(I caught a cold and fell ill from the rain yesterday. I'll find an opportunity to make up for the two missing chapters in the next few days!)
The Crimson Family's Magi, led by Grimm, watched the entire battle from the sidelines.
Looking at the large and plump body of the Tier 3 Dragon, looking at the thick and terrifying Dragon Breath, looking at the robust figure that transformed into a human and slaughtered everything in its path … all of the Crimson Family's Magi felt their hearts tighten.
Fortunately, Gaz Ruvi was not weak. Moreover, this was his home ground. After a few failed attempts, the Fire Dragoness flew back into the depths of the Stoneclaw Mountains in a fit of rage.
From the looks of it, the Fire Dragoness was already engaged in a battle with the metal fortress and would not leave the Stoneclaw Mountains anytime soon. Similar battles would continue to occur. With this, it would be extremely dangerous for the Crimson Family Magi to move around the metal fortress.
After all, if they encountered the Fire Dragoness in the wild, even Tier 1 Magi would be killed instantly. Without some special means, they would not even be able to keep their lives. As for the Tier 2 Magi in the family, Mary could definitely escape unscathed with her super high Agility. Grimm, on the other hand, could barely escape with his life if he paid a certain price. Only Drakonid Zachary, if he encountered the Fire Dragoness, would have no other ending than death.
Although there was a Tier 2 Dragon Devourer, Olivia, hidden in the metal fortress, with her strength, the success rate of ambushing a Tier 2 Dragon was rather high. However, if she tried to ambush a Fire Dragon, which was known for its powerful combat power, she would be overestimating herself.
Once the ambush failed, the Fire Dragon Lady Feliba would spread the news of the Dragon Devourer's existence. The originally lazy and selfish dragons would immediately gather together and attack Grim's metal fortress. At that time, the fortress would not be able to escape. No matter how strong the metal fortress's defenses were, how many Dragons could it withstand?
So long as five or more Tier 3 Dragons wreaked havoc around the fortress, the Mana Furnace would no longer be able to keep up with its energy consumption. At that time, the fortress would no longer be able to accumulate as much Mana as it currently did.
When that time came, the Dragons would just have to be smart and take turns to fight, constantly provoking the metal fortress to fire its powerful cannons. With the mana stored within the metal fortress, it would not be able to sustain a prolonged battle.
Without the support of massive magical energy, the metal fortress would be nothing more than a pile of metal. No matter how strong the outer wall of the metal fortress was, it could not withstand the powerful dragon breath and sharp fangs and claws of the giant dragons.
That was why the Crimson Family was still unable to carry out large-scale development in Lance under their own banner. All of their movements had to be hidden within the metal fortress to prevent them from attracting terrifying enemies that they couldn't defeat.
The Crimson Family was like a ferocious beast that hid its fangs and claws, not daring to show its ferocity in front of others. Grimm hesitated over and over again for a native Giant Dragon Lord like Fire Dragon Girl, but he could only let her continue to be arrogant and despotic.
It couldn't be helped. With the current strength of the Crimson Family, even if the Dragon Devourer Olivia cooperated fully, they still wouldn't have a chance of killing the Fire Dragon Girl. Therefore, in order to avoid alerting the enemy, the metal fortress under Gaz 'ruvi's control could only show a posture of having more than enough defense but not enough offense, in order to numb the arrogant and fierce Fire Dragon Girl.
Though the auction organized by the Blazing Flame Monarch had ended on bad terms due to Magus Sanazar, the Crimson Family's reputation still spread far and wide. The coordinates of Lance in the minds of the draconians and dragons that were sold by Grimm's Hand had been erased, so it would not affect his monopolization of Lance in any way.
The Crimson Family also used this opportunity to convert the resources they seized from the goblins and Lance into more practical magic crystals. This made Grimm, who had always been careful not to be extravagant, feel rich for the first time.
To be honest, the magnificent sight of more than two million magic crystals pouring out of his spatial ring and piling up into a magic crystal mountain left even Grimm dumbfounded. He held his breath, not daring to exhale for a long time.
His performance was actually not bad.
After all, he had seen an even larger magic crystal mountain in the Tower of Destiny. It was a sealed environment, and even a natural spirit had been born there.
However, the other Magi of the Crimson Family had all turned into idiots with their eyes narrowed to the size of crystals. They rushed to the magic crystal mountain, touching everything here and there, laughing maniacally. They were just short of rolling around on top of it. Gargamel and the forest demon Ava's precious daughter had plunged into the magic crystal mountain, and Ava could not pull her out no matter how hard she tried.
However, Grimm could clearly see that the little girl called Emelia was stuffing magic crystals into her mouth with all her might, munching on them with crunchy crunches …
Faced with this scene, Grimm was speechless.
Though magic crystals were not as sturdy as magic weapons, they were not something normal people could easily break.
But now, a five- or six-year-old girl was chewing on it like candy. That kind of strange and inexplicable feeling was really hard to conceal. This little girl was definitely not human. Although she had the same body and appearance as a human little girl, her behavior was still similar to that of a monster.
When human Magi absorbed magic crystals, they would hold them in their hands and slowly absorb them. Only powerful monsters would directly devour them to absorb the pure energy within.
After all, humans were not magical creatures. They had to use a gentler and gentler method to absorb this energy, so as to reduce the impact of the external magic energy on their bodies. Monsters were closer to the origin of the plane, and their bodies were much stronger than humans. Thus, their tolerance for magic was much higher than that of humans.
Emelia's actions completely proved that she was a monster's soul.
Perhaps they had already accepted this reality, but Gargamel and the forest demon Ava did not seem to notice Emelia's actions. Instead, they still doted on her. This made Grimm feel speechless. However, Emelia's growth potential was indeed astonishing. It had only been a few days, and her spiritual force had grown by quite a bit.
From the looks of it, it was only a matter of time before the Crimson Family gained another Wizard.
Over the next few days, the Crimson Family once again recruited a batch of wandering Wizards to maintain the operations of the Blazing Flame Monarch. With Gargamel and the forest demon Ava in charge of guarding the Wizard's Pagoda, along with Charon Charon and the three-headed Magic Hound Angua, as well as an additional fifty magical machines, the safety of the Wizard's Pagoda was not a problem.
This way, the freed Wizards of the Crimson Family could be successfully sent to the Gnome Dimension and Lance Dimension to expand the family's businesses.
Most of the level 1 Wizards were left in the Gnome Dimension. On one hand, it was to deter the Gnome royal family, and on the other, it was to conduct cross-dimensional trade with the Gnome tycoons and merchant groups.
What the Wizards could provide were Wizard Items and all sorts of unique items that the Gnome Dimension did not possess. Even though there would be a slight loss of Wizard Power in the Gnome Dimension, and their effects would be slightly reduced, they would not lose all their functions.
On the other hand, what the Gnomes could provide were all sorts of special metals or large amounts of commonly used metal ores, or special plants and animals found in the Gnome Dimension.
As for the exchange rate, there was no universal value system to compare it with, so it was more random most of the time. For example, the blood sacs and blood crystals that Wizards brought from the Sorcerer World could instantly replenish a large amount of blood energy, which was why the Gnomes viewed them as the number one treasure that could save their lives.
Magical creature materials like these could be exchanged for several kilograms of special metals or hundreds of tonnes of ordinary metal ores. Every high quality blood crystal could be exchanged for tens or even hundreds of Ogres. If these rare resources could be transported back to the Sorcerer World, the Crimson Family could exchange them for thousands of Magical Crystals. Thousands of magical crystals could be used to buy cheaper blood sacs and blood crystals.
Thus, as long as the core of the dimensional trade was in the hands of the Crimson Family, large amounts of Magical Crystals would continuously flow into the pockets of their Wizards. Thus, although being stationed in a foreign dimension was a very dry and tedious task, it allowed the Magi stationed there to become very rich.
In particular, with the cooperation of the Gnome Great Sage Kabi and the Gnome War God Tigole, the Crimson Family specifically introduced a Life Extension Potion, which immediately caused quite a stir within the Gnome Empire.
The Life Extension Potion was only a mid-grade potion in the Magus World, and any Potion Master could smoothly concoct it. The main ingredient used was a strange plant from the Elven Clan — Nature Fruit.
This Life Extension Potion could only extend one's natural lifespan for three to six years, and it could not be used repeatedly. Thus, the price-performance ratio was not high, and Magi did not pay much attention to it. Even in the Magus World, this potion only had a market in the circles of the rich and powerful.
But in the Gnome Dimension, this' cheap 'Life Extension Potion had become a godly medicine that all the Gnome nobles fought over, and the price was inflated to an astonishing level.
There was no helping it. The average human Magi in the Magus World had a lifespan of two to three hundred years, and an extra three to five years was nothing to them. But in the Gnome Dimension, the average lifespan was only fifty to sixty years, which was less than half that of humans.
Under these circumstances, the price-performance ratio of five years of natural lifespan was naturally many times higher.
This was especially true for the large corporations and merchant groups that occupied various parts of the Gnome Dimension. Their leaders behind the scenes were all old and on the verge of death. At this time, someone told them that they could live for another five years, and in these five years, they would be as strong and energetic as young Gnomes …
Which goblin ruler would be able to resist such an extreme temptation?
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