The return of the main force of the family immediately boosted the morale of the Crimson Family.
In the past, in order to prevent the Wizard's Pagoda from being emptied of power and ambushed by enemies, the family had almost sealed off the Blazing Flame Monarch's Flame Cave that led to the outside world.
Now, of course, these problems did not exist.
Hence, the Blazing Flame Monarch, Lava Hall and Flame Cave were once again opened to the public. The troops, adventurers and Sorcerers Acolytes who had been waiting for a long time once again surged into the underground Wizard's Pagoda, causing the place to once again become bustling with activity.
Once these outsiders entered the Blazing Flame Monarch, they immediately discovered a few differences from before.
Firstly, the defensive system of the Wizard's Pagoda had become tighter.
In the past, the Blazing Flame Monarch had lacked sufficient Wizard Beasts, so most of the patrols and guard missions had been done by the Chimeras and Warning Spell Formations. Now, however, these heavy and trivial tasks had been handed over to some strange metal magical equipment.
Unlike the metal puppets and constructs of the Wizard's Pagoda, these metal magical equipment had the distinct style of another world. The energy circulation system and battle system were also vastly different from the puppets and constructs of the Magus World.
But no matter what, the addition of this new force meant that the Blazing Flame Monarch's strength had grown.
Secondly, a large number of natural type treasures and unique items had appeared in the Blazing Flame Monarch's trading system.
Be it the thousand-year Tree Heart, the horn of a Unicorn, or a large number of enchanted longswords, elven longbows and natural type staffs, they were all unique items. On them, one could clearly see the imprint of a massive civilization from another world.
For such a large number of treasures and weapons to appear in the Blazing Flame Monarch could only mean that the Crimson Family had recently succeeded in conquering another world, and it was the lair of a natural type creature.
Some people with ulterior motives passed on this information, immediately attracting the attention of the surrounding large Magus families.
From what the Blazing Flame Monarch had shown to the outside world, it could be seen that the Crimson Family had successfully conquered at least two to three different worlds. More importantly, they did not seem to have suffered many losses. At the very least, the few prominent figures of the Crimson Family were all present, and there were no obvious losses in the family.
This … was actually what the other families were most confused about!
Any Magus family that had tried would understand the difficulty of conquering another world.
With the power of a small sorcerer family, wanting to devour an entire plane in a faraway foreign world was something that everyone knew about. More than ten Magi were sent over. Not to mention occupying the entire plane, even establishing a firm stronghold would be difficult.
If they were careless and were surrounded by the natives of the plane, they would often be completely annihilated.
On the surface, the Crimson Family only had seven or eight Magi, and most of them were Rank 1 Magi. What kind of methods did they use to obtain victory after victory?
Luck? The enemy is weak? Powerful reinforcements?
Because of this confusion, a few nearby Magus families couldn't help but place their attention on the newly established Crimson Family.
It would have been better if they did not understand, but once they did, these Magus families could not help but be shocked!
They did not know when it started, but the Crimson Family, which had always been weak in their hearts, actually … actually had nine Rank 2 Magi.
The head of the Crimson Family, Grim, was a Rank 2 Fire Magus, the Blood Queen, Magus Mary, was a Vampire Magus, the Dragonman Zachary was a Rank 2 Magic Warrior, and the Goblin Tigule could control a Rank 2 Goblin Ripper … Apart from them, the Crimson Family suddenly had two Rank 2 Blood Knights and three Rank 2 Blood Elves.
Although these strange magical creatures could not compare to orthodox Tier 2 Sorcerers, they were still a terrifying force when they gathered together.
Compared to the Rank 2 Magi, the Crimson Family had fewer Rank 1 Magi.
Earth Element Magus Meryl (Mid Rank 1), Insect Lich Bliss (Peak Rank 1), Wind Wizard Deseira (Early Rank 1), Medusa (High Rank 1), Manticore Karon (High Rank 1), Potion Master Gargamel (Mid Rank 1), Forest Demon Ava (Mid Rank 1), Nature Element Magus Emelia (Early Rank 1), Goblin Kabi (Early Rank 1), Old Fox Venlier (Mid Rank 1), Six Blood Elves (Early Rank 1) …
In any Magus family, the number of Rank 1 Magi was the highest, while the number of Rank 2 Magi who were the main fighting force was much lower.
But this did not seem to be the case in the Crimson Family.
The number of Rank 2 members in the Crimson Family seemed to be slightly higher than the number of Rank 1 members. This … this was simply too inconceivable!
Also, most Magus families would desperately expand their territory, using Wizard's Pagodas, Resource Points, family castles and other facilities to control more people and land. Only then would they be able to discover more students with talent, and then establish a complete and systematic system to nurture Magi.
But the Crimson Family was very strange. Not only was their base in the Black Forest, there were no people or land around them that they could control. Even the Magi of the family lived in seclusion, rarely leaving the small Wizard's Pagoda deep underground.
As a result, the Crimson Family and the nearby Magus families seemed to be at odds, as if they were carriages on two parallel lines. If one did not deliberately try to understand and eavesdrop, it would be difficult for them to have any interactions.
But with the increase in the family's strength, there was no longer a need to maintain their previous mysteriousness and aloofness.
If the family wanted to develop, and the Magi wanted to advance, they could not do without resources and knowledge. Relying on the family to passively collect these would undoubtedly become abnormally slow, and it would also affect the progress of the Magi in the family.
Thus, with Grimm's approval, a large number of natural treasures, unique items, weapons, and a batch of forest elf slaves appeared at the Blazing Flame Monarch Auction. Under the management of the gnome Kabi, they successfully attracted many slave merchants and family representatives from the scattered Tower Forest region, slowly but clearly increasing the family's strength.
The Blazing Flame Monarch was no longer the remote enclave that lacked resources and materials. Instead, it had become a popular place in the central Elobis region of the continent.
With the Blazing Flame Monarch's Wizard's Pagoda at the front, the land between it and Pine Tower Town became 'familiar land'.
The small paths in the forest gradually became flat roads, and the wild beasts and small magical creatures that resided here were all killed by the teams of monster hunters and adventurers that swarmed over. Therefore, small settlements began to appear one after another, gradually developing into human villages and towns.
The Black Forest of the past gradually retreated to the north, returning the 200 miles of forest around the Blazing Flame Monarch and to the south to the humans.
However, according to the agreement between Grimm and the scattered Tower Forest Parliament, this newly developed land would belong to the parliament. The parliament would send suitable people to become the new leader of this land.
While the Magi of the Crimson Family were dissatisfied with this, none of them dared to speak out in public due to the reputation of the scattered Tower Forest Society.
… …
Deep in winter.
An exquisite noble's carriage traveled slowly on the road in the forest.
The last ray of sunlight at the end of the horizon sank into the dark sea of trees, causing the forest road to become increasingly dark and sinister.
Even though most of the large carnivorous beasts in the surrounding forest had been chased away, it was still extremely dangerous to walk here alone at night.
Wilms lifted the curtains of the carriage and gazed into the distance at the dark forest, silently falling into deep thought.
The cold wind of the night blew along the forest road, chilling him to the bone. He could not help but shiver.
Wilms wrapped the exquisite noble's cloak tightly around his body, covering the equally gorgeous and exquisite armor beneath. As the eldest son of the Andal Family, he was a noble with the title of a baron. He had also learned some horse-riding and fighting techniques from the knights, so he was not a weak and useless noble.
At this moment, a mournful howl of a wolf suddenly sounded from the depths of the forest, causing him to become even more bewildered.
"Jom, will we be able to reach the Blazing Flame Monarch tonight?" Finally, after a long and lonely journey, he could not help but ask this childish question to the coachman cum butler who had followed him for many years.
"My lord, I'm afraid we won't be able to make it tonight!" The coachman, Jom, exhaled a gust of hot air to warm his hands. He said softly, "There's still over forty kilometers of mountain roads before we reach the Blazing Flame Monarch. I'm afraid we'll have to stop at Goat Horn Village for the night …"
"Goat Horn Village …" The moment he heard such a vulgar and lowly name, he knew that it had to be a simple village with nothing but a few tattered straw huts and a charred fire pit.
This also meant that there would be no warm and comfortable guest rooms, no sweet and delicious bread and hot soup, and no beautiful ladies who could make him feel happy … Wilmes became restless again. Once again, he felt restless about the mission he had to carry on his back.
He sighed helplessly and let down the curtain, blocking the cold air outside the carriage.
After he calmed down, Wilms fished out the simple and elegant magic parchment from his bosom and slowly unfurled it.
Then, lines of exquisite words written in magic ink on the parchment came into view.
"… I hereby appoint the eldest son of the Andal Family, Baron Wilms, to head to the XXX region to take over all the land, minerals, and people there. He will become the undisputed new lord of that region …"
At the end of the parchment was the unique magic seal of the scattered Pagoda Union and the spell imprints of the two elders.
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