Inside the stone tower, Grimm was silently studying a black ball.
This was a strange item that had been left behind along with Mary's' letter '. After studying it for a long time, Grimm still couldn't figure out what it was.
[Beep. In-depth scan completed. Statistical report generated …]
A moment later, a stream of data flowed into Grimm's mind, displaying a scanned image of the black ball's structure. Looking at the familiar image, Grimm couldn't help but cry out, "Carrion Worm Queen!"
Yes, the black ball in front of him was not an object, but a living creature. It was a strange creature that had left a deep impression on Grimm — the Carrion Worm Queen!
Entek's innate talent was very ordinary. With such innate attributes, it was almost impossible for him to advance to become a Magus. However, his luck was not bad, and he actually managed to fuse with a Carrion Worm Queen while he was still an acolyte. It was this unexpected gain that allowed him to break through the limits of his innate talent and successfully cross the threshold of becoming a Magus.
Seriously speaking, even among the ranks of official Magi, Entek was one of the top existences.
As long as he was able to gather an army of Carrion Worms, even veteran Magi would have to flee in panic when they encountered him. After all, not every Magus could gather an army of over a thousand people like Mary could, and it was also impossible for them to charge through the dense swarm of worms to directly behead him.
The combination of a swarm of Carrion Worms and an undying worm body was truly invincible at times!
But now, the Carrion Worm Queen that Entek had fused with had fallen into his hands. One could only imagine the fate of the evil worms. In the plane of knights, Mary had actually killed the evil worm Entek all by herself without his help. Just thinking about the hardships and dangers she had gone through, Grimm felt a lingering fear.
However, since Mary had left the worm queen behind, it was obviously a hint to Grimm that he could do whatever he wanted with it.
However, just as Grimm stared at the black ball with killing intent filling his heart, the black ball suddenly trembled and slowly cracked open.
It was not a black ball to begin with, but a ball formed by the worm queen's curled up body. The exposed black shell was just the hard carapace on the worm queen's back!
Perhaps sensing Grimm's killing intent, or perhaps knowing that it could no longer hide, the Mutated Insect Queen automatically stretched its body and turned back into a black beetle.
It was a strange creature with a dark black carapace. On its head was a pair of huge colorful eyes, and around the eyes were many small compound eyes. At the very front of the insect's head was a lotus-petal-like mouthpart, and a pair of strange blade-like jaws could be clearly seen.
On the back of the beetle was a layer of deep black carapace that sparkled with a translucent luster. The A.I. Chip's analysis showed that its hardness was no less than that of a magic iron alloy. With such hardness, even a Berserker Swordsman would not be able to damage it in the slightest. Only those heavy weapons might be able to injure the soft internal organs inside the carapace through the intense shock, if it had any.
Although the sides of the beetle's body were densely packed with many sickle-like appendages, with its fist-sized body, it would be very difficult to rely on them to protect itself.
As Grimm silently sized up the strange Insect Queen, the mutated Insect Queen also raised its head and emitted a sharp hiss at Grimm.
[Beep. Strange creature's spiritual force connection has been detected … Requesting Host's instructions to initiate the connection?]
"Connect!"
In the next second, Grimm's mind was occupied by the noise of the strange insect's hissing.
The intonation of the insect's hissing constantly changed and adjusted. Finally, a clear stream of consciousness gently touched Grimm's consciousness, and at the same time, a set of difficult to understand spiritual projection was transmitted.
"Protection … Contract … Survival …"
The Insect Queen was not human, so its way of thinking and speech was very different from humans. However, through some special words, they could barely communicate a little.
"You want to use the method of exchanging a contract to obtain my protection?" Grimm could only use the A.I. Chip's translation to guess the meaning of the other party's words.
This time, the Insect Queen nodded repeatedly.
"It's a pity. I care a lot about my human bloodline, so I won't try to fuse with some strange foreign bloodline …" Once he thought of Entek's original form, Grimm felt a sense of disgust.
As if frightened by Grimm's nonchalant attitude, the Insect Queen's ugly, lotus petal-shaped mouth wriggled even faster, and the ear-piercing hissing of the insect was a kind of noise. Although the Insect Queen hissed like a torrential storm, Grimm could only understand the words' powerful 'and' obedient 'through the A.I. Chip.
"I only accept slaves that are useful to me, like you …" Grimm lightly tapped the table with his hand, his face full of disdain for the other party.
Mature Carrion Beetles were a type of magical creature that lived in groups. They had tough shells and thick hides, and were extremely resistant to attacks. More importantly, they could fly, and with a little modification, they would make a good Magus slave. However, their biggest weakness was their slow flying speed, and they lacked mid-range and long-range skills.
This made it very easy for them to fall into awkward situations where their opponents could not kill them, and they could not catch up to their enemies.
The Insect Queen began to hiss even more crazily, as if it was eager to sell itself.
Grimm listened attentively for a while, then closed his eyes to think for a while before speaking.
"I don't care for Entek's inferior undying beetle body, so I won't consider fusing with you. However, I can give you a few suggestions. If you can fuse with one of my subordinates, then I can let you live. Otherwise, I'll definitely erase the last trace of Entich in this world … "
The Insect Queen hissed for a long time, but finally lowered its head helplessly.
"Since you've agreed, then lower your spiritual defenses. I'll leave you with a soul contract …" Grimm immediately struck while the iron was hot, trying to settle this' potential stock 'in the shortest amount of time possible.
Although the Insect Queen was an intelligent magical creature, it could only allow itself to be trampled on by Grimm in this situation. It crawled on the table, and slowly lowered its spiritual defenses.
Under the A.I. Chip's control, Grimm's spiritual force ruthlessly pierced into the core of the Insect Queen's consciousness like a burning red needle, branding it with his own soul imprint.
This way, the Insect Queen could be considered as Grimm's Witchcraft Slave. Even if it fused with any person or creature in the future, this soul imprint would exist forever, and would become a necessary method to control its life and death.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the A.I. Chip scanned the Insect Queen's consciousness and soul, and projected the Insect Queen's basic data into Grimm's mind.
Insect Queen, a mutated fusion magical creature. It does not have any offensive abilities, but it can bestow special battle insects to its host. The characteristics of the hatched beetles are determined by the host's innate talent, but their basic form is still that of a beetle...
Stats: Strength < 1, Agility < 1, Vitality < 3, Spiritual Force 2...
Number of battle insects hatched: Determined by spiritual force. Every point of spiritual force can control 20 battle insects. Current limit of control is 40.
Speed of incubating battle insects: With sufficient nourishment from flesh and blood, 5 eggs can be incubated every day. Adult growth time: 12 days.
Grimm slowly analyzed the Insect Queen's characteristics, silently estimating its basic combat strength.
The Insect Queen did not have any combat strength, so it could only rely on the battle insects it hatched to protect itself. With its incubation speed, as long as it was provided with enough flesh and blood (the stronger the creature, the better), Grimm would be able to obtain 5 special Magus rank beetles every day after 12 days. He could then use them as some kind of consumable and continuously send them into the battlefield.
From a certain point of view, this Insect Queen could be used as a mobile beetle nest that could provide Grimm's camp with an endless supply of beginner soldiers.
However, the Insect Queen could not do all this by itself. It would need to fuse with a person or creature to obtain this kind of magical ability. Therefore, after subduing the Insect Queen, choosing a suitable host for it became a key issue.
According to Grimm's examination, although the Insect Queen was greatly weakened due to Entik's death, it still retained the basic abilities of a beginner Magus. This also meant that any apprentice that fused with the Insect Queen would become a new 'evil insect' in a very short period of time as long as they were nurtured properly.
Moreover, due to the mark in the Insect Queen's soul, Grimm had a certain degree of control over the new 'evil insect'.
Therefore, Grimm gave up his authority over the Stone Tower and allowed the Insect Queen to secretly contact all the apprentices in the Stone Tower. He then selected a list of individuals that could fuse with it.
To be honest, before seeing the list, Grimm thought that all the apprentices would be on the list. However, when the Insect Queen's list was released, even he was a little surprised.
This list of names was too few!
At the moment, there were more than 20 sorcerer-apprentices living in the stone tower, including prospective sorcerer-apprentices like Sabrina and Moss. However, the Insect Queen's list only had three names. There was not a single prospective wizard, and none of Grimm's four apprentices were on the list.
Among the three names, there was only one that Grimm could recognize.
Bliss!
Beginner Apprentice Bliss!
Grimm could not understand this result no matter how hard he thought about it. He only understood after communicating with the Insect Queen.
It turned out that the Insect Queen's choice of host was not entirely based on the person's strength, but more on the person's talent.
The Insect Queen was a magical creature with a dark attribute, so it especially favored creatures with talent similar to itself. Although Blitz was the weakest among them, he was extremely compatible with the Insect Queen in terms of talent attributes.
In some aspects, his soul compatibility with the Insect Queen was even greater than that of the evil insect, Entik!
Bliss …
Grimm repeated this name and could not help but squint his eyes.
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