As Ivan expected, Claire and Ari returned a few hours after the homunculi sisters. Though their task should have been the easiest, they were constantly delayed over and over by overly hospital Beastmen who did everything in their power to suck up to the two considering whose group they hailed from.
But seeing as how Ivan deemed them useless in their upcoming venture, the two just ignored them before reaching Wonderland.
The Haulia accepted their request immediately, as soon as Shea heard their words a siren resounded through the hidden village and within seconds an organized army armed to the teeth were in formation right in front of her command room.
Claire and Ari admitted that the constant 'the time has come' and 'our glory awaits' being shouted down the streets frightened them a little bit.
And that fear seemed to spread to the rest of the Sea of Trees as it became noticeably quiet in the woods that day.
Claire gave a basic rundown of their plans to Shea, then handed her a jagged blue crystal before pulling Ari out of the bar and running toward the Gorge as quickly as possible.
If everything worked as intended, the crystal would glow golden the moment Ivan signals for the beginning of battle against Ehit and his forces, breaking the crystal would then open a temporary portal for the forces to go through, immediately transmitting them to where Ivan was.
The same crystal was also within Miledi's possession.
And now the only ones that should be in the process of receiving the device are the Dragonmen. It's been two days since Tio left and Ivan wasn't exactly rushing her considering she hadn't been home since they first met
He was sure she had a lot to catch her clansmen up with regarding the matters of the outside world.
'But a whole clan of Dragonmen fighting by our side huh…'
It seemed that in every world dragons were regarded as immensely powerful beings. Whether it be in Ivan's past world with the amount of legends that pertained toward them, or this world where the Dragonmen were once praised as the peacekeepers of the world.
Yue who especially idolized them swung her legs from the workbench with anticipation, all whilst handling the sorting of material.
The Dragonmen in this world were akin to heroes from fairy tales before their names were besmirched by Ehit and every other race. They were at their peak popularity sometime before Yue was imprisoned.
Though now they are no different than the myths of Ivan's old world, at least to the people of today.
Which was probably a good thing because that was the point, the goal of the dragonmen for the past few centuries have been doing their best to hide from the public eye and have succeeded thus far.
'Tio should be back tomorrow, she seems more eager than anyone to get her revenge against Ehit. I imagine her clansmen are no different~'
Felis and Canis were also able to convince Miledi to muster her forces as well, at least the petite golem said herself that she'd accompany them during the final battle the moment she accumulated enough golems for battle.
Not that Ivan ever doubted such a declaration from her, she had in fact been waiting at the bottom of her labyrinth for over 500 centuries just for the opportunity to kill the god she and her group had been conspiring against for even longer.
Ivan sighed before suddenly dropping his elbows atop the workshop table, strain going to his eyes as he shook his head furiously.
The Haulia had managed to accrue a vast force since the last time he saw them, hell their little civilization was enough proof of that.
Then there was arming the dragonmen, there should only be a few hundred of them but Ivan needed to make artifacts that would fit their forms when alternating between dragon and human form.
And last but not least, the golems of Miledi. Who knew how many she'd bring. Hell if she couldn't even give a concrete time of when she'd show it then that probably meant she'd bring more than a few hundred.
The number could even likely be in the thousands.
So what would Ivan do in preparation for something like that? Well, to him the best course of action would be to allow the centuries old golem to use her own expertise along with material he would provide.
To be specific, apostle cores.
He had an abundance of them and would likely gain even more after the incursion.
Ivan opened a portal by his side before holding his Treasure Trove above it, apostle cores rained down into it like a waterfall before it promptly closed up, just quick enough to avoid hearing the complaints of the golem girl who'd get pissed off everytime Ivan dropped hearts on her head.
Literally of course!
Thanks to the ring Felis and Canis took with them to Miledi's labyrinth, such a convenient way of transporting items was born. Simply stick something through one ring and it'll come through the other, even without spatial magic anyone can use it!
It certainly sprouted some perverse ideas when he first conceived it, but he decided to leave those behind until the current threat was dealt with.
For now he was satisfied knowing that if he showed such a convenient device to any force that relied on transporting goods they'd be eating out of his palms just for a single pair.
Speaking of forces that would eat out of his palm given the chance, Ivan wondered how quickly this little battle would go on for. At the very least he wanted to make sure the Heiligh Kingdom survived it all.
As there were his classmates there, who he didn't really care for, there was Aiko, and then not to mention all of Claire's lingering affection for her friends and family that reside there.
'But one more day huh… I guess I have to work extra hard until then~!'
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