If Grim's fire witchcraft caused the greatest damage to the manticores, then the smoke poison that Gargamel continued to throw into the cave was the most insidious method to force the opponent to despair.
If there were no Gargamel, today's battle would be protracted. Greem might be able to block the manticores in the cave and make it difficult for them to come out, but he would not be able to get rid of them quickly. Seriously, the manticores
Their overall strength is two or three times that of Greem's side.
But there are never ifs in the world!
Reasonable tactics, appropriate personnel, and strong execution have contributed to this perfect battle in which fewer people win more.
When several adult manticores failed to knock away the 'stones' blocking their way with their powerful bodies and fearless fighting will, their tragic ending was doomed!
The manticore leader was seriously injured and fled deep into the cave. He was replaced by two young manticores. The strongest ones had already been injured and retired, leaving only the weaker young manticores to come out to attack.
What they faced was the Growler, who had basically repaired his body, and Greem, who had relegated to the second line. A human shield and a fire wizard, plus the gagging Rotten Man and Gargamel, made the two young manticores no longer able to fight.
I can no longer replicate my previous bravery.
Before they even got close to the growler, the two of them were beaten to pieces by a series of sorcery spells, screaming in agony. When they finally got to the stone man, there was an "earth tremor" and they stopped eating again.
Then there was another stormy baptism of witchcraft!
The two young manticores knelt down immediately. If the manticore behind them had not bitten their tails and pulled them back, they would have died on the spot in the narrow entrance of the cave.
At this moment, I had to curse Gargamel for his insidiousness.
Without those smoke poisons, even if the manticores couldn't rush out, they would still be able to defend themselves and block the entrance of the cave to play a protracted battle with Grim. But it was Gargamel's existence that filled the entire cave with an unsettling poison.
Suffocated by the terrifying poisonous smoke, the manticores had no choice but to use their flesh and blood to find a way out.
Of course, if the leader of the manticores is more ferocious and cunning, he can first send out a few young manticores to lead the charge, and let them fight with the growlers at their peak physical strength, which will consume Greem's strength. Then he can implement a cluster of elite manticores.
Assault, then the probability of them breaking through is even higher.
After all, Greem's side only has a wizard-level human shield called Growler and Greem's half-hearted human shield. Once the Growler is destroyed, the whole situation will collapse and become irremediable!
After all, things are not as good as before. Without the heavy firepower of the Flame Tyrant, Greem's own strength is barely comparable to that of the veteran wizards. If the Balrog Heart is unlocked, he may have the explosive power of the elite wizards in the short term, but after all, the time is only short.
A short quarter of an hour.
Facing an elite level monster with such strength, there is still a great danger of being overthrown by the enemy!
Fortunately, despite the confusion of many factors, the tactics he devised based on the chip's battlefield simulation were basically completed, and he finally captured the group of manticores without any danger.
The 11 manticores were not destroyed by Grim's violent fire witchcraft. Instead, they were knocked down by Gargamel's poisonous mist potion one by one. They lay in the cave and turned into a puddle of mud.
Even the seriously injured elite manticore leader was like this!
All the hair on the body has fallen out, and the body is covered with blisters and scabs filled with pus and blood. The terrible yellow water flows freely, and the smell is full of pungent stench...
After dispersing the poisonous mist and entering the cave, Greem felt a little sad when he saw the scene in front of him. Such a powerful manticore family was easily taken down by a few of them. Now that I think about it, it's a bit strange.
Incredible.
However, looking at the pitiful manticores that were as limp as dead dogs, Greem only felt pity in his heart for a short moment. Then, he loudly ordered Gargamel: "Hurry up and treat him!"
We can't let them die easily, otherwise the loss of profits will be too great!"
In fact, there was no need for him to give orders. After Gargamel got into the cave, he couldn't help but laugh loudly when he saw the group of manticores staggering and unable to move inside. His sinister laughter was as sharp as a night owl's and made people's hair stand on end.
"Quick...quick...quick..." Gargamel ordered repeatedly: "Hurry and pour the antidote potion on them, and tie them up..."
The mercenaries, who were only responsible for perimeter security and could not reach out during the battle, swarmed in and wrapped their mouths and noses with wet cloths. The pungent smell of medicine could be faintly smelled from them.
With their help, they poured in potions and tied ropes. In the blink of an eye, 11 manticores were tied up in such a way that they could hardly move.
Gargamel is not so kind and wants to completely detoxify them. Once the poison is no longer controlled, they can break free from these ropes woven with wire vines in minutes by virtue of the monster's natural strength. So what Gargamel takes out are...
The 'improved' antidote not only saves their lives but prevents them from fully recovering, it also penetrates some terrible toxins into their lungs to facilitate later control.
Such a group of living manticores was suitable to be surrendered and adopted as the future guards of the witch tower, so Greem gave the task of subduing the manticores to Gargamel, while he himself sneaked into the depths of the earth alone, and
A huge cave complex and a lava well were discovered there.
In fact, as soon as he stepped into this cave, Greem sensed the strong aura of the fire element. The entire cave group stretching for two to three miles was shrouded in dazzling red light, and the air was filled with a suffocating sulfur smell. And all of this
The source comes from a 5-meter-diameter lava well in the center of the cave!
This is a lava well that leads vertically to the depths of the earth. When you lie down at the entrance and look down, you will see a sea of surging magma. The mouth of the well is about 50 meters away from the surface of the magma sea, and the surrounding stone walls are able to withstand it.
The volcanic rock invaded by magma is also a natural stone used to build fire witch towers.
Greem made a prompt decision, grabbed the witch staff and jumped into the lava sea below. With the partial fire immunity brought by the flame body, he initially explored the shallow layer of the lava sea below, and then was shocked.
This should be a natural ‘lung of the earth’!
Just like people need lungs to breathe, the underground world also needs a channel to communicate with the energy of the surface world. There is one violent volcanic area, and there are more "earth lungs" like this.
They are hidden all over the continent, even at the bottom of the Endless Sea.
Through the winding and hidden passages, it can dissipate the heat from the ground to the surface, and then absorb the ubiquitous elemental energy into the depths of the ground.
And this place is obviously a natural 'earth lung' dominated by the fire element!
Its existence, for a fire wizard like me, its value is even more obvious!
So Greem immediately left a witchcraft mark near the lava well as a coordinate for future location, and then returned to the manticore's lair with great satisfaction.
And in the three days since Greem left, Gargamel also made a major breakthrough in that regard.
Among the 11 manticores, the first two young manticores could not stand the threat of witchcraft medicine and death. They finally lowered their heads in humiliation, let go of their hearts, and let Gargamel plant a soul mark inside. The ones with witchcraft medicine and soul mark
With dual control, the life and death of the two manticore cubs are completely in Gargamel's hands.
With two examples of their own testimony in front of them, the rest of the manticores also chose to surrender one after another and gained their freedom. The two elite manticores, including the manticore leader, would rather die than surrender.
This undoubtedly made Gargamel look very angry.
However, after Greem returned, he went to have a heart-to-heart talk with the manticore leader, and he just reluctantly surrendered! There were two factors that prompted it to surrender:
First, Greem promised that this is only an employment contract, not a slave contract. This also means that Greem must pay regular employment fees to the Manticore family in the future, and this fee is temporarily set at 30 magic crystals per month.
Second, the offspring of the manticore tribe are free. The young manticores born in the future are no longer bound by contracts and can live, reproduce and migrate freely, and wizards are not allowed to interfere!
Greem naturally agreed to these two points, and the elite manticore leader just led his partner to join his team.
After the manticore matter was settled, Greem left Gargamel, the mechanical girl Sabrina and the pharmacy apprentice Daniel in the Sickwood Forest, and then he took the rest of the people back to Pine Tower Town.
As for the forest demon Ava, she has been hiding in the dark and has never met the mercenaries, so the other team members have no idea of her existence!
This trip to the Black Forest took twenty-seven days. When the adventurer team returned successfully, the entire Songta Town was instantly excited.
The mercenaries who stayed in the town flocked to the hotel and asked Lovi and others about the details of this adventure. However, the team members who had received Greem's heavy payment were all tight-lipped and would not dare to easily leak the information about their employer.
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And Greem only stayed in Songta Town for one night, and hurried back to his family the next day.
The first thing he did when he returned to the family was that Greem made a special trip to meet with the family's head wizard, Master Sanazha, and sent her an internal application to build a personal wizard tower.
This matter was promised to him personally by the great wizard Sarupo after the last family plane war ended, so he was justified in bringing it up.
After not seeing each other for a few days, Lord Sanazha seemed to be in a very happy mood. She agreed to Greem's request and quickly handed over the task to the second-level Fergen wizard.
According to Greem's later understanding, the reason why Master Sananza was so happy was because the family's contact person in the North had contacted Alice and obtained a considerable distribution of benefits from her.