Unknowingly, the once lonely and cold Icewind Territory became lively again.
Humans and intelligent beings from different regions gathered here and worked hard for a common goal.
The sorcerer-apprentices of the Crimson Family, the sorcerer-apprentices of the Destiny Witches, the goblin apprentices selected from the Goblin Plane, and the wandering apprentices who came because of the reputation … To them, the higher-ups of the Crimson Family showed rare kindness and allowed them to share the sorcery facilities of the White Tower fairly.
The spacious and comfortable living environment, the peaceful and friendly learning atmosphere, the powerful Sorcerer tutors, the comprehensive and systematic library, and the well-equipped witchcraft laboratory … All of these became the most attractive magnets, firmly drawing the hearts of the apprentices here and becoming the Crimson Family's most loyal supporters.
After a few months of trial learning, the apprentices quickly divided into different groups. According to their talent, potential, and speed of improvement, small circles with powerful apprentices as the core quietly appeared.
And the core members of these circles were undoubtedly Prospective Sorcerer-Apprentices!
Within any family, these Prospective Sorcerer-Apprentices belonged to an extremely special group. Although they were still Sorcerer-Apprentices in essence, they had begun to enjoy the treatment of new Sorcerers in many aspects.
They were even responsible for teaching some of the basic subjects of Sorcerer-Apprentices.
This also established a high and glorious image in the hearts of most apprentices, and they became the idols and pioneers of many apprentices.
Little Locke, as an outsider, successfully joined her small group under the introduction of the female apprentice, Eikkel. It was a learning promotion group built around the Prospective Sorcerer, Pontar.
Pontar, human, 37 years old, Prospective Sorcerer, had an affinity with dark elements, and was born in a small human country in the Vikas region of Tallinn. According to the customs of human countries, he seemed to have the identity of a prince, but he was only sent to the Wizard Tower because he was found to have the talent to become a Sorcerer since he was young.
He was also one of the first batch of freelance apprentices who chose to join the Crimson Family after it was established. His strength was only considered average among the six Prospective Sorcerers in the White Tower. However, with the ability to summon a powerful Shadow Assassin, he was the type that other Prospective Sorcerers were least willing to provoke.
Before becoming an official Sorcerer, Prospective Sorcerers often lacked powerful defensive spells. Therefore, when faced with a shadow assassin that came and went without a trace, no one wanted to taste its sinister and sharp shadow dagger.
Locke was only a Junior Lehrling, so he wasn't qualified to join the organisation. However, Eikkel's recommendation and his identity as a goblin mechanic had piqued Pontar's interest and he'd been recruited.
After two months of study, apart from mastering basic meditation, he had also accidentally awakened his goblin mechanic talent. This allowed him to possess a strange ability similar to the power of his bloodline, allowing him to unleash the full potential of the precision magic machinery.
It was a pity that he came to the Sorcerer World empty-handed. He did not have a powerful metal magic machine that he could control. Moreover, with the many mechanical and magical components in the metal machinery, it was impossible for his weak mental power to support such a large number of delicate operations.
Therefore, he had no choice but to learn more about modifying Magic Machinery at his own expense and use the cheapest metal to build an eyeball fighter.
Although it was called an eyeball mech, it was actually just a simple and crude metal sphere.
It was only the size of a human head, and it relied on the high-pressure air ejected from the tiny holes all over its body to propel itself in the air. In order to minimize its weight, the interior of the metal sphere was completely hollowed out and a series of wind-elemental spell formations were engraved on it.
The most direct consequence of this was that the physical defense of the metal sphere was sharply reduced, but in exchange, it was more agile and agile in flight.
The only way this eyeball mech could attack was with a ruby fragment embedded in the metal groove. Using the elemental energy absorbed by the energy-gathering spell formation, the eyeball mech could emit a scorching ray with an energy intensity of up to 11 degrees through the ruby fragment.
Since the ruby fragment's fire element was not pure enough, this was already the highest attack strength that Locke could achieve after desperately improving it. If he wanted to increase the attack power of the scorching ray, he would have to replace the ruby fragment with a cracked ruby of a higher grade.
However, a ruby fragment cost only three magic crystals, while a cracked ruby cost as much as 20 magic crystals. The huge price difference left him with no choice but to choose the cheapest and easiest materials to get his hands on.
With the strength of the ruby fragment's magic, it could only maintain an attack frequency of one shot every five seconds. Once it exceeded this frequency, there was a high chance that it would burn the spell formation and the precious ruby fragment inside the eyeball mech.
But even so, he quickly became one of the strongest Lehrlings among the beginner Lehrlings because he didn't have to control too many auxiliary Magus Machineries on his own. After all, with the strength of a beginner apprentice, being able to unleash an apprentice-level spell with an attack power of up to 15 degrees within five to seven seconds was already considered very good.
If other beginner apprentices wanted to fight Locke, they would have to constantly be on guard against a metal monster that could fly around in the sky and shoot red rays from time to time. There were not many newcomers who could defeat Locke in a two-on-one battle!
In order to train the Sorcerer-Apprentices' combat abilities, the White Tower would organize a few Sorcerer-Apprentices to go within a hundred miles of the Black Forest almost every week to hunt some Apprentice-Level beasts or monsters. Of course, the White Tower would send an official Wizard to lead the team every time. After leading the team to a suitable area, they would split up.
It had to be said that the management of the Crimson Family's White Tower was very comprehensive when it came to the trial apprentices.
If the apprentice team encountered danger in the forest, they could ask for help from the nearby Wizard leading the team. However, this way, the team's harvest would all belong to the Wizard leading the team. Therefore, the apprentices preferred to gather around a Prospective Sorcerer Apprentice so that they could get some extra protection in times of danger.
After all, with the strength of a Prospective Apprentice, it was still possible to cast a grade-1 spell!
This was especially important in the border area of the Black Forest. Although a Quasi Sorcerer who had grasped a Rank 1 spell might not be invincible, most areas would be safe for him.
This was also the best way for them to show their value!
As for the spoils of the apprentices in the Black Forest, they would all belong to themselves or their small team. When they returned to the White Tower, they could sell the spoils to the trading company under their family name or auction it off. This way, the gold coins and magic crystals earned would be enough for them to continue living in the White Tower.
The trading company or auction house under the White Tower would divide the prey into different grades. The apprentice level beasts and magic creatures would be sent to the processing factory, where the hired goblins would process them into tightly sealed metal cans, which would then be packed into boxes and shipped to the central continent.
There, the goblin Kabi would set up a "Happy Gold Coin" trading company and be responsible for selling them to every manor and city of the human nobles.
Of course, the human nobles would not be interested in the flesh of normal beasts, but the flesh and fur of low-level magic creatures were still very popular.
After all, everyone knew that these magic creatures contained some elemental energy in their bodies. If they could continuously consume these elements in their daily diet, it could obviously increase the basic quality of the human body and the compatibility of energy.
Speaking of which, this small change might not mean much to the Magi, but to the human nobles who only wanted to live a few more years, it had a huge and profound meaning!
If these nobles could consume the flesh of magic creatures over the years, strengthening their physique was secondary. More importantly, it could increase the chances of their descendants possessing the talent to become Magi.
This was what they valued the most!
Of course, this small change in probability was only a small change to the third or fourth digit. However, with the goblin Kabi's terrifying mouth that could bring the dead back to life, it was exaggerated into the flesh of divine beasts that could change the fate of their families.
After a strong sales campaign, the goblin Kabi had successfully set off a new trend in the central continent of the scattered tower forest, where people adhered to a healthy diet and used the flesh of magic creatures to improve their physiques. This trend was something that other families could not replace!
Every Magus family had their own hunting team that constantly hunted magic creatures and searched for rare magic plants to supply to Magi. They naturally had the advantage of competing with the goblin Kabi. However, the numbers they hunted were too few, and were unable to satisfy the appetite of the large number of human nobles. Secondly, it was extremely difficult to preserve the flesh of magic creatures, and many rare materials were needed.
If it was to be provided to Magi, the Magi who spent money like water would naturally not be stingy with the price. This would allow the hunting team to earn a lot of money. However, if it was to be provided at the same price to the middle and lower class of human nobles, even if they were rich, they would not be able to enjoy such an extravagant feast.
The goblin engineers under the White Tower had specially created a metal sealed lunch box, which solved this problem perfectly and cheaply. This also made it possible to sell the flesh of high-energy magic creatures at a low price!
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