Age of Adepts

When Vanlier and Snorlax arrived at the doors to Vanessa’s room with a large group of subordinates in tow, they were stopped by the magical-machine squad standing guard there.

The goblin captain of the squad was firm and rough in his attitude. He refused to let the adepts enter without Tigule’s orders. After a few failed attempts at negotiating, Snorlax almost blew up in anger.

It was fortunate that Vanlier was an old fox well-versed in dealing with such matters. He extended an arm and held Snorlax back, who was about to order a charge. He then flashed a sinister smile at the goblin captain and said, “We are here on the orders of Tower Master Meryl. Even Lord Tigule has no right to stop us. Since you keep mentioning your superior’s orders, why don’t you contact Lord Tigule now and see what he says?”

The goblin captain hesitated for a moment, but he had no choice but to take out a communication device shaped like a black button. He started calling out for Tigule over and over again. Unfortunately, regardless of how he shouted, only static feedback came from the device.

Such a situation had never happened before.

A cold sweat broke out over the goblin captain’s forehead.

“Make way! All of you make way. Vanessa has been involved in a rebellion. If any of you dare stop us anymore, you will be considered as conspirators as well. I have the clan leader’s orders here with me. There will be no mercy!” Snorlax leaped into the air anxiously, waving his hand as he released the Third Grade elementium magical machine from the golem talisman.

Snorlax anxiously ran out to see what had happened, but Vanlier stopped him.

“Why are you stopping me? Let me go and see what has happened,” Snorlax cried out in confusion.

Meanwhile, Vanlier appeared to be completely calm and composed at this moment. He shook his head and Snorlax and said, “We guessed wrong. We thought they would start running the moment their plan was exposed. But now, it seems like…not only did choose not to run, they’ve decided to push forward with their plan. As such, our current priority isn’t capturing Vanessa, but—”

“To protect the teleportation arrays!” Snorlax immediately snapped back to his senses after being reminded by the old fox, “Since the teleportation array here has been blown up, then their next target has to be the teleportation array in the City of Machines.”

“Don’t worry about the White Tower. Vanessa doesn’t have the authority to touch the teleportation array on the higher floors. She could only destroy the public teleportation array at the plaza. You must hurry to the City of Machines immediately and help Lord Deserra defend the teleportation array there. That array will be the key to this conflict! I will hurry over and help you once I’ve dealt with the things here.”

“Understood, leave the City of Machines to me!”

Snorlax nodded in understanding and unsummoned the elementium magical machine. He then brought his trusted subordinates along with him and hurried to the teleportation array on the eleventh floor, guided by a vampire adept.

A short moment later, a white light flashed as Snorlax appeared in the City of Machine’s public teleportation array along with twenty of his subordinates.

After recovering from the daze of long-ranged teleportation, Snorlax heard wild and concentrated gunfire around the array, along with the sound of zipping energy beams. He then heard a shout from a familiar voice.

“Get down.”

It was Wind Adept Deserra’s voice.

Snorlax was a veteran of the Crimson Clan, and he was familiar with Wind Adept Deserra. As such, he crouched down without hesitation when he heard Deserra’s voice.

Ci! Ci! Ci!

Pupupu!

A barrage of energy beams shot towards his location. Many of Snorlax’s subordinates had yet to recover from the teleportation daze due to their lower Physique and were instantly riddled with holes.

“Dammit! Something happened here, just as we expected!”

Snorlax cursed furiously and summoned the Third Grade elementium magical machine.

A loud thud rang out as the hulking machine appeared, instantly shielding Snorlax and his surviving subordinates from a barrage of attacks coming from the distance.

“Attack…attack! Kill those enemies!”

As Snorlax roared, the elementium magical machine slowly stretched its body. It couldn’t be any less bothered by the series of attacks crackling against its metal form. Suddenly, countless metal plates on the magical machine’s chest and arms flipped open, revealing the arsenal of energy cannons hidden beneath.

The next second, a hundred blinding red lights shot forward, instantly enveloping the magical machine squad in the distance.

A series of energy fireballs erupted, drowning the enemy’s forces in an instant.

The elementium magical machine then retracted its arms and unleashed its propellers instead. It turned into a meteor as it charged straight into the sea of fire. It waved its metal fists about, crushing a magical machine with a single punch and instantly turning the goblin pilot inside into meat paste. The other fist punched another magical machine’s head right into its chest. Electrical sparks crackled into the air as purple blood flowed out from between the cracks of the device.

The elementium magical machine’s energy cannon barrage might be shockingly powerful, but its firepower was nothing compared to its prowess in melee combat. The magical machine that had now surrounded it might not die from a barrage of energy beams, but they would not survive a punch from the elementium magical machine.

For a moment, the elementium magical machine stood guard at the metal doors leading to the teleportation array, fighting outnumbered a hundred to one. It was absolutely beating down on the one hundred magical machines, leaving them helpless to its fury. The series of attacks that landed on the elementium magical machine was either blocked by its energy shield or simply had no effect on its indestructible alloy body. None of the machines could inflict any substantial damage on the elementium magical machine.

“Its body is made of magic resistant alloy. Stop using magic energy attacks. Charge forward; go, go, go! Engage it in close combat!” A captain among the rebels seemed to be reasonably knowledgeable. He identified the reason for the elementium magical machine’s invincibility from the light of the metal and immediately ordered a change in tactics.

Deserra, who was contained near the teleportation arrays by the rebels, reacted when he heard the enemy’s words. His eyes turned completely white as an incomparably violent storm enveloped his body.