Chapter 178
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Grimm and Millie landed at the Dark Sorcerer's Headquarters together .
This time, they did not land on the ground in front of the headquarters; instead, they flew straight to the open-space plaza on top of the building . By the time they arrived, there were already over twenty thousand Dark Demon-Hunters gathered at the plaza .
They could see more Dark Sorcerers flying towards the plaza from afar too .
Grimm and Millie picked a less congested area in the plaza and observed the other fellow Demon Hunters quietly .
Judging from what he could see, Grimm observed that the Level 1 Sorcerers' and Level 2 Sorcerers' numbers were about 15:1 in ratio . In other words, there were less than two thousand Level 2 Sorcerers who could morph their bodies into elements, out of the twenty thousand people in the plaza .
As for the Level 3 Sorcerers?
It was quite rare to see a Level 3 Sorcerer under the defensive cover of the Seven Rings . Thus, it was even less likely to see one showing up in a Demon-Hunting mission .
This was due to the policies of the Sorcerer World that encouraged Dark Sorcerers to run experiments and meditations for an obscenely huge amount of time; this, in turn, was to encourage them to rank up to be Stigmata Sorcerers so they could reinforce and enhance the strength of the Sorcerer World itself .
Other than that, Level 3 Sorcerers were too busy with various duties and tasks . Therefore, their services would only be required when peculiar missions or tasks surfaced .
For example, the task of becoming a sorcerer academy, or to audit conquered worlds, or to repress and squelch rebellions, or to determine the coordinates of a potentially conquerable world before Demon-Hunting missions could be commenced, or to maintain the Holy Tower's security system .
If Level 1 and Level 2 sorcerers of the Sorcerer World were mere foot soldiers and elite privates in an army, then the Level 3 sorcerers were the ones who possessed the opportunity to become sergeants and majors in the army—the ones with leadership roles .
Buzz… buzz… buzz…
Several dozens of agile-moving mirror images dropped from the sky and hovered steadily in front of everyone present in the plaza . After taking a closer look, these were actually huge mechanical bee mounts . Grimm saw one of these flying mounts, used by the Sky Holy Tower's sorcerer-apprentices, back when he was riding the giant turtle of Celestial Cordillera to the World Core .
Millie, though, was taken aback when she saw these massive bees; it would seem that she had never seen these flying mounts before .
Unshaken by the sudden appearance of the flying mounts, Grimm started to make deductions . He was curious about the origins of these bees—were they part of the Void Fortress's facilities or were they specifically assigned by the Holy Towers to carry the Dark Sorcerers into the Void Fortress?
If they were part of the Void Fortress's facilities, that would mean that these agile flying bees were meant to be the Elite Field Sorcerers' mounts .
The Elite Field Sorcerers were Demon Hunters who had earned Honor Badges by delivering outstanding performances in their missions . Their Honor Badges were categorized by ranks: Rank 3, Rank 2, Rank 1, and Rank Superior . They were the best of the best amongst the Demon Hunters—thus, they were granted more resources, privileges, and status compared to the ordinary Demon Hunters .
These mechanical bees could, at most, carry ten people . After they were at maximum capacity, they zoomed up to the sky, leaving a vivid mirror image behind at the plaza . Their flight speed was so fast that they rose up higher than the Seven Rings' defensive cover and clouds in less than a minute!
In just minutes, these mechanical bees had completed their first round and flew right back to the plaza with empty seats; and then, another batch of Dark Sorcerers boarded and were also sent straight to their destination .
Grimm and Millie sat close together as the mechanical bee's unthinkable speed broke away from the gravitational pull of the Terran Stream . Several sorcerers who had weaker stamina started to feel sick as they reached higher altitudes; to remain conscious, they needed to activate their defensive barriers or techniques to counteract the sheer inertia that was pressing on them . Grimm was not affected much by this due to his sturdy Constitution . With his Mystic Eye activated, Grimm was studying the bee's mechanical gears that were spinning rapidly next to the window .
"This… this is such an interestingly curious mechanical design . "
Even though he was not familiar with machines, Grimm was able to observe the workings of the complex machine using his Mystic Eye . Astounded by what he saw, Grimm let out a sigh of amazement .
Poof!
After passing through the defensive cover and penetrating layers after layers of snowy clouds, the mechanical bee finally reached a serenely quiet dimension .
As though there was a layer of steam cloaked above the clouds, the "place" looked misty and surreal . This dimension was what they called "The Vacant" in the Sorcerer World—a vacuum of nothingness except for elemental energies .
Buzz buzz buzz…
Rapidly buzzing its mechanical wings, the massive mechanical bee hovered in place as it adjusted the position and angle it was heading towards; the seats within were also slowly turning to face forward instead of upwards . Then, in a flash, the mechanical bee zoomed towards a massive scarlet metallic structure, leaving yet another mirror image from where it was hovering earlier .
After traveling for half a second, a powerful sonic boom blasted around the bee, rippling the clouds below .
From afar, Grimm, Millie, and the other passengers could see the scarlet red moon ahead of them . They could also see three more identical moons suspended in the air on other sides too—there were a total of four scarlet moons hanging above the clouds of the Holy Tower of the Seven Rings .
As the mechanical bees flew closer to the Void Fortress, the metallic structure was so massive that Grimm was not able to see it in its entirety . On the contrary, he was now finally able to see the details of parts of the fortress now that they had inched closer .
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