It was a crow.

It is about forty centimeters long, with sharp and slightly curved ends of the beak. The feathers are fluffy and shiny, but with a faint purple-blue metallic luster. The sharp hook claws clamped tightly at the edge of the trash can, and were combing their black feathers with their sharp beak.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, it turned its head, its eyes glowing like gems in the dim alley, staring at Lin Xiangcheng without blinking.

The air suddenly became quiet.

A smile slowly appeared on the corner of Lin Xiangcheng's mouth.

It really takes no time to get it.

As if he had noticed the danger, the crow suddenly flapped his wings and flew up, trying to leave.

Lin Xiangcheng saw the opportunity very quickly, and decisively spit out a syllable from his mouth. A dizzy technique hit the crow and suddenly saw the black figure that rushed straight into the sky suddenly paused, and then he lost all his strength and fell down. He was caught by Lin Xiangcheng who was quickly walking forward.

"I'm sorry for you, little guy."

Touching the crow's cold and smooth feathers, Lin Xiangcheng quickly returned to his residence on the second floor, placed the unconscious crow on the living room coffee table, and then took the quill pen and ink from the bookcase without stopping.

Both things are ordered online. The modern common quill pens have many differences in details from those of Perrin Continental quill pens. However, Lin Xiangcheng didn't mind at all and did not have the idea of ​​customizing them specifically. Whether it is drawing magic circles or transcribing scrolls, the most important thing is to look at the skill level and casting level of the creator. The tools only play the minimum auxiliary role, as long as they can be used.

Spreading the snow-white A4 paper flat on the coffee table, Lin Xiangcheng tightened his quill, paused slightly, and slowly drew the first pattern on the paper.

The clear ink marks slowly spread under the tip of the pen, and then emitted a faint red light. Lin Xiangcheng's eyes were no longer at all, and he focused on drawing one pattern after another, gradually outlining the outline of the magic circle.

Drawing a magic circle is like a copying scroll. It is physical work. You need to keep your concentration throughout the process and cannot be interrupted. Otherwise, all your previous efforts will be wasted. Even though Lin Xiangcheng has rich drawing experience, the level is there, and drawing a contract magic circle is still not easy for him.

It took nearly half an hour to finish the drawing work. As Lin Xiangcheng drew the last line, a dazzling red light suddenly spread out, and the whole piece of paper seemed to be soaked in blood. When the red light gradually dissipated, the originally ordinary A4 paper had a trace of indescribable and wonderful meaning.

"It's successful." Lin Xiangcheng breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the tiny beads of sweat that were oozing out of his forehead.

“Fortunately, the drawing level has not dropped much.”

After resting for a while, Lin Xiangcheng picked up the crow who was still in a coma and gently placed it on the contract magic array in the center of the paper. Then he stretched out his index finger and pressed the edge of the magic array, spitting out a few syllables from his mouth.

The invisible spell energy fluctuations spread out.

Straws of dark mist rose from the magic circle, wrapping around the crow like spider silk, and in a blink of an eye it submerged it, forming an oval black cocoon pupa.

After a few seconds, the pattern of the contract magic array gradually disappeared, and the four corners of the paper suddenly ignited sparks and spread rapidly towards the middle. In the blink of an eye, the paper burned into pieces and dissipated.

Lin Xiangcheng withdrew his fingers and stared at the black cocoon pupa intently, waiting for the transformation of the new life to be completed.

This process did not last long. After about ten minutes, the black cocoon pupa suddenly trembled gently, and then the black pupa shell melted quickly like ice from fire, revealing the motionless crow inside.

Lin Xiangcheng slowly stretched out his hand and stroked the crow's black feathers. It looked no different from the original one, but it felt like it had touched a thick black liquid. It seemed that with a little force, the fingers would sink in.

There was no breathing or heartbeat, nor any signs of being alive, just like another special thing disguised as a crow.

Suddenly, the crow's eyes moved.

In an instant, Lin Xiangcheng's fingers suddenly lost most of the sensation of stress, grabbed the air, and inserted his entire palm into the black body.

There is nothing inside, no blood, no internal organs, no bones, it is like fishing into a cold pool of water, and nothing can be captured.

"Virtual Body Characteristics?" Lin Xiangcheng raised his eyebrows, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.

The crow's eyes were completely opened, and he moved flexibly and keenly for a few times, and finally landed on Lin Xiangcheng's face.

Before Lin Xiangcheng could pull his hand out of its body, it had already flapped its wings, passed through its palms, and flew on Lin Xiangcheng's shoulders, tilted its head, staring at him without blinking, and its black and white eyes looked extremely deep.

After looking at each other for a moment, the crow gently pecked Lin Xiangcheng's cheek.

It doesn't hurt, it's just a little itchy, but it exudes a clear intimacy.

Lin Xiangcheng immediately laughed, reached out and touched its neck gently, and whispered: "Little guy, I have to give you a name, what's the point?"

The crow whispered softly, rubbing Lin Xiangcheng's finger, looking quite intimate and dependent.

After thinking for a while, Lin Xiangcheng quickly got an idea.

"Just call you udon."

The crow transformed into a demon pet has the intelligence that is no less inferior to that of normal humans. Of course, it cannot understand the meaning of the word udon based on its cognition. After hearing Lin Xiangcheng's words, he just whistled to show that he understood.

Lin Xiangcheng stroked for a while, summoned the Book of the Sage, opened the page, and the relevant data of Udon quickly appeared on it:

Name: Udon

Race: Super Small Animal/Magic Pet

Attributes: Strength   3, Agility    15, Physicality 10, Intelligence 10, Perception     14, Charm    8

Level: Level 1

Skills: Listen 5, Scout 7, Stealing 10

Specialties: Alert, Dark Vision

Power: Spell sharing, emotional connection, semi-virtual characteristics

The level of the magic pet is closely related to the master, and it is always half of the master's profession level, so the level of Udon is only level 1.

Even so, its data is very eye-catching.

The agility of up to 15 points is already at the level where you can use chopsticks to hold flying flies, or you can see which side of the land is on the moment the spinning coin falls.

The perception of 14 points should not be underestimated.

Perceptual attributes represent the willpower of organisms, common sense, sensibility and intuition, which are usually related to organisms' ability to feel and reconcile things around them. The higher the perception, the sharper the feeling.

For many professions, perception is an extremely important attribute.

15-point agility and 14-point perception, combined with listening and reconnaissance with a high skill level, and especially stealth up to level 10, is simply a natural assassin template.

If Udon is not a demon pet but a professional, then it must be an excellent wanderer.

In addition, the [Alarming] that can improve sensory acuity and the [Dark Vision] that can also view objects in the dark. These two expertise further strengthen Udon's ability in this area.

In terms of power, the effect of magic sharing is that the master can choose to let the spell effect acting on himself also act on the magic pet, but there is a distance limitation, and the emotional connection makes the master and the magic pet have a telepathy connection ability similar to telepathy, and can communicate basic emotions such as curiosity, fear, hunger, and happiness.

These two powers are the basic abilities of the demon pet, and basically all demon pets will have them.

The semi-image body characteristics are different, which is obviously a unique ability of Udon.

Lin Xiangcheng never expected that Udon could actually evolve the abilities that only undead creatures such as ghosts and resentful souls had. This was undoubtedly an unexpected surprise.

Creatures with virtual body characteristics can be immune to any non-magical attack damage, and will not be damaged by normal flames, natural cold and strong acids in reality.
Chapter completed!