Age of Adepts

The first wave of the demonic tide finally ended.

When Clara and the others returned to the center with the aid of the teleportation array, it immediately caused a shock throughout the center.

The past Grim had the title of Legendary Fire Witch, but after all, he had never really confronted the other major powers head-on. Therefore, the success of his title was unknown to the public after all.

And this trip to the Sorcerer's Association, several major powers had pulled out a bright phase. In contrast, the central part, with the existence of Grim, the powerful sorcerer, was enough to be on par with the three major powers in every aspect.

Such a reality not only deeply encouraged the central sorcerers, but also allowed these 4th stage sorcerers to enjoy esteem and glory for the first time.

Although there were eight of them when they went and six when they came back, Arisa unfortunately died in battle and Grim's whereabouts were a mystery. However, the prestige and momentum of the entire central part of the country was lifted up, and everywhere was filled with a joyful feeling that the central part of the country was about to prosper greatly.

It was heard that Grim had fought against one of the flaming projections of that god of fire, Sinai, and then was nowhere to be found. Mary, who had been stationed at the Great Rift in Space, immediately led the men back to the Throne of Flame in a hurry.

When they arrived there, the former Flame Throne had been razed to the ground by a mysterious force, and even the original Flame Cave had crumbled into a lava lake covering an area of five to six miles.

Not only the Flame Cave, but also the surrounding Black Forest, which was once teeming with life, had now been reduced to a scorched earth. Within sight, there were steaming waves of heat and thick black columns of smoke everywhere.

Mary leaned over the bow of her flagship, the Vassailor, to see what was going on here.

In the meantime, her brows were knitted tightly and her face was pale, obviously a little unprepared for the strange happenings here.

Behind her, the dozen or so Crimson Wizards were similarly watching all of this, all silent and worried.

"Are you sure Grim is returning here?" Mary suddenly spoke coldly.

Behind her, Emelia took a step forward and calmly analyzed, "According to the Clara adults, the Lord of the House left the battlefield alone three days ago, and the time when something strange happened here was also three days ago. I questioned the wizards on duty there in Sonta City, and when the Flame Throne was in trouble they had also sent people to explore the underground, but they were forced out by the flaming breath there. It seems that..."

"Seems what?"

"It seems that the strength of the underground flame breath is so far beyond a thousand degrees that even a 3rd rank wizard trying to penetrate the lava lake to explore the situation inside is unable to do so..."

The crowd was horrified at the news.

The intensity of the flames that were just scattered around the periphery had reached a thousand degrees, so what level would the once flaming throne have reached. My lord's witch tower wouldn't have been swallowed up by the earth fire, right?

The Flame Throne was the private witch tower of the head of the family, and only Mary was able to enter and leave freely among the Crimson Wizards present. However, now that something had happened to the Flame Throne, the inner teleportation array seemed to have some kind of problem that could no longer be accessed.

Therefore, these Crimson Family members had actually lost their direct contact with Grim!

"No, I have to find out what's going on with Grim right now. You all stay here, I'll make my own way down and see." With that said, Mary was going to dive down with a flutter of her bat wings behind her.

And just then, a clear and sweet female voice suddenly came from the back.

"Sister Mary, wait a moment!"

Mary's petite body stiffened, frozen in mid-air, and slowly turned around.

One by one, the three witches walked out from within the cabin of the Vassailo.

Seeing the current young and beautiful witch, the many crimson witches present hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"Meet Lord Alice!"

The visitor was Alice, the Fate Witch leader who had left the Wizarding World some time ago, and it was followed by the Ice Maiden Xuefu and the Berserk Witch Sophia.

"We seemed to have said last time that whoever is powerful will be the sister. What, are you sure you can defeat me now?" Somehow at the sight of this Alice, Mary's mood could never be calmed. She flapped her bat wings and flew back to the deck slowly, looking at her opponent with an intent of persecution.

"Grim's whereabouts are unknown, are you going to challenge me at this time?" Alice smiled coquettishly, looking relaxed and easy-going.

Behind her, though, the way Chev and Sophia looked at Mary wasn't so friendly.

Mary's eyes were averted, and that was followed by a light chuckle.

That grumpy berserker witch Sophia held a thick wooden stick and said coldly, "What are you laughing at? Your man is dying and you can still laugh?"

Mary immediately laughed even more, gasping up and down, "You're a good scold! Don't you forget that my man is also your chief's man... Be careful if you really curse Grim to death, Alice is looking for you to fight!"

Alice's face immediately turned red at the news, and glanced at Sophia without good grace. Only then did she steady her heart and solemnly say, "Mary, you can't go down there, not with all of us present."

"What, is Grim really down there?" Mary floated over to Alice and finally withdrew her smile and asked eagerly.

"Well, he is indeed down there." Alice nodded, "I had a divination for him before I came here. He's still safe and free of life threatening doom. It's a small risk, but everything will be fine!"

"Then why didn't he come out and meet us?" Mary pursued the question.

"You know about his general condition, he's already halfway up the 5th step, but caught up in a lack of mental strength which forced him to postpone his advancement. This trip to the Association, he seems to have made another gain and has been forced into a deep sleep. This slumber will last for a long time, by the time he comes out again, I'm afraid he will be a 5th rank wizard..." For some reason, when it came to Grim's advancement, Alice's face couldn't see any joy or happiness.

On the other hand, Mary's face was also mixed with joy, as if she had remembered something difficult to decide.

The senior members of the Crimson Family did not have such worries, and all the sorcerers had a look of admiration and envy on their faces.

My lord's pace was getting faster and faster, to the point where the likes of them could no longer catch up!

Every time they thought about it, everyone looked complicated and secretly sighed, but they were also genuinely happy for the family lord.

The Crimson Family... was finally going to have a great sorcerer as well!

For the Crimson Witches, Grim's advancement to Level 5 was a great honor for the family. But for Alice and Mary, it also meant that they would be temporarily separated from Grim.

Although they had been busy with their own business in the past years, there wasn't much time for them to get together. However, at that time, they were still within the same world, so they could see each other anytime they wanted to, and they didn't have to worry about missing each other.

But once Grim did advance to Level 5, that was the moment he would get up and travel far beyond the domain!

At that time, it might not be as easy and easy for them to see each other again as it was now.

If the two women couldn't keep up with Grim, they would only be thrown further and further away from each other. At that time, they would only be left to hide in the shadows and silently admire the other party's glory, without being able to get close to him.

A thought and this, the two women previously that a trace of mustache also dissipated.

Now that she had Alice's assurance, Mary no longer insisted on going down to investigate.

The two women gathered together to briefly discuss the matter and immediately issued a series of orders.

With this lava lake as the center, a radius of fifty miles was designated as the Central Exclusion Zone, and no wizards outside of the Crimson Family would be allowed to enter. In order to ensure that Grim would not be disturbed, a floating giant ship would remain in the lava lake area all year round from now on, and the family's high-ranking sorcerers would be dispatched to sit here on a rotating basis.

Alice and Mary, on the other hand, went to various places and began to consolidate the power of witches throughout the middle.

To their surprise, although Grim didn't show up, all the 4-stages in the center didn't show any hostility or resistance to it. In particular, the six old guys who had followed Grim through a bit of a war had literally all become admirers of the legendary Fire Witch.

Even Matthew and Nicholas, who had a long-standing feud with the Crimson Family in the past, changed their previous attitudes, and were even more enthusiastic about the integration and building of the central forces.

In the end, all the Central 4 unanimously agreed to integrate the power of all the great families in the form of the Horton Witchcraft Academy to form the fourth largest witch organization in the witch world. Furthermore, this Horton Witchcraft Academy was an open witchcraft organization that did not restrict the geographical and racial identity of those who joined.

As a result, I'm afraid that even many witches and apprentices within the territories of the three major organizations would be eager to join it.

But it wouldn't be easy to get an event like this right in one fell swoop!

Regarding the Horton Witchcraft Academy's faculty setup, division of disciplines, appointment of professors, deployment of personnel, construction of resource points, laboratory preparations, distribution of internal interests... too many trivial chores, a single head fell on Mary, Alice and a group of Crimson Wizards.

The central past was known as the Scattered Tallinn, which meant that each of the great families had their own immediate interests and family ruling patterns in each territory.

Now, they were required to cede a portion of their family territories, witch towers and resource points, and then take proper care of their family interests within the organization... Such huge and nuanced interest negotiations simply couldn't be concluded in one or two rounds.

All the Crimson Family executives were shuttling day and night between the major 4th Order powers, negotiating, compromising, and making behind-the-scenes deals...everyone was so busy that they poured their heart and soul into the establishment of this 4th major organization.

Finally, after five years of planning and preparation, the negotiations between all the 4th Order powers came to an end. The Crimson Family began to file a complaint against the three major witch organizations, declaring that the Horton Witchcraft Academy in the middle of the continent had officially become the 4th largest witch organization in the witch world.

And the date of establishment was set on November 5th in the year 33072 of the Wizarding calendar.