Age of Adepts

The Lance Plane, the Eternal Capital.

A conversation was taking place in the grand halls of the Steel Fortress.

"From the information gathered so far, that Grim seems to have completed his advancement and is in the process of stabilizing his mental consciousness... Do you think we should do something about it while we have the chance?" The one who spoke was the split-brain Gru, and its octopus-like brain that was loaded inside the chest cavity of the tall mechanical body also put on a look of distress and helplessness.

Through a translucent crystal glass, the giant brain floating in the murky liquid was also slowly squirming, and the brain circuitry in the surface grooves was also shining with the light of bright and indistinct thinking.

Just as the giant brain was pondering silently, the steel hall made of a special magic alloy was already filled with a fluctuating spiritual tide. And in this strange tide of thought, no external force or probing means could obtain any valuable information from the hall.

This line of thought defense was specifically aimed at Alice!

Although the last time it worked with Alice, the Iso-Brain Ghazruvi had gained a lot of money, it had also made it completely wary of it.

For this kind of guy that could peek around through the power of fate, even a 3rd-order alien monster like Isobrain had to feel a headache. After all, every life had its own secrets and privacy, and no one wanted to have a pair of curious eyes watching them in the void when they were unaware of it.

I don't know if it's because the spiritual perception has become sharper after mastering the psychic ability, or if it's because the suspicion is born of a dark ghost, purely to scare himself, but Ghazluwe has always felt a lingering strange power around him over the years, silently probing it in various angles and in various ways.

And yet it could never find the source of this strange feeling, and whether it was real or not.

To be honest, this feeling was simply awful!

It was precisely this feeling that was deeply tormented, and the ectobrain, who had always been known for playing with other people's minds, thoughts and memories, actually had nightmares.

It was unbelievable that an ectoplasmic brain, with its control over its own 'brain' body, would dream like a low-grade creature, and it was an extremely unbelievable 'nightmare'... this was also It was incredible!

However, as unbelievable as it is, once it happens, there is bound to be a way to explain it.

Thus, the iso-brain Ghazluvi sadly realizes that he seems to be being watched by a certain big man, and that this big man also possesses strange abilities similar to Alice's.

The Iso-Brain is not stupid.

The information in its mind was extracted and compared with its own vague and hazy perception, it quickly understood that the guy who had been stealthily peeping at it from behind the curtain was none other than the first Destiny Witch Misa of the wizard world who fought Alice to the death.

God forbid, it wasn't exactly Alice's friend or henchman!

The relationship between it and Alice was remarkable for being one of mutual use and reciprocity, so how could it attract the attention of that dreaded first Witch of Destiny?

To be honest, Ectobrain had wanted to talk to the Misa witch who was spying on him through a strange fate for countless times. Unfortunately, it can't even find out how and how the other party spies on it, so it can't find a way to contact the other party even though it has the intention to do so.

Therefore, over the years, Ectobrain could only protect itself from the annoying yet helpless gaze of that 'peeping tom' by constantly losing power.

Today, in the face of Sub-Brain Gru's questioning filled with worry and concern, the Iso-Brain slowly wriggled its mountain-like brain, linking itself to Gru with invisible psychic powers.

"Prepare for war!"

Fractal Brain Grue was stunned and horrified, "What? What did you say?"

"I say prepare for war! Isn't that what you've been hoping for, too?"

"What are you talking about? Why am I getting so confused!" Split-brain Gru spread his hands and looked baffled.

"There's no need to hide. All these years, I've been feeling a different spiritual consciousness in you that doesn't belong to you or me. And your actions have become more and more unscrupulous under the guidance of this alien spiritual consciousness." The alien brain's gigantic brain body was sinking and floating in solution, but a huge mind power had completely enveloped the entire steel hall.

There, at the entrance of the hall, hundreds of 2-stage Demonic Armament Warriors stepped out, forcing the dozen or so Demonic Armament Bodyguards brought by Split Brain Gru into a corner and keeping a close watch over them.

"Mastermind, are you insane? You..." here, Split Brain Gru's voice changed abruptly into a clear and sweet female voice, "Geez, I never would have thought that this mutated brain monster of yours could actually perceive my spiritual consciousness. Hey, little brain monster, since you've sensed my existence, why don't you take advantage of the weakness of this spirit consciousness and destroy it, instead of sitting back and watching it grow?"

"You must be that Misa-sama! It's been a long time since I've heard of you, and it's a pleasure to be able to talk to such a great man like you... "Don't look at the fact that the Iso-Brain Ghazluvi is sitting on a steel capital with hundreds of thousands of battle demon weapons under its command, but when faced with a fearsome witch with great strength and sinister intentions, it can only lower its stance and carefully curry favor.

Unfortunately, the other party clearly didn't appreciate it.

"Geez, you're just a mutant brain monster that's no more than rank 3, and you want to talk to my original body? Do you think you can have the great Misa-sama spying on you day and night with just a 3rd order brain monster? Hahahahaha...don't dream it. To tell you the truth, the me you're talking to is only Misa-sama's 1376th Fate Splitter. And my mission is to guide you to confront that Grim, but unfortunately, you're just too bad!"

A silent tremor shook the mind of the alien brain Ghazluvi.

"Why? You didn't have to tell me any of this stuff? Since you chose to say it in such a direct manner, could it be that..."

"Yes, the only reason I'm telling you the truth is that I'm no longer needed here.In 67 seconds, that Grim will step into this hall, and what his arrival means, I think you already know very well. Whether to submit or resist, I'm looking forward to your choice oh..."

With the oh-so-long sound, the spiritual consciousness that controlled the split-brain Gru suddenly crumbled without a sound. On the other hand, Fractal Brain Gru, as if he had just broken free from some horrible dream, shivered with excitement and once again regained his original spirituality.

"Masterbrain, what has happened to Fang? Why did I suddenly lose consciousness?" Fractal Grew cried out in fear.

"Shut up, you fool. If you hadn't foolishly intervened in the goblin plane, we'd still have a bit of room to turn things around with that fire witch. Now it's a good thing the other side is coming, what are we going to do? Damn damn damn damn, 67 seconds...so short, enough for what?"

The exchange of consciousness was the most rapid, and almost in a flash of lightning, the heterobrain Ghazluvi was able to complete hundreds and thousands of exchanges of thought with the split-brain Gru. And only then did the split-brain Grue fully understand the situation they were facing.

Taking advantage of the fact that Grim was closed and had no time to look outside, Fractal Brain Gru 'quietly' encouraged and manipulated the group of idiots from the Magic Energy Society. The other side wanted freedom and *independence*, and what Gru wanted was the batch of Quillus alloys stored in the central witch tower of the Mechanical City.

With the Crimson Family's vigilance against the alien brains and the Eternal Capital, there was no way that a single cent of the Quillas Alloy would fall into their hands. Therefore, Split-Brain Grue had only performed a small show of force, gently pushing those goblins at certain crucial moments, and had easily accomplished his wish.

Perhaps in the previous moment, Split Brain Grew would have regarded this 'feat' as an action that it had perfectly planned in its own mind. But now, it knew clearly that the self that thought it was behind the scenes controlling everything was also the object of others' manipulation like a marionette.

Implantation of ideas, thought guidance, these are the familiar mental tricks it usually uses, once it found that they were working on itself, the anger and frustration of Brain-splitting Grue could not be described with words.

In the depths of his heart, Fencergru had already greeted all female relatives and elders of that damned first Fate Witch who was far away from the domain with a 'kind' greeting. But that couldn't in any way make up for the impending crisis at hand.

That fire witch was coming!

After advancing to rank 4, his first choice upon revealing himself was to come to the Eternal Capital of the Lance Position, which was a clear indication that his anger and vigilance towards the Isobrain was at the top of the list. And in this, there was undoubtedly a 'huge' contribution from it, Brain Splitting Gru!

"Block the teleportation array... Hurry up and block the teleportation array! As long as we don't let that fire witch teleport in, we'll have a little more time to think and react..." screamed the fractal brain Grue frantically.

"Too late! That damn woman has timed it, and while she was telling us all this, that fire witch was already in the portal!"

With the alien brain Gazruvi's control over the entire Eternal Capital, how could he let go of such a crucial hub as the Interdimensional Teleportation Array.

But before it was torn apart, the Eternal Capital's teleportation arrays were all still open to the Crimson Family.

Therefore, while the Isobrain was talking to that snarky Misa Fate billet, a familiar figure had appeared in the teleportation array at the top of that steel fortress 2 miles away. And at this moment when the two big and small heads were terribly confused, the other was strolling slowly along the circling and intersecting steel path towards the steel hall.

"Guards...guards...let's hurry up and mobilize all the steel guards to keep that fire witch back..." hissed and growled the split-brain Grue.

"I've given you all the authority in the Eternal City to block that fire witch. It'll take a little time for me to fully launch here, so you top it off!"

"Got it, leave it to me, Mastermind!"

Perhaps that damned witch's fate splitter was still affecting Gru's mind, giving it a heartfelt loathing and hatred for Grim. Therefore, under the instigation and encouragement of the main brain, the split-brain Grue took over all the authority of the Eternal Capital without hesitation, and while using the mental link to quickly dispatch the battle magic weapon, it strutted out of the Steel Hall.

And from the moment it stepped out of the Hall of Steel, a different kind of war quickly erupted!