Tiffany was born in the Verne region.
That was the traditional territory of the Winter Witches.
As one of the first batch of apprentices to be sent to the Tower of Destiny, Tiffany was just like the other apprentices. She had low talent and was generally too young.
This way, the Tower of Destiny would greatly delay the time it would take to nurture them and send them out to control the resource points and secular territories in the periphery. That way, those territories and resource points would always remain in the hands of the various large factions, indirectly weakening the growth of the Tower of Destiny.
Of course, these were all overt schemes.
Even if Alice was well aware of all this, she could do nothing about it.
Who asked her to be powerless and have no powerful people supporting her? She'd gotten the title of leader of the Witches of Destiny for no reason, yet she had nothing other than a lonely tower and two 'comrades' she'd fought with in life and death battles with.
This was perhaps one of the main reasons why the laws of destiny had chosen her!
"Come with me, Tiffany!" Alice bent down and caressed the girl's tender face, "Perhaps I have a mission waiting for you here …"
Saying this, Alice swaggered off, minding her own business.
The little girl who'd been left on the spot was dumbfounded for a long time, before suddenly coming to her senses as if she'd just woken up from a dream. She hugged the thick spell book tightly with both hands and chased after Alice's receding figure.
… …
The security around the Blazing Flame Monarch was getting tighter by the day.
Ever since the mercenaries discovered signs of magical creatures gathering in the northern mountain forest, the activities of the adventurers had become more cautious.
Even though the Blazing Flame Monarch had issued several high-reward missions to investigate the movements of magical creatures, there were still very few adventurers who dared to venture deep into the northern region.
With the Blazing Flame Monarch becoming a subordinate mission point of the Wizard Association in the scattered Tower Forest, many apprentices were tempted here by the high rewards. They formed small teams of apprentices in groups of three to five and were active in the northern mountain forest where magical creatures were increasingly active. From time to time, they would bring back some unsettling news.
It was now confirmed that there were around seven leaders of magical creatures active near the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard Tower. Among them, the Three-headed Hellhound, Medusa, and Twin-legged Wyvern King were all old monsters that had lived here for more than a hundred years, while the Scarlet Flame Tigers, Giant Barbarian Elephants, Twin-headed Ogres, and Abbe Beemen were new tribes that had migrated here from the depths of the Dark Forest.
The Crimson Flame Tiger was a fire-type monster with a tail that burned with golden flames. Their claws and fangs would deal fire damage when they attacked, and their powerful tail was no less than a flaming whip. The advantage of this monster was its speed and ferocious attacks, but its disadvantage was that it didn't have any long-range attacks.
The Giant Barbarian Elephant was a terrifying monster that was several times stronger than an ordinary elephant. An adult Giant Barbarian Elephant's physique was shockingly high, and its strength was also terrifying. Apart from that, it did not have any witchcraft techniques. They were like the Physique Refinement Sorcerers among the monsters, using all of their sorcery power to strengthen their bodies and strength.
Therefore, the Giant Barbarian Elephant was a rather brutal and powerful magic creature!
In the past, when large scale beast tides broke out in human settlements, the thing that gave the human defenders the most headaches was the row of Giant Barbarian Elephants that launched a barbaric charge. Wherever the Giant Barbarian Elephants went, ordinary human defenses would not be able to withstand such ferocious and wild attacks.
As long as they opened up a gap, the subsequent beast tides would become increasingly difficult to defend against!
The Twin-headed Ogres were an anomaly among the Ogres.
Although ordinary Ogres were tall, mighty, and had boundless strength, they were still creatures of the forest, and could not be classified as monsters. However, once the number of Ogres reached a hundred, there was a high chance that these two-headed mutated Ogres would be born.
Ordinary Ogres were insulated from magical elements, and their brains were a complete mess. The average Ogre in the entire tribe only had the intelligence of a three-year-old human child. However, these Twin-headed Ogres were born with extraordinary powers that made people envious. They could absorb the necessary knowledge and power from their bloodline, and thus possess strange spell-casting abilities.
However, the spells they controlled were very simple. They were either supportive strength-type spells or the violent and ferocious thunder-type spells.
In general, it was easy to take down a lone Twin-headed Ogre. However, if they encountered a Twin-headed Ogre Sorcerer with a large number of subordinates, they could just casually throw out a 'Bloodthirsty Berserk' spell, and there would be hundreds of burly men wielding stone clubs and hammers chasing after them.
Therefore, if one wanted to take down a Twin-headed Ogre Sorcerer, one had to have a strong body that could fight and resist!
As for the last type, the Abbe Bee People, they were even more difficult to deal with.
The reason they were not to be trifled with was not because of their individual strength, but because of their astonishing reproductive ability.
As long as there were enough ordinary lifeforms in a Black Forest, the Abebe bee-people would be able to breed an astonishing population in the shortest amount of time as if they were cheating. Therefore, the number of Abbe Bee People was usually proportional to the number of 'food' in the local area.
If there were more bees than food, the Abbe Bee People would quickly divide their nests. At the beginning, there would only be a Abbe Queen and 20 Bee People who acted as soldiers.
However, once the Abbe Bee People gained a foothold in a new habitat, their numbers would explode at an explosive rate.
As for the Abbe Bee People, their individual strength was only comparable to a beginner apprentice. They looked like a mix of elves and bees, and their intelligence was not low.
The Abbe Bee People had four human-like limbs, but each of them only had four toes. Their bodies were covered with bristle-like fur, with black or yellow spots on the edges. Their heads and faces were as exquisite as elves, but they had black insect-like compound eyes and long antennae.
Of course, they also had translucent wings like bees, but their flying speed and height were far lower than those flying monsters.
Their attack method was to fly in the air and use poisoned spears and arrows to attack the enemy. If they were closer, they could even shoot out poisonous stingers from their tails. The power of the stingers at close range was no less than that of an enchanted weapon.
Their greatest advantage was still their terrifying numbers.
Even though they only had the strength of beginner apprentices, they could still pose a considerable threat to Wizards if they gathered in large numbers.
These terrifying Magical Creatures were not to be trifled with, which was why the Training Apprentices who made a living in the Blazing Flame Monarch could only limit their activities to the forest within a 50-mile radius.
After all, this was within the range of the Wizard's Pagoda, and the rate at which magical elements were being lost was much faster than in the surroundings. Thus, no Magical Creatures would set up a base nearby.
In this way, a relatively safe power vacuum was formed!
The Tower Apprentices used this safe area as a barrier, frequently launching attacks everywhere, constantly infiltrating the hunting areas of the Magical Creatures, harassing or ambushing the lone Magical Creatures and Beasts.
Of course, there was reciprocation!
The activity of the human Apprentices also attracted many ferocious Magical Creatures that fed on flesh and blood. Both sides fought in the depths of the Dark Forest, and there would be one or two planned ambushes and massacres every day. In the process, both sides suffered significant losses.
But on the whole, the human Apprentices still had the upper hand.
After all, behind them stood the terrifying Wizard's Pagoda that could defend against the attacks of tens of thousands of Magical Creatures — the Blazing Flame Monarch!
In order to defend against the attacks of the Magical Creatures in the north, the Blazing Flame Monarch formed a team of Chimeras, Bird Demons and Snake Demons to constantly patrol the perimeter of the Flame Cave. Once the human Apprentices were in danger and sent out a signal, they could summon the nearest team of Tower Guards to reinforce them.
Thus, with their tacit cooperation, the Magical Creatures that had gathered in the northern forest were constantly being ambushed and killed. A few of the Magical Creatures that had just arrived suffered large numbers of casualties, while the Tower Apprentices seemed to have the help of God, avoiding the ambushes and encirclement of the Magical Creatures many times.
Many of the acolytes gained experience from this onslaught, and they also brought back many rare resources from the Black Forest. If this situation could be maintained for a long time, the Blazing Flame Monarch would be able to harvest a batch of Wizard Apprentices that could grow up in the shortest amount of time possible.
But how could these Tower Apprentices know that behind the battlefield they were rampaging through, there were even more and even deeper secrets hidden? The terrifying Wizard Gargamel who always stayed at the second level of the Wizard's Pagoda with a sinister smile was the true mastermind behind everything.
Most of the attacks and scouting missions by the Wizard's Pagoda's apprentices were issued by him, and detailed information about the Magical Creatures was constantly being sent over.
He was like a strange Wizard playing chess with himself, trying his best to mobilize and control the resources around the Wizard's Pagoda. The ones who were sent out were mostly the Tower Apprentices and foreign apprentices who had come to train. Most of the dangerous missions would be carried out by the outsiders, while the less dangerous and lucrative missions would be given to the apprentices of their own side.
The targets of the Magical Creatures that the apprentices attacked were mostly the new Magical Creatures. As for the Three-headed Magical Hound Anguja and Medusa who were secretly loyal to Grimm, they had become "Magical Traitors". Even though they pretended to have conflicts with the human apprentices, they were secretly devouring the territory of the new Magical Creatures.
Relying on this strategy of eating meat from both sides, their numbers were slowly increasing, and their strength was also getting stronger.
As for the true master of the Blazing Flame Monarch, the powerful Fire Demon Grimm, he gave up on the "game" of managing the Wizard's Pagoda's power and gave all of his authority to Gargamel. As for Grimm, he focused all of his efforts on strengthening his abilities and polishing his mental energy.
He could clearly see that the Wizard World was a cruel world where power was everything! The first thing that determined a Wizard's status was the power he possessed, followed by the authority he had.
If a new Wizard like Grimm wanted to stand out, the only way he could do so was to crush his opponents at a higher level.
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