The arrival of Meryl and her group had undoubtedly made the Wizard's Pagoda more lively.
They had also brought a large amount of resources and daily necessities, greatly replenishing the Wizard's Pagoda.
Allowing the disciples and apprentices to slowly modify the first and second levels of the Wizard's Pagoda, Grimm, Kabi, and Meryl hid in the guest hall on the fourth level to discuss the future.
In front of Meryl, the Gnome Kabi handed a pouch to Grimm. Within it were the 120,000 Magical Crystals he had mentioned earlier. But this time, it bluntly admitted that it was Alice who sent it through the Witch Chamber of Commerce.
"Alice would not send such a large number of Magical Crystals for no reason. What else did she say?" Grimm had a bad feeling.
"The person she sent also warned you to be careful of the attack of magical creatures!" This time, it was Meryl who spoke.
Her words also gave Grimm a shock, and he lowered his head in deep thought.
Attack of magical creatures?
Others might not understand what she meant, but when Grimm heard this warning, he immediately thought of some of the 'interesting' stories he had read about in the books he had read in the past.
In the process of the various Wizard factions fighting for land with the Black Forest, there were definitely many examples of magical creatures attacking.
It seemed that the magical creatures living in the Black Forest stubbornly believed that the humans' expansion of the forest would greatly affect the environment they lived in, bringing about all sorts of negative effects. Hence, once they discovered that humans had entered their territory, they would attack without restraint. Sometimes, they would even gather together and attack the human gathering points on the outskirts of the Black Forest with a plan.
In the past, Grimm had only seen it as a battle for land between the human Wizards and the leader of the magical creatures. He had thought that as long as he was careful and did not touch the territory of the powerful magical creatures around him, he would not incur a strong backlash from them.
But today, with Alice's warning, Grimm had no choice but to reconsider the possibility of a magical creature attack!
Ever since he came to the Sickly Forest, he had been hiding deep underground and rarely venturing outside. It was even more impossible for him to invade the territory of the surrounding magical creatures. So what was it that caused the leader of the magical creatures to be unable to tolerate his existence?
Others might not be able to answer this question, but Grimm vaguely had an idea.
The Wizard Tower!
With the construction of the Wizard's Tower, it was inevitable that it would absorb the Magical Energy in the surroundings to maintain its operation. This also created a kind of artificial flow of magic!
The distribution of magical elements was also different. The more the Wizard's Pagoda extracted, the thinner the Magical Element around it would be. Ordinary jungle beasts would find it difficult to perceive such a change, but for magical creatures with mysterious abilities, it was as easy as reading lines on their palms.
Seriously speaking, monsters were also magical creatures born from rich magical elements. They were especially sensitive to the flow and changes of elemental particles. How could they possibly allow an outsider to plunder the magical elements that they relied on for survival?
Hence, the moment the Elemental Altar was activated, the Wizard's Pagoda would become the target of the hatred and hatred of the surrounding Magical Creature Leaders!
When Grimm understood this, he immediately summoned Gargamel and asked him to contact the forest demon Ava who had been wandering around the Diseased Forest. As expected, the forest demon sent back a message half a day later. The surrounding magical creatures had indeed shown signs of movement, as if they were slowly approaching the Diseased Forest.
Only then did Grimm understand why Alice had gone through so much trouble to send a hundred and twenty thousand Magical Crystals. It was not for the construction of his tower, but for the defense of his tower!
Up until now, the Wizard's Pagoda's Elemental Altar had been operating for a day and a night, but the liquid magical energy in the center of the Elemental Pool had not even filled the bottom of the pool. This was even more so for the branch Elemental Pools and the Magical Energy Pools below. They were still filled with misty magical energy, not dense enough to form Magical Essence.
Now, most of the Magical Elements that the Wizard's Pagoda absorbed were used to maintain and modify the space within the Wizard's Pagoda. Only a small portion of the remaining energy could be channeled into the Elemental Pool. If the magical creatures attacked, the Wizard's Pagoda would have to support the entire defense system. When that time came … Just absorbing the Magical Elements would not be enough.
Grimm got the A.I. Chip to do some calculations.
If the Wizard's Pagoda shut down all non-essential Wizard Techniques and Runic Spell Formations, then the Magical Elements gathered by the Elemental Altar could condense into twenty-seven to twenty-eight Magical Crystals. But this meant that the Wizards and apprentices stationed in the tower had no choice but to endure the harsh environment around them.
Without the Airtight Windows, the protection of the Wizard's Pagoda, and the adjustment of the environment, the underground world where the Wizard's Pagoda was located was hot and dry, but also lonely and desolate.
Activating the Wizard's Pagoda's defenses would require twelve to fifteen Magical Crystals. If the related Wizard Techniques were activated, then the consumption of twenty to twenty-two Magical Crystals would become a necessity.
After all, there were many secret Wizard Doors, Defense Spell Formations, Warning Runes, and Scouting Crystals within the tower. All of these required the Magical Energy within the Wizard's Pagoda to be activated. If one considered the Wizard Beasts, Magic Statues, and Wizard Gardens that they might have in the future, then the energy consumption of the Wizard's Pagoda would be even more terrifying!
It was laughably childish to think of using the Wizard's Pagoda to slowly accumulate Magical Crystals for profit.
This was also the main reason why most of the Wizard's Pagoda's defenses were only activated at the lowest level during peacetime!
Once a war broke out and the Wizard's Pagoda's defenses were activated, then … then the Wizard's Pagoda would instantly become a gold mine. The speed at which it consumed Magical Crystals was enough to make the Wizard Tower Master cry.
Grimm's current situation was that the other Wizard's Pagodas might have tens or even hundreds of years worth of Magical Energy. But his Wizard's Pagoda was completely destitute, its storage so clean that a rat could starve to death. Grimm did not have any of the most crucial Magical Crystal Reserves. The entire Wizard's Pagoda was in a state of "running around"!
How could such a Wizard's Pagoda fight a war?
Grimm weighed the Magical Crystals Cabi had given him in his hand. He instantly understood their weight.
These were not Magical Crystals, but the life of the Wizard's Pagoda beneath his feet!
If he was the only one in the room, he would have had the urge to hug his head and cry. But at this moment, his two direct subordinates were staring at him. No matter how angry and wronged he was, he could only suppress it in his heart and slowly digest it.
Grimm smiled faintly. He really wanted to cry!
"Things aren't that bad!" Grimm held his forehead and thought seriously, "First of all, this Wizard's Pagoda is not on the surface, so it won't be easily attacked by the wild beasts. Even if the Magical Beasts were to gather a large number of wild beasts, they would easily get lost in the dark underground labyrinth. It's easy to set up our first line of defense there!
"Secondly, this is only the edge of the Black Forest. The chances of level two Magical Beasts appearing here are not high. If it's just a group of level one Magical Beasts, we might be able to gain some extra rewards with the defense of the Wizard's Pagoda.
"Most importantly, there's a sea of lava beneath our feet. If I'm angered, I can use the power of the Wizard's Pagoda to extract the lava and pour it into these caves. How much combat power would the attacking Magical Beasts have left? "
Through rational analysis and judgment of the battle, Grim listed out the pros and cons of the battle one by one and surprisingly found that he did not seem to be completely on the receiving end. It was also at this moment that Grimm realized that Alice strongly supported his decision to come here to build a pagoda.
This was indeed an excellent area for his development!
Firstly, there were no large Wizard families nearby, nor were there any terrifying Magical Beasts. This would prevent Grimm from having to worry about his rise to power. Secondly, there was a hidden sea of lava beneath the Diseased Forest. This would definitely be of great help to Grimm's future growth.
As long as he could fend off the attack of the Magical Beasts, the Black Forest would become his territory when the light of the Wizard's Pagoda shone on the nearby forests. If the Magical Beasts could not chase him away, they would have no choice but to leave this place and find a new home somewhere further away.
There were not many safe places in the Black Forest that they could move to. Thus, even if it was for the sake of their own tribe, the Magical Beasts that usually did not get along would gather together to attack Grimm's Wizard's Pagoda.
That was why Grimm would soon have to face an extremely difficult battle to defend!
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Stonehammer Ruins.
In a weathered stone forest thirty miles east of the Diseased Forest.
Forest Demon Ai Wa stood alone on top of a tall stone pillar. The surrounding weathered and damaged stone pillars were either thick or thin, tall or short, and so on and so forth.
Standing on top of the stone pillar and looking into the distance, it was a monotonous world made of yellow and black. Countless valleys, caves, and stone forests were covered by the black forest, forming a complex terrain. It was also a natural habitat for the Magical Beasts.
In the darkness, who knew how many dangerous fellows were hiding in the shadows and caves, spying on them silently.
Under the call of the most experienced Demon Hunter Spider Tula, all the leaders of the Wizard level Magical Beasts in the nearby forest had gathered here. They were discussing the group of human Wizards that had recently appeared in the Chimeras' territory.
They had all experienced the changes in the Magical Energy around the Diseased Forest.
The abnormal vibrations and loss of Magical Elements posed a serious threat to all the Magical Beasts present. In fact, many of the more experienced Magical Beasts insisted that the human Wizards had already built a Wizard's Pagoda there. Otherwise, they could not explain the abnormal changes in the Black Forest.
The Wizard's Pagoda!
At the mention of this name, the expressions of all the Magical Beasts changed slightly.
This … was a name that all Magical Beasts hated and feared!
Because hearing it meant that the Magical Beasts would have to pay a huge price for it.
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