Age of Adepts

In less than half a quarter of an hour, the two wizards had also caught up to the vicinity of the volcano.

Looking at the scene of ash smoke and heat waves, they could not help but look ugly.

The other party was a famous legendary fire witch, although his name was not prominent outside the region, yet as witch hunters, they would not make the mistake of being careless with their enemy. It was due to a moment of carelessness and arrogance that she fell into the hands of the natives.

If it wasn't for the serpent sorcerer Natagu who came out in time and reached an agreement with the 4th rank divine knight, it was feared that Kitty would perish in this desolate and lowly place.

The agreement was clearly marked that the three hunting witches would not only not invade the Enwick Plane, but they could even help the Paladins fight the Fraud Witch behind her back. Of course, in exchange, the Paladin camp must also facilitate and help them in their hunt for this Grim.

It was with this agreement that that 4th Order Paladin spared Kitty the Knife and managed to make it from Harkans to Hessas City with the help of the three Fraudulent Witch Hunters.

After capturing the trail of the fire witch in Haisas City, the three Witch Hunters naturally wouldn't let go of this great opportunity and followed the trail all the way to this terrifying active volcano directly.

Fighting a fire witch in such an area would be a headache for a famous witch!

The environmental restraint was simply too incomprehensible, and it was no surprise that one bad one would plant them both here.

However, the giant serpent sorcerer Natagoo and the mind warlock Benija were not good people either. Since it was so dangerous inside the volcano, attacking it was unpredictable, so it was better not to attack.

The two of them actually set up a tent near the crater, opening up a small camp and putting up a long squatting appearance. And yet this hit Grim right in the soft spot.

A few of them could afford to stall, but Grim couldn't afford to stall.

No, to be more precise, those fraudulent witches couldn't afford to drag it out!

Once the Witch Formation repair materials couldn't be delivered in time, it was to be expected that that Witch Gauntlet would be forcibly toppled by the indigenous Paladins with its backup cut off.

It was reasonable to say that the fraudulent witches were not guilty of helping Grim with their lives. However, if he lost that inter-dimensional teleportation array, Grim would have to go to great lengths to return to the Witch World. The three Witch Hunters apparently had no such worries.

After two days of confrontation near the crater, that Poison Crone, Gwynevere, had also hurriedly arrived.

This also added to the pressure that Grym was under.

Originally, Plague Poison Spirit Remy also planned to rush over to join Grim, but considering that the special environment here at the volcano was not suitable for Remy's strength, Grim declined.

While Grim was hesitating whether to continue to hold on here or risk breaking out of the siege, the heavily wounded Blade-Kitty also came over.

Knife Kitty had been severely injured at the hands of Grim and the 4th level holy knight, her limbs were broken, and her mechanical sorcery was broken, it was simply indescribably miserable. Such severe injuries could only be truly healed by returning to the Sorcerer's World or outside the Domain, where only superficial injuries could barely be healed.

The broken limbs were all picked back up, and the broken mechanical heart was still barely functioning, so Katie, who was full of rage, Knife Katie simply made her way to the volcano camp and joined the siege of the Fire Witch.

With her injuries, her original strength of 3rd rank intermediate was now barely maintained at 3rd rank primary, and she was still able to act as a secondary attacker.

Her addition also completely extinguished Grim's thoughts of escaping.

Guarding inside the volcano, he might still be able to outnumber them, but to be forced out of the volcano by the enemy, those hunting witches would be every bit as easy to deal with. As for that Lena witch and those witch formation repair materials, they were no longer important compared to his life.

For the first time in his life, Grim had been forced into dangerous territory and couldn't come up with any means of relief!

Grim had broken out of the crater countless times, clinging to the volcanic lava pools at his back and fighting the four witch-hunters madly. Unfortunately, it was impossible to defeat or kill any of them, other than rampaging the entire volcanic area beyond recognition.

Whenever Grim rushed out, the one who acted as his main opponent was the giant serpent sorcerer, Natagu.

The opponent's fighting style was also very simple: he transformed into a terrifying giant snake that was over twenty meters long and covered in purple and black snake scales. Naturally, this giant snake also possessed the long life force unique to snake creatures, as well as a terrifying sonic attack.

This kind of sonic attack was also considered a relatively cold sorcery in the sorcery system, so there were relatively few contrasting defensive sorceries. The soundwave attack was also known to be good at breaking defenses, and even with the sturdy body of an elemental magic weapon, it was unable to completely defend against it.

Thus, just the Giant Serpent Sorcerer Natagoo alone was enough to hold both Grim and Elemental Magic Armament in check. The other two witches, one skilled in poisoning and the other in mind illusion control, were extremely influential on Grim in the heat of battle.

And once Grim showed his flaw in battle, that gap-seeking Knife Katie would ferociously cut right into him and break through Grim's defenses with her fiercest attacks. Often times, Katy was even willing to fight Grim with wound for wound.

And this was especially hurtful to Grim!

If it wasn't for the existence of the Holy Ring of Soden, it could be said that Grim would never have been fortunate in such a terrifying pinch .

...........

In a hidden cavern beneath the volcanic lava pool, Grim opened his eyes slowly.

The entire cavern was only twenty flat, and apart from a crude stone bed, there were no other items or furnishings. A miniature flame rune was embedded within the rock wall around the entrance, rippling with a cloud of firelight and keeping the sticky, astringent, rolling magma fluid outside the cavern at bay.

The Elemental Demon Armament was currently guarding the front of the cave entrance without moving, projecting multi-frequency ray light waves from the compound eyes of its head, firmly monitoring the movement within the nearby lava sea. It was only when Grim woke up from his sleep that the Demon Armor retreated to the side of the cave entrance and returned to its general state of alert.

The first thing Grim did when he woke up was naturally to have a quick exchange with the chip.

He had laid dense flame traps near the lava pools in this crater, and if those witch hunters tried to sneak in here, they would definitely trigger Grim's set up. At that time, it would be his moment to hunt the others in turn!

But unfortunately, it wasn't clear if they were taken by Grim's majestic reputation, or if they were overly cautious. Even if Grim revealed any more flaws, they would not be willing to take a single step into this Lava Fire Pool.

This also rendered most of Grim's arrangements completely useless.

In addition to the fixed flame traps, the Lava Fire Pool was also filled with strange flame creatures of various shapes and genera. When they set foot here from the fire elemental plane, they were also under Grim's strong restraint, becoming his eyes and minions placed on the outskirts.

Unfortunately, the most powerful of these flame creatures was only at the top of the 1st stage, so they were fine as cannon fodder, and trying to rely on them to chase away those hunting witches was simply a delusion.

Hmph, since those witch hunters don't dare to come in and find trouble with me, I'll go find trouble with you....

With a deep sleep to eliminate the injuries and fatigue left over from the last great battle, Grim rushed out of the Lava Fire Pool with his elemental magic weapon and the hordes of flame creatures.

At that moment, only the mind warlock Benija was on guard there at the crater.

While she was bored and using her mental waves to sense the movement near the crater, the lava fluid that was flowing and surging quietly suddenly tumbled and boiled. Following that, a huge flame energy rose from the bottom of the lava fire pool and rushed out towards the top of the crater.

Here we go again!

Benicia extended her tender white slender hand to cover her delicate red lips with a small yawn and stretched a lazy waist, before extending her mental energy to this huge flame energy. Before the other party could rush out of the lava fire pool, she had already detected the number and level of the enemy with her powerful psychic abilities.

"Hey, all of you should hurry over, that fire witch seems to be out looking for trouble again!"

As Benija's mind chanting echoed through the makeshift camp, the three witch hunters emerged from their tents, rubbing their sleepy eyes and cursing as they soared up to the crater.

And as soon as they arrived at the crater, Grim and a group of his men also rushed out of the lava fire pool and showed themselves inside the crater.

"What, boy, didn't that last mouthful of 'kiss of death' teach you a lesson? Today, he even dared to run out..." the giant snake sorcerer, Natagoo, smiled gloomily, his gaze falling through the dense red mane and onto Grim's left hand.

There, at the edge of the hand, two deep teeth marks were still clearly visible, the surrounding flesh and skin had turned black, and the smell of bitter tea could still be faintly smelled.

This was a killing move that Natagoo had left for Grim during the last war, suddenly casting the terrifying 'Kiss of Death' during a close entanglement, splitting a snake-like shadow from within his body that ignored defenses to attack the opponent. If the opponent was unaware, this snake shaped virtual shadow could even bore into the opponent's body and directly gnaw on his soul origin.

Fortunately, Grim was alerted by the chip and promptly blocked it with his palm in front of his chest, which prevented the opponent's penetrating strike. But for this, Grim was also infected with the horrible serpent venom, and had to use slumber to melt the opponent's voodoo venom.

At this time the other party brought up the old story again, Grim's face first hardened, and then also sneered fiercely, "A mere venom can't kill me, but last time I didn't eat a barbecued giant snake, I'm still a bit unhappy. What do you say, Lord Natagoo!"

At this time, Natagoo was wearing a purple robe, and visible burn marks could be seen above his exposed skin.

With his 3rd rank Bloodline Sorcerer physique, he was still unable to completely obliterate these external wounds, which was already enough to show how badly he had suffered burns from the last battle.

The two sides stared at each other fiercely as they revealed their shortcomings to each other, and the atmosphere within the arena was once again heavy and solemn!