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Normally, in a beast companion contract, the contract is formed when the contractee defeats the magical beast and makes it submit. However, there are certain cases where this isn’t necessary, such as when the magical beast is severely injured or in an unconscious state.
Ultimately, the purpose of the contract is to establish a connection between the two parties at the time of contracting, so defeating the magical beast isn’t always required.
In reality, making the contract after defeating the magical beast can sometimes harm the loyalty and obedience of the beast. The process of subduing the magical beast and forming the contract may have a negative impact on the bond between the two parties.
In the case of the Duke, although he had a 50-50 chance of winning against the Gryphon leader, the knight’s code prevented him from taking advantage of the situation.
The sedative on the Gryphon’s body would take at least half a month to completely dissipate. The Duke decided to postpone the battle for the next half month. Moreover, engaging in a fight between two peak-level seventh-grade powerhouses would inevitably cause significant damage to the surrounding environment. If it were a life-or-death battle, the Duke couldn’t afford to be concerned about the contract. However, in this case, he could wait until after the contract was completed.
Although he felt like he could take advantage of the situation, the Duke chose to wait for the contract to be formed.
“Once the contract is formed, we can have our battle. There’s no need to rush.”
Aresia understood the mindset of a strong individual, and she could guess what was bothering the Duke when she saw his slightly furrowed brow.
Indeed, her words hit the nail on the head. In this case, a contract battle was a possibility.
In the end, the Duke asked Aresia to help him contract the unconscious Gryphon leader.
As a peak-level seventh-grade Gryphon leader, even in a sedated state, its resistance and consciousness were still very strong. The Duke, who was also a peak-level seventh-grade and a resolute knight, possessed a mental strength that was far superior to that of the Gryphon. Despite some setbacks due to the Gryphon’s resistance, the contract was successfully formed.
The mark of the contract, representing the successful formation of the contract, appeared on the Gryphon leader’s forehead.
After the contract was completed, Aresia handed a ring made specifically for the Gryphon leader to the Duke.
This was a spatial ring secretly made by Aresia during her overtime work in the evening, with twice the capacity of the previous beast space.
When the Duke saw the ring, he instantly understood what it was. He had seen Amos with this beast space ring yesterday and had shown off about it.
The Duke took the ring and put it on without needing Aresia’s guidance. He immediately established a blood connection with the Gryphon leader, even in its unconscious state.
“Amos said you want to go to the treasury?”
In fact, what Amos said is that Aresia want to go to treasury to pick a gift for Isis. The Duke knew that Isis and Aresia were the same person, so he understood that this what Aresia wanted.
Aresia nodded directly.
“Okay, you can go to the treasury. The main items in the treasury are precious jewels, weapons, and magic artifacts. There aren’t many magic materials stored there.”
Hmm?
Aresia immediately caught the meaning behind the Duke’s expression and became excited.
“Father, if there’s something I’m interested in, can I take it?”
The Duke nodded.
Aresia and the Duke turned to the castle’s treasury located underground in the castle. This is a treasure trove collected by the previous generations for hundreds of years. Everything is a real treasure, priceless, but as the Duke said, there are relatively few magical materials that Aresia is interested in.
Firstly, many magic materials are difficult to preserve. If left for hundreds of years, they will definitely lose their effectiveness. Furthermore, the magic materials of the Rogest family had been utilized by countless Rogest mages, leaving very little behind that truly interested Aresia. Among them was a long-unused dragon blood and dragon bone, the former for concocting top-tier potions, the latter for creating weapons.
When Aresia came across the dragon bone, she had a moment of contemplation. She considered crafting a magic staff from it, but she quickly dismissed the idea. This dragon bone emitted fiery waves, like that of a fire dragon, making it unsuitable for a mage like her, who is a full-scale mage.
She looked at the Dragon Bones and said to the Duke: “This dragon bone is more suitable for making swords and weapons. Why is it kept here?”
The Duke smiled, “The ancestors left behind more than just this piece of dragon bone. All the weapons I use are made from dragon bone, a tradition passed down by the Rogest family. However, using a dragon bone weapon requires a certain level of strength; even your brother Amos couldn’t fully unleash its power. Additionally, it’s difficult to find a blacksmith skilled enough to forge weapons from dragon bone. Therefore, this piece of dragon bone has been stored here all this time. If you need it, just take it.”
Aresia shook her head; this dragon bone should be a spine, very large, not only taller but also thicker. If she didn’t plan to craft a magic staff or use it for other purposes, it would be a waste. However, it wasn’t entirely without use. “I’ll scrape off some bone powder; it’ll last a long time.”
The Duke didn’t stop her, but was rather interested in seeing how she would scrape the bone powder. Dragon bone was known to be exceptionally hard, not something easily broken by ordinary tools.
Of course Aresia didn’t have any handy tools at hand, but the Duke did.
So the Duke, who originally wanted to watch the fun, was instructed by his daughter to use his weapon that is made of dragon bone to scrape bone powder.
It was quite a laborious task. With the weapon made of dragon bone and the strength of a seventh-level knight, the Duke started to scrape some bone powder.
The Duke holding a container that have some dragon bone powder he collected, and gave it to Aresia, shaking his head.
Aresia, satisfied, took the dragon blood and dragon bone powder from the treasury. She also collected some magic materials. The Duke took two sets of jewelry from the rack beside Aresia, which was used to display jewelry. He gave them to her.
Aresia received two sets of jewelry in protective cases, enchanted with magic. She looked puzzled.
“Dear, you should dress up properly. Don’t always wear drab clothes and anger your mother. These two sets of jewelry may not be very trendy, but the gemstones on them are quite good. Take them to a jeweler to make some modifications. They are perfect for you.”
The Duke had good taste, and he had chosen two sets of jewelry: one with pink diamonds and one in rose color, which happened to be Aresia’s favorite.
Although Aresia wasn’t particularly interested in jewelry, she didn’t dislike them either, especially since they were personally chosen by the Duke. She couldn’t refuse and smiled as she accepted them, saying, “Thank you, Father. I really like them.”
After leaving the treasury with a full harvest, Aresia asked her father about the remaining Gryphons and when they would be taken away, as they shouldn’t keep occupying space in the castle.
The Duke discussed with his team members before coming to a decision. In fact, the Gryphon Legion allowed their members to exchange magical beasts based on their military achievements. The regulations for exchanging beasts of different levels had already been established. Currently, only about one-third of the Legion’s members have beast companion.
Some had exchanged their military achievements for noble titles or knightly territories, while others had not accumulated enough military achievements to exchange for magical beasts. Some were saving up to exchange for higher-level beasts.
This batch of Gryphons was very suitable for their needs. From level five to level seven, they were the preferred magical beasts for the knights of the Gryphon Legion. If they were to allow exchanges, the Duke didn’t want to leave behind the 5,000 knights in the castle and the 25,000 people in the city of Holy Lotean.
If they were to allow exchanges, they needed to inform the remaining personnel in Holy Lotean and make a list of those who wanted to exchange based on their military achievements, prioritizing those with higher achievements.
The fastest way to deliver the message was to use the magic of the mages. However, there was no rush for this matter, and the Duke didn’t want to spend unnecessary money. Instead, he asked the knights with flying magical beasts to fly back and deliver the message. It would take a few days, but it wouldn’t be too long.
It was difficult to predict if there would be any danger on Aresia’s side, so the Duke wanted to stay for a while. Mainly, he was eagerly anticipating Aresia’s teleportation array. With a teleportation array, who wouldn’t want to avoid traveling on horseback and camping?
Especially when Aresia told him that another teleportation array was planned to be drawn to connect to the spatial teleportation magic in Holy Lotean. It wouldn’t take more than two or three days to complete it.
After a while, who wouldn’t want to climb aboard a few teleportation arrays if given the opportunity?
The Duke didn’t want the army to directly teleport back to Holy Lotean. He knew that his mansion wasn’t far from the imperial palace, and if 5,000 knights suddenly appeared, it would cause a commotion.