"My lord, you're finally here!"
"My lord, save us!"
"My lord, those damn magic birds are about to eat up all our moss!"
"My lord, ..."
Mixed and noisy voices came from the mouths of these few underground humans in front of Kay.
Although these humans in front of him were hunched and emitted some strange smells, Kay knew that the oldest among them wouldn't be over forty years old.
There were very few ordinary humans in Mosobula City who lived beyond forty. The dangerous environment and scarce food meant that the average age of humans in Mosobula City was only thirty - five.
The hardships of life made these people look extremely old and hunched.
Although there were magicians, such extremely powerful existences, it had to be admitted that purely in terms of physique, these humans were actually weaker than the sub - humans who had lived in the underground world for generations, not to mention those dark creatures.
"Stop making noise. Tell me where that flock of Green Jaw Feathers is." Kay shouted in a low voice.
Kay's voice wasn't loud, but when he finished speaking, the few humans around immediately became trembling with fear, not daring to make a single extra sound like quails.
In the end, one of the seemingly stronger men, mustering his courage, pointed to somewhere in the distance and said, "My lord, that flock of magic birds is over there. There are probably twenty or thirty of them in total, and they seem to have already built nests."
Following the direction this man pointed, Kay looked into the distance, but all he saw was a barren land.
It seemed that the moss in that area had been eaten up, no wonder these few humans were so anxious.
At this time, Kay was wearing a pale mask, and these underground humans couldn't see his expression or appearance at all.
Ordinary humans had a natural fear of black magicians, so they didn't dare to stare at Kay casually.
If it weren't for the fact that the moss in the Gray - White Valley was related to the livelihood and lifeblood of their families for a year, they probably wouldn't have dared to be so impolite just now.
The Gray - White Valley was very large, and there were also a large number of moss plants grown here.
Most humans had been forced to leave due to the harassment of the flock of Green Jaw Feathers.
Only these few people in front of him had been staying here, anxiously waiting for someone from the Black Magic Academy to come.
If Kay didn't come or no other apprentice took on this task, maybe hundreds or even thousands of people in Mosobula City would starve to death this year.
Starving some low - level creatures to death was normal in the underground world.
The humans in Mosobula City were still considered lucky.
If it were those underground sub - humans, when famine came, they would even take the initiative to eat the old sub - humans of the same race as rations.
"Go and light some torches and place them around."
"If any Green Jaw Feathers flee in other directions later, you throw the torches at them." Kay instructed the few underground humans around, and then he himself walked towards that barren land.
When Kay walked to the top of this slightly higher barren land, the "chattering" calls had already reached his ears.
Although Green Jaw Feathers looked like birds, this kind of underground creature couldn't fly.
They mainly walked on two legs and were quite fast. At most, after jumping from a height, they could glide for a short time.
The low - level magic equipment, the pale mask, made Kay's vision relatively wide and clear even in the dark underground.
The mental power and sharp mind of a magic apprentice, which far exceeded that of ordinary people, allowed Kay to quickly count that there were a total of twenty - six Green Jaw Feathers under the barren land in front of him.
Magic beasts and dark creatures in the underground world generally had poor eyesight, but their sense of smell and perception ability were extremely sensitive.
Because Kay was in a high place and his black magic robe effectively concealed part of his body odor, these Green Jaw Feathers didn't notice his arrival.
"Tsk, there really is a bird king. Otherwise, they wouldn't have migrated specially near Mosobula City."
"However, the strength of this Green Jaw Feather tribe probably isn't too strong. It should have just split off from another main group." Kay judged.
The basic courses in the academy's public classroom included an introduction to the Green Jaw Feather, a kind of magic - transformed creature.
Their characteristic of liking to live in groups made many magicians regard them as objects from which low - level magic materials could be collected in batches.
Some magicians even specially raised this kind of magic - transformed creature, but no one raised them in Mosobula City.
Low - level materials of the magic - transformed creature level were only suitable for apprentices. Formal black magicians didn't look down on such things at all, so how could they specially spend time and energy cultivating them.
On the contrary, some sub - human tribes in the underground world had the ability to breed and domesticate Green Jaw Feathers and their close relatives, the magic beast tribes.
Twenty - five adult Green Jaw Feathers all had the strength of magic - transformed creatures, and one Green Jaw Feather King had the level of a low - level magic beast. This was already a considerable force.
Especially that Green Jaw Feather King, which had already evolved into a magic beast. It should also master a natural spell, and Kay had to be careful.
In addition to the twenty - six adult Green Jaw Feathers mentioned above, Kay also noticed that deeper in the moss field in front of him, there were also some smaller and sharper chirping sounds coming.
Those should be immature Green Jaw Feathers, and their individual combat power was negligible.
He just didn't know if there were Green Jaw Feather eggs. If there were, that would be an extra gain for Kay in this academy mission.
When Kay was observing the situation in the moss field in front of him, the few underground humans who had received Kay's instructions had already lit torches outside the nearby moss field.
The underground world was usually dark. Except for Mosobula City, which had a fluorite vein above the main city and thus had relatively dim light all year round, there was basically no light in other areas.
Torches were quite against ordinary underground beasts or low - level magic - transformed creatures, but they weren't a long - term solution.
If one had the powerful strength of Mosobula City, it would be fine. If not, the long - term burning of torches would simply be like lighting a lamp for those powerful magic beasts or solitary dark creatures living in the underground world to find you easily.
However, Kay was confident that this battle shouldn't last too long. The lighting of the torches was both to drive away these Green Jaw Feathers conveniently and to reduce the losses of these underground humans and the moss field.
After all, Kay was just a sixteen - year - old young magician and still had his own conscience and bottom line.
If some old apprentices with low moral character were sent, they would most likely use these few underground humans as bait.
Green Jaw Feathers were omnivorous creatures. Since they ate moss, they naturally also ate meat, and they especially loved carrion.
Of course, the favorite food of Green Jaw Feathers was the sweet berries that Kay got from Baus before leaving Mosobula City.
Holding his breath, Kay crouched down, sprinkling iron phosphorus powder quietly at specific positions while half - burying the limited number of sweet berries in the soil.
The huge beak of an adult Green Jaw Feather first pecked at the ground. While digging up a fresh moss root, the two huge round holes on the beak took a deep breath.
The crisp and refreshing taste of the moss root didn't catch the attention of this adult Green Jaw Feather.
Because most of its attention at this moment was attracted by the fragrance it had just smelled.
"Chirp, chirp!" A hurried and rhythmic cry came from this adult Green Jaw Feather.
After it made the sound, several nearby Green Jaw Feathers looked towards this direction at the same time.
As a kind of magic - transformed creature that was more advanced than ordinary beasts, Green Jaw Feathers obviously had relatively high intelligence and group coordination ability.
A tribe with more than twenty adult Green Jaw Feathers, even if an ordinary intermediate - level magic beast encountered it, wouldn't choose to confront it head - on.
Only the outstanding ones among the intermediate - level magic beasts like the saltwater crocodile that Kay had killed before, and the large magic beasts with a thick layer of scales, could steadily prey on Green Jaw Feathers.
But even the saltwater crocodile would have to choose to turn around and leave once the number of adult Green Jaw Feathers exceeded forty or there were two bird kings, one male and one female.
The situation where "many ants can kill an elephant" is not uncommon in the underground world.
But no matter how high the intelligence of Green Jaw Feathers was and how outstanding their group coordination ability was, they were just a group of beasts.
In terms of intelligence, how could they compare to humans, the primates of all things, let alone learned magicians who mastered the power of elements?
When a group of six Green Jaw Feathers were attracted by the sweet berries arranged by Kay, he knew that he had completed a small half of this academy mission.
After the six Green Jaw Feathers entered Kay's ambush site one after another, Kay didn't choose to take action immediately, but continued to wait.
Magicians would never lack patience. This was a quality developed after countless days and nights of completing magic research in front of the experimental platform.
Just like when Kay faced the saltwater crocodile, which was far stronger than himself, he was always looking for opportunities.
The Green Jaw Feathers in front of him didn't make Kay have any sense of contempt just because their individual combat power was weaker than his.
Sure enough, as time went by, more and more Green Jaw Feathers were attracted by the sweet berries.
When a total of seventeen adult Green Jaw Feathers had entered Kay's ambush site, including the Green Jaw Feather King that Kay had been paying attention to, which finally stepped into the area where the iron phosphorus powder was scattered with its two bright tail feathers, Kay finally took action.
A low and suppressed chant of magic incantations sounded.
The surrounding space gradually filled with hot fire elemental particles, causing the Green Jaw Feather King, which had a keen sense of perception, to let out aroar.
Just when this Green Jaw Feather King urged its subordinates to leave here first, a blazing fire wall more than two meters high and nearly five meters wide suddenly appeared in the darkness!
This was the intermediate magic that Kay had just mastered not long ago —— Fire Wall Technique.
The moment the Fire Wall Technique appeared, the damage it caused to that group of Green Jaw Feathers wasn't obvious, but it ignited the iron phosphorus powder that Kay had already buried.
Hotter flames and a wider fire wall appeared in this originally quiet and dark world!
The sharp screams of the Green Jaw Feathers echoed in Kay's ears from this moment on.
When the flock of Green Jaw Feathers fell into a state of chaos and fear due to the sudden change, Kay, who was hiding in the darkness, never stopped chanting the incantations.
Another Fire Wall Technique appeared in this space as Kay chanted, vaguely blocking the retreat of the Green Jaw Feather flock.
In fact, the duration of the Fire Wall Technique wasn't long. The reason why the flames in front were burning more and more vigorously and the coverage area was getting larger and larger was, on the one hand, due to the effect of the iron phosphorus powder, and on the other hand, because the underground moss in this moss field was a flammable substance in itself.
After releasing two Fire Wall Techniques, Kay didn't continue to waste his magic power. Instead, while holding the strong acid staff to slowly recover his mental power and magic power, he kept his eyes fixed on the flock of Green Jaw Feathers in the center of the sea of fire.
Under the roar of the Green Jaw Feather King, the adult Green Jaw Feathers in the sea of fire tried to charge outward more than once, wanting to find a life channel with less flames.