Age of Adepts

The wall in front of him was shaking violently.

Groups of nightmare creatures rushed past in the dark and yellow corridor, rushing towards the battlefield.

And in the shadow above the corridor beyond their line of sight, a palm-sized, inconspicuous black figure was slowly but firmly crawling forward.

The surface of its body is covered with fluffy hairs, and its sharp claws gently grasp the gaps between the rock blocks, silently walking along the corner of the shadow on the ceiling.

The battle outside the castle is still fierce, which can be seen from the tremor of the walls and the speed at which the nightmare creatures consume.

This is already the fourth floor of the Nightmare Castle, and all the nightmare creatures coming out of the secret rooms and passages have reached the third level. They are terrifying monsters that are on the outside. But here, it's just a consumable for a high-level war.

Mary is not as powerful as Greem, and she can fight Keslin head-on. Therefore, once she is exposed, what awaits her will inevitably be the encirclement and suppression of powerful third-level nightmare creatures.

But what surprised Mary was that after sneaking in from the third floor of the castle, her actions went smoothly like never before. Although the castle is filled with an astonishing number of nightmare creatures and horrific magic traps, there seems to be an invisible god silently pointing in her brain.

What kind of route should be taken, where are the traps, when should I lie down and wait, when can I pass safely... Under the guidance of that small voice, Mary broke through barriers and obstacles one after another, and bypassed one A lurking sentinel and trap even reached the fourth floor of the castle.

And if she didn't feel wrong, the core of consciousness that rose up and was engaged in a brutal soul battle with Greem extended from here.

Not daring to spill her spiritual consciousness out of her body, let alone scan everything around her with her spiritual perception, Mary gave full play to the characteristics of her transformation into a bat demon, hiding all the way, carefully probing all the way, and finally crawled along the long corridor. Entered a tall and majestic witchcraft hall.

The predecessor of this place may be the core hall of Keslinburg. The crystal clusters are densely packed on the central platform, and a ball of black light with a diameter of ten meters is suspended on it. Regions are connected.

And on the surface of the black ball, there are hundreds of strange magical images floating, all of which are real-time images sent back from various places in the nightmare castle. Among them, the battle scenes in front of the castle are the most numerous, accounting for more than 70% of the magic images.

At this moment, there is a hazy and illusory human figure standing in front of the central platform.

He looked up at the ever-changing image on the black ball, his hands were dancing as if dancing. And under his control, the attack and defense of the castle, as well as the flow of huge life energy are so well-founded and orderly.

Although the light and shadow of the human figure is illusory, a group of extraordinarily bright halos are flashing on his chest, faintly revealing a wave of soul unique to living beings.

Keslin's soul core...

Mary felt hot and wanted to climb over the dome.

But as soon as her thoughts moved, that strange voice came out in her mind.

"Be careful, that phantom is a counterfeit... This place is full of witchcraft traps, don't take half a step closer!"

Mary's body trembled slightly, and she stopped immediately.

Being so far away, she would definitely not be able to take the initiative to perceive the soul breath on the other party's body, so its authenticity is really not easy to judge.

But along the way, the voice in her head had helped her a lot, so Mary chose to trust the other party without hesitation.

"Then what should I do? Time is running out..." Mary asked silently from the bottom of her heart: "Alice, if you know what to do, just tell me directly, and you don't need to pretend to be a ghost to deceive me!"

The voice in my head paused for a moment, and finally the neutral and deep voice was removed, replaced by Alice's sweet and crisp voice.

"Hee hee, I'm not afraid that you will hesitate whether I will harm you!"

"Hmph, I don't know if you will harm me. But I just need to know that you will never harm Greem. So... I believe you!" Mary said firmly.

Alice hesitated slightly, and sighed quietly: "You and Greem are together, I don't know who is more lucky! Cough, next to you..."

Mary didn't want to spend her time thinking about and analyzing the complicated psychological changes of the other party at all, but closed her eyes and listened to her plan'strategy' quietly. No guy can keep or hide his secrets from the mighty Witch of Fate.

Even the newly born Keslin is the same!

As long as she wanted to, there was no secret she couldn't find out. The only difference is whether she is willing to pay a high price to obtain these secrets.

With Alice, the cheating artifact, Mary, transformed into a petite bat, is like a divine help, shuttling between dense witchcraft traps and psionic threads. And her target was no longer the phantom figure in the center of the hall, but the small secret room behind the hall hidden by a tall pillar.

The small secret room is only a dozen square meters in size, and the furnishings inside are extremely simple, with only a table and a chair.

And the long-lost Wizard Freed sat silently on the wooden chair, with a black dagger stuck on top of his head, his eyes turned white, his body trembling, and he still let out a hoarse and dry howl.

Obviously, that Keslin is still in the process of intense soul 'fusion' with this Fried. If he didn't want to completely obtain the knowledge and memory in Fried's soul, I'm afraid this soul war would have ended long ago.

Mary carefully climbed to the door of the secret room, but was blocked by a thin film of energy light here. Regardless of the thinness of the light film, it has an astonishing energy intensity. It is quite difficult for an assassin like Mary who focuses on agility to break through it with one blow.

And with it blocking the door, Mary would have no chance of sneaking in silently.

Just when Mary was at a loss, Alice's voice sounded again.

"Get ready! I have already communicated with Greem, and he will launch the most violent attack in 7 seconds. That attack will trigger the energy operation of the Nightmare Castle, and make this light film disappear half a finger. You must be sure. You have to grasp this timing well, the first moment you rush in, use your soul imprint to control the opponent..."

"Understood!"

The connection of thinking is undoubtedly the fastest, no matter how complicated and tangled thoughts can be communicated with others hundreds or thousands of times in an instant.

Therefore, when the blow that shook the entire castle came, Mary instantly transformed into a human form, and took advantage of the moment when the light film dissipated to rush straight into it.

Although her movements were quick, this was Keslin's nightmare territory after all. With the advantage of the home court, Keslin, who was close at hand, caught the slightest fluctuation of the bloody energy.

The witchcraft hall outside immediately roared with energy, and a terrifying spiritual coercion pushed over like a hill, which seemed to crush this place into pieces.

In the secret room, the body of 'Fried' suddenly shook, and instantly suppressed all the struggles. He raised his head, and two groups of dazzling lights lit up in the depths of his cloudy and yellow pupils.

There is not much time left for Mary to contingency!

For top powerhouses like them, a thought is almost instantaneous, and immediate reaction to a sudden encounter with an enemy is also an essential part of instinctive defense. There was no need to think about these things, and there was no need to hesitate. Almost the moment Mary's breath 'leaked', the entire Nightmare Castle and Keslin's counterattack was ready to go.

The energy light film that disappeared for a moment because the aftermath of the war affected the energy transmission reappeared. They spread out from the doorway wall and quickly closed towards the center. Perhaps it only takes half an instant for them to reseal the door of the secret room.

At that time, the only way for the intruders to attack Keslin is to break the energy light film first.

Unfortunately, half an instant is also time.

For Mary, who has super agility, the opponent's quick reaction is still just a ridiculous slow motion in her eyes.

A moment ago, there was a bang at the door of the secret room, and the blood-colored energy filled the air, transforming from a small bat demon into a normal human form. The next moment, Mary's bloody figure had passed through the door of the secret room and appeared beside 'Fried'.

Two small tornadoes instantly appeared between the two of them, and turned into a terrifying wind vortex and wrapped around Mary's body. Slices of it were as thin as scales, and the wind blades that were as fast as knives raged on the surface of her body like a roller knife formation. Even with the blood energy shield, Mary's body still had countless fine wounds, as if she was killed instantly by someone. It's too late.

The sharp blade of the vortex is still expanding and spreading, trying to block all of Mary's attack routes.

The idea of ​​'Fried' is very simple. Use this terrifying instant witchcraft to force Mary back, and try to buy yourself a certain amount of reaction time. As long as you flick your fingers, no, just half your fingers, it can mobilize the powerful power of the core of the castle, protect this body, and let your core consciousness escape back to the central crystal smoothly.

Of course, in this way, it means that it has to give up this high-level wizard soul, which is as high as level 4, and it also means that it also gives up the opportunity to hit that terrible threshold in the short term.

Although it was a pity, it did not hesitate at all.

So the soul is subject to man's pain, it will not try again!

It's just a pity that the enemy it faces today, besides the legendary Fire Witch making waves outside the castle, is also this super-sensitive blood witch who is also at level 4. But what really decides its fate is the instigator behind the invisible scene—the leader of the Fate Witch, Alice!

Mary didn't have the slightest intention of retreating or dodging, but actually resisted the terrible witchcraft of the opponent's instant counterattack, broke through the strangulation of the sharp blade of the vortex, threw herself on the body of 'Fried', and bit his neck fiercely superior.

At the same time, a strange dazzling light poured into the body of 'Fried', unexpectedly forcibly keeping the newly sprouted Keslin in this body.

No…………

'Fried' screamed in shock, and there were obviously two voices in the hoarse roar.

But no matter how it struggles and roars, the powerful vampire instinct still covers its body consciousness...