Chapter 175
Chapter 175 A Brewing Storm
Blue Hillock City, Tulip Hotel.
A pale but mean-looking thug strode across the crowded lobby and went past the suites filled with waitresses. He walked along an inconspicuous alley into a hall guarded by several tough men, before finally turning into a remote location at the backyard of the hotel.
The ones waiting here were all young but amazingly talented people. There were even exceptional individuals amongst them that the castellan had recruited from several major cities nearby. Their talents were in various fields, but there was a common similarity to their appearances. The men were handsome, while the women were beautiful. Everyone one of them had pale complexions, vaguely resembling ancient nobility that never went out in the sun.
These young men and women gathered in small groups in the hall, corridor, and on the sofas, having passionate conversation with each other. Strangely, the use of odd words such as ‘blood treats’, ‘Embrace’ and the sort permeated their conversations.
Swiftsword Jake was used to this scene. He quickly went past everyone, and rushed to the secret room at the innermost section of the building. The group of people might look like they were flirting with each other, but in truth, they were spread out and positioned in such a way that they closely guarded the secret room.
Should any outsider that didn’t belong to their ‘clique’ enter, they would likely be brutally torn to pieces in minutes.
The youths guarding the door took a good look at Jake before silently opening the wooden door behind them.
Ninther silently chanted the motto of the knights, the glint in his eyes becoming brighter as he did so.
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The abnormal situation in Blue Hillock City was quickly transmitted by Mary back to the adepts’ base.
But the four clan adepts were busy with constructing the temporary adepts’ tower as well as creating guardian voodoo beasts. None of them could spare any energy to reinforce Greem, Mary, and Acteon.
The only thing they could do now was construct a large-scale illusion barrier as soon as possible, reducing the chances of the enemy finding the camp from the skies. As for this wave of a hundred witcher-knights, Greem and the rest had to find a way to kill them themselves.
If they let the opponent split into multiple squads and wander about the forest, who knew if they would accidentally wander into the illusion barrier.
Even though there were plenty of disagreements and discord between them, when the hostile army was arriving, Greem and the rest could only swallow their grudges and work together. Therefore, they met in a hidden valley to discuss their action plan.