Age of Adepts

Starfell gems across history had various properties with no pattern to them. Thus, the appraisal of a starfell gem was more often like an exciting gamble.

Place your bets, big or small!

No one knew what unique attributes an appraised starfell gem would have, and yet, these properties would undoubtedly affect the value of the gem tremendously.

The starfell gem that Greem had obtained also had peculiar properties– it was known as the Cursesinging Crystal. The holder of the gem had a chance of triggering a Phantom Curse when attacking an enemy. This curse would attack indiscriminately and bypass magic resistance entirely.

Another indiscriminate cursed item!

If Greem equipped this gem known as the Cursesinging Crystal, he could trigger a curse when attacking an enemy. This curse would simultaneously and indiscriminately affect the holder of the gem and the individual being attacked.

Just imagine, hit the enemy once, and both you and the enemy would be cursed; that incredibly weird scenario would surely make the battle even more strange and dangerous.

That was why Greem was furious the moment he appraised the Cursesinging Crystal. He wanted to destroy it on the very spot. However, after a while, he thought otherwise.

It was the only artifact in all his items that possessed fire origins. It was perfectly compatible with his attribute. Sadly, the Orb of the Fire God had an owner. It would be a tough battle for Greem to wear away the divine brand that the Fire God had left within it!

Apart from the Orb, the Libram of Wisdom was also an item to look forward to!

As the God of Wisdom’s artifact, it possessed the mysterious ability to enhance the host’s Spirit, while providing an incredible amount of knowledge. All spellcasters, not just Greem, would covet such a treasure.

If Greem could successfully turn the Orb of the Fire God and the Libram of Wisdom to his own use, his power would skyrocket.

The Chip had performed some basic calculations. With his power as a fire adept and the aid of the Orb and Libram, his fighting power could match that of a peak Fourth Grade adept.

With such power, Greem would become a real powerhouse in the World of Adepts. No one could stop him, and no one could defeat him.

There were undoubtedly other similar individuals in the three major adept organizations. However, those people were busy meditating in an attempt to advance, break out of the world, and become truly immortal. Very few individuals were like Greem, having free time to travel the world, stirring up trouble, and managing his own organization.

If Greem were to possess such power, it would be a far easier matter to unite the forces of Zhentarim into a single organization. At the very least, no adept clan or Fourth Grade adept would ever dare to disobey the will of a peak Fourth Grade on the surface.

The divine crystals that Greem had obtained were also precious resources.

Sadly, the Feathered God possessed lightning as its attribute. The divine laws contained within the crystals were also of the lightning attribute. They were clearly incompatible with Greem.

If Greem forcefully assimilated these crystals, he could gain a basic grasp of the lightning laws.

However, he would greatly waste these divine crystals in the process, resulting in a considerable loss of the divinity within them. Furthermore, assimilating the lightning laws through such a method was more of a contamination to his fire laws.

It was simply not worth it. It was a short-sighted idea that would yield no proper benefit in the long run!

Since they couldn’t be used on himself, he would have to trade it away.

Inevitably, there were intermediate-grade lightning adepts who would fight with their lives over these divine crystals. After all, if a Fourth Grade lightning adept absorbed these divine crystals, he could only slightly improve his affinity with lightning while gaining access to one or two unknown lightning laws.

However, in the hands of a Third Grade lightning adept, they would be able to access the lightning laws for the first time in their lives. That would increase their odds of advancing to Fourth Grade by twenty to thirty percent. With the aid of other materials, their chances of advancing would be a whopping sixty to seventy percent.

Anyone would laugh out loud at such incredible odds!

Even as generous as he was, Greem wasn’t willing to trade away such a rare adept resource. There were one or two famous Third Grade lightning adepts in the central lands. If these crystals were to fall in their hands, then the Crimson Clan would be creating competitors for themselves!

That was why most Fourth Grade organizations kept a tight hold on all strategic adept resources. They would rather the resources gather dust in their warehouses than for them to go onto the market. It was to avoid making more ‘enemies’ for themselves.

He couldn’t use them, and he couldn’t release them on the market. Was he supposed to just let them sleep in the warehouse then?

Greem couldn’t help but start thinking, trying to find a possible owner for these crystals within the clan. The Chip flashed images of the clan members through Greem’s mind. Finally, when a particular image appeared, Greem’s eyes lit up. He had a vague idea of what he could do.