Age of Adepts

And as the hidden beneficiary of the secret war in the different dimension, Alice also managed to advance to Level 3 on the fifth day of Grim's return to the Wizarding World, and leapfrogged to Advanced in one fell swoop.

In a bet against the first Fate Witch Misa, Alice won sturdily and thoroughly, and naturally gained a massive amount of Fate feedback. Assisting the Crimson Family in defeating the even more powerful Fabreth Family, moreover, allowed her to initially grasp the pulse of the development and expansion of the Witch World, so it was no surprise that she was able to make such an advancement.

And this progress also allowed her to overtake Mary and Olivine in one fell swoop, becoming the Crimson Family's number two person after Grim.

However, having received a huge amount of high quality and strong blood from Grim, it was easy for Mary to raise a small step or two as long as she successfully absorbed and merged them into her own power. Therefore, it was still hard to predict who would be the second-in-command of the Crimson Family for the time being.

While the three Crimson giants are chasing each other in an effort to improve their strength, most of the Crimson witches are also desperately trying to keep up with the family.

In the decade and a half after defeating the Fabreth Family and taking exclusive control of the Alois region, Crimson Sorcerers, skewed and induced by the massive amount of Sorcerer resources, began to move into the ranks of 2nd rank Sorcerers.

What was originally a handful of 2nd rank wizards had grown into a shockingly fearsome and powerful team.

The peak of the 2nd rank: Blood Knight Soros

Level 2 Advanced: Zacha the Dragonman, Tigul (Goblin Tearer), Split-Brain Grue, Billis the Worm Wizard

Intermediate Level 2: Blood Knight Winsal, Blood Elf Mage Isa, Blood Elf Magic Archer Lelia, Blood Elf Shapeshifter Spara, Rage Witch Sophia

Level 2 Beginners: fire-dragon witch Winyl, poisonous witch Gargamel, demoness Emelia, old fox Winyl, storm-blood group leader Dusilla Lazare, half-serpent goblin Cappy, goblin armorer Locke, demonized goblin leader Gunga Dean, mechanical princess Winnisha, ice maiden Shev.

Originally, the old fox, Winlier, was not qualified to be ranked as a rank 2 vampire, but considering that he had served the family for a long time, he had also devoted himself to the development of the family. Therefore, Mary used the power of the Blood Master to promote him to the 2nd rank of Vampire.

Also promoted over the top was the peak 2nd rank Blood Knight, Solus.

He himself was gifted, and was considered the most perfect combination of autonomous consciousness and vampire bloodline among all vampires. In order to have an additional capable subordinate by her side who could help, Mary had also consumed a lot of Origin Blood, which had promoted him from the peak of the 2nd rank to the 3rd rank Junior.

For this reason, Mary even had to sleep for half a year!

Below the 2nd rank, the Crimson Family was even more talented.

Characters like the old batch of Wind Witch Desera, Medusa Dana, Scorpion Lion Caron, and other characters had also risen to advanced or peak level 1 and were getting closer and closer to level 2.

And there were even more new faces emerging among the 1st rank witches.

In this group that numbered up to 120 people, vampires accounted for 10%, goblin magic armourers accounted for 20%, and the rest were all human sorcerers. Of course, within the Crimson Family, in addition to the formal witches, there were also goblin machinists that numbered as high as two hundred and seventy people.

Although they didn't have the long life and extensive sorcery knowledge of formal sorcerers, they had a berserk battle power that was no weaker than that of ordinary 1st rank sorcerers. Therefore, in order to treat them equally, the Crimson Family also gave them the status and treatment of a formal sorcerer.

Apart from the Goblin Organ Warlocks, there was a group of guys with a rather special status within the Crimson Family, the Demonic Goblins!

They numbered around 70-90, and were all goblin engineers or technicians who had been serving inside the Magic Puppet Dragon for years. They have long been contaminated by the Magic Puppet Dragon's leaking magical energy, and although they are not a special branch or race of goblins, they are fundamentally different from ordinary goblins.

Compared to ordinary goblins, they had a more tyrannical temperament, a sturdier physique, greater strength, and even some visible native magic patterns on the surface of their dark green bodies.

These magical patterns gave them special effects similar to the 'Berserk Art'.

If it was a fair fight, a single demonic goblin could easily kill three or five ordinary goblins.

In time, this group of demonic goblins could really split off from the goblin camp and become a special spectrum of demonic creatures.

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June 7, 32902, Witch Calendar.

Gargamel walked alone within the wide, empty tunnel, the starburst stones set into the sides of the tunnel lit up again and again, illuminating the small area he was in.

At last, the long tunnel came to an end, and what he saw in front of him was the all-too-familiar Hall of Molten Flame. And at the entrance of the Molten Fire Hall, two unusually large metal fiends stepped out of the rocky wall cavern with heavy steps, staring at Gargamel with the strange compound eyes that were honeycombed in their skulls.

The spectrum of various colors within the honeycomb-shaped eye holes flickered for a while, as if confirming Gargamel's identity.

"Welcome Gargamel to the Flame Throne, Lord Grim has asked you to wait on the third floor of the Witch Tower, he will come down to meet you once he has completed his sorcery experiments." The massive metal magic weapon said these words in a strange metallic voice and then retreated back inside the wall cave to stand still.

And leading Gargamel through the hall of molten fire was a slightly smaller group of battle demons, which turned back in a neat escort formation to take Gargamel to the entrance of the Flame Throne Witch Tower. Waiting for him here, on the other hand, were two charming and hot Abyssal Succubi with hot, hot bodies.

Ever since Grim had returned from the otherworldly realm and thwarted the 4th stage Body Tempering Sorcerer in a great show of power, the Crimson Family had entered a phase of rapid expansion. The Flame Throne Witch Tower was good, but after all, it was only a small witch tower that couldn't hold the Crimson members that had expanded several times so steeply.

Therefore, under the instruction of the head of the family, the Crimson Family built a large witch tower in the heart of the Alois region and relocated all the family members there. This Crimson Origin's Flame Throne Witch Tower, however, became the private space of the family's Lord Grim, never to be opened to the public again.

The day-to-day family affairs were almost always handled by Gargamel and Wenliel together.

Those matters that were difficult to decide at the moment would be presented to Mary or Lord Alice for their opinions.

Only for matters of great importance to the future of the Crimson Family would they return to the Flame Throne to meet the Lord of the House in person and make a final decision.

And the reason why Gargamel had rushed here today was because of a matter of great importance that involved a 4th rank wizard, otherwise, he wouldn't dare to disturb the family lord's dive.

"Hehehe... So it's such a young and handsome young man, Amy is extremely excited to serve you!" One of the two Succubi's eyes twinkled as she smiled seductively sweetly at Gargamel, looking like a young girl who had fallen head over heels in admiration.

Gargamel's own serpent bloodline was becoming increasingly pure and visible through the two successive bloodline purification potions he had taken over the years. At this moment, he no longer had the appearance of a human sorcerer, but a powerful bloodline sorcerer with a giant snake's head on top.

If he took off the witch robe outside his body, outsiders would be shocked to discover that Gargamel's entire body was covered in dark green dull snake scales. The scales were glossy and smooth yet shimmered with a magical atmosphere, capable of resisting attacks from 1st-grade magical weapons, as well as having a powerful magic resistance.

His hands and feet were both degraded to varying degrees, like two branches that had lost their main trunk nourishment, withering and withering, somewhat similar to a lean and dry chicken claw from afar.

However, the surging serpent blood in his body made him appear vibrant, and a pair of powerful greenish-blue vertical snake pupils opened and closed with a wicked and cruel atmosphere of cruelty that could be heard.

At this time, Gargamel, whose strength had been raised to 2nd stage advanced, faced the two little charmers in front of him who were only 1st stage strength, simply as terrifying and vicious as an exterminating demon.

The other party was scratching their heads and selling their natural charm technique, Gargamel hissed and spat out a snake letter, whispering: "Little guy, as long as you're not worried that I'll devour you in one hungry bite, you can come to my lord tonight. Jie Jie Jie..."

There was no need to put on a fierce and evil appearance, just this terrifying appearance and the haunting cold air, was enough to scare the little Succubus pale, and never dare to test it out again.

The other Succubus, who had obviously been here a little longer and understood the rules here better, merely whispered softly, "Lord Gargamel, the master is still busy in the lab, so you can wait in the hall on the third floor first. Please give me the go ahead!"

With that, Gargamel and Gustavo walked to the corner of the hall to the third floor of the Floating Stone Dish.

The floating stone saucer is made of red ochre stone from the Aisent region, and is naturally covered with strange magical patterns, even without any enchanting treatment.

The three of them, without knowing where the Succubus had touched, infused with powerful magical energy, the red ochre floating stone dish beneath their feet became transparent and delicate, with a light magical glow shining all over.

The floating stone saucer flew smoothly, carrying the three slowly towards the upper level of the witch tower.

As they passed the second floor of the Witch Tower, Gargamel's eyes suddenly lit up.

A translucent magical barrier had cut and divided the large inner space of the tower into a dozen or so huge living areas. Inside each area were some extremely strange looking and odd looking creatures living or in captivity, and the environment they inhabited was also different from each other.

There were hot and dry deserts, ice-capped snowfields, flaming lava volcanoes, dark and wet magical swamps... Each environment was different, yet huge and subtle, revealing the builder's extravagant mastery and powerful and profound magical attainments.

My lord's strength had grown again!

Gargamel couldn't help but sigh in apprehension....