Chapter 133
As for what had happened exactly at the depths of the volcano, no one really knew.
Nevertheless, the volcano world which had gone fully rampage was no longer a place suitable for treasure hunting, and it was a fact that everybody knew. Hence, Greem too, mixed among all other visiting apprentices and expressed his anger, before submitting his required portion of mission item and leaving Palmyra Town without alerting anybody.
When Greem returned smoothly to the Magical Swamp with his brand new status as a Pseudo-Adept, a massive storm immediately broke out in the entire Swampy Tower.
Once upon a time, Greem was just a nobody among the apprentices of the Swampy Tower and many people hadn’t even realized his existence. But now, following his mighty rise, those experts who Greem used to look up to had been ditched at his back and became the group who had the most dejected emotions.
And right when a portion of apprentices was still doubting on the authenticity of the news, Adept Keoghan, who represented Sarubo Family had visited Swampy Tower once again and had a meeting with Greem at the fifth floor of the tower. As expected, Greem’s decision was exactly same as Mary’s – he chose to serve Sarubo Family ten years in exchange for the resources required for his level up.
Of course, if Greem had the confidence to find all resources required for the official Adept Advancement Ceremony by himself, then he could always choose to leave Sarubo Family and become a wanderer. However, with the current development situation of Zhentarim Association, they had employed a rather hostile and oppressive policy towards any wandering Adepts and apprentices who didn’t belong to a family. Thus, if Greem wished to spend his apprenticeship smoothly, unavoidably, he had to join an Adept Family.
As for the Byron Family’s chest badge that Greem had obtained at the Underground Cave, it only meant the Byron Family was willing to protect him at the Dagon region, as he hadn’t sign any magical contract and officially joined the Byron Family.
After meeting with Adept Keoghan, Greem was immediately dragged into Mary’s room, by the vampire girl who had heard the news of his return.
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Inside Snorlax’s room.
After coming back from its master’s room, Snorlax had been indulging in an enthusiastic stage.
Every time when it took out a magical gemstone from its waist pouch, it would always dance with joy, repeatedly kissing and stroking it, before using its magical probing stick to verify the element and quality of the gemstone.
Staring at the pile of gemstones which was getting taller and taller, Snorlax’s heart was filled with wild excitement. At this time, it just wished it could run back to its master and passionately kiss his shoes. Perhaps, only by doing this it could let its master experience the passion and loyalty of Snorlax!
But, during this delightful process, a small setback had struck Snorlax.
Within the pile of gemstones its master had given it, Snorlax discovered a mysterious, white stone the size of a human fist. No matter what method it used to verify the stone, it just couldn’t find out its element, and couldn’t confirm whether it was a magical gemstone, material or egg of demon beast!
Even after using its magical probing stick to test it, the message it got in its mind was a simple ‘unknown item from Outworld’. Since the magical probing stick confirmed it was an item rather than a living being, it also meant it wasn’t an egg of some demon beast. Yet, its master had included the white stone in the pile of gemstones, it told Snorlax that this was an item of great value.
The info Snorlax concerned the most was the word ‘Outworld’.
Could this white stone be a mysterious gemstone from another plane?
Snorlax scratched its head and had no choice but to put the mysterious white stone back onto the table and turn around and continue to organize the rest of the gemstones.