Chapter 417
Chapter 417 Truce
Greem already possessed the home field advantage. The scales of the battle quickly tipped in his favor now that he had completed his second phase transformation. He was ferociously beating up Tula and Dana.
It hurt them all the way to the bone whenever Greem struck them with his violent attacks that typically went up to one hundred and fifty points. When taking into consideration the Ring of Fire that covered a hundred meter radius, it wasn’t hard to imagine how painful of a chore it was to fight with Greem in this sea of lava.
Even the Medusa, with her magical resistance, could only skim along the edges of the Ring of Fire. She instantly felt as if her entire body had set aflame if she ventured too far in and entered the Burning Domain. Even a monster like herself couldn’t endure more than ten seconds in the Burning Domain. Otherwise, her defensive forcefield would fall apart.
What awaited her then would be indescribably horrifying torture!
On the other hand, Tula was doing pretty well, as one would expect of the true sovereign of these lands. His combat ability was at the absolute peak of elite-level. If the environment here hadn’t wholly tipped in Greem’s favor, Tula would have been able to put up a vicious fight against the adept.
Thus, Tula was responsible for engaging Greem, while the Medusa was tasked with harassing Greem from a distance. Both parties fought above the tower, battling until the caverns trembled from their might.
No one expected that the first to surrender would be Unguja! He was a magical creature leader after all!
His hair and skin had all burned away. He looked just like a mongrel in the streets that had been skinned by a butcher. His three heads pressed against the stone wall as he desperately wagged his red tail at Greem.
If he weren’t clinging to a stone pillar, Unguja would probably prostrate himself before Greem to demonstrate his submission and goodwill.
The other two magical creatures looked at each other and saw profound helplessness in each other’s eyes.
They both lowered their heads dejectedly and expressed their desire to surrender.
Greem snorted coldly. He pointed with his finger, and the dense fire elementium around the creatures materialized into red chains that immediately bound them.
Of course, the three monsters could break free of this low-level fire spell. However, none of them could even find the courage to resist when Greem glared at them. They were taken down just like that.
Greem ran into a smiling Gargamel when he dragged the three creatures back into the tower. Gargamel was holding a massive body that had been charred beyond recognition.
“The giant berserk gelada?” Greem was stunned for a moment.
There weren’t many creatures of that size, which made it easy for Greem to guess its identity.
Before Gargamel could answer, Greem shook his body and the tall Flame Fiend form quickly disintegrated. Greem’s frail body was exposed as the magma and fire peeled away.
He crouched on the ground and spat out several mouthfuls of black blood before he got onto his feet.
“Master… ”
“Teacher… ”
Gargamel and Meryl hurried forward and helped Greem onto their shoulders from both sides.
Just then, Eva the forest spirit floated down from the top of the tower and slowly approached Greem.
“Are you alright, Master?” Gargamel couldn’t help but ask out of concern.
Even though he was a wandering adept, and had a strong distaste for most clan adepts, he felt very different about his master. That was why Gargamel’s concern did have a certain sincerity to it.
“Teacher, should I help you to your room to get some rest?” Meryl frowned as she asked, worried.
“There’s no need! A couple of shockwaves only hit me in the fight earlier. I’ll be fine once I get the blood out of my system,” Greem didn’t want to reveal too much about his actual situation. He quickly turned his attention towards the four magical creatures they had captured, “Make some arrangements and bring them to the Room of Bindings. I need a conclusion to this as soon as possible!”
“Leave it to me!” Gargamel couldn’t hide the excitement on his face when torture and interrogation were mentioned. His eyes glowed with a brilliant light when he looked at the magical creatures, “Hey, you lot, come over here and bring these beasts to the Room of Bindings. This adept wants to tend to them personally.”
The apprentices that had just raced over from various spots in the tower respectfully greeted Greem. They then excitedly lifted up the four magical creatures and ran towards the Room of Bindings upstairs.
Three locations in the tower could be used to confine enemies.
One was a prison used to imprison ordinary creatures.
The second was a Sealing Room, typically used to imprison magical beings with powerful abilities. The Sealing Room was essentially a small foreign dimension that could effectively cut off all connection to the outside world.
Many proud creatures would have to be isolated in the Sealing Room for several decades, or even centuries before their edge wore away, and they became more willing to submit to the adepts.
The last one was the Room of Bindings. It resembled the Sealing Room.
A powerful confinement array existed in the Room of Bindings. All magical creatures locked up there needed to be dealt with as soon as possible. Those that were willing to serve were branded with a slave’s mark. They would then become part of the tower. If they refused to serve, they would be tossed into the Sealing Room and isolated for a couple of decades before they were reconsidered for service.
Once things had settled for a bit, Greem quickly made his way to the energy room.
Even though the chip’s connection with the core array allowed him to know the number of magical crystals exhausted, he still felt like he needed to see for himself.