Chapter 97
Though their minds were filled with worries, the return journey back to the Adept Tower had gone rather smoothly.
After Greem used a secret magic word to disperse the huge Wind Elementium body of Lightning Giant, within the blink of an eye, the massive monster simply turned back into seven crystal clear, dazzling magical cores.
Before Greem could put them all away, Mary had leapt forward and placed them in her palms, giving them a good fondle and careful examination, while showing a look of great affection. After some time, as if just looking at them wasn’t enough to express her love, Mary actually brought the primary core to her face and kept stroking it gently, quietly feeling the slight tingling sensations caused by the tiny electricity sparks on her face.
Ugh… looking at this scene, Greem couldn’t help but feel helpless, as some black lines appeared on his forehead.
Come on, though these cores looked beautiful and glittery like some pure and magnificent objects, they were actually a fighting Golem that killed without blinking its eyes! After Mary had witnessed the savage and brutal performance of the Golem, she actually showed great attachment to it. This… Greem couldn’t help but sigh with mixed emotions, telling himself that most of the people who took the path of an Adept were those who had some sort of weird mentalities.
Suppressing the complaints he had in his mind, Greem finally took back his number one Golem from Mary’s hand. At the same time, he tossed a blood-colored crystal over to her. With Rock Snake’s ability to control Earth Elementium, it wasn’t too big an issue to filter out blood mixed with the dirt. His only hope was that after losing such a huge amount of blood, Toril wouldn’t have his overall strength drop too much, or else, for no reason, Greem would have to face another deadlier enemy in future.
Even after such a violent battle, all the summoning cores of Lightning Giant were still intact, but the summoning core of Rock Snake had suffered a lot of damage, which was the result of getting an Advanced Apprentice level Rock Snake to risk its life to pin down a formidable Bloodline Pseudo-Adept. After Greem dispersed the Golem’s body, only then had he realized that the Elementium on this summoning core was in a state of disorder and the magical energy was leaking uncontrollably. It simply looked as if it couldn’t be used anymore.
Greem took some time and examined it thoroughly. When the Chip finally confirmed this summoning core could no longer be repaired, he had no choice but to put it away regretfully.
Without saying another word, Greem presented the summoning cores respectfully with both hands.
Using his fingers, he pinched each core a few times and gave them all an examining glance; the smile on Angus’s face grew stronger.
“It looks like they were all personally crafted by you!”
“Yes!”
“If you’re given with three years, can you become an official Adept?” Adept Angus suddenly changed the topic.
“Ah…” Greem was dumbstruck and didn’t know what to say. Even Mary couldn’t control herself, as her eyes went wide.
“There is nothing to feel surprised about! Because I can only protect you for three years. If that Toril becomes an official Adept before you, then I have no reason to stop him from seeking his revenge. As for the complaints coming from his family, they won’t affect me at all. After all, you defeated him in a fair match. If a defeat like that causes the family to jump onto their feet, then the Wharton family will have lost all face completely. But…”
“Mary and I are willing to pay any price in exchange for your protection, is there anything we can do for you?”
“Hahaha… talking to a smart kid like you really saves me a lot of trouble. Here, this is a magical contract, I want both of you to sign your name on it! Don’t worry, with your current overall strength, I don’t need anything from you. Once you’ve signed the contract, it also means you have signed a contract with my family, the Byron family. With that, I can use the name of the Byron family and provide you with three years of protection and spare you from the retaliation and harassment of the Wharton family.”
“What do I need to do in exchange for the protection?”
“You need to become an official Adept in three years. After that, you have to represent the Byron family and participate in a competition. A competition that only Titan Controllers, Golem Controllers and Automaton Controllers can participate in.”
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