Chapter 1025 - Intimidation
Chapter 1025 Intimidation
Half a year later.
A small flying ship stopped above Fire Throne for a brief moment before quietly leaving half an hour later.
Inside the cabin, Greem was engaged in a casual conversation with a middle-aged adept in a white robe.
The man who came to fetch him was someone familiar to him. It was Laurent, Third Grade adept and leader of the Zhentarim Association’s Disciplinary Corps.
“Sir Greem, you haven’t been to Kerslin Castle since you became an adept, have you?” Compared to the last time they met, Laurent had a broad smile on his face and was as pleasant as a kindly elder.
However, Greem knew very well that Laurent’s hands had to be stained with the blood of adepts. He was the leader of the Disciplinary Corps, after all. Naturally, he wouldn’t usually be so friendly and easy to talk to.
Moreover, their last meeting in Rhein hadn’t exactly been pleasant. His attitude now was likely an attempt to ease the tension between them and to mend their relationship.
However, Greem was not the kind of person who would sit by without retaliating!
The translucent fire forcefield wrapped around his right hand had increased to a speechless degree. While Tito was overwhelming him with Strength, Greem’s fire forcefield had already seeped into Tito’s skin, cooking, burning, and reducing to cinders his right hand in an unimaginable fashion.
Of course, for the sake of maintaining etiquette in their appearances, Greem also made sure not to hurt Tito’s skin in the slightest. However, the flesh, tendons, and blood vessels beneath the surface were quickly turning from red to dark red from the vicious heat, before turning into dark purple-black.
Their hands were still firmly gripped with pleasant smiles fixed on their faces.
However, one of their right hands was creaking and cracking with the sound of breaking finger bones, while the other person’s right hand was rapidly turning black while giving off a faint smell of cooked meat.
Both of them were bracing with all they had, while still having to maintain surface friendliness in their behavior. As such, their expressions gradually started to distort and turn weird.
“Alright, alright. Don’t be so passionate when it’s the first time you’re meeting. I still have to bring Lord Greem on a tour around the entire castle. Stop now, won’t you!” Laurent, who had been watching the whole thing from the side with a smile on his face, stepped forward to wrap up the showdown.
Greem was the Association’s guest, after all. Preparing an opening gambit for him that didn’t really hurt anyone’s feelings or reputation was no problem. However, if they were to crush his right hand upon arrival, it would appear as if the Association was far too severe and underhanded.
Both adepts laughed awkwardly and let go of their opponent’s hand.
Greem subtly slipped his right hand into his robe and turned to nod at the other Third Grade adepts around them.
“How is it? How’s the fire adept’s Strength?” Laurent secretly sent a voice transmission to Tito without betraying any expression on his face.
“His Strength is at 27 points. That’s incredibly high for an elementium adept. I wrecked his right hand. He won’t be able to recover completely and use his hand without three to five days of rest.”
“Haha! Buddy, great jo…”
“But my right hand’s wrecked as well!”
“Er…”
“That guy’s fire is overbearing. It almost cooked all of the flesh and bones in my hand.”
“Alright, then. Go back and treat your wounds. I’ll show him around!”
Naturally, knowledge of such a thing happening upon meeting couldn’t be allowed to get out. It was only spread amongst a tiny circle consisting of the Association’s higher-ups.
According to Tito’s estimation, this legendary fire adept had 27 points of Strength and 24 points of Physique. That was undoubtedly far too high for an elementium adept.
After all, elementium adepts relied on their Spirit. Wasting large amounts of time on Physique and Strength was undoubtedly a colossal waste of resources.
An ordinary Third Grade elementium adept would be able to deal with most dangerous environments with more than 10 points of Strength and Physique. Only top-tier adepts cultivated by the major forces would be able to raise all of their secondary attributes to such heights, due to their plentiful resources and efficient cultivation system.
It wasn’t surprising that someone like Greem could defend against the violent power of a Fourth Grade adept and exhaust all of his stamina. Even though he was clearly an elementium adept, he had a powerful Physique that did not lose to bloodline adepts.
Of course, the Fourth Grade magical golem dragon was still the main determining factor in his victory.
That said, if Greem wasn’t sustained by such an unbelievable Physique, he would not be able to control the golem dragon and keep fighting for such an extended period!
After greeting all the Association adepts who had specially come here to receive him, Greem walked into the Kerslin Castle he had heard so much about while in Launrent’s company.