Chapter 117
The next day.
It was a rare occasion, as Adept Anderson had called all the Apprentice Adepts of the Swampy Tower together. In front of everyone, he announced the new statuses of Acteon, Mary and Greem. From now onwards, the three of them would no longer be bound by the system of apprentices, and could arrange their lives according to their own will. Also, they had become the people who had the highest authority in the entire tower, under Adept Anderson.
Within the crowd, the newly appointed Apprentice Leader, Ellen’s expression turned extremely awful, but at the same time, was mixed with a helpless look.
Pseudo-Adept!
They were a group of monsters standing between Apprentice Adepts and official Adepts!
It was tough to predict which of them would have a greater chance to become an official Adept smoothly. Therefore, for all the lower ranked apprentices, offending any one of them could turn into a future catastrophe!
But… but Ellen had deeply offended one of them.
Hence, right when the meeting was dismissed, Ellen immediately paid a visit to Acteon, while bringing along all the resources he could find.
The response Madwoman and Hawkeye gave out was exactly the same as the one they had when they first heard Evil Bugs had become a Pseudo-Adept, extreme shock. Evil Bugs Acteon, who was now a Pseudo-Adept, actually gave such serious consideration to the once little Beginner Apprentice. This… this was really out of their expectations.
Could that Greem really have some strange abilities?
“Don’t you forget this, after all, Mary is just an inferior vampire who had her bloodline mutated! With such a lousy bloodline and innate talent, wanting to have quick progress in her rank is just like a fat hope. So, the only possible reason that brought her such a mystical transformation would be that strange boy whose overall strength had skyrocketed. This Greem is the only person on their team whose true strength I can’t tell!”
Clutha remained silent for a while, before asking, “Mary is now a Pseudo-Adept, will Master Adept agree to your behavior of publicly attacking her?”
Right after he finished his words, Hawkeye immediately heard the arrogant and gruesome laugh of Acteon.
“Hehehe… I’ve signed the family contract, yet she only signed on an employment contract. So, if something really happens, who do you think the family would help? Also… if there aren’t any orders coming from the top, why do you think I would be so passionate about fighting against a Pseudo-Adept, who is the same rank with me?”
“What you are saying is… the person who wants to deal with Mary is Ander…” Clutha cried out involuntarily.
“Shut up! Hawkeye, if you don’t want to get killed in the dark, then stop these damn words in your mouth. There are things you just have to do and don’t have to get to the bottom of and will bring no good to you!” Evil Bugs Acteon hurriedly interrupted Clutha, a threatening expression finally showing up on his ugly bug-like face.
Clutha arduously swallowed a lump in his throat. He exchanged a glance with Madwoman and eventually, nodded his head silently.
“Hehehe… I knew you’d make the smartest decision. Alright, when the time comes, I’ll contact you again. Hawkeye will keep an eye on them, as for Madwoman, you’ll train those Intermediate Apprentices, so we can put them to good use later. Hmph, once I find the right opportunity, we’ll teach both of them a good lesson!”
After saying that, the evil and arrogant cries of bugs echoed out in the room. In an instant, the black scorpion exploded into a puddle of poisonous liquid, before slowly submerging into the floor and disappearing without a trace.
Inside the room, Madwoman and Hawkeye sat facing each other in silence!
Meanwhile, inside a secret room within the fourth floor of the Swampy Tower, the scorpion who had suddenly disappeared from Madwoman’s room squeezed out from the floor, climbing onto a somber looking figure who had his body completely covered in a black cloak.
The somber figure suddenly stretched out a bizarre looking huge hand, half flesh and half shell, picked up the scorpion and shoved it into his mouth. After the scorpion was crushed into a puddle of blood and fragments by his razor sharp teeth, only then did Evil Bugs tilt his head up and reveal his face.
Within just a few days, one could tell that the degree of bug transformation on his body had gone deeper.
Now, rather than referring to him as a human apprentice, he was more like a bug man who had the identity of a human.
He had transformed into ‘it’!