Chapter 340
Chapter 340 Seven Years
“Agatha is right!”
A crisp and commanding voice suddenly interrupted, shocking both witches in the cottage.
The wooden door creaked as a slim figure wrapped in a royal dress appeared before the two.
“Mother!”
“Welcome to my humble abode!”
The two witches quickly bowed and paid their respects. They couldn’t help but feel nervous in front of this person.
After all, the newcomer was none other than the leader and of the Witches of Deceit- the Fourth Grade Lady Angelina.
“Am, is that you? When did you get back?” Meryl asked in surprise. There was a trace of closeness and intimacy to her words.
“I just returned. Lady Alice sent me to invite you over to her place.” Am appeared to be a little formal.
He was fortunate enough to advance to pseudo-adept five years ago. Still, his achievements could not be compared to Meryl, who had already improved to adept two years ago.
They had both been apprentice adepts. There was a little difference in their abilities and strength, but they had still belonged in the apprentice-level. There hadn’t been too sizeable a gulf between them when they interacted. However, the dynamic between the five apprentices had changed now that Meryl had advanced to an adept.
Kodar, as the veteran pseudo-adept of the group, wasn’t resigned to lag behind Meryl. Thus, he had forcefully attempted an advancement last year. The results were regretful. He had failed! While his life was not at risk, the damage to his mental space was still in the process of recovery, even after all this time.
Of the remaining three advanced apprentices, Am and Toril had successfully made it to pseudo-adept level. Only Lena continued to struggle at the advanced level.
Moreover, the Sarubo Clan had designated yet another batch of apprentice adepts three years ago. Three more advanced apprentices had been put under Greem’s care, and five new apprentices under Alice’s direction.
Meryl, on the other hand, was spared from the task as she had only just advanced. Her main priority was still the stabilization of her mental space. Still, she accepted the responsibility of teaching within the tower of her own initiative. She enjoyed widespread, good reputation amongst the apprentices of the clan because of this.
For the past seven years, resources from the conquered planes continued to pour into the Sarubo Clan. Several clan adepts had also returned to the headquarters with the de-escalation of conflict and tension in the lesser planes. All this caused Feidnan’s adept’s tower to become lively once again.
Second Grade Sir Fügen and First Grade Gaya had brought back plenty of rare resources from other planes with their return. Three pseudo-adepts had advanced to adept under the clan’s support. This pushed the numbers of the adepts stationed in the headquarters to nearly a dozen men.
There was Third Grade Adept Sanazar, the Second Grade Adept Fügen, and nine First Grade adepts!
Seven years time had passed, and the Sarubo Clan had finally managed to recover from their losses and damage from the last planar war! As long as things continued the way they were going, the clan’s power would rise steadily.
If the just two Third Grade adepts of the clan could successfully advance to Fourth Grade, then they would even have a chance at rising to the pedestal of a large-size clan.
After all, the only strength that was acknowledged to be the peak in the World of Adepts was the Fourth Grade!
A brilliant smile appeared on Meryl’s face when she heard that Alice invited her. She quickly followed Am and arrived at the seventh floor of the tower.
She already possessed the capital and capability to form an independent faction now that she had advanced to an adept. However, the friendship and bonds she had forged during this time caused Meryl to remain part of Greem’s faction. In particular, she was very close to Alice.
There were two reasons for this:
The first was naturally because of their identity as women.
Alice might have been sealed in her eight-year-old girl form, but if someone honestly did the math, they would find her to be a twenty-three-year-old lady. At least from a mental perspective!
Meryl was about her age in that regard. Moreover, one was a subordinate of Greem, and the other a disciple of his. The similarity of their status caused them to become best friends.
The second reason was privy to the two of them.
Alice had once used her divination to help Meryl out with a problem that had been plaguing her for a long time. It was before Meryl had advanced. Furthermore, it was Greem that paid for the substantial costs of her advancement ceremony. Thus, the broke and poor Adept Meryl naturally became closer with Greem and Alice after she succeeded in her advancement.
Alice had firmly tied a massive wind eagle to the floor of Alice’s room. Its badly charred feathers were an indicator of the terrible ‘abuse’ it had endured.
“Alice, you actually brought it back?” Meryl couldn’t help but exclaim in joy when she saw the prey that Alice had brought back this time.
“How is it, Meryl? Do you like it?” Alice stood beside the immobile wind eagle and stepped on its head. She bragged proudly, “I specially brought it back for you. You haven’t gotten a suitable flying pet ever since you became an adept. How is it? Do you think it suits you?”