Age of Adepts

Grim had now become a veritable king of the central region.

Therefore, when he gave the order, it only took a day's work for all the 4th level witches in the entire central region to converge at the Alden Family Witch Tower, waiting for his summons.

Even Ashton, who was still fighting bloodshed against the invaders in the secondary plane yesterday, arrived at the Great Rift in Space via two successive jumps through the bit teleportation array. From this, it could also be seen that Grim's terrifying awe had left an indelible impression in the hearts of the central crowd.

After the magic tide erupted, everyone was busy with the defense of their own family territories and secondary planes, and there was little time and opportunity to gather together. Therefore, using this occasion, the few familiar sorcerers who had arrived in the early stages held small meetings, exchanging information with each other in advance about the information they possessed.

It had to be said that it was good to have the shade at your back!

The sudden appearance of a strong sorcerer like Grim in the middle of the continent has, to a certain extent, reversed the old and deep-rooted belief that sorcerers in the middle of the country are generally weak. The roar that Grim made to the world when he was born had a direct impact on the current situation in Central China.

Grim was able to repel the Abyss's attack and reseal the Great Space Rift with his own strength. He also shocked the forest kings with his overbearing posture, resulting in the absence of the top demons in the recent beast tides.

Although the raging beast tide had also brought terrible calamities and ongoing turmoil to many territories, as long as it wasn't fueled by the top-tier demons, calamities were just calamities, and they hadn't developed to the point of disaster!

The three southern counties and the five northern territories had all been hit by the beast tide to varying degrees, but on the whole it was still within a manageable level of harm and had not expanded into a huge disaster that spread throughout the central part of the country.

This situation was already far better than everyone's previous predictions!

Thus, in effect, the people were no longer as resistant and opposed to Grim's powerful position as they had been earlier.

The Sorcerer World was originally a power-driven, spell-casting civilization where the strongest were respected. The many central wizards were just used to being a tiger in the door in the past, which made them forget the core elements of the wizard civilization.

Faced with a legendary fire witch who had risen strong, they could only adapt and obey, unable to fight against it at all. This had been wiped from the public's eyes through the blood of certain individuals.

The center had been conforming to the old ways for too long, and the internal power pattern was even more closed and rigid, not at all adapting to the needs of the new situation. Therefore, this magic tide was a test and a good opportunity for a major reshuffle.

The unsuitable wizard families of the past will slowly decline, and some new wizard families will be reborn on their corpses. The one who controlled the rise and fall of this family was undoubtedly the Crimson Family with the strongest power.

Therefore, as Grim created miracle after miracle, building splendor after splendor, the crowd finally accepted his existence from within, and in effect acknowledged the Crimson Family's supremacy.

Thus, when Grim gave the order, even though the family was in a constant state of war and crisis, they all arrived here without any hesitation, excluding all difficulties.

All the other wizard families were in pretty good shape, but only the two sub-domains under Ashton were in trouble. One erupted into a riot by the local natives, and the other was invaded by creatures from a different dimension, and although things were different, they both disturbed him so much that he had to rush there to sit down himself.

In the secondary plane suddenly received a notice of a meeting from inside the family, Ashton, despite millions of reluctance, had no choice but to hand over the command to his deputy. And he himself returned to the family territory through the bit transmission array before using the public transmission network to come to the Alden family witch tower.

The bitter battle of the different plane coupled with the jolting pain of the inter-dimensional teleportation made Ashton a little dizzy the moment he teleported over.

However, the powerful mental energy of a 4th rank wizard allowed him to quickly stabilize his mind, which was why he stepped out of the teleportation formation with a solemn face.

Several of the Alden Family's witches were already waiting here and hurriedly bowed to him.

"They've all arrived? Is Clara here too?" Once out of the teleportation array, Ashton couldn't help but ask questions.

He was acquainted with Clara, and naturally he wanted to meet her first to find out more about the purpose of the gathering.

"All the adults have arrived, and you are the last one to arrive!" A middle-aged male wizard dressed in a black robe with a somewhat waxen complexion greeted him, whispering the latest situation.

These bastards...usually oppose this and that one by one, but now they're all running away so fast...hmph!

Ashton scribbled in his heart, he planned to start off in search of the Clara Witch.

But before he could leave the teleportation hall, a young male witch with a handsome face and the emblem of the Maker's Association pinned to his chest stopped him.

"Lord Ashton, please stay!"

A 3rd Order Wizard of the Association? Why would a guy like that be inside Andrews' family witch tower?

With a touch of doubt, Ashton stopped in his tracks and coldly surveyed the other party.

All along, the Sorcerer's Association had acted too strong and overbearing, and the relationship with the Central Sorcerers could not be very cordial.

"My lord, please excuse us for a moment." Guiding Ashton away from the teleportation hall, turning down two corridors and stopping at a secluded corner, the young male wizard hurriedly introduced, "My name is Jermaine, from the Witchcraft Association, and I greet you on behalf of Lord Domnall."

"Domnall..." chimed in Ashton, "What did he send you for?"

He knew that Domnall was one of the most core people in charge of the Sorcerer's Association, and his identity was even more special, most likely a billet of a real lord. Naturally, Ashton knew a thing or two about such a hidden secret.

"My lord has just arrived here and may not know it yet. That Lord Grim has summoned you for a meeting in order to send someone to aid our Sorcerer's Association..." the Jermaine Wizard explained with a smile.

"To aid your association? Are you kidding me?" Ashton immediately stared at him, "The Association is so powerful, what is it that we need to get our hands on in the middle?"

That Jermaine male witch sighed inwardly and could only repeat in a low voice everything that had happened in the Murky Valley again. To be honest, in this less than a day's work, he had already repeated the same words a dozen times.

Murky Abyss Valley... Calamity invasion... Alienated beast tide... Situation collapse....

Silently listening to the other party's description with a sideways ear, Ashton had a gleeful smile on his face. These days, he was so caught up in the war between the two sub-dimensions all day long that he had no time to care about matters outside of his family.

Now, it seemed that the Witchcraft Association side was also a terrible mess.

For some reason, all the Central Wizards seemed to have such an expression on their faces when they heard this news. That Jermaine male witch had already seen this!

"Lord Ashton, our association is currently in dire need of central assistance. If you can push for an aid plan at the meeting, our association would be willing to..." at this point, Jermaine's male witch's voice dropped abruptly and he communicated with it in the secret language of witchcraft instead.

The two bargained fiercely in that secluded place.

After a full quarter of an hour, the two sides still hadn't reached an agreement, and the Jermaine wizard was full of embarrassment and hesitation, as if there was something he couldn't decide on.

He listened sideways for a moment and said, "Are you still undecided? Clara has informed me of the meeting, and I won't be agreeing to any more of your terms if I miss this opportunity..."

"Well, then everything is as you wish!" The Jermaine Wizard gritted his teeth and said, "The thing you want, I'll order it to be sent to your family. A meeting, that will all depend on your lord's support for a moment or two!"

Ashton nodded his head in satisfaction.

Since the outbreak of the Demon Tide, this matter today was the only thing he felt happy and satisfied about. Although the crisis of the secondary plane could not be resolved, to have this material, it was a pleasant compensation.

...........

The meeting place of the Middle Wizards was naturally still before the Great Space Rift.

Grim condensed a huge cloud of fire and floated in his chest position, which also saved both sides the trouble of shouting loudly.

Mary and the others were also summoned back halfway through their hunt for the 4th rank demon.

In a short span of half a month, of the three demons that escaped, the 6-Armed Serpent Demon had been captured by Mary and imprisoned inside the Vassailor. The high level Infernal Demon was killed by many witches, and then skinned and drained to become a large pile of 4th level demonic materials.

As for the only remaining Quasar Demon, he had escaped into the Black Forest, and it might take a little more effort to track him down.

But this way, the middle of the continent was considered to be tentatively settled.

As long as you have people guarding the great rift behind the seal, the first wave of the demonic tide on the central part of the continent will also be safely passed.

Although your 4th rank Sorcerer Families are still in a mess, there is no tragedy of any territories being attacked and affiliated mortal kingdoms being massacred.

This is already considered a blessing in disguise!

Naturally, this was the work of the legendary Fire Witch with a great reputation.

Grim gathered everyone together, looked around the room, and said calmly, "The reason we've gathered everyone is for a big, difficult decision. Andrews, you bring in that Jermaine and let him give us another briefing!"

Soon, that Jermaine wizard hurried over, as if he had never discussed and secretly conferred with the crowd before, carefully recounting the purpose of the trip again.

And at the end, Andrews also took out the parchment and urged the runes inside to play the recorded war projection again.

All were horrified!

Honestly, it was one thing to stay in the warm and safe chamber to discuss secret discussions, but when they actually saw the tragic and bloody scene on the battlefield, all the witches couldn't help but falter and retreat a bit.

The battle there seemed a bit beyond the scope of an ordinary bit invasion!