#544 - Little Thunderbird (asking for monthly ticket recommendation ticket)

"Cry?" Thor tilted his head in confusion upon hearing this, shifting his gaze to the birdcage in Anduin's hand, then looked at Anduin with a strange expression. Google search reading

"That's right, that's what I mean." Anduin placed the birdcage on the ground. "Can you communicate with it? I remember that you Thunderbirds are distant relatives of the Phoenix, so it should understand you."

Anduin and Thor had a strong mental connection, allowing them to communicate seamlessly, but he was somewhat helpless with the Phoenix. Moreover, this Phoenix seemed withdrawn, and hadn't even let out a single cry since he snatched it.

"Cry!"

After Anduin's explanation, Thor understood what had happened to the Phoenix, and confidently chirped at him in response.

After agreeing to Anduin's request, Thor excitedly raised his right claw, revealing a tiny ring on his index finger.

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As Thor injected magic into the ring, it quickly emitted a magical fluctuation and a dazzling magical light, which instantly spread outwards from his claw, completely covering Thor.

In just two seconds, Thor's body, which was originally larger than a mature bull, rapidly shrunk until it was about the size of a pug.

This ring that allowed Thor to freely change his size was naturally Anduin's [Shrinking Ring]. Hogg also had one of these items, but it was always worn around Hogg's neck as a collar by Anduin.

The one on Thor was specially tailored by Anduin, allowing Thor to shrink his body at will, which would make it easier for him to follow Anduin freely in the future. He couldn't always carry a normal-sized Thunderbird, and since Thor was still young, he would grow even larger in two years.

After transforming into a small Thunderbird, Thor no longer had his original sharp and imposing aura, instead looking cute and silly like a griffin plush toy. barshu69 new

Thor skillfully flapped his wings twice to stabilize himself, obviously having familiarized himself with the effects of the [Shrinking Ring] beforehand, probably playing with it a lot in private.

"Chirp chirp!"

The shrunken Thor's voice had also changed. He happily fluttered around for a while, then landed directly beside the Phoenix, immediately starting to 'chirp chirp' and communicate with the Phoenix, which was about the same size as him.

The Phoenix, which had been looking dejected, was startled by Thor's sudden transformation and stared blankly at the small Thunderbird in front of it.

It took a while for the Phoenix to recover after hearing Thor's cry.

"Screech!"

Anduin noticed that the Phoenix didn't respond after Thor chirped at it for a while. At first, he thought they didn't speak the same language. He was ready to go back to Germany through the Vanishing Cabinet and call Hogg over, who was still watching the monitors. But then the Phoenix suddenly reacted.

As if interrupted from a daze, the Phoenix's eyes still revealed a trace of confusion, but at least it now recognized that the creature that had suddenly shrunk was its kin, possessing a similar bird language.

The next period of time was spent in the little Thunderbird's 'chirp chirp' and the Phoenix's 'screech screech'.

With Thor's translation, Anduin finally understood the Phoenix's situation.

The reason why the Phoenix seemed so… silent, or rather, depressed, was mainly because it was starving. Although the Phoenix, like the Thunderbird, could draw magic from lightning, it could absorb energy from flames, but the energy obtained from flames alone was not enough to support its normal activities.

In addition, the magic-dampening shackles on its claws not only slowed down the flow of magic in the Phoenix's body, but also made its body and senses stiff and sluggish.

"I understand." Anduin nodded, then looked at Thor beside him. "Tell it that I'm going to find a way to release it now. Tell it to cooperate a little and not move around. After it's released, it can freely choose to stay or leave, understand?"

Thor nodded in a very human-like manner, then continued to communicate with the Phoenix. When the Phoenix learned that Anduin wanted to help it escape, the light in its eyes slowly returned, and even its cry became louder and louder.

After instructing Thor, Anduin took out various tools from his body and began to study the birdcage in front of him.

The reason why he was so eager to snatch the Phoenix was not only to prevent the Silver Spears from obtaining it, but also because he was interested in the alchemy techniques used on the birdcage.

Whether it was the space-blocking enchantment or the magic-blocking runes, they were all very novel functions for Anduin. Moreover, the materials used to make the birdcage were very precious. To be honest, Anduin was probably more interested in the birdcage than the Phoenix.

As for the birdcage, Anduin skillfully performed a three-hit combo to knock out all the hidden runes on the cage.

However, his crude method startled the Phoenix in the cage. It couldn't understand what the human in front of it was doing, and for a moment, it thought Anduin wanted to kill it directly.

But Anduin didn't have time to consider the Phoenix's feelings. He was just wholeheartedly studying the runes on the cage.

It had to be said that there were indeed people beyond people and mountains beyond mountains in the wizarding world. He had never seen such a space-isolating rune before. It was much more profound than the usual anti-Apparition spell and the anti-Portkey blocking runes.

The disruptor that Anduin had created before only had the function of targeting a single spatial movement magic, but the runes on the birdcage were much more overbearing, directly sealing the space within the barrier and prohibiting all teleportation magic.

If he was covered by this kind of barrier, even Anduin's evolved Apparition, empowered by 'Wild Lightning', wouldn't be able to break free.

However, after a long period of research, Anduin also saw the limitations of this rune. First of all, because this rune was too overbearing, the material carrying the rune had to be of very high quality. Ordinary magical metals couldn't exert the power of this rune.

Secondly, the energy consumption of this rune was ridiculously high, requiring much more magic power than ordinary runes. The magic power currently supporting the birdcage all came from the energy storage array at the base, and the stored magic power was measured to be as high as 400 carats, almost equivalent to the reserves of an adult wizard.

But even so, the birdcage would run out of magic power in a few weeks, and the array had to be recharged in time. Anduin had already seen traces of multiple recharges, and each time it was recharged, the upper limit of the energy storage array's capacity would be reduced, which meant that the birdcage's usage cycle was not as high as he had imagined.

At the same time, in addition to being made of mithril mixed with Ulrim steel, the surface of the birdcage was actually coated with a layer of coating to prevent magic power leakage.

Presumably, the creator wanted to use this method to make the barrier last longer, but this also indirectly showed how exaggerated the rune's energy consumption was. Without this coating, the barrier's battery life would be shortened a lot.

It wouldn't be difficult to completely remove the birdcage without damaging the overall rune, as long as the magic power on it was drained with the 'Disabling Charm'.

Thinking of this, Anduin began to work. He gently extended his left hand, and a long silver snake emerged from his sleeve, then wrapped around the birdcage.

Before long, there was a 'click', and the upper half of the birdcage was directly detached from the base.

After taking off the birdcage cover, Anduin didn't delve into the runes on the birdcage. Instead, he switched his target to check the two chains that were trapping the Phoenix. There would be plenty of time to study them in the future.

The main function of these two chains was 'energy blocking'. Unlike the 'Energy Absorption Charm' and the 'Disabling Charm' developed by Anduin, it didn't cause the target's magic power to be lost. Instead, it solidified the magic power on the target.

It should be known that the magic power on a wizard is like water, constantly moving and flowing within the body. This rune was like adding a thickener to the water, slowing down the flow of magic power affected by the rune.

This would make it difficult for the target to cast spells. After all, casting a spell requires outputting magic power, but magic power that is viscous like a solid is difficult to convert into a spell.

"What a brilliant idea. I wonder who the alchemy master who made this birdcage is. This solidification curse is much more tyrannical than my Disabling Charm."

Anduin sincerely sighed, but soon he shook his head and put these thoughts behind him. What he should do now is help the Phoenix unlock the chains.

To deal with this chain, he couldn't directly use the Disabling Charm to brute force it, because the runes on the chain had already connected it to the Phoenix's magic power. Directly draining the energy would also harm the Phoenix.

But this didn't stump Anduin. He pulled out his wand, then injected magic power along the magic patterns of the chain, guiding the stagnant magic power within and increasing its fluidity.

Soon, the tiny chains that were wrapped around the Phoenix slowly loosened under Anduin's manipulation, and finally completely unlocked.

"Screech!!!"

After releasing the Phoenix from its restraints, it flapped its wings excitedly as if it had been released from petrification, and soared high with a long cry, welcoming this long-lost feeling of freedom.

And then…

The Phoenix fell to the ground in a splendid crash, eating dirt.

There was no way, it had been starving for too long. It wasn't just captured by the 'Black Dragon'. It had been with these Silver Spears for at least half a year, and as a result, it couldn't eat anything except flames for the past six months.

"It seems like you're really starving. Don't rush to run around, replenish some energy first." Anduin shook his head helplessly at the Phoenix's embarrassed appearance, then conjured a plate of Teapot Warthog ribs out of thin air and slapped it in front of it.

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