Age of Adepts

Lance, the Capital of Eternity.

A conversation was happening in a big hall inside the Capital of Eternity’s fortress.

“Judging from the information we have gathered, Greem appears to have completed his advancement and is in the process of stabilizing his mental consciousness. What do you think? Should we take this opportunity to do something?” It was Split-Brain Gru who was speaking. The squidlike brain contained in the chest cavity of the massive machine betrayed an expression of helplessness and frustration.

The gigantic brain floating in the murky liquid behind the semi-translucent crystal glass squirmed slowly. The light of thought flickered all over the grooved surface of the brain.

The hall, made of a special magical alloy, was filled with a rising and falling tide of Spirit while the giant brain was engaged in thought. No one could hope to obtain any valuable information from the hall through magical means while this strange tide was present.

This mental barrier was meant to deal with Alice!

Even though Gazlowe had significantly benefitted from his cooperation with Alice last time, it had also made him thoroughly cautious of her existence.

Even a Third Grade monster like Gazlowe could not do much against a person like her, capable of peeking everywhere through the powers of Fate. After all, every individual had their secrets. No one wanted a pair of curious eyes looking at them without their knowledge.

The fire adept was arriving soon!

The fact that his first destination upon advancing to Fourth Grade was the Capital of Eternity in Lance was evidence of his utmost anger and cautiousness for the brain monster. There was no doubt that Gru played a large part in this result!

“Seal the teleportation array. Hurry up and seal the teleportation array! As long as the fire adept can’t teleport over, we will have more time to think and come up with a response,” Gru screamed wildly.

“It’s too late! That damned woman counted the time perfectly. The fire adept had already appeared in our teleportation array when she told us all this!”

Given Gazlowe’s control over the entire Capital of Eternity, he would never miss a detail concerning a place as important as the interplanar teleportation array.

The Capital of Eternity’s teleportation array was always open to the Crimson Clan while they were still allies on paper.

As such, while Gazlowe had been speaking with Maysa’s clone, a familiar silhouette had already appeared in the teleportation array at the top of the steel fortress. While the two brains panicked, that man slowly walked towards the hall down the winding metal corridors.

“Guards…guards, we must hurry and mobilize all the guards to stall the fire adept.” Gru shouted with all he had.

“I have already handed all authority over the Capital of Eternity to you. Go and stop the fire adept. I still need some time here to activate fully. You must stall him!”

“Understood. Leave it to me, Main brain!”

Perhaps the damned’s Fate clone was still affecting Gru’s mind, causing him to feel genuine hatred and malice for Greem. As such, encouraged by the Main brain, Gru took over all authority of the Capital of Eternity without any hesitation. He used his mental connection to mobilize the magical machines as he strode out of the hall.

An unusual battle quickly erupted the moment he stepped out of the hall!