The journey was as fast as lightning.
The semi-open compartment allowed them to have a panoramic view of the scenery outside.
There were low, damp caves, crooked wooden huts, tall and sturdy stone fortresses, alchemy castles that gave off a strange, illusory feeling … It was as if they had stepped into a fantasy city. Everywhere they looked, they could see strange buildings that gave off a mysterious feeling.
Some of the buildings were bustling with activity. Some of the buildings were too eerie and terrifying, and there were few customers. Some of the buildings were simply inexplicable, and it was difficult to determine their purpose from their appearance.
It was obvious that the Silver Alliance would not restrict or interfere with the business of these areas after selling them. Once you obtain this area, you can open it up as a shop. Up to you. Treat it as a warehouse. Up to you. Even transform it into a haunted house. Up to you.
As long as you paid the rental fees on time, and your business did not harm the interests of Sky City, no one would interfere with what you did in your own area.
This was probably the main reason why the buildings in the outer ring were so strange.
Sky City was divided into the inner ring, the middle ring, and the outer ring. The area they occupied was roughly 1: 3: 6. Therefore, in the Third Ring Road, the Outer Ring Road had the largest area, and 348 shops were sold to non-members of the Silver Alliance.
This number sounded like a lot, but when distributed evenly across the entire Magus Continent, it was like trying to put out a cart of firewood with a cup of water.
Among them, there were many terrifying fellows who did not belong to any Magus family. They were just individuals looking for a place to settle down. Most of these fellows were powerful rank 2 Magi who were unwilling to be restricted by their families or organisations. There was no lack of rank 3 powerhouses among them.
Hence, in the outer ring, if one did not know the ins and outs of the place, any inconspicuous person or small shop was not someone one could casually provoke. If one made a mistake and provoked a low-profile big shot, they had too many methods to avoid the Silver Robed Magi and cause one to die without knowing why.
The alchemy carriage slowly came to a stop in front of the Byron family's shop.
"Two magic crystals!" The alchemy horse turned its head, and actually spoke the human language from its metallic mouth.
Grimm gasped in surprise and tossed out two magic crystals, which they swallowed in one gulp before leaving.
An acolyte with the crest of the Byron family on his chest was bowing as he led Grim and the others into the backyard. Most of the shops here had shops in the front and residences in the back.
Byron Material!
The name of the shop was concise and to the point. Its main business was selling some rare resources in the Gloomy Crypt. Among them, the most precious were the Specter Mushroom and the Night Eye Stone.
Waiting for Grimm in the backyard was a middle-aged female wizard. Her looks were not bad, and her strange red robe was quite eye-catching. However, what was even more eye-catching was the strength that she revealed!
When Grim saw her for the first time, his heart skipped a beat and he hurriedly greeted her with a wizard's greeting.
As for Alice, who had always been fearless, she pulled Kaby far away, not daring to listen to the conversation between the two Magi.
"You're the puppeteer that Angus hired? You look very young! "The red-robed witch asked coldly.
"Greetings, Master Nunnally! I'm Grim, a wizard from the Sarubo family. "
"You don't seem to be an Arcane Magus!"
"Yes, Master! I walk the path of an elemental Magus, but I have some unique skills in making elemental puppets. That's why I was chosen by Wizard Angus when I was still an acolyte. I'm going to participate in this competition. "
"Elemental puppets? I'm afraid these guys can't compare to those meticulously made metal magic puppets! Do you have confidence in this Arcana Competition? " Although the red-robed witch was a rank 2 Magus, she still hesitated when it came to some professional questions.
"On the way here, Wizard Angus told me that there seems to be some changes in the competition …"
"There are no changes!" The red-robed witch replied firmly, "The conditions that they've proposed are too harsh. We can't accept them at all! Therefore, the competition will continue. I only have one question for you. Do you have the confidence to defeat the magic puppet knights of the opposing family? "
"Master, before I answer this question, I hope to understand the abilities and basic data of the opponent's magic puppet!" Grimm thought carefully and did not answer directly.
"This is for you!" The red-robed witch threw a photographic crystal into Grimm's arms and ordered him stiffly, "You have one night to think about it. You must give me an answer tomorrow morning. If you don't have the confidence to defeat the opponent, our family will have to find a way to invite an arcane master over! "
Arcane masters were professional Magi who studied the art of making puppets and runes as their own profession. Their individual combat ability might be weak, but the magic puppets they made were all very powerful.
It was a very difficult task to hire an Arcane Master in Sky City! The amount of favors and resources needed was simply unimaginable. If the Byron family was really forced to this step, even if they won in the end, they would probably have to hand over a large portion of the shop's income for the next 10 years.
However, this shop was extremely important to the Byron family.
Apart from earning huge profits from selling the resources in the Nighon region, this shop was also a convenient channel for the Byron family to gather resources from all over the Magus Continent. Once this channel was cut off, the family would immediately lose more than half of their resources.
At that time, it would be ten times more difficult for the family to nurture Magi that belonged to them.
This was undoubtedly detrimental to the development and growth of a Magus family!
Hence, at this moment, the rank 2 Magus of the Byron family could not help but feel nervous.
Night fell.
Grimm hid in the residence that the Byron family had prepared for him, and carefully and meticulously scanned through the photographic crystal that the red-robed Magus had given him.
The photographic crystal contained images of the battle between the opponent's magic puppet and other golems.
Though the battle was very short, it was enough for the A.I. Chip to analyse large amounts of information that would be useful to him.
After watching all the details of the battle many times, the A.I. Chip successfully obtained the rough data of the magic puppet knight.
Magic Puppet Knight, combat type, activated rune. Height of 3 metres, body flickering with a dark, dull metallic lustre. Its appearance was that of a knight wearing heavy armour. It wielded a shield in its left hand and a sword in its right. Its close combat ability far surpassed that of ordinary golems or magic puppets.
Stats: Strength > 14
Agility > 9
Vitality > 12
Spirit > 7
… …
This was a combat magic puppet that had been strengthened many times. Not only did it have an indestructible body made of magic iron alloy, it also had an imposing strength that left one speechless. However, the thing that gave Grimm the biggest headache was its extremely high battle instincts and intelligence!
That's right. What was unexpected was that a cold and emotionless metal magic puppet made of pure magic iron alloy actually possessed a high level of basic intelligence. It would be too disrespectful to call such a thing a magic puppet. The most suitable term for it would be a construct creature.
A construct that had undergone a rune activation spell and possessed a human-like intelligence. Of course, if its intelligence could be increased a little, raising its spiritual force from 7 to 11, then it would immediately leap from a construct to a metallic lifeform.
A special lifeform that had a metallic body and elemental energy as its blood — a metallic lifeform!
Construct creatures were still considered servants of Magi, but metallic lifeforms were already qualified to be mentioned in the same breath as Magi.
Normal magic puppets would never possess intelligence unless the Magus who created them had mixed in a powerful consciousness during the rune activation spell. Only then would there be a chance for it to awaken its basic intelligence. As for the more advanced intermediate intelligence, it could not be achieved through spells. It could only be achieved through the gradual evolution of an individual with basic intelligence.
In the Image Recording Crystal, not only did the magic puppet possess basic intelligence, it also seemed to have retained some knight battle techniques. This meant that the soul that the Arcane Sorcerer had activated into the body of the magic puppet was the soul of a high-level Knight.
It had to be at least a Grade 2 Knight!
Such a powerful Knight was hard to find in the Magus Continent. The only possible source of the soul was a Secondary Plane.
Moreover, the Arcane Sorcerer's family had spared no expense in creating this magic puppet. Even the sword and shield it held were not ordinary goods.
The heavy tower shield was mainly made of Mansoda Alloy, which was known for its sturdiness. It was also mixed with Star Iron, which had anti-magic properties. Hence, it had a terrifying defense against both physical and magical attacks.
As for the knight's sword, it was made of pure Eternium. Although it was not as sturdy as Mansoda Alloy, it had good magic conductivity, which made it easier to use the knight's battle techniques. Moreover, the edge of the knight's sword was coated with Fine Gold, which gave it the elementary effects of "Oblivion" and "Sharpness".
This sword and shield had already reached the level of a beginner magic tool. It was many times stronger than a normal magic artifact!
To be honest, after seeing the magic puppet's terrifying battle strength, even Grimm did not have the confidence he had before.
If he were to skin this magic puppet and extract all the precious magic metals from its body, it would be worth more than 70,000 magic crystals. If he included the effort that the Arcane Sorcerer had put into creating it and the soul of the Grade 2 Knight, it would definitely be worth more than 120,000 magic crystals.
The Grade 2 Molten Giant Core that Grimm had used to create the Inferno Tyrant was worth no more than 50,000 magic crystals.
Although Grimm was unwilling to admit it, from all aspects and perspectives, it seemed like his Inferno Tyrant had no chance of winning against that magic puppet knight.
The difference in their basic battle strength could be deduced from the resources used to create them.
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