Chapter 83
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Half a day later, Greem and Mary finally returned to the Adept Tower.
Upon their arrival, they were notified that their compulsory task force had lost another member, Shila, while the rest of the team were all wounded. The team suffered a great losses.
What caused all of this was four Fallen Pseudo-Adept who suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
After they were ambushed, Sabrina and the other two Pseudo-Adepts fought against three of the enemies, but the remaining Fallen Pseudo-Adept put up a fierce fight with Shila, causing them to be at a disadvantage. Because of that, Shila and the other three had to flee in desperation. Shila was killed during their escape by her enemy.
Before those Fallen Pseudo-Adepts attacked them, they were told that they were here to seek revenge from Greem and Mary. Therefore, after they managed to escape to the surface, the team members who were still suffering from the shock had pushed all the blame to the both of them. A few Advanced Apprentices even kept asking them to be responsible for Shila’s death, wanting the duo to bear all of the responsibility for their failure in completing their mission.
Thus, when Adept Angus, who came to receive the mission item, arrived at the main hall, Isaac started to jump up and down furiously.
“Master Adept, it’s all because of them… they insisted on leaving the team, which eventually attracted the revenge of four Fallen Pseudo-Adepts, that is the reason why we failed in this mission. You have to punish them!”
Mary on the other hand, felt the lack of power behind her attacks and the vulnerability of her resistance. Thus, she spent a huge amount of magic crystals to purchased a pair of ‘Cruel Claws’, using it to improve her offensive power.
This pair of Cruel Claws was a set of melee finger-cot magical items. The effect attached on the left hand was tearing, while the right hand gave her attacks the effect of bleeding. They were considerably a perfect match to Mary’s current abilities. In the middle of a fight, Mary could inject her Blood element energy into these finger-cots, giving them a +2 effect of sharpness.
Besides that, Mary was also wringing her brain out concerning her magic resistance.
It would take a long time for her to train to increase her magic resistance, that’s why Mary purchased some small decorative items that could bring her additional magic resistances. If she had an Electric Resistant Necklace which could bring her +2 in electricity resistance, she wouldn’t be burned into a big piece of charcoal when she forcefully penetrated through the lightning web in the Underground World.
Greem had given all his magic crystal cards to Mary, therefore Mary, who had her desire of spending unleashed completely, used this fortune and brought back a lot of magic resistance jewelries and magic potions. While Mary was crazily spending Greem’s magic crystals, Greem was having a ‘passionate and friendly’ conversation with the Snorlax in his room.
Snorlax still looked like a green-skinned goblin. The only change it had was a magical collar on its neck, which a few runes could vaguely be seen on top of the collar. It was a special magical item used specifically for imprisoning those demi-humans who refuse to obey its master’s command.
A ring of runes was engraved on the inner side of the collar. Three tiny needles that poked into the wearer’s neck were present, slowly drawing the magic energy of the wearer in keeping the collar’s normal functionality. Any action that causes any damage to the collar would immediately trigger a powerful lightning attack. The same effect applies to the wearer if it moved too far away from its master.
The only way to remove this collar was for the caster to recite a magic spell according to a specific order.
Therefore, after putting the collar on Snorlax upon their return, Greem finally had his mind relax.
It was clear that this extremely intelligent goblin named Snorlax had long gotten used to the life of being a slave, and for that reason, it didn’t show any resistance to what Greem had done to it.
[Edited by: DragonFly]