Chapter 214 051: The Harpy and the Banshee's Wail
"Look, the harpy!" At this moment, Richard pointed in a direction.
When Luo Xi looked over there, he saw several strange humanoid creatures appearing in the forest.
Their facial appearance is at the level of ordinary human females, and their facial features are even relatively beautiful. Their uniform bright silver hair is particularly dazzling under the sunlight, and their fair skin is like first snow. Overall, they look very charming.
However, their bodies are in the shape of wild beasts, with thick feathers covering their curvy bodies, and even their feet are eagle claws, making them look very aggressive.
"Harpy..." Luo Xi couldn't help but look at it carefully.
Harpies are relatively high-end magical creatures in the wizarding world. And because they possess strong mental powers and their bodies are very compatible with the elements, they can produce extraordinary effects when combined with the wizard's magic. They are one of the most suitable magical creatures to be a wizard's pet.
The price of a harpy in the market basically starts at one million magic stones, and many times there is still no demand for it.
The reason why it is sold at such a high price is not only because the harpy itself is powerful and difficult to capture, but more importantly, the cost of cultivating it into a magical pet is too high.
Harpies are atmospheric creatures. Like other atmospheric creatures, they can only survive in the sky world. If they go to land, their "levitation" will break down, causing them to die.
Because of this, in order to cultivate a harpy's magical pet, a lot of magical modifications must be made to its body, so that its body can adapt to the terrestrial environment and replace the levitation in the body with other organs.
Moreover, harpies are ferocious and brutal by nature, so to train a magical pet one has to start with a cub. Harpies are social animals, so just imagine how difficult it is to hunt a cub among a group of wizard-level magical creatures.
"Be careful, these things are out. They have bad tempers. If they see us passing by here, they might think we are going to invade them. Put this on to avoid being hurt by their banshee howling."
As Richard spoke, he took out two pairs of earmuffs from his space ring and handed one to Luo Xi.
Luo Xi took the earmuffs and put them on his ears. He didn't know what material this thing was made of, but the sound insulation effect was surprisingly good. After putting them on, Luo Xi was surprised to find that he could not hear any sound from outside.
He was about to ask Richard, but at this moment Richard pointed to the sky in the distance and said something with his mouth open. After he took off his earmuffs, he heard what he said: "Look over there."
When Luo Xi turned around, he saw more and more harpies flying out from the floating island in the distance, and gathered in groups in the sky on both sides of the airship. Luo Xi took a quick glance and saw at least several hundred of them.
After these harpies came out, they began to scream at the airship with their mouths wide open.
The shrill screams were like invisible swords, piercing directly into the human brain. Luo Xi instantly felt a sharp pain in his mental strength. His face changed and he quickly put on the earmuffs that Richard had just given him.
However, even these earmuffs with amazing soundproofing effects seemed unable to completely block out the sounds of the harpies. Luo Xi could still hear some screams, but without the mental stinging feeling he had before. They were just like ordinary screams, except that they were noisy.
"Is this the Banshee's Wail? Such a terrifying power."
He had read about the Banshee's Wail in a book. This was a unique innate ability of the Harpy, which possessed a very powerful mental attack that was said to be difficult for even ordinary wizards to resist.
Luo Xi's soul refinement has exceeded 50%, and his mental defense power is extraordinary. However, he still felt uncomfortable just now. This shows how powerful the harpy's howl is.
The attacks are still ongoing.
The terrifying power of the wails of hundreds of harpies at the same time was displayed vividly at this moment. The powerful sound waves even formed visible sound waves in the air, and wave after wave of ripples hit the airship like sea waves.
For a moment, the airship was like a ship caught in a storm, swaying from side to side under the attack of the sound waves.
The airship's defensive magic has been fully activated, and a bubble-like film has opened outward to protect the airship firmly. If not for this, the airship would probably have been reduced to powder in the violent noise.
Such noise continued for more than ten minutes until the airship completely sailed out of the floating island area and finally quieted down.
After flying for a while, Richard patted Luo Xi on the shoulder and signaled that he could take off his earmuffs.
Richard asked, "How is it? You've never seen such a scene before, right?"
Luo Xi nodded: "It's hard to see harpies on land, and there are so many of them. We have experienced the power of the harpies' wails. No wonder they sounded the alarm and asked us to return to the cabin. But can the cabin withstand such wails?"
Richard explained: "There are special soundproofing measures in the cabin, and the sound has to go through several layers of protection before it reaches the cabin. The effect is almost the same as silent earmuffs."
Luo Xi said: "I see."
After chatting for a while at the stern, Luo Xi learned that Richard was 20 years old, slightly older than him, and it was exactly five years since he first embarked on the path of a wizard, which just happened to be stuck at the threshold of Mircella's maze.
He said that the wizards who responded to the request on this airship were basically in the same situation as him. They all came from wizard families and relied purely on massive resources to build up their strength. Luo Xi was the only one who was promoted to a wizard within five years purely through his own practice.
After listening to Richard's story, Luo Xi couldn't help but sigh at the gap in status in the wizarding world. He originally thought that a pure-blood like Jeffrey was already outstanding, but compared with these real wizarding families, it was really nothing.
The goal that countless apprentices have tried their best to achieve in their entire lives can be accomplished in just five years by these wizarding families. If I didn't have the help of a system, I'm afraid I would never be able to achieve this goal in my lifetime.
“Is this the advantage brought by bloodline?”
The further you advance on the wizard's path, the more resources you will need, and the greater the differences between wizards will be.
Although becoming a wizard is the goal that countless apprentices strive for, looking at the long road of becoming a wizard, this is actually just the beginning of the wizard's road...
(End of this chapter)
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