It is precisely because the existence of the Dark Crypt is of such great significance to many wizard families in the Dagon region that foreign elite apprentices like Grim are their favorite targets to recruit.
First of all, wooing such outsiders will not have a big impact on their inherent interest structure. How can a wizard apprentice without family support dare to openly offend those official wizards, so the elite apprentices they win over will only become their most important
A capable thug, but it is impossible to take advantage of the situation and become their competitor.
Secondly, the underground world is not peaceful either. The rare resources urgently needed by surface wizards are also the objects of fierce robbery by underground black bastards. Therefore, every underground exploration and harvest trip is also the beginning of a melee between the two sides.
Due to long-term exploration and development, the rare resources of underground specialties have been discovered and marked by both parties in the form of resource points. Both parties know when each resource will mature and when it needs to be harvested.
Therefore, surrounding these resource points, every harvest is a bloody fight to the death.
In this melee, neither side will send official wizards, and the scale of the battle will be limited to the level of wizard apprentices. Only the winners of the battle between the two sides are eligible to enter the resource points to harvest. As for the losers, they may be injured and escape.
Even your life could be lost there.
And this bloody fight between you and me has been going on in the Dark Crypt area for more than 300 years, and has almost become an unwritten rule here. The two sides use powerful apprentices as bargaining chips, and use them to compete for a share of resources at a fixed time every month.
The winner takes all and the loser dies. It is a great stage for quasi-witches to show off their skills.
Now, due to his special ability, Greem has been spotted by the training camp led by Bald Afu, so he is lucky enough to join it and become one of the elite apprentices. In this way, he will be even busier, except every 15 days
You need to participate in an apprenticeship mission organized by the Wizards Association, and also participate in underground tours organized by the training camp from time to time.
In this way, Greem's rate of obtaining contribution points will definitely be much faster than that of ordinary people.
After basically understanding the situation at the training camp, Greem said goodbye to Kevin and returned to his residence.
After locking the door and ensuring the safety of the surrounding area, Greem began to remove the strange objects and witchcraft equipment on his body one by one.
Looking at these rows of data, Greem couldn't help but feel happy.
Compared with his previous weak body, Greem's various physical statistics have now begun to improve. The most outstanding one is undoubtedly the physical fitness, which has jumped by nearly 2 points. You know, a month ago, Greem
His physical constitution is only 3 points, which is considered extremely weak among wizard apprentices.
Although the remaining three physical attributes have not improved much, they have all been significantly improved. They are no longer the same as they were before for many years.
Greem browsed through his body data, then sat down in the chair and took out a bottle of concentration potion from his storage belt, holding it in front of his eyes and examining it silently.
The light blue potion ripples gently in the vulcanized vial, and tiny blue particles can be vaguely seen inside. However, when the breath is isolated, it is difficult for the chip to accurately analyze the ingredients of the witchcraft medicine in the potion.
Greem gently opened the cork of the bottle, and immediately a fishy wind unique to the sea passed into his nose. Without any hesitation, Greem raised his neck and swallowed the potion in one gulp.
As soon as the potion entered his mouth, a stream of light blue mist spurted out from his nostrils, condensing into the form of a beautiful mermaid the size of a finger. The pocket-sized mermaid quickly withered and aged in the air, as its illusory body
When it was about to wither, a shrill, sharp howl suddenly sounded in the house.
The howl didn't last long, and soon the mermaid's shadow disappeared as the mist dissipated, but the sharp voice penetrated Greem's mind with a sad and sorrowful curse.
"Chip, what just happened?"
"Hey, the existence of the curse of flesh and blood has been detected... It is initially estimated to be the negative effect of the potion... If it is removed, the effectiveness of the potion will be reduced... Please choose whether to mobilize mental power to dispel the curse of flesh and blood?"
Grim sighed secretly.
I have long heard that concentration potions have strong side effects, and now it seems to be completely true. If you want to improve your mental power, you can only silently endure the ravages of the curse of flesh and blood.
"No. Just keep dynamic monitoring!"
"Accept the order. The effect of the medicine is beginning to take effect..."
On the body monitoring data projected in front of Greem's eyes, the series of numbers belonging to mental strength began to slowly increase, and at the same time, the physical fitness item also began to drop significantly.
8.43…8.44…8.47…8.53…8.62…
4.98…4.97…4.95…4.92…
Fortunately, the Earth Fire Dragon flesh and blood that he just had a feast on yesterday gave Greem much more vitality than usual, which alleviated the pain in his internal organs that was like being gnawed by thousands of ants. Otherwise, even he himself would
Not sure if I can sustain this painful process.
Feeling the heart-wrenching pain emanating from every part of his body, the only thing that could make him feel happier was his ever-increasing mental power.
8.98……
9.03……
9.08……
Seeing that his mental power finally crossed 8 points and successfully reached 9 points, Greem grinned.
In the end, the mental power data was fixed at 9.27 and stopped increasing, and Greem groaned.
"Chip, dispel the curse of flesh and blood!"
"Accept the order! Start releasing fire element particles..."
As waves of warm heat continued to flow through his body, the sour, numb, and painful feeling finally began to subside and completely disappeared. At this time, Grim's physical data had become: Strength 4.12, Agility
Uh... This bottle of concentration potion gave Greem a 0.85 increase in mental power. At the same time, his physical condition dropped by 0.77 points, and even his strength also declined by 0.05 points.
Greem stood up and moved around. Although the emptiness caused by his physical decline was present, it was not as strong as expected. It seemed that the big meal he enjoyed yesterday still brought him many hidden benefits! And his mental strength
The growth has brought Greem a comprehensive improvement in strength. Both the speed of mental thinking and the depth of mental perception have been greatly improved compared to the past.
Feeling unbearably itchy, Greem hesitated for half a second, then took out a bottle of concentration potion from his storage belt, opened the cork and drank it.
The same journey, the same curse of flesh and blood, with strong expectations, Greem endured the huge side effects caused by the potion, trying to focus his energy on the ever-increasing mental power data.
9.29……
9.33……
9.46……
9.52…
…
In contrast, the chip sounded a slight alarm.
"Warning, the damage to the flesh and blood tissue of the subject's body has exceeded 17%."
"The degree of damage has exceeded 19%."
"The damage has exceeded 21%."
"... Warning, the damage has exceeded 25%. If left unchecked, the subject will enter a short-term weakened state. Do you want to intervene?"
Greem gritted his teeth slightly and said in a deep voice: "No!"
The original numb and tingling pain has now turned into a heart-wrenching pain. Big beads of sweat rolled down from Greem's forehead. He twisted his body in pain in the seat and forced himself on with an extremely strong will.
He didn't faint. If he did faint, then without his control, the curse of flesh and blood would have to be allowed to dissipate on its own. And this would undoubtedly bring more physical damage to him!
Therefore, even if it was just to reduce the loss of 0.01 of his physique, he had to stay awake tenaciously.
9.87……
"The damage has reached 22%."
9.93……
"The damage has reached 23%."
9.99…
"The damage has reached 24%."
10.03……
"The damage has reached 25%."
Sensing that his mental power data was no longer changing, Greem finally shouted loudly.
"Start the eviction!"
When the warm current surged through the body again, the pain finally began to subside completely.
Greem held on to the armrests of the seat with both hands and tried his best to stand up twice in a row. His body, which was almost numb in pain, no longer obeyed his commands. At this time, his physical data was finally refreshed.
From this moment on, Greem had the honor of becoming an intermediate apprentice.
It only took Greem a month and a half to be promoted from an 8-point junior apprentice to a 10-point intermediate apprentice. However, it took him six years to be promoted from a 6-point junior apprentice to an 8-point apprentice. With and without resources.
The difference in resources is huge and can be clearly seen from this.
However, for this, Greem also paid a huge physical price.
Mental strength increased from 9.27 to 10.03, a small step across, while physical fitness shrank from 4.21 to 3.17. The magnitude of the decline was staggering. Along with this, Greem's strength also declined by 0.1 points, and his agility by 0.08 points.
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The damage caused by concentration potions to the body is indeed cumulative!