After experiencing the bloody battles of the Dimensional War, Mary had been reborn. She was no longer that rash and ignorant vampire from before.
Compared to the magnificent Dimensional War, the extermination of the indigenous Magical Beasts in the Black Forest could be said to be uneventful, dull and uninteresting. If not for the sake of clearing a safe territory for the Blazing Flame Monarch, Mary would never have had the energy to do such a trivial job of clearing out 'miscellaneous soldiers'.
The agreement between the Blazing Flame Monarch and the indigenous Magical Beasts could only last for another three months, and the human Wizards had already revealed their greedy faces.
Mary led three of her generals and a 'inept advisor', as well as the helpless Bliss. They met up with the two 'spies' Grimm had arranged beforehand, and used a little more than a month to comb through the vast land a thousand miles to the north of the Wizard's Pagoda.
All the indigenous Magical Beasts that had reached a certain number were either subdued or killed by Mary. There was no third option. The Magical Beasts that refused to submit to the Blazing Flame Monarch's rule were dealt with, and the valuable ones were captured back to the Wizard's Pagoda as slaves. The less valuable ones were thrown to Bliss, becoming a source of flesh for him to breed Battle Bugs on a large scale.
Bliss, who had originally been conflicted, was naturally overjoyed after receiving so many 'benefits'. He sincerely carried out the tasks that Mary had assigned him. If he were to slowly conquer all of this flesh and blood, he would probably be able to do it in two or three years. How could he be like Mary, who only used a little more than a month to accomplish all of this in one go?
This undoubtedly made Bliss feel grateful for Mary's kindness, and he even silently cursed the Mutant Insect Queen that had fused with him for being petty. The Mutant Insect Queen that was telepathically connected to him fell into a long silence, too lazy to rebuke the ignorant Bliss.
Only the Mutant Insect Queen, who had fought against her for a year, knew of Mary's brutality and bravery. Others might be deceived by Mary's beautiful and charming appearance, but it … No matter when it thought back to it, it would always be filled with pain and endless sorrow!
After getting rid of those annoying fellows, the remaining territory was undoubtedly much emptier.
Hence, the natives who had chosen to 'surrender' first obtained the best territory, and at the same time became the Blazing Flame Monarch's scouts and informants in the surroundings. As for the native monsters that weren't willing to submit to the Blazing Flame Monarch and didn't want to be destroyed, they could only move further away under the cover of the night.
In a short period of time, the Blazing Flame Monarch's reputation soared, and its name spread far and wide. Even many Magus families in the central continent set this as a training ground for their acolytes.
According to the agreement signed between the Blazing Flame Monarch and the Tower Forest Magus Association, a small human settlement was rapidly being developed with Pine Tower Town at the centre. Every day, a large amount of resources flowed into Pine Tower Town, and a large number of farmers were gathered to expand their residences.
After a little more than a month, the prototype of a small city appeared.
The increase in human activity in the rear undoubtedly brought a huge flow of people to the Blazing Flame Monarch. With the original Diseased Forest as the center, another small town formed solely by mercenaries, adventurers, and trial apprentices was rapidly forming. It also attracted a large number of fur traders, herbalists, arcane merchants, and other fringe professions.
As the Gargamel, who was in charge of the daily affairs of the Blazing Flame Monarch, was also a wandering Magus, he knew the pain and suffering of wandering Magi. Hence, in order to change the oppression and discrimination the other Magus families had towards wandering Magi, the Blazing Flame Monarch issued many relaxed policies for them.
The so-called Resident Sorcerer was actually a wandering Sorcerer. When they wandered to a certain place, they would temporarily reside in an open Wizard's Pagoda, either to obtain certain knowledge, resources, or simply to borrow the facilities of the Wizard's Pagoda.
Even though they weren't Magi stationed in the Wizard's Pagoda, they would be active in the vicinity of the Wizard's Pagoda for a short period of time.
This short period was usually one or two years.
Of course, there was no lack of Magi who would stay in a place for decades.
The Gargamel provided the most relaxed living environment for these fellows who chased after Magi resources but did not want to be restricted by the Magus families. He even allowed their children or descendants to temporarily reside in the Wizard's Pagoda.
Wandering Magi were still Magi, and they would often form groups to adventure or explore ancient ruins. At this time, the descendants or heirs that followed them all year round would become a hot potato.
Bringing them on an expedition was definitely out of the question.
If they were randomly placed somewhere, it would easily delay their progress and development.
Hence, while the Gargamel invited wandering Magi to explore the Blazing Flame Monarch, he also helped them resolve their worries. As long as they were Magi residing in the Blazing Flame Monarch, they would enjoy the basic rights of a Magus stationed in the Wizard's Pagoda, and would not need to take on any forced Magus missions.
In addition, the apprentices that followed them would also have the opportunity to study and train in the Wizard's Pagoda.
With the influx of high quality resources from the Black Forest around the Blazing Flame Monarch, a new resource market was slowly forming. Here, they would purchase raw magical beasts and herbs, then process them into valuable witchcraft materials and potions. The rich profits were enough to attract groups of merchants and wandering wizards.
The policies of the Blazing Flame Monarch did not seem very attractive on the surface, but every single one of them resonated with the wandering Magi.
This might not be able to move them and make them change their original intentions to continue wandering, but the rich resources and relaxed living conditions made them want to stay for a longer period of time.
If it was only one or two wandering Magi doing this, it might not change anything. However, if seven or eight wandering Magi all chose to become Magi residing in the Blazing Flame Monarch, the changes it would bring to the Blazing Flame Monarch would be massive.
At the same time, there might be a dozen Magi residing in the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard's Pagoda. When they were resting, the Gargamel could use generous Magic Crystals to entice them to take over lessons for the apprentices of the Wizard's Pagoda. With these Magi specializing in various areas, some areas of Wizard Magic that no one had dabbled in before now had suitable teachers.
In a short period of time, the areas of Wizard Magic that the apprentices of the Wizard's Pagoda could choose to research became more diverse and comprehensive. This also increased the knowledge and understanding of Wizard Magic of the apprentices of the Wizard's Pagoda, giving them more room for development!
Of course, in order to increase the reputation of the Wizard's Pagoda, and to increase the enthusiasm of the Magi and apprentices stationed in the Wizard's Pagoda to obtain contribution points, the Gargamel and Grimm decided to invest some rare resources that were hard to obtain in the outside world into the mission system of the Wizard's Pagoda.
For example, high level Wizard Medicines, Magical Beasts, Elemental Magical Puppets …
These were rare resources that were hard to find even in the Wizard Trade Centers, and most of them were monopolized by Wizard families and organizations. Even if they appeared occasionally, they would be fought over by people. Ordinary Wizards without some wealth would not even think about it.
But now, the Blazing Flame Monarch was able to push out a certain number of rare resources through its internal mission system. These resources did not rely on Magic Crystals or fists, but only a certain number of contribution points.
In the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard's Pagoda, there was no need to carry out dangerous Wizard missions. All one had to do was quietly stay in the Wizard's Pagoda, and one could easily obtain contribution points.
Be it teaching a few classes every month, acting as a mentor for a certain Wizard Research Project, managing the internal Wizard Garden, or helping to prepare some Wizard Ingredients … There were simply too many such missions. Most of the resident Wizards could take out some of their leisure time to complete one or two missions when they weren't adventuring.
Thus, the Blazing Flame Monarch was able to support all of the Wizard's Pagoda's facilities and mission system just by relying on these resident Wizards who did not have any contract with the Wizard's Pagoda. As for the Wizards stationed in the Wizard's Pagoda that truly belonged to the Blazing Flame Monarch, they could take out more time to invest in their own research projects and Wizard Experiments.
This was a good thing that killed many birds with one stone, and it naturally won the unanimous praise of all the Wizards stationed in the Wizard's Pagoda.
Thus, amidst the praise of the crowd, Gargamel solidified his position as the "Chief Butler" of the Blazing Flame Monarch!
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Compared to the exceptional management talent Gargamel displayed, Grimm, the true owner of the Wizard's Pagoda, was extremely incompetent.
After delegating most of his authority to Gargamel and Meryl, Grimm hid in the fifth level of the Wizard's Pagoda, completely immersing himself in all sorts of Wizard Research and experiments.
The plundering worm clone was still continuously trying. Even though it had failed over a hundred times and caused him to lose a large amount of resources, Grimm still hid in the fifth level of the Wizard's Pagoda. Grimm was still unwilling to give up, even though he had already failed over a hundred times.
After successfully analyzing the mutated fire rune "Explosion", Grimm had also successfully etched it into the core of his consciousness. This also meant that any fire element Wizard Spell he cast in the future would have an explosive effect at will. However, even if the core rune changed, the corresponding Wizard Spell model and incantations would have to be changed accordingly.
This was undoubtedly a huge project that consumed a great deal of mental strength to refine and change them one by one!
However, with the help of the A.I. Chip, all the tasks that involved large amounts of calculations and data modeling could be passed to the A.I. Chip to slowly grind away at in its free time. That was why Grimm could still take out a lot of time to solve the difficult problems he was facing!
In the A.I. Chip's list of free tasks, there were actually two rare fire runes waiting for it to slowly analyze. According to the characteristics of the mutated fire rune, the value of these two rare fire runes was obviously higher than its own.
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