Age of Adepts

The atmosphere in the entire banquet hall immediately rose!

All of the attending sorcerers stopped their conversations and gazed warmly at this legendary and powerful fire witch, as if they wanted to find out from his tall and strong body where the secret of his rapid advancement and strength lay.

However, as Grim stepped into the venue, his spiritually restrained black pupils slowly sweeping across the room, all of the witches who looked at him couldn't help but feel a strange tingling in their skin, their entire bodies suddenly becoming fiery. Only when they lowered their heads and stroked their chests in greeting to him, did the hot burning sensation quickly fade away, and then there was no trace of it.

Those ordinary sorcerers might not feel anything and were still paranoid about this strange feeling that suddenly appeared and disappeared. Those high-ranking sorcerers, on the other hand, one by one turned slightly pale, no longer daring to look directly at each other as unscrupulously as before.

Their spiritual perception was clear.

That moment of gazing just now, the other party had already projected a trace of strange power into their bodies. If the gaze just now was a little longer, this strange power could turn into some kind of terrifying flame sorcery at any moment.

It would have been fine if only a single witch felt this way, but now it was clear that the entire room of witches were being powerfully suppressed by that legendary fire witch. If this feeling was true and unmistakable, then the power of this Grim Sorcerer would be too astonishing and terrifying.

If they guessed correctly, this... should be a strange power of law!

And the power of law was simply not something that their low-level sorcery protection and elemental shields could block or cover up. This also meant that that legendary fire witch who wanted to kill any of the low and mid-ranked sorcerers didn't even have to do it himself at all, he only needed to gaze at them.

Sorcerers had always admired knowledge and power!

And they worship knowledge only to seek greater power!

Therefore, when they faced a powerful sorcerer that they could never match, the only thing they could do was to bow and offer their respect and humility to each other.

Milva accompanied Grim to the center of the venue side by side, and along the way, he kept greeting the 3rd level sorcerers in the crowd, and when he met a few familiar family heads, he would casually point and introduce them to Grim in a few words.

Grim only smiled politely and perfunctorily at Milva's familiarity.

However, Meryl, who was following behind Grim, was attentively remembering every move of the vice president of Mirwa. Who the other party had nodded to and greeted, she had memorized them all with her powerful mental energy.

Grim, as a 4th rank wizard and family patriarch, naturally didn't need to care about these 3rd rank 'juniors'. However, Meryl, as the Crimson Senior, was responsible for instigating the next wave of family expansion, so naturally, she had to have some advance planning.

Although the family had already done some meticulous research on the targets that needed to be strategized, to ensure that they wouldn't involve those large wizard families or the families where the 4th rank wizards were located.

But fear not, just in case.

There is no telling if those 4th rank witches will have all sorts of hidden connections with a small wizard family or power. If they were drawn into the war, it was highly likely that they would attract the intervention of 4th ranked witches on behalf of the family.

Today, this 'performance' by Vice President Milva was most likely a hint to him, naming a few wizard families that had some sort of relationship or origin with him. Meryl, who had already experienced some modesty, naturally understood and memorized the emblems of these witches, these families.

After the meeting, she would personally remove these families from the Crimson Family's war list.

And this was a sign of respect and reverence for the 4th rank witches!

"Boy, your promotion celebration this time can be even more grand and grand than the one I had. Look, look, even those storm giants from the Emerald Hills have come to join in the fun..." explained Milva with a smile on his face.

Hearing Milva's words, Grim was flabbergasted and couldn't help but follow his gaze.

In the corner of the hall, five strange Storm Giants were standing together, gazing at him silently.

These five Storm Giants were both male and female, all three to four meters tall, and although their bodies were covered in a wide witching robe, the skin, hands, feet, and heads exposed beneath the witching robe were all tile-blue. Underneath the transparent skin, an extremely tiny storm swirl of air could be seen swimming and clashing, and from time to time, a blue lightning bolt that flashed all over their body would blossom.

The leader was a bit 3rd rank, while the other four had 1st and 2nd ranks.

They clearly didn't fit in well with the other witches, isolated in a corner and barely talking and gossiping with outsiders.

Seeing Grim's gaze sweeping over, the 3rd rank Storm Giant at the head of the group stroked his chest and curtsied in greeting. The few younger descendants behind him also hurriedly followed suit and bent their bodies together.

The only 2nd rank female among them, although her skin and body shape were a bit strange, her facial features were similar to those of a human, and she looked handsome and beautiful. Perhaps young and strong, she was still surreptitiously looking at Grim with curiosity as she stroked her chest and bowed her head in greeting.

But as soon as her eyes collided with Grim's, she couldn't help but whisper in alarm, the tile-blue storm energy in her body suddenly turning a dark red and her own breath somewhat disordered.

The head Storm Giant's face changed, and hurriedly pulled this female companion to lower her head to avoid Grim's gaze, which prevented the flame energy in her body from being directly 'ignited'.

Of course, this unconscious energy radiation wasn't enough to kill a 2nd stage Storm Giant, but a small embarrassment was still inevitable.

One of the main reasons why Grim, who was now living alone and hidden in the Flame Throne all year round, was that as a top-ranked Sorcerer in the Sorcerer World, if he accidentally didn't restrain the terrifying flame energy in his body, he would cause irreversible and terrible damage to those middle and low ranked Sorcerers.

Therefore, in order not to cause some sort of regret, not many of even the internal members of the Crimson Family were able to stay by Grim's side for long. Even if he was able to enjoy a good time with Mary at the peak of the 3rd stage, Grim needed to be careful and careful again, or else a single moment of inattention would be the end of tragedy.

For these Storm Giants, Grim was just curious.

Back then, before he had even made his mark, he had obtained a quasi-witch-grade storm heart core and made it into a magic puppet to help him through all kinds of difficulties. That was why he couldn't help but glance at it curiously when he suddenly heard Milva mention Storm Giants.

If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be an incredibly powerful and powerful Storm Altar in the Storm Kingdom where these Storm Giants were located. If there was a chance, Grim really wanted to be able to parse and taste it up close.

After all, the Storm Altar and the Flame Altar belonged to the same type of sorcery creation, and since the other party was able to create a great kingdom based on the Storm Altar that even the sorcerers could only gather together and not dare to attack easily, there must be some mysteries inside that outsiders could not understand.

To be honest, Grim really wanted to understand these hidden secrets so that he could strengthen that Flame Altar of the Flame Throne.

If it was possible to extend that flame altar deep into the fire elemental plane, it might be possible for Grim to really recruit a group of powerful flame creatures from there for his own exorcism.

After all, a temporary Flame Gate could only recruit some shrimps and crab soldiers to act as cannon fodder for a bit. But if the Gate of Flame could be fixed, and a group of flame lords could be carefully cultivated and recruited, then this summoned flame sorcery might leap into a killer weapon for Grim.

As the two stood in the center of the hall, Grim extended his hand slightly, and that Vice President of Mirwa was the first to step forward.

"Dear Wizards from all over the Scattered Earth Tallinn, today, it is an honor for us to gather here to celebrate the successful advancement of Grim Wizards to the 4th rank. On behalf of President Fried, I will also formally invite His Excellency Grim to join the Scattered Earth Tallinn Association and grant you the status and authority of an Elder of the Association!"

With that, Vice President Milva touched a short black rod from his storage ring and swung it in Grim's direction. About 3 flexes later, a strange green light penetrated from outside the hall, and shone impartially on the Association Elder Power Ring in Grim's right hand.

As the green light shone, light and shadows floated and runes flashed on the ring, seemingly establishing a special connection with a distant place. A moment later, the green light dissipated, and the Elder Power Ring was revealed.

In addition to being an oversized storage ring, it also had an exceptionally powerful spatial sorcery attached to it: the soul returned to its hiding place.

Using the power ring, Grim could reserve a portion of his body organs in advance in some hidden and safe place. When his body is on the verge of being scattered by a lethal blow, he can use the power of the Power Ring to project a part of his soul back.

In this way, although the majority of the soul will inevitably be annihilated and the body will collapse, the soul that is projected back will still have a chance to grow again.

Therefore, 'Soul Returning to the Hide' was also a good life-preserving sorcery!

At the very least, between complete death and a great loss of strength, no witch would choose the former.

And in addition to the 'Soul Returning Technique', the Elder Power Ring also granted Grim the same Elder status as the other 4th rank witches. Using this authority, he was able to mobilize the Association's internal resources and those carefully cultivated witch troops to a limited extent.

Furthermore, Grim also possessed the power to intervene and intervene in most of the affairs of the various regions of Scattered Tallinn.

Seriously speaking, as long as his actions would not affect other 4th ranked witches and would not severely disrupt the order of witches in the Scattered Tower Forest, Grim would be able to extend his influence and family power throughout the Scattered Tower Forest with impunity.

"Congratulations, Elder Grim! From now on, we're family..."

Milva's pale face was full of smiles, 'sincerely' congratulating Grim.

And Grim could only smile in return.

Both of them smiled hypocritically at the same time....