However, at this moment, Grimm and Kabi were having a secret conversation in the back of the goblin's shop.
"My Lord, these are the information and crystal cores you requested." The goblin Kabi respectfully handed over a leather pouch filled with the items Grimm needed. Apart from that, there was also a knowledge crystal in the pouch. This was the information that Grimm had specifically requested.
Grimm picked up the knowledge crystal and placed it on his forehead. The A.I. Chip's voice sounded in his mind.
[Beep. Discovered external data interface. Requesting Host's instructions on whether to begin data entry?]
"Enter!"
[Beep. Command accepted. Beginning data entry …]
Following which, a blue glow appeared in his black pupils. Grimm used a few fingers to imprint the contents of the knowledge crystal into his mind. As for the rest, he left it to the A.I. Chip to handle.
After dealing with the knowledge crystal, Grimm opened the leather pouch. Inside, there was a dazzling array of crystal cores of various attributes. There were the most common crystal cores of water, earth, fire and wind, as well as some of the rarer ones of darkness, plant, poison, light … As for the grades, they ranged from beginner to quasi Magi. Crystal cores of almost every grade could be found inside.
It was a pity that there were no Magus grade elemental crystal cores!
Grimm was already mentally prepared for this situation, so he was not surprised. After a simple inventory, he put them all into the pouch.
After becoming a fire elemental Magus, these acolyte rank magic puppets were not as helpful to him as before. However, in some special situations, these low-grade magic puppets could still be of great use. Hence, Grimm slowly gathered the necessary information while carving out his own army of magic puppets.
When he was still an acolyte, Grimm's understanding of Magi was too narrow and one-sided. In his mind, a quasi Magus was just an acolyte with 20 points of spiritual force, while a newly advanced Magus was just a spell caster with 21 points of spiritual force.
However, after this dangerous advancement, he himself had become a Magus. Only now did Grimm realize the despairing gap between a wizard and an apprentice.
To become a Magus, it was not as simple as raising one's spiritual force from 20 to 21 points. It was a qualitative change in the origin of one's spiritual force. Before his advancement, his Spiritual Power was 20 points, but after his advancement, his Spiritual Power was displayed as 0.9 points.
This was not to say that his spiritual force had declined, but the basic character template of a wizard and an acolyte was completely different. The character template of an acolyte was still based on the body data of an ordinary adult, using them as a basic indicator of an acolyte's combat ability. Wizards, on the other hand, were completely magical creatures.
Magical beasts and magical creatures in the natural world would condense a crystalline substance at the core of their bodies according to their innate spellcasting talent, thus making it easier for them to control the magical elements drifting in space. The wizards were obviously imitating them, but not quite the same.
The crystal cores of magical beasts and monsters were real and could be found in their bodies after they were killed. The core of a Sorcerer's consciousness existed in the spiritual space, similar to an illusory, abstract elemental crystal core.
Even if an outsider were to kill a Wizard, they would not be able to obtain any spoils of war like the Crystal Core of the Magical Beast. However, the Core of Consciousness definitely existed, because it was the only way wizards could manipulate magical elements more conveniently and easily.
If the standard for a newly advanced Wizard's Spiritual Power was 1, then Grimm had not reached the standard yet. His Spiritual Power was only 0.9 points! However, this was also related to the fact that he did not go through a normal advancement ceremony. As long as he nourished his fluctuating Spiritual Power over time, it would only be a matter of time before he reached and surpassed this basic 1 point.
In the month since he came to Ferdenan City, Grimm had compared the gap between a Wizard and a Prospective Wizard more than once. If the upper limit of a Prospective Wizard's Spiritual Power was 20 points, then a Wizard's Spiritual Power was almost equivalent to 100 points of a Prospective Wizard's.
This also meant that, putting aside the difference in spiritual pressure, equipment, knowledge of spells, and spell-casting techniques, a Sorcerer could fight against 5 Quasi-Sorcerers at the same time just based on the strength of their spiritual force. If a Wizard was free to do whatever he wanted, an experienced Wizard could easily fight against 7 to 8 Prospective Wizards.
A Wizard would always be a Wizard!
As long as you had not reached the rank of a Wizard, you were just a lowly creature in the eyes of a Wizard. Although they adhered to the principle of protecting the source of Wizards, most Wizards would specially nurture and take care of apprentices with potential. But deep down in their hearts, they still would not consider acolytes to be on the same level as themselves!
After getting what he wanted, Grimm did not stay in the goblin's shop for long. He went straight back to the Wizard Tower in the northern suburbs of the city.
Compared to the simplified version of the Wizard Tower in the Magic Swamp, the Wizard Tower in Ferdnan City was the real deal. The entire Wizard Tower had 17 floors, and each floor had expanded its internal space with special means. The witchcraft facilities inside were even more complete and advanced, far surpassing the Swamp Tower.
However, for such a powerful Magus Tower, there were not many official Magi stationed there.
Apart from the Grade 2 Forgan, there were 3 Grade 1 Wizards from the family. This small number of Wizards allowed Grimm to temporarily stay in the Wizard Tower for a month. The number of times he met with other Wizards could be counted on one hand.
These Wizards were all paranoid and strange. Every day, they would either hide in the laboratory to conduct extremely dangerous experiments or go out to collect necessary knowledge and resources. It was rare to see them wandering around in boredom. Moreover, the Sarubo Family would start the Dimensional War in half a year. If they were not fully prepared, even veteran Wizards would be in danger of dying.
Hence, the Wizards from these families became even busier!
After a period of accumulation, Grimm was no longer unfamiliar with the concept of Planar Wars. From the information he had gathered, it could be seen that Dimensional War was an irresistible choice for any Wizard family!
How was one supposed to make a Magus family rise so quickly? Dimensional War!
How was one supposed to make a Magus family decline so quickly? Dimensional War!
Dimensional War was a shortcut for Wizards to quickly seize large amounts of wealth and resources, but it was also a terrifying nightmare that dragged Wizard families into the quagmire of war!
If one chose the right target and successfully invaded a different world, then the vast amount of rare resources and precious secret knowledge would allow a weak Wizard family to quickly rise to become a top-notch family. When these resources and knowledge were continuously transported back to the family, the Wizard family could use them to nurture even more outstanding new Wizards.
Hence, using the resources and knowledge obtained from Dimensional War to nurture more new members, who would then become opportunities for the family to expand and expand into a larger Dimensional War. Only in this way could a Wizard family embark on an enviable virtuous cycle and grow stronger step by step.
However, success came from Dimensional War, and failure came from Dimensional War.
Once a Wizard family fell into a Dimensional War, a large number of Wizards would fall, and a large amount of resources would be invested without any return. Even the top-notch Wizard families would find it difficult to bear such a heavy blow. It would be good if they could not recover from this setback. However, if they were invaded by hostile families or families with ill intentions, the entire Wizard family could be destroyed!
There were hundreds of Wizard families scattered around the Tower Forest region in the center of the Sorcerer Continent. These Wizard families formed large and small forces through marriage, alliances, mergers, and other means, causing the relationships between the families to become increasingly complicated and chaotic.
Every Sorcerer Family, Academy, Guild, Alliance, and other Sorcerer forces had their own Secondary Plane.
The so-called Secondary Plane was actually a mature small and medium-sized plane. Although its resources and overall strength could not compare to a large plane like the Sorcerer World, it was still a material plane with a complete world structure and a complete power system.
If they were given enough time to develop and grow, then it was not impossible for them to become a new large plane. However, once their Plane World was discovered by Wizards in the depths of the sea of stars, then they would be like lambs targeted by a vicious wolf. Incursions would become inevitable.
As a large plane rarely seen in the endless sea of stars, the Sorcerer World's overall strength could be counted on one hand among all the material planes. If Wizards discovered another material plane while traveling in the depths of the sea of stars, they would do their best to evaluate its overall strength. Once they felt that it was profitable, they would return to the Sorcerer World and gather powerful forces to carry out an invasion.
Large planes would not easily start a war with each other. Otherwise, the difficulty of the invasion would be too great, and the resources invested would not be enough to return in a short period of time. Therefore, the so-called plane invasions were mainly from small and medium-sized planes!
Some powerful medium-sized planes might require large forces like the scattered Tower Forest, Northern Witches, Sorcerer Association, and Silver Alliance to have a chance of successfully invading them. For ordinary small and medium-sized planes, ordinary Wizard families were enough to do such a job.
Therefore, among the Wizard families, the number of material planes they invaded and the rare resources they could extract from these planes every year became the most important indicators to measure a Wizard family's strength. Within every family, the coordinates of the invaded and enslaved planes became their most precious assets. They must be kept tightly in their hands and must not be discovered by hostile forces.
It was said that the Sarubo Family had two small secondary planes, but they were regional cooperation models with a lower degree of development. The returns were far less than full enslavement.
The regional cooperation model was actually just that the Wizard family that invaded the small plane was too weak, and it was not enough to suppress the internal resistance of the opponent's plane. Therefore, in order to avoid incurring greater losses, the invading Wizard family and the plane's natives reached a compromise. They carried out bilateral trade in the name of regional cooperation and joint development.
Although the invading family needed to use a currency that both sides agreed on to buy resources, they could still maintain a high return by selling it to the Sorcerer World. Although this was not as efficient as forcefully occupying or enslaving the plane, the risk of war would be much lower!
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