Age of Adepts

A solid and exquisite stone bridge spans the still water lake and divides the town into east and west parts, and the only tavern in the town is located on the east bank of the clear still water lake.

It was early in the morning, and although the tavern opened, there were not many customers.

Therefore, when Greem, who was wearing a black traveler's burqa, stepped into the tavern, he didn't attract anyone's attention. Even old Willie, who was yawning and wiping down the counter, just glanced up and didn't care.

Although Greem used the burqa to cover most of his body and face, he could tell that he was a human only from his exposed hands and half of his chin.

In the border area of ​​Lakeside Town, such similar adventurers and mercenaries are not uncommon.

Whether it's the brutal Gnoll in the deep mountains or the orcs in the north, they are all guys who offer high rewards from the Zambes Empire, which attracts a lot of overzealous guys who want to get merit and rewards. And they were regulars at the tavern, so Old Willie was very familiar with their attire and grooming.

"You look very strange... Could it be that you just came to Lakeside Town?" Old Willie poured a glass of Thunder beer with his hands and feet, and slid along the counter to the man in black: "I'll treat you to this glass of wine." !"

Greem raised his hood, showed a gentle smile as bright as the sun, raised his wine glass and nodded in respect: "Thank you! I wish you health!"

With one mouthful, Greem speaks fluent and idiomatic Zambes common language.

Seeing the young man's long dark red hair draped over his shoulders, fair skin, high nose bridge, and black pupils, Old Willie froze for a moment, scratched his head and said, "Are you from the south of the empire? Such a look is not common here!"

Greem smiled lightly, but didn't answer, but ordered a stew, and sat in the corner of the tavern to eat and drink slowly.

However, when Greem was eating and drinking while thinking about the next step, there was some commotion in the distance, accompanied by the sound of a loud alarm bell.

"Damn it, those jackals must have come here again..." Old Willie cursed in a low voice, and came to the entrance of the tavern to look towards the direction of the stone bridge.

After just one glance, he was instantly stunned.

The stone fortress arranged on the other side of the stone bridge in the small town not only lit up a column of smoke, but also rang the alarm bell crazily. All the residents of Lakeside Town walked out of their houses, looking nervously and anxiously at the Stone Fortress in the distance.

The Stone Fortress is the only military facility outside the town. There are 150 imperial soldiers stationed inside, protecting the town for many years.

Now, there is a beacon burning there, which is by no means a good sign.

The mayor of the small town, Gundas, rushed out of the village office in a hurry, and ran towards the Stone Fortress with two of his men, shouting at Old Willie.

"Old drunkard, don't be dazed, quickly organize all the young people in the town and go to Shiqiao to stand by. I'll take someone to see what's going on!"

After saying that, he left in a hurry.

Old Willie hesitated for a moment, and as soon as he turned around, he shuddered.

The young man had already stood behind him at some point, raised his head and silently stared at the beacon smoke in the distance.

"Young man, I'm sorry, my tavern will be temporarily closed. If you are really an adventurer, please stay and help us in Lakeside Town. I'm really worried that the enemies coming this time may be very dangerous..."

Greem didn't pay attention to this short and thick guy who looked like a wine barrel, but looked into the distance, his heart moved slightly.

Elemental fluctuations...

At the place where the beacon smoke ignited, Greem could sense a strong elemental fluctuation coming from afar, and it seemed vaguely familiar.

According to Greem's knowledge, there are no large-scale spellcasters in the Envik plane. Moreover, the incoming elemental fluctuations are also somewhat inconsistent with the power system of this plane, as if... it smells like a wizard.

Greem narrowed his eyes.

When passing through the space rift, he could see clearly that the falling direction of the two deceitful witches was not in the same direction as his, and it was impossible for him to come and join him so quickly. Therefore, when Greem suddenly sensed the familiar power fluctuations on this alien plane, not only did he not have any intimacy, but instead had an ominous premonition.

Friend or foe? Did you pass by by chance or came for yourself?

Greem turned around and left the tavern without hesitation, and walked quickly towards the direction outside the town away from the beacon smoke.

Seeing this, Old Willie could only shake his head and sigh, and quickly wriggled his fat body to gather the young people in the town.

There are also more than 2,000 residents in the town. Apart from the old, young, women and children, it is not difficult to gather a team of 700 to 800 people. They didn't know the situation outside the town, so they could only block the stone bridge with sticks, knives and forks and torches, waiting anxiously for news from afar.

In the early morning, the gravel road leading to the Stone Castle Fortress outside the town was shrouded in a faint mist, making it difficult to see far away.

Suddenly, a shrill scream came from a distance, and a stumbling figure rushed up the stone bridge holding a torch high.

"It's York..."

"Look, it's the Yorke following the mayor..."

The sharp-eyed townspeople quickly recognized the identity of the guy who fled back in a hurry.

"Little York, what happened at the Stone Fortress?" A strong and powerful man came out of the crowd and asked loudly.

"Dead...dead...all dead...mayor..." Little York yelled angrily as he staggered forward.

Suddenly, there was a sharp whistling sound in the faint mist.

A strange disk-shaped blade wheel suddenly flew out of the mist, circled around Little York's neck, and flew back into the mist with a howl.

Little York's body froze suddenly, and the head on his neck fell to the ground, rolling all the way into the crowd.

Everyone ran away one after another, their faces livid with fright, screaming and shouting endlessly.

The mist shook in the distance, and a petite and slender figure slowly emerged, with five or six strange tentacles waving around him.

What came out of the mist was a half-human, half-mechanical strange woman, she was wearing an exquisite and gorgeous black battle armor, half of the exposed skin and face belonged to human flesh and blood, and the other half was covered by a strange replaced by silver-white metal.

The most eye-catching thing on the face with cold lines is the pair of strange mechanical eyes that are dark red and shiny.

"She...she's from another world...a witch!" Old Willie, who was well-informed and well-informed, backed away in fright, and his sharp voice could almost burst people's eardrums.

witch? she is a witch...

This terrible news immediately scared the shit out of everyone.

The plane of Envik has been attacked by witches from other worlds. This is the news that every citizen of the Zambes Empire knows. However, the paladins sent by the empire besieged the witches from the other world in the Dabire Heights, and it was said that they were about to be strangled.

How could it be possible that they ran to the lakeside town in the northernmost part of the empire?

A few timid townspeople wanted to turn around and run away, but as soon as they turned around, the half-human, half-mechanical witch screamed, and four or five terrifying blade wheels flew out instantly and cut them in half.

One after another, the corpses were dumped on the ground, and many townspeople passed out directly due to the thick blood and terrifying blood stains.

"Stand up for me, don't move!" Dao Ji Katie walked forward leisurely, while threatening loudly: "Anyone who dares to run away will end up just like them."

All the townspeople fearfully hid on both sides of the stone bridge, giving way to the wide stone road in the middle.

"I'm looking for a person, whoever of you can tell his whereabouts, I can spare his life..."

Katie the Swordsman took out a crystal ball from her bosom as she spoke, and with a surge of witch power, a tall and strong young man was projected in the air. Judging by the facial features, attire, and body shape, it was Greem.

Some of the people present saw Greem at the entrance of the tavern, and immediately recognized him. They couldn't help but looked at Old Willy.

Katie Katie's mental perception is so sharp, she instantly set her eyes on the chunky old Willy in the crowd, and the coiled metal blade wheels whirled and whirled over, forcing the rest of the crowd away. Trapped Old Willie in the middle.

"Have you seen this person?" Katie showed a strange smile on her condensed face.

"See... seen..."

"where is he?"

"He... he went..."

Just when Old Willie turned around and was about to point into the distance, a swift fireball flew out of the distant mist and landed on him.

With a bang, the chunky old Willie who looked like a wine barrel exploded into blood, and then was instantly evaporated by the explosion flame shock wave.

The townspeople immediately ran away in fright, and screams and cries rang out.

Dao Ji Katie no longer cared about these boring ants, but her mechanical eyes creaked and moved slightly, and slowly locked on the tall figure who stepped out of the mist from the other side of the stone bridge.

"Grim..." Dao Ji Katison sneered, "I thought you would run away like crazy! How dare you stand up on your own initiative?"

"Run? Why do you want to run?" Greem brushed away the fog, stopped a hundred meters away from the opponent, and sneered, "You are at level 3, and I am also at level 3. In this ghost place, we all Why should I be afraid of you if I can't exert my full strength?"

"Because you are an elemental wizard, and I am a mechanical wizard!" Dao Ji Katie's scarlet mechanical eyes became brighter and brighter: "Aliens should have a greater influence on you, and... I am a hunting wizard! "

When it came to hunting wizards, Dao Ji Katie stepped on her metal boots with great force, and her petite body of less than 1.6 meters was like a sharp arrow that flew towards Greem.

And the few metal tentacles protruding from her body swung violently, and the five fluorescent metal blade wheels whizzed and cut towards Greem's body from all angles.