Wizard: Grinding experience starting with Knight's Breathing Technique

Chapter 94 Snow Eagle Lord (1st update! 3600 words, please subscribe)

In Icewind City, Li Wei began a life of seclusion.

Aside from going to the Shining Tavern every day to check on his assigned tasks, he spent most of his time in the inn.

The auction at the end of the month is already generating buzz for his "Leviathan Armor". These past few days, as Li Wei walks down the street, with his intermediate vibration perception, he can often hear nobles or knights discussing the "Golden Warhammer".

"I thought the Golden Warhammer was just a flash in the pan, but I never imagined it was all for six months to forge the Leviathan Armor, this masterpiece!"

"Yes, our master is already raising money for this item. It's a masterpiece, a mithril armor, and the starting bid is probably 200 gold coins. Who can afford that?"

"Tell your master to give up. I heard that Earl Silvermount will personally send someone to attend the auction; he's determined to get this Leviathan Armor!"

"What? Even such important figures have been alerted? Then we minor nobles have absolutely no chance."

"That's right. The production of Golden Warhammer Masters is too small. It takes a long time for one to be born each time. Scarcity makes things valuable."

"There's no way around it, that's how masters are. They always strive for perfection and have extremely high standards for their work. Each piece is the result of their whole heart and soul and countless hours of effort. Only when you wear such armor can you feel at ease."

Li Wei had heard many conversations like this recently.

This shows that the pre-launch promotion for Shining Tavern was quite good, and it seems that my Leviathan Armor can indeed fetch a good price.

There's nothing we can do about it; he's the only master craftsman in the world right now.

However, what Li Wei was most concerned about was not the price of the Leviathan Armor, but whether he could use the armor to lure out the "Serpent".

During this time, Shining Tavern told Li Wei that several nobles who wished to remain anonymous wanted to commission Master Terra to make custom armor.

Because Livy set a threshold of 500 gold coins, this alone would exclude the vast majority of barons, so these individuals are likely counts or a few wealthy barons.

After changing his appearance and disguising himself, Li Wei met with all the clients who needed custom-made items, wearing a mask. From the information he gathered indirectly, he realized that these people were not the Duke of Black Mountain's men and were not his targets.

These people bluntly tried to recruit Li Wei into their territory, but Li Wei politely declined.

Li Wei accepted all their orders, but the delivery time was six months later, giving him ample time to forge them.

The three custom orders each exceeded 500 gold coins. Li Wei had already collected 300 gold coins in deposits. His earning speed as a craftsman was faster than that of a group of blacksmiths in his territory.

Of course, these big clients are not worried that Li Wei will breach the contract and run away with the deposit. For each master, the most valuable thing is their reputation, which is the fundamental reason why they are valuable!

To put it bluntly, although the master's skill level far surpasses that of other blacksmiths, it still doesn't deserve such a high premium.

The premium of a master comes from his reputation and brand value.

Without a good reputation, a master's value will be greatly diminished, and Li Wei would naturally not do something that would ruin his future.

One day, as Li Wei passed by a small wooden house, he noticed a snow-white bird perched on the owner's arm. It looked quite beautiful.

It has the appearance of a raptor with a wingspan of over a meter, but it looks listless at the moment, probably due to excessive hunger.

This is a snow eagle, a bird of prey unique to the north, like the snow hare and snow deer.

"I'll buy this snow eagle." Li Wei had a sudden inspiration, walked up to the hunter, took out a gold coin, and said.

"Huh?" The hunter was dressed in rags and looked malnourished, indicating that his recent hunting harvest had not been very good.

This snow eagle was his hunting falcon, but due to the severe cold in the north, there were fewer and fewer prey. In the wilderness, he could barely catch a few snow hares, so the hunter was naturally struggling to make ends meet.

"Are you sure?" He took the gold coin from Li Wei, somewhat incredulous.

"Okay, give me the eagle," Li Wei said.

"Alright, alright, no take-backs." The hunter took the gold coin, took a bite, and closed the door with a grin.

Li Wei caught the snow eagle, which was healthy but listless because it was hungry.

The hunters themselves were starving, so naturally they had no meat to feed the snow eagles.

Li Wei had learned eagle taming techniques and was already at the third-tier limit of beast taming.

Upon seeing the snow eagle again, Li Wei had an idea.

He wanted to tame this snow eagle and make it his pet.

He had met those people who spoke the deathbird before; they seemed to train crows to deliver messages.

You can train snow eagles yourself; they can also be used to communicate with your territory and to keep watch.

It's important to know that an eagle's field of vision at high altitudes far surpasses that of a human.

Having such a soaring and hovering biological drone, paired with one's wild heart, wouldn't that be a perfect match?

"I haven't developed the Wild Heart skill enough. I've been too focused on practicing breathing techniques. Actually, this seemingly ordinary skill has great value."

Li Wei reflected on himself and took Xueying back to his residence.

He took out some meat and gave it to the hungry fellow.

Snow Eagle is a falcon, professionally trained, and generally won't eat food given by strangers, unless... it can't resist.

It was so hungry that its professional instincts couldn't resist the temptation of the food, and it began to feast on the ground.

"Eat up, eat more."

Li Wei continued practicing his breathing technique. His Giant Rhinoceros Breathing Technique was almost at the fifth level, so he had been focusing on tackling it for the past few days.

Three days later, Xueying had basically let down her guard against Li Wei and was already able to stand on Li Wei's shoulders to eat.

Five days later, relying on the wild heart.

This falcon, which belonged to someone else, has been completely tamed by Li Wei.

Although they can't yet achieve the same level of perfect understanding as the three brothers, they can still follow basic instructions.

With just a little more time to get used to it, Li Wei's reconnaissance biological unit, which consumes a piece of meat every hundred kilometers, will be able to soar through the skies and be at his disposal.

And the day of the auction is getting closer and closer.

During this period, a number of wandering knights and nobles have been arriving in Icewind City. Some of them came specifically for the "Leviathan Armor" forged by the Golden Warhammer Master.

The entire Frozen City was suddenly filled with a sense of impending doom because of a master craftsman's mithril armor.

On this day, a tall figure dressed in heavy armor, wearing an iron helmet, and carrying a serrated sword arrived in Icewind City.

He is none other than the Duke of Black Mountain's hidden trump card, the Shark Tooth Knight.

A true Grand Knight, he left the Black Mountain Duke's territory half a year ago and came to this Icewind City area. He hasn't completed a single one of the three tasks given to him by the Black Mountain Duke...

This made him dare not return to Black Mountain City to report, as he could not bear the Duke of Black Mountain's wrath.

The Shark Tooth Knight was in a bad mood. As a great knight, he thought completing these tasks would be easy.

Unexpectedly, reality slapped him in the face.

His first task was to find Sir Horton. Through his investigation over this period, he had basically determined that Sir Horton had been murdered, not fleeing to escape punishment; he simply hadn't found the killer yet. This happened so long ago, and the Duke of Blackshan is only now giving him this task to investigate? Isn't this making things difficult for him?

The second quest to find the Golden Warhammer was also not completed by Sharktooth Knight. The first thing he did after arriving in Icewind City was to stake out the Shining Tavern, looking for the person wearing the golden mask. However, after a month of waiting, he didn't see anything. It seemed that the Golden Warhammer had disappeared all of a sudden.

He tried to find out the true identity of the Golden Warhammer from the staff at the Shining Tavern, but even though he was a Grand Knight, the staff at Shining Tavern still "politely declined." He knew that even if the Duke of Black Mountain came, it wouldn't make a difference.

So he temporarily abandoned the mission and went to Blackwater Valley to carry out what he considered the simplest task.

What he didn't expect was that this task, which he thought would be the simplest, would become the beginning of his nightmare journey.

He led his hired wandering knights confidently to Blackwater Valley, but did not encounter Baron Levi. Upon inquiry, he learned that Baron Levi was not in the territory, which he naturally did not believe, and he immediately took action.

He thought that taking over a mere baronial territory would be a piece of cake.

But when the well-trained, fully armed armored cavalry appeared next, even he, a great knight, was somewhat shocked. This kind of configuration was something only a damned baron could possess.

Even a small earldom is nothing special!

But that wasn't the most shocking thing for him. When the three giant bears from the North attacked, he realized just how deep the Blackwater Valley really was.

Someone actually kept a Northern Giant Bear in their territory, and what's worse, a three-headed one!

However, all of this was still within the control of the Shark Tooth Knight. He alone killed so many elite cavalrymen that they fled in terror.

Only Fred and a few others remained, stubbornly resisting due to their numerical advantage. It was only a matter of time before they were wiped out. As the fighting went on, he didn't notice that the two sides had reached the Blackwater River.

Just as he was preparing to capture these people and interrogate them thoroughly about Baron Levy's whereabouts, an unexpected event occurred.

He suddenly felt someone behind him, a wet person!

Countless water plants and dead fish tangled and hung from the person behind her. It was a woman whose body was swollen and who was spitting out water. Her hair was disheveled, and she was terrifying and creepy.

She lay on his back, and the Sharktooth Knight felt as if the woman wanted to burrow into his body. For a moment, he felt as if his body no longer belonged to him.

Fortunately, his powerful physique and perseverance as a great knight allowed him to persist for a long time. In addition, he had a flash of inspiration and used black energy to make the woman feel pain, thus temporarily forcing her out of his body.

After that, Sharktooth Knight fled this damned area in a frenzy without looking back!

Thinking about this, he felt a chill run down his spine. If he weren't strong enough, he suspected that his body would already be the vessel possessed by that evil spirit.

According to legend, some evil spirits, unable to dispel their resentment from their previous lives, linger in some gloomy places in the human world, unable to enter the underworld ruled by the god of death in mythology.

They seek out a host or kill others to replace themselves, thus entering the underworld as "scapegoats."

Sharktooth Knight suspected that he had encountered this type of evil spirit. The more powerful the evil spirit, the more powerful the scapegoat it needs!

That's why that evil spirit attacked me! Damn it!

Although Sharktooth Knight successfully escaped, the aftereffects of the evil spirit invasion still left him weak for a long time. The feeling of being completely drained and squeezed dry by ten thousand prostitutes still sent chills down his spine when he thought about it.

Even now, his strength has not fully recovered; he only possesses about two-thirds of his peak strength.

"An ominous place."

This is the Sharktooth Knight's description of Baron Levi's territory; he suspects that Baron Levi is already dead.

So that Sir Fred was lying; Baron Levy didn't go on a long trip, he died!

The one who has been managing the territory is now Fred, a retainer.

Fred's ambitions were immense. He was secretly amassing troops and undertaking large-scale construction projects, clearly intending to rebel. He had planned to report this matter to the Duke of Black Mountain, which would be considered a way of fulfilling his duty.

Unexpectedly, not long after leaving Icewind City, he heard that the Golden Warhammer Master had reappeared in Icewind City, so he turned back.

Sharktooth Knight's idea was simple: he had to complete at least one of the three tasks before he could hand them in.

This time he must take the golden warhammer with him, even if the merciful Father of God comes, he cannot stop him!

In this Icewind City, apart from the Silver Mountain Knights and the Church, Sharktooth is invincible!

Thank you 2022……5030 for the 100-coin reward.

(End of this chapter)