Age of Adepts

Clearly, the crossing of the flame throne has also dramatically changed the dynamics of this black forest.

The deepest feeling is that of the inhabitants of Pineta Town, 300 miles away.

Once upon a time, they lived under the shadow of monsters, a small town on the edge of a human colony. Whenever a massive wave of beasts erupts in the Black Forest, they can only desperately turn to the nearest town of Baldan, where there is a high tower of wizards.

Families of wizards with partial interests in the town of Songta will also dispatch family wizards and apprentices in a timely manner to help the inhabitants of the town withstand the impact of the tide of beasts. But this help is limited, after all, and these foreign wizards and apprentices will never coexist with the town once the peril it faces exceeds expectations.

So since its inception, the town of Songta has had two tragedies that have been broken down by migratory herds. And after every tragedy, a new group of immigrants are drawn here by the wizards.

So this is a horrible place to love and hate!

But now, as a mysterious witch tower emerges in the black forest, this mountainous forest suddenly becomes unprecedented tranquillity and coolness.

The monsters that used to ravage the mountain forests have disappeared, and even the large jungle beasts and ferocious birds have declined dramatically. Successive mercenary adventure teams dared to penetrate the Black Forest for almost two or three hundred miles, but found no trace of the monsters.

Some of the known monster lairs have been abandoned, and places that used to be regarded as jedi and dead have become safe places to go. These adventurous mercenaries began to explore a cave and cave, searching for a lair abandoned by monsters.

At one point, the mercenaries in the town of Songta became more active than ever, and every adventure was filled with returns, bringing back tremendous gains. And the wizard apprentices with simple waistbags became fragrant, and they existed in the team, bringing back more and bigger trophies every time they explored the abandoned monster lair.

At first, they didn't know how it all happened. But as the footprints of some of the mercenary squads extended to the location of the former sick woods, they had the privilege of visiting the apprentice of the witch tower, where forest order was being maintained, before they knew that a 'great’ witch tower had been erected at the base of the sick woods.

It was no longer called Sick Wood, but became a flame cavern. As for deep in the Flame Cavern, that's where the 'Great’ Flame Throne Witch Tower lies!

As soon as the news returned to the town of Pineta, it immediately produced a huge sensational effect.

Not only did the residents of the town become ecstatic, but even the wizard apprentices who had tried it around the town appeared to be ecstatic.

Out of curiosity about this mysterious witch tower, several apprentices from the family of witches stationed here rushed to the Flame Cave and then visited the Flame Throne.

According to the general laws of the Wizard Continent, they also had the privilege of staying in the Witch Tower for one night and were exposed to apprentices in the Witch Tower. They thus learned that the Fire Throne belonged to the private witch tower of the Grim Wizard of the Sarubo family.

Sarubo Clan? As if it had been heard, it was a modest middle class in the middle of the continent.

Grim? I'm sorry, but the name looks very strange!

Grim's Fire Demon title is actually a little loud in several areas around Federnand, a little further away, and many wizard families have not even heard of it.

But the speed at which the information of the wizard realm spreads is astonishing!

When the apprentices returned to their families what they had heard, the rumors about the fireman soon became familiar.

A newly promoted wizard resisted a strong enemy and killed an old brand wizard in a one-to-two situation… Later, in a family conflict, a powerful killer of elite blood wizards…

As soon as these rumors are discovered, they immediately attract the interest and attention of a number of wizard families.

This... this is a powerful wizard rising up!

So more sorcerer apprentices poured into the town of Pine Tower and turned to that mysterious witch tower, the Flame Throne.

According to the general law of the Wizard Continent, most of the wizard towers actually adhere to the principle of public disclosure, except that the towers in very specific regions are completely closed. Each tower opens a specific area for short breaks and replenishments for wizards and apprentices travelling.

And this, too, is one of the means for the Witch Tower to earn the Crystal!

Of course, only wizards and apprentices can enter the tower to rest and provide supplies, and ordinary adventurers and mercenaries can only travel through acquainted apprentices if they want to buy enchanted objects. Therefore, the prosperity of the witch tower has also disguised itself as an apprentice circle, allowing these marginalized people to form a peripheral market around the witch tower.

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Billis is a wandering sorcerer apprentice.

Because of his poor talent, he is 35 years old and still a junior apprentice. And he mastered witchcraft even more pathetic than two, probing and weak light.

The former is not a strange sorcery of divination, but a simple sorcery that examines whether food is poisonous and what the effects of an object are. As for the latter, it creates a slightly dim area of light around the operator, reducing the enemy's sight.

Yes, neither is attacking witchcraft, nor defensive witchcraft, but… an auxiliary type of low-order witchcraft.

It is precisely for this reason that Billis' family is an ordinary aristocratic family that clearly cannot stand the fact that he continues to deplete the family's resources without offering any reward to the family. So three years ago, the family cut off his resources and financial support, and Billis unfortunately left the witch tower where he lived and studied for 27 years, becoming a wandering witch apprentice.

Of course, if he was willing to return to his family and had the opportunity to become a chamberlord of commerce or a local nobleman, Billis, who had made up his mind to dedicate himself to the cause of wizards, still dreamed that one day he would become a great wizard.

He would therefore prefer to wander and practice in various areas rather than return to his family to make a behaved puppet.

When he accidentally traveled to the Elovis area, he heard that a new tower of wizards had emerged here in the town of Songta. Embracing the simple idea that they might recruit some foreign apprentices, Billis immediately changed his itinerary and headed straight for the legendary Fire Throne.

Once the town of Pineta had become so lively that adventurers and mercenaries with swords on their backs were everywhere, seeing the apprenticeship robe on Billis, they came all excited to recruit him.

At this time, the town of Pinta, even if it is a bad sorcerer apprentice, with a wizard's waistbag, can lead countless teams to solicit. After all, the opening and storage of the wizard's lumbar bag requires a certain amount of mental power, which ordinary warriors cannot use at all, and can only be done by apprentices who have mastered a certain element of strength.

So the adventure team out there wants to bring back more spoils of war, and the Wizard Apprentice has to be recruited.

Unfortunately, Billis had other plans, so he didn't hesitate to decline all invitations. After hiring a familiar guide locally, Billis also made it through 300 miles of lush forest to the rumored entrance to the Flame Cave.

In fact, Billis was shocked by the noise and noise of the flame cavern before it approached the mess pile.

Twenty miles from the finish line, Billis has encountered a number of small teams on their way to Flame Cave. Their teams are either large or small, with more than a dozen hunting teams and less than three or four expedition teams. And like Billis, there's no other team but him and the guide.

The further forward we go, the more mercenaries Billis encounters. They either carry huge prey or carry huge blood-dyed backpacks, and a huge, exciting walk through the dense, elusive black forest.

After many teams meet, they will shout and greet each other, asking from time to time ‘how did you get today' and 'where did you discover a hidden den den' … and other strange questions.

As they crossed the jungle together into a huge woodland space, Billis was completely stunned by what he saw and heard.

This is Black Forest!

This is a dangerous area almost 300 miles deep into the Black Forest!

But in front of Billis, in this vast open forest space, a row of bare wooden houses and simple tents were erected in a skewed manner. Three hundred or four hundred, the mercenary adventurers dressed in different outfits wandered freely in this temporary camp, everywhere you can see the stalls for the purchase of live animals and animal fur, everywhere you can see the guys in apprenticeship robes bargaining with the mercenaries...

Here… has become a temporary camp for mercenary adventurers to explore the surrounding area's bridgehead fortifications and supplies. And as camp managers, these are the sorcerer apprentices who came out of the Fire Throne.

Around the corner of the camp, in a huge wooden cage tied with large logs, dozens of large jungle beasts, including iron claws, razor boars and fierce apes.

And in Billis' attention, a number of mercenaries were rushing there with beasts tied up with flowers, handing them over to a wizard apprentice in a green robe who manages the beast fence, and then picking up a small bag of cloth from him.

“Your Honor, the Flame Cavern has arrived!” The guide who leads the way is an honest villager, looking at Billis with pleasure.

Billis figured out a little cloth bag from his waistbag and threw it at each other.

50 Gold Coins!

If we put it in the past, even if Billis pulled out more gold coins, or even magic crystals, it would be impossible for these men, who have no fighting power, to go into the black forest. But now, with the emergence of the Fire Throne Witch Tower, this black forest has become a very safe backyard where most adventurers can safely walk, explore and hunt.

After sending the walking guide, Billis mustered courage and quickly walked to the huge hole in the middle of the camp. Even two or three hundred meters away, Billis can feel the intense fire element coming from the surface.

Flame Throne, I'm coming!