Age of Adepts

Chapter 31: Road Choice 2

The path of blood wizards is so difficult and there are major hidden dangers in the future that Grimm can only obscure them.

Then all that's left are rule wizards and orgy wizards.

Of course, Grimm's favorite is the rule wizard. When I think of that fierce elemental witchcraft that will change places another day, when I think of that creepy curse witchcraft, Grimm can't help but feel restless and eager to possess his own peak witchcraft.

But rule wizards are also one of the hardest ways to speculate. To climb to the top of the wizard system, there is only one step at a time, one step at a time to refine the elemental witchcraft of one's affinity, and then experience the semantics of the laws of position. Only when you are in control of the rules can you be proud to claim to be a rules wizard.

And that, too, is often something that can only be done after step 7.

Without a chip, Grimm would never have picked this road. Because it also means that Grimm needs to spend a lot of time meditating and refining the elements. Even many elemental wizards strive to elementalize their bodies to better suit their elemental affinity, even when transforming into elemental life.

Analyzing it in all its aspects, rule wizards are undoubtedly the right path for wizards and the most likely way to climb the peak of the system. So there's chip planning, and Grimm's definitely going to have to choose this path.

But before he gets stronger, Grimm also needs to find a way to make up for his earlier strengths gap, otherwise how can he stand out in fierce apprenticeship competition!

Then, while determining the main path of the rule-wizard, Grimm also intends to allow herself to build some Orthodox wizard roads simultaneously. The one that most likely assisted him in his development was undoubtedly the Puppet Biofabrication Manual, which he had previously obtained.

“Chip, how is the data collection for the Puppet Biofabrication Manual doing? ”

“Di, the witchcraft book Puppet Creature Production Manual has been included... The data has been optimized and some invalid content has been removed, and the types of demon puppets the subject can currently use have been listed...”

Listen to the chip report, Grimm's eyes shine.

“Send me the data! ”

Ts… As a stream of data shifted, Grim closed his eyes and silently received part of the witchcraft knowledge that suddenly appeared in his mind.

More strictly speaking, this should be a list of items.

……

Earth Magic Puppet.

A primary puppet creature that drives earth elements to battle with the nucleus of a demonic puppet.

Anticipation: Strength 11 Agility 4 Physique 13 Spirit 3

Genius Skill (Active): Terrestrial Motion (Minor), Soil Throwing (Monomer), Spear Spike (Range 10m)

Talent Skill (Passive): Soil Self Therapy (Replies 5 HP every 1 minute in soil-enriched areas)

Magic Immunity: Curse Immunity, Puncture and Vortex Immunity, Strong Acid Immunity, Terrestrial Immunity

Material: Earth Monster Heart Core (Advanced Apprentice Level)

Knowledge Required: Elementary Magic Puppet Making Process, Elementary Symbol Etching Technology, Node Loop Energy Conduction System, Elemental Life Empowerment, Will Branding Control System

……

Acidic Magic Puppet.

A primary puppet creature that fights water elements with a demonic puppet nucleus.

Anticipation: Strength 8 Agility 7 Physique 10 Spirit 5

Genius Skill (Active): Acid Splash (Monomer), Acid Swamp (Range 20m)

Talent Skills (Passive): Aqueous Self Therapy (5: 00 Life every 1 minute in an Aqueous Area), Aqueous Walk

Magic Immunity: Curse Immunity, Puncture and Vortex Immunity, Strong Acid Immunity, Water System Immunity

Material: Water Monster Heart Core (Advanced Apprenticeship Level)

Knowledge Required: Primary Magic Puppet Making Process, Primary Symbol Etching Technology, Node Loop Energy Conduction System, Elemental Life Empowerment, Will Branding Control System

……

The list of chips is long, but after removing invalid content beyond Grimm's current capabilities, he is presented with these two primary puppets optimized with multiple data.

Yes, the chip is recommended to Grimm by the puppet, not the statue.

In terms of combined combat power, a statue with a fixed body is undoubtedly stronger than a similar summoning puppet. But it is not realistic to expect Grimm to save enough resources to build the statue with his current blank resource reserves.

Take the simplest clay demon statue!

A clay statue weighing 600 pounds (600 kg), 8 feet (about 2.4 m) tall, all carved from soft clay, requires 9,000 gold coins for raw material soft clay alone, regardless of the cost of the statue making process. To buy a finished clay statue, the base price is 21,000 gold coins.

But the chip that enters Grimm's brain is a lot cheaper, and only one advanced apprenticeship level monster core is needed to make the material. Even if later production requires a lot of witchcraft knowledge, the cost can be kept within 7000 gold coins.

Savings from such a plus or minus would undoubtedly make Grimm much easier.

Acid Magic Puppet he can't make right now because of the lack of a proper water system demon core. But the earth magic puppet was just right, because Grimm had just acquired the head of an earthly magic, and it would be perfect to act as the core of the earth magic puppet.

Thinking about it, Grim quickly walked up to the wooden shelf in the corner of the house.

A large glassware was placed on a wooden tray, covered in black, and the contents were not clearly visible.

Grimm gently lifted the black cloth and lowered his body and stared silently at Simba's head loaded with floating water in a light yellow solution in a glass container. Perhaps Grimm's gaze was detected, the muscles on Simba's head had slight convulsions, and a faint soul consciousness was constantly begging.

A strong, formalin-like antiseptic nutrient smell permeates the house.

After all, this creature is a different kind of weird creature. It is not an immortal creature, so it must be properly treated and preserved after removal of the body organs, otherwise the value of use will deteriorate dramatically. This Simba skull was not picked by Grimm himself, but that Alice was clearly also an experienced senior apprentice, not only keeping the skull intact, but also rarely tying Simba's soul inside.

Of course, Grimm couldn't figure out if Alice wanted to torture Simba afterwards, or if she had any other ideas, but now she's obviously cheap on him. There's nothing to complain about without a heart!

To better maximize the benefit of this skull, Grimm even borrowed a complete set of craniotomy tools from some of his cadavers.

In order to preserve his own secrets, Grimm had to confine the lab to his residence.

Half an hour later, Grimm finally got everything ready for surgery. As he stood in front of the operating table in a special white coat, Simba's head had also been salvaged from the solution, and he was lying on his face with a curse of anger.

Since there is already an awareness to become a wizard and psychological readiness for similar living autopsies, Grimm, although only conducting biological experiments for the first time, appears to be exceptionally calm and intense.

The curse of Simba turned a deaf ear, Grimm said quietly.

“Chip, deep scan Simba's head! ”

“Di, task created... Scanning started...”

As the bottom of the eye gradually began to flash bright blue, a special spiritual band continued to beat over Simba's head in front of him, dialysing the hidden secrets inch by inch.

Wild monsters, due to the confusion of powerful life and strange genius, form an energy field similar to personal protection, Grim's elemental visual and spiritual perspective is difficult to penetrate into their bodies and dig out their secrets.

And Simba's skull in front of him has lost all resistance, and his life energy is running out, so there is no longer a force that can block Grimm's perspective. Through multiple detection techniques and mental scans, Grimm quickly outlined a three-dimensional perspective view of Simba's head in his mind.

The stiff skull wrapped around the withered brain, the brain, cerebellum, brain stem and other organs that have been hidden in the skull chamber are all present in front of Grimm at a glance. And in the withered brain parenchyma, a bright yellow crystal the size of a finger also appears in Grimm's perception.

If not, Simba, as the head of the haunted woman, has mastered some elemental abilities himself, and the core part of it actually grows a special core. For Simba, the heart, brain, throat, and lower abdomen are no longer essential parts of it. As long as this magical organ of the heart and its soul consciousness exist, other bodily defects can be repaired.

Grimm no longer hesitated, and a sharp scalpel burst into Simba's head. With the cracking of the skull, a purple, black, smelly rotten blood splattered out and defiled Grimm's robe. But he didn't care, constantly changing the cutting angle and direction of the scalpel in his hand, with the help of hammers and chisels, carefully tearing down Simba's skull.

A dozen butter waxes brightened the lights in the house, and Grimm stood in front of the operating table sweating like rain, with the sound of a hammer banging the axe with a clanging bell, little by little, opened Simba's head.

Finally, in the shadow of a candle fire, Grimm grabbed a pale yellow, earthy translucent crystal with his fingers and carefully measured it by the light.

And in his mind, the chip tone also sounds in due course.

“Drop, detected the heart of a high-energy monster, type of earthly creature...”

Grimm finally had a smile on his bloody face.

Earth Magic Puppet Core is here!