Mary had advanced!
Before the banquet ended, Grimm, who had left for a period of time, returned with such an explosive piece of news.
The already bustling hall exploded in an instant.
A newly established family actually had two Grade 2 Magi, and Grimm, the patriarch of the family, had a secret method to mobilize a Grade 2 Dragonman and a Grade 3 Thunder Dragon. What did this mean for a newly established family? It meant that the Crimson Family was already at the forefront of the many small Magus families in the scattered forest, and their basic strength was enough to surpass those mid-sized families.
Which of those mid-sized families had not experienced hundreds of years of ups and downs, facing the threat of extinction several times before they had their current stable position? Now, however, a newly established family that had appeared out of nowhere had the same basic strength as them. How could they accept this?
However, the Crimson Family that Grimm had established was clearly unable to contend against the established Magus families.
Most of them were deeply rooted in their own areas, possessing stable hereditary territories and many resources. Even if they failed once or twice, they would be able to make a comeback in the future and return to the mainstream.
Grimm's Crimson Family, on the other hand, did not have any family assets, nor did they have vast hereditary territories, nor did they have resources scattered all over. Strictly speaking, apart from the Blazing Flame Monarch, the Crimson Family did not have any assets or resources in the scattered forest.
It was like a tree without roots. Although it looked tall and sturdy, it could not withstand any twists and turns. Once it was knocked down by the wind and waves, it would be extremely difficult for it to make a comeback.
If they wanted to expand their territory and resources in the scattered forest where there were many Magus families, they had no other choice but to wage war after family war. With the Crimson Family's current foundation, how many wars could they withstand?
These were problems that they did not need to consider in the past, but they were now problems that Grimm, the patriarch of the family, had to think about and solve.
The Crimson Family's current strength was not a big problem in the Blazing Flame Monarch, but if they wanted to continue developing, they would have to expand their territory.
In the future, acolytes would have their own training grounds, and Magi would have their own training grounds. All of this required the support of a vast family territory. Moreover, as the clan grew stronger, the supply of basic resources would also have to keep up. It was impossible for the family to purchase all the resources they needed from the outside. Even if Grimm had a Magic Crystal Mountain, he would not be able to sustain the expenditure.
Sorcerers and apprentices had to consume large amounts of resources to conduct witchcraft experiments.
He could try to purchase rare and precious resources from the outside world, but he couldn't possibly buy a large amount of basic resources, right? In this way, finding a suitable location to establish a Sorcerer Resource Point was the most common development model for a normal Sorcerer family. It was used to cultivate and raise large quantities of commonly used resources and materials.
Seeing the excited Magi and acolytes in front of him, Grim was filled with joy, but at the same time, he felt a sense of heaviness in his heart.
The Scattered Tower Forest region was vast and rich in resources. Moreover, it didn't have a huge organization like the Three Great Sorcerers. Therefore, it was the first choice for all sorcerers who wanted to establish their own family.
Every year, the number of sorcerers coming and going from the Scattered Tower Forest area was uncountable. There was no lack of talented people among them, and they had established small families or Sorcerer organizations all over the place. However, there were only a few who could truly establish themselves in the Scattered Tower Forest and grow stronger.
After tens of thousands of years of ups and downs, although the Scattered Pagoda Forest region was vast, every mountain and hill had its own master. On the surface, they all belonged to secular human nobles or rich merchants, but after careful investigation, they would always belong to an old Sorcerer family.
No matter which territory an outsider touched, it would cause a backlash from the old Sorcerer families. If they wanted to stand aloof from worldly affairs, they could only follow Grim's example and find a place to settle down at the edge of the territory.
In this way, the old Sorcerers would not have any trouble, but the Dark Forest's retaliation was not something an ordinary Sorcerer family could handle.
If they fell into a prolonged tug-of-war with the wild monsters in the Dark Forest, and the surrounding biological and mineral resources could not be properly developed, any new family would not be able to withstand the continuous loss of blood. When the family's power had weakened to a certain extent, there would naturally be those 'scavengers' who would pick on the weak and devour them in one gulp.
Those old Magus families had also used such methods to grow and develop!
If Grim planned to grow according to the normal process of a Sorcerer family, he would need to spend hundreds of years dealing with the old Sorcerer families and slowly seize the necessary territory from them.
This process could not be rushed, and it had to be done step by step. If there were too many unnecessary wars, it would easily cause the old Sorcerer families to join forces to retaliate, or the scattered Tower Forest Sorcerer Association to interfere.
Therefore, a hundred years was still considered a short time!
If Grim did not want to take the risk, he would not be able to do it without two or three hundred years.
When the family had a few scattered territories, they would have the necessary space to set up resource points.
Most families obtained their territories through family wars, so they would not be continuous, making it difficult for them to form a firm and stable defence line.
Apart from the necessary personnel and acolytes, every family's territory and resource point had to be guarded by a sufficient number of Magi. Otherwise, any random wandering Magus could bring about a devastating blow to the family's businesses.
Without sufficient Magi and acolytes, it would be difficult to support the large territories and businesses.
Now that Grim had defeated the Vic family, and the Blazing Flame Monarch was sealed deep underground, he did not have to worry about external organisations interfering in the short term.
The Crimson Family was established at the right time!
Grim estimated that he would be able to lay low for around half a year. Once this period was exceeded, the outside world would not be able to restrain themselves and would try to probe the Crimson Family's foundations.
Hence, in this half a year, Grim had to straighten out the Crimson Family's internal structure and determine the direction of the family's development. More importantly, he had to extract enough benefits and resources from the goblin plane, turning it into the cornerstone of the Crimson Family's rise.
The Lightning Dragon Armes had already left the Blazing Flame Monarch and returned to Lance. When it left, it had transferred the soul contract with Zacha to Grim as per their agreement.
This way, Grim had a soul contract with a Grade 2 Draconian and a Grade 3 brain-monster.
With these two hidden helpers, even if those Grade 4 Magi came to the Blazing Flame Monarch to cause trouble, Grim was confident that he could hold his ground for a long time. The stability of the Blazing Flame Monarch meant that the Crimson Family had a foundation that no one could dig out.
As long as this foundation was there, no matter how great a setback the Crimson Family faced, they would be able to make a comeback one day.
As for the Lightning Dragon Armes, he had already become Grim's strategic ally. The reason for their relationship was the Gem of the Dragon's Oath from the Knight's Plane.
This was a contract the green dragon leader had signed with him in order to gain the trust of the human emperor.
In order to avoid tying the Green Dragon Tribe to the humans' war chariot, the Green Dragon leader played a little trick when signing the contract. One party to the contract was naturally the Green Dragon Tribe, while the other party wasn't the human royal bloodline, but the owner of the gem.
At that time, the human royal family was under the green dragons' surveillance. If there was any trouble, the green dragon leader only needed to order his subordinates to snatch the gem, and the contract gem would no longer be binding to the green dragons.
Who would have thought that Grim, who had entered the kingdom of knights by himself, would be able to snatch the gem away from the dragons?
This was a huge problem for the Green Dragon Clan.
If Grim found a group of green dragons with the gem, he would have the authority to ask for their assistance in battle.
Fortunately, there were millions of planes, and the green dragons were only a small branch of the emerald dragons. The chances of them meeting each other after leaving the plane of knights were close to zero. This was why the green dragon leader had not gone around looking for trouble with Grim.
The Dragon's Oath Gem did not have much meaning to Grim. At most, it would allow him to understand some secret knowledge about the green dragons. However, this gem was much more important in the hands of the grade 3 thunder dragon Armes.
Just because Grim couldn't find the green dragons didn't mean that Armes couldn't either.
If Armes could offer this Gem of Dragon Oath to the great Dragon God, he would definitely be blessed and rewarded by the Dragon God. If he took this gem and ran to the green dragons for free, he might be able to 'extort' some good stuff out of them.
Moreover, if he ran into a green dragon branch that had fallen from grace, Armes could use this Dragon's Oath Gem to recruit them, and they would immediately become his dragon soldiers.
After all, this kind of Dragon's Oath Gem was very precious to any high-ranking dragon branch. They were not allowed to lose it easily, let alone violate the terms of the contract.
Therefore, this Dragon's Oath Gem was not that important to Grim, but to the grade 3 thunder dragon Armes, it was no less than a free dragon-summoning tool. As long as he could find out where the green dragons lived and bring the gem there, he might be able to get a big surprise!
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