Age of Adepts

The battle that took place on the blueberry manor lake was also simultaneously projected onto the hall of the Sorcerers Association.

Numerous Sorcerers were silently observing the battle through the crystal screen.

Olivia was definitely not the strongest of the Association's elders, but with her reputation for killing witches, she had no problem squeezing into the top ten. But that legendary fire witch was able to suppress Olivia on the frontal battlefield with her own strength, even beating her to the point of vomiting blood.

Wouldn't that mean that he was already above most of the Association Elders in terms of battle prowess!

A heavy breathing was immediately heard within the association hall, and the atmosphere became abruptly dull and oppressive.

"Intervene, Horner!" Vice President Domnall's voice ghostly rang out, "We must not sit by and watch a central wizard ride on the heads of the Association's witches and abort their battles..."

Horner, who had already arrived at the Ais Mountains, immediately took a step forward, and his violent and incomparably powerful breath pressed down on the battlefield ten miles away like a mountain. The two people who were in the middle of the battlefield immediately had an obvious reaction.

Another 4th rank sorcerer had arrived?

Grim wasn't sure that he could continue fighting Olivia under the prying eyes of a 4th level wizard. So he took several flame-jumps to avoid Olivia's aura chase, quickly dodged to the edge of the lake, and summoned the Shadow Demon from the heated battle back to his side as well.

Olivia, on the other hand, had apparently struck true fire, when the duel was interrupted by one of her 'own'. This also made her furious, growling harshly at the slowly approaching bald, strong man in the distant sky.

"This is my fight... Horner, if you dare interfere in our fight, I'll be done with you..."

Looking at the sadistic witch who was already nearly insane, with flame scorch marks visible everywhere on her body, Horner, who was an alchemist witch, couldn't help but snort.

"Olivia, this is the will of all the elders of the Association! What, are you going to make an enemy of everyone?"

Olivia tilted her head up and let out an angry roar similar to that of a wounded beast, her smoky face showing a grim expression of indignation to the extreme.

"This is my fight...I didn't lose...I didn't lose...why did you bastards intervene in my fight ...I still have the Gravity Balance...I still have the Gravity Killing Array...I'll grind that guy into a pulp and defeat him once and for all... ...you...you...have stolen my victory..."

But resentment was resentment, and the battle could not continue.

While Olivia still had a fighting chance, Horner's arrival had also caused Grim to be on high alert. Now even if Olivia gave her life and credibility as a guarantee, Grim couldn't continue the battle under the watchful eye of a 4th rank wizard.

A 'evenly matched' battle came to a hasty end.

When the two combatants returned to the shore, the lake behind them was already devastated, becoming a place of death where no living creature dared to tread. The original surface of the lake was as clear and green as a huge emerald, and now there were wildfires everywhere, and everywhere you could see the burning water and the broken 'bleeding' void.

At this moment, the boundary between water and fire is not so obvious.

A lot of still-burning flames floating on the surface of the water, as if the lake water as fuel. The broken emptiness even flowed with blood-like strange dazzling light, slowly drifting with the night breeze, as if a mesmerizing illusory band of light was swimming around.......

It had to be said that the battle between the two 4th rank witches had severely affected the bit void near the giant lake, causing the bit laws here to become distorted and mutated as well.

The aftermath of their battle would also affect this space for a long time, leaving the entire Giant Lake and even the surrounding area under a kind of transmutation law. This terrifying effect could last for days or months, and when it would be eliminated would depend on how badly the war had distorted the laws of the place.

It was said that those true rule sorcerers who had crossed the 4th level threshold were able to cause a tremor in the laws of the surface with a single movement of their hands, and could completely distort or rewrite the laws of the surface in a certain area with a flip of their palms.

They can create a lava volcano in the depths of the ocean, they can build a city in the sky that will never fall from a height of ten thousand meters, they can build a beautiful garden with four seasons in the frozen land where life is extinct.......

The rules are their toys and their weapons!

They were able to use their rule power to forever rewrite the laws of a certain area's position, allowing their influence to continue for millions of years. Naturally, such terrifying power was something that a 4th rank sorcerer could never compare to!

The fundamental reason why all bitworlds would work hard to expel strong people of 4th level or higher from bitspace was that their existence had severely affected the operation of the laws of the bitworld. If they were allowed to do whatever they wanted within the bits, it would only be a matter of time before the bit system collapsed!

But for some of the strongest among the 4th rank witches, especially those guys who had mastered the laws of the profound bits, the world's will would become increasingly repulsive to them. This repulsion would reach its peak when they advanced to the 5th rank, until they were so overwhelmed that they had to 'voluntarily' withdraw from the world that did not welcome them.

So, in contrast, those 4th stage witches who were living a lucrative life in the wizard world were often guys with low potential and no possibility of advancing to 5th stage. I'm afraid that the truly strong ones had already felt the Bit World's 'dislike' for them as soon as they promoted to the 4th rank.

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The battle of the Giant Lake was not split, but Olivia's wretchedness was well known.

After a mad outburst from the torturing witch, she too angrily accepted the outcome.

The three of them returned back to the Blueberry Manor and settled down in a secret room.

Although Olivia's gaze as she had a chance to look at Grim was still filled with anger and resentment, she was much more 'peaceful' in her appearance and demeanor.

At the very least, instead of her previous arrogance and overbearing attitude, there was an extra hint of equality and respect!

A battle witch like her who had fought all the way to the top was never interested in guys who were limp and only knew how to hide behind summoning beasts or witch beasts to throw witchcraft. On the contrary, a guy like Grim who was strong in battle and had a snappy style was more to her liking.

Only after this fight, respect was respect, but the hatred between the two sides was settled.

For Olivia, the loss of face on Grim was the thing she valued most. She had always held a grudge against the fight, feeling that several of her kills had been intercepted by the wretched Horner before she could perform them.

Yet where was she to know that Grim was any different!

Focus Crystal, Fire God Pearl, Water Soul Jade... none of these things could be revealed easily, they were all killer weapons that Grim had carefully prepared for his enemies.

Against a sadistic witch who could only wound but not kill, none of these great weapons would be able to come in handy. Being able to suppress the opponent on the spot was already the best Grim could do.

After all, he had come to the Sorcerer's Association to solve problems, not to turn them into dead ends!

"And this is..." asked Grim, as soon as the party took its seat.

"I'm Horner, one of the Society's elders!" The bald, strong man Horner was downright cheerful, seemingly extremely excited about Olivia's 'outing'.

The torturing witch, on the other hand, sat with an indignant look on her face, and had a strong hatred in her eyes as she had a look at both of them.

"About the deal between me and His Excellency Olivia..." the Grim was always still most concerned about this issue.

"The battle is not complete, so naturally the deal cannot continue." Olivia's face was so dark that it could drip ink, "Unless you defeat me, I will never hand over the Light Flame God Stone!"

Grim's two heavy eyebrows stood on end, and his face became a bit harsher.

"Don't rush...don't rush!" That Horner hurriedly inserted himself into the conversation, "Before I came here, Lord Domnall had already sent word that he wanted to invite Lord Grim to the Association's headquarters for a tour. There are many wizards there who can't wait to meet Lord Grim. I don't think you will refuse!"

Although the other party's stance was lowered, the certainty and determination in his tone made Grim couldn't help but wrinkle his brows.

"Since Lord Domnall has exported his invitation, I will naturally not refuse. However, the main purpose of my visit is to..."

"Haha, Lord Grim, our Sorcerer's Association is full of talent and resources, and the District Light Flame God Stone is not something that is unique, is Your Excellency still worried about returning empty-handed since you're here?" Horner looked enthusiastic as he took the initiative to pull together.

Since the other party had spoken to such an extent, Grim would have no room to refuse.

Besides, it was a rare visit to the eastern part of the continent known as the 'Wizard's Paradise', and Grim was not willing to travel for nothing. Being able to take a trip to the association's headquarters compound would also allow him to gain a deeper understanding of the elegance of this largest wizard organization in the wizard world!

Grim stopped hesitating and finally nodded silently.

"My ride was abandoned inside the family due to my haste to get here. How about it, there's no problem with borrowing your floatplane for this trip to the Association's headquarters, right?" The target of Horner's speech this time was not Grim, but Olivia, the owner of this place.

Olivia hesitated for a moment, but she also finally nodded her head in agreement.

She circled her hands and gathered a blue glow in her palm, her lips moving in silent communication with it for a moment before she waved it away.

"Let's go, my floatplane is ready to go now!"

A moment later, a silvery-white floating airship deep in the Ais Mountains rose into the sky, the shuttle-shaped hull slightly reoriented and flew at high speed towards the southeastern region.

There was something waiting for him at the Sorcerer's Association... Grim was also a little apprehensive!