The arrival of Meryl and her entourage undoubtedly made the Witch Tower lively.

Moreover, they also brought a large number of daily necessities and daily necessities, which greatly supplemented the lack of Wu Tower.

Letting go of the low-level authority and allowing the disciples and apprentices to slowly transform the first and second floors of the Witch Tower, Grim hid with Kirby and Meryl in the living room on the fourth floor to discuss the later matters.

In front of Meryl, Goblin Kirby handed Grimm a waist bag containing the 120,000 magic crystals he had previously stated. This time, however, it bluntly admits that it was passed on by Alice through the Witch Chamber of Commerce.

"Alice wouldn't send someone to send such a large number of magic crystals for no reason, what else did she say?" Grim had a vague premonition.

"The person she sent also said, "Let you beware of monsters!"

And her words also made Grim startled, and then lowered his head and thought deeply.

Monsters attacking?

Others may not understand the meaning of this, but when Grim heard this reminder, some 'interesting' stories from past books immediately came to mind.

In the process of fighting for land between the major wizarding forces and the Black Forest, there is definitely no shortage of examples of monsters attacking.

It seems that the monsters living in the Black Forest stubbornly believe that the actions of humans to open up the forest will profoundly affect the environment where they live, and bring all kinds of bad effects to them. Therefore, once they find that humans have entered their territory, they will attack with impunity, and sometimes even assemble and attack the human gathering points on the outskirts of the Black Forest in a planned way.

In the past, Grim only saw it as a land struggle between a human wizard and a monster lord. He thinks that as long as he is careful not to touch the territory of the powerful monsters around him, he will not incur a strong backlash from them.

But today, after being reminded by Alice, Grim had to reconsider the possibility of a monster attack!

Since he came to the Sick Wood Forest, he has been hiding deep underground and rarely goes out, let alone invading the territory of the surrounding monsters, so what caused the monster lords to be unbearable with his existence?

The answer to this question may not be answered by others, but Grim has a vague understanding.

Wizard Tower!

With the establishment of the Witch Tower, it will inevitably draw out the free magical energy in the surrounding environment to maintain its own operation. This creates an artificial flow of magic!

The distribution of magical elements is also more or less distributed. The more the tower is extracted, the magic elements in the area around the tower will be much thinner. This kind of change is difficult for ordinary jungle beasts to perceive, but for monsters with their own mysterious abilities, it is like a pattern in the palm of their hand, and it is clear at a glance.

Seriously speaking, monsters are also magical creatures that are born from rich magical elements, and they are extremely sensitive to the flow and changes of elemental particles. How could they allow an outsider to frantically plunder the magical elements they depended on around their territory?

So when the Elemental Altar is activated, I'm afraid this Witch Tower will become the target of collective resentment and hatred from the surrounding monster lords!

When Grim figured this out, he immediately summoned Gargamel and asked him to contact Ava, the forest demon who had been wandering around the Sick Wood Forest. Sure enough, half a day later, the forest demon sent back a message, and the surrounding monsters did have abnormal movements, and they seemed to be slowly approaching the direction of the sick wood forest.

Only then did Grim understand why Alice had to send someone to send 120,000 magic crystals, and the dare was not to support his own tower construction, but to support his own tower defense!

So far, the Altar of the Witch Tower Elemental Altar has been in operation for a day and a night, and the liquid magic energy stored in the central elemental pool has not even covered the bottom of the pool. Not to mention the branch elemental pools at the lower level and the mana pools at the lower level, they were still full of mist-like magical energy, and they were not at all dense enough to form a magic essence.

At present, most of the free magic elements absorbed by the Witch Tower every day are used to maintain and transform the spatial environment inside the Witch Tower, and only a small part of the remaining energy can be channeled into the elemental pool to precipitate. If the monsters attack, the Witch Tower will have to hold up the entire defense system, and then ...... I'm afraid that it is no longer enough to make ends meet by absorbing free magic elements alone.

Grim asked the chip to take care of the counts.

If the Witch Tower closes all non-essential sorcery facilities and rune witch circles, then the magic elements gathered in the Elemental Altar every day can be condensed into 27-28 magic crystals. But in this way, it is equivalent to making the wizards and apprentices stationed in the tower have to endure the invasion of the harsh environment around them.

Without air-closed windows, without the protection of the Witch Tower, and without environmental adjustment, the underground world where the Witch Tower is located is so dry and stuffy, but it is lonely and desolate, I am afraid it is difficult for individuals to bear it!

And if you run the Witch Tower Protection, this aspect will need to occupy 12-15 magic crystals. If the relevant sorcery facilities are activated, then the consumption of 20-22 magic crystals becomes indispensable.

After all, there are many witchcraft secret doors, protective witch arrays, warning runes and probing crystals in the tower, and these things also need to consume the magic energy inside the witch tower when they are running. If you take into account the witchcraft, golem builds, and witchcraft gardens that you may have in the later stages, the energy consumption of the Witch Tower will be even more terrifying!

The idea of relying on the Witch Tower to slowly hoard magic crystals for profit is simply childish and ridiculous.

This is one of the main reasons why most Witch Towers only have minimal Witch Tower protection turned on in peacetime!

Once a war breaks out and the defense system of the Witch Tower is fully opened, then ...... The witch tower instantly became a big gold eater. The speed at which it devoured the magic crystal could make the tower master wizard cry bitterly.

And the situation that Grim is facing at the moment is that other witch towers may still have dozens or even hundreds of years of magical energy reserves. But his witch tower is poor and white, and the warehouse is clean and can starve to death mice. And the most critical magic crystal reserve, Grim has nothing, and the entire Wu Tower has been in a state of 'fruit running'!

Can such a witch tower also fight?

With the magic crystals Kirby brought in his hand, Grim instantly understood their weight.

This is the magic crystal, this is clearly the life of the witch tower under his feet!

If he was the only one in the room at the moment, he would have the urge to hug his head and cry. However, at this moment, the two subordinates are staring at him tightly, no matter how big the resentment and grievances are, Grim can only hold it in his heart and slowly digest it himself.

Grim smiled faintly. (Actually, he wanted to cry!)

"It's not that bad!" Grim thought earnestly with his hand on his forehead, "First of all, this witch tower is not on the surface, and it will not be so vulnerable to the siege of wild beasts. This way, even if the monsters drive away a large number of beasts, they can easily get lost in the dark and extensive underground labyrinth. It's easy to set up a first line of defense there!"

"Secondly, this is only the edge of the Black Forest, and it is unlikely that a second-order monster will appear. If it's just a group of Tier 1 monsters, with the defense of the Witch Tower, we can play a good defensive counterattack, and maybe we can have some additional gains. ”

"The most important thing is that we have a sea of lava under our feet. If you anger me and mobilize the power of the Witch Tower to pump out the magma and pour it into this cave group, how much combat power will the attacking monsters have left?"

Through rational analysis and analysis of the battle situation, Grim listed the pros and cons of the battle one by one, and found that he did not seem to be in a completely beaten position. It was also at this moment that Grim suddenly realized that Alice strongly supported his purpose of coming here to build the tower.

This is indeed an excellent area that is completely suitable for its own development!

First of all, there are no large wizard families around, and there are no monsters that are too terrifying, which avoids the troubles in the process of Grim's rise. Secondly, there is a hidden sea of volcanic lava under the Sick Wood Forest, which is absolutely significant for Grim's future growth.

As long as he can resist this wave of monsters, then when the light of the Witch Tower shines on the nearby mountains and forests, this black forest will become his territory. If the monsters can't expel him, then they will have to leave the place in disgrace and relocate to a farther place.

And there are not many safe territories in the Black Forest for them to move to, so even for the sake of their own race, this group of monsters that are not usually in harmony will gather and frantically attack Grim's Witch Tower.

So Grim will soon face an extremely difficult battle for the Guardians!

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Stone Hammer Ruins.

In a regolithic forest 30 miles east of the diseased wood forest.

The lone pestle of the forest demon Ava stood on top of a tall stone pillar, and the weathered and damaged stone pillars around it were thick or thin, tall or short, and so on.

Standing on the top of the stone pillar, you can see a monotonous world of yellow and black all around. Countless canyons, caves, and stone forests are covered by the black forest sea, forming an incomparably complex terrain and becoming a natural habitat for monsters.

In the darkness, I don't know how many dangerous people are hiding in the shadows and caves, silently peeking here.

Summoned by Tula, the oldest demon hunter, all the wizard-level monster leaders in the nearby mountains and forests had gathered here, discussing the group of human wizards who had appeared in the Magoon's territory in the past few days.

The recent changes in the magic around the Sick Wood Forest are well understood.

The abnormal shock and loss of that magical element already posed a serious threat to all the monsters present. Even many veteran monsters can be sure that a human wizard has built a witch tower there, otherwise they can't explain the abnormal changes in magic power in the Black Forest.

Witch Tower!

At the mention of this name, all the monsters' faces couldn't help but change slightly.

This...... But a name that all monsters hate and fear!

Because hearing it means that the monsters will have to pay a huge price for it.

Territory, Hunting Grounds...... Even life!