Chapter 906 State of the Crimson Clan
Ti Freeze, also known as Ti Stop, was definitely at the level of high-grade spells.
However, how could Mary have mastered such top-tier spaceti magic as a vampire? Greem quickly realized his mistake after a mont of surprise.
It wasn’t actually Ti Freeze; it was a strange spell whose effect was similar to Ti Freeze. When Mary started to burn her Spirit to boost her pace, reflexes, and ntal speed forcefully, her personal speed crossed a certain threshold that allowed her to obtain this strange power.
That said, this magical effect appeared to exhaust her Spirit trendously. Mary had lost half of her Spirit from just escaping Greem’s Coldfla trap. If it weren’t for her Spirit increasing imnsely from her Third Grade advancent, the exhaustion from the move would have been enough to empty her Spirit and cause her to fall unconscious.
“Can you freely control this state of yours?” Greem couldn’t help but ask softly.
“It’s difficult!” Mary’s Spirit had shriveled after half of it was exhausted. She appeared to be lethargic even while answering Greem’s question, “When I enter that state, I can clearly feel everything around suddenly slow down, moving at a snail’s pace. anwhile, my...my Spirit starts to burn rapidly.”
“What about your control over your body?” Greem imdiately cut to the critical issue.
If entering the hypersensitive state could allow Mary’s speed to exceed the senses and ntal speed of other adepts, wouldn’t she be invincible at that mont?! She would be the only one able to freely move while others were frozen in ti. As such, the crux of the issue was the degree of Mary’s control over her own body while in this state.
Mary paused to think for a mont before shaking her head slowly: “It’s very, very difficult. In the mont, it feels like the entire world has turned static. Even the air seed to have frozen and turned solid. Moving in that state requires to use a hundred tis more energy than usual, and it takes a huge toll on my stamina.”
“The move relies on your Agility, burns your Spirit, and exhausts your stamina. It seems like from now on, all three of these factors will be your priority if you want to master this state of hypersensitivity.”
“What do I need such high stamina for? I’m an Agility-type assassin!” Mary appeared a little dispirited.
“What do you know? Your hypersensitive state is a very decent ans of attack. It is only because your Agility, Spirit, and Physique aren’t at a qualifying level that the ability is so inconsistent. If you can improve all three of these attributes, you will have a much easier ti controlling this state. At the very least, it won’t be like today, where escaping a single trap took more than half of your power.”
“Hmph! If I really had this ability, I would definitely carve my na on your chest.” Mary was sowhat disappointed at being unable to suppress Greem even after becoming a Third Grade.
“Ha. that will have to depend on whether you will be able to break the defensive spells around in such a short ti. If you could do that, I would definitely surrender...haha...ow!”
Seeing as Mary had lost her interest to continue fighting, Greem also slowly retracted the burning Domain and the layers of Inferno Shields around him. Mary instantly appeared beside him the mont the fire spells around him disappeared. She extended a slender finger, pinching the at at his waist and turning it left and right.
Greem imdiately drew in a breath of cold air. For the first ti, he felt like he had withdrawn his defenses far too early!
“Co on, bring back! It’s been a long ti since I bathed. I feel like my body is already starting to sll.” While Greem gritted his teeth in pain, Mary suddenly let go and leaned to whisper in his ear.
“Alright, alright. We will go back and shower now!” A smile instantly appeared on Greem’s face.
The next second, flas erupted in mid-air as the two figures vanished from the spot.
As the magical flas slowly extinguished, the land once again returned to deathly silence!
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News of Mary’s successful advancent to Third Grade caused a rather large commotion in the Crimson Clan once more. The second Third Grade of the clan had erged, which ant that the foundations of the Crimson Clan were even stronger than before.
Apart from the few ga-clans backed by those old elders, the Crimson Clan could be considered one of the most powerful of the new clans in Zhentarim and the Central Region.
Even though the Crimson Clan already possessed two Third Grade adepts–and the majority of the Ailovis Region–they were still looked down upon as an upstart force in the eyes of most adepts. That was because it had not even been a hundred years since the establishnt of the clan. They were still a long way off from competing with the actual large clans when it ca to the number of total accumulated resources.
Even if they were unstoppable for the mont, they could run into the risk of collapse at any mont if they provoked the wrath of a Fourth Grade adept!
Without a Fourth Grade adept within the clan, or supporting the clan in the World of Adepts, it was impossible to beco a ruler and tyrant over a region. One still had to remain as low-profile as they could, and as careful as they could. The ones who truly possessed the right to speak in this world were the powerful Fourth Grade adepts.
Mary received an invitation to the Winds of Freedom not long after her advancent, as was the custom.
According to Greem’s understanding, no more than three people in the Crimson Clan had received an invitation from the Winds of Freedom: himself, Mary, and Billis. Though Zacha, Tigule, and Mary’s blood knights and blood elves were all Second Grades, none of them had received an invitation from the Winds of Freedom.
Judging from this, the Winds of Freedom also very strictly abided by so ancient rules. They were mostly composed of native local adepts of the Central Region and were extrely selective of outsiders.
Mary had not been outside for seven years. She was already sowhat unfamiliar with the clan’s internal matters and developnt.
Over the next few days, she was shocked to find that the developnt of the Crimson Clan had been unusually fast.
Currently, the clan was obviously split into four distinctive factions: the vampires, the goblins, the brain monster’s group, and the local adepts.
In terms of strength alone, there was no doubt that Mary’s vampires were the strongest. They made up more than half of the clan’s Second Grade fighting force. Now, with Mary’s advancent to Third Grade, the power of the vampires was sure to follow and beco even more eye-catching.
However, none of the other factions could compare to the goblin faction when it ca to numbers, scale, and degree of penetration. In particular, over the past few years, the number of goblin adepts had noticeably risen due to the sponsorship of goblin nobles and moguls.
Right now five goblins within the Crimson Clan had advanced to beco magical chanics, with three others had advanced to beco alchemists. Their power might be diocre, but when they gathered together, it was not a force that could be ignored.
Moreover, all these goblins were backed by Goblin War God Tigule and Goblin Sage Snorlax. They had decent influence even within the clan itself!
That was especially the case recently, as the clan had been actively expanding their influence and constructing their own information and resource collection systems. The goblin rchants and moguls spread all over the continent provided the clan with imnse support in this aspect. Consequently, the higher-ups of the clan had intentions to promote so goblins into the core of the clan. That was also the key to the goblin faction’s rapid developnt.
The other major faction of the clan was naturally the brain monster bloc led by Gazlowe. Their main range of activity was in Lance, with the Capital of Eternity as the center of their operations.
With the Capital of Eternity as their headquarters, the brain monster bloc had more than enough power to crush the other factions within the clan. They might not look like much, but they were protected by tens of thousands of magical machines and were sheltered beneath the impenetrable Capital.
Greem and the Crimson Clan had gone to great lengths to keep the brain monster bloc on their side over the years. Still, their work had not gone to waste. The leisurely and ambitious Third Grade brain monster did not act selfishly and keep Lance to himself. He instead opened up the Capital of Eternity to the Crimson Clan.
From a certain perspective, the brain monster bloc wasn’t entirely an internal faction of the Crimson Clan. Instead, they more resembled a neutral force that leaned toward the clan.
Finally, the last faction was the local adepts who propped up the very backbone of the Crimson Clan.
It was only the difficulty of raising adepts and having them advance that caused them to lag in terms of developntal speed. It made them incapable of competing with the other three factions.
However, the Crimson Clan’s roots were in the World of Adepts. As such, the status of adepts was immovable, regardless of the circumstance.
This organization of native adepts might be weak, but they still possessed the mainstream ruling position within the clan.
It didn’t matter whether it was Crimson Majordomo Gargal, ryl of the White Tower, or even Deserra in the Goblin Plane; they all held authority in the Crimson Clan despite their low grades and insignificant power.
Naturally, the one that stood behind them all was Greem, the legendary Third Grade fire adept!
Though Greem had rarely left Fire Throne for the past few years for the sake of protecting Mary, his power was apparent for all to see. Even though it hadn’t been long since he advanced to Third Grade, he was considered one of the most powerful Third Grade adepts of the Central Region due to that powerful elentium magical machine of his.
The Crimson Clan had also run into so crises over the years.
However, ever since the Crimson Clan brought the Fourth Grade tallic golem dragon back from their lesser plane, all of these dangers and hidden currents vanished quickly.
What was real power in the World of Adepts?
Fourth Grade!
As long as a clan was protected by a Fourth Grade adept, it ant that they would never collapse for all eternity. No one would dare to challenge their dignity.
It was the sa even when it was a Fourth Grade magical machine golem dragon!
For a mont, even those famous Fourth Grade adepts couldn’t help but cast their attention toward this rising Crimson Clan.
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