Relying on the chip's holographic perspective, Greem could vaguely sense the abnormalities in the forest demon's abdomen.
During the battle just now, the forest demon was indeed cowardly and timid.
At first, Greem thought that this was her true nature, but now he realized that she was just trying to protect the 'fetus' in her belly and did not dare to be as forceful as usual.
Looking at the black cat in his hand, and then at the angry and anxious forest demon and the heartbroken Gargamel in the distance, Greem couldn't make up his mind for a moment.
Should he kill them all, or use black cats to force them to serve him for a period of time?
After only hesitating for three seconds, Grim made up his mind.
"Serve me for thirty years, and I will let you go!"
Lin Yao's eyes lit up and she was about to agree, but Gargamel had already stopped her.
"How can we trust you not to go back on your word?"
Obviously, as a wizard, Gargamel is fully aware of the greed and insidiousness of wizards, and even he himself is such a person.
"We can sign a fair and reasonable service contract. Relying on the constraints of the contract, you should believe it, right?" Greem smiled coldly: "You'd better decide quickly. Once I find out that you want to delay time, huh?"
snort……"
Gargamel felt heavy when he heard the threatening words, but he still insisted: "We can serve you for thirty years, but you can't have any ideas about our children..."
Ava, the forest demon who was hiding behind Gargamel, had obviously only considered this issue now, and immediately stared at Grim with horror on her face.
Grim smacked his lips in regret.
To be honest, he was really curious about the 'little life' born from a wizard and a monster!
However, for the sake of the longer-term future, Greem could only bear the pain and part ways with her.
Greem does not intend to stay in the Salubo family forever. When the time is right, he will raise his own banner and break away from the Salupo family. In order to achieve this, he must secretly have a team that can obey his orders.
hidden subordinates.
Just for this hazy ideal, Grim had just tried his best to make friends with Mary and Alice, just to draw them into his camp. Although Meryl showed vague signs of moving closer to him, she was also Saru after all.
A wizard of the Bo family. Once she leaves the family, it is unknown whether she will still be willing to follow him.
After all, one side is a well-known middle-level wizarding family in the Sand Tallin area, while the other side is a prototype family with two or three soldiers. Comparing the two, which side can provide her with more resources and greater power?
Obvious.
Therefore, Grim is not completely sure of taking Meryl away.
Even for Mary who is in another world, Grim is not 100% sure of bringing her into his camp! Seriously speaking, the only one who has clearly stated that she is willing to join Greem's camp is Alice who is far away in the North.
.
Based on the analysis of these circumstances, Greem's current camp formation is still too thin and fragile. If Gargamel and Lin Yao can join, even if they are half-hearted, they will still have a lot of influence on Greem's future strategic layout.
benefit.
Considering this, Greem could only regretfully give up that 'little life'!
Holding the black cat in one hand, completely imprisoning it, and holding the void in the other, Greem didn't spend much effort to draw up a fair, just, and open witchcraft contract. The terms drawn up in it included not only the rights of both parties, but also the rights of both parties.
, in addition to obligations and responsibilities, there are no discriminatory and oppressive terms attached to the two people, and it is loosely similar to an equal partnership treaty.
This undoubtedly made Gargamel and Forest Demon Ava look at each other, some of them unable to believe their eyes.
After studying the contract for a long time and making sure that it did not contain any fraudulent means, hidden clauses, or misleading language traps, Gargamel and Ava integrated the soul mark into it with suspicion.
After the contract was established, the clauses written in flame runes slowly dissipated in the air, and the three of them vaguely felt the subtle changes in their souls.
There is no God of Contract in the wizarding world, and wizards will not dedicate their loyalty to any god. Therefore, the witnesses of most contracts are the great and just will of the world. As long as within the wizarding world, anyone who violates the will of the world will
Those who enter into a magical contract are destined to be spurned and backlashed by the will of the world.
This kind of punishment is something no wizard is willing to bear!
Greem opened his big hand slightly and released the big lava hand that tightly restrained the black cat. His whole body also slowly shrank in the violent vibration of the fire element. Since he was no longer an enemy, there was no need to continue to maintain the Balrog form.
After all, the flame energy spurting out from the Balrog's Heart is also a heavy burden on Greem's body!
The black cat flashed to Gargamel's feet almost as soon as it was freed from its shackles, and plunged into the shadow, never to be seen again.
Gargamel hesitated for a moment, an embarrassed look appeared on his sinister face, and he bowed in a low voice: "Master, I wonder why you came to the Black Forest this time?"
The forest demon Ava also showed a curious expression on one side.
To be honest, a guy like Greem who has become a violent elite wizard doesn't look like a down-and-out guy who needs to go out to collect materials by himself. Therefore, the two of them couldn't help but become extremely curious about Greem's purpose.
Due to the witchcraft contract, Greem's trust in them now far exceeds that of the rest of the people. Therefore, when faced with Gargamel's inquiry, he no longer concealed anything.
"I found out through some hidden ways that there is an underground volcano that can be used in this black forest. The general location is... I wonder if you have any clues about this?"
Gargamel didn't have any clues about this, so the two of them could only turn their heads and look at the forest demon Ava.
She is a jungle monster and has been wandering in this dark forest for hundreds of years, so she is familiar with the situation everywhere. It is undoubtedly the most appropriate thing to ask her for directions.
As expected, forest demon Ava immediately showed a look of thinking and hesitation on her face.
"I am vaguely familiar with the coordinates you mentioned. There seems to be a family of manticores there. There are about eleven of them. Seven of the adult ones have wizard-level strength, and the four younger ones also have quasi-witch-level power.
"
Manticore?
Greem was slightly dazed, and as soon as his mind changed, the data stored in the chip database had been extracted.
Manticore, a flying creature, is a terrifying monster that combines the characteristics of bats, lions and scorpions. It has a lion head, a scorpion tail, four legs, and bat wings. It usually fights like a lion, and the bat wings on its back can allow it to
It can glide at low altitude and fly short distances, but its most terrifying attack weapon is the scorpion tail on its back.
The poison soaked in the manticore's claws is fatal, but the scorpion tail behind it also has a terrible paralysis effect in addition to the poison. The antidote prepared by the wizards is good at resisting the toxin, but can deal with paralysis.
The special effects are completely useless.
Therefore, once the wizard is trapped in the siege of the manticore, he is likely to be continuously paralyzed by the opponent, and torn into pieces by the opponent without even a chance to resist.
However, the opponent's poison and paralysis special effects are ineffective against the demon puppets, which is great good news!
When Greem slowly contributed some of the information he knew about the Manticore, the forest demon Ava showed an envious look on her face.
The reason why human wizards are so powerful can be clearly understood from this point.
The forest demon Ava's understanding of manticores relies on bloody battles. Any intuitive understanding can only be obtained after paying a heavy price. Human wizards rely on the inheritance of knowledge from generation to generation.
Mentioning a name, they can quickly dig out useful information from the knowledge system.
Even if they haven't come into contact with the opponent yet, they can make a response plan in advance and prepare enough means. By being prepared in this way, as long as there are no big surprises, they can easily take advantage of the contact with the monster.
In many cases, the quantity and quality of monsters are much higher than that of human wizards, but they can only become their hunting targets at will. This may be one of the main reasons!
Greem was not in the mood to slowly understand the feelings of the forest demon Ava at this moment. Instead, he kept asking about the topography and landforms near the manticore lair. After listening to Ava's answer, he was already 70-80% sure that he was there.
The entrance to the underground volcano you want to find.
However, the matter is serious, and as to whether it is true or not, one needs to go there in person to determine.
It was not until everything was discussed that Greem asked Gargamel to remove the poison from Sabrina and wake her up from her coma. In order to avoid exposing the relationship between the two parties, the forest demon Ava avoided it in advance, and
Gargamel stood meekly behind Grim.
When she woke up, the two sides of the battle had shaken hands and made peace, and the monster was nowhere to be found. Although Sabrina knew that there must be something fishy inside, she could only bury it deeply in her heart and never dare to ask any more questions.
Half a sentence.
Things between wizards are definitely not something she, a quasi-witch, can get involved in!
The more she knew, the greater the danger, so Sabrina wisely chose to remain silent.
…………
Near dawn, the three of them successfully returned to the camp.
Compared with Grim, who was unscathed, Gargamel and Sabrina looked quite haggard, and even had to pull up their hoods to cover the burn marks on their faces.
Seeing that several people had returned safely, the others seemed quite happy. Only the pharmacy apprentice named Anthony had a trace of surprise in his eyes.
He is a disciple of the wizard Gargamel, and he obviously knew part of the teacher's plan in advance. At this moment, seeing the three of them returning together, he was naturally surprised and looked a little panicked.
However, Greem was too lazy to deal with such a small person, leaving everything to Gargamel.
So everyone took a brief rest, and after eating the breakfast prepared by Neil, they set off on the journey again!