The Swamp Crocodile King was dead.
It had died at the hands of two inconspicuous fellows!
Grimm commanded the Earth Demon Centipede to quickly kill the Crocodile King, harvesting some important biological materials and an Earth-type crystal core the size of a pigeon egg. He then ran away before the Swamp Crocodiles could surround him.
When Grimm's figure disappeared at the end of the path, Red Robe Mary was looking at the Swamp Crocodile King from behind a ghost tree less than half a mile away from the battlefield. Underneath her body were 14 corpses of the Carrion Crows that were scattered in a crooked manner.
She had witnessed the entire process of Grimm's battle, and she couldn't help but sigh.
The Swamp Crocodile King?
That was a terrifying monster that even she would not dare to provoke!
Although the Swamp Crocodile King was only a high-rank acolyte, and she was also a high-rank acolyte, their true battle strength was not calculated in this way. With her super high agility, the Swamp Crocodile King would not be able to touch her clothes even if it had wings. However, the Swamp Crocodile King's thick, despair-inducing scales were not something her "weak" attacks could break.
The Swamp Crocodile King would not be able to catch up to her, and she would not be able to defeat it.
Hence, Red Robe Mary knew the limits of her abilities. She might have been able to bully many acolytes when she did not have any good defensive measures. However, as the acolytes' strength increased, her advantage would become smaller and smaller.
Now, an inconspicuous low-rank acolyte's "underling" had hidden such a trick and could use those strange mud dolls to torture the Swamp Crocodile King to death.
This … This really left her at a loss!
Looking at the corpses of the crows below her, her eyes were filled with sorrow.
That was her "underling" that she had personally taken in! Since when did he become the main force of the battle, and she became his assistant, a servant who cleaned up the periphery? For no reason, Mary's heart was filled with anger, and her green eyes were stained with a trace of blood.
She was the boss, and he was just a little brother. This relationship could not be changed! It seemed that she had to find time to teach this "underling" a lesson. Although he had treated her well in the past, that was not a reason for him to ride on her head. Yes, I'll teach him a lesson when I get back!
Suppressing the rage in her heart, Mary pounced forward and transformed into a petite vampire bat. She flapped her wings and disappeared on the spot.
When Red Robe Mary knocked on the door angrily, what welcomed her was Grim's bright smile.
Grimm pulled Marilla into the room and presented his gift to her like he was presenting a treasure.
"Mary, look at this. Don't you like the blood of experts? Do you think this is useful? "
The pungent blood was placed in a clay jar and presented to Mary by Grim. Grim's face was shining with anticipation, as if he was looking forward to receiving a compliment.
"What … what is this?" Mary stuttered.
For some reason, the anger that filled her, who had just come to the door in a threatening manner, disappeared in an instant. Even her speech became a little stuttering.
"Don't ask first. Try it and see if you like it! I did a lot of it this time. If you like it, I'll go to the lab to purify it and get rid of the stench. It'll definitely taste better that way! "
Red Robe Mary's pretty face tensed up as she criticized him unreasonably.
"Who gives gifts like you? You don't even have a decent decoration, and you just use a crude clay jar to hold it. At the very least, you should change it to a crystal goblet! Also, how did you extract the blood? Don't you know that the sweetest thing in a living being is the blood from the heart? Seeing that you're so sincere, I'll forgive your rudeness this time. Remember to clean it up and give it to me next time! "
"I understand, I understand … I understand … This … Mary! You see, there are so many things. I'm afraid it'll take a lot of time to finish them all at once. My knowledge might not be enough … "
Red Robe Mary's beautiful green eyes narrowed into a line, and a dangerous glint flashed in them.
"What? Are you borrowing money from me? "
"Not at all … I'm just borrowing it temporarily. I'll return it to you after I sell the things I put up for sale." Grimm could not help but laugh. The earth elemental core he had harvested this time was obviously better than the previous one, and the space he could use to set up the spell formation was also larger. How to make use of it more rationally had become a big problem.
The time to set off was getting closer and closer, and the time he had left was decreasing. There were still a few urgent matters he had to complete.
The earth elemental core he had just harvested was undoubtedly one of them.
Grimm already had a different idea about this core. Since it was an earth elemental core, why couldn't he link the energy of the summoned Earth Golems? Wouldn't it be better if they could split up and work together to share their energy?
The A.I. Chip had already completed the initial calculations of Grimm's new idea. He only needed to gather a bit more knowledge about energy linking and soul synergy before he could formally construct it.
The second thing Grimm needed to do was to find a suitable defensive spell.
He currently had two fire elemental spells. One was a close-range attack that also had some defensive capabilities, while the other was a pure long-range attack. This left him with a huge hole in his defense. If he did not think of a way to improve this, he would always be a piece of trash in front of the high-ranked acolytes.
The demonic worm Endik relied on his insect body to split, and was practically unkillable. He was not afraid of the enemy's attacks at all. The Mad Lady's physique was extremely high, and her attacks were also unstoppable. She never had to worry about her own safety. Eagle Eye Crusar's abilities were unknown. Red Robe Mary's agility was extraordinary, and she had the terrifying ability to suck blood and regenerate. She was also a cockroach.
The high-ranked acolytes that Grimm had gathered all had their own complete and systematic paths of magic. Whether it was offense or defense, they all had their own unique methods of dealing with it. Thus, the battle strength they displayed varied greatly. However, no matter who he faced, Grimm had no confidence that he could survive their attacks.
This was Grimm's current weakness.
Due to the lack of knowledge and resources, Grimm was at the bottom even among the beginner acolytes. Until now, he had not really chosen his path, so he did not have a system of magic that revolved around his own path.
Previously, he had the ambition to become a law-defying wizard, and he had some arcane wizard skills. However, before he could put in any effort, this damned forced mission had interrupted his normal path.
According to his original plan, he should have invested most of his resources into the basic knowledge and theories of fire spells. He would have worked hard to increase his power of the will so that he could catch up with the rest and become an intermediate acolyte. According to his estimation, this process would take at least three months to see results.
However, there was a red nightmarish forced mission pressing down on him. If he did not have a way to deal with it when the time was up, he would not even have the chance to regret it. He would die in that terrifying dark cave. Because of this, Grimm had no choice but to adjust his resource allocation plan and bet all his chips on summoning puppets.
The direct result of this was that Grimm was almost bankrupt!
He did not have enough knowledge to go to the alchemy laboratory, nor did he have enough knowledge to collect defensive spells. He did not even have enough gold coins to buy some suitable tools …
The other things could be put aside, but he did not have enough knowledge to create a new crystal core. This was the real problem for Grimm. Otherwise, he would not have been so shameless as to try and take advantage of Mary.
Mary's dazzling eyes stared at Grimm for a long time, and she finally nodded silently.
After receiving an 'investment' from Mary, Grimm immediately rushed to the alchemy laboratory and extravagantly chose seven hours of time.
This time, the earth crystal core left by the Swamp Crocodile King was the size of a pigeon's egg. According to the A.I. Chip's design, apart from a few basic control spell formations, there was more space left for the energy nodes. Hence, the previous crystal core for summoning puppets only had four energy nodes, but this one would have nine.
More energy nodes meant more complicated spell formation designs, as well as numerous structural changes. Hence, the A.I. Chip had been busy with calculations and testing the crystal core ever since it had been obtained.
Only after Grimm had dealt with the various spell formation materials properly did the A.I. Chip complete its work.
[Beep. The new summoning crystal core design has been completed. Begin data transmission?]
"Transmit!"
Following the transmission of a stream of data, Grimm closed his eyes and finally saw the three-dimensional spell formation that had been custom-made for him.
There were more than 15 spell formations of various sizes that needed to be etched on the surface of the crystal core. They also needed to be linked together to form an even more intricate and perfect spell formation. Only the A.I. Chip could complete such a task so quickly, but Grimm could not even decipher most of the runes.
After trying a few times, Grimm could only give up on this pointless self-torture and focus on the problems that he needed to pay attention to when etching the crystal core.
The A.I. Chip was like a powerful auxiliary tool. With its help, Grimm could completely avoid his lack of knowledge and skills, and directly break down the entire task into countless simple and direct operations. With these trivial operations, Grimm, who was a beginner in alchemy, could complete the complicated rune structure that only a master alchemist could create in one go.
Hence, at this moment, Grimm was not worried about whether he was up to the task, but whether his spiritual force could support such a large and complicated task.
However, he did not seem to have much of a way out.
He needed to quickly assemble the magic puppet troops he needed, complete the optimisation of his offensive methods, and then squeeze out some time to master a defensive spell. This was the key to whether or not he could survive this mission!
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