Chapter 14: Life and death

Gong Hao hurried to Area 56 and saw Andrew was already there.
A servant was kneeling on the ground and was being trampled by a samurai warrior. It seemed that as soon as Andrew ordered it, the servant would land.
In order to better control these servants, Andrew does not mind wasting some resources when necessary, killing one or two servants to deter the rest.
"Master Andrew." Gong Hao ran over and bowed to Andrew first.
"Glare, you're wrong." Andrew's tone was extremely bad.
Gong Hao shuddered in his heart.
On the way, Fink had already told him what had happened.
There are about fourteen kinds of Warcraft in Area 56, all of which are relatively rare species.
The most precious of them is the pair of flaming birds in a bird cage.
The Blazing Bird is born with the ability to communicate with magical spirits, and can release various fire spells. It is a higher level of Warcraft. Due to their abundant elemental energy, their blood can be used to make a good magic recovery potion. The magic recovery potion is perhaps the most precious of all the potions, and requires a lot of materials, among which the blood of elemental birds is indispensable. The magic recovery potion made with the blood of the Blazing Bird can not only help the mage recover his mana, but more importantly, increase the magic element's fire induction ability. The element induction ability can be said to be the foundation of the mage's safety It's very useful.
During the Centennial War, the Flaming Bird, the Extreme Ice Bird and other elemental birds were hunted by human alchemists in large quantities, and used to make various magical restoration potions and elemental induction potions. Although they are very fierce and extremely powerful, no matter how powerful Warcraft, it is impossible to oppose humans who are good at organizing and using all means.
After that, Blazing Birds and other Warcrafts gradually disappeared. Although people later found alternative materials from other World of Warcraft, none of them worked better than the blood of Elemental Birds. Not to mention increasing elemental sensing capabilities.
Half a year ago, Lancelot brought back a pair of flaming birds in the central area of ​​Purgatory Island, and he was also bruised and almost died. Starting from that day, the blood of the Blazing Birds to refine the magic recovery potion and elemental induction potion has become another great contribution of Purgatory Island to the Empire.
Since there were only a pair of flaming birds, Hines ordered special care. The blood of a Blazing Bird is drawn every seven days, and another one will be replaced next week. In this way, blood will be drawn once every half a month. In terms of the vitality of the Blazing Bird, there will be no life threatening.
Elemental birds have always appeared in pairs, and they are loyal to their partners until the end. If one dies, the other will never live alone. At the time, humans used this feature of elemental birds to successfully set traps and catch elementary birds again and again.
However, no one thought that the loyalty of these partners to each other has reached a level that human beings can never imagine. When the young servant in charge of Area 56 was drawing blood from the Blazing Bird, he never dreamed that, for the entire three months, he was actually drawing the blood of the same Blazing Bird.
Now, in the tall birdcage, the blood-flaming Flamingo finally can't stand it.
It lay down in its cage, the flaming wings were dim, and life was dying. Its companion, a female flaming bird, is guarding her husband sadly from side to side, making a sorrowful hiss from time to time.
There was sadness in her eyes.
"Ejie, didn't I ask you to distinguish them by number plates?" Gong Hao asked the servant kneeling on the ground.
The servant answered with a trembling: "I'm dead, but I didn't expect that bird would replace the number plate."
Gong Hao's anger suddenly rose: "But I told you to hang the magic number plate, the Flaming Bird is a very intelligent creature."
"I ..." Where could the poor Eger think of, Flaming Bird would be so smart. He thought that Gong Hao's order was just superfluous, so he didn't care. Because they look exactly the same, ordinary people cannot tell at all. A moment's negligence of Aijie caused the male Flamingo to secretly change the number plate every time, and it was also him who was drawn blood every time.
Ai Jie then remembered why the Flamingo, who had been known for her loyalty and love for her partner some time ago, often gave signs of fighting in the cage. It turns out that they don't love each other, but love each other too much.
It's just that the females obviously can't compete with the males.
Looking at the dying husband, the female flaming bird roared angrily outside the cage.
It exhaled a large spit of flame and hit the wall of the magical cage without hurting the other party.
You may also know that her move was useless, and the female Flamingo gave up the attack and lay sadly on her husband's body.
Gong Hao can even see teardrops flashing in the eyes of this elemental element of fire.
Flaming birds, who shed tears only once in their lifetime, are crying for their partner.
Gong Hao sighed softly. He knew that if the male Flamingo died, the female would never live alone.
Andrew exhaled a long breath, despite knowing that this is not Gong Hao's responsibility, he still said coldly: "Greer, many times people may not do things exactly as you tell them. They are often lazy and play Some little clever, you will take it for granted. If you think you have considered it, ordered it, ordered it, and even if it is done, then you are very wrong. In any case, you have an unshirkable responsibility in this matter . "
The other servant chief, Seether, couldn't help but said, "Sir, can't you save it?"
Andrew shook his head: "Elemental creatures are not something we can save. And we have never done research in this area."
That is, you are just killing people. Gong Hao said fiercely in his heart.
Compared to these Warcraft with sincere feelings, maybe humans are real beasts!
Regardless, the current crisis will always be lifted. Gong Hao did not want this to be the reason he was sent into the valley next month.
Something must be done to save the Flamingo.
But how to save? What can't Andrew solve? How can he solve it?
Anxious in my heart.
Suddenly he thought of blood orchids.
Right now, yes, life has its own way out!
He yelled, "Sir, I have a way to save it."
Andrew hesitated, overjoyed, "What can I do? Come on!"
Gong Hao gritted his teeth and finally called, "Let it go."
"Let it go?" Andrew was taken aback, only hearing Gong Hao said quickly: "We can't save it because we don't understand it. But as a wise advanced Warcraft, I believe it must have a way to save itself. We Everyone knows that some Warcrafts will escape to specific places after being injured. They always have a natural sense of where they can give them life. I have read records about the century-old war. In the process of humans capturing Warcraft, This kind of thing happened not once or twice. Warcraft licked wounds and made a comeback, sometimes even causing great casualties to human beings. I believe there must be a place or opportunity on Purgatory Island to restore its vitality. But it will not tell us. Just let it go and it will save itself. "
Andrew yelled: "But what does a flying flame bird mean to us? I wish it would die now, at least it still has blood in it for me to use a few times. Once it flies away, it doesn't matter All gone? "
Gong Hao calmly replied, "You are right, this is indeed a risk. But I'm sure it will come back."
"You said it would throw us into the net and let us catch it?" Andrew wanted to laugh, wasn't this kid crazy?
But Gong Hao said, "Yes, it will plunge itself into the cage."
"why?"
"Because he has his most cherished wife here, which is more valuable than his life." Gong Hao pointed with one hand, pointing at the female flaming bird crying to her husband.
Andrew was silent.
He did not expect that Gong Hao's thinking was so sharp that he immediately grasped the key to the problem.
That's right, even if the male Flamingo was released, it would never leave. It will not be willing to leave his wife.
"So what if it can't save itself?"
"Then we just lost that little blood in the body of a flaming bird, that's it. Master, he is alive, he can provide us with continuous benefits, but if he is dead, we can only dig from the corpse The last legacy. If you can, I believe that adults still try to bet as much as possible and try it out. "
Andrew suddenly felt that Gong Hao's words were not only talking about the Flaming Bird, but also himself.
Living life is always more valuable than death.
He nodded, affirming the boy's wisdom more and more.
"Very well, just do what you say. Regardless of the success of this matter, Glare, I will not punish you again. If the Blazing Bird fails to fly back, then we are unlucky. If it flies back Now, I will give you some rewards. You can think about what rewards are better. "
"Thank you Lord, let me rescue him first." Gong Hao replied calmly.
The dying Flamingo was released.
Gong Hao anxiously waits for the news every day.
One day passed, another day passed.
For many days, there was no result.
Even Andrew got a little anxious and ran over to ask Gong Hao if the bird was dead, or he didn't plan to return at all.
Seeing his anxiety, it seemed as if he had forgotten that he had promised that even if Blazing Bird did not return, he would not punish Gong Hao.
Gong Hao pointed to the female Flamingo in the cage and replied: "From the moment her partner flew away, she would not eat or drink, and she had been waiting. Until the day before yesterday, she suddenly resumed eating and drinking. I think That must be because her husband has recovered. Today, I even heard her singing and her voice filled with joy. I think ... that's her husband coming back soon. "
Andrew was a little confused: "How did she know her husband's information?"
Gong Hao replied, "Perhaps it's the spirit."
Andrew then sighed: "There are always many things in this world that we don't understand and don't understand. Even an alchemist can't understand everything."
The next day, the male Blazing Bird returned healthily.