Chapter 442
Chapter 442 Danger Everywhere
Night fell.
Greem still hadn’t gone to sleep yet. In fact, he had even delayed even his four hours of daily meditation.
Placed before him was a list of adepts that would soon arrive at Gilneas City.
The list wasn’t very long. There were only five names on it, but three of them were Aki Clan adepts.
That was already a terrifying number!
It was important to note that even the Sarubo headquarters in Feidnan City only usually had two or three stationed adepts. The Aki Clan had sent three adepts to Gilneas City, all for this measly matter. No matter how you looked at the situation, it seemed like they were planning something big!
Even though his actions were not exactly by the rules, no one quite dared say anything at this particular moment.
The two Aki Clan adepts arrived while Greem was silently preparing all this.
Greem didn’t see them with his own eyes, and Viscount Alvar didn’t send him any related information either. However, he knew without a doubt that the enemy had arrived.
That was because, since the fourth day, incidents were occurring all over Gilneas City and its surroundings.
The first incident occurred at the Iron Ring Mine.
The mine had become haunted.
Over twenty miners went missing in a single night.
There was a small town near the mine, and most people had family members working in the mines. They dug in the tunnels during the day and returned to the village at night to rest. Their lives were reasonably peaceful.
However, on the fourth night after Greem arrived in Gilneas City, twenty mine workers suddenly vanished from the town. They had all disappeared while they were still resting in their homes. Even their family members didn’t know where they went. They only knew that the miners had disappeared entirely!
Everyone talked and chatted about the incident. Then, on the next night, another twenty mine workers disappeared.
This time, the apprentice adepts at the mine could no longer stand by. They sent people to the homes of the missing workers but didn’t find any signs of magic.
Thus, not knowing what to do, Yuri ran to the stone tower and asked for instructions from Greem.
“Sir, how do you think we should deal with this situation?”
“Deal with it like how you would usually deal with it!” Greem slowly and casually replied while holding a piece of parchment in his hand.
“But…” Yuri stuttered in reply.
Right now, he had hoped Greem would hurry to the mine to stabilize the situation. The hidden enemies would not dare be so arrogant if there was an adept guarding the place.
Judging from how clean and neat the whole matter was, it was impossible for the culprits to be mere apprentices. It meant that the ones silently watching the mine were likely adepts of the Aki Clan.
Yuri’s heart trembled whenever reminded of the idea that a mighty adept might be scheming against the mine.
“Go back!” Greem appeared to be unfazed by the events, “They only killed some workers. Give the family members more gold coins as compensation and make sure to appease them. I will deal with the rest!”
Greem was already straightforward in his meaning. Pseudo-Adept Yuri might still want more action from the adept, but he could only bow and leave at this point.
If it weren’t for his duties and obligation, Yuri would have moved right into the stone tower. He didn’t want to stay a second longer in the mines.
However, with Greem’s orders above him, Yuri could only grit his teeth and return to the mines.
Greem lifted his head once Yuri had left. He coldly laughed as he looked out of the tower, “Trying to trick me into leaving the tower? Hmph! Come and assault my tower if you have the guts! We will see who’s the first to fall.”
The fact that they were trying to lure Greem out meant that they had absolute confidence in taking him down. Consequently, Greem was able to deduce that the two adept reinforcements that Lamure mentioned had already arrived. They were hurling out a web and waiting for him to walk into it.
“Try your best. Wreak havoc,” Greem mumbled, “It won’t matter how much destruction you unleash. You won’t get me to leave until I’ve completed the Wind Dragon. Hmph.”
For the next four days, several of the Sarubo Clan’s resource sites near Gilneas City were attacked. Their warehouses were set on fire, their magical herbs started to wither en masse, and even staff members started going missing.
Initially, most of the people who vanished were only ordinary people. However, after a while, even some of the stationed apprentices had started going missing.
Chaos spread throughout Gilneas City. Everyone was fearful of what was happening. Some of the smarter nobles and trade companies even left the city as fast as they could to avoid being dragged into this terrifying storm.
Meanwhile, more and more pressure fell upon Greem’s shoulders!