Age of Adepts

Seriously, Molten Fire City was actually a massive underground city that opened up in the belly of a volcanic mountain.

The core building here was, of course, a powerful Witch Tower.

The only difference was that this Witch Tower was not built on a solid volcanic rock foundation, but on a fluid lava field.

There are only a few fixed times of the year when the tower will be revealed as the lava sea recedes. The rest of the time, the Wizard's Tower is hidden in a tumbling sea of scorching lava, cut off from both inside and outside traffic.

And of course, this Sorcerer Tower had become the retreat of that 4th rank Lava Fire City Lord!

As for the other sorcerers of Molten Fire City, including several of the vice lords, they all inhabited the underground melt tunnels surrounding the Core Witch Tower. The rolling volcanoes, the winding and complex underground labyrinths, and the many transforming witch beasts made this underground world seem not deserted, and the presence of life could be perceived everywhere.

The entire Molten Fire City was divided into three levels, and the inner core area was the Witch District.

Due to the incredibly high concentration and activity of the fire element here, ordinary humans couldn't survive here for long. Therefore, only those sorcerers were able to go in and out and live here normally.

The periphery of the core area was naturally the apprentice area.

By virtue of the isolating effect of the energy light film, the energy radiation here was considerably lower than that of the core area, thus becoming the place where most apprentices resided. Whether it was studying, researching, or rising and resting in their daily lives, the main activity area of the sorcerer apprentices was on the outskirts of the circle with the core area as the ring.

On the outskirts of the apprentice area, there were some small living areas like villages or supply points, which were filled with ordinary people who provided various services to the sorcerer apprentices. Among them, there were many taverns, inns, mercenary camps, underground black markets and other special places, and the waitresses in the taverns often also ran some leather and meat businesses.

However, these outlying strongholds were more likely to provide a large number of fearless miners for Molten Fire City.

One had to know that one of the main reasons why that 4th rank sorcerer had built a huge witch tower here was that there was a huge metal vein deep within the volcano here. The magical metals stored in it were of extremely good quality, and the reserves were amazing, making it one of the biggest sources of income for the forces of Molten Fire City.

And with ore deposits, a large amount of manpower was needed to dig them up.

Therefore, Molten Fire City spared no expense to build a huge underground city here, for the amazing reserves of magic metal veins beneath their feet. Every day, there were thousands of miners of various races busy in the intricate underground mines, fighting with their lives for the strength of Molten Flame City.

Therefore, the more he learned about the Melting Fire City in front of him, the deeper the feelings in his heart, the more he felt.

In terms of population, city size and resource trading volume alone, this Molten Fire City was clearly a hundred times stronger than the Crimson Family's Flame Throne Witch Tower.

But envy was envy, and Grim did not dare to dream of occupying or owning such a region.

In the Sorcerer World, almost all of the high-level resources had already been divided up by those large powers or high-ranking sorcerers. Even if such high-level resources fell into one's hands, I'm afraid that what they would bring to one's hands would not be a huge amount of magic crystal revenue, but rather an ongoing witch war.

Without sufficient strength to deter external enemies, such resources, once exposed, would easily attract the coveting of 4th ranked witches. And the Crimson Family was devoid of 4th rank witches.

So if such a resource falls into your hands, not only is it not a blessing, but it will wipe out the entire family.

Some time ago, there were several waves of witch wars against the Crimson Family, which seemed to be some family conflicts on the surface, but the root cause was the Lance bit in the hands of the Crimson Family.

A nice dragon bit, with inexhaustible dragon card resources....

This is clearly not something an emerging family can have!

Thus the Crimson Family's wealth had attracted many hungry wolf-like small and medium-sized families to attack.

If it wasn't for the fact that the Crimson Family's own heritage was still quite thick, I'm afraid that this new family created by Grim would have become bait in the mouths of others. By then, without the blessing of the family, Grim, who was all alone, would only be able to surrender the World Doctrine Mark of the Lance Position and be branded as a loser, becoming a laughing stock in the mouths of the sorcerers!

........

With infinite reverie, Grim was led by the other through the outer stronghold, past the apprentice area, and finally before an underground melting hole.

Here, a dark red film of light blocked the path of progress.

The accompanying lizard cavalrymen reined in their mounts and respectfully waited on either side, only Grim, led by that 2nd rank sorcerer, swaggered inside the film of light.

It was like passing through a transparent water barrier, without feeling any stagnation.

However, while passing through, Grim could also detect four or five detection waves of varying effect rapidly and stealthily sweeping past his body. Unfortunately, they were all blocked by the transparent flames that Grim lingered on his body surface.

Seemingly receiving a sorcery message from afar, that black-robed sorcerer smiled and bowed, "Lord Flame, please follow me! Lord Kerak is already waiting for you..."

The meeting place was a grey underground stone hall, a 3rd rank wizard and two 2nd rank wizards were already waiting here, smiling when they saw Grim's arrival.

The 3rd rank Lord Kerak was rather the same as his form in the mental illusion, tall and thin, with a dark green gemstone set in the middle of his forehead, and showed quite a bit of enthusiasm for Grim's arrival.

"You're the legendary fire witch chief of the Alois region, aren't you? It's an honor to meet you, Lord Grim!" With a hint of a smile on his face, Kerak nodded slightly to Grim in greeting.

As for the other two 2nd ranked sorcerers, a man and a woman, both of whom were not very old, stood behind Kairak and secretly looked at Grim.

All those who could become a high ranked shaman were gifted and lucky. But to be able to advance to the 3rd level before the age of 200, this talent is obviously a bit too evil.

Therefore, when they suddenly saw this legendary Fire Witch, both of them could not help but feel excited. In particular, seeing Grim's handsome appearance and strong body, the young female witch's eyes were shining with color and her face was full of smiles.

Grim wasn't the least bit surprised that the other party was able to find out who he was.

He had done some research before coming here, and Melting Fire City was also a well-known power in the middle of the continent, with a strong organization. This could be understood just from the fact that they were able to occupy a large area on their own.

Plus, the Tikist region where Molten Fire City was located was too far away from the Crimson Family for the two sides to have any interests, let alone any hidden conflicts. Therefore, Grim didn't have to worry about his safety here.

Therefore, Grim was not half surprised or alarmed at the other party revealing his identity.

"I am also honored to visit Molten Fire City. Everything here is so breathtaking, it is evident that it is no fluke for your power to be able to dominate the Scytis region alone."

"Haha, Lord Grim is overpraised!" Wizard Kerak chuckled twice and changed the subject, "The mission we released in Molten Fire City invited two witches, the other one will arrive in about 2 days, so I'll have to bother your Excellency to stay here for a small stay for two days. I see, let's have Witch Fraina accompany you here for the first two days to browse!"

The rank 2 female witch standing behind the Kelak wizard took a step forward and said with a smile, "Lord Grim, why don't you let me show you around here first?"

This Frenna Witch was beautiful and hot, a well-cut white robe that increasingly matched her skin and long waist and legs. However, Grim sensed a faint energy radiation on her face and body at a glance.

It seemed that this appearance and body had been treated with sorcery.

This was common among most low-ranked witches, after all, witches' beauty was a resource that could be utilized. However, a similar situation was rare in the higher-ranked witch community. It was because witches who could become high ranked were all strong-willed and strong-minded, and in many ways, they were even tougher than male witches, so how could they be willing to do the ugly thing of trading their bodies for resources!

"Thank you!" Grim smiled slightly as the other left this stone hall.

When Grim and Frenna's footsteps disappeared deep into the passageway, only then did the other 2nd rank male witch ask, "Lord Kerak, what are the arrangements over at the mine? If this Lord Grim tries to go deeper into the mines under the pretext of a mission, do we step in to stop him?"

The tall and skinny Kailak Wizard bowed his head and chanted, "This Grim is here for the Cuiras ore, so you must keep an eye on mines #2 and #3. If necessary, Pit 4 can come and go freely with him, but Pit 2 and 3 must not let him get near it. By the way, that flaming tiger hasn't been messing around again these days, right?"

"It hasn't invaded the mine since last month when it was injured by Lord Dorian with the aid of the Witch Formation. But in the past two days, signs of its activity have appeared again around the No. 2 mine, and I suspect it's secretly plotting something again..."

"Send more manpower, we must not leave a gap for it to break in. The last time it made a scene in Pit 3, it could have killed or injured many miners there, and has already severely affected the output of the Heng Gold Mine!"

"Yes, I'll arrange it myself in a moment!"

"Well, make sure to make arrangements so that nothing else goes wrong... Also, the other invited sealer will be brought in soon. As soon as we have all the manpower, we'll capture that Flame Tiger immediately. Before that, you must also try to get hold of that Flame Tiger's movements, and it would be best to find out where its lair is..."

"This..." a hint of difficulty appeared on the face of the 2nd rank wizard, then he gritted his teeth and said, "My subordinate will definitely complete it!"

Whirling around, they left the underground stone hall, leaving the place quiet again.