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In the barracks, Leng Qing slowly walked into the empty room.
The Battlemages had already gone to the battlefield. She could not see anyone left behind to guard the place.
Leng Qing slowly walked toward Wang Xiaojun's room. It was a small storeroom, but it was tidied up neatly. The only messy things she could see were some gray hairs that she did not notice …
"Sir, Wang Xiaojun doesn't have a military rank yet. We can't arrange him to stay in the barracks. His brother is a Heavenly Eagle Magician. After he went missing, I took pity on him, so I arranged for him to stay here with the title of an apprentice Beast Tamer … what's wrong? Did the kid get himself into some serious trouble? "asked Xu Li cautiously.
Leng Qing walked into the room with her cold high heels and picked up a picture frame from the table.
In the picture frame, a young Battlemage was pressing Wang Xiaojun's head, who looked to be around twelve or thirteen years old, with a bright smile on his face. Wang Xiaojun seemed to be unwilling to do so. It was likely that he believed in the curse of being unable to grow taller after being touched on the head.
Behind them, there was a snow-white Heavenly Eagle. It was majestic and tall, and it was currently raising its head with a very proud look.
Wang Xiaojun was holding a gray egg in his hand. Judging from how careful he was, it was obvious that he was very fond of it.
"The kid treated the Heavenly Eagle with mixed lineage like a treasure, and has been raising it until now. After all, it was a gift from his brother before he left … Normally, the Beast Tamer Camp forbids the gray Heavenly Eagles from showing up in the barracks, but since he's the relative of the victim, we decided to turn a blind eye to it. After all, he's still young, yet he keeps saying that he wants to be the strongest Heavenly Eagle Magician in West Fortress. I know he disobeyed the order, but I don't think it's enough for the Vice Elder of the Magic Court to come and punish him in person. If you really want to punish him, please do so on account of his young age …" pleaded Beast Tamer Xu Li.
Xu Li and Wang Xiaojun's brother were only acquaintances. Although Xu Li was strict and impatient with Wang Xiaojun on the surface, he still felt sorry for the poor kid. The kid was about to reach the age of eighteen and officially join the Army. Xu Li did not want him to be kicked out just like that.
"Pack up his things and give them to me. Also, ask your Commander Ming Kuo to give him the title of Heavenly Eagle Mage. He will understand." Leng Qing placed the picture frame back on the table and said to the pockmarked Beast Tamer who had taken Wang Xiaojun in.
"Heavenly Eagle Magician, are you saying to give him the rank of Heavenly Eagle Magician?" Xu Li looked at Leng Qing in disbelief.
However, Xu Li soon discovered something, and his expression changed. His voice turned cold, and he said in a tone that even he couldn't believe, "What did you just say? Add … Add?"
Granting the title of Heavenly Eagle Magician and adding the title of Heavenly Eagle Magician were two different concepts!
Granting the title meant that the person involved had personally received the title from their superior, while adding it meant that the person involved could no longer claim the title himself … as the person was already dead!
Xu Li's rank was not high. He had no idea what had happened in the meeting room of West Fortress. When someone like Leng Qing showed up, Xu Li thought he had gotten himself into great trouble.
"I'm sorry, we didn't protect him well," said Leng Qing to Xu Li in an ashamed tone.
Xu Li's entire body froze.
He could not believe it … he was only a year away from officially becoming a Battlemage.
No one knew how much he wanted to become a Battlemage better than Xu Li. Only Xu Li knew that he wanted to become a Heavenly Eagle Magician, just like his brother. Even though the feathers of the Heavenly Eagle he was training were gray, his determination had never wavered.
Xu Li felt like he was having a hard time catching his breath. He wanted to know what had happened.
"Xu Li, Beast Tamer Xu Li, Beast Tamer Xu Li …"
The voice of a logistician suddenly came from outside the dormitory. It echoed for a long time, yet Xu Li was still in a daze.
"I'm … I'm here," said Xu Li weakly.
"There's a red Heavenly Eagle flying toward your sentry post. Someone recognized the Heavenly Eagle. It seems to be your pet, but they aren't sure if they should kill it. Come here at once!" yelled the logistician.
Xu Li was confused. He did not remember raising a gray-red Heavenly Eagle before …
"Let's go and take a look," said Leng Qing.
Both of them quickly left Xiao Jun's room and strode towards the Sky Hawk's outpost.
There was a group of logisticians and a few combat personnel nearby. They were surrounding the sentry post, hesitating if they should treat the place as their enemy.
Leng Qing and Xu Li arrived at the sentry post and saw a gray-red Heavenly Eagle flying toward them at a low altitude …
The gray-red Heavenly Eagle was having a hard time flying. It felt like it was going to fall to the ground a few times, yet it still managed to flap its wings and rise into the air.
Finally, the gray-red Heavenly Eagle came closer. It was only fifty meters away from the sentry post.
Xu Li's eyes widened in astonishment.
Yes, he had never reared a red Heavenly Eagle before, because he never thought that the red color would be a ghastly sight!!
That was not a red Heavenly Eagle at all, but a grey one. Its entire body was covered in blood. Its head, neck, wings, body, claws … There was not a single hideous wound that could not be seen. There was not a single spot that could not be seen that was not covered in blood.
The blood was still dripping down, covering its gray feathers and dyeing it red!
Xu Li had been in the army for over ten years. He had seen too many deaths, and no longer knew what tears were …
But when they saw the bloodied gray eagle stumbling onto the Heavenly Eagle Sentry Tower, and saw the lifeless young man lying on the back of the gray eagle, hot tears immediately gushed out of their eyes!!
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Leng Qing was stunned, too.
The gray-red Heavenly Eagle …
It had carried Wang Xiaojun back!
It had come from so far away, through half of the bloody battlefield, and carried its little master back "unscathed".
The blood had almost dried up!
The gray-red feathers were completely red!
The Heavenly Eagle with mixed lineage did not stand up after it landed. It fell in front of the crowd, its half-broken head turned toward Wang Xiaojun's position, and its eyes no longer moved …
It was dead.
Leng Qing had seen too many Heavenly Eagles with noble lineages. They were incredibly strong, and their feathers were snow-white. However, from this moment onward, its heart would only remember this gray-feathered Heavenly Eagle with mixed lineage.
Its master was the same, and so was its tamed beast. It could only weep silently!
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