Chapter 358
Chapter 358 The Chaos of Fate
All the witches fell silent when they heard the name of the Dead Soul Array.
Everyone turned and looked at the old witch.
“Silvia!”
“Her?”
Some of the witches were already gossiping.
Greem was surprised for a moment.
He had heard of this name from Alice. She was an old veteran First Grade Death Witch, undoubtedly the eldest of the Witches currently present. However, this wasn’t what made her so remarkable. Instead, it was her choice of advancement that drew Greem’s attention. She was an array master; a profession he had been searching for quite a while.
Strangely enough, there had been absolutely no news of Alice the Scrying Eye.
It wasn’t just the sages and the diviners of the witch branches that failed to locate her. Even the candidates were barely able to find out that Alice wasn’t present in the World of Adepts, despite coming together to host a large-scale divining ceremony.
Thus, with no way of catching Snowlotus and no way of finding Alice, these mad candidates turned their fury towards the only candidate remaining- Sofia, the Berserk Witch!
Sofia had no one to rely upon and no massive background or clan that could back her up. She instantly became the target of the candidates’ continuous attacks.
Countless divination spells targeted her daily, trying their best to dig out every single secret Sofia held. Naturally, all sorts of schemes and plots were designed for her in this manner!
Thus, Sofia would step into magical traps when she walked, be poisoned when she drank, find poisonous bugs in her bread when she ate. Even when she tried to sleep, she faced dozens of sneak attacks.
A single apprentice-level candidate wasn’t all that scary. Even if she managed to figure out Sofia’s weakness through the use of divination, she could not harm a powerful berserk witch. However, even a berserk witch would fall when a hundred candidates came together. After all, there were one or two dozen adept-level witches within the ranks of the candidates.
The battle on Snowdrift Plains was a bloody and brutal one!
Sofia the Berserker Witch fought fourteen witches and sixty-seven apprentices alone. She escaped with grievous wounds and hid deep within the plains. Of the party that had surrounded her, three witches and twelve apprentices had died.
This battle allowed the candidates to understand the power of those favored by fate. They finally realized how weak and insignificant they were when compared to the stars of the show!
Just as the candidates were busy considering forming yet another party to pursue Sofia, a rumor came out of nowhere. It was a rumor that caused the entire group to splinter and fall apart.
It was said that every candidate of the Witch of Fate had, to varying degrees, some trace of the power of Fate on their bodies. If a candidate personally killed another candidate, they could absorb the opponent’s Fate and strengthen their own.
The rumor might have sounded ludicrous, but it was extraordinarily well-reasoned and descriptive. Moreover, it struck right at the deepest fears of these candidates.
Thus, no one insisted on the idea of pursuing the favored candidates. In fact, no one dared to even come close to another candidate. They all had to fend for themselves. They were all at risk of being attacked by one of their own.
The alliance instantly fell apart, and the candidates once again went their own ways.
However, there were always people who wanted to try and verify the rumor, regardless of how ridiculous it sounded.
The apprentice candidates quickly gathered together and worked together to escape from the witch candidates. Still, the apprentices continued to play tricks and schemes on each other, even as they ran away from the more powerful witches.
Those with insufficient power and those who were not smart enough were the first to die to verify the rumor.
When the news was finally proven false, they were no longer able to take back that unity and harmony they had previously maintained!
There were those who gave up on life and ran to the human cities to enjoy what was left of it. There were some who tried their hardest and settled down to accumulate more power. There were also candidates who traveled far and wide, continuously visiting powerful witches in hopes of enhancing their abilities.
The massive number of apprentices and adepts that ran through the various areas of the Northern Lands caused an uproar wherever they went, creating tremendous trouble and disasters for the locals.
Rice fields were destroyed, and forests were set on fire, one after another. The villages were ravaged beyond repair by the various conflicts of the witches.
All sorts of frightening spells, plagues, and underhanded means were employed in their fights with each other. If the Northern Witches hadn’t fanned out across the land to extinguish the fires and stop the plagues, then the entirety of the Northern Lands would have been turned to dust by these madwomen!
Finally, four months later, when the Northern Witches were at their limits, the day of reckoning arrived! The Tower of Fate was activated!