Peace was restored to the scene, leaving behind three charcoal-like remains and a pile of unremarkable dirt mounds. On a crooked ghost tree not far away, a scarlet-eyed carrion crow cawed softly and flapped its wings, intending to soar into the sky.
But right at this moment, a delicate hand that was fair and smooth like snow suddenly stretched out, and it actually grabbed onto the crow that had spread its wings and was about to take flight. Not allowing the feathered beast to struggle, the slender hand closed, and the monster known as the Marsh Sweeper was squeezed to death.
Only when the exploded blood rained down from the sky did the curvy figure of Red Robe Mary appear on the ghost tree's withered branch.
She stood on the bony branch of the ghost tree and silently looked in the direction where Grimm had disappeared. She gave a complicated smile and disappeared in a flash.
Although Grim was smart, he had underestimated the unpredictability of witchcraft. The magic swamp no longer had a safe place to hide. These scavenging crows were the eyes and ears of Eagle Eye Crusar, secretly monitoring the movements of all the apprentices.
In the dead of night, when the sorcerer-apprentices hid in their residences to conduct all kinds of strange witchcraft experiments, they would never think that there was a pair of scarlet and fanatical eyes watching them from the night sky outside the tower.
Only those with sharp mental perception would be able to detect the abnormality of these flying sentries.
If they did not get rid of this scout, Crusar would find out about Grim's trump card in less than half an hour. Therefore, although Crusar's combat power was the lowest among the three, his ability to gather information was undoubtedly the best.
Therefore, if any acolyte wanted to keep their secrets, then one of the things they had to do was to blind the eyes and ears of the Crusaders.
…
Grim had no idea what was happening behind him. Although he could see the carrion crows with his elemental vision, he could not link it to Eagle Eye Crusar.
After sneaking back to his residence, Grim could not help but start to organize his personal belongings.
Simba's Core was not the only item he had plundered from the Hag's lair. Previously, Grim was eager to convert his resources into personal strength, so he focused all his attention on Simba's Core and did not properly deal with the other items!
Simba's Core was the most valuable item, and it had now become the summoning crystal for the Earth Demon Puppet. Among the spoils of war, Mary had devoured seven of the eight high-quality blood sacs in one go, and now there was only one left. In the past, only Wizard Anderson could enjoy such a fine product.
As everyone knew, apart from Anatomy Refinery Sorcerers and Bloodline Sorcerers, most Sorcerers had extremely poor physical qualities. Being eroded by the elemental energy for many years, staying in the magic laboratory day and night without taking a step out, studying magic books and scrolls for a long time … Such a life would definitely bring about a terrible body. Most of the Sorcerers were not weak, but their bodies were frail and weak.
Too much emphasis was placed on the use and strengthening of the mind, but the training of the body was neglected. This caused official Magi to take the unorthodox path, using food and medicine to make up for the flaws in their bodies.
The blood sacs harvested from the roots of the blood vines of the killer trees could greatly nourish the body, even without any special treatment. If he could find a Master Alchemist to make the Scarlet Witch Potion, it could even directly increase the vitality of a weak wizard by two points. Of course, the Scarlet Witch Potion was only effective for those with vitality below 10 points, and it could only be used once.
But Grim did not have the ability to find a Master Alchemist to make the Scarlet Witch Potion! Therefore, even if he knew that most of the essence would be lost, Grim could only choose to simply swallow it.
When the soft vesicle of the blood sac burst in his mouth, a strong fishy and sweet taste spread on his tongue. As the viscous blood essence flowed into his esophagus and stomach, a warm feeling began to surge in Grim's body.
"Beep. Unknown energy detected invading the body. The energy is expected to cause unknown changes in the body's life system. Please instruct me whether to remove it? If the body does not instruct, the removal will begin in 5 seconds … "
"Countdown begins … 5 … 4 … 3 …"
"Abandoning removal!"
"Received the body's command. Removal completed. Does the body require real-time monitoring of the body's internal data? "
"Yes!"
"Received the body's command. Body's internal data will now be scanned …"
Following a series of beeping sounds, Grim's mind projected the body's data that was changing in real time.
Name: Grim
Race: Human
Attributes: Strength 4.03, Agility 4.06, Vitality 3.05 (changing), Spiritual Force 8.20
Alignment: Lawful Neutral
Profession: Wizard Apprentice (Beginner)
HP (changing)
Profession Experience Status: Healthy
Profession Skills: Scroll Transcription, Spell Reading
Personal Skills: Burning Hand (Solidified), Flame Arrow (Solidified)
Looking at the real-time feedback from his body, Grim discovered that apart from his physique and HP slowly increasing, there seemed to be some changes to his Class Experience Bar. If he remembered correctly, the last time he checked his Profession Experience Bar, he only had 530 points. This time, it had actually increased to 650 points. That … That was a difference of 120 points!
How did they come about?
Grim did not care about the changes the blood sacs were doing to his body. Instead, he immersed his mind in reviewing the past records. Very quickly, he found a prompt from the A.I. Chip that he had previously ignored.
[Beep. Host has successfully refined the first Earth Demon Puppet. Obtained 120 Profession Experience Points.]
So it was from refining the Earth Demon Puppet!
It seemed that choosing a suitable supporting profession would be the most convenient way to obtain Profession Experience Points. In the past, he had always been worried that learning spells would consume a lot of Profession Experience Points. Now that he had some Profession Experience Points, learning spells in the future would be much easier.
To be honest, Grim was only 15 years old. His body was far from reaching the peak of his age, so there was still a lot of room for improvement. This could be seen from the fact that his basic attributes were slowly increasing every day.
Unfortunately, in this gloomy and depressing environment, his personality inevitably had a trace of darkness. Utilitarianism and materialism seemed to have taken over his entire life. He no longer dared to hope for those so-called beautiful relationships in the past.
Before he had enough power, he had to be cautious in order to protect himself. Even so, he could not avoid being involved in the deceit between the apprentices.
He had a good impression of Red Robe Mary, and it seemed that Red Robe Mary was also very fond of him. Although she was a little overbearing, she was always willing to protect him in everything. This was no doubt a good thing!
However, with Grim's cautious personality, he obviously did not want to place his safety and hope on an outsider. Therefore, using this short period of protection to quickly grow was the most important thing. As for his future? Grim was still very confused.
He did not know how he came here, nor did he know why he came here. Up until now, all he had done was to go with the flow and protect himself. His current status had limited his vision, making it difficult for him to open his eyes and see the world clearly. Perhaps going out for a walk was not a bad thing. At least he could experience this strange world!
Perhaps that would be the time when he understood his direction and his path.
Just as he was letting his imagination run wild, the blood essence that had been poured into the blood sac finally integrated into his body. His pale face, which had not seen the light of day for a long time, became rosy, and his body was filled with inexhaustible strength.
Under his incomparably joyful and calm gaze, the number representing vitality on the self-assessment panel began to rise, and finally stopped at 4.37. As the tide rose, his digitalized HP skyrocketed to 14 points.
His vitality had increased from 3.05 to 4.37, an increase of 1.32. Although it was not as extreme as the Scarlet Witch, it was still far better than he had expected. Perhaps this had something to do with his low vitality. Moreover, now that his vitality had increased to 4.37, he was only on par with other acolytes of the same age. He would not be able to withstand a single blow from those acolytes.
As for the 14 points of HP, it was just a digital model that the A.I. Chip had created based on the characteristics of a high-magic world. It did not represent the real world. It was more of a reflection of Grim's current vitality.
Moreover, with Grim's current weak vitality, if he did not have the protection of a defensive spell, he would die on the spot if any attack hit him. Therefore, in the future, apart from working hard to develop his potential in magic puppets, he urgently needed to add a defensive spell to his body.
Otherwise, in the future war, let alone participating in it, he was afraid that just the aftermath of the battle between the strong would be enough to take his life.
After dealing with the blood sac, Grim began to inspect the remaining spoils of war.
There was a broken fragment of a magic tool that was no longer recognizable, a fist-sized metal ore that flashed with a demonic blue light, and a strange white stone the size of a goose egg.
At first glance, one could tell that the artifact fragment was a low-grade item. The material used to make it was the most common thorium. It should be the remnant of a former Sorcerer-Apprentice who had been devoured by this group of lawless monsters. It was practically worthless. Hence, Grim had directly abandoned it.
The white stone the size of a goose egg was a good spoil of war. Grim had tested it several times and even bought some Black Bone Water to smear on the surface of the white stone. Finally, he had identified it.
The egg of a swamp monitor!
The swamp monitor was the crocodile-like monster that Simba had ridden last time. It was born to live in swamps and pools, and it had its own petrifying ray. If not for the short range of its petrifying ray, it would have been a good contract partner.
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