Despite his injuries not having fully healed, Benji, being a level three expert, moved with incredible speed, flying out of the edge of the Gloomy Forest in just a few minutes.
In the former territory of the Dark Night Clan, small towns can still be seen in the distance. Looking around, Dark Night Clan people, like ants carrying food, are running out of the towns and migrating to other places.
This stemmed from the Dark Night Temple's high-profile campaign against evil, which caused the towns on the edge of the Gloomy Forest to be packed with people. They had thought they were going to see some excitement, but now they had become the vanguard of death.
The wizard's army had already arrived here before Leo and his group. For these powerful but unruly natives, they would be the first to be eliminated.
The figures of wizards and various slave armies appeared repeatedly in the sky above the town, and the fluctuations of elemental energy surged like the tides.
A few figures flew out of the town, but before they could take flight, they were blinded by multiple spells.
Towns like these that resist wizard rule will be utterly destroyed.
Completely, from the body to the soul, and even every aspect of them, the town itself was ultimately buried deep underground by a massive witchcraft.
There is absolutely no way that future generations will be able to find even the slightest clue about this town.
"To conquer another world, the first step is to completely eliminate all resistance forces, including but not limited to armies, those with strength above level one, rulers, and those with exceptional talent. Among them, the most feared are life forms like the Child of Destiny who carry the World Will. However, a miniature world like Jeft is very likely incapable of giving birth to Child of Destiny."
"According to the Wizard Will, intelligent beings like the Night Elves will not indiscriminately kill ordinary civilians without special reasons, and their right to reproduce will be preserved."
"Once the resistance is completely dismantled and eliminated, all knowledge will be collected, systematically preserved and absorbed, but the learning and dissemination by the natives will be prevented. Subsequently, an advanced wizarding civilization will replace their native culture, and within three generations, the entire world will be under the rule of wizards."
"Of course, the details need to be handled step by step. A micro-world like the Jeft World can be completely conquered in thirty years, and brought under our rule in fifty to sixty years. At that time, we can continuously generate wealth for the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard."
Alice stood beside Leo, watching the battle in the town crumble at the first blow without any interest. Jeft was the smallest of the worlds, and the wizarding civilizations had conquered countless such micro-worlds. The process of conquest was extremely simple; they could just follow the template of conquest.
Leo glanced at Gru behind him. Ever since they left the Gloomy Forest, this Level Two Body Refinement Wizard was pretending to look at the scenery below, as if he had discovered a rare world-class treasure on the ground.
Of course, if his eyes kept glancing at himself and Alice, Leo would actually believe him; Gru didn't look like an old monster who had lived for over a thousand years at all.
The battle in the town ended quickly, and a small team of five wizards, leading over a hundred level-one slaves, began to retake control of the town. Leo knew what they were going to do next: while promoting peaceful and civilized rule, they would plunder all the wealth, ultimately squeezing out every last bit of value to make the town disappear completely.
As for this squad of five wizards, their battle merits can be determined based on various data, such as how long it took to completely dominate the battlefield, the number of casualties, and the number of enemy soldiers killed.
The merits earned from conquering other worlds can be exchanged for knowledge, energy crystals, and other things. Simply put, merits are more valuable than energy crystals and are the hard currency circulating among wizards.
Benji moved incredibly fast, leaving the town behind in the blink of an eye. With nothing left to talk about, they fell silent.
"I heard you successfully advanced to Level One Elemental Wizard nineteen years ago; I haven't had a chance to congratulate you yet."
Leo remained silent for a long time before finally breaking the deadlock. Upon seeing Alice again, he truly didn't know what to say.
Gru had previously said he could bring the wizard and Leo along, and Leo hadn't thought much of it until he saw Gru bring Alice over. Only then did Leo realize Gru's ulterior motives.
"Boom"
Before Alice could reply, a violent explosion came from behind them. Leo and Alice turned around to look and found that Gru, who was standing behind them, had thrown a punch that created a powerful sonic boom.
"Haha, you've just killed a fly. Keep going, keep going."
Gru chuckled dryly at the two of them. He couldn't very well say that he couldn't stand Leo's nonsense and was just looking for an opportunity to vent, could he? Who needs to wait nineteen years to congratulate someone on their promotion? Why don't you just say one hundred and ninety years?
Leo and Alice, of course, understood that Gru was trying to break the deadlock, so they pretended to be nonchalant and continued their casual conversation, following the unexpected incident caused by Gru.
"After I advanced to the Level One Elemental Wizard, I went to the Tower of Elements Tower of Elements stayed there for many years. I only returned half a year ago after receiving a notice from my teacher." Although Alice's tone was cold, it contained the warmth of friendship. The coldness was due to her abilities, but the fire in her heart could not be extinguished even by Ice.
To protect Leo, the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard secretly assigned his youngest disciple, Alice, to protect him, which indirectly led to the two becoming close friends.
Alice has few friends due to her special status, and Leo is even less so. He became a wizard halfway through his life, and he is probably unique among all humans on Earth. Apart from a few wizards he knows, Alice is the only one he can call a friend.
" The Tower of Elements..."
Leo's eyes were deep. The Tower of Elements was not a single tower, but a general term for a region. There were no Wizard Apprentice or wizard academies there, and the minimum requirement to settle there was to be First-Level Wizard.
In Leo's view, the Tower of Elements is a platform that provides all wizards with a place to learn, train, improve, and explore other worlds.
There you will find more advanced knowledge, richer exchanges, and a broader perspective.
Whenever a Stigmata Wizard conquers another world, he gathers a wizard army from here. For example, this time, when the Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard conquered the Jeft World, he gathered a wizard army from the Tower of Elements.
The Purple Flame Stigmata Wizard provided the money, and these wizards provided the labor.
To be precise, high-end maps like the Tower of Elements are where Official Wizard reside.
Wizarding academies are merely places for training Official Wizard, and the teachers in these academies are recruited from places like the Tower of Elements.
Some wizards are tired of fighting and want to experience life, so becoming a teacher at an academy is a good option.
There are many places like the Tower of Elements in the Wizard World. Leo doesn't know the exact number, but he knows of at least nine.
Elemental Wizard tend to favor the Tower of Elements, while Body Refinement Wizard generally prefer places like the Hammer of the Battle Axe, which sound like places of violence.
Regarding who established these places, Leo could only say that he didn't know; his status wasn't high enough, and there were many things he wasn't qualified to know.
"If I go to the Tower of Elements in the future, I wonder if we could be neighbors?" Leo asked Alice with a smile as he turned to Alice. Even though Leo pretended to be relaxed, the sudden acceleration of his blood flow betrayed the heartbeat he was forcibly suppressing.
Leo Xi was waiting for Alice's answer when he glanced at her and saw Gru secretly giving him a thumbs up.
This was a move that Leo had taught him, and he never expected to use it on himself now!
Alice's body stiffened slightly at Leo's blatant question before she feigned nonchalance and said, "You're Body Refinement Wizard; going to the Tower of Elements will hinder your future wizarding path."
"My future path is in my own hands; Body Refinement Wizard is not the only path."
Leo stretched out his palm, repeatedly clenching his fist, his knuckles cracking. The abnormal body of the Body Refinement Wizard allowed him to easily crush an iron ball into a mud ball, yet at the same time, a faint thunderous sound emanated from his palm.
"You mean...?"
Alice looked at Leo and suddenly remembered something. When they participated in the competition, Leo said that he had found the path of a wizard. Now it seems that Leo is more than just Body Refinement Wizard.
Alice suddenly closed her eyes and carefully sensed that the spiritual power of Level One Elemental Wizard was constantly swirling around Leo's body.
"You didn't sacrifice your spiritual power to nourish your physical body? Are you really sure?" Alice looked at Leo in surprise. She could sense abundant spiritual power in Leo. Although he was not Level One Elemental Wizard, he seemed to be only a wall away from becoming Elemental Wizard.
At that moment, he finally understood what Leo wanted to do: he wanted to pursue the path of the Elemental Body Refinement Wizard, which was known as the most difficult path!!!
Upon realizing that Leo had gone to the Tower of Elements for the sake of becoming a wizard, Alice immediately felt ashamed of the fleeting thought that had crossed her mind earlier. It turned out she had been overthinking things.
"I've already made up my mind, and the theoretical part is all done. Now I just need to move forward step by step," Leo said with a smile. Completing the theoretical knowledge of the Elemental Body Refinement Wizard during his apprenticeship was his proudest achievement.
"I must say, you command my respect," Alice said to Leo, her icy demeanor softening and her features gentler. "Then welcome, my new neighbor."
"I'll need your continued care."
Leo and Alice chatted more and more happily, and by the time half a day had passed, the wizard army was nowhere to be seen.
They finally reached the front of all the wizarding armies, no longer worried about being beaten to it.
"Look, what's wrong with these natives?"
Gru's voice interrupted their conversation, pointing to the small black shadows on the ground.
Leo looked over and saw that many members of the Dark Night Clan were lying on the ground in the wasteland. Their life force was extremely weak, and at their current level of weakness, they would all perish in two days.
Furthermore, their aura was mixed with a foreign energy, clinging to their bodies like maggots, an energy that they could not remove by their own means.