Chapter 151
Inside of Snorlax’s room.
A large lump of black beetles was seen creeping at a corner of the room. Using their great numbers, they drew out the vague outline of a human.
When the tower became completely silent, the pile of black beetles suddenly exploded with a boom. In a messy state, Alice squeezed out from inside of this pile of insects.
Using her hands, she swiped away some beetles remained on her shoulder, dress, and hair. And while pinching her nose and wearing a disgusted expression, she crushed a few of them who were running around her feet. Only after done with that, did she close her eyes and start to sense the current situation of the tower.
At this moment, the tower had become completely empty and no aura of life could be sensed anymore. All the Apprentice Adepts located on the second floor and above had vanished, and the only humans remained were those juvenile Probationary Apprentices. They were all lying flat quietly on their wooden bed, and had stopped breathing.
It wasn’t tough to tell that Adept Anderson had burned all his boats and didn’t leave any leeway for himself.
If during this time tomorrow, he failed to turn himself into a Second Grade Adept using the blood sacrifice ritual, then he wouldn’t be able to escape from the punishment from Sarubo family. According to the rules of Zhentarim Association, any fellow who used the method of blood sacrifice ritual to improve their overall strength would have to be punished.
If he was able to advance into a Second Grade Adept smoothly, and was willing to continue his service with the family, then presumably, Sarubo family would be happy to cover up what happened in the Magical Swamp for him. By just simply making up a story of demons outbreak or magical experiment leakage, they would be able to wipe clean everything that happened in this place.
“I never expect that you had left a helper on the outside. Since Alice is outside, then this one here must be a fake!”
Anderson pointed out his finger, unleashed a dark beam and shot it into the ‘Alice’s’ body, which was now lying quietly on the floor. After a brief moment of twisting and transforming, the ugly, short and green body of Snorlax had showed up in front of him.
“Not bad, not bad at all! You do have a complete and thorough plan.” Anderson’s expression turned dark, but he didn’t look panicked at all. Instead, he showed a regretful expression on his face. “Since you had hidden someone outside in advance, I’m sure you must have taken precautions against this. And the only way for you to obtain this information would be…”
Anderson paused, and suddenly, countless Wind Chains stretched out from around Acteon, who was standing quietly beside the altar and tightly tied him up.
However, although Anderson’s action had shown a serious hostility, Acteon didn’t put out any resisting behavior. He still looked absolutely submissive toward Anderson.
“Not him?” Anderson cast a few spells in a row and threw them into Acteon’s body, he didn’t find anything worth suspecting. The blood contract in Acteon’s soul was still intact, showing no sign of being touched by someone else before.
Pondering hard and with no results, Anderson decided to give up.
“If I have to give up one Pseudo-Adept, so be it! As the matter of fact, just the three of you is enough for me to break through the threshold of Second Grade Adept. But I’m curious, since you can come out with the idea of arranging someone on the outside, then what is your plan in fighting against me? Don’t tell me that you are going to fight me with just you few Pseudo-Adepts? If that truly is your plan, I’ll really feel sorry for your laughable, naive ideas!”
Adept Anderson rested his shivering gaze over at Greem.
Despite being tied up by Wind Chains and lying on the floor, Greem still maintained the same sneer on his face.
“Even though we had become Pseudo-Adepts, we still cannot get rid of the status of Apprentice Adept. Indeed, we come short in fighting against you! But, what if we are replaced by a few Adepts?”
The look in Anderson’s eyes became even more stern and cold.