Age of Adepts
chapter-74

After discovering that the food tonic could bring great benefits to an apprentice Adept’s body, the magical energy meal which he only eats once a day became an essential part of his daily life.

After being inspired and guided by him, it didn’t take too long for Mary to become a slave of this “delicacy” as well, accompanying him in indulging in a frenzy eating spree. If not for having to carry out appropriate ‘exercises’ after each meal to help in the digestion of bioactive element substance, Greem would surely change all of his regular meals into magical energy meals.

For the following days, every morning was spent on studying for magic knowledge, be it rain or shine. Greem utilized fully the help of the Chip, instilling the huge amount of knowledge he learned into his brain, then saved them in a systematic manner.

Noon time was the most important time of the day, being the time to enjoy the various delicacy available to them. Both of them had already tried every single one of the magical energy meals that was provided by the Adept Tower, but chose to eat the one that suited them the most. Greem still preferred the Fried Heart of a Flaming Hound while Mary enjoyed drinking the blood of a Wyvern.

After they finished eating, it was finally time for appropriate “exercises” where Mary would give Greem a good beating. Greem practically turned into a high quality human punching bag, brutally tortured by Mary.

Facing Mary who had used her full speed from the get-go, Greem was forced to wear his Circlet of Nobility and only then can he barely make out her flickering figure. Whenever his palms holding scorching flames moved slower, he would be rewarded with five bloody shallow scratches on his body.

For the first three days, Greem’s body would be full of wounds after every fight. His body which had just grown a bit sturdy looked like it had been used as a scratching post by more than a hundred catwomen at the same time, was full of crisscrossing scratch marks.

Greem had a sorrowful discovery that, without the help from his Golems, fighting Mary all alone was as if he was inviting torture. Mary could even use the gentlest ‘touch’ to reduce his health points to one, while his flaming palms couldn’t even touch the corner of her dress.

Initially, he thought of suddenly changing the direction of his flames to give Mary a surprise attack, but the same technique had become useless the second time around when dealing with Mary, who was an agility type assassin Adept. Without a suitable defensive magic spell, Greem would never be able to withstand Mary’s attack just with the Burning Hand alone.