With regards to the many magical beasts in the Black Forest, the Wizards had made full use of their resources.
After killing a magical creature, every part and organ of its body would be fully excavated for its hidden economic value. Then, a pile of badly mutilated magical organs would be transformed into a pile of enviable magical crystals.
This seemed to be an instinctive ability that only human Magi could have!
In the vast and boundless Dark Forest, magical beasts often fought against one another. However, only human Magi were able to increase the rewards of a battle to such a degree after a victory. As for the 'barbaric' magical beasts, other than devouring the bodies of their opponents and occupying their territories, they had no other way to increase their profits.
After all, a complete internal system with a clear division of labor did not exist in the Black Forest.
After dealing with the old spider's body, Grimm quickly arrived in front of test subject number two.
Placed on top of it was the dying body of the Giant Wild Baboon.
Yes, although the Giant Wild Baboon was not dead, its life force had already entered an irreversible decline.
To be honest, when it was fished out of the sea of lava, everyone was shocked that it was still alive. It had been struck by Grimm's flames twice, then soaked in the sea of lava for half an hour. The Giant Wild Baboon's life force must have been extremely tenacious to have not dissipated into thin air!
When it was first fished out, the surface of the Giant Wild Baboon's body had already been completely carbonized, and a casual touch would cause it to fall to the ground. However, the powerful life force still stimulated its body, allowing this baboon, which was three or four sizes smaller, to regenerate its flesh so quickly that it could withstand the damage from the magma's flames. The carbonized layer on its body also effectively isolated the damage from the flames.
With all these factors, the Giant Wild Baboon barely managed to survive, becoming the first batch of magical beast captives after the Wizard's Pagoda was built.
Due to the Giant Wild Baboon's rebellious nature, it was almost impossible to tame it. Thus, Grimm intended to modify it into a powerful Wizard Beast. However, modifying a Wizard Beast was a profound skill. He did not have enough knowledge in this area, and it would be a huge waste if he tried it rashly.
This was why Grimm wanted to invite Wizard Cogan to help him modify it.
However, half a month had passed, and Wizard Cogan still hadn't appeared in the Blazing Flame Monarch. Grim couldn't help but feel suspicious. His relationship with the Sarubo Family was not as harmonious as before.
Of course, a large part of the reason was that Grimm was too 'independent'!
Previously, when he had chosen the location of his private Wizard's Pagoda, he had not placed it near the traditional territory of the Salubo family. Instead, he had strangely placed it at the edge of a remote Dark Forest. Moreover, before and after the Beast Tide attack, he did not even ask for help from his family.
Furthermore, even after a difficult victory, he still did not make any requests to his family despite the fact that the Wizard's Pagoda's defenses were not strong enough. Instead, he took the initiative to establish a relationship with the scattered Tower Forest Wizard Association.
This … was a very thought-provoking action!
No matter how one looked at it, these actions seemed to be an ambitious attempt, an attempt to break away from the shackles of the family, and an attempt to establish an independent force.
If the Salubo Family understood this, they would no longer treat Grimm as kindly as before. It was very likely that they would remove him from the core of the Wizards in the family, and no longer give him the privileges and convenience of the core Wizards.
The news that Meryl had sent back from the Fedenan City Wizard Tower the day before showed that the family mission against Grimm was already in preparation. They had previously given Grimm ten years of freedom, and now it was time for him to contribute to the family!
However, this was expected, so Grimm did not find it strange.
The only thing he could do now was to arrange everything in his hands as soon as possible and do it well. That way, if he was forced to complete some dangerous family mission, the Flame Monarch's Wizard's Pagoda would not fall into a predicament because of his absence.
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Plane of Knights.
There was not a single trace of life in the silent forest.
A mysterious figure covered in a thick black robe was silently walking through the dense forest.
The black robe dragged on the ground, and the mysterious figure seemed to be staggering as he walked. Behind him, large puddles of purplish black blood and strange shell fragments could be seen.
The black robe silently made its way through the forest.
Every time there was the sound of flapping wings in the surrounding forest, he would suddenly stop and listen, only continuing forward when he was sure that there was no danger.
Finally, he stopped in front of an exceptionally tall ancient tree.
He pushed away the thick soil at the foot of the ancient tree, revealing a piece of purple copper ore with specks of starlight.
The black robe finally nodded in satisfaction, extending his bony, filthy right hand that had sharp nails and was covered in dirt. He casually drew a few lines in the air. As a mysterious rune glowing with green light appeared out of nowhere, a piece of wrinkled tree bark suddenly peeled off, revealing the dark entrance to the cave.
The thick smell of blood and the faint, sharp hiss of insects also surged out …
The black robe stood in silence for a moment. After sensing that there was nothing out of the ordinary in the surrounding forest, he quietly made his way into the cave.
After the black robe disappeared, a dense black fog flashed past, and the ancient tree returned to its original state.
But half an hour later, a pair of slightly larger strange bats suddenly flew out of the forest. They quickly circled around the ancient tree, as if they were looking for something. However, the cave that the black robe had set up was unusually well-hidden, so they found nothing even after searching for a long time.
Left with no choice, the two strange bats communicated with each other. One of them stayed here to continue searching, while the other flapped its wings and quickly fled into the forest.
Following the ancient tree and circling for about twenty to thirty meters, they would arrive at a bloody and terrifying insect nest. In the narrow space of less than thirty square meters, there were more than twenty giant insect nests densely packed together. Due to the lack of blood and flesh, the larvae in the insect nests could not develop into larvae. As a result, there was not even a basic insect soldier to be found in this nest.
At this point, Entik no longer hid anything.
When he casually threw off the thick black robe on his body, it immediately revealed his body that was riddled with wounds. If even the powerful regenerative ability of his evil insect body, Entik, could not repair the wounds in time, one could imagine the severity of his injuries!
After the black robe left his body, Entik's black insect body was revealed to be covered in frightening dark red spots. These dark red spots were like living creatures, wriggling on his shiny black insect carapace and expanding outwards with all their might.
After many parts of the thick carapace were corroded, the dark red spots had already begun to corrode the weaker internal organs and flesh in his body.
The evil insect Entik could not help but cough violently. He coughed so hard that he felt like vomiting his heart and lungs.
However, just as he took out a pile of bottles and jars, intending to give himself a simple treatment, the witchcraft alarm he had set up outside was triggered. As a water mirror appeared, Entik saw a red silhouette flying around the nearby forest.
Damn it, those vampires have caught up so quickly!
Entik raised his head to look at the insect breeding room while cursing angrily. A hint of viciousness appeared on his hideous insect mouth.
After a few short whispers that sounded like an incantation and an insect's hiss, a dark green rune floated to the top of the cave. Then, the same strange rune appeared on all the insect nests at the same time.
"Solyana, Devour Flesh …"
When Entik's incantation was completed, the 22 large insect nests in the cave that served as the insect breeding room collapsed at the same time. A large group of larvae, whose carapaces were still in a milky white and translucent state, crazily crowded together and devoured each other with all their might.
You bite me, I bite you … All the larvae seemed to have gone mad, using the flesh and shells of their own kind as nutrients to grow and devour anything that could be bitten.
For a moment, insect blood splattered everywhere, and insect hisses could be heard … The scene had sunk into a bloody and cruel civil war!
Even with Entik's sinister and evil nature, the expression on his face was abnormally sinister and terrifying at the sight before him.
If he was given enough time and enough life, this insect breeding room would give him more than 200 terrifying insect soldiers. Whether they were larvae or mature, the frightening insect horde formed by the Carrion Beetles would become his greatest assistance.
When that time came, even if he had to fight against a small team of four or five Magi, he had absolute confidence in obtaining the final victory!
It was a pity that his dreams had been destroyed by the hands of a hateful woman.
Entik's heart secretly bled at the thought of the delicate figure that carried the clouds of blood that filled the sky.
Once upon a time, Entik had successfully created a terrifying insect horde that numbered in the hundreds. Among them, there were as many as 34 mature Magi whose strength was comparable to that of ordinary Magi.
However, a battle in the depths of the forest had caused him to be unable to recover from this setback.
The valiant Carrion Beetles that did not fear death encountered a group of Vampires that could absorb blood and heal themselves. Both parties engaged in a frenzied battle in the depths of the forest. They fought from this forest to another forest, from this mountain to another mountain … Both sides were like a group of mad bulls that had their eyes turned red from fighting. They no longer cared about the so-called remnants of the Knights, and instead, they fought until the sky turned dark and the earth turned dark, and the sun and moon lost their light.
In this extreme war of attrition, the Bloody Witch Mary seemed to have an unending stream of reinforcements behind her. The injured retreated into the forest to absorb blood and heal themselves, while the dead had reinforcements that constantly replenished their blood. Relying on this vicious method of cutting flesh with a blunt knife, Mary actually led a group of Blood Knights and forcefully wiped out Entik's Carrion Beetle swarm.
The price Mary paid was the death of five of her eight Blood Knights, leaving only two Grade 2 Blood Knights and one Grade 1 Blood Knight.
However, the most unexpected thing was that Soros, whom she had accidentally created previously, had actually successfully become a genuine Grade 2 Blood Knight. Moreover, he was a Grade 2 Blood Knight that had retained all of his soul and intelligence.
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