Chapter 342 Magic Cat and Black Cat

A month later, the fog surrounding the magic airship gradually dissipated. The airship wasted a lot of time and finally flew out of the foggy area.

In the airship room, the first rays of sunlight in the morning shone, leaving a beam of light on the carpet.

Chu Ming stretched and sat on the ground.

He picked up a puppet that looked like a cat and carved the magic pattern on the soft metal joint ball with a carving knife.

This puppet was designed and made by him alone. The design drawing was approved by Roman. The man even described it as exquisite.

Although only one month has passed, his puppet making skills are improving rapidly and have reached the level of a full-time puppeteer.

According to the classification of puppeteer occupation levels by the Puppet Master Association of the Country of Migliorini, puppeteers are divided into three levels: puppet apprentice, puppet master, and puppet master.

The lowest level puppet apprentice has a rough puppet making ability and can make puppets according to the drawings.

A full-time puppet master is a formal profession, capable of making more sophisticated puppets, and the ability to design puppet drawings by themselves, and can obtain a business license in the Kingdom of Migliorini.

The number of puppet masters with the highest level in the entire southern border does not exceed a thousand, and each person is like a treasure, and will be warmly welcomed no matter which kingdom they go to.

Being promoted to a puppet master is the lifelong pursuit of many puppet masters, but if you want to obtain the title of master, you must be recognized and registered by the Puppet Master Association of the Kingdom of Migliorini, which is very difficult.

Above the puppet master, there is also the legendary puppet master, who is called the highest title by puppet masters. It is the highest honor of the Puppet Master Association and is generally only awarded to puppet masters who have made significant contributions to the development of puppet technology.

Whether it is a legendary puppet master or a puppet master, for Chu Ming, it is too far away. His current level is just entering the full-time position. Designing this small puppet cat has consumed most of his energy.

In the room, the sun's shadow is tilted, and time passes bit by bit. Chu Ming is unaware and immersed in the production of puppets.

"Knock, knock, knock..."

A slow and careful knock on the door sounded, and Lutishia's voice came from outside.

"Teacher, are you busy?"

Chu Ming did not look up, as if he had gotten used to it.

"Come in."

"Okay."

The girl carefully opened the door and poked her head in. After seeing Chu Ming making the puppet, she showed an expectant look in her eyes and walked in with a plate.

"Teacher, let's eat first, or Sister Mirissa will nag again."

"Thank you for your help."

Chu Ming exhaled a breath of turbid air and carved the last stroke, and the array pattern covered the entire metal joint ball.

Lutishia sat next to him, put down the plate, and said expectantly: "How is it, teacher, is my kitten finished?"

Chu Ming assembled the joint ball and limbs on the puppet cat, and then put it on the ground.

"It should be done, I'll try to activate it."

He controlled the mental power to spread out and enveloped the entire puppet.

"Crack, crack..."

The puppet cat's gemstone eyes lit up slightly, and its limbs stood up from the ground stiffly.

A trace of magic flowed along the array pattern in the metal armor of the puppet cat, and its eyes gradually became lively, and its stiff limbs and tail became flexible.

"Meow..."

The puppet cat licked its paws, jumped into Lutishia's arms, and rubbed her smooth chin with its mind.

"Hehe, so good, so good."

The girl hugged the puppet cat and stroked its head lovingly, her eyes full of joy and curiosity.

"Thank you for the gift, teacher, it's really great."

"I'm glad you like it."

Chu Ming smiled slightly, picked up the butter bread on the plate and took a big bite.

Compared with Ana's steady personality, Lutishia seemed much more lively and was curious about the new things on the magic airship.

Chu Ming saw Lutishia following the working puppets walking in the corridor more than once. If there were no one around, he even suspected that the girl would disassemble this working puppet that often passed by to see the structure inside.

After learning that Chu Ming could make puppets, the girl acted like a spoiled child for a long time and asked him to make a puppet of her own.

The reason why the puppet was designed in the form of a cat was also for Lutishia's consideration. She should like small animals more.

As it turned out, Chu Ming was right. Lutishia really liked the puppet cat in her arms and refused to let go.

Chu Ming nibbled on the butter bread and asked about what happened outside.

"Where is Ana now? Why didn't he come with you?"

The girl pouted and lay on the puppet cat, looking bored.

"He went to the deck to practice the secret method again. No one is playing with me."

Chu Ming smiled and said, "It's a good thing to practice diligently. When I'm not around, Ana can protect you."

Lutishia snorted, "Stupid Ana, I just need to protect him. He just needs to be responsible for playing with me."

Chu Ming shook his head helplessly and changed the subject.

"Has Roman announced the latest itinerary of the airship?"

"You mean that gentleman? He said that after leaving the fog, it will take about eight days to arrive."

Speaking of this, Lutizia instantly became interested. She asked, "Teacher, is the puppet country really full of these puppets?"

Chu Ming said without thinking: "Of course, nearly half of the puppet masters in the entire southern Xinjiang are in the country of Migliorini. What we are going to is the most prosperous city in the country of Migliorini - the capital of puppets. Even if Just one puppeteer carries one puppet, and the number of puppets is terrifying. "

When the girl heard this, the stars in her eyes trembled and became brighter, "It's amazing. When we were in the Kingdom of God, the Holy Tree Priest told us that the lower world is a desolate place, and the creatures here are rude, do not understand etiquette, and have no wisdom."

She said angrily: "It turns out they lied to me. They must have said this because they didn't want me to go out to play."

Chu Ming couldn't help but laugh and said: "Maybe they didn't lie to you, but they just haven't been to the lower realm for a long time, and they don't know the situation on the ground anymore."

In the age of the gods tens of thousands of years ago, he actually had no idea what the land under the Kingdom of God looked like and what kind of civilization there was.

But he understands this era. Perhaps the Second Age of Magic is not as good as the peak Age of Gods, but it is full of vitality and infinite possibilities. It is a more open and hopeful era.

"Well...then forgive them, but I won't be like them. I will definitely come down with Ana to play with the teacher often in the future."

The girl laughed playfully and let go of the puppet cat in her arms.

"Meow."

The golem cat fell to the ground and walked several times gracefully.

Chu Ming's eyes stayed on the puppet cat. Although he used the logic of the magic circle to simulate the cat's behavior, the puppet cat was not a real life after all, and would only follow the preset logic and behavior.

Every time he licks his paws and cleans his whiskers, the action is exactly the same. You may not notice it when you first come into contact with it, but after being in contact with it for a long time, you will find that the logic of the puppet cat is rigid.

Of course, he can completely exhaust all the behavioral logic of cats. Even if it is licking its paws, he can design dozens of actions so that no one will notice anything strange.

But this makes no sense, has no sense of autonomy, and even if it resembles it, it is not real life.

He whispered: "It seems that it is very necessary to obtain the life alchemy of the doll. Such a poor imitation of life cannot be recognized by the ancient tree of time."

"Teacher, what are you talking about?"

Luticia blinked her bright eyes and looked at the muttering Chu Ming and asked.

"fine……"

Chu Ming came back to his senses and shook his head.

"Then how have you considered the matter I mentioned?"

The girl came over, looking very thief.

Chu Ming was stunned for a moment, "What did you just say?"

He was distracted just now and didn't hear what the girl said at all.

"It's just...it's..."

Luticia made a rare coy gesture.

"I want to learn how to make a golem from you."

Chu Ming chuckled lightly and rubbed her head.

"Take this book and read it. If you don't understand, ask me again."

He reached into the air, a silver vortex appeared, and took out a book of normal thickness.

"Thank you, teacher!"

Luticia's eyes lit up, she took the book and held it in her arms happily.

The girl said happily: "When I learn it, I will give it to Ana, to the teacher, and to everyone, a magic doll for each of them."

Chu Ming smiled and said, "I'm determined."

The two continued to chat for a few words, and Luticia happily walked out with the book in her arms. The puppet cat followed her closely and walked out of the room. Chu Ming was the only one left in the room.

“Before you know it, the country of Migliorini is almost here.”

"It would be better to write a letter to Senior Sister Trina and Miguel in advance."

After thinking for a while, Chu Ming wrote a letter to Trina and the Burning Knights on the card table, telling them that he was about to arrive in the country of Migliorini.

"Miss Susie."

Chu Ming held the lavender gem and called in a low voice.

Suddenly, the wall in front of him rippled, and a mirror slowly appeared reflecting the entire room.

In the mirror, the black cat slowly walked out from under the dark bed, jumped onto the bed, straightened his body and faced Chu Ming.

"What can I do for our guest?"

He couldn't hold on for long as he straightened his body. The black cat felt that this serious posture was too tiring, so his waist relaxed and the cat lay down on the bed comfortably.

Chu Ming didn't speak. He looked at the slack look of the black cat and nodded with satisfaction. His mind was filled with the comparison between the puppet cat and the black cat just now.

Obviously, the puppet cat is completely defeated, but the movements of real cats look more natural and make people feel comfortable.

His eyes fell on the black cat's fur, and he suddenly became curious.

I don’t know how this smooth and reflective hair feels.

"Human beings are so strange..."

Black Cat yawned and glanced at the man in front of him who didn't know what he was thinking.

Chu Ming retracted his divergent thoughts, coughed a few times, and took out the letter he had just written.

"I have two letters here. Please send them to Miss Susie for me, to Princess Trina of the Golem Capital and the Burning Knights."

The black cat's ears twitched, he straightened his body and said in surprise: "Do you know that bad woman?"

"Bad woman?"

Chu Ming's expression became confused.

"Trina is my senior sister. She belongs to the same mage tower as me. Senior sister, she has always been gentle. Miss Susie, have you recognized the wrong person?"

"How can it be?!"

As if someone had stepped on its tail, the black cat instantly sat up and its tone became higher.

"This bad woman originally said she wanted to imprison me in the palace and keep me as her pet forever..."

She was halfway through her words when she suddenly realized something.

"I understand. The person you and I met are not the same."

When the black cat thought of this, it felt weak and the whole cat drooped. It lay down on the bed again.

"Give me the letter, I'll ask the postman to deliver it to you."

After that, a silver vortex appeared in front of Chu Ming.

After Chu Ming put the letter into the vortex, he asked in confusion: "What do you mean by what you just said, that we are not the same person?"

The black cat waved its claws and said listlessly: "Sorry, Mr. Ryan, I can't disclose the customer information. You should know it when you go to the Land of Migliorini. I wish you good luck."

Chu Ming shook his head helplessly and said: "You guy... I really want to grab you and rub you hard a few times."

"Huh."

The black cat raised his head.

"This mirror illusion is prepared to prevent guests like you from attacking staff."

Chu Ming touched his chin, "Could it be that you have been attacked before?"

The black cat was silent for a while, scratching the mirror with its claws, and the ripples shook. Its figure gradually became blurred.

"My dear guest, I'm going to urge the postman to deliver the letter. I'm busy for the time being. Don't look for me. I'm not here."

"Pop."

The mirror burst like a bubble, and the room returned to calm.

"And a little temper."

Chu Ming smiled, walked out of the room, and planned to tell Roman that he had successfully made a puppet.

...

Eight days later.

The magic airship shuttled through the sky, crossed the Kingdom of Les, and finally arrived at the Kingdom of Migliorini, which is located in the prosperous plains.

Affected by the terrain of the vast plains, the Kingdom of Migliorini has always been the central hub of the Southern Kingdom from ancient times to the present.

There are abundant materials and developed commerce here, but the most powerful thing is the puppet technology that is famous in the southern border. Therefore, the Kingdom of Migliorini is often called the Puppet Kingdom, and the most prosperous capital in the kingdom is called the Puppet Capital.

The magic airship soared in the sky like a giant beast. After entering the country of Migliorini, in order to avoid conflict with the flying puppet line, the airship climbed to a high altitude and came to a position level with the clouds.

On the deck, the sun poured down brightly, shining warmly on everyone. Chu Ming couldn't help stretching.

"Finally, we're here."

Chrono drooped his body and said lazily: "I'm almost suffocated on the ship."

"How could it be, I think it's quite fun."

Lutishia lay on the railing, tiptoed, and looked down excitedly.

Ana worriedly said: "Princess, be careful not to fall."

"Hehe, Ana is a coward."

"Everyone, look there, are we there?"

Mirissa pointed to the front. In the gap between the clouds, a magnificent city with copper-black tones and densely packed buildings was like a tall castle, revealing the tip of an iceberg.