Age of Adepts

Keeper Anserra's room was on the left side of the Holy Light Chapel training camp, an unusually simple and plain wooden hut.

When Grim stepped into the wooden hut, led by Totty, the Anserra garrison officer was struggling to battle the piles of papers on the tabletop that were about to pile up to the roof. Hearing the sound of someone entering, Anserra lifted her head, which was hung with shit and dark circles, and stared blankly at the two for a long time before her eyes regained focus.

It was a 2nd rank Silver Knight!

Although his long hours of ambulation had caused his physique to drop a bit and he had a big belly, the Holy Light power that was overflowing on his body was a solid 2nd rank.

"Report! Dear Lord Anserra, the Honorable Guard Officer, Trainee Knight Toti is ordered..." the young prospective knight stepped forward to stand upright and reported loudly.

Unfortunately, he was interrupted by the impatient garrison officer before he could finish his sentence.

"Alright, alright... Totty, you have to come to my place at least three times a day... I'm tired of hearing all these silly salutations you're not talking about. And remember, the next time you open your mouth, praise the Holy Light before you speak!"

"Yes, Your Excellency the Constable!"

"Well, you may return to your post, and this Brother Holy Light will be received by me personally."

"Yes, Your Excellency the Watch Officer!"

Once more at attention, Totty turned and left the cabin.

The watch officer, Anserra, could not help but turn her attention to Grim.

"The light is with us! Greetings, Your Excellency, the Honorable Constable, my name is..."

Grim didn't dare to be sloppy in the slightest and immediately reported to that Anserra according to the internal etiquette of the Paladin. Of course, the rhetoric was still the same as before. In this foreign realm where the flow of information was incomplete, Grim wasn't worried that his 'lies' would be debunked by the enemy.

Moreover, with the Soden Holy Ring, Grim could easily transform his elemental power into pure light elements. As long as he didn't do anything, there would still be no problem in trying to hide it from these holy knights.

To be honest, I'm afraid that no Holy Knight would be able to imagine that there was actually an Otherworldly Sorcerer who could blend into their ranks. After all, Holy Light, a product of the power of faith, was one of the most loathed powers by sorcerers!

To this young knight who had come from afar and was willing to give everything for the Holy Light, the guard was naturally filled with joy. Although in a few days, the legendary Lord Ade Kale would be arriving here, until then, there were still great dangers in the city of Hacanthus.

The northern core of the empire, the large city of Hacanthus, was said to have been destroyed by a witch invasion.

Two 3rd rank sorcerers, male and female, broke into Harkans City and fought and summoned a large number of terrifying flame creatures. Even though Harkans City was guarded by a powerful 3rd rank golden knight, it still fell indisputably.

The 3rd rank knight perished in this battle, and Harkans City turned into a ruin.

In this battle alone, nearly 200 Holy Knights were buried in the sea of fire, their souls returning to the embrace of the Holy Light.

The entire Northern Division of the Paladins had suffered a heavy blow, and without centuries of recuperation, it would be difficult to regain its original size and quality. The shock it brought to the Zambis Empire was no less than that of the first invasion by the evil witches a hundred years ago.

With the example of Harkens City in front of them, no Paladin dared to assert that the Chapel of Holy Light was absolutely safe anymore. Especially with the delivery of that witch and the witch array materials to Hessas, the atmosphere here had suddenly become tense.

Fearing that Hessas City would make the same mistake as Harkans, the Holy Light commanders and garrison officers here had issued a call to the surrounding chapels, calling them to come here to guard the place of honor of the Holy Light.

In response to the call, the Holy Light Chapel in Hessas was even a little overcrowded!

After briefly introducing the place to Grim, Anserra rather apologetically 'requested' him to temporarily stay in an inn near the Holy Light Chapel, and all lodging and meals would be paid for by the chapel on his behalf.

Grim naturally showed understanding for such an impertinent 'request' and happily agreed to it.

Thus, escorted by the two guards sent by Anserra, Grim managed to check into a large hotel only two streets away from the Holy Light Chapel. And here, Grim also met the Paladins from the major cities around Hessas.

Of course, they were all 1st rank Black Iron Knights.

Even if the living facilities inside the Holy Light Chapel were insufficient, squeezing out some for those 2nd rank Silver Knights would still be possible. Therefore, the ones that were 'assigned' to the outside were almost exclusively Black Iron Knights.

In other countries, such a difference in treatment would have caused the conscripts' discontent. However, these holy knights were really worthy of being devotees of the Holy Light, and no one cared about this difference in treatment, instead they gathered together to discuss the possible appearance of an evil sorcerer.

When the Black Iron Knights gathered together, there was always someone who was particularly well informed.

Thus they often had a large audience gathered around them as well, listening to their sound and fury as they recounted the 'stories' that took place in the northern part of the empire.

Inferno... fire giants... mechanical witches... fire creatures... dragons....

The many bizarre 'story' elements, picking out any one of them, would make this group of Black Iron Knights feel an overwhelming sense of danger, not to mention that they were all converging in one place at the same time.

Even if it was a great city, even if it had a large number of Holy Knights guarding it, if it encountered such a powerful evil sorcerer, it would probably inevitably become a ritual of war. Unless it had a guardian like a 4th rank holy knight, the holy knights would need to make unimaginably huge sacrifices to defeat such an evil sorcerer.

And in the midst of their chit-chat, Grim had also accidentally received an extremely valuable piece of news.

A 4th rank holy knight was on his way here from the north, and was expected to arrive at Hessas City within seven or eight days.

This news was also originally spread by the high ranking knights of the Holy Light Chapel to reassure the many Black Iron Knights. However, they would never have expected that the legendary Terrifying Fire Witch would blend in with them, thus obtaining this exceptionally precious strategic information.

With Grim's strength, would he be able to fight against a 4th rank holy knight?

This is a joke!

If the news was rumored that the 4th ranked knight would arrive in Hyssas tomorrow, then Grim would definitely leave here tonight without hesitation. Coming to this Enwik Dimension was just to complete a commissioned mission, Grim wouldn't have to risk his precious life.

One of the most fundamental reasons why Grim was so free-spirited and devoted in the last battle in Harkans was that no one there could threaten his life at all. Even though he was under siege by several 3rd rankers, Grim was confident that he could escape with his own strength.

It was because of this confidence that he had painfully chosen to take a chance in order to maximize his short-term profits!

And after hearing so much broken news today, Grim connected them together a little and came to a conclusion that made him feel vaguely afraid.

That 4th rank divine knight's sudden appearance in the north was probably to hang himself.

It was just that after he left Harkans City, he was chased by a group of witch hunters, and in order to avoid the pursuit, Grim's sudden thousand-mile escape was the only way to avoid the blade of that 4th rank divine knight.

I wonder if the guys who were chasing him are still in the Northlands? If they hesitated a bit and remained there, they might run into that 4th rank divine knight.

Although the wizards had always looked down on the warrior and knight professions, they still had to pay a certain amount of respect to the high ranked warrior clerks. Otherwise, they really wouldn't even know how they would die!

The situation in Hessas City has been clearly investigated, and the one who fell into the hands of the Paladins was none other than the Lena Witch who had entrusted herself with protection. The most crucial teleportation sorcery repair materials for this trip had also fallen into the hands of the Paladins.

Grim also had to scratch his head at such a situation.

Saving is a must! But how and who to save is a very different matter!

If there was only one choice, Grim would undoubtedly choose to grab that batch of Witch Formation materials.

For no other reason, only by sending this batch of materials and resources to the Sorceress Gauntlet so that they could mend the teleportation array, would he have a chance to return to the Sorcerer World again. As for that Lena, she was lucky enough to be rescued in passing. If the risk is too great, just pretend that she is already dead.

Therefore, the priority was to figure out the basic situation inside the Holy Light Chapel, to figure out where Lena was being held and where the materials were stored. Before getting concrete and detailed information, Grim could only choose to lurk down and silently probe for information.

However, passively waiting was never Grim's personality!

Before that holy knight appeared in Hessas, he had to conduct a rescue operation himself. Otherwise, once the divine knight arrived, the Haisas top brass would definitely give that material to him for safekeeping. At that time, Grim wouldn't dare to rob a 4th rank divine Knight even if he had the guts to do so!

Time was running out and he couldn't be allowed to slowly lurk and infiltrate, so Grim began his outer operations the night he arrived in Hessas City.

Before he entered the city, the Plague Poison Spirit Remy was put on single by Grim!

The Plague Poison Spirit was now very different from before, and its powerful 3rd stage strength gave it enough power to defend itself. The resonance between its souls even more so, even though it was thousands of miles apart, it still had a magical and subtle soul connection with Grim.

Thus, Grim, who was in Hessas City, was only a wave of his soul and smoothly transmitted the order to Remy, the plague poison spirit lurking outside the city.

Thus, a sudden plague swept through the outskirts of Hessas City!

Almost overnight, thousands of people infected with the malady appeared in a dozen large and small villages and towns around Hessas City. Their symptoms were all so similar and frighteningly contagious that they soon alerted the Paladins of Hessas City.