Age of Adepts

One family two 4th rank.

If you counted that Alice, it would mean that the Crimson Family had three 4th rank sitting at the same time.

This... the condition of it, the more one pondered and tasted it, the deeper the chill in one's heart became.

For ordinary sorcerers, of course the more 4th rank sorcerers that appeared in the middle of the continent, the better. In this way, the weight of the entire Scatterland Tallinn would be increased, and their status and voice in the wizard world would also increase.

But to those old rank 4 witches, two or three huddled rank 4 witches were an obvious and huge 'threat'!

For a long time, the Scattered Earth Tallinn Association had been nothing more than a loose organization of witches, only responsible for coordinating relations between the various 4th Order forces. However, it lacked the proper binding force on those old 4th rank witches, and could only explicitly restrain everyone from falling into internal slaughter and vicious competition.

One of the main reasons why this was the case was that the 4-stage witches in the middle of the continent were all independent of each other. Even if some of the shamans are close, they are only limited to simple daily communication, or invited out to explore some ancient ruins every now and then.

But when it comes to dangerous situations, the Central Continent Shamans are still individuals looking out for each other, and there is never a situation where they would sacrifice themselves for others and be of one mind!

But now with the emergence of two 4th level Crimson Family members, and two of the most skilled battle sorcerers in the world at killing, a stable and sturdy core circle with strong execution has inadvertently emerged.

How will this core circle develop?

Whether to unite and coalesce the disorganized middle of the continent to form a large force similar to the three great wizard organizations, or to continue with the current situation where each of them was working and developing separately.

That was what those who had an interest in the matter were most skeptical and concerned about!

There was a time when Freed, as the President of the Scattered Earth Talyn Association, had also had the ambition to unite the entire middle of the continent and establish the fourth largest power. To that end, he had done everything in his power to bring in Vice President Milva, and built the existing Scattered Tallinn Association with the two of them at its core.

In addition to this, he maintained a good personal friendship with the other sorcerers within the association as well.

It was because of the existence of this relationship that also allowed him to hold the core power of the Scattered Tallinn Association for hundreds of years.

But now, another core circle had emerged.

Will the two cores be compatible with each other, or will they descend into madness and internal strife from here on out?

Not to mention outsiders, I'm afraid that even these parties involved would have a hard time projecting the future trend of the Scattered Earth Tallinn.

But hidden worries were only hidden worries after all.

Mary was a Central Witch, and her success in advancing to Level 4 would be super good news for the Tallinn of Sandi. Therefore, without hesitation, the vice president of the Scattered Tallinn Association once again arrived at the Crimson Family and handed over an Elder Power Ring to Mary.

The Crimson Family also quickly gained fame and prestige due to having two rank 4 witches at the same time, immediately jumping to become the most sought-after top-tier witch family in the middle of the continent.

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Scattered Tallinn, House Sarupo Residency.

Ferdinand City.

Amm, dressed in a black robe and carrying a copy of the Book of Sorcerers in his arms, slowly walked through the dim and quiet corridor towards the Hall of Learning.

There were only a total of seven sorcerers stationed inside the family residence, and they were usually busy with their own work, and if it was anyone's turn to teach public lessons to the apprentices, they would also come and go in a hurry, rarely stopping outside the living and experimental areas.

Therefore, it was so difficult to come across a living person even during daylight hours inside the wizarding area of the family residence.

However, once you came out from inside the wizard area, the popularity and liveliness increased significantly.

It was almost time for the open class, and there was an endless stream of people bustling with apprentices hurrying to the Hall of Learning with books in their arms. When they saw Amb's trademark black witch's robe, they all looked astonished, then hastily ducked to the side of the road and bowed slightly in respect to him.

Amb simply ignored the respect of these apprentices and walked forward on his own with a solemn look.

Today it was his turn to teach the open class, and the twice monthly open class could bring him three hundred magic crystals as family benefits. This was one of only a few ways for a family sorcerer to gain income from magic crystals.

Of course, if he was willing to station himself at a family resource point, this family benefit would be doubled. He could even earn some free witch resources if it worked well.

For an academy sorcerer like him, who didn't dare to explore the Black Forest himself, this little bit of resources and magic crystals were also the only barrier that supported him to continue on his path as a sorcerer.

Unfortunately, due to some known reasons, Wizard Amb didn't dare to take a single step outside the family residence.

As a result, the resources and magic crystals he had acquired were also the worst among the family's peer sorcerers!

But that wasn't the point he was most upset about.

What made him feel the most uncomfortable was the 'damn' news that came from far away from time to time.

The Crimson Family had occupied the XXX territory....

Crimson Family XXX has been promoted to Wizard....

The Crimson Family's sphere of influence has expanded to XXX....

The Crimson defeated the XXX family....

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Like a lingering midnight nightmare, that Crimson Family appeared to be extremely active, creating an even more vigorous and frightening topic almost every now and then, keeping its name alive forever.

And as a family sorcerer who had 'abandoned the darkness to the light' and switched from the Crimson Family, Ammu was naturally extraordinarily sensitive to and concerned about this information and intelligence.

When the Crimson Family was under siege by several sorcerer families, his fellow sorcerers all congratulated him and praised his decision to escape from the sea of misery early.

But when the news of the Crimson Family's victory came, the companions were silent.

In particular, that fearsome Grim had powerfully crushed Lord Sanaza in a tournament. This also caused the latter to suffer a great mental shock, and after returning to the family after the battle, he hid in his own residence never to be seen again.

And when the Crimson Family rose to power and became a highly regarded 4th rank power, a dreary and depressing atmosphere enveloped Amb even more, making his every move subject to the criticism of those who had an interest in him.

In private, Amm had also secretly gathered internal information about the Crimson Family.

However, when he learned that the gentle and shy Meryl had become a Red Dragon Sorceress, and was now at the peak of the 2nd rank, with a high possibility of advancing to the 3rd rank, Ammu lost control and destroyed everything he could in his residence.

Meryl...Meryl....

It was that little girl with freckles on her cheeks who didn't even dare to speak loudly when she saw her companions... and he... and he, a former Grim disciple, was now just a 1st rank mid-level wizard....

The huge difference in power between the two, the disparate status of the two, whichever one of them would deeply pierce Amm's heart that thought it had long since calmed down.

Amm had more than once hid inside his residence, shouting, crying and laughing....

He knew very well that out of the five prospective witch students who had once followed Grim's side, only he and Meryl had managed to advance to the rank of witch. And between him and Meryl, he was the only one who possessed the same fire elemental affinity and was the one most likely to inherit Grim's mantle.

Even if at the very worst, he was still following Grim's side, he could at least be on par with that Meryl, becoming a powerful wizard who was in the limelight, a superior person that many wizard clan leaders would respect even when they saw him!

However, it all became a blur with that 'misstep'.

Now he had become an enemy of the Crimson Family and a joke within the Sarubo Family!

This caused additional mental torment and stress to Amm, who was determined to become stronger.

Had he thought freely more than once, if... if he hadn't betrayed that Grim, if he hadn't been coerced by the Vogan Wizard to become a traitor within the Crimson Family, then at this moment he must still be enjoying the infinite glory added within the Crimson Family, enjoying the resources of the Wizard rolling in, as well as the innumerable magic crystals....

Not to mention, just the identity of Grim's personal disciple alone would allow him to naturally enter the core circle of the Crimson Family, enjoying a status and power far beyond that of Meryl, the Red Dragon Witch .

Even Meryl, that weak dish, could advance to the pinnacle of the 2nd stage, then the witch's talent was better himself, he might have advanced to the 3rd stage by now, becoming a bit powerhouse worshipped by thousands of witches....

At the thought of the scenes of glamour and intention, Amm's insides were agitated and furious... Every midnight hour, he needed to stab himself in the thigh with a steel pin madly to free himself from the immense loss and overwhelming remorse.

However, the madness and disorientation in private must not show a single bit of it.

Even within the family, he had his own competitors and enemies. If he showed his dissatisfaction with the family, God knows what kind of punishment and admonishment he would receive from the family hierarchy.

When he was at his wits' end, he had also madly abused the female apprentices under him. Even fearing that his dream words would be spread by it, he had to use covert means to 'dispose' of it.

And ever since then, the female apprentices within the family feared him like a tiger, and no one dared to get close to him easily anymore!

One more turn ahead was about to reach the main entrance of the Hall of Learning, and Amu Ug heard some chaotic voices coming from the corridor as he silently and quietly moved forward.

"Big news... big news... have you heard that that Crimson Family has produced another 4th rank sorcerer..."

"What..."

"How is this possible..."

"You really think a 4th level wizard is a blueberry weed that just pops up at random... Che!"

"Really really...that's what I just heard from the family trust tower..."

The male apprentice who was widely questioned was short and fat, his face reddened in his haste, and he gestured as he shouted, looking indignant at everyone's questioning.

However, his hissing did not earn him the gathering and questioning of his companions, and everyone paled and took a step back, lowering their heads and stealing glances behind him with the corners of their eyes.

The chunky apprentice snapped back and saw the same pale, hostile, hawk-like Ammu wizard.

"Say, who has advanced to the 4th rank again?"

The Ammu Witch's voice was cold and harsh, living like a bone-chilling current blowing out from inside the abyss, making even that chunky apprentice unable to help but shiver with excitement.

"It's... it's... it's that vampire witch... the Mary Witch..."

With a bang, the Book of Sorcerers, which was held tightly in the hands of the Ammu Wizard, fell to the ground above....