Chapter 1152 - Arguments
Chapter 1152 Arguments
“Is there any problem?”
Even Greem didn’t know what was happening when he saw the weird expressions on the faces of the adepts.
“It’s…it’s nothing.” The male adept hurriedly concealed his loss of composure with an awkward smile. He then shifted the topic. “We are Squad Fifty-Three from Exodar Camp, in charge of patrolling this area. May we know what you, sir, are doing here?”
Greem smiled leisurely.
“Building a base!”
“Building a base?”
“My clan wishes to participate in trade beyond the realms, so we need to establish a suitable clan outpost here. Are there any special rules from the camp that forbids such actions?”
Shani had participated in the Arcane Empire mission under her direct orders. It was equivalent to her personally sending a vital member of the clan to her grave.
Moreover, the matter of Shani’s death was a minor one. The more pressing issue was the loss of the Orb of Shadows!
However, these things concerned the reputation of the Dark Witches and many shady dealings. How was she supposed to talk about these things in front of the other witch leaders?
“Alice, don’t you forget that you yourself are a Northern Witch! Are you not afraid of rumors behind your back? Why do you keep speaking in defense of a male adept like this?” Circe gritted her teeth and restrained her anger, choosing to retaliate with an insult instead.
“Naturally, I would not stand by his side if he was merely an outsider. But sister, the person you are trying to deal with is my husband now!” Alice’s face flushed red with embarrassment.
Alice was filled with joy, but the other witch leaders were shocked and surprised.
“Alice, you can’t be saying things like these. What is all this husband business. What nonsense are you speaking?” Death Witch Khesuna glared at her, and a violent aura of death instantly filled the hall.
“Sister Khesuna, this is not nonsense. I have already decided to become husband and wife with Greem. The official ceremony will be held soon. I hope for your blessing at that time!” Alice’s smile faded as she replied with a serious expression.
Dead silence. Absolute silence.
The entire hall immediately became solemn as the witches frowned in frustration.
“Alice, give it some proper thought, won’t you?! According to the traditions of the Northern Witches, there has never been a high-grade witch, let alone a witch leader, who has had a marriage with a male adept!” Khesuna warned with a stern tone.
“Sister, you mean to say that the witch council will never let such a thing happen?”
“We aren’t so absolute in our ruling. After all, the witch council has no specific rules or laws that bind us. That said, to maintain the independence and purity of the Northern Witches, it is an unwritten rule for us to never marry a male adept of another organization.”
“The independence of the Northern Witches?” Alice laughed coldly, “Never working against each other, never harming each other’s welfare between all the various branches. That is meant to be another unwritten rule of ours, is it not?!”
“Indeed!”
“Then I want to ask a question. Of the thirteen witch branches lasting from the ancient times, how many remain? Where is the territory of all the witch branches whose legacies have gone extinct?”
Alice questioned loudly at the top of her voice, and the witch leaders couldn’t help but fall silent.
“Ever since I, Alice, became the leader of the Fate Witches, how many of you witch leaders here have abided by the principles of independence between the branches and refrained from intervening in the legacy of the Fate Witches? Circe, why did you imprison my grandmother, Endor? Wasn’t it to threaten me and make demands of me?” Alice was like a startled cat now. She stood up straight and glared at Circe with a vicious look in her eyes.
Circe let out a breath from her nose.
“Endor is a witch of our branch. I have my own reasons for dealing with her. I don’t need a brat like yourself to tell me what to do!”
Death Witch Khesuna’s expression turned colder by the minute. Her gaze wandered between Circe and Alice, her eyes filled with dissatisfaction.
However, as an outsider to the conflict, she could not stop the growing tension between the two witch leaders.
Alice might only be Third Grade and appear to be the weakest amongst them all.
However, as weak as she was, she was still a witch leader and possessed equal authority as all of them on the witch council! No one could strip her of her power as a leader, and no one would ever dare to suppress or threaten her with violence. Otherwise, the so-called unity of the Northern Witches against the outside world would be no more than a joke.
The entire organization that was the Northern Witches would fall apart and break into individual factions caring for their own welfare!
It was the one thing that Khesuna wished to avoid at all costs.