Chapter 876 - Golden Hall (1/2)
Chapter 876 Golden Hall
Greem arrived in Rhein City three days later.
The Skettis Region, where Molten Fire City was located, was hundreds of thousands of kilometers away from the Ailovis region; it required crossing four different regions. Ordinary flying voodoo beasts could not possibly traverse such long distances. The flying s.h.i.+ps of the Silver Unions were required for such a journey.
The treatment that Greem received upon arriving at Rhein was completely different from the last time he came.
He had just gotten down from the manticore and had yet to enter the lodgings he had arranged, yet an adept was already waiting for him at the door. They had been sent by the manager of the adept’s tower.
“Lord Greem, what business do you have here in Rhein? If there is anything you need, please tell us.” The person responsible for his reception was a Second Grade mechanical adept. Most of his exposed skin had been replaced by a strange silver-white metal, making for a fairly scary appearance.
“I need to proceed to the Skettis Region on business. I also need to take the flying s.h.i.+ps here.” The mission didn’t require him to keep any secrets, so Greem didn’t hide his destination.
“No problem! There will be a flying s.h.i.+p due west in two days. I will make sure to arrange pa.s.sage for you! In addition,” The mechanical adept smiled, “The tower is hosting a routine adept’s gathering at the Golden Hall tonight. I wonder if you…”
“I understand! Send someone to notify me once the gathering starts!”
“Very well, I will tell them now!”
The mechanical adept immediately left with a smile on his face after Greem agreed to go to the gathering.
It was clear that the higher-ups of the Rhein adept’s tower looked forward to Greem’s presence.
It was important to note that the Ailovis Region, where Rhein City was located, had mostly fallen into the hands of the Crimson Clan at this point. The rise of the Crimson Clan was now an undeniable fact. Under such circ.u.mstances, establis.h.i.+ng a good personal relations.h.i.+p with Greem would undoubtedly have tremendous benefits for the development of the city.
Thus, be it for personal or official reasons, the leaders of Rhein City had to show Greem proper respect.
There might still be some people who would oppress others if they were a Second Grade adept. But setting aside the Fourth Grade monsters who wouldn’t easily show themselves, Third Grade adepts were already the most powerful force in the World of Adepts.
In particular, combat adepts like Greem, who demonstrated tremendous power, could only be won over, never beaten down.
The att.i.tudes of the Rhein adept tower’s leaders was a stark contrast to the last time Greem came to the city. There were some slight intentions to fix the cracks created from their last encounter.
Greem knew this very well.
He also intended to take this opportunity to make contact with the high-grade adepts of Zhentarim.
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When night finally fell, the Golden Hall was already filled with n.o.ble adepts from various levels of the tower.
The routine gathering for the tower adepts should have been hosted five days later, but the arrival of an esteemed guest meant that the higher-ups had no choice but to bring it forward.
The adepts who stayed at the tower had all figured out the ident.i.ty of tonight’s mysterious guest through various channels. As such, they had all arrived to the Golden Hall ahead of time, taking up some better spots and conversing with their friends as they waited for the guest to arrive.
Of course, their private conversations never left the topic of the battle in the arena.
Some adepts who weren’t present asked softly, while those who had witnessed the entire event started to describe it with life-like detail.
A Second Grade adept defeated a Third Grade adept in a duel. Such a thing should never have happened, yet it had occurred in Rhein City. That caused the adepts of Rhein City to feel pride for a long time.
A group of performers in beautiful clothes were performing elegant music in the corner of the hall. Waiters and waitresses in uniforms were weaving between the adepts with smiles on their faces, serving fine wine and dessert on their silver platters.
Meanwhile, adepts in all sorts of robes casually stood all over the hall, laughing and whispering amongst themselves as they drank and talked. In particular, some female adepts with pretty looks and notable figures were dressed very seductively and quickly became the center of attention at the banquet.
There were only three Third Grade adepts who typically stayed in Rhein’s adept’s tower. One of them had headed north to settle some personal matter and had yet to return. Only two Third Grade adepts appeared in the Golden Hall. One was Third Grade Body-Refining Adept Zavest, while the other was Third Grade Earth Adept Ragnar.
They stood in the center of the hall, surrounded by a group of subordinate adepts. They talked amongst themselves casually while occasionally looking toward the entrance to the room.
“How much exactly do you know about this Adept Greem? I heard he isn’t even two hundred years old this year. Is this reliable news?” Third Grade Body-Refining Adept Zavest had not been in the tower the last time Greem came to Rhein. As such, he had not met him and was skeptical about all the rumors he had heard.
Earth Adept Ragnar lifted a deep red gla.s.s of wine and shook it lightly in his hand. There was a faint smile on his face.
“I don’t really know much more than you do. Everything I’ve heard is from those rumors as well. Still, he is truly very young. The rumor that he is not even two hundred might just be real!”
“Sss,” Zavest couldn’t help but draw in a cold breath of air, “Not even two hundred years old! Doesn’t…doesn’t that mean he is very likely to advance to Fourth Grade?”