After waking up

In his room, Mulan was concentrating on a special attempt with his eyes closed.

‘Feel the breath of nature’

Mulan is already extremely talented, and with the help of elves, it is not very difficult for him to understand nature.

Maintaining this state, Mulan maintained the resonance, a strange resonance with nature, and then gently opened the window.

Suddenly, a stronger natural atmosphere blended in, it was the sea breeze from the sea, it was the moist water vapor and the distant storm.

After a long time, Mulan opened his eyes.

‘It was about two hours ago. ’

With this thought in his mind, Mulan closed the window again, then opened the notes on the table and started writing. There was a stack of thick books next to the notebook, some opened, some closed, and some filled with books. Bookmark.

After writing a paragraph, Mulan dragged another book and started to look at it carefully. There were black and white photos and color pictures on it. There were elicited symbols and labels on the pictures, and there were corresponding labels on the trees.

These are images of animals, mostly birds.

Suddenly, Mulan's ears twitched and he heard some noises. He looked up at the window and saw a raven. However, the raven did not come alone. It was also holding a bird carcass on its feet.

Mulan directly opened the window and took the bird carcass from the raven's talons.

"Thank you. You don't have to come here in the short term. You can come back when Siluas is almost ready."

"Ah~"

In response, the raven spread its wings and flew into the sky again.

Mulan immediately closed the window, then opened the drawer of his desk and took out a metal tray and a bag of leather-sealed tools.

Mullan took off his coat, unbuttoned the cuffs of his shirt and rolled them up. Then he took out a pair of thin gloves from the tool bag and put them on. Then he took out a sharp and thin scalpel and began to cut the bird carcasses.

Every internal organ, every small piece of bone, every piece of skin and muscle tissue, Mulan carefully decomposed the poor bird. After several hours, Mulan put down the knife and tweezers and took off the stained bird. With blood-stained gloves, he picked up the pen and started writing in the notebook again.

In his notebook, Mulan also used charcoal to sketch a newly dissected bird, both complete and anatomical.

'It's still not enough, I need more, preferably alive, do you have any good ideas? ’

‘Perhaps you can think from the perspective of nature. ’

nature?

Mulan groped the stubble on his chin and thought, yes, it is late winter and early spring here in Dilga, and there are not many birds, especially wanted birds.

'Thanks, I know how to do it. ’

The elf's words reminded Mulan that he was not alone.

Mulan, who is a shadow demon, is sitting on a train heading north with four Silent Knights.

At this moment, the train was stopping at the station of a small city. Mulan, who originally only had to wait, suddenly stood up.

"We'll get off at this station."

With that said, Mulan had already picked up his luggage and walked towards the exit, walking towards the passengers queuing up to get off the bus.

The four Silent Knights quickly stood up and followed Mulan, and soon the five of them got out of the car together.

They were silent, and after walking into the city for a while, Solomon approached Mulan and asked in a low voice.

"Lord Sage, did you notice something was wrong?"

"No, I suddenly have some important research to do and need to stay for a short time. Renault and I will find a suitable house and we will rent it for about a week."

"Solomon, Caesar, Phoenix, you go and find out if there is a bird market nearby. It's best if you stay alive. You can also ask the bird hunters where they usually hunt."

"Understood!"

The three left, and Renault followed Mulan to find a suitable place to live.

When the price is high enough, it is definitely not difficult to find a house. Needless to say, it is only for a week. Mulan generously stated that he would need to rent for half a year, and he would not be here most of the time, so he successfully got a house. Key to a single-family house.

After Mullan and Renault settled in, the other three people soon got news.

Because it is now popular in Basman to decorate hats with feathers, or even use whole bird specimens to put on hats, especially among ladies and wealthy ladies, bird markets are not uncommon in Basman. .

Many professional bird hunters have spawned a living from this, selling their prey based on the size of the birds, the beauty of their feathers and the degree of physical damage.

Just that afternoon, there were more than a dozen wooden cages in the house Mulan rented, containing dozens of birds of various shapes, including crows, parrots, golden pheasants, swifts, and so on.

The two Mullans started working simultaneously in the south and north. Basman's side was mainly engaged in dissection and recording work, while on Dilga's side, Mullan needed to conduct detailed analysis and deduce various hidden details.

Putting aside the current reality of severe persecution of birds, what Mullan did seemed to be a very cruel process, but it was necessary and he had to confirm every detail personally.

An incidental product is that Mulan made many beautiful hats decorated with feathers or specimens, which can be regarded as a kind of cover without much difficulty.

Unexpectedly, these hats aroused a good response in the market. They just let Solomon and others sell them at will, but within just a week, there were already people who wanted to ask Mulan to customize them. Of course, Mulan could not engage in such a side business, and just put them into the market. The money spent on renting a house and buying a bird can only be earned back several times.

A week later, Mulan put down the scalpel and took off his gloves. On the other side of Dilga, Mulan was still writing furiously, adding nodes and drawing out symbols for the illustrations sketched on the side, until ten I stopped writing after a few minutes.

"Huh~ It should be fine."

Mulan on both sides took a breath at the same time and leaned on the chair to rest for a while.

After almost resting, the two Mulans, who felt full of energy and energy, stood up and left their seats at the same time.

Mulan slowly closed his eyes at Valentine's house, countless images, words, and his own understanding flashed through his mind.

‘Sir, I want to remind you that your research is too detailed and too perfect. Too perfect may not be a good thing, and you may also blend in too perfectly. ’

Mulan knew what the elf meant.

‘Thank you for reminding Silas, but I have lofty faith in my heart. This will trumps everything and will not distort my thinking. ’

‘And, isn’t there you? ’

Silas was silent for a moment.

‘Sir, you cannot become dependent on me. ’

‘I never become dependent on anything, but not using it when I can use it is a waste. Don’t worry, although I do things crazy, I am calmer than anyone else. ’

‘The dawn will protect you, sage! ’

Silas, who felt Mulan's thoughts, said nothing more, and while Mulan was having a spiritual conversation, the magic power on his body was constantly active.

The magic covered the body, covered the hair, covered every cell, and even covered the clothes.

Mulan's body began to become a little distorted, and his bones also made slight noises. Then the speed became faster and faster, and his body continued to shrink and change under the influence of magic power and will.

The fingers began to come together, feathers began to grow from the pores and sleeves, the nose shrank and the lips narrowed, the teeth continued to extend and come together and protruded outwards to become a beak, the body shrank and hugged, the arms stretched, and the toes became thinner and longer. sharp nails

Ten seconds later, a light gray swift appeared indoors. The bird's claws were on the back of the chair. It stretched its wings and stared curiously at its feathers and claws with a pair of smart eyes.

‘The first transformation took about sixteen seconds, as expected of me! ’

‘I feel relieved to hear you say that. ’

When Mulan heard the elf's joke, he wanted to laugh out loud, but when he opened his mouth, the sound came out instead.

"Chirp~~hee~~chirp~~"

Theoretically, it is definitely not that simple for Mulan to learn to transform, and it is even possible that he will not be able to learn it. However, the existence of elves makes Mulan feel like cheating, which is equivalent to having a natural talent.

Coupled with the unreserved knowledge and experience of the Crow Cult, Mulan's success seemed to be achieved overnight when he was well prepared.

In the rented house in the small town of Basman, in front of the wide-eyed sight of the four silent knights, their sage had just transformed from a human into a crow.

Although the Silent Knights had seen the changes in Raven Messenger, it was still a bit scary to suddenly see Mulan.

Solomon swallowed and asked in disbelief.

"Xian, Master Xian?"

"Ah~ah~"

The crow spreads its wings and observes itself curiously. Success x2, sense of achievement x2!

And because Gormos' body itself is a shadow demon, the power of shadow is good at transformation, which will act on the body and provide a certain amount of assistance, making it easier and simpler for Mulan to transform into a crow.

The next moment, the crow transformed into Mulan again, which also made the Four Knights breathe a sigh of relief.

"Don't be nervous. Transformation is a very important and convenient ability for me, and I can properly control the dangerous variables."

Natural professions who are proficient in transformation are of course druids, but such professions are indeed rarely chosen in today's era. After all, transformation is an extremely energy-consuming subject. It is not only very dangerous, but also has poor resistance.

It is very wasteful and unscientific to let the rare natural types choose this path, but it is undeniable that this ability is really convenient, so even if it takes up a lot of energy, some of the more talented natural types will not choose to go moral. Rui, but will also try to practice a variation.