me- tower I want a detailed report on every spike in magic energy In our surroundings. the abyss gate needs a lot of mana to maintain itself.
tower - master, there has been a spike in magic energy exactly six hours after my creation, followed by a massive amount of specialised mana similar to God mana.
me - okay send me an exact report of everything and tower, transfer my consciousness into puppet 001. this will need my personal supervision.
tower - would you prefer a close combat model or a long-range model.
me - I would prefer a close combat one and give me a list of all the upgrades that I can make.
tower - yes master.
it has been two days since I collapsed the council of kings, everything was going on track. the tower had successfully materialised itself. though it was still a stone building with no mana pools, the magic tower is already showing its danger. it is absorbing the surrounding mana and already storing it in the book, which was acting as a mana storage device.
I could not move from my throne, but I can transfer my soul into another puppet body. that was the speciality of the tower. my body is bound to the tower, but with these magical puppets I am still free enough to roam the world.
anyway, this puppet is going to be very shitty quality, but it's not like I have divine materials to make a proper puppet. I think it will show at most a third-class power.
but that is enough for now. I have a feeling that I will need help in this situation.
me - tower, activate the communication rune to rock.
as soon as I said that the tower activated the rune, making it glow red.
me - Rock, are you there.
rock - we are speaking telepathically, of course, I am there.
me - anyways, just how far are you from this position.
sending them the position that the tower had given.
rock - we are not very far away, we will get here in a few days. why is it something to do with the wielder of the book?
me - no, something many times worse. an abyss gate has been opened over there. whatever it is, it is transferring mana from its world into ours. it will become another planar war if we don't deal with it here and now. hurry over there.
me -tower, begin production of the puppets.
( after a while )
me - phentim, you and wolves blade are to come with me. the remaining class two and class ones, focus on the restoration of this city. make it combat worthy by the time we return.
I see the soldiers disperse in front of me, preparing search through the city finding any suitable weapon, tool, or material of use.
me - shadow knife, you have to go to the following places and negotiate with the master if that place. show them this rune and tell them that I need their help. as for you both you are going to follow me.
phentim - but isn't it better for us to stay here, direct the people. after all, if the city falls things are going to get very dangerous in this place.
me - what we are trying to stop is something many more times dangerous. it doesn't matter if the city falls, but if the portal opens any further, be ready for war in the purest sense.
wolves sword - what are we going to fight, something dangerous.
me - no idea, even I will find out about it when we reach there. anyway, I can't follow you. due to some reason I have to stay. instead I will be sending a puppet of mine with you.
phantom- does it have anything to do with the Lord mansion becoming a giant cylinder
me - yes kid, it has everything to do with it. it is better we get going In the next thirty minutes. I will be here in a few minutes.
the entire city had become a part of the tower. so I could roam anywhere in the city, the moment I go beyond its limits I will die.
( after a week )
me - rock, are you sure about it. we can't make any mistakes. if something happens to us, the ex-emperor's wont be able to send reinforcements.
rock - yes, I don't know exactly to which realm this portal has connected to, but it seems to be one of the negative realms. it is releasing a corruption that is already rotted a half kilometer of area.
me - what level of being has come through the portal, anything worrisome.
rock - as for as I can tell, nothing came through the portal. the portal itself is very small, it won't allow the transport of any living being over. the transfer of energy is still possible. though there are an absurd number of corrupted ones in this place. we will need an army to deal with them. what can you do on that front? have any of the beast clans responded?
me - none of them have. the wolf of neither realm and the crazy tiger should becoming. other than them I don't think anyone else will be coming.
rock - that is nowhere near the necessary force required to deal with the entire thing.
me - that's why I am thinking we should just seal the region. you told me that there are no otherworldly being if we stop the expansion of the portal. the entire thing becomes much less problematic.
rock - but we would be blind to the situation
me - let's give some work to our more unwilling compatriots, anyway, they are always crying about not having enough training grounds for their young. they will always accept another training ground. I will tell them to return one of the outposts ruins under their control, precisely the serpent outpost.
rock - all of that is fine , but who will create the seal, it's not like you have your original body, it is highly unlikely that you can muster enough mana to create a seal.
me - don't worry about that, I always have my ways. we can make a move in two to three days after the two beasts have come in.
until then, it's best that we gather information about the combat capability of the enemy and check out if they have any leader. phantom, you will take care of that aspect. rock, phantom, and wolves sword, we will begin our preliminary attacks on the area. we need to figure out a lot of stuff before the two of them come.
we had a very weird alliance with the beasts. we fought in the most cutthroat manner possible. entire beast clans fall on a regular basis. but should an enemy strike, like an invasion of an otherworldly being, we unite just as easily.
I personally knew almost all of the powerful beasts that existed in this place. after all, we all have fought for so long, that we have spent more time with each other than with our spouses ( not me of course, I am what the youngsters like calling eternal bachelor. )
it was an extremely weird kind of friendship.
let's see just how much those freeloaders can handle this situation. to be honest they can handle it themselves, they are capable but knowing the nature of the surrounding beast clans, the problem would have become way more dangerous before they reacted.
with such weak defences it is a bet I can't afford to lose.
but even then, we don't exactly have an army ourselves. after all it's not like I have an army with me. the ant queen will take some time before she is able to escape from the graveyard.
while the bull dragons won't notice her if she is careful, but it will take some time. they are a magical race. they can sense abnormal amounts of mana. she will end up coming here, in a couple of weeks.
by then this place could become a complete warzone.
( after a couple of days )
I don't get why these beasts are so lazy. they are supposed to be able to see the gravity of the situation. they just don't seem to care about the situation.
even the wolf of neither world and crazy tiger we're coming because they want to give me face. otherwise, even they would not come. actually crazy tiger would come. he loves fighting a but too much. he has no reason to refuse a good opportunity to fight.
anyway where are they, they should have come already.
it's not like they are an army to take so long.
here they are.
me - crazy tiger and wolf of neither world, it been a long time since we last met. you seem to have brought friends with you this time, tiger.
crazy tiger - they are a couple of underlings I have taken, I thought they can use the training. though, it is better if you don't send any humans to inform me. that little one almost lost his life.
me - it's fine, that kid has a too much desire for grandeur. I am sure he must have offended you in some way.
crazy tiger - he appeared in my sleeping area, waking me up abruptly. don't be so hard with the good seeds, it's not like every soldier needs to be your copy.
me - sorry about that but I don't enjoy chaos as much as you do. hell, if a revolt happens and your soldiers come to kill you, it is equivalent to them arranging a party for you. of course you will end up killing all of them though.
crazy tiger - true, let's get down to our work shall we?
me - come into my tent, both of you adjust your size a bit. it is a perfectly fine tent, no need to ruin it. crazy tiger, you are hunting your own food. there is no way in hell that I am wasting all my reserves on you.
the two beats shrink themselves using magic and enter my tent, without damaging it. thank god, this tent is no way in hell cheap. otherwise at their full size, both of them are basically mountains. though they don't tend to take that form, it is energy-consuming to maintain that size.
crazy tiger - what is the plan then. whatever it is just make sure that I am in the vanguard.
me - listen carefully then.
pointing at the Map.
me - this is the enemy forces. approximately twenty-five thousand corrupted one of varying strengths are present in the place. they seem to have a hierarchy in place. I don't know if it is instinctive or if it is because a master is present, directing their moves. presently our goal is simple. we need to see if the enemy has a master or not. so you, tiger are going to make a move. do what you are so skilled at. make everything a mess.
if they have a master and he makes a move, rock and phentim shall come to help you. take care of all the weaklings. phantom, wolf of neither realm, you both will kill the enemy leader. phantom, you will listen to the wolf. as for me, I will get on with the creation of the seal. once I start the seal, rock shall be there to protect me.
wolf of neither realm - what about the terrain, you know that my power is based on the terrain.
me - don't worry about that, that region has barely any living thing, so no god will interfere with you. and the region is full of dead trees, which you can use at least. while they are not as effective as your normal troops. with phantom as your trump card, .i think you will deal with the enemy boss just fine. if anything goes wrong, the tiger is free to help.
crazy tiger - I can play a more active role in your plan, why do you need me to deal with your weaklings. that wolfs ability is more suited for fighting weaklings.
me - I can't have a loose cannon like you in the battle. anyway, your ability is more suited for mass fighting than the wolves.