Inside Phosphorescence Swamp.
Numerous sulphur-filled bubbles rose from the sludge, becoming green balls of flame as they escaped.
Erected in the center of the swamp, the Warlock City was as busy as always. In fact, the population seemed to have increased.
It wasn’t just one or two families that could feel the oddity in the air. In the early days, when there were instabilities at the border, many Marquises and Counts had reallocated their families and servants over here, blowing up population and city.
As for the issues of their territories and such, they had no worry about that.
To the Warlocks at the top of society, commoners were like wild grass. After trimming them, come spring time and they would tenaciously grow again. So if the taxes were reduced for the people, in less than 10 years, the population would boom again.
Regardless of whether it was the invading troop or the defence troop , they did not need these commoners as resources, thus the commoners were able to lead a rather good life before and after the war with no major changes.
Compared to these commoners, the Warlocks’ regrets would be losing their castles, Magus Towers and such.
Just like Leylin, who had built his Magus Tower in his own territory. He supposed that after the war was over, his tower would be gone too. And it did not matter who the enemy was, they would be ruthless and would helped themselves to the structures. Also, once a tower genie discerned a master, she would never change. Thus, total destruction was the only way.
“Hehe… Leylin, it looks like the bad blood between you and the Oakheart Clan is serious. Looking at this latest intelligence report, your territory had been occupied by him and your Magus Tower has been demolished…” Freya smiled as she handed the intelligence report to Leylin.
“It is serious!” Leylin stroked his nose, ”Even their chief died in my hands!”
In his heart, he silently added ‘and a Morning Star’s clone’ next to it. Under such circumstances, if the opposite party were to be polite to him, it would truly be odd.
After moving to the Ouroboros Clan headquarters, over ten days had passed and within this time, many things had happened.
Every territory had its fair share of unceasing riots, and there were multiple forces would invade these areas. Naturally, Leylin’s territory was not spared .
Freya, too, had lost her territory. Hence, she teased Leylin with a bit of schadenfreude.
However, Leylin could sense the fear and restlessness beneath Freya’s smile. This time, the power of the enemy had surpassed the expectations of many. The Azure Mountain Clan was but one part only, there were other more powerful ones yet to show themselves.
The Ouroboros Clan was strong in appearance but weak in reality, and everyone could see it. Hence the minor skirmishes at the borders had escalated to entire territories being taken over.
Even the outer regions of Phosphorescence Swamp were not spared. From time to time, scouts sent by many different powerful families were discovered. Warlocks from the Ouroboros Clan could only rely on the headquarters’ defensive spells as a core, building an extremely narrow defensive perimeter and guarding it resolutely.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that if the Morning Star military strength did not make an appearance soon in the Ouroboros Clan, the entire clan could face imminent destruction.
“Over at the astral gate, how is the progress?” Seeing Freya’s strong and obstinate persona, Leylin couldn’t console her directly, as otherwise, he would have hurt her pride. Instead, he changed the subject and asked her a question.
The truth of the matter was, the root of all the problems were the three elders. If they could appear immediately, even if just one of them could show their face in public, not only would the Warlocks of the entire Ouroboros Clan gain confidence from their pillar of strength, the number of enemy scouts would reduce drastically too.
“Some of the Marquises from the technology department have been working for days in there…” Freya smiled wryly.
“But in the end…. Only someone of at least a Morning Star Magus status, can open an astral gate. Otherwise, no one can support the crossover of the body. Forget rescuing them, we can’t even find someone here qualified to open the astral gate…”
Seeing Freya, Leylin knew deep in her heart that she had some disagreements with the Blood Duchess Emma and the other two Morning Star Warlocks. But since she was a student of theirs, she couldn’t say anything.
“You can’t blame our Mentors, the allure of the Purgatory World is simply too huge…” Leylin sighed.
Chapter 494 – As The Dark Clouds Draw Closer
As The Dark Clouds Draw Closer
There was another concern bugging Leylin.
As compared to the factions that had shown themselves in Azure Mountain City, what worried him the most was still the Magus that had set the trap.
To be able to give up a world coordinate and also successfully entrap three Morning Star Warlocks, he was definitely not a simple person.
Furthermore, if Leylin’s mentor, Gilbert, joined forces with the other two Morning Star Warlocks, they would have a terrifying strength on par with that of a Radiant Moon Magus!
Since the mastermind could successfully scheme against them regardless of that, it was only a matter of time before his actual strength would be revealed.
If the other party came at them openly, the current Ouroboros Clan would not have any strength to resist.
Fortunately, for reasons unknown, he had not taken any other action apart from setting the trap. No one knew what qualms he had, or whether there was something holding him back.
Leylin secretly guessed that perhaps the other party had suffered a violent counterattack when he’d plotted against his Mentor, and thus suffered a hidden loss. He was likely still in the midst of recovery, or else he definitely wouldn’t have let this chance slip through his fingers.
Even so, the pressure the Ouroboros Clan faced was crushing. The tiniest bit more and they would collapse completely.
After parting with Leylin, Freya took a short walk and arrived at a small garden full of white roses.
A distorted human shadow appeared next to the garden. When the figure came into view, a Warlock dressed in a crimson Magus robe bowed to Freya.
“Greetings, chief!”
“Mm!” Freya nodded, “The crisis that the Ouroboros Clan has met with will require the combined effort of many marquises, but Leylin’s team of vassals is really too weak, and they also suffered heavy losses in the previous suppression. I plan to let the Blood Serpent Warlock organisation take over some of their missions!”
After a long silence, Julian then spoke with a hoarse voice, “This… is not in accordance with the rules! Furthermore, the elders…”
“This is an order!” Freya’s voice turned cold, and an aura that was unique to Crystal Phase Warlocks surfaced on her body.
“Yes! Yes!” Julian quickly agreed, but let out a silent sigh.
Even he could see that his chief had feelings for Leylin, but the other party still showed clear signs of rejection.
It would be understandable if Freya had only lent a helping hand once or twice, but she had already done so many times. This problem had left many elders with authority dissatisfied. It was in stark contrast to how Miranda simply gave up on her pursuit.
In ancient Warlock families like Freya’s, even the chief could not go against the opinion of the majority, and had to take the entire family’s opinion into consideration.
Freya’s actions had already aroused a certain degree of discontent in the family, but was suppressed by her promotion to the Crystal Phase.
However, Julian had a feeling that if Freya continued, the accumulating dissent would one day burst forth.
Judging by her attitude, though, would it be possible to change her ways?
Julian shook his head and forced a smile, then bowed to Freya and vanished into the sea of flowers.
……
In the depths of a white canyon, a team of Warlocks were hurrying through the steep mountains.
These Warlocks were all clothed in crimson Magus robes, with the Giant Kemoyin Serpent motif on their collars. A platinum-haired high-ranking Warlock led the way.
Shoom! At that very instant, a crooked shadow shot out from the side of the cliff like an arrow, right into this Warlock’s hands.
“Be alert!” Kemoyin’s Scales appeared on the bodies of the numerous Warlocks as a mode of defence. Assuming their various positions, they emitted an aura that was full of solemn determination; evidently, they were elites with rich experience who have been fighting for a long time.
Warlock of the Magus World (Chapter 451-Chapter 600)
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