Suhlen observed the growth of the crystal beasts. With the presence of radiation, the crystal beasts didn't feel any discomfort. Compared to the previous area, the area here was larger, and there was an abundance of food. After coming here, the crystal beasts grew several times faster.
The scales on the back of the Crystal Beasts had grown a lot of crystals. These crystals were transparent and very pure. When these Crystal Beasts were captured, the crystals on their backs were only a few centimeters tall. In Northern Fortress City, the crystals on the backs of the Crystal Beasts grew slowly. But in this place, it only took a few days for them to grow to the size of a fist.
According to the growth of the crystal beasts, these crystals would grow to about 20 centimeters in a week, and then naturally fall off from the crystal beasts. The crystal beasts could grow ten crystals at a time, and according to the growth rate, they could be harvested once a month.
Now, there were a total of 37 crystal beasts in this farm. Except for three newborn crystal beasts, the rest were all adult crystal beasts. According to this number, Suhlen could harvest 340 magic crystals a month. Of course, this was only temporary. The crystal beasts could still reproduce.
According to Hathaway's research, a crystal beast took about three months from birth to adulthood. When the arcanists modified them, they deliberately sped up their growth rate. However, the increased growth rate also caused the life of these crystal beasts to be somewhat short.
These crystal beasts had a lifespan of five to seven years. In fact, in the fourth year, these crystal beasts would gradually age, and the growth rate of crystals on their backs would also decrease. In the last six months of their lives, the crystals on their backs would completely stop growing. Of course, these crystals weren't defective products. On the contrary, these crystals had become black crystals because they were contaminated with death energy.
Black crystals could store all kinds of negative energy. The Shadow School and the School of Necromancy often used these crystals for experiments. According to the notebook Suhlen obtained from the necromancer, these crystals were also one of the materials to make Skeletal Golems.
Skeletal Golems were known as the most cost-effective Golems. The main material of Skeletal Golems was white bones. They didn't cost anything at all, and their strength was quite good. They were about the same as Rock Golems, but the cost was only a fraction of the Rock Golems.
Moreover, the strength of a Skeletal Golem was directly proportional to the bone material and other raw materials used. If you were to use the bones of a dragon to make a Skeletal Golem, although it would not be at the Legendary-level, it would still be at the upper Level-4 standard. However, very few people would do such a thing. Wouldn't it be better to have the skeleton of a dragon transform into an Ancient Dragon or a Dracolich?
Apart from making Magic Golems, the Black Crystal could also be used as a spellcasting material. I'll just give the black crystals to Karina. She's the only one in Northern Town City who uses shadow energy anyway.
Every year, the Crystal Beast would go into estrus. During the estrus period, no crystals would grow. The estrus period lasted for about a week. After the mother beast was pregnant, no crystals would grow. About two months later, the Crystal Beast would give birth. A Crystal Beast would usually give birth to two to four babies.
If everything went well, the number of crystal beasts in the Northern Town could exceed one hundred next year, which was good news for Su Lun. Moreover, as time went by, there would be no natural enemies and sufficient food, so the number of crystal beasts here would increase rapidly.
He ran into Hathaway on his way back from the Secret Realm.
"Suhlen, I have something to talk to you about." Hathaway's eyes lit up when she saw Suhlen. She quickly walked up to him. The loose wizard robe on her body outlined her amazing curves.
"What is it?" Suhlen stared at a certain part of her body and said.
"I'm going to recruit some wizard apprentices. The construction of the Wizard Tower has already begun. Once it's finished, we'll need a lot of people, so I'm going to start training them now." Hathaway raised her right hand and brushed her hair behind her ear, revealing her delicate ear.
Suhlen nodded and said, "You're right. It's time to recruit some wizard apprentices. You're already a Grand Wizard. It won't make sense if you don't have any apprentices. Besides, we're going to build a Wizard Academy here in the future. We'll need more people by then."
"Then I'll ask someone to count the number of children between the ages of eight and twelve in my territory. Gather them together and test them," Hathaway said with a smile.
"I'll sign an order right now. Gather all the children of the right age in my territory to the central square of the city." Suhlen was quick and decisive. He immediately got to work.
"Don't rush. The crystal ball to test if they have the potential to become a wizard is not finished yet." Hathaway quickly stopped Suhlen.
"Uh, okay. You can give the order when you're done."
Two days later, the Mayor's office issued a strange order. All the children between the ages of eight and twelve were asked to gather at the central square of the city, regardless of gender. Everyone was a little confused about this order, but some rumors began to spread like wildfire in the Northern Town City.
"Did you hear? His Lordship wants all children between the ages of eight and twelve to gather. "A young man with a thin body like a bamboo pole said.
"Nonsense, this news has been passed down by the officials since this morning. It is said that this is the servant chosen by the Lord. This is a great opportunity. Once you're chosen, you'll have a meteoric rise! "Another man beside him said excitedly.
"Mike, why are you so excited? You're already twenty. You don't have a chance!" Another man who was not tall but had a strong body mocked.
"I don't have a chance, but my sister Amy is eleven years old. She's just within the range. If she's lucky enough to be chosen, I'll be rich as her brother!" Mike said with a proud face.
"If she's lucky enough to be chosen by the Lord, it'll be even better!"
"Stop dreaming. This time, it's not a servant. I heard from my brother that it's the Lord Wizard's idea. The Lord Wizard wants to recruit apprentices." At this moment, a man wearing the uniform of a low-level official in the Northern Town City walked over and said.
"It's not easy to become an apprentice wizard. That's a high and mighty wizard. They can cast magical spells!"
"Wizard!?" Hearing this official's words, the surrounding instantly quieted down. Then, in the next second, an even louder noise erupted.
"My sister has a chance to become a wizard!?" Mike did not even think about it. He turned around and ran home.
"What are you doing? It's time to go to work. "The workmate next to him shouted.
"I'm going to ask my sister to hurry up and register!" Mike quickly ran away without looking back.
.....
"Sir Suhlen, we're also looking for apprentices." Early in the morning, Suhlen had just finished his breakfast when he saw Karina and Grace coming over together.
"You're also looking for apprentices?" Suhlen was a little surprised.
"No, we're looking for warlocks!" Karina said, "Although warlocks can't be compared to wizards, in the early stages, warlocks can more easily form a fighting force than wizards."
"Alright, then this time you two can choose together. I'll leave those who have the potential to become a warlock to you and those who have the potential to become a wizard to Hathaway." Suhlen thought for a moment and directly agreed.
"Sir Suhlen, there's one more question. I'd like to ask you to expand the scope of the test to eighteen years old," Grace said from the side.
"Why?" Suhlen frowned. If the age limit was expanded to eighteen years old, then the population would be several times more than before.
Grace nodded and said, "Warlocks awaken from puberty. Most warlocks awaken around the age of fourteen, and the latest is eighteen. After that, the probability of awakening is very low."
Warlocks and wizards were different. Their awakening relied on the power of their bloodline. Warlocks usually awakened during puberty, a period when they started to gradually mature physically and mentally. During this period, because of the rapid growth of the body, some of the power hidden in the bloodline could easily trigger the awakening of a warlock's talent.
Under normal circumstances, it was easier for teenagers to awaken their talent without going through complicated sexual activities. To put it bluntly, they were virgins and virgins. Moreover, during this period of time, it was very likely that the genes of the awakened warlock's talent would be transferred to the mother's body and be hidden again.
Therefore, in warlock families, all sexual activities were usually prohibited before the age of twenty. If the warlock's bloodline did not awaken, the family would arrange for them to marry and reproduce as soon as possible to contribute more new blood to the family. After awakening the warlock's talent, before the bloodline stabilized, sexual activities were also not allowed.
In order to pursue the purity of the bloodline, some warlock families would adopt the practice of marriage between relatives. This practice could indeed increase the probability of a warlock's awakening, but it also brought about another serious consequence, and that was the bloodline disease. In this kind of warlock family, the probability of mental retardation, physical disability and other congenital diseases would greatly increase.
Moreover, this practice would also cause difficulties in reproduction, and the number of people in the family would decrease. In the past, there were still many warlock families like this, but after research and development, this phenomenon slowly decreased.
The awakening period of a warlock would continue until the age of thirty, but generally, it would stabilize at the age of twenty. After the body's development gradually stabilized, the probability of triggering a bloodline awakening would rapidly decrease.
There were very few warlocks who awakened after the age of twenty-five. In this case, it was very likely that the awakening was due to external reasons, such as taking some potions with bloodline effects, or coming into contact with some objects that stimulated the bloodline in the body, causing the bloodline to become unstable.
The awakening of a warlock was suitable for most races, but it needed to be calculated according to the puberty of each race. Of course, there would be some differences.
Generally, the probability of a warlock awakening was higher among the aristocrats. Many aristocrats' bloodline source came from ancient human heroes. Suhlen now suspected that those ancient human heroes were the descendants of the warlocks created by the arcanists during the Arcane Empire.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
