Age of Adepts

The Wizarding World, the Icewind Territory of the Northland.

white tower.

After these days of recuperation, the once desolate and cold Bingfeng collar has changed its appearance at this moment.

The prototype of a small village and town appeared on the edge of a sparse forest area 300 steps away from the White Tower. The houses were all built of logs, which looked bulky and strong. There are about thirty or forty households scattered here and there. There is a small circular square in the center of the town, surrounded by only a few shops and special buildings.

Thanks to the blessing of the Wu Tower, the cold wind blowing from the east has become much warmer and more mellow before entering the town. Usually the temperature is mostly minus 17 or 8 degrees, and the temperature at this time has been constant at around zero.

This temperature can no longer interfere with the normal outdoor activities of human beings!

It is difficult to carry out any farming and animal husbandry activities in the place of Ice Wind Territory, so most of the people who live here are hunters. They will choose to enter the edge of the Black Forest together on a sunny day, where they will hunt some wild beasts or low-level monsters.

Now with the appearance of the White Tower, the monsters near the Ice Wind Territory retreated to the depths of the Black Forest, and these hunters lost the hunting grounds and prey they depended on for a living. However, as more and more crimson wizards and apprentices went to the depths of the Black Forest, these hunters simply settled near the White Tower, waiting for their employment and recruitment.

These law-enforcers are undoubtedly the wealthiest group!

As long as these uncles are well served, a bag of gold coins casually leaked out is enough for their family to live happily and peacefully for several months.

It was dusk again.

At this time, it is often the time for the apprentice team to return to explore the depths of the Black Forest.

If it was a little later, when night fell and most of the ferocious beasts and monsters began to come out unscrupulously, then walking in the Black Forest would undoubtedly be an adventure. Therefore, before night falls, all teams that have not found a hidden camping point must return to the White Tower to rest.

And this time is undoubtedly the most lively and noisy moment in the town!

Stepping into the night, the 7 members of the Shadow Light Squad got out of the black forest with difficulty, and walked towards the small town talking and laughing all the way.

In the team, the original five apprentices still walked in the front, while the two temporarily hired hunters followed behind, dragging a lion-like prey on a simple raft.

In only half a year, the Shadow Light team has undergone tremendous changes.

As the captain, Pontal is still a quasi-sorcerer, and his strength has not changed significantly, but the wizard's staff in his hand has changed from the staff of wisdom that can only slightly increase spiritual power at the beginning to the current shadow magic staff. This magic wand, which can effectively reduce the difficulty of Pontar's casting of shadow witchcraft, cost him 200 magic crystals, which was almost more than 1/3 of his magic crystal income in the past six months.

However, with this magic wand, some shadow witchcraft that were originally difficult to perform can also be cast smoothly. For a quasi-witch whose life is witchcraft, this is simply a wonderful thing.

As for the other team members, Daxo, the body training apprentice, is still at the advanced level, and Blanco, the transformation apprentice, is still at the intermediate level, but the other two have undergone surprising changes.

Ai Ke, a beautiful apprentice from the Department of Plants, is now a senior apprentice, and she is obviously very favored by seeing her full of witchcraft equipment. The little goblin Locke is the one who has changed the most, and is now a senior goblin magician. Behind it, followed by a creaking and noisy puppet magic weapon all the time.

Don't look at this puppet magic weapon, which is only more than 1 meter high, and looks thin and fragile. But in a real battlefield, the effect it can exert is comparable to 3-5 intermediate apprentices.

First of all, it is a super 'monster absorber'!

For any monsters attracted by the team, the first target of attack will definitely be this noisy little guy who can't stop making harsh noises.

Secondly, this little guy's ability to escape and avoid attacks is really first-rate!

I don't know how Little Locke researched and developed this puppet magic weapon. Although its attack ability is abysmal, its ability to evade attacks is amazingly strong.

As long as it encounters an enemy attack, it will instantly turn into a spider-shaped puppet with eight metal joint legs, and then it will drill back and forth between the dense forest and the bushes like walking on the ground. The monsters seduced by it would not even try to touch its body except for exhausting their efforts to chase it.

In this way, the members of the shadow team can comfortably output as much as they want, and take a lot of powerful beasts and monsters into their pockets.

Even if there is an occasional mistake, the little guy is torn to pieces by agile or flying monsters, as long as there is little Rock, a goblin magician, no matter how serious the damage is, it can be repaired.

It is precisely by relying on all kinds of strange and magical combat equipment that the little goblin Locke can quickly grow into a senior apprentice in just half a year. This also allowed Little Locke to successfully enter the main ranks of the Shadow Squad.

As soon as the shadow team entered the town, they were surrounded by a group of long-awaited people. Called by the hunters Hank and Saul, everyone worked together to help move the fire lion corpse on the crude raft into the town.

The fire lion is also a common low-level monster in the Black Forest area. Seriously speaking, it also has the powerful strength of a first-level primary. It's just that monsters are monsters. Although the strength is strong enough, the brain and intelligence have obviously not kept up with the progress of strength.

Therefore, such a wizard-level fire-type monster was killed by a group of wizard apprentices whose average level was not higher than that of senior wizards.

The most precious thing about the fire lion is the fire crystal nucleus and the warm and soft fiery red mane.

A wizard-level fire crystal nucleus is initially estimated to be worth more than 150 magic crystals. And the fire lion mane is one of the basic materials for making the flame cloak, and its initial value is about 30 magic crystals. In addition, there are fire lion's fangs, tendons, flesh and whip... These are all spoils that can be exchanged for magic crystals.

As for the fire lion meat, because the meat is tough and sour, it is not a good ingredient.

But precisely because it is cheap and easy to obtain, it is also a hot commodity that many body training apprentices like to buy.

If the adult fire lion hunted by the shadow team is carefully decomposed, it can harvest about 200 catties of meat. And Daxo, the senior body training apprentice in the team, preset 100 catties, and the cost of buying meat will be deducted from his magic crystal income this time.

Above the small town, a highly professional slaughterhouse has been built.

A fire lion weighing more than 200 kilograms was sent in, and it took less than a quarter of an hour to be meticulously and perfectly slaughtered and broken down into various semi-finished products, and then returned them to the shadow team by category. And what the shadow team paid was only 3 magic crystals, and some unnecessary corners and bits and pieces.

When you arrive at the town, you are actually at the end.

All slaughtering, sorting, valuation, and listing for sale are all done in the small town.

The information collected here can be simultaneously transmitted to the White Tower and the entire Crimson family. If any wizard is interested in these trophies, he will directly photograph them. At that time, the transportation and storage matters will also be handled by the town's special personnel, and the shadow team only needs to wait for the magic crystal to enter the bag.

This kind of work distribution undoubtedly greatly reduced the logistics and supply pressure of the apprentice team, allowing them to spend more time on honing and improving their combat power. For most wizard apprentices, although the collection of witchcraft knowledge is very important, it is undoubtedly more important to convert each piece of knowledge into corresponding combat power in a timely manner!

After delivering the prey, the two hired hunters returned home with two heavy bags of gold coins smiling. The apprentices of the small team hugged each other and came to the only tavern in the town.

Here, they met another squad of apprentices who were also toasting - Vampire Fangs.

Just from the name, it can be heard that this is a fighting team composed of apprentice-level vampires. Their team has seven members, all of whom are handsome men and beautiful women in luxurious robes, and there are also blood elves with sharp ears and fangs among them.

Although these guys do not have the diverse witchcraft methods of other apprentice teams, they can freely enter, exit and hunt in the Black Forest only by relying on the nimble figure of the vampires and the transformation of the bat demon at will. Especially after the Crimson War, Lady Mary made great contributions within the family, and these low-level vampires also rose with the tide.

In the current crimson family, the vampire family has become the biggest force. Even Tigule, who has an entire secondary plane behind her, can't compare with her.

Vampires, Destiny Witches, and Magic Goblins, these three forces occupy more than 80% of the resources and status of the Crimson Family, supporting the entire Crimson Family with a tripartite force. Of course, these are just some crude views of the people at the bottom.

Only those high-ranking members of the Crimson family can know some deeper secrets. In the Crimson family, the real number one force is not the vampire family on the surface, but the unobtrusive third-level brain monster Gazlu dimension.

In the crimson battle, the third-level brain monster Gazlowe just showed his back, and defeated the wizard coalition army of the five major families. If Patriarch Greem is willing to transfer it back to the wizarding world from the plane of Lance, the Crimson family may jump from a small family to a large family in an instant, only one step away from those super families.

If there is any flaw in the current Crimson Family, it is that there is still a lack of high-level wizards who can hold the scene. At least, without a Tier 3 wizard sitting in charge, the Crimson Family would not be able to become a large family recognized by outsiders.

This point cannot be filled by relying on the number of magical warriors!