In the days that followed, Grim entered the busiest period of his life.
His mind that had withered after the training needed a long period of meditation to recover …
The continuous tremors in his Spiritual Space needed to be nurtured slowly …
Even though the mutated fire elemental runes he had just obtained had been completely analysed by the A.I. Chip, he still needed to continue experimenting if he wanted to turn them into his true battle strength …
He needed to appraise the large number of level 2 Elemental Essence Crystals and build a data model …
The strange changes to Bliss' body also needed to be created …
The governance around the Blazing Flame Monarch also needed to be standardized …
The nurturing of the apprentices in the Wizard's Pagoda could not be ignored …
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Grim, who had always been a loner, had never thought that forming a healthy faction would be so troublesome, or that the internal affairs of the Wizard's Pagoda would be so complicated. If not for the help of Meryl and Gargamel, he would not have been able to run the Blazing Flame Monarch's Pagoda in an orderly fashion.
Only now did he understand why so many high-level Magi would rather rely on a Magus family than go out and create a new faction.
It turned out that supporting a new faction was such a difficult and torturous task!
There were not enough Magi in the Wizard's Pagoda. Hence, under Meryl's strong request, even Grim had to take up classes on high-level Wizard Techniques. Fortunately, he only had to take two days off every two weeks. Otherwise, Grim would have chased all the apprentices away.
Right now, he was like a clockwork top. He couldn't have a moment of peace. He spent his days shuttling between different Wizard Research Labs, following up on seven or eight Wizard Research projects. Even when he had free time, he still had to make preparations for the Magic Puppets he was about to start …
Perhaps the only time he could relax was when he closed his eyes and meditated after exhausting all of his mental energy.
According to the A.I. Chip's calculations, his Spiritual Space had never been peaceful ever since he started training, always in a state of constant turbulence. Correspondingly, the efficiency of his meditation had increased by quite a bit. This meant that the Spiritual Training Technique he had modified based on his own conditions had the effect of improving his natural aptitude.
The Gnome Kabi had also successfully moved his Gnome shop to the Blazing Flame Monarch, becoming the biggest secret technique merchant in the Wizard's Pagoda. The Goblin Magic Equipment it promoted was cheap, easy to operate, and had strange effects. It had also become a new thing that sorcerer-apprentices were happy to try.
If they wanted to lure the stupid ogres into the ambush from afar, the mechanical chickens were a good choice. The apprentices did not have enough wizard power, so the Alchemy Bombs could help them maintain their attack power when their wizard power was depleted. When the team was chased by terrifying monsters, the Rocket Boots could save their lives. When the prey hid in a dark cave and refused to come out, the self-exploding chickens could make it change its mind.
Although these magical machines from another plane always had all kinds of problems, such as the wrong setting of the mechanical chicken, which would lead the ogres to the operator, or the alchemy bombs, which would only make two explosions when thrown, or the rocket boots, which would allow you to have intimate contact with a tree … no matter what, when you had an additional choice, life would always be more surprising or frightening than before!
Taking advantage of the fact that the Elemental Magic Puppets had just become famous, Grimm began to try to sell some of them in Kabi's Gnome shop.
In the first batch of magic puppets, almost all of them were at the level of Quasi-Magi, and they were involved in the few branches of Earth, Fire, Water and Wind. There were only ten of them, and they were priced at an astonishing 1,100 magic crystals.
According to Grimm's analysis, this price was a little high.
After all, the basic reward for a mission for an ordinary sorcerer-apprentice was around 20 to 30 magic crystals. Even the most dangerous missions would cost more than 100 magic crystals. The quasi-Wizard Magic Puppets were definitely not attractive to Wizards, and the apprentices could not afford them. It would be very difficult to sell them.
However, Grimm had underestimated the passion of sorcerer-apprentices to increase their own strength.
If high-level sorcerer-apprentices brought along a quasi-Wizard helper when they went out, as long as they did not encounter a real sorcerer or a powerful quasi-Wizard, they would be able to do whatever they wanted.
For high-level sorcerer-apprentices who were stuck in the middle of their journey, this was like a gift from the heavens!
One apprentice might not be able to afford it, but two or three apprentices pooled their money together and managed to gather an astronomical sum of 1,100 magic crystals.
Thus, many teams of apprentices who often went to the depths of the Black Forest to hunt for magical beasts used Magic Puppets in actual combat. Among these Elemental Magic Puppets, the apprentices loved the Stone Puppets and Rock Pythons the most. With their help, the thick-skinned beasts and magical beasts would never be able to break through their formation.
With these super meat shields, many exquisite teamwork and battle tactics could be used to their fullest potential!
The magical beasts that required meat shields in the past could now be easily dealt with by a Stone Puppet. The probability of casualties in the team was greatly reduced, and the time needed to rest and recruit new teammates was also reduced. This way, the members of the team were fixed, and the level of teamwork increased exponentially.
Furthermore, bringing the heavy prey back to the Wizard's Pagoda after every victory was no longer a problem.
Due to the convenience and power of the Elemental Magic Puppets, many teams of apprentices came up with a set of battle tactics, using the Elemental Magic Puppets as the core of the team to create a different battle team.
As the teams returned from the Gnome's Shop with a full load of Elemental Magic Puppets, the supply of Elemental Magic Puppets gradually fell short.
According to the feedback from the apprentices, Grimm found that the most popular low-level Magic Puppets were the earth and water element Magic Puppets. One had thick skin and could resist magical beasts, while the other had a large area of effect Quagmire Spell. Both were the most popular Elemental Magic Puppets.
In comparison, fire, wind, and poison element Magic Puppets were not favored by the apprentices, and some even rejected them. The main reason for this was that even though these Magic Puppets had powerful attacks, they were too destructive to the bodies of their prey.
This would greatly reduce the quality of the spoils of war of the apprentices, reducing their Magic Crystal earnings!
Thus, after learning from the first batch of Magic Puppets, Grimm changed the second batch of Magic Puppets he put into the Gnome's Shop a month later. They were all earth and water element Magic Puppets. Of course, to add to the fun, Grimm intentionally put in a Wizard-level earth element Magic Puppet — Howler!
Wizard-level Magic Puppet!
And it was the earth element Magic Puppet that the apprentices liked the most!
This immediately caused a frenzy among the apprentices of the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard's Pagoda!
Even though the price of 3,500 Magic Crystals was enough to stop most of the apprentices, it could not stop the enthusiasm of the Prospective Wizards.
The Gnome Kabi decided to go with the flow and held a small auction in the Gnome's Shop, allowing the Prospective Wizards to raise the price. After a heated auction, the veteran Quasi Wizard Sabrina finally won the Roarer at the price of 5200 Magical Crystals.
That night, in order to test the power of the Howler Magic Puppet, Sabrina openly challenged the other six Prospective Wizards of the Wizard's Pagoda to a battle.
Sabrina and the Howler against the other six Prospective Wizards!
Would Sabrina be able to control a Wizard-level Magic Puppet with her Prospective Wizard level Mental Energy alone?
Filled with endless questions, the six Prospective Wizards happily agreed to the battle and had a friendly match in the Lava Hall in front of the Wizard's Pagoda.
The result was out of everyone's expectations. The combination of Sabrina and the Howler had defeated the six Quasi Sorcerers effortlessly. The Howler, with its heavy, rumbling footsteps, possessed the abilities of Earth Tremor, Giant Rock Throw, and Rock Armor. It completely dominated the battlefield.
Actually, with just the Howler's massive rock body, it carried the Level Two Earthquake Spell wherever it passed. An ordinary apprentice would not even be able to stand steadily beside it, much less fight it. Its heavy stone fists and Giant Rock Throw seemed to be able to crush all the defensive Wizard Spells of apprentices.
Even the Prospective Wizard known for his earth element defense would vomit blood after being slapped away by the Howler. The rest of the weaker ones did not even dare let the Howler's stone fists graze them.
But when faced with such a barbaric fellow, could they just attack with Wizard Spells from a distance?
Then the Howler would immediately gather a massive amount of Earth Element between its palms and launch a long-range throw.
To be honest, anyone who saw a rock larger than a horse carriage rolling toward them would not have the mood to continue chanting Wizard Spells. They would only scream and run as fast as they could.
What Sabrina needed to do was to control the Howler to casually walk through the crowd, then force a few Prospective Wizards to raise their hands and surrender.
This was a one-sided battle!
After the battle, the few Prospective Wizards gathered together to ponder over the painful experience and came to this conclusion.
Unless they could find a way to restrict the Howler's rampage, they would not have the time to focus fire on this big fellow. The Howler's rock body was half a meter thick, and coupled with its Rock Armor that could continuously repair, it was not something that could be destroyed with just two or three Wizard Spells.
Hence, this also proved the powerful dominance of Wizard Level Magic Puppets over Wizard Acolytes!
Along with Grimm's Magic Puppet craze, Gargamel also began to vigorously promote internal contribution points within the Blazing Flame Monarch. As long as every Wizard Acolyte completed the missions issued by the Wizard's Pagoda, they would receive a corresponding amount of contribution points in addition to regular Magic Crystals.
With these contribution points, they could enter the internal library of the Wizard's Pagoda or purchase some special items of the Blazing Flame Monarch, such as custom-made Magic Puppets, high-level Wizard Potions, or personal tutelage by a Wizard …
In short, using these methods, Grimm and Gargamel once again spread the name of the Blazing Flame Monarch.
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