To be honest, the Mechanical Heart, the core component of a Mechanical Sorcerer's body, was like a sentient metal lifeform.
Not only could it integrate with the surrounding metal machinery, but it could also completely integrate into the energy circulation system of the human body, which used the blood, flesh, and veins as the base. In this aspect, it was more like a parasite, not much different from the puppet worms that Sorcerers created to create Flesh Puppets.
The only difference was that one was in the body of a test subject, while the other was in the body of a Sorcerer.
The Mechanical Heart could grow as well.
However, the nutrients and components required for its growth were completely different from a human's skeletal system. It required a large amount of rare Sorcerer resources and magic materials. Moreover, the conflict between the Mechanical Sorcery system and the human body could only be delayed, but it could not be eliminated forever.
Compared to the Mechanical Sorcery system, the human body's meridians were too weak. Even the slightest bit of impurities could break the fragile balance.
Since the human body was so weak, why did the Mechanical Sorcerers choose to modify the foundation of the human body instead of creating a real mechanical body for themselves?
This might be related to the energy advancement system of the human body!
A fully metallic lifeform was indeed powerful, but it was difficult to advance. Moreover, if a human's soul was transplanted into a pile of metal lumps, it would lack the nourishment of flesh and blood. The soul would only wither, and it would be difficult for it to advance like a human body.
They were addicted to the powerful combat abilities that the Mechanical Heart brought them, but they had to rely on their flesh and organs to support these parts that were extremely demanding on energy. Therefore, the Mechanical Sorcerers often sought a balance between their powerful strength and the human body's advancement system!
However, the Mechanical Sorcerers' concerns did not apply to Grimm.
He did not want to modify himself beyond recognition. The reason he wanted to study the Mechanical Sorcerers was to modify the elemental magic machinery to be stronger and more aggressive.
After thoroughly studying Katy, even Grimm could not help but admire the Mechanical Sorcerers' ingenious ideas.
Katy's mechanical eyes were a combination of low-light vision, elemental vision, motion capture, and many other strange abilities. This also meant that she did not need to cast any spells to be able to see in the dark. Not only that, but she could also see the flow of elemental energy around her opponent with her naked eyes. Not only that, she could also capture her opponent's subtle tactical movements …
Her modified brain's metal shell also had the ability to amplify the strength of her thoughts, which allowed her to control the metal blades with ease. As long as the distance wasn't too far, she could even use her thoughts to control and change the attack trajectory of the metal blade wheel, achieving an instantaneous explosive effect.
As for Katy's body, it had been modified by many complex mechanical spells. Beneath her smooth and supple skin, there were alloy plates of various shapes and sizes. Whenever it suffered an attack, the first to suffer damage was the more obvious metal armor outside its body.
If the power of the attack exceeded the limits of the metal armor, the remaining damage would be shared by the flesh body and the alloy plate hidden within, and then spread out through a strange vibration method.
As a result, Katy's Physical and Elemental Resistance was shockingly high. She could easily take on the enemy's spells and charge to the side to slaughter them.
Of course, this kind of attack would leave Katy's body in a damaged state all year round, and she would need to constantly replenish her body. This kind of replenishment included the damage of the mechanical parts, as well as the damage to the flesh body.
Therefore, Katy's daily diet consisted of a large amount of fresh meat and all kinds of special metal solutions. Not a single one of them could be missing!
A living human sorcerer, eating raw meat with blood in it every day, drinking pungent metal mixtures, the path that mechanical sorcerers pursued to become stronger was not something that ordinary people could persevere in.
Grimm had also looted quite a number of high-grade magic tools from the Wizards who had been hunting them.
These things were made with their own characteristics, so Grimm would need to refine them before he could use them. However, the auxiliary magic accessories could be used.
Although most magic accessories could strengthen one's body to some extent, as a human Wizard, it was difficult to strengthen his body or spirit infinitely.
For example, Grimm's Soarden Divine Ring had a + 5 to Strength, so the + 3 to Strength from the Blazing Equipment Set was subsumed by the Soarden Divine Ring. If Grimm did not find ways to temper his body and increase his strength, he would not be able to enjoy the huge increase in strength.
Therefore, as a Wizard, it was best to find ways to increase his basic stats. As for the idea of relying on a large number of high-grade magic tools to create a powerful Wizard, it was extremely childish and laughable.
Basically, with the + 5 to Strength from the Soarden Divine Ring, the rest of the magic accessories that strengthened his body became redundant. The 3 Constitution points from Soden's Divine Ring left some room for Grimm to use.
However, this space was quickly filled by the Blazing Equipment Set's Vitality.
In addition, Grimm's spiritual force was already at 37 points. Relying on the equipment to increase it to 39 points, it was a little excessive. Hence, he could only remove one or two magic accessories that increased his spiritual force to reduce the burden on his body.
This way, his strength, vitality and spiritual force had reached the limits of his current body. Only his agility still had a lot of room for growth.
"A.I. Chip, examine my body's stats …"
[Beep. Beginning examination … Host's stats are as follows:]
[Grimm, High Grade 3. Profession: Elemental Magus (Fire Specialization). Stats: Strength 18 + 5 (13), Vitality 21 + 4 (11), Agility 11 + 1 (7), Spiritual Force 37 + 2 (32). Profession Skills: Body of Flame, Body of the Flame Demon, Flame Clone …]
[Host's Physical Condition: Heavily Injured … Note: The numbers in brackets are the limits of the Host's current strength!]
Such stats might not mean much in front of those powerful high-grade magic creatures, but it was already top-notch among Magi of the same rank.
His 23 points of strength meant that he was able to hold his own against a rank 2 Elementary Anatomy Refinery Sorcerer. However, if he were to engage in close combat, his crude fists and legs might not even be able to touch the hem of his opponent's clothes. After all, 11 points in agility was barely enough for a rank 3 Elemental Magus. However, if he wanted to fight in close combat with them, he would be overestimating himself.
In the Magus community, strength was always relative and never absolute!
With such strength and physique, Grimm was like an incomparably powerful prehistoric monster in front of ordinary people. However, compared to a Magus of the same rank, a prehistoric monster like Grimm could only be considered a little guy who had not shed his milk teeth yet.
Grimm shook his head at this thought. He picked up all the strange equipment on the ground and walked out of the cave.
There was a small stone platform outside the cave. On top of it was a thick layer of scattered bones. It was obvious that this was the feeding place of a powerful magical beast. Standing on the platform and gazing into the distance, one would discover that this place was in the middle of a vast, verdant forest.
No matter where one looked, all they could see was a lush and lush forest.
But it was a pity that ever since this place became the resting place of the Plague Army, there were no more chirps of birds or chirps of insects. Apart from the choking sounds of the forest, there were no other sounds.
However, Grimm did not seem to care. He stood alone at the edge of the stone platform, closing his eyes and listening to the strange and indistinct sounds in the distance.
He was not listening to the sound of the wind or the rustling of leaves. Instead, he was listening to a vague message from a flame rune thousands of miles away.
"Remy …"
"Here!"
Following Grimm's soft call, Remy the Plague Spirit appeared beside him without a sound.
"Take your Plague Corps to the east!" Grimm gazed into the distance, "Keep going east, and destroy all the cities and villages along the way …"
"What's the target?" Remy asked curiously.
"Gemiria!"
"Gemiria? That's the capital of the Zambis Empire! "
"Yes, that's the place. Make a big fuss, but you must be careful. Remember, if you encounter a Grade 4 Holy Knight, you can abandon the mission and escape. Before that, your mission is to expand the Plague Corps as much as possible and attract the enemy's attention … "
Remy's green eyes rolled around, completely understanding Grimm's intentions.
Smiling at Grim, Rémy summoned the plague behemoth and mounted it with the old poison woman. Then, he let out a shrill cry and rushed down the cliff.
Then, in the dense forest around the cliff, the ancient trees shook and the leaves swayed. Hordes of plague creatures began to move silently, forming a terrifying tide of plague creatures in front of Grimm in the blink of an eye.
When most of the plague creatures had left, Grimm pulled up his hood to cover his face and strode towards the southeast.
After obtaining the astral beast's corpse, Grimm thought that there was no point in exploring Envik's world anymore. He should return to his family as soon as possible. However, considering the nourishing effect of the strange holy light on his spiritual force, Grimm felt that it would not be too late to leave after making a huge profit.
After returning to the Magus World, it would be impossible for Grimm to raise his spiritual force from 37 to 39 without two or three hundred years of effort. But in this place, he only needed to kill some Holy Knights who posed no threat to him. So why wouldn't he do it?
The reason why he sent Remy and his Plague Corps out was to distract and lure away those two hateful Grade 4 Holy Knights. Meanwhile, Shi Feng could use this opportunity to slaughter the Low and Intermediate Holy Knights and accumulate enough Holy Light to reach Tier 4.
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