Chapter 1141 - Everyone's Concerns
Chapter 1141 Everyone’s Concerns
Greem’s successful return sent a fairly large commotion through Zhentarim.
The whispered certainties in the shadows that Greem would fall during this mission vanished instantly, replaced by rumors that Greem would soon become the most powerful adept of the Central Region.
In all honesty, the majority of Fourth Grade adepts that came to welcome Greem had more deep-seated tensions and conflicts with him. However, at their level, the possibility of a direct confrontation was minimal. Most of their disputes were resolved by way of schemes behind the scenes.
Greem walked out of the teleportation array, stopping to cough in his hand before smiling and walking towards the crowd.
The first to greet him was, naturally, Chairman Freed.
The old fox narrowed his eyes and took a good look at Greem. He couldn’t help but betray surprise on his face.
“Good work, Elder Greem!”
Should Greem successfully rise to power in Zhentarim, it wasn’t hard to imagine where his spear would turn. Surely, he would deal with all the people with whom he had ‘grudges’ and ‘disagreements.’ If that happened, the two of them would most likely be pushed to the frontline of the conflict against the fire adept.
That was something that neither of them ever hoped to happen!
They had already heard that the adept faction had sent out a total of sixteen adepts to that foreign plane. Yet, only ten–no, nine–of them had successfully returned. It was a death rate of over fifty percent. That must mean that the survivors were all elites and powerful fighters amongst Fourth Grades.
They had no confidence in defeating this powerful fire adept who had survived the trials of blood and fire, life and death!
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Greem’s return instantly invigorated the entire Crimson Clan.
The Crimson Clan had gone into a period of low-profile waiting during Greem’s departure.
It had indeed been a very, very short time since the rise of the Crimson Clan, after all. So quick, that they had yet to construct an effective and efficient system of cultivating adepts. Most of the new generation adepts were still stuck at First Grade. Those who had managed to make it to Second Grade could be counted with two hands.
The only ones that could prop up the Crimson Clan were still the veteran core adepts that had been following Greem all along.
When news of Greem’s return to the clan reached the people, all the core adepts put away their work and returned to the clan headquarters regardless of where they were or what they were working on. They awaited an audience with the clan leader.
Pinecone City.
With the rise of the Crimson Clan, the tiny Pinecone Town had expanded over and over again. Its population and the scale of its trade was almost comparable to a large city now.
The clan had also moved most of its core operations to the Crimson Wing. Fire Throne and the surrounding five kilometers were now Greem’s private abode and shelter. Ordinarily, without an audience from Greem, anyone that entered this area would be faced with attacks from terrifying fire creatures and powerful magical machines.
For a moment, Fire Throne, which had been sealed for over twenty years, was once again open to the public. A giant pillar of flame stood stall in the depths of the primal forest, once again displaying its overwhelming might and power.
The number of Crimson leaders gathered at Pinecone City increased by the day. Amongst them were:
Majordomo of the clan headquarters, Adept Gargamel.
Manager of the northern branch, Adept Meryl.
Knight Leader of the vampires, Soros.
Blood-elf Leader of the vampires, Isa.
Manager of the Capital of Eternity in Lance, Split-Brain Sock.
Chairman of the Goblin General Chamber of Commerce, Snorlax.
Commander of the Brutalblood Army, Drusilla.
Leader of the magical goblins and Dean of the Goblin Research Institute, Gonga.
Head of the assassins, Bug Adept Billis.
Stationed adept of the Goblin Plane, Adept Deserra.
There were also several core members of the clan: Dragonborn Zacha, Goblin Shredder Tigule, Medusa Dana, Manticore Charon, and many others.
When all these members had arrived, Fire Throne was finally opened for them!