This meeting in the teleportation room seemed rather awkward.
The forest demon seemed to be too sensitive, and showed considerable hostility towards Billis under the black robe.
If it wasn't for the presence of Greem and Gargamel, she might have been unable to hold back her impulsive nature and shot Billis directly. Now even with Greem's endorsement, the forest demon still had a bad attitude towards Billis, as if he didn't want to get close to him.
As for the forest monster's reaction, Billis, who was hiding under the thick black robe, responded with a sinister sneer, and the strange green compound pupils under the shadow of the drooping hood made people shudder.
In contrast, although Meryl and Gargamel were aware of Billis' potential danger, their intuition was not as strong as that of the forest demon. After all, the strength of Billis's intermediate apprentice is still too confusing!
Yes, in just half a month, Billis had already jumped a small rank, from a junior apprentice to an intermediate apprentice. It's just that Gargamel and Meryl seldom noticed him because his usual sense of presence was too weak, so they didn't notice his change of rank in the first place.
And since merging with the mutated worm mother, Billis's behavior has become more and more low-key, more and more weird, almost never showing up in public. Even today, he was wearing an eye-catching black robe, hiding in the corner farthest from everyone, silently watching everyone present through the shadow under the hood.
"You go to the fourth floor to find a suitable room for yourself. I have something to tell you tonight..." Greem saw the embarrassment in the atmosphere, turned his head and ordered Billis.
Billis, who was under the black robe, bowed to salute, responded with a hoarse voice, and left first.
Meryl and Gargamel looked at each other, with deep puzzlement in their eyes.
The fourth floor of the witch tower is the living and resting area for the wizards stationed in the tower. Even those quasi-shamans who are more powerful can only live on the third floor, and they are not allowed to set foot on the fourth floor without permission. But now, Greem actually gave this right that belonged to wizards to an intermediate apprentice, this...
"Go to my place!" Greem nodded to the three of them: "The situation outside has changed a lot, and we have to rearrange many specific things..."
Gargamel and Meryl nodded silently.
Although Lin Yao was not interested in these trivial matters at all, he didn't dare to disobey the wishes of the master of Wuta, so he could only follow along.
Half an hour later, through Greem's narration, Gargamel finally understood everything that had happened in Gilneas City during this period of time. But when he heard that Greem was also put under heavy shackles by the family because of the golem's refining, Gargamel's pointed and thin mouse-like face showed a sympathetic look.
After all, he also became a wandering wizard because he couldn't bear the oppression of his family!
Especially when he heard that Greem promised to hand over two elemental golems with the strength of elite wizards to the family every year, his frowning brows never eased.
As a pharmacist, he has personal experience in refining wizard-level witchcraft items.
Forget about those apprentice-level witchcrafts, with a little proficiency, a batch can be refined in three or four days. As for those wizard-level witchcrafts, due to the large number of materials, and each of them needs to go through a series of complex processes such as screening, filtering, processing, purification, and refining, it usually takes ten and a half months to complete.
And the failure rate is relatively high!
As for higher quality witchcraft, Gargamel's level cannot be refined yet.
His mental power is only 7 points so far. With such weak mental power, he can't survive those high-quality witch medicines that take a long time and require precise control of mental power throughout the process.
It is precisely because he knows these things very well that he can appreciate the difficulty of refining two elite golems a year!
The entire refining process of this kind of elite-level puppet may not be able to get it down in two or three months. Once the refining fails, the time will need to be doubled. In this way, even if Greem goes smoothly, it will take four to six months to complete the task assigned by the family. Only in this way can he have half a year to improve his strength.
But if one of them fails in refining, he only has 3 months at his disposal. If there are two failures, he will wait for a year in the alchemy laboratory!
Day after day, year after year, every day in the cold and quiet alchemy laboratory, doing boring and repetitive tasks over and over again... This kind of life is enough to wipe out the passion and blood of most esoteric wizards!
It also made them the slowest progressing group of wizards.
Gargamel hesitated for a moment, but finally said his thoughts. He couldn't understand, with Greem's shrewdness all along, how could he fail to see the means used by the Sarupo family, and instead promised such a 'harsh' condition to the other party.
Could it be that he was dazzled by the reward of the Tier 2 element crystal nucleus
Hearing Gargamel's suggestion, Meryl also looked at Greem worriedly.
This time she resolutely came to the Throne of Flame, and she also drew a clear line with the group of people in the family. If Greem's suppressed strength is difficult to improve, then the fate of their followers may not be much better. So she also cared about Greem's answer.
"Don't worry!" Greem knew the feelings of the two of them clearly: "I know this matter well, and I have enough ways to deal with it. And..."
Having said that, Greem paused for a moment.
"... I have already figured out the way and method to advance to Tier 2, which requires a long period of precipitation and accumulation. Therefore, this matter is only good for me, not bad!"
Advance to Tier 2
Hearing Greem's answer, both Gargamel and Meryl were shocked.
Although Greem, as their master (teacher), has a powerful strength that convinces them. But... But it's only been eleven years since he worked hard to become a wizard. Now, he has already begun to think about advancing to Tier 2.
This... How can this not make them feel that the world is spinning and the world is dark!
Especially Gargamel, who has been a wizard for more than 70 years, feels that his faith is collapsing. Is there such a big gap between people? Have you lived with dogs all these years
"It's not as exaggerated as you think, I just understand where I am going." Greem didn't expect his casual words to make the two capable men show such exaggerated expressions, and couldn't help explaining: " Although the direction is clear, the road ahead is still long. I don’t think there will be eight or ninety years before I can’t reach the threshold of entering the second order!”
I see!
But after thinking about it, Greem was able to find his direction so quickly, Gargamel still had a terrible feeling that all thoughts were lost and that he had been abandoned by fate.
"Okay, okay, you're done asking, it's time for me to ask..." Lin Yao was already waiting impatiently: "Ge... Master, what happened to that black-robed guy just now? Why did I cry when I saw him?" Have an urge to destroy him?"
The forest demon's question immediately pulled Gargamel and the two out of their thoughts, and looked at Greem one by one again.
"His name is Billys. He was a junior apprentice. It was Gargamel who introduced him to Wuta..." Greem spoke slowly.
"Billis..." Gargamel muttered to himself, twisting a few strands of goatee under his jaw.
To be honest, he does feel a little familiar with this name. It's just that the guy I saw today and a certain image in my memory are still difficult to overlap.
"Could it be the first apprentice who wants to join the Wu Tower? But he...his aura..." Gargamel had already remembered, but it was too late to be sure.
With the spiritual power of wizards, things like photographic memory and memory recall are simply child's play. However, when wizards identify a person, in addition to the basic appearance and physical characteristics, they rely more on the soul breath.
Each person's life and soul are mixed together and can form a completely different personal atmosphere. This breath can be strengthened, weakened, and can also change with the changes of the soul. But in such a short period of time, it is almost impossible to completely change one's soul breath.
At least, an apprentice wizard shouldn't be able to master such weird methods!
"Some time ago, Mary returned from the alien plane... She killed the evil bug Entik, erased his soul imprint, and gave me the mutant mother who fused with him... So, I let Bi Lis fused with it!"
In a few short sentences, there is a thrilling story hidden inside. The twists and turns of the plot inside are difficult to describe in a single book.
Meryl still knew a thing or two about the conflicts between the three wizards, Greem, Mary, and Entik. Seeing the confused expressions of Gargamel and the forest demon, Meryl could only tell what she knew in a low voice.
"Then...then Lady Mary is our mistress?" Gargamel blurted out what was in his heart when he heard it for the first time.
Greem's face froze.
Meryl was already beside her with a low chuckle: "That's not necessarily true? The teacher also has a sister Alice, and that's not a good person. This time, when Mrs. Mary is looking for it, I don't know if the two of them will be cruel. Let's fight!"
"Why is there another Alice?" Gargamel is obviously also a guy who likes to spy on people's privacy, and asked with bright eyes: "Who is this Alice? Why have I never heard of it from the master? Tell me quickly." ... let's talk..."
Greem quickly interrupted the gossip enthusiasm of several 'subordinates', and asked dumbfoundedly: "Gargamel, you haven't reported to me the situation near the Fire Throne yet! Are those monster leaders still quiet? Have you come to the Wu Tower? What's the trouble?"
Hearing Greem's question, Gargamel remembered something.
"Not good, master, I almost forgot to tell you." Wizard Ge Gewu's face suddenly turned serious: "Another serious incident happened in the Black Forest..."