Chapter 745
Why did you agree to her conditions? Do you not find so many things odd about this matter?”
Alice impatiently rushed to Greem once the middle-aged witch had left and asked.
Greem was momentarily stunned.
“Was…was it not you who had me agree?”
“When did I tell you to do that? I’ve been telling you not to sign the contract, and you kept saying you were confident.”
Both of them were talking on their own, and they suddenly fell silent in the middle of their argument.
“I think I might know which branch this witch came from!” Alice spat out resentfully, gritting her teeth as she did so.
“The Deceit Witches.” Greem’s mind was very fast as well. He quickly found the core of the problem after reviewing the various abilities of the different witch branches in his mind.
Greem’s eyes were opened wide, and he took quite a while before he finally exhaled.
Damn! These Deceit Witches were way too good at their Deceit magic! To think they could disguise themselves as a Fourth Grade witch without betraying a single flaw in their facade. Greem still felt it unbelievable even as he recalled the scene now!
It seemed his establishment of the clan’s framework in the Fate Witches’ territory had still crossed a line in the Northern Witches’ book. When he selflessly helped Alice back in Faen Plane, the Northern Witches could still turn a blind eye and pretend that Greem was a male adept that Alice was manipulating in the palm of her hand.
Yet now, Greem’s Crimson Clan had brazenly started to recruit civilians in the home territory of the Northern Witches and had planted his banner on their land. That undoubtedly invited the dissatisfaction of many of the witch leaders, making them feel as if this was a foreign male adept’s influence seeping into witch territory.
That was why these witch leaders would drag Greem into this conspiracy out of nowhere and feed him metaphorical poison. Meanwhile, Greem had no choice but to grit his teeth and silently swallow this bitter pill, even though he knew what was happening.
Everyone knew how vital one hundred years of time was to a Second Grade adept. Even with Greem’s exceptional talent and terrifying advancement speed, stagnating for one or two hundred years would ruin his life!
“I’m sorry.” Alice’s eyes turned red as tears started to fall.
In the end, this matter was uninvited trouble that Greem had to endure due to Alice. It was only natural that Alice was so upset and resentful about the situation!
“Don’t be in such a hurry to sob and give up!” Greem quickly returned to his usual composure after a brief fit of anger, “Tell me first, is there still any way to break ourselves out of the current situation?”
Alice looked at Greem in surprise. She saw the calm and collected light reflecting from his black eyes. It was only now that she realized that Greem had not been beaten down by this accident and was still calmly thinking of a way to solve the problem and retaliate.
It was a trait that all individuals destined for greatness had to possess!
Secretly impressed by Greem’s calm state of mind, Alice wiped away the tears in the corners of her eyes and started to calm herself down to think for Greem’s sake.
Half a moment later…
“I have completely sorted out the cause and effects of the situation. There are only three paths that lie ahead of us.
“One is to do nothing and simply wait until the effects of the contract wear off. I’ve done some divination, and this magical contract can probably hold you back for approximately one hundred and thirty-nine years. Once the contract loses effect, you will still have over a ninety percent chance to advance to Third Grade before your life force runs out, given your potential.”
Greem shook his head slightly, and Alice could only continue her analysis.
“The second choice is to find a way to force that Deceit Witch to abandon this magical contract willingly.”
Greem shut his eyes and mulled over it for a long while before finally shaking his head with much difficulty.
Since the opponent had come prepared, they had probably taken precautions against such measures. Abducting a Second Grade Deceit Witch in the Northern Witches’ territory was practically impossible, even with Alice’s complete cooperation. Greem could only grit his teeth and give up on the option!
“Then only the last option is left! Find a way to kill that Second Grade Fire Lord. Once he dies, the magical contract would be largely completed. The remaining effects of the contract will not be enough to seal the improvement of your power.” Alice decisively brought up the last deadly path.
It might seem like the most simple of all the paths, but it was actually the most dangerous of the three!
Since the opponent obviously didn’t want Greem completing this contract, there was no guarantee that they wouldn’t have something planned for the encounter with the Fire Lord.
Given that case, Greem could no longer treat the Second Grade Fire Lord as a mere Second Grade Fire Lord when assessing his strength. Perhaps Greem would travel to the given planar coordinates, only to arrive in front of the terrifying and endless fire elementium army of the Fire Lord.
Still, in the end, a Fire Lord was a Fire Lord. At the very best, he was only a somewhat stronger fire elementium creature. How intelligent could he possibly be?
Greem gritted his teeth and said determinedly, “The third option it is then. I will kill that Fire Lord.”