, but it did not hurt the other party at all.
Perhaps knowing that her actions were useless, the female Flaming Bird gave up on attacking and lay sadly on her husband's body.
Gong Hao could even see tears flashing in the eyes of this fire-type elemental bird.
Flaming birds only shed tears once in their lives, and that was for their partners.
Gong Hao sighed softly. He knew that if this male Flaming Bird died, then this female would definitely not live alone.
Andrew let out a long breath. Even though he knew that this was not Gong Hao's responsibility, he still said coldly,"Glaer, there are many times when the servants might not follow your orders completely. They were often lazy, clever, and self-righteous. If you think that you have considered, given orders, and given orders, then you are very wrong. No matter what, you have an unshirkable responsibility for this matter.”
The other servant, Caesar, couldn't help but say,""Sir, is there no way to save it?”
" No," Andrew shook his head." We can't save elemental creatures." And we have never conducted any research in this area.”
That's because you guys only focused on killing people. Gong Hao thought fiercely in his heart.
Compared to these magical beasts who had sincere feelings, perhaps humans were the real beasts!
However, no matter what, the current crisis had to be resolved. Gong Hao definitely didn't want this to be the reason for him to be sent to the valley next month.
He had to think of a way to save the Flaming Bird.
But how? If Andrew couldn't solve the problem, how could he?
He became more and more anxious.
Suddenly, he thought of the Bloody Orchid.
His eyes lit up. Yes, life had its own way out!
"My lord," he cried,"I have a way to save it.”
"What can we do?" Andrew was surprised. Tell me!"
Gong Hao gritted his teeth and finally shouted,"Let it go."
"Let it go?" Andrew was shocked. Gong Hao quickly said,"We can't save it because we don't understand it. However, as a high-level magical beast with intelligence, I believe that it will definitely have a way to save itself. We all know that some magical beasts will escape to certain places after being injured. They had a natural instinct for places that could give them life. I've read the records of the Hundred Years War. In the process of humans capturing magical beasts, such things have happened more than once or twice. The magical beasts licked their wounds and made a comeback, sometimes even causing great casualties to humans. I believe that Purgatory Island has a place or opportunity to restore its vitality. But it won't tell us. As long as he let it go, it would save him.”
"But what's the point of a flying Flaming Bird to us?" Andrew roared. I'd rather it die now, at least there's still blood in its body for me to use a few times. Once it flew away, wouldn't there be nothing left?”
"You're right," Gong Hao replied calmly,"This is indeed a risk. But I'm sure it will come back.”
"You said that it would walk right into our trap and let us capture it?”Andrew wanted to laugh. Was this kid crazy?
However, Gong Hao said,"Yes, it will walk into the trap and return to this cage."”
"Why?"
"Because here is his most precious thing, an existence that is more precious than his life-his wife.”Gong Hao pointed with one hand at the female Flaming Bird that was crying at her husband.
Andrew fell silent.
He didn't expect Gong Hao to be so sharp and immediately grasp the crux of the problem.
That's right, even if that male Flaming Bird was released, it would definitely not leave from here. It would not bear to leave its wife.
"What if it can't save itself?”
"Then we've only lost a bit of blood from a Flaming Bird's body, that's all. Sir, if he is alive, he can provide us with endless benefits. But if he is dead, we can only dig up the last inheritance from his corpse. If it was possible, I believe that Daren would still try his best to take a gamble and give it a try.”
Andrew suddenly felt that Gong Hao's words were not only talking about the Blazing Flame Bird, but also about himself.
A living life was always more valuable than a dead one.
He nodded his head, becoming more and more certain of this kid's intelligence.
"Very well, we'll do as you say. Whether this succeeds or not, Glaer, I won't punish you anymore. If the Flaming Bird doesn't return, then we'll be unlucky. If it comes back, I'll give you some rewards. You can think about what reward you want first.”
"Thank you, sir. Let's save him first.”Gong Hao replied calmly.
The dying Flaming Bird was released.
Gong Hao waited anxiously for news every day.
One day passed, and another day passed.
For many days, there was no result.
Even Andrew was a little anxious. He ran over to ask Gong Hao if the bird was already dead or not planning to come back at all.
Looking at his anxious appearance, it was as if he had forgotten that he had promised not to punish Gong Hao even if the Blazing Flame Bird didn't return.
Gong Hao pointed at the female Flaming Bird in the cage and replied,"From the moment her partner flew away, she did not eat or drink. She has been waiting. Until the day before yesterday, she suddenly resumed eating and drinking. I think that must be because her husband had recovered. Today, I even heard her sing loudly, her voice full of joy. I think…her husband is coming back soon.”
" How did she know about her husband?" Andrew was confused.”
Gong Hao replied,"Perhaps their hearts are connected."”
Andrew sighed." There are many things in this world that we don't understand." Even alchemists couldn't understand everything.”
The next day, the male Flaming Bird returned healthy.
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