Chapter 172: The Hunter’s Promise

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

As he was gliding in the sky, Grimm glanced at his new neighbor on the other side of his castle. He flinched and came to an abrupt halt in the sky at the sight that he saw.

‘Hmm?

‘It’s her!’

On the vast green valley, the silver strands of hair danced with the wind and naturally revealed the little sparkles on her forehead, the icy crystal-like white robe she wore was speckless. Those clear bright eyes also stared at Grimm with the same surprised expression.

This Demon Hunter was Ice Age Millie!

Of the neighboring castles on both sides of Grimm’s castle, one was occupied by the infamous Demon Hunter, Angelis, while the other had been left empty for quite some time. Grimm never thought that Millie would someday end up being his neighbor.

Grimm’s mind turned quickly at this new discovery, eventually, he gave up on the idea of returning to his castle and flew towards Millie instead.

“Congratulations on becoming a real sorcerer, Millie.” he congratulated the sorceress as he hovered in front of her.

A light breeze flurried between the ten-meter distance separating them.

Millie’s gaze became unfocused as she stared at Grimm’s dark eyes, calm and far-sighted. She vividly recalled their fight back at the Holy Tower years ago, that memory of hers was still as clear as day.

‘Did the once infamous Demon Hunter purposely dull his blade again?’

Millie’s initiative displayed her manners as a sorceress towards Grimm as she questioned, “Is that Lord Grimm’s castle?”

“Yeah, for about thirty years now,” Grimm said as he nodded.

Judging by her looks, Millie did not seem to have changed at all. She still had her same old face, as if she had managed to balance her body’s vitality and mentality well after becoming an official sorceress. However, from the aura and vibe she was exuding, there was no doubt that there were some intensive changes somewhere within this sorceress.

“Oh? For me to have the honor of being neighbors with Lord Grimm, it must’ve been the arrangement of fate and destiny,” Millie replied while gently tucking her hair at the back of her ear. At the same time, she dispersed the white foggy icy gas on her face, revealing her face completely before Grimm as a sign of respect.

Grimm nodded at her words; he too was impressed with the coincidence of fate.

“How’s Mina? Is she an official sorceress yet?” Grimm questioned.

That fearsome woman back when they were still apprentices left quite a long-lasting memory for Grimm.

Millie shook her head and replied coldly, “My sister became an official sorceress way faster than I did, thanks to my father’s arrangements. However, he wanted her to become a Sorcerer Guardian. With that talent of hers, she will definitely not let father down.”

Millie stopped short before she added, “If Mina has the qualifications as a Sorcerer Guardian after one thousand years, not only will I become much more inferior to her, even Lord Grimm may…”

Grimm chortled softly then said, “With that personality of hers, it would be quite a sight to have her serve the sorcerer world unconditionally like a slave for thousands of years.”

After his comment, Grimm suddenly remembered something. With a slight shift in his mental strength, the space above his shoulder distorted and a Myna with bright colorful feathers appeared.

“Hmm? This is…”

The Myna flapped his wings to maintain his balance, he was a bit confused for being summoned to an unfamiliar location, so he took his time to get used to his surroundings. When he finally noticed that he was summoned to the yard next door, he got furious and yelled, “God damn it! You can just call me for this kind of distance! I, Lord Myna… Ah? Caw caw, Lord Grimm, it’s a misunderstanding, just a misunderstanding…”

Grimm glared at the Myna before he returned his attention to Millie asking, “Remember this?”

“Isn’t this the parrot that was sealed in the handkerchief?” Millie exclaimed in shock with her eyes wide open once she got a clear look of the Myna.

“Damn you! I’m not some kind of idiotic inferior creature! I, Lord Myna am the Great Steel Emblem Myna of the sorcerer world!” The Myna was like a cat whose tail was stepped on, its feathers frazzled and unruly like a fighting rooster as it yelled at Millie.

Just by his reaction alone, one could easily tell that the Myna did not know that the sorceress in front of him was the one taking care of the only lead to its existence in the sorcerer world when it still resided in the dimensional gap.

‘Uh…’

Millie stared at the hyperactive Myna on Grimm’s shoulder blankly, but deep down, she was extremely shocked by the creature before her.

‘What kind of power does this little creature possess that makes it worth the trouble of sealing it into the dimensional gap since ancient times?’

Boom!

Suddenly, a loud roar of thunder sounded from the thick clouds above their heads. Under the tension that the thunders created, a blood-red crescent moon descended from the skies. It was Millie’s first time witnessing a sorcerer world’s Void Fortress, she was completely stunned at what she was witnessing with her eyes and mouth wide open. She watched as the dark shades of the sky ran pass her, spreading darkness across the vast blue sky, covering the bright sun above their heads.

The horizon gradually became darker by the minute.

All mechanical flying objects eventually came to a complete stop in the sky. Countless sorcerers spread out into the sky like a swarm of locusts. The crown of the Tree of Life gradually opened like a blooming flower bud…

Grimm had his brows furrowed as he grumbled, “Just like what the butler in Third Du Peak said. The wars in the sorcerer world have been occurring more frequently in the past century. The Holy Tower of Seven Rings had shortened the long exotic war cycle to once every seven to ten years. I guess it’s the same with the rest of the Elemental Holy Towers as well. It may not be as frequent for the non-elemental sorcerers’ Holy Tower organizations, but overall, the wars of the foreign lands are recurring more and more often in the sorcerer world.”

Grimm glanced at Millie who was still in a state of shock. He had seen the astonishing sight of the tear in time and space from the Void Fortress multiple times, even though it was still an impressive sight to behold, but it was no longer something special for him.

Ahem!

Grimm coughed twice, pulling Millie back to reality. After he got her attention, he explained, “This is the standardized process of inciting a tear in time and space from the Void Fortress. You’ll get used to it. Alright, let’s go to the top of the castle and borrow the altar at least 1000 degrees of magic power, they’ll reward us with one sorcerer essence.”

“Sorcerer essence!”

Millie could not believe what she had just heard so she ended up repeating Grimm’s words.

‘Demon Hunters have this kind of welfare treatment?’

She knew how difficult it was for her father who was an Arcane Sorcerer to earn sorcerer essences.

Grimm nodded his head as he controlled the nature force to let his body levitate, then he turned and flew back to his castle. The Myna on Grimm’s shoulder did not look pleased for some reason, his small eyes gave Millie a nasty glare as he pulled back his eyelids mockingly.

Err…

“Grimm!” Millie called.

Grimm turned towards her with a confused look.

“Do you have any interest in completing some demon-hunting expeditions in the foreign worlds together? I know we’re not exactly friends, but I think we’ll be able to help each other in the future.” Millie said, staring at Grimm with her clear icy eyes, filled with anticipation.

‘Completing expeditions together?’

Grimm had managed to get a better understanding of the foreign worlds’ development expeditions for Dark Demon-Hunters throughout the years. Overall, Dark Demon-Hunters were not only responsible for the initial invasion of the foreign lands, but most of their expeditions were also to conduct rogue destructive massacre in a team of elites formed by two to three sorcerers. In other words, they were responsible for wiping out a vast group of guerrilla warfare in foreign lands.

Therefore, it was said that it did not matter whether anyone was fighting alongside a Dark Demon-Hunter as the war focused more on individualized operations and small-scale operations.

Unlike Bright Sorcerers who worked in delicate team operations, every Dark Sorcerer possessed complete sets of combat systems for most of the scenarios during combat to ensure their survival.

Ideally, Grimm preferred working alone as it was much easier for him to conduct full-scale plunder on various types of resources during demon-hunting expeditions.

However, if he placed the study of the potential elemental sorcery Destructive Energy’s vacuum period into consideration…

Grimm turned around and replied, “In less than one hundred and seventy years, my compulsory expeditions will end while yours would need two hundred years.”

Millie shook her head and said, “I’m not like you and my sister who need to digest high-level sorcerer knowledge after becoming an official sorcerer due to the short amount of time you two went through during the apprenticeship period. During my time in school, I stayed at the top among the sorcerer apprentices for sixty years. In addition to the thirty years back at the Holy Tower of Seven Rings, I believe that I have made all the necessary preparations in order to graduate as a formal sorcerer. One hundred and seventy years will be enough for me to be familiarized with the basic knowledge of an official sorcerer.”

After Millie had her say, a gentle breeze blew by, revealing the sparkling icy diamond-shaped crystal on her forehead.

Grimm gave her suggestion a thought. Along with the sorrowful cry of the war horn from the Tree of Life, he stated without hesitation, “If that’s the case, I guess we can go into the details when the time comes. I still need to focus on some long delicate experiments in the coming years.”

Millie’s face lit up as she nodded in acknowledgment.

Seeing that Millie had agreed to his idea, Grimm flew to the top of his castle without waiting any further.

After half an hourglass.

Boom!

The blood-moon was at least one million meters in diameter when the Void Fortress re-entered the tear in time and space from the top of the Tree of Life, taking numerous Demon Hunters onto a new journey.