Chapter 855 - War of the Witches
Chapter 855 War of the Witches
A war between the Northern Witch branches was entirely different from wars in the center region.
In the Zhentarim region, any war started between two adept clans would bring about tremendous devastation and carnage. The utter destruction of an adept clan was easily one of the starting conditions for the war to conclude.
The defeated would be vanquished, and the victor would take all!
Defeated adept clans would be pulled out by the roots as their very name was wiped out of existence.
Meanwhile, the victors would devour all that belonged to their enemy, taking over new territories and resource sites while imprisoning and enslaving the adepts and apprentices of their enemy. They would grow strong and fast from the corpse of their defeated foe.
On the other hand, the Northern Witches had stringent rules for war between themselves.
No slaughtering of civilians, no destruction of resource sites, and even more so, no killing of the opponent’s adepts and apprentices. With such strict conditions about war, any party that failed to restrain the scope of battle and disrupted the local civilians or any other witch faction would be instantly be judged as the loser.
Moreover, Vicious Fireball was an instant-cast spell in his hands.
With his current thirty-six points of Spirit, he only needed a single point of Spirit to fire a Vicious Fireball; Greem could simultaneously shoot thirty-six Vicious Fireballs.
Apart from those monstrously powerful existences, there were almost no adepts among the Third Grades who could withstand the bombardment of thirty-six Vicious Fireballs. Even the Third Grade Adept Sanazar of the Sarubo Clan could be blasted to death by the Vicious Fireballs if she didn’t transform into her dragon form.
However, if Sanazar did manage to transform into the Flying Venom Dragon, her exceptional magic resistance and poisonous nature would render Greem’s spells largely ineffective. After all, the fire poison in the Vicious Fireballs would be completely useless. Even the effect of the Coldflame would be greatly discounted.
In an all-out battle, Greem’s chance of defeat and death would be over seventy percent if Sanazar managed to break through his bombardment and reach his side. However, if Greem could maintain a distance of one to two hundred meters for an extended period and attack Sanazar with long-ranged spells, his chance of victory would be eighty percent.
Of course, such percentages were established upon the assumption that the opponent wouldn’t run.
With Greem’s current mastery over his magical powers, he had no method of preventing the enemy from leaving should they decide to turn and flee!
Thus, the second enhancement task that Greem gave the Chip after the Vicious Fireball was the Lava Shield.
One offense and one defense.
Vicious Fireball was basically enough for an offense. Meanwhile, Greem required suitable protection if he wanted his defense to reach the standard of Third Grade. After some thought, Greem decided that the Lava Shield possessed the two critical traits of elementium and physical protection, and was far more sturdy compared to the Inferno Shield.
All these factors led Greem to decide on the Lava Shield as the first defensive spell to strengthen!
It was important to note that even the Third Grade Adept Sanazar possessed the mid-ranged ability to spit poison after transforming into a flying venom dragon. Without a suitable Third Grade defensive spell, Greem would be a glass cannon, shattering into pieces with a single touch.
Even with his current twenty-two points of Physique, he wasn’t well-protected enough. That level of Physique had to be paired with a strong defensive spell to maximize the protection he would get. Thus, after obtaining a means of offense, the one thing that Greem needed the most was a Third Grade defensive spell that matched his grade and attributes!
[Beep. Spell improvement task received. Original spell model is the Second Grade Lava Shield. Prerequisite knowledge conditions are satisfied. Estimated time required: 48 days, 22 hours, 37 minutes, 54 seconds.]
Greem couldn’t help but let out a long sigh after hearing the Chip’s feedback.
The complexity of magical system knowledge had reached a new level since he became Third Grade.
Now, even improving a Second Grade spell easily took up over a month of time. Greem would probably need a minimum of ten years if he wanted to turn all the Second Grade spells he knew into new Third Grade spells.
Time was no longer as urgent for high-grade adepts as it was for low-grade adepts.
With the lifespan of a Third Grade adept, Greem had hundreds of years worth of time to while away. Some adepts with less willpower were very likely to become entranced with a life of ease and enjoyment, ultimately forgetting their origins as adepts.
However, Greem clearly wouldn’t be such an individual.
After just a few days of rest in his room, Greem threw his entire body and mind into new magical experiments!