Chapter 159
After he handed the task of guarding Mary over to the Fire Lord, Greem finally had some time to clean up the battlefield.
The spiritual connection with Alice had broken long ago, and the reason was unknown. Greem had a vague feeling that something was happening in the outside world.
To prevent him from being at a loss of what to do later, Greem thought it was better to first adjust his condition to the best he could; only then would he leave this place.
He had took back the storage waist belt that had been taken away by Anderson, together with all of his magical equipment. But it was a pity; since he had become an official Adept, this Apprentice Adept level equipment was no longer useful to him.
At this moment, some rubble not far away started to roll about, revealing a short, vague figure of green.
“Master, master! You’ve really become an Adept! This is excellent! Congratulations my master…”
Greem looked at the goblin, whose face was kindled with joy mixed with flattering expression; he couldn’t help but be surprised. During the devastating war that had happened not long ago, the raging magic spells had nearly plowed through the entire isolated inter-space. Even the bloody altar, protected by magical arrays as it was, had collapsed and disintegrated. Yet, this goblin slave who didn’t have much self-protecting ability actually survived?
It looked like this fellow also had some secrets that nobody else knew!
After Greem and others had cleaned up this place, besides the rubble that was scattered all over the ground, the only thing left was the extremely frightful looking dried corpse of Adept Anderson. However, right after Greem’s aura disappeared, the largest pile of rubble found in the center of the secret space suddenly collapsed. A swarm of black scorpions burst out from within.
Compared to when they were at their peak, there were less than one hundred of these black scorpions left. It was indeed miserable. Right at the heart of these scorpions, on the back of a black bug who looked bigger and stronger than others, a miniature face of Acteon actually showed up.
Looking at the edge of this secret space starting to collapse slowly as the integrity of the structure was damaged, Evil Bugs Acteon let out a hateful bug cry.
“Trying to kill me? Greem, you’ll never succeed in your lifetime. Hmph, since you don’t want this dried corpse, it will serve as my war trophy. Once I swallow it and become an Adept, it will also be the end of your happy days!”
While roaring furiously, Acteon commanded his bugs to cover Anderson’s remains.
Soon, the only sound left in the scene was the dreadful noise of biting and crunching!
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The once mysterious and gruesome Magical Swamp had now completely turned into a real death zone.
Covered by the thick fog, a fireball suddenly soared up high into the sky and exploded from within an abandoned garden located in a remote corner.
The fireball came in fast, and it faded away just as quickly.
When the flame dispersing in all directions finally vanished into thin air, three strange figures of different heights appeared from the center of the fireball.
Because it was the first time he had tried the Fire Teleportation, Greem still didn’t have a precise control over the distance. As a result, the position where the trio appeared was ten meters above the ground.
For Mary, hovering in midair was a piece of cake; but obviously, it was a different story for Greem.
Therefore, a faint cry was heard, as Greem took Snorlax with him and fell to the ground like a heavy rock.
On the ground, a Baby Demon was dragging its body and wandering around aimlessly, but it was suddenly frightened and startled by the fireball that exploded over its head. Just as it was staring blankly at the few bizarre figures who had suddenly appeared, their bodies started to grow bigger and bigger while moving closer to it…
The Demon Baby let out a sharp cry as it woke up, and prepared to run away from where it had stopped. But it was too late!
In the next few seconds, a muffled boom burst out, as Greem fell and landed steadily on the ground, throwing up a huge amount of dust.
“Garden of Whispers! It is surprising that Anderson actually built the secret space underneath the Garden of Whispers. Surely he was secret enough!” Mary gradually descended beside Greem. Her crimson eyes were cast over to the Swampy Tower, barely visible within the misty fog in the far distance.
As both of them were exchanging glances and puzzled over the quietness surrounding this place, light and shadow suddenly flashed through their eyes and their heads started to feel dizzy. In just a brief moment, they actually reappeared back inside the fifth floor of the Swampy Tower. In front of them was an old man, clad in a black robe, who had a cold and arrogant expression.
“Both of you have made the breakthrough and become Adepts? Where is that Anderson?”
Though he didn’t say much, the terrifying pressure of a high-grade Adept instantly startled Greem and Mary, and Snorlax simply laid flat on its stomach on the floor, trembling violently without being able to stop.
He was a Second… Second Grade Adept!