<strong>Chapter 993 n Crisis</strong>
Dammit! Second Grade Fabres adepts!
Billis would have nothing to fear if they were just ordinary Second Grade adepts. However, he had a bad omen during that one instant where they crossed eyes. Billis had a feeling that he would be in big trouble if he tried fighting.
Adepts had always trusted their instincts above all else.
Even with his savage nature, Billis couldn’t help but shiver in fright when he thought of the chilling stare from that female adept. Without any hesitation, Billis climbed on top of a particrly sizeable magical mantis. He led his personal guard into the forest, sprinting toward the core region of the Crimson n as quickly as he could.
Meanwhile, all the swarms hiding in the nearby region charged out from underground under his orders and rushed towards Xavia Castle. Though these insects couldn’t possibly threaten the two Third Grade adepts, they could slightly dy their pursuit.
Of course, Billis couldn’t care less about the losses to his insect army.
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In the end, those among the Crimson adepts who could strike with such recklessness and wild abandon like Billis were only a minority.
The other Crimson Second Grades had all sessfullypleted the missions entrusted to them. However, they were all being pursued by powerful Fabres adepts in their process of retreating to headquarters.
Dragonborn Zacha was responsible for clearing up the enemies in Silverspring Mines.
The ce was a vital mine for rare metals. It made up for nearly forty percent of the Crimson n’s rare metal needs. The reason Zacha had gone to Silverspring was to oversee the stationed adepts temporarily shutdown of the mine, as well as bring back thest three months of resources back to the n.
The forces sent by the Fabres n to raid Silverspring consisted of four First Grade adepts. It would have been an easy task to defeat the only First Grade Crimson adept stationed there. Unfortunately, they ran into the dragonborn. As such, they barely managed to escape with one dead, one severely injured, and two slightly wounded.
Of course, all the apprentice adepts and guards they brought with them had died at Zacha’s hands.
While Zacha was leading the mining party back to the n’s core region, they were intercepted by a pursuing party of Fabres adepts at Deadwind Pass.
The Fabres n hadmitted plenty of resources to take down dragonborn Zacha. They had sent as many as three Second Grade adepts to intercept him.
The two forces shed in a bloody battle at Deadwind Pass, concluding with the defeat of the Crimson adepts!
All of the low-grade Crimson adepts and apprentices died, while Dragonborn Zacha broke through with severe injuries and fled to the Crimson n’s core region.
At the same time, all of the n adepts that the Crimson n had sent to the various territories were ambushed and intercepted by Fabres n adepts. As the enemy had plenty of forces to spare, most of these battles ended with the victory of the Fabres n.
The Crimson n had paid a heavy price to coordinate the retreat of their n members and resources!
A Second Grade blood dragon, a Second Grade vampire, and seven First Grade adepts. Even with the explosive growth of the Crimson n over the past few decades, such a heavy blow still hurt the n to its very core.
In particr, the vampire faction had suffered the heaviest losses!
Vampire adepts were strange beings that were nearly unkible when battling against weaker creatures. However, for the knowledgeable and prepared adept, there were dozens of ways by which to properly kill them.
Due to the difference in strength between the two ns, the Crimson n had already lost four Second Grades since the start of the war. All of these losses came from the vampire faction. Though the Fabres n had lost a much more concerning number of adepts, all of these casualties were peripheral First Grade adepts. Not a single core Second Grade adept of the n had fallen in the line of battle yet.
The severe casualties of Mary’s subordinates exceedingly infuriated her. She personally went out and hunted down two Second Grade Fabres n adepts. However, in doing so, her location was immediately confirmed by the Fabres n.
Four Third Grade Fabres adeptsbined forces, ambushing Mary on her way back to headquarters and severely wounding her.
As a result, the only Third Grade adept of the Crimson n had lost her ability to fight.
The resistance against the Fabres invasion was weakened even further.
If it weren’t out of fear of the Crimson n’s terrifying Fourth Grade magical golem dragon and their two Motherships, the Fabres n would haveunched an invasion of the Crimson n’s core region the moment Mary escaped with her cruel injuries.
However, as the stationed forces of the Crimson n were recalled back from the various regions, the two hundred and fifty-kilometer wide region with Fire Throne and Pinecone Town at its center had now be an imprable stronghold. There were enough magical machines to patrol and defend the entire area.
The Fabres n had tried sending adepts to scout the enemy territory several times, but the magical machines always repelled them. Though both parties were suffering casualties, it was obvious that the Fabres n was sustaining more considerable damage.
After all, the lives of their precious adepts were being traded for those cheap yet powerful magical machines!
Moreover, there was no doubt that the number of Crimson n magical machines had reached a truly shocking level.
It was often said that the Crimson n held a Goblin ne with tremendous amounts of metal ore within their grasp. The Goblin ne had both resources and low-cost technicians, which allowed for arge number of magical machines to be constantly sent to the n.
These magical machines were the Crimson n’s first line of offense during all these years of outward expansion!
One could frankly im that the magical machines had won a great half of all the resources and territories that the Crimson n had obtained. Otherwise, given the current quality and quantity of the Crimson n, surviving through such a brutal and savage adept war would have been no more than a dream.
The Crimson n had managed to catch up with the hundreds of years of umtion of otherrge ns in a matter of three to four decades. How did they aplish such a feat? Precisely through these dedicated and loyal magical machines!
The Crimson n was now facing an existential crisis. All of the n adepts and apprentices had retreated to Fire Throne and were arming themselves to the teeth like a hedgehog. With that being the case, the ones who were roaming outside and keeping the enemy at bay out of fear of their might were these fearless and reliable magical machines!
The Crimson n was defending as well as waiting. They waited for the return of that legendary person, waiting for the Fabres n to retreat after they had exhausted all of their strength.
The Fabres n might be powerful and influential, but they weren’t entirely without enemies.
When they assigned most of the n’s forces to the Ailovis region to wage war against the Crimson n, the defenses of the n headquarters became correspondingly weaker.
No enemy would dare to strike so quickly in the short term, given the might and fear that the name of the Fabres nmanded. However, if the main force of the n were tied up in the war against the Crimson n for extended periods, idents would ur.
Perhaps having learned their lesson from the adept alliance that was defeated by the Crimson n during thest war, the Fabres n chose a slow and steady approach. They forced the Crimson n to retreat to their headquarters with a shy and thunderous show of force. They then started constructing a sturdy outpost thirty-five kilometers to the south of Pinecone City.
What worried the higher-ups of the Crimson n was the fact that the Fabres n continued to transportrge amounts of resources even after the outpost had beenpleted. It seemed as if they intended to construct an adept’s tower on the spot.
The Crimson n might not be that concerned if the Fabres n was only constructing an outpost. However, building an adept’s tower right at their doorstep was pushing it too far!
If they didn’t disrupt the construction, and the Fabres’ tower was allowed to be operational, then the Crimson n would have an incredibly hard time fighting their way out of their headquarters. As such, even though they knew they were no match, the Crimson n still organized an army of magical machines and struck at the enemy’s outpost during the night.
Even the Fourth Grade magical golem dragon joined the fray.
Unfortunately, the Fabres n seemed to be expecting the attack. With the temporary outpost as their stronghold, they fought a brilliant defensive battle and exterminated the near one thousand magical machines that the Crimson n had thrown at them. In the end, the Crimson adeptsmanding the battle managed to return under cover of the magical golem dragon.
Though the Crimson n had suffered heavy losses, they had also sessfully destroyed the adept’s tower with the might of the magical golem dragon while only the foundation had been built. The Fabres n would have to spend another additional month if they wanted to transport the necessary materials and workforce to reconstruct the adept’s tower.
It created extremely beneficial conditions for Greem’s sessful return!
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Henvic ne.
After exterminating the hunter adepts, Greem had finally obtained his long-awaited ‘freedom’!
Greem stayed in Remi’s base for eight days. Apart from treating the severe injuries on himself, Greem also thoroughly dissected de Princess Katherine.
The elementium magical machine wasn’t as powerful as he expected it to be. As such, Greem was searching for ways to improve itsbat capabilities. The agility of Katherine’s odd semi-mechanical form undoubtedly drew Greem’s envy. Greem couldn’t wait to understand and investigate the root causes of the mechanical adept’s power.
Afterparing the internal construction of Katherine and the elementium magical machine, Greem finally obtained a preliminary answer.
Compared to Katherine, the elementium magical machine appeared like an ordinary factory-set machine. Its internal construction and energy system were assembled in a coordinated and well-rounded fashion. There were no apparent weaknesses at all. Meanwhile, Katherine’s mechanical body was a tter of flesh and mechanical parts. It did not pursue bnce or well-roundedness but focused on partial strengthening and enhancement of specific organs.
Most of the time, Katherine’s offensive power was not as tremendous orsting as the elementium magical machine. However, when select mechanical organs functioned beyond their standard capacity, Katherine could unleash offensive power far beyond what the elementium magical machine was capable of for an incredibly short burst of time.
Of course, this burst of power came at the cost of the lifespan of the mechanical organs!
That was why most mechanical adepts had no choice but to carry plenty of metal with them, such that they could repair the damage to their organs at any time.
One design was powerful and stable, while the other had shocking explosive power. For a moment, even Greem couldn’t decide which model of operation was the superior one.