Chapter 0990: The Wind Rises
Wizarding World.
During this time, the situation of the Crimson family in the scattered Tallinn region has deteriorated on a daily basis.
A 'rumor' that spread out of nowhere pointed to the legendary fire witch who single-handedly created the Crimson Family had died in the Alien Plane, and the Crimson Family higher-ups chose to keep it secret in order not to shake the family's roots.
This rumor may seem nonsense, but it really hits some of the Crimson family's weaknesses.
If it weren't for the legendary fire witch who suppressed all the disobedience voices with his own powerful strength, as well as the loyal support of wizards such as Mary, Alice, and Winriel, I am afraid that no one would have been able to gather these vampires, goblins, dragons, and witches together and condense them into a powerful force that will be feared by the outside world.
When Grim has not appeared within the family for many years, and Alice, another core member of the Destiny Witch, has also lived in a shallow position, hiding in the Tower of Destiny all year round, and the internal operation of the entire family is almost entirely supported by the two first-order wizards Gargamel and Winriel.
As for the family's high-level combat power, only the third-order vampire wizard Mary remained.
Under such circumstances, some unstable factors inside and outside the family became entangled and began to make waves. Whether it is the sorcerers who were forcibly subdued in the last wizarding war, or some 'careerists' on the goblin side, they are all carefully testing the reality of the family, looking for a way to get rid of the family's control.
During this period, some well-known large wizarding families also showed deep hostility towards the newly rising Crimson family, and began to suppress the members of the Crimson family overtly or covertly.
For a time, there were many vicious incidents of expelling goblin caravans and attacking the Crimson family's resource points in the scattered Tallinn area. The Crimson Family, which had already occupied nearly eighty percent of the territory of the Elovis region, had to begin to shrink its strength and instead guard the more than a dozen of the most important first-level resource points in various places.
As the head wizard, even if Mary is reluctant, she can only take on the task of carrying the burden of the family.
For a time, the vampire wizards went out in all directions, tooth for tooth and blood for blood, repelling enemy attacks again and again with ferocious attacks, and even suppressed three rebellions in the Elovis region that attempted to overthrow the Crimson family's rule.
However, the more they killed, the harder they hit, and the situation of the Crimson family became more and more difficult.
Rumors are flying everywhere, beacons are everywhere, and the powerful black hand who is hidden behind the scenes has the intention of not giving up until the Crimson family is uprooted.
As a last resort, Mary could only use her family authority to transfer the 4th-order magic weapon puppet dragon that was stationed near the White Tower to the middle of the continent as the core combat force to guard the Elovis region.
Such a move undoubtedly deterred the masterminds behind the scenes, and only then did the Crimson family have a chance to breathe.
Through careful and meticulous investigation, the top echelons of the family led by Mary finally figured out that the main driving force behind the plot to subvert the Crimson Family was the current patriarch of the Fabreth family, the fourth-order refining wizard Dikran Fabreth.
To be honest, after hearing that it was this fourth-order refining wizard who was tossing the Crimson family behind it, most of the family leaders were a little surprised and stunned. After all, the Crimson family didn't have a true 4th order of their own, so in their external expansion, they had always respected those old wizard families and never competed with them for local interests.
Now, that fourth-order wizard suddenly appeared and attacked the Crimson family, which ...... It was a bit of a surprise to the top of the Crimson family.
However, when the high-level leaders were confused, Mary, as the core wizard, vaguely understood something.
Grim's sudden confinement to an alien plane, and the family's current predicament, are likely the work of one person.
Therefore, Mary, who understood the reason for the incident, gave up the idea of negotiating with the enemy, and began to fight back and stick to the family's secular territory and resource points with all her might. Under her strong leadership, Billis, the Worm Witch, Zacha the Dragonman, Tigul the Goblin, and a host of vampire wizards took turns attacking.
If the enemy dares to destroy one of the Crimson family's hereditary domains, they will dare to attack and kill all the hereditary nobles of the enemy's three domains, and if the enemy dares to raid one of the Crimson family's resource points, they will dare to destroy the enemy's five wizard resource points......
The Crimson Wizards, who have always been fearless from heaven and earth, are like a coiled poisonous snake, fiercely fighting back against every attack of the enemy, even if they are defeated, they will not compromise and retreat to the enemy.
At the beginning of the war, the Fabres family only incited and incited those peripheral forces to attack and harass the Crimson family. But when these peripheral forces suffered big losses in the territory of the Crimson family and were scared, the Fabres family finally began to take the initiative.
As an old wizard family with a fourth-order wizard, the Fabreth family has existed for more than 3,000 years, and its profound heritage is naturally not comparable to the Crimson family, which has been established for less than a hundred years.
When the 2nd and 3rd order wizards of the Fabreth family appeared one after another and joined the battle sequence against the Crimson family, the entire scattered Tallinn region couldn't help but boil.
All the wizarding families and academy forces couldn't help but focus on the Elovis region, quietly waiting for the victory or defeat of the two wizarding families, one large and one small. There are those who talk about it, there are lively onlookers, and there are those who pretend to point out the country deeply......
But no matter how they discussed and analyzed, the Crimson family could no longer be lucky in this wizarding war. After all, there are more than thirty second- and third-order wizards on one side, while there are only two third-order wizards and a group of third-order dragons on the other side...... The difference in strength between the two sides is simply too big, and it is not above the same level of strength at all.
For a while, those small forces that had previously seen the strength of the Crimson family and followed the trend turned against them, either joined the enemy camp, or chose neutrality, which also greatly reduced the momentum of the Crimson family.
Combining the basic strength of both sides, some good deeds have commented that the Crimson family will be completely defeated, and at most, it can only retain the origin of the Flame Throne with that 4th-order magic weapon puppet dragon. As for the rest of the secular realms and family resource points...... They don't have the power to defend it!
However, what really caused the collapse of the Crimson family was nothing else, but the absence of Grim, the legendary family leader.
The Crimson family was originally a wizard family formed by this Grim with his strong personal charm and combat power, and the thousands of cores of the family were tied to Grim alone.
Grim is here, the family is there, and if Grim is missing, the family is like a human being who has pulled out the skeleton, and it is difficult to condense into a real force.
Whether it is the Brain Monster Group in the Reims plane, or the group of arrogant dragons, they are all obedient to Mary's orders, and they do not listen to the announcement, and they do not do their best to maintain the glory and dignity of the family.
Even the weaker goblins were quite critical of Mary's orders. If it weren't for the powerful vampire group that forced them down, I'm afraid they would have to back down to protect themselves.
In this way, only a few core wizards and her loyal subordinates are the only ones who can really obey Mary's assignment. With only such a few forces, it is a fool's dream to defend the vast territory and resource points of the Elovis region.
As a last resort, Mary could only shrink the power of the family again and again, give up the peripheral territories and resource points, control the limited manpower in her own hands, and quietly wait for the opportunity to fight back.
And the emperor lived up to his wishes, and the Crimson family's repeated concessions finally fished out some valuable targets.
Seeing Hunter's Joy, a group of wizards of the Fabreth family went on a rampage to raid a Crimson family's first-level resource point near the Raul Wasteland, killing the Crimson wizards and the family's apprentices who were in charge of guarding it.
And they are leading the team with two Rank 3 wizards!
After receiving a distress message from the family's wizards and apprentices before they died, Mary reversed the usual state of ignoring the past and attacked with the fierceness of the family's elite.
Raul Wasteland was only more than 600 miles away from the core territory of the Crimson family, and the wizards of the Fabrese family did not expect that Mary to be so fierce, so the looting time seemed too long. As they were loaded with loot and ready to return to their family for celebration, Mary and seven Tier 2 vampires, as well as Bilis, Zacha, and Tigul, had blocked their way.
After a bloody battle, Raul's wasteland was completely wiped off the map, and both sides paid a heavy price for it.
On the side of the Crimson family, the two second-order blood elves were killed on the spot, Mary was seriously injured, and the other family wizards were each injured. On the side of the Fabreth family, the two third-order wizards who led the team were seriously injured and one lightly injured, killing five second-order wizards in battle, and slightly injuring countless wizards......
The Battle of Raul Wasteland also completely shook the entire scattered Tallinn!
In the eyes of the people, the only thing the Crimson family can do in the face of the old wizard family who is coming with great momentum is to hold on to the place of origin of the family and silently wait for the moment when the enemy's strength is exhausted and retreats.
No one could have imagined that the blood queen Mary could have such courage that she would dare to bite back and gnaw a piece of flesh with blood and tendons from the Fabres family. Although the casualties of the five second-order wizards could not shake the foundation of the Fabreth family, it was equivalent to a slap in the face.
For a moment, scattered Tallinn was shocked, and they were all silently watching how the Fabres family reacted.
It is said that the battle of Raul Wasteland made the fourth-order patriarch of the Fabres family furious.
Under his angry roar and repeated mobilization, the Fabres gathered an even larger force and began to frantically attack the Crimson Territory.