Chapter 200
Chapter 200 Battle in the Night
The adepts’ base.
In a dark and dim stone chamber.
Eight stone platforms were placed around the empty hall. Odd specimens composed of human body parts and magical creatures were displayed on the platforms. Two or three adepts gathered about the edge of a stone platform, dissecting a specimen on the platform, with serious expressions on their faces.
A naked man with an excellent build was lying on the platform closest to the stone chamber’s door. The front of his body was widely spread apart like an open book, from the throat all the way down to his crotch. The bright red flesh, the dripping blood, the wicked faces of the adepts– all of these created a haunting atmosphere in the chamber that couldn’t easily be described!
This man had a pug nose, black hair, a square face, and tan yet smooth skin. Just a quick look at his clearly defined muscles and large skeletal structure, and one could tell that he was a strong warrior who was used to frequent and intense training.
There was a tattoo of a sword and shield on his left shoulder. If any of the natives of this plane that were familiar with the local culture were here they would surely scream in surprise, for the strong man being dissected was an official witcher-knight.
Three adepts were gathered around him.
These detailed jobs couldn’t be done when the enemy was almost knocking on the door. Thus, to increase the odds of victory, the adepts had no choice but to fall back on that which they were most skilled: poison and plague.
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Greem stood alone on the tall cliff, silently looking down on the dark forest that was shrouded by shadows below him.
Dark clouds filled the skies, and no light from the moon or stars could get through.
This was a good night for killing!
During the time he silently stood here, four elementium disturbances that could be observed with the naked eye had erupted in the woods far away, one after another. The most powerful elementium shockwave had even blown away half of a mountain!
The violently surging elementium flames even caused Greem, who was fifteen kilometers away, to feel intense waves of heat on his face. The shockwave that followed soon after blew his hood off, exposing his cool and calm face.
The four elementium disturbances hadn’t occurred in the same spot, but spread across four different areas. The frequency of the elementium disruption that exploded each time was different. The elementium within the disturbances all had slight differences.
With the help of the chip’s highly efficient data-gathering and analyzing abilities, Greem was able to deduce the identity of the adepts involved in the fight from the elementium that drifted here.
The one fighting in the battle 3.5 kilometers southwest was Evil Bugs Acteon. One had to mention that his abilities had greatly improved in this period of accumulation and powering up. The battlefield he was in was the quietest, and the elementium that drifted here was the least amongst the four battles in the night.
If it wasn’t for Greem’s high vantage point, as well as the chip’s powerful computing abilities, he might have entirely missed the shockwave from the battle.
A fight had also broken out 7.5 kilometers to the east. The two parties involved were body-refining adept Kiel, and two spellbreaker knights. After a tough battle, the spellbreaker knights retreated from the battlefield, but not without paying the price of one death, and severe injuries for the surviving knight. Kiel had also received some damage in the fight, and could only let the severely injured knight walk away.
Greem couldn’t help but feel like this was a waste. He quickly sent this information to Mary, who was roaming about the woods far away.
The battle 15 kilometers in the northeast was the most intense. The spellbreaker knight, that had been forced into a position of certain death, self-destructed. The method with which he used to self-destruct was similar to how Ninther did it.
This made Greem suspect that all spellbreaker knights knew of such an annoying way to self-destruct.
The one who forced the spellbreaker knight to self-destruct was an odd adept called Marionette. It seemed he was a peculiar fellow who was able to manipulate the bodies of others.
However, neither of these three battles were the focus of Greem’s attention.
The only battle Greem was paying attention to was the one happening 23 kilometers to the northwest.
Because this battle was between a radiant knight and Second-Grade Adept Fügen!