One year later.
In the sky, the Ice Phoenix was carrying Millie as it slowly circled the area, patrolling the surroundings for possible guerrilla Amonro enemies. Occasionally, it would let out a cry or two.
On the ground, on top of a rocky mountain, a team of thirteen Bright Sorcerers' technical department was building a defensive fortification. They had a tacit understanding with each other. They were gentle, patient, and very strict.
Grimm, on the other hand, was using his strong physique and the Dual Repulsive and Attractive Forces to carry heavy stones in order to complete the fortification as soon as possible.
Hundreds of slave monsters were resting on the ground in the distance. These creatures that accompanied the sorcerer's expedition had gradually adapted to the unique rules of the Shadow World. They began to integrate into it, becoming the top members of the food chain, demonstrating their strong adaptability and vitality.
Three thousand meters to the west was the boundary of the shadow clouds. The blazing sun shone eternally, and the temperature rose abruptly. It was not suitable for the long-term survival of flesh and blood creatures.
As early as six months ago, the Demon-Hunter Sorcerer Legion had already cleared most of the hostile creatures' gathering points in this mid-level shadow land. They began to build fortifications on the periphery of the shadow land in an attempt to turn this mid-level shadow land into a stable rear base for the Demon-Hunter Sorcerers.
On top of the rocky mountain.
At this moment, the fortification built on top of the rocky mountain was called the Prism Fortress.
The thirteen Bright Sorcerers continued to insert the template conductor into the interior of the prism fortress according to the energy structure of a special magic circle. The ground floor of the prism fortress was filled with Fire Crystals that could be found everywhere in this world. They were piled up as the energy source for the prism fortress.
At the top of the Prism Fortress, there was a golden energy stone. The Prism Stone was extremely smooth, and the light energy was abundant and overbearing.
According to inference, the Prism Ray of this model of Prism Fortress had a maximum attack degree of about two thousand five hundred degrees. It could be focused on a single point, or it could be shot in multiple lines.
The defensive ability of the Prism Fortress was derived from the one-time high-power sorcerer's barrier and the surrounding magic circle of war.
The magic circle was the conventional defensive measure, and the one-time sorcerer's barrier was the last defensive measure. The defense degree was five thousand degrees, and it could last for six hourglasses. It was used to ensure the fortification was strong enough to last until the Voidships arrived.
At this moment, hundreds of Prism Fortresses had been built on the periphery of this mid-level shadow land to form the Demon-Hunter Sorcerers' defensive fortifications.
After six months of working day and night, the Prism Fortress that Grimm and Millie were in charge of overseeing and defending had finally reached the final stage of testing. As long as they could confirm that they could communicate with the Principal Void Fortress and that all the offensive and defensive functions were correct, Millie and Grimm's official Dark Demon-Hunter Sorcerer Expedition mission period would be completely over. They could then choose between freelance missions or bounty missions.
Raising his head, Grimm watched as a group of Bright Sorcerers carefully carried out the final installation steps of the prism stone.
Buzz …
The sound of energy flowing could be heard, and the prism stone became even brighter and more dazzling.
The overall structure of the prism fortress was like an inverted bowl with a maximum diameter of 30 meters. This was the energy base of the prism fortress. Meanwhile, above the base was a perfectly straight cylindrical spire, at the very top was the core energy emitting device, the prism stone. The bead spire's diameter was only three meters, the height a hundred and thirty meters.
After an hourglass, gradually, a layer of elemental halo began to gather at the top of the prism fortress. It was colorful and extremely beautiful, forming a sharp contrast with the monotonous gray of the shadow sky.
This signified that the prism fortress had finally begun its official operation phase.
Screech …
The Ice Phoenix flew over, and Millie slowly descended. Grimm, on the other hand, flew up from the ground. The two of them and thirteen Bright Sorcerers gathered at the top of the prism fortress, watching a precious intelligent Mechanical Marionette operate the core device of the prism fortress.
First, they tried to connect to the Principal Void Fortress.
Creak, creak, creak …
After a burst of chaotic energy noise, a blurry silhouette began to appear in the prism stone. After a moment, the silhouette gradually became clearer. It was a bright and beautiful sorceress with golden curly hair. Her skin was tender and fair, and she was very beautiful.
"This is the number one hundred and twelve prism fortress. The construction has been completed, and we have successfully received the message from the Battle Command of the Principal Void Fortress." The leader of the thirteen Bright Technical Sorcerers reported the mission to the bright and beautiful sorceress in the prism stone.
The blonde sorceress in the prism stone lowered her head and quickly recorded for a while. Then, she turned around and reported the mission to the crystal ball on the other side. Only then did she turn back to the group of Sorcerers and said, "The fortress's Battle Command has finished recording. Now, we will begin testing the performance of the number one hundred and twelve prism fortress. The Battle Command will record the detailed information and decide whether the mission is completed or not. "
"Yes."
After the leader of the Bright Sorcerers from the technical department gave a short response, he began to hand over the full control of the prism stone to the intelligent Mechanical Marionette.
The intelligent Mechanical Marionette looked like a middle-aged man trying on clothes. Its head was a little big, and it had six arms. It seemed to be a product of the Sorcerer World's special design for this kind of prism fortress fortification.
One thousand and five hundred meters away, a Soul Slave had already moved a huge boulder. The boulder was ten meters tall and had a hard texture.
However, at this moment, as a dazzling golden light flashed, there was a loud "boom". The ground shook, and the boulder exploded into pieces. Debris flew all over the sky, and dust filled the air. There were even some traces of glass being purified on the ground.
Following that, twenty-five slightly dimmer prism rays flashed again. Among the twenty to fifty target rocks, twelve were damaged, six had insufficient attack power, and seven had missed the target.
Following that, the Bright Technical Sorcerers began to test the energy supply rate of the energy base, the safety of the one-time sorcerer's barrier, the leakage of the war magic circle …
Three hourglasses later.
The blonde sorceress in the prism stone smiled and said, "Alright, the Battle Command has officially announced that the number one hundred and twelve prism fortress construction mission is officially completed. Everyone can rest for a while and prepare for the next step of development."
The thirteen Bright Technical Sorcerers whispered in excitement. Grimm and Millie each took out a mission scroll, and the thirteen Bright Sorcerers signed their names on the mission scroll.
A moment later.
After the Bright Technical Sorcerers bid farewell to Grimm and Millie, they gathered the hundreds of slave monsters scattered around the prism fortress and flew towards the Void Fortress. These monster slaves were members of the Stigmata Sorcerer's slave legion. After the end of the large-scale war, they served as escorts for the less powerful Bright Technical Sorcerers who had to travel around.
Grimm and Millie looked at each other.
Millie's silvery hair fluttered in the wind. Her loose white sorcerer robe was spotless, and there was a dazzling diamond-shaped crystal on her forehead. Her flawless eyes quietly stared at the burly, calm, mysterious, and wise Grimm in front of her. She said softly, "So … do you plan to continue your research, or do you plan to go on a free mission?"
The so-called free mission of the Dark Sorcerers was to infiltrate the enemy forces and develop freely, becoming the evil Dark Sorcerers of this world.
Grimm's long blonde hair was hidden under the loose sorcerer robe, and his face was covered by the grayish-white Mask of Truth. He stood quietly with his magic staff, but his eyes were looking up at the elemental halo at the top of the prism fortress, deep in thought.
After a while.
Grimm lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "Continue your research. I found some interesting things in this world before, but I only did some preliminary research. Maybe there will be some discoveries. As for the free mission … wait until the end of the second counterattack of this world, then see if there are any unexpected gains. "
Nodding, Millie seemed to have expected such an answer from Grimm. She turned around and flew to the Ice Phoenix. Slowly, she said, "Sometimes, I really envy you. It seems that in your eyes, there are always all kinds of knowledge clues around you, waiting for you to explore and discover. Ever since I left my father's guidance, there have been no more breakthroughs. It seems that the whole world has been isolated. "
With a long sigh, the Ice Phoenix flew away and flew out of the shadow.
Passing through the endless Crimson Sun World, outside the shadow land, this strange world, there were too many shadow regions, and there were too many Amonros living there to resist the Sorcerer's Will.
Grimm was slightly stunned.
Envy me? All kinds of knowledge clues?
Grimm was a little puzzled. This kind of research, didn't it start when he was a sorcerer's apprentice? Why would Millie say such a strange thing?
Generally speaking, a sorcerer's research would start from the foundation of a sorcerer's apprentice, and gradually explore and discover the deeper law of truth that was suitable for himself.
Thinking about it to no avail, Grimm no longer thought about it. Mobilizing the force of nature, he flew towards the direction where Little Eight and the Water Crystal Turtle were.
Six months ago, Grimm had already set up a temporary laboratory in the underground lake where he found the Water Crystal Turtle. He was conducting research on chimeras, the Thunder Mirror at the bottom of the lake, and the creatures from the shadow world.
Because every Dark Sorcerer was independent, they would not have too much contact with each other during their growth, so Grimm would not understand some of the reasons …
There were too many sorcerer-apprentices who picked up a magic book for the first time. After learning their first sorcery according to the records in the book, they began to eagerly desire to obtain more and more powerful magic books so that they could master even more powerful sorcery abilities and control their own destiny in the cruel world of sorcerer-apprentices.
This was the true portrayal of a low-level sorcerer's apprentice, but sorcery did not equal knowledge.
Sorcery was just a summary of knowledge that was suitable for the development of other sorcerers, based on their own knowledge, at a certain time in the past, and recorded it into a magic book.
Magic books were just the surface phenomenon of the law.
Knowledge, on the other hand, was the bridge, formula, and clue between the surface phenomenon and the deeper law.
Because of this, too many sorcerer-apprentices lost the spirit to explore the basic knowledge of the bottom level because of their desire for sorcery. Until they became official sorcerers, the wonderful and colorful surface world could no longer attract the official sorcerers, which made it impossible for them to explore the deeper law of truth through the surface world, and started a vicious cycle of narrow paths.
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