Chapter 144 Battle on the Lake

In November, the North District 1 surrounded by mountains was not as cold as imagined.

Heshia sat in the dormitory, looking at the slightly gloomy sky outside. The potted plants on the windowsill shook in the wind, and the tiny leaves were particularly delicate against the gray sky.

This was her first time to spend the winter on the ground, and she felt the transition from autumn to winter. She had always lived underground where the temperature did not change much in the four seasons. Only when it snowed would her parents take her to the ground to play in the snow and run around.

With her hands around her knees, she felt a little cold. Heshia walked to the bedroom, took a thin blanket to cover her legs, and then leaned back in the chair to read a book.

Compared with studying complex economic and financial knowledge at Edes Academy, learning the habits of various birds and the raising of extraordinary animals at Iridium Academy has become a kind of leisure and relaxation.

The pictures printed on the book are clear and bright, and there are birds of various colors and some accompanying animals. I am curious about how the authors observed these things and summarized them into records.

Heshia was learning these with great interest while touching the big spider that ran into her arms. This guy seemed to be much quieter recently. It might be that winter is coming.

The sun gradually rose, and the slanting sunlight slid from the corner of the balcony to the middle, slowly becoming brighter. Then there was a chirping sound. It seemed that the three ducklings woke up.

Putting down the book, Heshia also thought that it was time to go out for a walk, so she stretched her waist, walked to the balcony, took out the three ducklings in the grid, and then stretched out her wrist so that the indigo snake could climb up along her wrist.

In this way, she prepared the fishing rod and fishing gear, opened the door, and set off for Xiangye Lake.

One of the tasks given to her by the academy was about to be completed. Now she had caught 16 different kinds of fish, and only a few special ones were missing.

On the weekend morning, the grass by the road was still mixed with dew, and when walking over, you could feel the coolness.

Along the way, Heshia could see many seniors passing by, some with big bears as tall as a person, some riding fiery red horses, and some flying birds through the sky, showing their magical powers.

Most of those who walked honestly like her were first-year students, and the small animals in their arms were generally still in the growth stage, not strong enough to hold up their owners.

"Heshia, are you going to the lake to fish?" The familiar voice made the girl stop.

Agnes, the monitor of the girl's class, happened to meet her at this moment. There was also a brown and gray goat at her feet, with clean and slightly fluffy fur. It seemed that the owner had bathed and cleaned it a lot.

"Me~" Seeing Heshia, the little goat also cried, and then continued to stay beside Agnes.

Natural Sequence 3: Palm Sheep, named after its hair that is similar to palm tree fibers, but softer than real palms, but as an extraordinary animal, its fur is particularly tough. It will not burn easily when encountering high temperatures. In the distant past, locals even made armor with its wool, which was light and durable.

"Yes, I'm going to go fishing at Xiangye Lake, and take the three little guys swimming." As she said this, the girl stepped aside, revealing the three little ducks that had been following her.

The three guys were very brave. After seeing the goat on the opposite side, they did not hide, but walked over carelessly and staggeringly, chirping and looking at the goat.

"The ducks raised by Heshia are so big now. The three I have been raising in the small pond on the tree canopy recently are not very willing to follow me." Agnes said and shook her head.

Although the Call duck is still a relative, it is a small animal after all, and sometimes it can't understand what humans mean very well. In fact, there are only a few who can be easily brought out like Heshia.

"Let's go for a walk together. I'm taking my lamb for a walk right now."

After saying that, the two walked towards Xiangye Lake together. Along the way, they talked about things in class and the new things they had encountered recently.

"In the first grade, we mostly came into contact with ordinary animals, such as raising ducks. In the second grade, we started learning how to raise extraordinary animals." Agnes said what she knew.

"I did a lot of research before coming to Yuanting. I was also born in the North District, so I know it better."

"What about the third grade? What did you start learning?"

"In the third grade, you start exploring the direction of your specialization." Agnes pressed her chin lightly with her fingers and tilted her head to think back.

"For example, there are 'pet trainers' who specialize in breeding extraordinary pets. The 'Amber Parrot', 'Light Cotton Bird' and 'Emerald Crow' bred by Yuanting are not only famous in Emerald Skirt, but also among the top in their niches in the entire Federation."

"Or, you can also develop in the direction of 'pet doctor'. Because of its scarcity, it is more popular than ordinary doctors."

"In addition, you can also take a rarer academic route and become a powerful 'zoologist' or 'explorer'. Every year, the Federation will provide subsidies to people who have made contributions to this field. However, this path can only be truly explored after obtaining a university diploma, so it is still a bit early now."

"Of course, the most famous are 'breeders'. Compared with 'pet trainers', they will go a step further and learn and specialize in the breeding of at least one type of extraordinary animals. The expertise I am talking about is to breed extraordinary animals to at least Sequence 5 or above. Even among the students of Yuanting Academy, less than half can obtain the qualification certificate of breeder upon graduation. Many people often have to accumulate for several years after graduation before they can slowly reach the threshold of breeders."

"Okay, these are the official terms, and they are a bit boring for the sake of accuracy. The students of our Iris Garden Academy are often called 'bird breeders' in the federal breeding world, and they are named after the thousands of flying birds they command."

"It's just that due to the decline of the Iris Garden, this title has not been very famous in the past hundred years."

As the two talked, they came to the lake. Heshia drove the three ducklings into the water and let them swim in it by themselves and try to catch food, while she sat on the shore fishing and continued to chat with Agnes. At this time, the conversation between the two senior students came from far away and caught the attention of the two.

"It's been a long time since we fought, Terry." A tall and thin boy wore a black jacket and trousers with a white shirt inside.

"Haha, are you itching to fight o(*￣︶￣*)o."

The boy opposite him was also dressed the same, but his body was particularly fat.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's have a fight today.

" "No problem, but I have to wait a while for my big gannet to come back." The fat boy waved his hand.

"OK."

After that, the two walked towards the lake, as if they were going to fight on the lake. Just when Heshia and Agnes were thinking about whether to avoid it, a whirring sound of flapping wings came from overhead.

"Okay, my big gannet is here, where's yours?" The fat boy touched the gannet (pelican) that was almost as tall as him. Its feathers were mostly white, but there were gray parts on the edges of its wings. It looked like a variant of some extraordinary animal.

"That's not easy." As he said that, the tall and thin boy on the opposite side took out a whistle and blew it. Five black dots fell straight down from the sky, then flapped their wings and hovered behind him.

Blade Sequence 4: Black and White Crested Cuckoo. The head and back of this bird are soft black, but the abdomen and the bottom of the wings are snow-white, and the black eyes are smart.

Unlike ordinary extraordinary people, trainers have always believed in winning with more. Just like high-level extraordinary people can use various weapons and equipment to increase their strength, trainers often train multiple extraordinary animals as their helpers.

Before graduating from high school, he already has five animal companions with Sequence 4 Blades. This boy is also a very good student in Iridium Academy. No wonder he was so confident just now.

"What about you? Don't even mention that you have only cultivated this one gannet in this year." Seeing that the fat boy still didn't shake his hand, the other side asked mockingly.

"Haha, you will know later." The fat boy didn't care. As he spoke, the crested cuckoo and gannet on both sides flew to the sky above the lake. After some preparations, the battle began.

Compared to the larger gannets, the five crested cuckoos were extremely agile. Their "flying" skill rating was probably above Lv.5. At the beginning, they did not rush forward together, but moved separately. First, two attacked to test, while the other three watched and waited for an opportunity to move.

Two black and white figures quickly passed over the lake, and then attacked the gannets like scissors. The edges of their wings glowed faintly, and they were extremely sharp.

When it comes to sharp cutting, the Slashing Blade Sequence has always been the best. The efficiency of this sequence's magic conversion attack is also extremely high. Even other extraordinary people of Sequence 5 have to avoid the sharpness of the Slashing Blade Sequence 4, which is going all out. However, there are also disadvantages. Although the magic efficiency is extremely high, the means are very simple. If there is no assistance, it is easy to get into trouble.

The two crested cuckoos cut and crossed the gannet, bringing up large pieces of feathers, and even a trace of blood. Although the gannet still flew steadily, it still suffered a lot.

Confused about this, the tall and thin boy shook his head slightly and waved his hand again, so the two crested cuckoos once again returned from the air, dived down, and turned into two interlaced gray lines.

Compared with the other party's relaxed and carefree attitude, the fat boy focused his attention at this time, staring closely at the crested cuckoos diving from the sky, until the two sides were getting closer and closer, and then he suddenly shouted.

"Open your mouth!"

The big gannet opened its wide mouth as wide as possible, and an invisible sound wave spread. Even Heshia and Agnes, who were far away, felt a sudden tightness in their chests and a feeling of being unable to breathe. The two crested cuckoos flying rapidly in the sky were facing the impact at a closer distance. In an instant, their flight trajectory became chaotic, missing the figure of the gannet and falling into the lake.

While the two crested cuckoos fell into the water, the gannet also dived into the water, using its wings and feet to chase the two crested cuckoos underwater, and soon swallowed one with a big mouth, while the other was also in danger.

Compared with the gannets that live in water all year round, the crested cuckoo is a bird that lives in forests and mountains for a long time. It is not good at water battles. After its feathers are wet in the water, its speed and agility quickly drop . Even if it struggles during the period, it is still swallowed by the gannet.

The huge pocket is shaking, and the two crested cuckoos inside are struggling. After a while, the gannet loosens its beak and releases the two guys under the instruction of the fat boy.

"Humph." The tall and thin boy snorted coldly, letting the two crested cuckoos fall beside him, indicating that he is leaving, and then continued to command the three remaining crested cuckoos.

With the previous lessons, the three crested cuckoos are obviously much more cautious. They still attack the gannets in a staggered manner, but they will not attack together, and they will deliberately avoid certain directions to prevent themselves from falling into the water.

Even if a crested cuckoo is stunned by the sound waves of the gannet, there will be a companion to support it immediately, and hit the gannet's head heavily, so that it can't easily bite its teammates, and then counterattack.

After several exchanges, the big gannet began to lose the upper hand. Although the crested cuckoo was smaller, it was still too disadvantageous to fight one against three.

"This is the only way." The fat boy looked at the battle situation above the lake, nodded, and then gave instructions.

Soon, in another confrontation, the gannet opened its mouth again. Just when the three crested cuckoos thought it was going to use sonic attacks and avoided it, several fiery red shadows flew out of its mouth and attacked the three crested cuckoos that were close at hand.

Natural sequence 3. Fire tit, with red as the main color and gray and black as the auxiliary feathers, it is only about the size of a thumb, but it flies very fast and has a sharp black beak.

Suddenly besieged by more than a dozen fire tits, the crested cuckoo was a little flustered, and its wings were also ignited by the high temperature flames of the fire tits. At a moment, the gannet found an opportunity to drag it into the water and swallow one.

"Get out of the way!" In a hurry, the tall and thin boy on the opposite side shouted loudly, and the two crested cuckoos scattered and flew close to the water surface, stirring up some water droplets to extinguish the little flames on their bodies.

They flew straight up again, but the fire tit behind them obviously couldn't keep up with the speed and was soon thrown away.

After entering the high altitude, the two black and white crested cuckoos took a short rest, and then dived down. After losing the cover of the surprise attack, more than a dozen fire tits in the air were cut and swept down by the silver wings, falling like stones. Some were even cut and bleeding.

In fact, this was the result of the black and white crested cuckoo's restrained strength. After all, it was Sequence 4 and a Chopping Blade Sequence with extremely high attack power. If it went all out, these fire tits would definitely die on the spot.

Without the help of this group of small teammates, only the slow-flying gannet was left to fight alone. Although it was very tough, it couldn't withstand the high-altitude and high-speed cutting again and again. In the end, it could only go into the water to avoid the battle, leaving the crested cuckoo in the air with no good solution.

The sharp blades that tore through the air shot into the water, causing some splashes, but they quickly dissipated and could not cause any harm to the thick-skinned gannets.

"In the end, it turned out like this again." The tall and thin boy on the opposite side shook his head. He thought the fat boy would be more resolute and cultivate new extraordinary animals and tactics.

"It's a draw again this time." In the end, the two had to end this temporary battle and leave each other.

The battle just now unknowingly attracted a lot of onlookers. When the two protagonists left, various discussions were heard.

"They are fourth-grade students Zhehao (tall and thin) and Anbote (fat boy). They are old rivals."

"Zhehao is very powerful. He has already trained five black and white crested cuckoos."

"It is said that he selected more than 500 eggs just to prepare suitable eggs for incubation. Although the hatched crested cuckoos are extraordinary animals, most of them stopped at Sequence 2, and only a small number entered Sequence 3. Then he trained five Sequence 4 from more than 40 Sequence 3. If one of these five can advance to Sequence 5 before graduation, he can get the qualification certificate of a breeder." "

40 to 5, this success rate is very high. No wonder many teachers are optimistic about him."

"A breeder is like this. Behind every powerful extraordinary partner, there must be countless people of the same kind who have been eliminated. If every one of the breeders can advance, they will definitely be figures that will go down in history."

"Are you ready to become the strongest 'bird breeder', the son of the kite who conquers the sky."

"Ready!" After that, several first-grade students were excited, proud, and ran away with cheers.

The laughter in the distance made Heshia and Agnes, who were sitting by the lake, smile. Although they would not be so crazy or immature, they also had expectations and prospects in their hearts.

What kind of powerful partners will they cultivate in the future?

The human world is too complicated. The more prosperous the society, the easier it is for people to be lonely. After experiencing the loss of the Fifth Era, many people began to fall in love with simple-minded and loyal animal companions. They not only became helpers at work in the early days, but also became companions in life, allowing some lonely people to continue to move forward.

It is also because of the above reasons that the trainers, who were not paid much attention in the past, have developed rapidly in the Sixth Era. With the investment of countless personnel and technology, this originally abandoned path has gradually become wider, and the "Tree of Life Sect" believed by the trainers has also slowly spread in the Federation.

Even though the Twilight Age has long ended, the several major factions born in that era have still been passed down. To this day, there are still countless inheritors of their spirit and will, confronting and arguing with each other, arguing about who is the real way out for human civilization.

Inheriting the will of the "Mechanical Council", the Sigma Council composed of AI, machinery, electronics, and synthetics.

Inheriting the bloodline of the "Deep Sea Union", it sometimes appears and sometimes disappears in the deep sky. It has no country, but its footsteps are all over the galaxy, and even step into the unknown distance.

A special group of people who hide the thought of the "Tracing Cloud" and lurk among various countries and races as recorders.

Inheriting the will of the "Original Heart", relying on spiritual understanding and unity, forming a powerful political system, the Holy White Melody.

Representing the spirit of the Tree of Life Sect, it has the most races, the widest star field, and the most possible Rose Federation.

The children of the earth in the past, after leaving the cradle, went their separate ways again and walked on different paths.

Thanks to Meng Zhiyu, who named Fei Feifeifei, Destroying Angel, qwqcoder

Lianlian is just shaking Coke, Luo Yi, and other book friends for their rewards~

(End of this chapter)