Grim was in a state of panic.
He vaguely felt that he had unintentionally entered a dangerous domain that he should not have set foot in!
It was impossible for the flower spirit to absorb so many bloodline genes on its own, so the only possibility was that these bloodline gene fragments had originally belonged to the Magus Tower's reserve. After the fallen Magi had abandoned the place, the extremely fortunate surviving Human-Faced Flower had taken the opportunity to absorb other bloodline genes, which had allowed it to grow into a terrifying flower spirit at the Magus Tower.
One had to know that due to the power of the Bloodline Sorcerers and the power of their families, wantonly stealing the Sorcerer's bloodline was forbidden in the entire Sorcerer Continent, and the related research on bloodlines was also prohibited. Hence, for so many bloodline genes to appear in a Magus Tower built by a fallen Magus … there might really be a huge secret behind this!
Grimm's first instinctive guess was that the fallen Shaman Prideka was secretly conducting experiments related to bloodline synthesis in the underground. This guess was very likely true! After all, bloodline research was still too much for a Tier 1 Magus.
However, as he dug deeper, Grim could not help but gulp, a huge shadow looming over his heart.
Could a Tier 2 Fallen Sorcerer accomplish such a large-scale bloodline research on his own?
It had to be known that any bloodline acolyte was a high-quality resource that all small, medium, and large factions fought over. The treatment they received was obviously above that of many Elemental Acolytes, Body Tempering Acolytes, and Arcane Acolytes. If there were as many as two digits of bloodline acolytes in the Dagon region that had been killed or had gone missing, it would have long since caused a huge commotion.
However, even though Grim had been here for some time, he had never heard any news or rumours about this.
Did this mean that the fallen Magus had concealed himself well, or did it mean that some powerful faction was covering for him? In the Dagon region, one or two small Magus families would not be able to cover the sky with one hand, and even those large families would not be able to do such a thing.
In that case, the only possibility was …
Grim turned his head slightly, looking in the direction of the Magus Tower in the distance, and a trace of understanding arose in his heart.
Perhaps only the scattered Magus Association of the Targaryen Forest had the ability to do things so flawlessly!
From this point of view, the design of this dark crypt was somewhat thought-provoking.
On the surface, it seemed that some fallen Sorcerers had escaped to the underground and were fighting for the rare and precious Sorcerer resources with the surface Sorcerers. However, if one were to look at it from a higher perspective, that place seemed to be a man-made conflict zone. It felt like training soldiers on the frontlines.
If the high-ranked Magus in charge of this region had mixed in a little selfishness and carried out some taboo research, it would be logical to cover it up. After all, there was a war going on, and blood was flowing there. Some acolytes who died in the Underworld due to a moment of carelessness would at most be pitiful, but it was difficult to connect it to anything else.
If Grimm was the controller, he only needed to send more Bloodline Apprentices here and create some conflicts, then the deaths of the Bloodline Apprentices would become insignificant.
Thinking about it carefully, there were 4 Bloodline Apprentices in this group of 10, and Mary was one of them. So far, among the 2 high-ranked Apprentices who had died in battle, Shilah was a Bloodline Apprentice. The Demon Vine Girl that he killed seemed to be a Bloodline Apprentice as well.
In the past, he did not feel anything was wrong. Now that he thought about it, the death rate of Bloodline Apprentices, who had an advantage over others of the same rank, was actually so high! This … This seemed to be able to explain some things.
Then how would they deal with an outsider like him who had accidentally broken into their hidden laboratory? Sending him on a high-risk forced mission without batting an eyelid, and letting him die silently underground? Or maybe the mastermind should just kill Grimm himself and settle the matter? In any case, no one would question a rank 2 Magus about the death of a middle-ranked acolyte who had no roots in the world.
Grim silently took out the Byron Family badge that Wizard Angus had given him and carefully pinned it on his chest. For the first time, Grimm realised the benefits of having a Magus family backing him up!
… …
An hour later, when Grim carried the unconscious Mary and Kaby, who was carrying a big bag, to the entrance of the Wizard Tower, they were stopped by a Wizard Puppet.
Without any explanation, they were brought to a huge secret room on the 9th floor of the Wizard Tower.
It was a young Wizard who was only a few years older than Grim. He had a delicate and handsome face and a tall and strong body. He was wearing a gorgeous Wizard robe and a pointy Wizard hat, and his whole body was brimming with a bewitching aura of youth.
If it was not for the powerful spiritual pressure that was hidden in his body, Grim might have thought that this was a fake Wizard apprentice in disguise. However, when he sensed the pure and reserved spiritual wave, Grim felt as if a sun had risen in front of him. Under the blinding light, he almost became blind.
Grim hurriedly lowered his head and slightly bowed to show his respect. He secretly released some fire particles to protect his eyes, and only then did the pain from his eyes lessen a little. In his arms, the sleeping Mary also seemed to sense a trace of threat. She wriggled her body uneasily and hid her pretty face deep in his arms.
Behind Grim, the Goblin Kaby had long since curled up into a ball in fear. He crawled on the ground and could not get up anymore.
As a Goblin, Kaby's intuition for danger was far more sensitive than that of humans. Therefore, he was more affected by the spiritual pressure.
This was an ordinary meeting room that was simple to the point of being a little crude. The tea table and wooden chairs were not carved at all, and they still maintained the original color of the wood.
The sinister young Sorcerer who was sitting upright and sipping a cup of steaming hot beverage was the Grade 2 Sorcerer in charge of this Sorcerer Tower, Lord Andre.
After all, this was a different world from Earth. Although the appearance, behavior, and living habits were similar to Europe on Earth in the last century, there was still a huge difference. The most obvious difference was in people's surnames.
In Grim's memory, the Europeans on Earth usually had extremely complicated surnames to show their family origins. However, in this Sorcerer World where the strong were respected, the role of families was weakened. Instead, new families were formed around a certain powerful Wizard.
The head of the family was not usually the strongest person in the family. Instead, it was just an elder who was good at managing the territory. However, the direction of the family's development was usually controlled by the powerful high-grade Wizards who hid behind the scenes.
Sorcerers and families were like two intertwined trees. When the family grew stronger, the Sorcerers of the family would become vines attached to it. Once the Wizards became strong, the family would become the Wizards' appendages, and they could do whatever they wanted.
Therefore, many powerful Wizards did not have surnames. Instead, it was their family that was honored to be named after them, forming a kind of reverse dependence.
Since the first day Grim came to the Dark Crypt Wizard Tower, he had already memorized the name of this Sir Andre. However, with his status, it was impossible for him to have the opportunity to meet such a big shot.
However, today was a special case!
Therefore, Grim lowered his head and bowed, waiting there silently. He did not dare to show any disrespect.
After a long time, Wizard Andre slowly finished the hot drink in his cup. Afterward, he gently put down the cup and looked at Grim, who was standing respectfully below.
Even without raising his head, Grimm could feel the scorching gaze on him. This did not mean that Wizard Andre had an affinity with fire elemental energy. It was just that the elemental energy in his eyes was too dense. When his gaze landed on Grimm, the sudden increase in elemental energy had already caused a certain amount of elemental damage to him.
That was why Grimm felt like he was on fire!
"Did you go underground again recently?" Wizard Andre finally opened his mouth.
Grim's body slightly trembled, and he lowered his head even more, "Yes, Sir. I just came back from the underground! "
"Did you find anything?"
Grim's head slightly moved, as if he wanted to look up, but he quickly stopped himself.
"Yes, Sir. I found something!"
A confused expression appeared on Grim's lowered face. Obviously, he did not understand why a rank 2 Magus would care about a mere intermediate acolyte like him. Of course, this expression was deliberately put on by Grim.
With the powerful spiritual force of a rank 2 Magus, the entire Magus Tower would be under his all-encompassing perception. How could the changes on Grim's lowered face escape his senses?
He had to put on a show!
From the moment he stepped into the Magus Tower, Grim had tried his best to hypnotize himself, pretending to be a reckless brat who knew nothing.
After all, the information he had obtained was based on the A.I. Chip's powerful data collection, summarization, and analysis. If a normal acolyte wanted to find out the deep secrets of the flower spirit, they would have to rely on the precise equipment in the alchemy laboratory.
Therefore, in order to reduce the danger, Grim had to act as if he knew nothing about the inside story!
Moreover, Grim had tried to probe the Goblin Kabi. This guy seemed to know nothing about the bloodline experiments. It didn't even know how it got its strange abilities.
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