Age of Adepts

When the towering white body of the White Tower was revealed, Grim finally breathed a sigh of relief.

As the team teleporting back this time was too large for the internal teleportation room of the Witch Tower to accommodate, the final teleportation location was set at the huge teleportation plaza in front of the White Tower.

Although he was confident that that 3rd stage brain monster wouldn't dare to make a move, Grim still raised his very vigilance in order to avoid any unexpected incidents that might catch him off guard.

He simply couldn't understand that Brain Monster's personality any better.

Ghazluvi had both the intrigue and arrogance of a 3rd order brain monster and the despicable and cowardly nature of a native goblin.

When great benefits were presented to it, it could discard good things like loyalty, principles, and partners without hesitation. But when the action could endanger itself, even if the risk it took was small and the chances of success were high, it would hesitate and ultimately allow the perfect opportunity to be wasted from its grasp.

This... was actually the ultimate essence of the 3rd Order Brain Monster!

It was because it had such a deep knowledge of the Ghazluvi that Grim was confident that it wouldn't dare to take any risks. However, it was true that the Eternal Capital was not a place to stay for long, and once it stayed there for a long time, Grim was worried that some small thing would trigger Ghazluvi's uncontrollable greed and luck.

Therefore, without stopping too long in the Eternal Capital, the family team soon stepped through the portal and returned to the family residence.

Deafening cheers immediately rang out in front of the White Tower as the huge family hunting party appeared in the teleportation square.

Earlier, the massive disappearance of the family's witches and elite apprentices had attracted the attention of those who were interested.

For most wizarding families, every large-scale off-world hunt and expedition meant great and unpredictable danger. So many once prosperous wizarding families have suddenly become dimmed, usually due to some sort of accident during an off-plane expedition that left the family weakened.

Therefore, seeing the successful return of the family hunting team from the Other Side, every sorcerer and apprentice belonging to the Crimson Family was bursting with excitement and exhilaration.

The fact that most of the family members had successfully returned meant that the risk had disappeared, and the next moment would surely be the time to take stock of the harvest.

As the cruising mothership landed on the ground, escorted by metal magic weapons, rows of disembodied slaves with metal shackles slowly descended from the deck, surveying the surroundings with a mixture of horrified and trance-like looks.

When they saw the towering tower, when they saw a sorcerer dressed in a witch's robe, they had to lower their heads and stepped into the sorcerer's tower in a dazed manner as they were driven by the tall metal puppets.

A huge and strong ogre with a fat belly and a neck full of beast teeth and skulls....

Tall, muscular, with strong, slender limbs, a troll with fiery red sideburns and fierce fangs....

A vicious werewolf covered in brown fur, with short, thick limbs, and with sharp hands and claws and feet....

The body of a snow-white, athletic horse on the bottom and a human female on the top, with only a thin layer of animal skin surrounding the female centaur at the ball of flesh high on her chest....

With an upright torso of six or seven meters in height, an earthy, rough, hard skin, an alpine giant with terrifying brute strength....

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Among the long line of slaves, various kinds of exotic slaves of different sizes and heights and completely different races could be seen. Most of them were big and strong hard labor slaves, and occasionally there were some sensitive and skilled slaves as well.

As for the female **slaves, they either had astonishing beauty, or special skills, or hot and otherworldly postures... Whichever it was, they would cause many of the sorcerer apprentices to engage in titillation and whispers.

In contrast, crimson witches were much more reserved, their eyes darting from slave to slave, occasionally chanting a moment of thought about some kind of alien race. And most of their attention was also focused on those slaves who were suitable to serve as witch guards.

After the ordinary exotic natives finished their walk, they were then escorted out by powerful creatures imprisoned by heavy shackles, such as tall and strong dragon warriors, such as dragon worshippers wearing cloth robes and overflowing with magic, or some fierce and terrifying high level demons....

Among the trophies, most of them were high quality goods of 1st and 2nd rank, and there were many powerful demons ranked at 3rd rank.

Unfortunately, in Lance's realm, they might have been powerful lords tyrannizing the barbarian side, free and at ease. But here, they had become poor insects who had lost their freedom and could only stay sadly in their prison, waiting to be chosen by the sorcerers.

One day in the future, they will also be branded as slaves and serve a powerful sorcerer in humiliation for the rest of their lives.

But no one would care about what these alien captives were thinking, much less sympathize or pity them.

From the day these alien bits were invaded by the witches, such an ending was destined to happen countless times. Even if the Sorcerers, who were now noble rulers, were the Sorcerer World to be taken over by another powerful race, they would have to grimly accept the fact that they were enslaved and **subjugated.

This was actually the inevitable result of the Bit World's insane outward expansion!

The procession of slaves continues....

When a huge and hideous strange dragon was lifted out of the cabin, the Crimson Family members gathered around the teleportation plaza erupted in a mountain of screams and cheers.

The entire family's atmosphere exploded in an instant as well!

A giant dragon...it's a giant dragon!

On any given plane, they were predators and hunters at the top of the vast food chain. They plundered resources, plundered wealth, dominated land and mountains, and scourged an intelligent race into misery, but there was nothing they could do about it.

But now...they have all become the trophies and captives of the Crimson Family.

Their flesh and blood would be presented to the witches, their blood would become food for the blood witches, their bones would be polished into weapons, their spinal cords would be incorporated into potions... Their bodies would be dismantled by the witches, and every muscle, every inch of flesh and blood, and every piece of armor would be put to good use and become a resource for the witches to chase after.

This might be a disaster for the dragons, but for the witches, it was a feast to be divided!

Thus, with the appearance of a giant dragon, the atmosphere of the Crimson Family Shamans grew more exalted, more exuberant, and more uncontrollable.

Even those family members who were not fortunate enough to participate in this level of resource distribution were indulgently cheering and excited.

Every success of a big hunt meant an increase in the family's strength, and they would also enjoy the dividends as the water rose.

The appearance of the 1st and 2nd stage dragons pushed the emotions of the family members to the extreme, and the entire Ice Wind Territory was filled with cheers.

And with a wave-like call and whistle, the main event of the hunt came out.

Under the escort of four goblin chariots and a large number of magic weapons, a strange dragon with a body length of twenty to thirty meters and covered with mirror-like polished and brushed dragon scales was transported down. Look at the fierce dragon horns, the dragon head full of majesty, the huge smooth dragon body like a small mountain, and the sharp and terrifying dragon claws....

One by one, the Sorcerer Apprentices held their breath and whispered reminders.

"A 3rd rank dragon..."

"3rd class..."

Only those learned apprentices could possibly identify that it was an exceptionally rare water dragon.

This time, it was the turn of those shamans to whisper.

Those sorcerers with the title of 'Learned Apprentice' moved their lips slightly and briefly described everything they knew related to the water dragon. Those who were collecting high level water resources even shrugged their eyebrows, obviously moved.

And that wasn't all, the last thing to appear on the team was a huge prison, covered with a layer of black cloth, making it difficult to peek inside. But looking at the level of the Sorcerer escort, one could tell that the value of the prey inside must be far more valuable than the dead 3rd level Water Dragon.

Because many Crimson Sorcerers surprisingly saw the figure of the Crimson Clan Chief, that legendary fire witch Grim, in the escort, while the elf Helen who always followed Alice's side was surprisingly sitting on Grim's shoulder with a worried look.

A prey escorted by the legendary fire witch herself!

The sorcerers couldn't help but be even more curious as to what the prey inside this metal prison was.

But unfortunately, the family's high-ranking sorcerer didn't seem to have any intention of puzzling them out and sent the metal prison straight into the upper level of the tower.

Next to the entrance to the fourteenth floor of the White Tower, the Meryl Witch finally stopped Grim in her tracks.

She had come to ask for instructions on the distribution of the family's loot this time.

Grim pondered, not caring about the shoulder elf's mischief, and it was clear that Helen was quite upset that he hadn't rescued Alice in time.

"Just distribute the list as usual as we drew it up on the way out! Contribution points for all family members who participated in the First Battle of the Northern Wilderness are awarded at the highest level. Mary will personally host tonight's festive banquet, so I will no longer attend."

Meryl nodded repeatedly, taking down some of the points that Grim had explained, before turning to leave.

The ones trapped and locked inside the metal prison were naturally the Shadow Dragon and Alice who were in the seal. However, both sides were sealed inside, and once they were unsealed, it was difficult to guarantee that Alice would not be harmed by the Shadow Dragon. Therefore, when and how to unseal it would require some careful planning.

With the elf's meaning, it was obvious that Grim should go out and invite a 4th level wizard to use the powerful strength of the 4th level wizard to resist the crazy backlash of the 3rd level Shadow Dragon and free Alice from the seal.

And Grim thought carefully about it and had another idea.

But as Grim sat alone in the residence chamber, thinking over and over again, an unexpected request for an audience alarmed him.

Within the Crimson Family, there were not many subordinates who could contact Grim directly, and this guy was one of the most special ones.

After pondering and hesitating for a moment, Grim finally decided to put Alice's matter on hold and meet this rather special 'guest' first!