Chapter 356: The Griffin King

Inside the room of the inner palace.

"Mr. Ryan, this is the room that the lady has arranged for you. You should stay here for the next few days. Mattie will personally guard the Knights' Quarter."

Mattie said a lot of things at the door, and only left the corridor after Chu Ming felt relieved.

"Huh..."

Chu Ming slowly exhaled a breath of foul air, closed the door and turned to walk inside.

The room has exquisite wallpaper and an oil painting on the wall. Walking inside, you can see a working puppet lying quietly in the corner of the room.

After sensing Chu Ming coming in, the working puppet raised its head, and a lavender light flashed in its gemstone eyes.

"Sir, do you need any help?"

Chu Ming waved his hand and said, "No."

"Okay, you are welcome to help at any time. My number is 423."

After speaking, the light in the puppet's eyes disappeared, and it slowly lowered its head, leaving only the array pattern on its body flashing a faint light from time to time.

Chu Ming returned to the bed and stared at the puppet that seemed to be breathing in a daze.

He was very surprised by Victor's betrayal, but now thinking about it carefully, this is reasonable.

As early as when he was in the Violet King City, he had suspected this Tenth Master, but because he had no evidence and the man did not reveal his true colors after meeting him, he gradually forgot about this Tenth Master.

So when Trina mentioned it again, he was so shocked.

"It seems that the situation in the Violet Principality is indeed not good. The rebellion of a Tenth Master is enough to make the entire Mage Conference fall into endless suspicion, and even collapse in the middle of the evil dragon Sachs's plan."

Thinking, Chu Ming's face suddenly became ugly, "Victor is one of the Tenth Master, he must be very clear about my legendary mage talent, it is not difficult for him to target me."

"But fortunately, his attention is now on the Puppet Royal Family, and I have not received special attention."

"This feeling of not being able to control the whole picture is too bad."

Chu Ming sighed, reached into the inner lining pocket, and took out a lavender crystal.

He whispered, "Miss Susie, I have something to talk to you about."

As soon as the words fell, the crystal emitted a faint light, and the purple mist covered the oil painting and wall in front of him like a veil. Water ripples appeared, the wall was swallowed up, and a huge mirror that could reflect all corners of the room appeared in front of him.

In the mirror, a pale golden light suddenly lit up in the darkness under the bed, and a black cat walked out gracefully, jumped over the bed, and looked at Chu Ming.

But before Chu Ming spoke, the black cat opposite suddenly became alert.

"Where are you? You are not in the puppet palace."

The black cat's hair exploded, "meowed" a few times, quickly jumped off the bed, and got into the darkness under the bed, refusing to come out no matter what.

"Miss Susie?"

Chu Ming tried to shout to the bottom of the bed in the mirror.

"I'm still here..."

The black cat's sullen voice came from the darkness.

"Mr. Ryan, please call me outside the palace next time, thank you."

Chu Ming showed a helpless expression.

Is Lindsey really that scary? She was so scared that she didn't even dare to come to the palace.

He coughed a few times, calmed down, and asked some questions of concern.

"Miss Susie, may I ask, what is the current situation of the Violet Principality? Is there any big news recently?"

The lazy voice of the black cat sounded from under the bed, "What else, isn't it the bloody vortex that keeps spinning?"

"What about the Violet Royal City?"

"Everything is calm. The mages in the royal city have long been accustomed to the existence of the bloody vortex. With the help of the Allied Forces, those mages may be living a comfortable life."

Chu Ming blinked and tentatively said: "The Magic Newspaper has investigated the movements of the ten seats of the Mage Conference..."

Before he finished speaking, the black cat's tone rose and became sharp.

"How is that possible, human? You don't want to monitor the Ten Seats, do you?"

"To be honest, the Ten Seats of the Mage Council are not just a legend, and their whereabouts have never been made public. No one really knows what they are doing."

"Is that so..."

"Then I'll write a letter, and you can help me send it to Violet King City, to Aiman, the master of the Tuari Mage Tower."

He planned to persuade Aiman ​​again, revealing the seriousness of the matter a little, so that he could move to Clinton Kingdom for refuge as soon as possible.

The Clinton Kingdom is now controlled by the Brick family, and there are many elders guarding it. It is safer than the Puppet City that Victor is eyeing, and it is a good place to take refuge.

He put the written letter into the silver vortex, and was about to end the conversation with the black cat, when the black cat suddenly showed its head from under the bed.

"Mr. Ryan, as a guest of our Magic Newspaper, we have the right to reveal some inside information to protect your life and safety."

"Something big may happen at the Magic Puppet Show in a month, please be prepared."

Chu Ming was stunned and nodded: "I know, thank you, Miss Susie."

"Humph, I just don't want my clients to disappear suddenly."

The black cat retracted its head and disappeared into the darkness.

The mirror shook and shattered, the room returned to its original state, and the conversation ended completely.

"Sure enough, this trip was right."

"After resurrecting Andrew, you must focus all your attention on cultivation to meet the coming storm."

...

Three days later.

The Magic Puppet Laboratory.

"The array pattern is activated, the array pattern is fully activated, no bad points..."

"The mechanical structure is activated, the puppet is walking normally..."

After Lindsey finished a series of tests on the puppet, she turned off the puppet with satisfaction and let it lie on the table.

Next to Lindsey, Chu Ming and Trina saw this scene and smiled.

"Brother, put the crystal inside."

Lindsey opened the three layers of metal covers of different colors on the back of the puppet's head. The innermost layer was a mithril cover with good magic conductivity, and there were complex patterns engraved inside.

The middle layer was a sponge gold with a softer texture, which could greatly absorb the impact caused by damage. There was also a complex array pattern on its outer side, which was used to strengthen the metal and stimulate the ability to protect the body.

The outermost layer was a hard mountain copper alloy produced from the Kingdom of Black Expulsion. With the blessing of the magic array, it could easily withstand the impact of epic battles. Even if it was a legend, it would be difficult to break it in a short time.

Chu Ming approached the puppet and took out the three crystals that had been prepared long ago.

He looked into the puppet's skull, which contained a layer of bright mithril engraved with patterns, and a dozen smaller secondary crystals were arranged around it. The white floc array pattern in the crystal was connected to the mithril, as if it were a whole.

Carefully put the three main crystals into the skull in turn, and a burst of light was stimulated from the crystal, and passed through the white floc array pattern to the whole body of the puppet.

After the light wandered around the puppet three times, the three crystals were completely embedded inside.

Chu Ming stepped back a few words, and Lindsey poured the prepared magic guiding solution into it, and then covered the metal cover.

The array pattern emitted a faint light, and the gap between the cover and the skull gradually disappeared. After a few seconds, the two became a whole.

"Junior brother, try it."

Lindsey stepped aside a few steps.

Chu Ming nodded, and raised his right hand to the puppet solemnly.

Special mental fluctuations spread from his body.

After the inside of the puppet touched the mental power, a "buzzing" sound was made.

Then, the puppet's eyes flickered, and it slowly stood up from the table.

As everyone looked over, illusory muscle fascia grew out of the puppet, and darkness tightly wrapped around him like a maggot on the tarsal bone, sometimes like a snake wandering in the black fog, flashing a deadly light.

"What is this?"

Trina and the others showed some confusion on their faces.

Darkness wrapped around the puppet, and rows of black snake scales grew out of his strong and powerful, muscular right arm, followed by black armor and a red long sword that gave people endless madness.

The puppet had a resolute and ordinary face, and was silent with a bit of softness. He looked a bit like Ryan, especially in temperament, but he was not Ryan.

The puppet Andrew opened his lifeless eyes, and at this time the history book next to Chu Ming flipped, and a new card was generated.

[Dummy Andrew]

[Quality: Blue]

[Race: Human]

[Skills: War Hunt, Black Snake Perception, Sword Mastery (Intermediate), Life Enhancement (Maximum)]

"Huh, it perfectly inherits all of Andrew's information, and also adds the potential of a legendary puppet."

Chu Ming smiled with satisfaction.

He pulled his eyes away from the puppet, looked at the two senior sisters with some trepidation, and apologized: "Sorry, senior sisters, I know you have a lot of doubts now, but I can't tell you the truth yet, can you believe me?"

Restricted by the Ancient Tree of Time, he couldn't tell the truth in the alien world, and even if he did, it would only be blocked as a piece of incomprehensible nonsense.

He thought about explaining it with the excuse of rebirth, but finally gave up and chose to be honest.

Trina and Lindsey looked at each other in silence. After a long while, they turned around and smiled, "There are secrets between us."

"But you are you, we are us, we all exist here, and that's enough."

Chu Ming's heart was finally relieved, and he smiled, "Thank you, senior sister."

"Yeah."

Trina touched his head.

"Come with me, there is still the last life alchemy to be completed."

Chu Ming put the puppet into the subspace and followed Trina out of the puppet laboratory. Lindsey touched her smooth chin and said with some concern:

"If I am not mistaken, the real strength of the puppet just born is only at the level of the blue knight."

In today's magic age, the blue level is the realm of most knights. Although it cannot be said to be weak, it is not special, and it can even be said to be too ordinary...

Just like when Chu Ming was still in Thorn Flower County, Miguel, who was traveling with him, was already at the blue level.

And his current Burning Knights, each knight is close to the deep blue limit. The blue level can only be regarded as an ordinary hired knight in the guild.

Does such an ordinary clone really have the qualifications of a hero?

Lindsey couldn't help but worry about Chu Ming.

Chu Ming chuckled and said, "Senior sister, please believe me, he is not as simple as he seems on the surface."

Andrew was the first knight to break through the bloodline limit in the troll era. Even if he was only at the blue level, he was an invincible existence known as a legendary knight at that time.

He slaughtered countless trolls and went through hardships. He was far beyond the current knights. Even the current deep blue knights could not be his opponents.

If there were no restrictions of the times and no constraints of talent, this knight born from the hunting darkness would only return in a more invincible posture.

…

Under Trina's leadership, Chu Ming went deep into the palace for the first time.

Wherever they passed, both servants and palace officials were extremely respectful, and they did not seem surprised by the appearance of two princesses.

The deeper they went into the palace, the more puppets and knights patrolled around. Chu Ming even saw the existence of a legendary griffin knight in a griffin nest on a sentry tower.

Trina explained softly: "This is a royal forbidden area. Outsiders are generally not allowed to enter."

"It is also the camp nest of the griffin knight. The griffin knights and griffins usually train and rest here."

"Our destination is the observatory in the center of the camp nest, where the puppet life alchemy will be carried out."

The woman said, raising her hand and pointing to the tower surrounded by many griffins and reaching into the clouds.

Chu Ming looked up and saw the tower as slender as a spike. The height of this observatory is much higher than the magic tower in Clinton King City, like a passage leading directly to heaven and earth.

He couldn't help asking: "The darkness has obscured the stars. Can the observatory really observe the real stars?"

Lindsey shook her head and said: "The observatory is only for receiving the attention of the gods. The real stars can't be observed naturally."

Trina sighed slightly: "It is said that in the first magic age, there was even a kind of celestial wizard who relied on the stars to gain power. They could attract the stars, connect the intellect, and use magical celestial spells."

"It's hard to imagine what level of wizard power reached in the ancient magic age."

"Even the current puppets are just copying others and redeveloped from the framework of ancient technology."

"But..." Trina changed the subject, "Modern puppet technology may not be inferior to that of the first magic age."

The woman didn't continue, but it seemed that she had great confidence in modern puppet technology.

The three of them walked into the lair of the griffin camp. Several griffin knights who were still in training and had a deep aura came forward to greet them after seeing them coming in.

"Good morning, Princess."

Trina nodded and smiled, "Knight Argon, good morning."

"The one next to me is my junior brother, Ryan Brick, from the famous Yunlei family of Clinton Kingdom, and a genius wizard of Violet King City."

Trina introduced to Chu Ming, "Argon, the current leader of the Griffin Knights, has a profound legendary power. If you encounter trouble in the city in the future, you can ask him for help."

Argon was stunned when he heard this. How could he not hear that Trina valued the young man in front of him? He immediately extended his right hand with a serious expression.

"Hello, Mr. Ryan."

"Hello, Mr. Argon."

Chu Ming politely shook the man's hand.

"Knight Argon, has anything happened in the Griffin Lair recently?"

The quiet Lindsey suddenly asked.

Speaking of this, Argon showed a headache expression.

"Not very good. After the death of the Griffin King, the only heir left behind has become very manic because of the recent attacks. However, there is no trainer in the camp who can approach him, and no Griffin Knight can gain his recognition."