Age of Adepts

The news of Alice's advancement to Level 4 had spread almost instantly throughout the Northlands!

Without knowing the inside story, the common collars were naturally jubilant and excited about the growing strength of the North....

But at some of the other witch factions, it was a bit startling, a bit surprising!

In the past, although the Fate Witch line had recovered its heritage, it still appeared to be in a treacherous situation due to the continuation of the Fate dispute, and the family was in turmoil.

However, this time, the apparently extreme Fate Blessing instantly cleared the gloom over the head of the Fate line.

Alice not only raised herself to 4th rank, but also benefited all the Fate Witches and Apprentices, allowing everyone to share in this unexpected wave of Fate Blessings.

From this moment onwards, the Fate First Department was considered to have truly risen, and a beautiful wreath of 'Fate Dependents' was added to its head!

Although the major witch factions had mixed feelings, there was still unity and friendship in plain sight that needed to be taken into account. As a result, the major factions sent a stream of congratulatory processions to the Tower of Destiny, almost blocking the road to the Dragon Bone Wilderness.

For a time, the Fate Sorceress line had gained so much momentum that it had become the most sought-after branch of witches among the Northern Territory witches!

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Crimson Wings.

The headquarters of the Crimson Family was located in the Alois region.

This is a huge city with more than a hundred thousand people, and in the middle of the city, the towering Witch Tower represents the Crimson Family's unlimited authority.

At least in the Aloise region and several surrounding areas, the Crimson Family has become a giant, expanding and expanding with a vigor that no other wizard family has.

Located on the 7th floor of the tower, Emelia was busy dealing with family affairs from all directions.

The current Crimson Family was no longer the small local power that used to live off the beaten path with only a few territories. Since a popular 4th rank sorcerer had emerged from the family, the Crimson Family's number of sorcerers and the size of its territory had been expanding.

According to incomplete statistics, at this time, the Crimson family, control a large two small three human country, large and small 172 territory, all kinds of resource points 109, 215 large, medium and small human city, as for other villages, manor, castle countless.......

With such a huge family resource, the effort and hardship required to have complete control of it in your hands can be imagined.

Usually, these mundane matters were basically handled by Gargamel, but for some time now, the family had been preparing for the lord's grand wedding feast, so Emelia had to leave the meditation room to come and support this promise for her father.

In front of the large white wooden square table stood several crimson wizards in witch robes, reporting to Emelia one by one. Some of them were pale old men with white beards, some were strong men with mighty muscles, some were sinister guys with withered bodies that resembled skeletons, and of course, there were also beautiful and feminine young women.

"...The one that was looted was the Maplewood line. The lead wizard, Beth, has been serving the family for 27 years, and there are seven wizard apprentices within the ranks. They were attacked by an unknown creature while they were sleeping at night near Maplewood Forest, directly resulting in the death of 3 Witch Apprentices."

"They were staying at the camping site with two foreign caravans, but neither of those caravans showed any signs of abnormality, except for the bass squad, which was all unconscious. Upon examination afterwards, the cause of death for all 3 Witch Apprentices was mental exhaustion, while the Bass Witch was not life-threatening, but was also in a state of mental decline..."

"Spiritual exhaustion?" Emelia couldn't help but frown, "Such attacks are rare. Have you investigated what's missing from the team?"

"It's been investigated, and the loincloth the Bess wizard was carrying has been lost, carrying several basic resources that need to be turned in at the approaching resource point."

"Was there anything special in it?"

"There! This turned in resource contains 300 grams of Stoneheart grass..."

"Stone Heart Grass?" Emelia's face turned a little ugly, "Can you identify the attacker? Did those underground creatures do it, or did some alien wizard scurry in?"

"We've tried to communicate and liaise with the Jemuri in the Underground Alliance, and the feedback is that it was a misunderstanding and they'll take care of it on their own!"

"A few of our family members died and they have the audacity to say it was a misunderstanding. These damn underground crawlers deserve to rot in that dark stone tomb... No, this can't end like this. Tell that Jemuri that if it doesn't hand over the murderer, the Crimson Family will immediately declare war with that underground alliance of theirs... Anyway, Billis has returned to the family from the Otherworld, so let him take another stroll underground!"

At the mention of Worm Witch Billis, several of the crimson witches present lowered their heads and turned pale.

Worm Witch Billis was so terrifying and ferocious that not to mention the witches outside the clan, even the witches within the family feared him like a tiger and trembled at the mention of his name.

It couldn't be helped, over the years Worm Witch Billis seemed to have exhausted his personal development potential. Ever since he had risen to Level 2 Advanced, he had also stagnated, and it was difficult to move forward by half a step anymore.

This situation was clearly unacceptable to the high-minded and proud Billis. Therefore, he also began to frantically go out exploring ancient ruins around the world as well as being invited to participate in some otherworldly expeditions, hoping to discover a means or item from these dangerous places that could change or enhance his Worm Witch bloodline.

Unfortunately, he did scrounge back quite a few exotic treasures, but there was nothing that could change his and the Worm Mother's fate!

Therefore, when he heard in the Otherworld that Grim had returned to the family, he also ran back without a second thought, constantly wanting to ask to see Grim. But unfortunately, Grim was mostly focused on recuperating his soul wounds and creating shadow demons, and had no time to take care of this former henchman.

So, these days, Worm Witch Billis seemed manic and restless, and even his Worm Army had become violent and ferocious.

In the vicinity of the Anquila Valley where Worm Witch Billis lived in seclusion, there had been a number of tragic cases of passing merchant travelers being devoured by foreign insects. If it wasn't for the Crimson Family that had single-handedly suppressed these cases in the area, the people and the Chamber of Commerce there would have been in an uproar.

Thus, when Emelia mentioned the Worm Witch Billis, several of her henchmen bowed their heads, lest they be dispatched to deal with that madman.

However, as Emelia's eyes darted around to choose the right messenger, the wooden door of the hall was pushed open, and a beautiful, enchanting middle-aged noblewoman walked in with a happy face.

It's not an outsider who can come and go freely here.

A few of the sorcerer's men hurriedly bowed and saluted, meeting this Lord Lin Demon Eva.

Forest Demon Ava didn't pay any attention to the few of them, but instead barged over to Emelia's table with a flourish.

"Eni, good news, good news... Guess what good news I've brought you this time?"

Looking at Ava, who was all excited and blushing a little, Emelia could only complain with a slight frown on her face, "Mother, I'm dealing with family politics! Why have you ventured in again..."

Although Forest Demon Ava was also an old person from the beginning of the Crimson Family's founding, her origins dictated her personality and she did not like to be constrained like a human witch. Therefore, she almost never participated in the internal politics of the family, and rarely participated in foreign wars, instead staying at the family headquarters to manage a wizard academy.

Similar to her, the Medusa Dana and the Scorpion Lion Chief Daka also belonged to the Fae Race attached to the Crimson Family, so their family status was inferior to those orthodox human sorcerers in all aspects.

Moreover, the advancement of the fae was a bit more difficult than that of the human sorcerers.

Therefore, with the continuous emergence of 2nd and 3rd ranked witches within the family, they had all successively withdrawn from the core level and could only serve as instructors or administrators at places like the Witch Academy, continuing to enjoy the offerings of the Crimson Family.

"Eni, you can't blame mother for this, after all, this is a great thing to do!" Hearing her daughter's rebuke, Forest Demon Ava also had a hint of accost, but still couldn't stop that browbeating energy.

"By the way, mother, what kind of happy event has made you so happy!" Emelia smiled bitterly helplessly.

She was well aware of her mother's temperament, and if she was allowed to stir things up so haphazardly, she might not be able to explain the reason for a matter in half a day's time, so she could only ask a single straightforward question.

"Advancing... advancing... Lord Alice is advancing!"

Hearing Forest Demon Ava's upside-down and ambiguous words, the several Crimson Witches present were stunned, almost finding it hard to believe their ears.

Alice's promotion? ...That Alice-sama seems to have originally been a 3rd rank witch......Is the promotion Ava-sama is talking about a promotion to 4th rank.......

Several people looked at me, I looked at you, and their faces were both surprised and happy, and they couldn't help but look at the magical woman Emelia at the same time.

"Go and check... Amel, you are in charge of the information, quickly go and verify this news... I need to know if this news is true or not right away!" Emelia bellowed urgently.

That young and feminine witch hurriedly responded and rushed out of the hall.

It didn't take a moment for the exact news to arrive, Alice Witch had advanced to Level 4!

Now even Emelia was going to be unable to sit still.

She was anxiously pacing the halls repeatedly, muttering under her breath.

"Sister Alice actually advanced to level 4 so quickly... I want to go congratulate her right away... I want to go congratulate her right away... Right, right, what to bring! What about a suitable gift?"

"Kinwell, you go over to Warehouse 7 and bring the pair of elf earrings that just went into storage...that style, my sister should like them..."

"Corinne, go pull up all the resources that have been turned in around the world this year, and then come with me to the Tower of Destiny..."

"Mother, call Father back quickly...I'm leaving for the Northlands!"

In a moment of panic and surprise, the entire Crimson Family was immediately busy again.