Age of Adepts

City of Zora.

It was a medium-sized city with a population of 50,000 that traded mainly in the fishery products of the nearby Lake Cascara, transporting them to various parts of the Zambis Empire via the convenient waterways here.

So, when Grim arrived at the trade route leading to Zora City, he found that almost all of the people coming and going here were wagons laden with fish.

In order to better conceal himself, Grim also used sorcery to slightly change his appearance.

The eye-catching and eye-catching sorcerer's robes and equipment had been hidden, and he now wore a simple and plain set of leather armor and leather pants, a two-handed greatsword on his back, and a grey traveler's cloak over his body, looking like an adventurer running to and from various places.

As for his appearance, it had also undergone a slight change, his striking long dark red hair, as well as the black pupils of his eyes, had disappeared, becoming not too different from the inhabitants of the Empire here.

After casually stopping a convoy of freight on the way, with only two Imperial silver coins, Grim became a member of the convoy, sharing a freight wagon full of fresh fish with the driver, Old Tom, and slowly and leisurely made his way to the distant city of Zora.

The closer the city of Zola was, the more convoys and pedestrians there were on the merchant road.

Between the traffic, the merchant travelers and carriages that passed each other couldn't stop yelling and greeting each other with an enthusiastic familiarity.

However, at a distance of no more than ten miles from Zola City, the thunderous sound of horse hooves suddenly came from ahead.

Carriages and pedestrians on the merchant road ducked to the side of the road, allowing a team of silver-armored knights on their tall horses to rush past, raising a high cloud of dust behind them.

Although the convoy became somewhat panicked due to the appearance of the silver-armored knights, none of them complained in discontent at the passing of the knights. Instead, they waited until the others disappeared without a trace and the convoy returned to the merchant road, and the merchants and drivers accompanying them began to discuss in low voices the reason why the knights were in such a hurry.

"It must be because of the strange things that happened there at Cascara Lake..." muttered Old Tom as he waved his whip, "It must be... Something so horrible happened there, these Paladin Lords will definitely investigate!"

"The strange thing about Cascara Lake?" Grim asked, confused.

"You don't know? By the looks of you, didn't you just return from Cascara Lake? Did... did you not see the terrible flint that fell from the sky yesterday?" Old Tom looked incredulous.

"Oh, you mean the flint! This shouldn't be so strange, there's no need to make such a fuss about it at all." Grim replied with a relaxed face.

"You're an adventurer, and you've seen a lot from the south may not be a surprise, but it's the first time my old Tom has seen such a horrifying scene after spending thirty years in Zora City. You may not have seen it with your own eyes, after that flint fell, half of the lake was boiling, the dead fish floating on the surface of the water were densely packed with dead shrimps, how frightening it looked..." old Tom was obviously also quite a talkative person, once talking about yesterday's strange events, simply rambled on and on, with a great sense of what he was Knowing all about pulling out the frame.

Grim was also chatting with him in one way or another, but his thoughts drifted to the group of holy knights that had just galloped past. Six 1st rank Black Iron Knights and not even a 2nd rank Silver Knight, which couldn't help but make Grim lower his expectations for the Holy Light Chapel in Zora City.

If the Holy Light Chapel in Zora City was large enough, Grim wouldn't mind doing another ruthless job here. But if the scale of power was too small, it wouldn't be worth revealing his identity and whereabouts for that.

..............

Natagu is in a terrible mood at the moment!

Even though he had been warned many times by that lord before coming here that this young fire witch was strange and difficult, and that he should be a hundred times more careful. However, faced with a three-on-one situation, Natagu was still confident in his trip.

However, his thoughts of having a good hunt didn't last for half a day before he was overturned by the harsh reality before him.

That damned fellow fleeing away in such an ostentatious and arrogant manner was... clearly challenging Natagoo's patience.

However, just as he stormed off, ready to openly chase after him regardless as well, a short distress message from across the sky suddenly calmed Natagoo down.

The message was sent by Katie, the mechanical witch who had left alone, and its content was even shorter with only two words, "Help me". When the three of them tried to contact her after the message was sent, they couldn't get any response.

What happened to Kitty Knife?

The three newly landed Sorcerers were all a little suspicious.

It was reasonable to say that with a low level surface like the Enwik Plane, a 3rd rank sorcerer could almost be considered a rampage here. As long as they didn't encounter those fearsome 4th Order, the rest of the 3rd Order Paladins would be nothing more than a bunch of fake 'prodigies' without the blessing of a deity in their eyes!

The so-called Holy Knight seemed to have the combat skills of a high-ranking knight, as well as the holy light divine magic that was similar to a spellcaster, and could cultivate both things and demons from near and far. However, in the eyes of the sorcerers, it was a typical 'trash profession' that was neither literary nor martial.

The few sorcerers who came across the border this time all belonged to battle sorcerers, and they all possessed the identity of a hunter. With this kind of strength, they would be in danger even in this lower level? I'm afraid that that Knife Katy, even if she encountered a siege from a plurality of 3rd rank Paladins, would be confident that she could easily kill and escape!

The fact that the other party was able to beat her to the point of crying out for help and then quickly fall in defeat made the three witches not to quickly recall the two famous 4th rank divine knights of this realm.

That's right, there were two 4th rank divine knights on this side, one was besieging the witch's tower in the south, and the other was recovering in the empire with serious injuries. Could it be... could it be that the Holy Knight who was recovering from his injuries was restless again?

They didn't know that in a mountain forest 120 miles to the north of them, a brutal battle had just ended.

This group of Paladins who had hurriedly arrived from the capital had already suffered more than half casualties, and the mountain forest they were in was also in a mess, with broken trees and a gulf of energy cutting through the soil everywhere.

The terrifying Blade-Girl Katie had her arms and legs cut off, and then was impaled on the cliff wall by a huge long sword.

Even though the situation had been such a downward spiral, the ferocious Katie still fired a terrifying energy ray from her scarlet mechanical eyes*, cutting the surrounding ancient trees and bushes forest to pieces and devastation.

The 4th rank divine knight accompanying the team had an ancient and austere appearance, a hard look, with short, flowery white hair standing straight up, majestically resembling a raging lion.

Seeing that the wicked witch who had her two arms and one leg cut off was still so cruel, the 4th level holy knight rushed to Katie with an arrow step, his right hand stretched out, without any fear of the terrifying red energy ray, two fingers poked and bent, and dug out the two half flesh and half mechanical strange eyes.

Ahh....

Katie opened her mouth and let out an extremely miserable scream, the back of her body cracked open five or six slits, and a few metal tentacles poked out from it, intending to attack the holy knight.

"Hmph, not knowing how to live..." this holy knight snorted coldly, and with a large hand, he grabbed the several metal tentacles in his right palm as fast as lightning.

With a sudden burst of power, Katie raised her neck and roared even harder. The metal tentacles attached to her spine snapped off, and several large bloody holes were opened in her back. Purple-black blood mixed with foul-smelling concoction flowed out of it, choking several Paladins in the surrounding area.

However, even after receiving such a terrifying and massive blow, Katie still twisted her body to continue her counterattack.

The holy knight finally got a little impatient and reached out and quickly chiseled a few blows on several joints of Katie's torso.

Cervical vertebrae, shoulder blades, sternum, lumbar vertebrae, tail vertebrae....

This series of violent blows immediately caused the modified metal joints inside Katie's body to become severely dislocated or burst, instantly paralyzing Katie's grip on these mechanical parts and flesh and blood tissues.

Katie's body finally went limp, unable to resist any longer!

After restraining this ferocious mechanical witch, the Holy Knight looked around the battlefield, saw the devastated woodland, and then looked at the Holy Knights lying all over the ground, he was also shocked and angry .

Shocked by the ferocity and brutality of these foreign invaders....

Anger at their carefree attitude towards the creatures of the Enwik bit....

This 4th Degree Holy Knight, Ade Kale, was finally completely furious!

All wizards should be damned, just so they can't continue to exist in the Enwick Plane....

The furious emotions triggered the injuries on Adel Kale's body, causing him to cough violently, and a large pool of black blood came out in one breath. In the midst of the black blood, some organ fragments and flesh and blood fibers could be vaguely seen.

This was a clear indication that the serious injuries he had sustained in the Witch's Tower had not only not stabilized, but even showed signs of worsening.

In order to reduce the casualties of the ordinary Paladins besieging the Witch's Tower, Ade Kale had relied on his great strength to break into the Witch's Tower in hard form and destroy the inter-dimensional teleportation array there. He, too, had suffered a near-destructive blow to his body from the combined attacks of the resident witches in the tower.

If the Holy Light he was equipped with wasn't the most adept at healing and melting alien energies, I'm afraid that Adept Carlisle wouldn't have been able to escape from that tower alive.

He had escaped alive, but his terrible injuries were deeply tormenting him.

Forced to leave the battlefield, Ade Kale could only leave the battlefield and return to the capital to recuperate in peace, using the Sanctuary Space there in the Cathedral of Sacred Light to heal his injuries.

Unfortunately, just as his injuries were improving, the omnipotent Great Sacred Light sent the strongest warning message to him. According to the Holy Light's herald, there would be a new enemy invasion in the north of the Empire, and their arrival would also trigger a terrible Paladin calamity!

It was because of this dire foreshadowing that Ade Kale was strong enough to lead a group of Paladins on a starry night journey to the north of the empire. To save time, they even crossed the Averi Ultramarine Mountains, the Starfall Canyon, and the Barbaric Jungle.

It is not known whether it was the Holy Light's guidance or the enemy's bad luck that the group encountered this lone witch when they were crossing the Falling Mallet Mountain.

After a bloodbath, the savage half-human, half-mechanical witch, after putting down nearly half of the Paladins, was defeated by the wounded 4th level Paladin, Ard Kale.