Age of Adepts

The Fabres are defeated!

The chase and rout on the battlefield continued, but privately this news had spread like a plague to all directions.

Every person or force that heard the news would not believe their ears and eyes, and then went to a hundred different places to seek proof and find out. By the time they got the exact news through various means, time was no longer in their hands.

At this time, the Alois region was a chaotic battlefield and a maelstrom, involving almost every witch organization or power in the surrounding area.

Over the years, the Crimson Family's unbridled expansion and hundreds of invasions had driven out and marginalized all the witch organizations and forces in the Alois region. When this family war erupted, due to the huge power of the Fabres family, the losers, opportunists, and wallflowers also came out of every nook and cranny wall and became the outlying legions that waved the flag and recruited the rebellion on behalf of the Fabres family.

The Fabreth family was not averse to these uninvited 'allies'.

After all, before the complete defeat of the Crimson Family, the Fabreth Family's wizarding ranks still needed to shake a fist and not disperse their forces too early. Therefore, the Fabreth Family's sorcerers also turned a blind eye to these scavenging vultures who were trying to take advantage of the gap between the battles between the two major sorcerer families to plunder some resources.

Anyway, when the Crimson Family is defeated, all the territories and resource points they have appropriated will be returned to the Fabreys Family intact. It wouldn't hurt to take some advantage and gather some resources upfront.

Therefore, while the Fabreth Family's main force was fighting a final battle with the Crimson Family outside of Sonata City, the witch organizations and forces that had poked their black hands into the Alois region were enjoying a feast, squeezing and plundering everything that originally belonged to the Crimson Family to their heart's content.

Perhaps the Fabreth family's past too prominent name had given them a certain illusion and made them relax their necessary vigilance, not always paying attention to the final battle that would decide the fate of the Alois region.

Thus, when the 4th ranked Sorcerer Declan abandoned the battle and the elite main force of the Fabreus family discarded the Sorcerer Beast Legion, the Alien Beast Legion, the Foreign Legion, and the other vassal forces and began to retreat at full speed, the battlefield of the battle between the two sides quickly spread in all directions.

A top-tier sorcerer could decide the fate of a war!

Even though the elite main force of the Fabreth Family was still there, even though the Fabreth Family's overall battle strength was several times greater than the Crimson Family, when the family's highest battle force fled in defeat, these became illusory bubbles that instantly crumbled one by one.

Those sorcerers with flying beasts had summoned their mounts and fled the battlefield as fast as they could. The remaining elite troops also did their own thing, no longer attempting to fight with the Crimson side, struggling to get away from the chase and quickly fleeing to the borders of the Eloise region.

The outlying troops, on the other hand, didn't have such discipline and ability, and after being struck by the Crimson side's Demon Armament Legion a few times, they were routed by the crimson side.

Some of them summoned their terrestrial beast mounts and galloped away, some transformed into crows, deer, gophers and other beasts to hide, some used their natural skills to hide in some town or small town, and some bowed down and kneeled down to surrender....

Faced with a nest of ants in front of them, the Crimson Family didn't disperse their troops to search and kill these rags, but instead gathered their forces to chase after the few enemy family elites that still maintained their establishment.

If a deity was able to overlook the entire Eloise region from a high altitude, they would have noticed that the Fabreus family's elite force was fleeing and fighting, trying to escape towards the border area. On the other hand, the Crimson Family's main force was trying to make their way to a key pass with the help of floating ships, goblin chariots and other vehicles, in order to intercept the other side.

As both sides chased and fled, they spread the battlefield to every corner of the Alois region.

When the net of war was instantly spread over the entire territory of Alois, those speculators and wallflowers who originally did not belong to the Fabreth family, but just ran over to woo the oil and autumn wind, fell into great misfortune. By the time they realized that something was wrong and wanted to pull out and leave, every transportation route and every key defile around them had become an area that the Fabreth Family and Crimson Family fiercely fought over.

They were like the poor, unlucky insects caught between two rabid elephants, with no more chances to escape and pull out and leave!

These opportunists and wallflowers had originally swaggered into the Crimson Family's territory and resource points, fought off or imprisoned the sorcerers and apprentices that the Crimson Family had stationed here, and then began to plunder and squeeze all kinds of resources and wealth with impunity.

But just as they were enjoying this rare feast, the surrounding situation rapidly changed, and the entire territory of Alois became a flesh-and-blood battlefield where the two big families fought and chased each other.

These small sorcerer organizations or forces that had placed the wrong bets were caught in the middle of it, anxious as ants on a hot pot, looking for a chance to escape.

Unfortunately, at this time, the two big families, one fleeing with all its might and the other pursuing with all its might, were already red-hot, so how could they have the leisure to identify the camps and authenticity of these 'allies' one by one. Any peripheral forces that didn't have a clear affiliation, as long as they crashed into the hands of the two great families it was one word, kill!

As a result, there were quite a few teams sent by small witch organizations or powers around were slaughtered by the two big families in a muddled manner.

Of course, there were also some organizations or forces whose leaders were smart enough to immediately invite the imprisoned Crimson witches and apprentices out, treat them well, and then promise them heavy profits, which reluctantly cleansed themselves as 'allies' of the Crimson side.

But don't tell me, these wallflowers and opportunists are just as shameless!

Once cleansed, they too immediately waved their flags and joined the Crimson camp, in turn becoming the most aggressive and enthusiastic group of people in the hunt for the deserters of House Fabreth.

Thus, while the pursuers and deserters of the two families were fighting in various places, there were all sorts of unbelievable and absurd stories of betrayal and loyalty going on throughout Alois.

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

The Shattered Valley.

It was a long, long valley sandwiched between two majestic mountains, and a key defile in and out of the southwestern border of the Eloise region.

This was originally the fortress territory garrisoned by the Crimson Clan, but with the outbreak of the Clan War, the defenders of the Crimson side withdrew to Sonta City, and it became an unguarded and abandoned fortress.

In the late afternoon, the turquoise blue sky was bustling with activity and noise.

A silvery white floating ship carrying hundreds of battle demons arrived here, with the intention of retaking the fortress in one fell swoop.

However, when nearly 400 battle demons rushed down from the giant ship and formed a battle formation to attack the fortress, a silver-gray banner was raised on top of the highest stone tower of the stronghold.

On it, a pattern of a spear dripping blood was outlined with golden threads, and this pattern represented an illustrious name in the Scattered Tallinn region, the Denel family.

The Crimson Sorcerer who was leading the Magic Armament Battalion was none other than the 2nd ranked Blood Knight, Solus, who, seeing the flag of the Denel Family flying over the fortress, immediately called a halt to the troops behind him and started surveying the stronghold in front of him from a distance.

Seemingly spotting the arrival of the Crimson Family's Magic Arms Battle Group, the gates of the stronghold opened and a group of wizards riding on special magic horses rushed out from within. The leader was a man whose face was covered in crisscrossing scratches and dense pins and needles, and at first glance it looked as if his head had been split apart, all tied back together with simple, crude twine.

Soros's heart sank.

The 'monster' at the head of the other side was, quite literally, a 3rd rank wizard!

The 'shatter-faced' sorcerer who had ridden the magic colt to the front of Crimson's team in faithful strides was examining Soros condescendingly. Even Soros, who was a vampire, had to feel a twinge of fear as the cloudy orbs with only the whites of his eyes stared at him in death.

"I am Gallo of the Denel clan, and by Lord Clara's bidding, I am here to give you notice. Your battle with House Fabreth must not cross the borders and must be confined to the area of Alois. If either side violates this ordinance, we of House Denel will have the right to correct it for them!"

Solus' scarlet blood pupils flickered a few times and fought the sound, "But this valley was originally our family's property, Your Excellency..."

"Not anymore!" The shatter-faced wizard, Gallo, said coldly, "In order to monitor whether or not you will break the rules, this valley and this stronghold have been temporarily commandeered by us. When the war subsides, we will naturally hand it back to you again. For now, you may leave!"

With the other party's barely coherent threat, the hundreds of family warriors on magic colts behind the Gallo Witch slowly pressed over. It could be seen from their individual momentum and the scent of energy emanating from them that this was a 'witch team' that possessed powerful fighting abilities.

The members of the team did not necessarily possess the identity of a wizard, but with the aid of the Strange Magic Colt and the mysterious armor, they had a basic combat power comparable to that of a wizard. Moreover, the team was also led by a 3rd rank wizard and five 2nd ranks, and with such strength, there was no problem in overturning the Crimson Family's less than 400-strong Magic Arms Battle Team!

The muscles on Soros' face twitched a few times, and after thinking for a moment, he finally waved his hand and brought the Magic Arms Battle Group back half a mile, which was why he hurriedly contacted the Crimson top brass. But while they were waiting for orders from above, a large group of Fabreth Clan routed troops came over from afar.

Soros was about to lead his men up to intercept them, but the magic colt squad cut across the front and blocked their path.

"Lord Gallo, what are you trying to do?" Solus couldn't help but shout harshly.

"Exercising our authority to monitor the battlefield, you are free to..."

Hearing the other party's flippant reply, Soros' nose almost went out of joint.

"Fine, count you guys tough!"

As he watched the waves of routed soldiers surging past from the distance and out of the valley, Soros' eyes flickered harshly, and he was a little indecisive for a moment.