Chapter 449
Chapter 449 Chaos and Commotion
The Stone Tower.
Adept Greem had already been gone for over ten hours. Everyone was concerned and anxious.
Even though the wind dragon that Greem had summoned before he left was a boost in confidence, rumors still started to spread when he had yet to return after such a long time.
“Adept Greem must have run away,” A slightly fatter advanced apprentice started stirring the crowd, “He abandoned us here and ran away. We will all be done for once the Aki Clan adepts arrive.”
“Yeah! Yeah, Adept Greem hasn’t returned even after so long. He must have run back to headquarters.”
“Well then, what do we do?”
“Let us run too! I don’t want to stick around to be cannon fodder.”
Sanazar quickly hurried back from her lands after she got the news. She silently sat on her chair and listened to Fügen’s report. Adept Keoghan, who was a core member of the clan, also stood quietly by the side. He closed his eyes and said nothing.
A dozen apprentices had personally witnessed the battle at the resource site. Consequently, Adept Fügen’s report was incredibly detailed. He analyzed every single detail that occurred during the fight. In particular, Adept Fügen gave the wind dragon that had emerged out of nowhere an evaluation of peak elite-level.
Disregarding everything else, Greem could count as an elite First Grade adept with just his wind dragon. Moreover, he still had plenty of room to grow. Once he finished tempering his body and soul, his fundamental attributes would skyrocket.
This person was someone who had immense potential to become a mighty adept!
It didn’t matter what perspective you looked at it from. The rise of a powerful adept like this within the clan was a good thing rather than a bad one. Still, everyone knew that the number of resources that Greem got from the clan was even less than Keoghan!
A non-core adept of the clan displaying such tremendous potential caused them to be both concerned and joyous.
If they let a person like this continue growing within the clan, who among the First Grade adepts could compete with him? He would be like a magnet, quickly attracting a group of loyal followers behind him. If he chose to split from the clan to go his own way in the future, he would cause a division of power within the Sarubo Clan!
“My lady, do you think we should continue suppressing Greem?” Fügen couldn’t help but ask once he finished with his report.
Adept Keoghan trembled when he heard this, but he said nothing.
After all, everyone present was a high-grade adept of the clan. A First Grade like himself could only listen without making any comments. He had no right to talk here.
However, his unusual behavior still caught the attention of Adept Sanazar.
“What is it, Keoghan? Do you have a different opinion on this matter?”
Sanazar had been busy with the improvement of her own powers in recently. She had already lost her patience for these annoying internal affairs of the clan. If it weren’t for today’s occurrence being a little too shocking, Adept Fügen might not have been able to summon her back from her territory.
“My lady. Sir. I believe that oppressing Greem from this point onward would no longer be appropriate.” Adept Keoghan hesitated for a moment and finally decided to voice his thoughts.
“Could you not have seen through Greem’s ambitions?” Adept Fügen snorted, “He chose to build his adept’s tower in the Black Forest, far away from the clan. Moreover, he didn’t choose to work with the clan, even after stabilizing the situation. Instead, he decided to work with the Zhentarim Association. What do you think he is trying to do?”
“He is preparing for his future endeavor for independence!” Adept Keoghan pointed out the truth.
“Hmph! And you still intend to favor him, knowing this? Do you know how massive a disaster it would be for the clan if we allow him to go on as it is?” Fügen’s tone was becoming even more solemn.
“Then, sir, do you intend to drive him away before that happens?”
“Drive him away? Where can he go? He’s signed a hundred-year contract with our clan leader!”
“He isn’t as alone or without help as you would like to think. If you push him around too much, he…” Adept Keoghan’s voice turned softer and softer. He turned to look at Sanazar. Or more accurately, the cloud of purple mist that shrouded her.
“You mean he will choose to join Alice?” Sanazar’s voice suddenly rang out from the purple mist.
“I don’t know for certain his relationship with Alice. However, I can tell that Alice was a chess piece that Greem set down beforehand. If the clan can no longer permit his existence, he need only bow his head, swallow his pride, and it wouldn’t be hard to obtain the shelter of the Fate Witches. When that happens, would the clan choose to break off our friendly relations to the Fate Witches for a First Grade adept like him?”
No sound came out of the purple mist.
Second Grade Adept Fügen also frowned. That was apparently the first time he had seen things in this particular light.
“That Mary is about to return as well!” After a short break, Sanazar spoke.
“Adept Mary? Isn’t that the vampire that’s on good terms with Greem? The Knight’s Plane still isn’t completely pacified as of yet. Why was she sent back here at this time?” Adept Keoghan was thoroughly shocked. He couldn’t help but voice the question that had suddenly popped up in his mind. He immediately realized he had stepped out of line and quickly bowed.
Sanazar didn’t think anything of Keoghan’s breach of conduct and gave a simple explanation.
“That Mary girl is a troublemaker in her own right. She ended up killing Acteon back in the Knight’s Plane. She’s being sent back to be reprimanded. The clan is still discussing her punishment!”
“How did that happen?” Even Adept Keoghan was interested in the situation.
Why were all the people involved with Greem so much trouble? What was Mary thinking? Did she not want to live any longer?
Everyone fell silent for a few moments.