The battle at the Stoneclaw Mountains had brought indescribable pain to the dragons.
The Magi who had invaded Lance had been despicable, and their cruel methods had left a lingering fear in the hearts of the dragons.
After some calculations, the number of Dragon Lords that had died at the Stoneclaw Mountains was as high as 34, almost a third of the total number of dragons. The result of their battle, on the other hand, was a horrifying graveyard made of molten iron and dragon corpses that had almost half collapsed.
As the broken dragon corpses had been completely submerged by the solidified molten iron, trying to break open the metal coffin and find the corpses of the dead dragons had become a sorrowful mission that they would never be able to complete.
Left with no choice, the two Great Dragon Lords could only dig up the deep pit beneath the metal fort, burying the fort and the iron coffin together. They then sent a large number of Dragon Followers to guard the area day and night.
The furious dragons searched the entire metal fort, but could not find the whereabouts of the Magi. This also meant that after this group of detestable Sorcerers had bitten off the dragons, they had successfully escaped.
As for whether they had escaped back to the Magus World or remained in Lance, no one knew!
However, when they thought about the possibility of such a group of evil people hiding around them, all the Dragon Lords felt their hair stand on end. They made a mental note to clean up the area around their territories when they returned.
The dragons stayed in the Stoneclaw Mountains for two months, searching every mountain range and every inch of land. However, they could not find any traces of the Magi. They each had their own territories and citizens, and were even more worried that leaving their nests for too long would give rise to thieves who would covet their wealth.
Hence, from the third month onwards, some of the dragons left the Stoneclaw Mountains one after another, returning to their territories.
Although a Tier 4 Great Lord possessed immense authority and prestige, it couldn't enslave its subordinates endlessly. Hence, after a few fruitless searches, the two Great Dragons could only roar and soar into the sky, leaving with their respective subordinates.
As the Great Dragon Lords, their territories were tens of thousands of miles away from here. If not for the fact that they wanted to avenge Skrill, who was also a Grade 4 Great Dragon, they would not have come all the way here, given their laziness.
Now that they had left, it meant that there were no longer any Grade 4 Great Dragons in this area. Once the Magi returned, the remaining Grade 1, 2, and 3 Great Dragons could only pray for their own good!
Not to mention the fact that the Dragon Lords were all hiding in their nests and trembling in fear, just the internal affairs of the family were enough to keep Grim busy and anxious.
The mountain range that Gaz Rwe had chosen was also a region with a large reserve of metal ores.
The space in the mountain that had just been dug out was only one percent the size of the original metal fortress. Moreover, the metal ingots that had been smuggled in had been gathered together by Gaz 'ruvi. Day and night, the magical energy of the Magic Furnace had infected them.
Now, Gaz 'ruvi was in control of the Super Magic Furnace, and his sub-brain, Gru, was in control of a new, smaller Magic Furnace. This was Grimm's reward for Gaz 'luvi's recent efforts.
With these two Magical Furnaces continuously transmitting magical energy day and night, a small-scale metal fortress was already beginning to take shape. However, in order to prevent the sound of mining from being heard by the outside world, Gaz Rwe had to reduce the size and number of mining machines.
In order to prevent the native tribes from noticing the black smoke produced during large-scale metal smelting, the cunning Gaz Rwe even sent a team of magic machines to the depths of the mountains to trigger an earth-shattering volcanic eruption. Then, with the rapid changes in the earth's crust, he purposefully cleared out all the intelligent races near the camp.
Judging from the current situation, it would take at least seven months for Gaz Rwe to restore the camp to the size of the original metal fortress.
There was no other way. The current Lance Plane was in a state of panic, and any abnormalities in the area would attract the attention of many Great Dragon Followers. If these Draconians were chased away or killed, they would instantly attract the Draconians' patrols or the Dragon Lord's personal inspection.
While the new metal fortress was still under construction, Grim brought his dragon subordinates back to the Wizard World.
Originally, Grimm planned to temporarily place these dragons under his protection in the Goblin Plane, but they were unwilling to do so. However, it was a low-magic plane, and the magical energy there was so thin that it was heartbreaking. The dragons immediately rejected him.
Left with no choice, Grim brought them back to the Wizard World and placed them in batches at the Flame Monarch and the White Tower.
With the Crimson Family's wealth, they could not afford to build a huge cliff for these dragons. Thus, they could only be kept near the two Wizard's Pagodas. As long as they did not fly out of the Wizard's Pagoda and had the Crimson Family's Magical Emblem on them, they would not be captured by the Wizards of other families.
However, the emerald dragon beauty Aretina and the Lightning Dragon Armes seemed to have some sort of relationship. The two level 3 dragons actually chose to live separately. Aretina led the seven green dragons and settled in a forest 70 miles northeast of the White Tower. They lived a life of listening to orders but not listening to orders. The Lightning Dragon Armes stayed near the Flame Monarch for the time being, also living in seclusion.
The arrival of these dragons had undoubtedly increased the reputation of the Crimson Family. Many families and Wizards who were eager to obtain the resources of the dragons came to the Crimson Family's territory to inquire about the price of the dragons.
After all, even though the dragons were not the strongest among the wild magical beasts, they were definitely the most famous and eye-catching!
Feeling the craze, even Grim could not help but consider whether he should make the dragons the main brand of the Crimson Family.
Just as Grim was silently racking his brains for the family's business, the war between the Crimson Family and the Camara Family was still ongoing.
As the Crimson Family only had two Wizard's Pagodas, they did not have any other properties or territories that could be attacked. Thus, the Camara Family could only bitterly choose to defend.
On the other hand, the Crimson Family sent out a powerful level 2 Worm Lich, Bliss, who could form an army by himself, as well as a few blood elves. Under their all-pervasive attacks, all of the Camara Family's territories, manors, towns, and resource points were plundered many times. Even the wizards guarding the resource points were killed.
But every time the Camara Family wanted to retaliate, they could not catch up to the Worm Lich and the Vampires. Even if they sent out the level 2 or 3 powerhouses of the family, they could only kill a few Wizard Apprentices sent by the Crimson Family.
But if they could kill ten, the Worm Lich could kill a hundred.
Compared to Bliss, who had countless worm clones, the Camara Family's Wizards' killing methods were too conservative and simple.
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Misty Valley.
Thirty miles west of Stonefeld City, there was a long and narrow valley shrouded in thick fog all year round.
It was said that there was a strange magical creature in the valley that could breathe clouds and mist. It had occupied this area as its nest. As long as no living person entered to disturb its slumber, it would never wake up. And once it woke up, it would not be full without devouring at least ten humans.
Similar rumors spread in the nearby villages and towns, causing countless merchants and commoners to tremble in fear at the mention of this name.
Of course, this was only the information commoners knew.
Only a few of the nobles in Stonefeld City knew the real inside story.
There were no magical creatures in the Misty Valley. This was just a level 1 resource point that the Camara Family had secretly set up! As for the laughable rumors, they were spread by the nobles to prevent ignorant commoners from disturbing the peace of the resource point.
Of course, any resource point would have a powerful spell formation protecting it, with Wizards and acolytes stationed there for a long period of time.
And Spann was one of the many Wizard Apprentices in the Misty Valley!
Spann was 15 years old this year, an intermediate acolyte with ordinary qualifications and talent. His father was an ordinary tailor in Stonefeld City, and his mother was only a kitchen maid who worked as a maid in a noble's mansion.
His lowly parents did not give him a handsome face, nor did they give him outstanding talent. But when he was 7 years old, a Magus from the Camara Family discovered his elemental talent and brought him to the Misty Valley, his life changed drastically.
In the Misty Valley, he was perhaps just an ordinary intermediate acolyte, but in the eyes of the nobles in Stonefeld City, he was a local who had walked out and was worth investing in.
From the moment he entered the Misty Valley, his father became a small official under the city lord's mansion, and was given a small villa with two floors and a garden. His mother, on the other hand, was freed from her daily chores and became a noblewoman who could order her maids around.
The changes in the family were naturally seen by Spann, and it made him mature and sophisticated at a young age.
In his second year in the Misty Valley, he became a beginner acolyte, and in his fourth year, he became an intermediate acolyte. Now, deeply troubled by his talent, he could not wait to become a high-level acolyte.
As an acolyte of the Camara Family stationed in the Misty Valley, Spann's daily task was to patrol the few "gardens" at the edge of the valley. The Soul-eating Flowers and Killer Trees were all low-level magic plants, and they did not pose much of a threat to an acolyte like him, but they were still extremely dangerous to ordinary people who wandered in by mistake.
According to the agreement between the family and the nobles in Stonefeld City, the city would send a batch of death row prisoners to feed these magic plants every month.
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