Chapter 234
Chapter 234 Post-Battle Reward
The dragons left!
Even the three dragons that had been wounded took to the skies with the help of their companions. They disappeared on the horizon without even looking back.
None of the dragons turned to explain the situation to the witcher-knights and naturally none of them tried to help the knights retreat.
The resolve of the witcher-knights instantly crumbled when they saw the dragons take to the sky and leave. Be it the two abandoned dragon knights, or the numerous wounded witcher-knights, all they could do was stare wide-eyed as the cruel reality unfolded before them.
Their past glory and valor was now scattered to the winds, never to be regained!
A deep and rumbling horn rang out, signaling the surviving knights to finally start their retreat!
For a moment the entire forest was filled with the frantic witcher-knights, fleeing like hounds that had lost their homes.
However, there was no doubt that he was powerful.
At least the dragons had chosen to yield before his intimidation instead of pitching their all into a final fight!
As such, Greem displayed his utmost respect when he finally met this powerful Sixth Grade Great Adept’s projection in the dim hall, paying full respects to his vast knowledge and terrifying prowess.
“I have always been monitoring your growth!” The Great Adept surprised Greem the moment he spoke, “You are a fellow with plenty of talent for an outsider. You might be weak now, but there will be a day when you become strong.”
Greem bent his body to hide his shock.
“There’s no need to panic or fear!” The face of the projection was obscured within the shadows, but his tone was mild and gentle, “Foreign souls like you aren’t that rare of a sight in the World of Adepts. As long as you have completed your advancement in the World of Adepts, it means that you have obtained the Will of the Plane’s acknowledgement. Your identity as an adept cannot be stolen from you by anyone!”
Greem could no longer hide the shock on his face.
“You are still too weak to understand these things.” The Great Adept was clearly in a good mood today, and unlike what he commonly did, he explained, “Lethon. The World of Adepts we live in. Every year several dozen, and even up to hundreds, of planar eruptions will happen here. These creatures or souls that came from outside might be a potential threat for weak planes. However they are a hard-to-come-by assistance for large planes like Lethon.”
“Are the adepts not worried that these outsiders could endanger the plane’s development?” Greem couldn’t help but ask.
“Endanger the plane’s development?” The Great Adept’s projection nearly laughed at the idea, “Little fellow, you have pretty wild ideas. Even us Great Adepts don’t dare to disrupt and steer the development of an entire plane. And a small First Grade adept like yourself dares? Hahaha… ”
“But… but isn’t it mentioned in the books that the most powerful adepts are able to embed part of their personal origin laws into the planar laws, thus allowing their own laws to become part of the planar laws?”
“As you have said, only the most powerful adepts can do that! In our World of Adepts, the ones that can do that need to be at least an Eighth Grade Adept! And how many Eighth Grade Adepts are there in our world? Three. Only three!”
Greem was stunned for a second.
There were only three Eighth Grade Adepts in the World of Adepts? This number seemed to be the same as the number of large adept organizations in the World of Adepts. Could it be…
“Alright, there’s no need for suspicion or doubt. The reason I called you here is because your performance in the planar war was exceptional. As your reward, you can now take this Flame Fiend’s heart for yourself.”
Having said that, a massive heart the size of a skull was tossed into Greem’s hands. Its heavy weight left even Greem breathless.
The crimson flesh, the thick tendons, and the disgusting aura of corruption. The large heart was still beating stubbornly, and one could vaguely feel an intense aura of life radiating from it.
The heart of a Flame Fiend.
This was a powerful Flame Fiend’s heart!
The Flame Fiends had always been Second Grade creatures from the terrifying World of Abyss.
Just as Greem was still reveling in joy over the Flame Fiend’s heart, the projection spoke once again.
“I heard you are extremely interested in the runic knowledge of this plane. Very well. I have a task here for you to complete! You need to… ”
Greem quickly stored the Flame Fiend’s heart and paid attention to the Great Adept’s words.