War Preparations

The gap between peak Great Mages and top Great Mages was immense. Generally, only Spellcasters of five elements or more could possibly become the very finest Great Mages.

Of course, some Four-Element Spellcasters could also become the finest Great Mages for special reasons, but they were exceedingly rare. Every one of them was a Spellcaster blessed with great fortune.

Thus, throughout all these years, hardly any Great Mages had been born in the entire Spellcaster World. Yet Gray Mist City's Alchemical Golem had actually slain a top Great Mage, naturally leaving the other six deeply shocked.

"Mage Ian, what conditions are required to activate this Alchemical Golem?"

At last, someone seemed to have grasped the key point. The more powerful an Alchemical Golem was, the greater the price required to activate it.

Therefore, activating an Alchemical Golem capable of killing a top Great Mage would surely require an enormous price. Otherwise, Gray Mist City would long since have relied on this Alchemical Golem to unify the entire Northern Spellcaster World.

"Tell us, what exactly is needed to activate this Alchemical Golem?"

The other Great Mages also raised their heads and fixed their eyes on Mage Ian.

"It's very simple. All it needs is Elemental Crystals..."

Mage Ian said with a smile.

"Elemental Crystals? It's that simple?"

"How could that be? Only some low-level Alchemical Golems need Elemental Crystals. Do high-level Alchemical Golems need Elemental Crystals too?"

All the Great Mages were slightly stunned. They could not imagine that activating an Alchemical Golem capable of killing a top Great Mage required only the most ordinary Elemental Crystals.

"Wait. If all it needs are Elemental Crystals, why can't your Gray Mist City activate the Alchemical Golem?"

At this question, all the Great Mages were startled. Indeed, if it were as simple as