Chapter 942 - The Unfortunate Blade Princess
Chapter 942 The Unfortunate Blade Princess
The World of Adepts, the Tower of Fate.
The magical light radiating from the astrology ritual at the top of the tower was just as blinding and enchanting as ever in the night sky.
The entire adept’s tower shimmered with prismatic light. From a distance, the whole structure looked like a seductive beauty dressed in a formal dress, making for an unforgettable sight.
Meanwhile, a solitary wooden table sat alone at the top of the tower, where the astrology rituals were typically held.
Silky black velvet draped over the surface of the table, hiding its legs. A smooth magical mirror had been placed on the table, and some tarot cards in used condition were scattered before it.
Alice sat silently at the table, her gaze fixed upon the reflection in the mirror.
The astrology hall wasn’t dim, but Alice’s appearance in the magic mirror was hazy and obscure. Moreover, when Alice extended a hand to caress the tarot cards facing up on the table, the reflection in the mirror remained unmoving, only staring coldly at her through the thin glass.
The surface area of Silentwater Lake was massive and took up over one-sixth of the land of the Cedrac mountain area. From Lakeside Town in the west, to the Tower of Ilgalar in the east, the lake stretched across the entirety of the Cedrac Mountains. The shape of it was like a dragon crouching upon the land, its wings folded against its back.
As this was a neutral region, the mountain areas around it were rife with danger.
Wolfspiders lurked to the east, as terrifying orc tribes ruled in the north, and jackals and wolves stalked the forest. Dozens of people in Lakeside Town died every year due to the invasions of beasts and orcs. For a small border town with a population of no more than two thousand, this was an incredibly dangerous environment.
The mayor of the town was a human man over the age of fifty. His name was Gandas, a higher knight with a fiery personality. A tall stone fortress had been constructed at the edge of the town with one hundred and fifty imperial warriors living within. Their commander was also a powerful higher knight.
The power system of Henvic was more inclined toward the profession of holy knights. It was somewhat similar to the Knight’s Plane that Greem had once invaded. However, unlike the Knight’s Plane, where magical power was viewed with hostility and hatred, the natives of Henvic preferred research on the combination of magical powers and warrior techniques.
Their faith was also a simple one. It was a primal worship of holy light, without any specific deity to which the religion belonged.
One could say that the faith of Henvic Plane was still weak and incapable of supporting the existence of even the weakest of gods!
However, two powerful Fourth Grade holy knights existed within Henvic Plane.
If either of them were fortunate enough to advance to Fifth Grade, they would naturally be able to gather the holy light faith of the entirety of the plane, thereby becoming a great god.
However, there was no matured power system or available prior experience for reference in such a primal and primitive plane. As such, the two Fourth Grade holy knights were relying entirely on personal accumulation and luck to take that one crucial step forward.
Still, it was more than evident that luck was the primary factor here!
The grading system of the holy knight profession in Henvic was completely different from the adepts. They could roughly be split into: Trainee Knight—Knight—Iron Knight—Silver Knight—Gold Knight—Holy Knight.
The two higher knights of Lakeside Town were only First Grade iron knights.
Greem could completely ignore such a force.
When it came to race, the humans of the Zambez Empire were not too different from the humans of the World of Adepts. They had tall and muscular bodies with short brown hair and were often seen wearing light flax robes of various colors.
The class oppression of Henvic Plane was not severe. At the very least, the rulers of Zambez still allowed ordinary civilians to wear colorful clothes. In the World of Adepts, civilians could only wear gray.
Any individual that dared to step out of line and wear the colors of a noble would be imprisoned by sheriffs and guards where they would be beaten up.
To that extent, life in Zambez Empire was relatively honest and free!
In a more unpopulated corner of Lakeside Town, Greem used magic to enchant a woman that had come to fetch water. He then extracted societal information on the Zambez Empire along with their language from her mind. It was then that he took out a black traveler’s cloak to cover his body and slowly walked along the small path toward this scenic town.