Age of Adepts

Origin of Magic, On the Birth of the First Magic Elementium Particle, Magical Characteristics of Single-Reversed Sillin Particles under Heavy Magnetism. Magical Material Studies, Research on Conductive Magical Materials, The Past and Present of Arcanists, A Guide to Arcane Tower Construction. Basic Applications of Anti-Gravity Barriers within Floating Rings, The Energy Cooldown Problem in Compound Arcane Spells……

After successfully robbing the arcane tower, everyone in Greem’s party obtained spoils that they were satisfied with.

Naturally, the party members kept their findings to themselves. No one would reveal what they had obtained.

Greem’s loot was a mountain of basic arcane tomes, along with the journals, diaries, and notes of many arcanists.

With this literature, the arcane knowledge branch that had diverted from the adept’s main knowledge system would have enough necessary data. It gave him the fundamental materials and data he needed for the deduction of higher-grade arcane spells.

At the moment, Greem’s primary interest in the arcane knowledge system was still the floating rings that the arcanists had developed.

One could frankly claim that the invention of the floating rings was the decisive factor behind the arcanists’ ability to create flying towers and cities. The so-called floating cities were only ordinary human cities carried upon massive floating rings!

Naturally, with the wealth of knowledge that Greem had managed to amass, he could imagine that the arcanists had employed an advanced technique to enhance the simple Anti-Gravity Barrier and assimilate it into their architecture. That said, though he could understand the principles behind it, actually attempting to reverse-engineer the technology and apply it would take the Chip at least a hundred years of calculations.

Adept Holly also came over when he heard the two adepts talking between themselves.

“So what if there’s a Fourth Ring arcanist? They might claim to be of the same level as a Fourth Grade adept, but it’s not as if we don’t know their actual combat capabilities. Every one of them is extremely weak in person!”

“That might be the case, but while protected by an arcane tower, they are still a very formidable force. At the very least, who amongst us could confidently say they could defeat an arcane tower controlled by a Fourth Ring arcanist?” Greem shook his head.

“In my opinion, knocking this arcane tower out of the sky should not be a problem if we work together.” Adept Holly licked his lips. He appeared somewhat excited and restless.

“What do we want to knock down the tower for? That will be prodding the hornet’s nest. There must still be other arcane towers in the surrounding areas searching for our tracks. It will be a little challenging to get away if they locate us!” Mangus obviously didn’t want a direct confrontation. After all, he was the weakest of the four of them.

Adept Holly didn’t really care for Mangus’ opinion. Instead, his gaze shifted to Greem.

Seeing that Greem wasn’t too interested in his proposal, Holly could only attempt to sway him with the promise of a reward.

“There is something that I really need in the energy room of the arcane tower. Because of that, I don’t want to let go of any arcane towers we run across. However, it will be tough to take down an entire arcane tower alone. That is why I hope to have your assistance! Don’t worry; I won’t touch a single thing in the arcane tower apart from those things in the energy room. The rest is all yours.”

“Why don’t you discuss this with Shani?” Greem smiled.

“That witch,” Holly’s face turned into a frown, “I can’t convince her at all. She doesn’t care about any sort of reward or treasure in the slightest. Hmph! Who knows what she is trying to obtain in volunteering for this mission?”

“Volunteering?” Greem was stunned for a moment and followed with a question, “Witch Shani volunteered for this mission of her own volition?”

“Yeah! You people in Zhentarim definitely won’t be able to find out such secrets. We of the Silver Union were only able to obtain this information because we have our means in the Northern Lands!”

Greem had an idea. He lowered his head and thought for a moment. Finally, he spoke.

“You want me to help you? Sure. I won’t take anything extra once the raid is done either. We will still split the loot equally, just as we have been doing.”

“Then what do you want?”

“I want a favor from you! When I need your help, I hope you can help me deal with someone without putting yourself at any risk, of course.”

“Who?”

“We will keep that a secret for the moment. At any rate, it won’t jeopardize this mission nor put you in any danger. How about it? Do we have a deal?” Greem smiled faintly.

It was Adept Holly’s turn to frown and think now.

Finally, after a long pause, he solemnly nodded his head and agreed to the terms!