Chapter 824 The Shocking Fact About Zombies!!!
"We have dried up death energies inside our bodies," he seemed to get my silence wrong, "but in a few days here, I'm sure this number will get at least tripled if not more."
"Cool," I nodded so he wouldn't get the wrong idea again.
"Also… If there are big battles out there, we can let our skeletons fight while we train here," he kept saying, "like this we can increase our strength while training here and by the energy given to us from these skeletons."
"Right now? It's all peaceful but… Soon we will get zombies running havoc around my lands."
"We can deal with these poor creatures," a weird sigh came from him, making me frown.
This was the first time ever to see someone showing such empathy towards those fierce and bloody violent zombies.
Was he getting the wrong meaning here or what?
"Lord, zombies were originally a race like us," and just when I was lost in my doubts, he dropped such a bomb to me, "in fact they are similar, a cursed race."
"No way!!!"
"It's not those insanely mindless poor things created by the blood of the original zombies, but the real zombies are the race I'm talking about."
"Go on…" I didn't believe a single word of what he said. Those filthy and bloody zombies were a race? But it seemed he knew a secret that I didn't know about them.
He spoke about them in such a way that classified them. In my eyes, zombies were all the same.
There was a higher form of their breed when they controlled towns and cities, creating those cursed dens to bring more of their cursed kind.
But what was the dire in hearing another story, a different one, about them?
I came here after listening to all the stories from the old man, thinking he was mad and such. But eventually things turned out that he wasn't! And everything he spoke about became reality and true.
"The zombies in the apocalypse are created by the blood fog coming from the original zombies. In each apocalypse, only few will turn to real zombies but… They will die in the end."
"On our hands?" I asked.
"No, lord, they will die out of their curse," he sighed in a bitter way again, a reaction that I couldn't accept when talking about the zombies, "they… Shouldn't get infected with their blood and instead should get some sort of healing to counter the toxin running through their veins. So when they are born, they'll get a severe and fierce assault from their blood, ending up dying one by one in the end."
"This…" I never expected such a thing to happen.
"In fact, with a healing effect around them, many of the zombies will change. The ones you know and hear stories about are just insane thanks to that poison running in their veins. Countering that will result in a different story and breed."
"You mean… We shall treat them instead of hunting them down? No way!!" I still couldn't accept what he said.
"Not like that," and finally he started to speak in a more sane way, "the early waves of zombies must be killed. Their infection isn't like what the original zombies had."
"You… Are they confusing me right now…" I honestly said, "if I was going to kill them, then how come you are also expecting me to step in and heal them with potions?"
"Not potions, any potion or even skill won't help," he shook his head, adding more to my confusion, "lord, the zombies you are facing can't be considered ones. They are just a hybrid between races and zombies. But what I'm speaking about is the true zombies found in big settlements in any apocalypse."
"The zombie dens? No way! This is the true plaque of these zombies!"
"Not if you can uproot such plaque from its roots."
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"Yes, let me go there and rain down hell over their heads! But once a den is created in a place, it won't go away no matter what! Even burying it won't help!"
"There is a way," he was still focused on such a thing, "healing them is the way."
"Yes, speaking like those crazy folks before the time of the apocalypse, praying is the way."
"I… Don't get your point, lord. But what I mean is that each den is created by the real zombie body getting formed underneath. Using healing energy will accelerate the process fast. Instead of using blood of races killed on the hands of those insane hybrids to form their bodies in the wrong way, getting cursed and infected and dying in the end, using healing will purify their impurities and counter their curse, letting them live like what they once were, a mighty race!"
"…"
Well… I had to admit this Tove was really enthusiastic about helping those zombies. I wanted to help them as well, but by killing them and preventing such a disaster from happening.
"Lord, please can you help them? Please?" and as I was looking at him in a weird way, he finally blurted out what I feared him to ask.
"This… I can't risk the fate of my kingdom on some random theory you got."
"It's not! Lord, just listen… All you need is to find a source of a mighty healing energy. Not potions, not healing coming from items, not even healing skills. Just find any pure healing energy, that only can help them."
"This…" I paused as what he said resonated with something I already had!
"In the apocalypse, and not matter how hard you try, no one can stop these zombies from controlling cities and towns, right?"
Well, Tove got a point here. Even if I did everything in my power, few parts of my kingdom were destined to be doomed with this infestation.
"And?"
"When that happens, you won't lose a thing by trying my method out, right?"
"What if it backlashes and brings more terrifying zombies to my world?"
Chapter 825 Time Manipulation Ability
"A race can be killed, and eventually you'll end up uprooting the source of plaque using this way. So you won't miss anything by doing this, right?"
Well… he was pretty hyped up for a reason I couldn't get about helping such a race. But he was also a bit convincing.
If I really got a way to close up those sources of plaque in towns and cities, then it would be great. As he just said, if it turns out to be a brutal war, then I have nothing to complain about.
At least we'd get a chance to purge our lands from this damn plaque and curse.
"Ok, you got my word," I slowly nodded and Tove was really smart.
"Does lord already have healing energy in his possession?"
"Something like that," I didn't give a direct answer as I still didn't know if this would work or not.
"That's… Awesome!"
Such the happiness he showed in his tone and the hard features of his face cracking up in such a big smile made me sigh.
This necromancer ex-general… Did he have a girlfriend from the zombie race before or what?
"Go down there," I got tired speaking about this issue, "train and get stronger. This world is still evolving, and with it the energy here will get denser and higher. Don't disappoint me, or else…"
"No lord, we won't slack," he got my point, "we will start training from this moment until you call for us."
"Great," I waved my hand for them to leave. Summoning them to any fight wasn't going to be an issue.
After all… They were bound warriors to me. I could simply recall them back any time I wanted and resummon them again.
I grew curious, would this work while being in another world or what?
Burdened by what Tove said about the zombies, I went outside.
And just during this time, the size of this pocket world seemed to grow bigger. I knew it was thanks to the ongoing expansion there. And that made me grin, forgetting what Tove annoyed me with for the time being.
When that plaque would hit my lands, I'd see if his weird method would work or not.
As I went out, I headed directly towards my capital.
My forces were now scattered at the Hector big continent, taking control over all of it.
That would take time. And I had to see what the two girls did while I was away.
However… Just when I moved fast for half an hour, and just before seeing the ocean once again, I saw something else that startled me.
"What the heck are you doing here?!" My chariot's speed was much faster than the chariots my friends had.
And just up front, I saw the chariot of Angelica moving towards the direction of the capital.
"What? Did you forget to tell me something?"
We were just a few tens of miles away from my capital, a distance that I could easily cross in less than half an hour.
But meeting her here, and hearing what she said made me frown!
"What do you mean by that? I left you four hours ago! At least ten!"
"Ten? No way! We just departed in almost an hour or less!!"
She shouted in response to my words, shocking me more.
"We just left each other an hour ago? Are you sure?!!" I had to ask again, and she firmly nodded, while giving me a look like the one I used to give to the old man before; a gaze worthy of a mad man!
"I was just travelling towards the capital. What? Did you forget something or what?"
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"…"
In response to that, I didn't give any answer and just got lost in deep thoughts.
I was sure… I was absolutely sure that I spent almost ten hours at least in my pocket world.
And here she said it took less than an hour… Wait… Don't tell me… My time manipulation ability worked there as well!!
"Hahahaha! That's terrific, hahahaha!" and once I reached such a discovery, I started to laugh in such a hysterical way.
"Sigh! I knew something was wrong in your head at some point," and the all ignorant Angelica pointed at her head in a signal for being crazy.
Well… This came out of the blue to be honest! Like this I could leave my boys there to train and get stronger without worrying about the short time we had.
Damn! This time manipulation ability of mine was really OP! It affected the time at my second Earth to run twenty times slower than Earth. And now, it made the time run ten times slower in my pocket world compared to Earth.
Such news… I just hoped it kept working like this like… Forever!
"Come on board then," I said with a smile that wasn't wiped out until we arrived at the capital.
"What about these two?" she pointed at the sleeping Lily and Legend.
"I'll bring them then," I knew she was weak to handle the two so I simply jumped and brought them over my chariot.
"Why are you… Looking a bit different? Since when have you shown such an attitude of helping others?" and when we started moving again using my chariot, she said such weird words that pained me.
"Come on! Who gave you the chariot? Who helped you control and lead such large armies? Who helped you to get the cosmic relic site?"
"I didn't get it yet!"
"You will when you are in the other world," I rolled my eyes. Just what was the heck wrong with that cosmic site?!! "I also was the one to bring that world to your life, right?"
"Well… But you never did something like that before."
"Like what?"
"Volunteering to help in such labour work," she went into silence for a long minute, before adding such a crazy comment, "it seems what Hilary is feeling might be true. You… Are you interested in this all scales girl or what?"
Chapter 826 Checking The Capital
"Shut up! I'm in a good mood, so don't dare to ruin it," I bellowed back, shifting my gaze away and kept thinking about the great news I got.
I now had a world filled with necromancers, one that was going at a different pace than Earth. And that wasn't all… I still got that flying castle where I can also imply such an effect or even fiercer there.
How blessed was I? Right? I was truly blessed, hahaha!
As I picked her up, we went directly towards the capital.
The distance there wasn't that big to begin with. In less than one hour, we arrived at the capital.
I left for many days and entrusted this place over for Isac to reconstruct and fortify the defences.
She also got the task for expanding the building process outwards. Of course she ran short of manpower, but from what I saw she did a great job!
The capital was already lined with many forts and great walls before the last war hit. From the inside, it was almost vacant, with buildings concentrated mainly at the centre of it.
But now? The entire place was already occupied with buildings. The digging work was over and most of the capital buildings were finished already, with few here and there still under the building process.
Streets were wide and well paved, with few people walking over them here and there.
The manpower here seemed to work somewhere else. She also attended the defences, fortifying them and adding more walls and forts to make the capital look like a real fortress.
"She did a great job here," I couldn't stop myself from commending her work in a loud tone.
"Who is she?" but I totally forgot that Isac's true identity was still hidden from most of my people, including Angelica.
"It's nothing," I hurriedly changed the topic, "do you know where he is right now?"
"Why not contact him directly?"
"Let's ask one of the dragon rider girls first," there were few flying nearby and so I went there and asked one of them about Isac's location.
"Lord, Master Isac is now outside the capital, overseeing the grand building projects outside the West."
As usual, that girl responded in such a respectful way. I ignored her attitude and looked towards the West. "How far from here?"
"Three hours by our speed."
She was using one of my dragons, which got a decent speed indeed.
"Are things alright here?" I didn't let her go before asking about the current situation in the capital.
"It's all great, lord…" She started to speak about the situation here. As the drums of war moved away from the capital, the situation here grew all peaceful and calm.
In such times of peace, work was done much more efficiently. The only drawback here was the lack of enough hands to work faster and finish much bigger projects.
From her words, I knew that the building project of the capital was done a couple days ago. Then Isac led many to leave the capital, go with her towards outside, planning to expand the building process and help other workers out there.
From what I heard, I got that Isac already sent people out there to start working in many towns and cities.
She was such a hard boss to deal with in terms of planning and building. After listening to all this, I sent the girl away before heading towards the direction she pointed at.
Three hours by the dragon speed would be crossed by less than one hour with my chariot. But I didn't go there this fast.
I took my time first to take a tour in the almost done capital. Then after seeing the grand work here that was on par with the work I saw before at the cities in my other world and even better, I started flying outwards.
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The fields out there were already filled with growing plants. Different plants grew at different speeds, but they didn't yet develop to show much difference in outer appearance.
Villagers were working hard there, caring for their plants. I flew over their heads and saw how good things here were.
Then I crossed the western river, and from there I started to see the grand process of construction being done by my people.
They were building a cluster of a city and five towns around, the same arrangement used back in my other world before.
Seeing this and noticing the walls being dug and built first around this cluster gave me an impression of what Isac was trying to do here.
She seemed to start working on the zombie containment plan, while using these clusters as bases of resistance against such infestation.
It would work, indeed, provided that all these clusters were occupied with my people and forces.
And this task was for me alone to do.
I knew the issue wasn't getting enough force. We had large armies at the eastern side, fighting to control that continent for me.
But normal people were the big issue. They didn't have to be strong or military trained. But they have to be in large numbers, enough to support the guarding army in each cluster in any battle.
From the look of it, Isac seemed to care first about building defences before the towns and cities themselves. As we flew more to the West, we were met with many half finished walls and forts surrounding clusters, and then we arrived at areas filled with digging alone.
But from the shape of these diggings, it was all related to the walls and forts, with little or even no care towards the cities and towns themselves.
[Where are you?] As I reached this point, I knew she wouldn't be that far.
[I'm away from the capital, to the West]
[I'm already there, where are you in this wide open West?]
[Let me see… Oh, you aren't that far from me. Will take my chariot out and come for you now]
Chapter 827 Arranging Things At Earth
Just as she sent this, I spotted a chariot rising up from the distance to the north.
"He is coming," Angelica pointed at the direction of that chariot, "he isn't far off. It's just the next cluster to the north."
"Lucky for us, or else finding him would be a problem."
This part of the kingdom was like an open maze for me. If she tried to give me directions, I would eventually have been lost.
"You took long enough to come here," as she boarded the chariot, Isac said in mockery.
For her, I didn't take longer than a few hours to come here. "I thought you'll take days before coming."
"Yes, he also startled me," Angelica rolled her eyes, joining Isac in commenting on my fast appearance in front of them.
I warned them that I'd take days, but was the time manipulation thing my fault?
"I saw what you did back at the capital," I said, shifting the topic towards the business, "and I can see you are already preparing for the zombies."
"They are a threat we have to be ready for," Isac said, "and the kingdom is already very big, and I got little hands to help. And whose fault is that?"
"His, not mine," Angelica pointed at me in such a way that made me want to kick her out of my chariot.
"I'm going to deal with that," I paused when Isac raised an eyebrow in response, "very soon, I promise."
"It's your kingdom, if you didn't fulfil your promises then I got nothing to do to help more than this," she shifted her gazes around, "I've already pushed all of my workers over their limits. And yet we can't work on more than twenty clusters at the same time, each will take roughly five days to seven from us."
"I get it," I knew she was giving early excuses for the poor results she was expecting. But I wasn't joking, this issue of limited manpower would be solved soon.
"And we need materials, equipment for the new boys comings… Not to mention the lack of dragons."
"Do you want to form a dragon rider legion or what?" Angelica objected, but I raised my hand to stop her as I nodded.
Such a grand project would definitely need lots of hands, and capable and enough messengers.
"How many dragons do you need?"
"For the current workers? Just a couple hundred can do," Isac paused before seriously adding, "but if you are going to get me much more, I'll need thousands, tens of thousands even… That's in case you are really serious about that."
Tens of thousands? Girl, you are dreaming about forming a dragon rider legion indeed.
"Fine," I didn't hesitate to call ten thousand of my dragons out. In addition to that, I also summoned ten thousand more, costing me ten million souls in total.
After the last battle, and after sacrificing one hundred million to get my second life ticket, I got close to ninety million souls. And that after deducting all the costs of activating my other sacrifices before that battle with the Hector king.
"Here you got them," I said while motioning towards the twenty thousand dragons here, "they will follow your orders from now on and the girls you will choose as well."
"You are really serious…" She seemed to doubt my intentions. This girl… Did she think I'd leave her with just the few workers here?
It wouldn't only be humans, but all races I could get. I'd fill up my entire kingdom to the brim with citizens. Not to mention my other world.
"Just be ready to receive those people I'll send," I looked at Angelica before adding, "she will handle them, arrange them into different teams ready to help. All you need to do is to leave people here to welcome and assign tasks to these citizens."
"Citizens? Are you planning to let them live here?!"
"Of course! Or else who will defend these clusters of yours?" I rolled my eyes over the weird question of Angelica.
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Isac was smart enough to read through my intentions and the entire plan.
"I'd need to train more people then," Isac said, commenting on the task of leaving people behind to welcome the new people.
"You shall start this process fast," I said in warning, "I'll go into the other world now and start bringing people."
"This… Ok, I understand," Isac knew about the time difference between the two worlds, so she got to know that she had little time left before new people would arrive here.
"Good luck," I said before turning to Angelica.
"Are we done here?" she seemed eager to return to the world of peace back there.
"You know this is just a temporary assignment, right?" I had to tell her that when I felt that she was mistaken about this task.
"What can I do without an army?"
"Lily will help with that."
"When she will wake up."
"She will, and she won't be alone there," I also got Legend with us to help. This kid would do a great job helping Lily in that hellish training.
I got the idea of assigning my generals into stages, making the new fighters go through different training steps so they'd get stronger fast.
However, all my generals were busy right now. So, I had to entrust such a task over to these two, and I knew they'd do great.
I opened a portal to my other world and went directly there. What welcomed me was the all silent world there, with only the fierce sounds of waves crashing at the shore nearby.
"This place… This world… It looks really peaceful than Earth," Angelica was shocked to see such quietness and feel such tranquillity. "It feels like… All this apocalypse and killing is just a nightmare."
"It's not," I seriously said, "and this world isn't all void and empty."
I motioned my head towards the far distance, where many towns and cities were built deep in the paths between the mountains.
Chapter 828 It's A Vacation Then?
They looked far and quiet and using Hawk Eye skill would show an image of peace and prosperity. A life that we were deprived of on Earth.
"Are you planning to send them over?" she asked, and I shook my head.
"They are plan B. You are going to do as follows… Go there and find your people. Then wait for humans and races to arrive here. Work over them and arrange them into three big groups, one will stay here, one will go back to Earth, one will train to form armies under Lily and Legend lead."
"That's easy to do," she just paused, seemingly hesitated about something, "when I arrange things here, can I go to that relic site? It's mine to excavate, right?"
I gazed up at her before nodding. "But that won't happen until you take full control of the overall situation. If you messed up, you have no one to blame but yourself."
"I won't, I promise I won't move out until I put things here on order," she hurriedly said in defence, making me inwardly sigh.
What was with that relic site? Why was she and Hilary so damn fixated on it?
"Fine then, go and don't waste any more time," I waved my hand and she hurriedly left with her chariot.
As she went afar, it was time for me to check on two things.
First, I opened a chat with Silverlining. This dude was supposed to be in a meeting with the Toranks higher ups and hopefully he would be finished.
[Not now, still in the meeting]
[Ok]
[Give me few hours, we are almost done]
[Shall I prepare to celebrate?]
[Almost there, just make things ready]
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That meant things were going the way I wanted. And that was great news.
So I had to wait for a few hours, I'd give him six then. I shifted my attention towards the lower floor where the two were sleeping.
I got some sort of idea about their situation. I'd entrust my scissors to kill these troublesome beings if they were souls.
But gods? I doubted that! And if my scissors couldn't kill them, it could at least scare them away.
What did that mean? They would still keep lingering around my people. But that was the case back on Earth.
What about here? It was a singular world, one that was hidden from anyone.
Could they also arrive here? It was an idea that I had since coming here. And there was only one way to test it.
If these gods were unable to come here, then these two would show obvious improvement. They'd be close from waking up, if that was true.
"You are awake already?!!" and just before I'd passed the third floor, the one which once was an armoury filled with lots of weapons, two faces welcomed me with fine scales.
"We… I don't know what just happened," Legend seemed more confused while his eyes kept moving right and left, seemingly unaware of his current location or what happened.
"Last thing I remember is… I can't remember!" Lily was looking better from the outside, but she was also suffering from the same confusion.
"Follow me," I returned back up, "I'll explain things slowly over to you two."
Well, if my theory was right then the gods of those beasts couldn't get here. And that had another good use for me.
As we went up there, I started to explain things slowly to them. When I told them about the nature of the guardian beast and its offsprings, they all had their mouths open agape.
And when I mentioned that those who took over their bodies and caused that curse of their race were gods, this shock skyrocketed to a new level.
"This…"
"So…"
The two kept stuttering like this for almost an hour. I left them here, and it was just nice to have quiet and peace here.
As they needed time, and I got time, I didn't hurry to speak about anything until the look in their eyes turned all normal again.
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"Are you alright now?" I asked to make sure they got a better handle on themselves.
"It's shocking and confusing, but… I'm grateful for your help, lord," Legend was such a nice kid. He even deeply bowed in respect towards me.
As for Lily, she just nodded her head slowly, showing how deeply she treasured what I did for her.
"It's just… We lived our entire lives fearing such a curse. And in the end one from another race managed to not only cure it, but to expose all its secrets."
"It's normal," I shrugged, "I'm not just a nobody."
Legend nodded, and Lily poked him with her elbow, "don't let him be more arrogant, he is already overbearing!"
"I'm just stating facts."
"It's facts indeed, but you say them in such an arrogant way to make me want to side with that masked guy against you sometimes!"
"Stop it," I felt bad that I waited for these two to get better, "as you can speak like that, then you are ready to work again."
"Another training task?"
"What else?" I laughed, and Legend raised his hand in the air.
"I love this task."
"Then you can have it all by yourself."
"You will help," I seriously said, "I can't entrust a new guy with such an important task. You are more experienced than him."
"It's just that you love giving me hellish tasks, that's all."
"Stop fooling around then and start working."
"Work on… What exactly?" Lily waved her arms around, "it's all empty here. Only the three of us and nothing else."
"More will come, be sure of this."
"Then it's a vacation before they'd arrive, right?" she stretched out her arms before adding, "it's time to wear something suitable and soak my body in fresh and cold water down there."
I raised one eyebrow before in the next half an hour I had to raise both of them.
Chapter 829 Lily Is... Hot!
Putting aside her scales, Lily got such a fiery curvy body. Her waist was so thin that I could hold it with my arm entirely!
"Tsk, if not for these scales…" I watched her jumping into the fierce waves like they were nothing, wearing only two thin semi-transparent pieces of cloth that revealed almost everything.
From time to time, she would stop swimming, raise her head and start moving both hands over her hair. She stole gazes at me from time to time, seemingly not irritated by me looking at her in such desire.
And that made me doubt she did this on purpose.
At some point, I couldn't control myself and decided to go into the ocean as well. However, I lacked any suitable clothes for that.
All I got was gears! Just as I was in the middle of looking for something suitable for swimming in the market, I got a message to save me from all this trouble.
[It's done!]
It was Silverlining! This dude finished the meeting in less than three hours. [And? What's the decision of your higher ups?]
[It's a go] he sent such a great piece of news, [But… They require you to do something first]
[What? They want bones?] It was the only thing that I had in mind when he said that.
[No… They ask for something else. A proof of sincerity]
[Like what?] I felt that something bad was coming my way.
[They need time to arrange their forces anyway, so don't take this as a way to hinder you or something]
[Just say it]
[Have you heard of the betting world before?]
Betting world? Wasn't that the world where strong powerhouses would send their people to fight over bets and arranged according to their cultivation bases?
[I heard… What about these worlds?]
[Well… They ask you to prove yourself and your power there. A test with one month period before assessing your performance there]
[Hmm… Any specific conditions for that?]
[Just come in top ten and it's a go]
Top ten? I planned before to send my troops there and aim to win the entire bet. [Ok, but I lack tickets to such a place]
[I'll provide you with one. But… I need to warn you, sending too much powerful forces there won't help]
[I got it. Thanks bro. I now need lots of races and humans, warriors as well] as this point was closed in this way, I had to ask for what I needed.
As for that test thing, they gave me one month to do it.
I still had to deal with the fifth quest and the golden quest, and both would arrive in less than three weeks from now at most.
So I'd just finish them and then hop into this test.
[I will give you a surprise this time. I got the support from many sovereigns, and they are eager to get your bones]
[Great. By the way, tell them that I might need more time than one month. You see I got one big quest waiting for me, the fifth one, besides the golden quest]
[The golden quest? Are you taking part in that? Then… Let me see what I can do]
[What about that quest?] I felt he acted differently when he learnt about that quest.
[It's a much fiercer battlefield than the one at the betting worlds. If they learnt about this, then this test will change to be coming in top twenty in that golden quest]
[For real?!!] I was surprised, not because the test can be changed, but the fact that the requirement would be a little loose.
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That told me how hard it was to excel at the golden quest.
[Yes. just give me an hour or so. Damn! I have to go back fast before they'll leave]
[Ok, but don't forget my stuff]
[Don't worry, I will get them in the next couple hours. Will send the good news soon, wait for it]
I knew he could be trusted. This capable dude never failed to deliver what he promised.
As I had to wait again, I returned to watch the sexy Lily playing amidst the big waves like a princess in fairy tales.
Time passed fast, and Lily didn't seem to intend going out as long as she was getting my attention. Without knowing it, four hours passed and then I got the good news from Silverlining.
[They agreed on changing the test over to the golden quest. And you have to come in the top twenty list at the end. I hope you are prepared for that]
[I have lots of powers right now but lack intel about that kind of quest. What is it? An open war? Or something else?]
[That… Let me send over a complete guide to the nature of these quests. But you have to know that each theme can be changed according to the will of the system higher ups]
[So… This information will help or what?]
[They can change themes, but they won't be that creative to bring forth a new one from scratch. You have to study the themes used before and their variations, just to be ready]
[Cool. Thanks bro. What about the humans, races, and warriors?]
[I got you lots of races. As for humans, they were never a hot item before. We got little of them, but I already notified all the sovereigns on your side to move and try to bring more. Expect much more next times then]
[I can understand] I knew humans were considered losers before, [Then what about my warriors?]
[I got almost ten million this time, I hope this will help]
[I need more soulers and necromancers]
[Damn Hye! What's wrong with these cursed races? Are you sure you want them?]
[Just find as many as you can, especially from necromancers. I got only one thousand. What can these do for me?]
[One thousand is already too much! Can you even handle them?]
Chapter 830 I Got Myself Into Deep Trouble!
[They are… Nice] I laughed, knowing that this dude never expected my pocket world to grow to such an extent in such a short time, [Also I want to ask about something… Have you ever heard of the Zombie race?]
[Zombie what? Sorry but the zombies I'm aware of are those disgusting creatures who appear in the apocalypse. I still can't find a reason behind the stubbornness of the higher ups on using them in each apocalypse]
[Ok] even he, a high member of such a mighty race, didn't have a clue about what Tove, the necromancer, told me.
Was he bluffing? Or was it an ancient secret of this universe? I frankly didn't know. But if they turned out to be a race, a good cursed race, and I got a way to deal with their curse, then it would be a game changer for me.
[I'm sending over the price you need to pay, then you will get them. Do you want them at your current place or somewhere else?]
[Send them over to me] I looked at all tempting Lily and couldn't help but feel bad for such joy to be over.
"Get out, your boys are coming," I shouted in her direction. As for Legend, this dude already was having his time over the shore.
He wasn't a water lover like Lily, or perhaps this chick did all this on purpose.
"Right now?" she seemed surprised, not suiting a girl who kept showing off her delicacies for the past hours!
"Get here or else you'll miss them," I waved at her before opening a chat and sent a message to notify Angelica.
Angelica didn't delay and in less than ten minutes, she came with lots of her boys.
She seemed to recruit more to help her on this task. Tens of thousands of people stood on one side while waiting for the arrival of the first batch.
[Send them over] my inventory was already full with all of the bones I gathered from the past war. So, I paid without even flinching or feeling any bad about it.
And the next thing happened was for lots of portals to open, and huge numbers of different races and humans were sent over here.
"Let's do it! Welcome them and explain the situation over," Angelica shouted from the top of her chariot, "and then do as I said earlier."
"Yes, ma'am!" her team shouted in such a unified way, making me feel she recruited fighters and not just helpers.
As her team started to work, I noticed that she kept glaring at the direction of the ocean.
And there I noticed what she was watching; the fiery body of Lily!
Damn! I never expected this! Angelica was a talkative girl, and if she decided to keep her mouth shut then it would be for a price in return.
I just missed that! Damn!
However, I acted all ignorant and innocent when Angelica shifted her eyes over my direction. And when she tried to come near me, I controlled my chariot to fly away.
[Do you think you can run away? Humph! Just wait! If you like these low tricks, then why didn't you tell me earlier? I can even swim without a single gear over my body!]
Sh*t! She wasn't thinking about telling Hilary, she was thinking about tempting me! Just imagining her sexier body in the way she just sent made my body temperature rise for a few degrees!
Damn! This was a deadly trap that I had to run away from as far away as possible!
[Keep running! Do you think we won't meet again? Next time I will show you what real human beauty is like, not like that body covered with ugly scales!]
I closed the chat and decided to ignore her for now. As for what the two chicks would do together, I'd leave that for them to handle.
As I went far away, I sent a message to Silverlining, asking him to save the place he just sent this batch over at.
[When will the next batch be ready?]
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[Quite impatient you are! Like before, once per day]
[I hope the next batches will have more humans] as he warned me, the number of humans in this batch wasn't that much! They didn't even exceed five million in total!
Looking at this from a different angle made me realise my kingdom was shifting fast to be a multi-race one, not just a human based kingdom.
It wasn't bad except that I wanted it to be the home of all humans being mistreated all over the universe.
So, I had to stress over this point, to make him pay more attention to it.
[Don't worry, I already notified the sovereigns about this. Besides, this batch and the yet to arrive ten more are going to come from my race. After that, I'll return back to my impact, and I can deliver twice a day]
[That's great! But why ten days? Why not now?]
[Well… I have personal matters to attend to. Life isn't just about work, you know… Right?]
Oh, he got a girlfriend then or even a wife and family! I never thought about that before.
[Cool. Say hi to your family if you have one]
[I have five, hahaha!]
Five? Damn! He was having his fun for sure! And lots of headaches as well.
I closed the chat with him and now I was free to do the remaining tasks before starting cultivating.
I had two more beasts added up just like that little turtle. I now had a way to summon them, and hopefully the two wouldn't be hard to deal with.
Dealing with my little turtle wasn't that bad. A fight didn't erupt as I imagined. But that was all thanks to the nature of this fierce beast.
It was a dark realm monster, so staying inside my dark world was a blessing and a reward for it.
But that wasn't the case for the other two.
Chapter 831 [Bonus chapter] The Evolved Hector Guardian Beast
One was a dragon, or evolved lizard flying with wings and looking like a dragon. As for the other one, it was the most troublesome dude out of the three.
It wasn't just the problem of taming it, but also the threat of these gods being able to control it.
It would be disastrous if such a thing happened. Asking this beast might not work. And so I thought about a simple way to make sure there was no such connection between the two.
Or else it would be better to kill it instead of letting it live and grow to be a real threat in the future.
"Let's start with the big deal first," I decided to start the technique to summon that beast first.
I made sure to link the techniques with my heavy glaive. And to do so, I had to activate the sacrifice of strength before starting any technique.
Doing the technique again wasn't that hard for me. It took roughly an hour to get it all done. I looked at the technique in the air while taking out something and placed it on the chariot.
The technique needed time to get done on its own. I watched it turn into a portal, before something came out from it.
It was here!
"You…"
What appeared in the middle of the black fog was something huge! I had to move my chariot back to let it land over the ground.
I was in the middle of the mountains, at a place not inhabited by any of my people. Yet once that beast appeared, the mountains got all damaged, spreading large amounts of rocks all over the place with loud bangs.
This came as a surprise for me. That dude was just small, much smaller than what it looked like right now.
What happened?
"What… Did you do to me? Speak! Speak now!!" As expected, this dude was already fierce and impatient.
*Fwoosh!*
"Tell me now! What did you do? What happened to my body?!!"
The next thing happened was for a fierce gale of wind to come as this beast teleported towards my chariot. All I felt was a fierce rumbling, the world twisting in front of my eyes, before a violent landing on the ground came that made me feel each inch of my body ache.
This bastard… It got hellish stronger!
My chariot never got affected by any attack in such a way before. Even when fighting paragons, it never experienced such a thing.
That beast didn't manage only to make my chariot tremble and the shield to get cracked, but it also got my chariot flying in the air like a broken kite.
How the heck did this happen?
But when I raised my eyes to look at it, I knew what just happened.
In front of me wasn't that small and weak looking beast. It was at least one hundred times bigger! And that wasn't all!
It got scabs appearing all over its body. The scales it got were initially similar to the scales of the Hector race; small with smooth surface.
But these scales were thick, much thicker, and had a rough surface. They ended up in an irregular way, giving me the impression they were like broken sword edges or something.
The beast had a long neck, twisting right and left to inspect its huge body with large groups of elliptical eyes.
It got a large belly, long three tails that ended each with a spear looking tapering ends.
It had no wings, but for a reason it was hovering in the air, with its body surrounded in a dense layer of dark blue clouds.
What the heck was this thing? Was it the true form of that guardian beast?
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"My mind… My memories… I'm losing myself! Damn bastard! What did you do to me? Where did you entrap me? Speak! Speak now or else you'll face a fate much worse than death!"
*Fwoosh!*
*Boom!*
This time it came directly to fall over my chariot with its immense body, using the annoying teleportation skill.
But I was prepared for it. The moment it vanished amidst its roars, I moved my chariot with its highest speed, while bracing for the impact.
That beast had its body slam fiercely against the ground, causing a big impact there. The mountains all got smashed and the rocks were turned into fine dust.
I looked at such devastation and felt some sort of joy. This beast was mine. But I had to first tame it.
I got a clue about what happened, or was currently happening to it.
It got trapped inside my dark world, one that was so fierce to infect its body with my dark shadow energy.
And that was the reason behind the fierce changes it got. It seemed my energy stirred up something in its body, releasing the full potential of it.
Its body got bigger, its strength got fiercer, and even its handle over the skill got much improvement for it to move whenever it wanted, going towards the places it desired.
These are all good news, but the bad ones came from what this beast initially got inside its body; that god link that I was worried about.
"Ahh! Damn you! Screw you! I will tear your body apart! Ahhh!" it kept screaming, roaring in immense pain, while shouting and cursing, even threatening to do lots of things to me.
I watched all this while feeling like this beast was fighting against no one but itself. When it roared, I could feel its pain on its scales that got protruded.
When it cursed, I knew it was fighting against my dark energy.
"Humph," and just as it was in the middle of such agony, it tried to get at me again. But like before, I was prepared for it and moved my chariot aside.
Yet this time I didn't let it keep roaring and cursing. I just got a handle on its attacking pattern, and it was time for my next move.
Chapter 832 Bloodline Cleansing Effect
The item I took before was raised slowly while I moved my chariot closer to it. And once I got close enough, I threw it to fall heavily over its body.
"Damn! Damn! Not this again! Damn you human! I won't let you live in peace! I'll come and kill you with my two hands! Do you think your god can protect you from me? That damn weak Sith! Useless just like you!"
For a moment, the voice changed, and it became hoarse. I didn't recognise it at first, but from its words, I got a clue about who he was.
"Oh, so you were hiding inside it all this time? Or are you taking their bodies as your home?"
It was none but the god I met before. The one who controlled Lily or the second one who controlled Legend… It didn't make a difference which one it was. I knew it was one of those gods, and he was really mad!
What I threw was my scissors. Once they hit that beast, the blade penetrated its body and gushed lots of blood out.
"Ahh! I won't leave! Not even if you ripped its body apart! I will remain here until either you or it die!"
Oh! So he wasn't caring at all about this beast as expected. "Fine, come inside then," I answered such a move with a simple touch over its body, "come inside. In my shadow world, you won't have a saying there. You will watch while your soul will be eaten slowly, turned into part of my power."
"No! Let me go, you maniac! Let me go now!"
I didn't get out my scissors, and even let them vanish with the collosal body of that beast.
What caused all this torture for this god? It was the dark energy from my shadow world.
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If he was so vulnerable to it, then the best way was to let him suffer more inside. I didn't let that beast in my shadow world for a long time, and yet it showed such remarkable change.
So I planned to leave it inside my shadow world for a long time. I got the answer I wanted. That beast still had a connection with these dirty gods.
But why was that dude screaming like a little girl? Was his soul really connected with the beast or was his body inside it?
Many mysteries were related to this issue, and the worst thing was that no one had a clue about it from my people.
Only by asking a king of the Hectors, a real king, would I be able to get answers.
As I got done with this beast for now, I shifted my attention towards the lizard.
It took me another hour to finish the summoning technique. I waited on the side for the technique to get completed and open that portal for me.
"I want to rest, take a long nap," I muttered while taking a few bites of a piece of meat before drinking water from my liquor.
I thought about having a good rest after dealing with this lizard. After that, I'd enter into a long session of cultivation.
I was more curious about my shadow world than ever before. I had to go into places I never visited there, and try to unveil mysteries about my world.
I got that it was connected to the endless universe wide dark world. But I didn't know how the two were connected.
Was there anything I could gain by venturing into my shadow world or the big world beyond? I didn't know, but hoped for that to be true.
"Oh, that dude…" Once the portal appeared, a similar scene of black fog emerged. It wasn't lesser than that beast of the Hector race in terms of size and devastation it caused when it appeared.
I moved my chariot high in the air, waiting for that bastard to come and roar or attack like the other beast did.
However…
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"Are you the generous and venerable being who gave me this priceless chance?"
Unlike what I expected, that lizard appeared and stopped in its place, not moving a finger or breaking more mountains.
For five minutes it was shrouded in the fog until the fog was cleared and its full body appeared.
Well… Compared to the other beast, this one didn't show any change in regard to its body size. Yet its scales, wings, and even its eyes changed.
All showed a tinge of dark blue colour, mixed with dark red and that lizard showed a fierce appearance without the need to move a muscle.
Its wings doubled, and they looked far sturdier and thicker than the ones I cleaved before and burnt using my attacks.
It showed weird spear-like protrusions all over its body, reminding me of the tentacles that little turtle showed before.
It even got hair on its head!
"I'm Hye, your new lord…" I paused while taking my time inspecting this beast, "can you speak now?"
From what I'd recall, when I fought this lizard it only kept roaring and didn't speak a single word.
"Thanks to the lord's generosity, the world you left me at cleansed much of my bloodline impurities, ending up evolving like this."
"Cleansing bloodline?" my eyes narrowed. This was the first time for me to know about such scary abilities in my shadow world.
"Indeed, my bloodline was low and not enough for me to allow me to speak! But thanks to that world, it started cleansing my bloodline, elevating it, and clearing any impurities there."
"Aha, I see…" a thought flashed through my mind in a moment, with a realisation of what was going on with that Hector guardian beast.
I never expected the relation between such beasts and their gods would reach deep down to the bloodline level! If so, then it explained a lot of what happened before.
So these gods and these beasts shared the same origin! It wasn't the Hectors who shared such a link, but the gods!
Chapter 833 The Shocking Discovery About Monsters
And it seemed the gods took advantage of that, taking these beasts as some sort of a reservoir for their souls or something.
If so… Then what was that beast feeling and experiencing right now was closest to hell.
Knowing that gave me confidence in getting rid of such cursed links. I didn't know how this process was done, or how long it might take, but at least there was light at the end of this dark tunnel.
So, that beast would be left there to rot for a long time, months even, until I'd think about summoning it out again.
"Are you glad of this chance?" I noticed how obedient and respectful that lizard was.
"Sure lord, please make me return there. I want to get powerful, get stronger, and help the lord in his upcoming wars."
"Ok, little lizard, you can go back," I moved towards it and touched its body before it went with a big puff.
Well… That went much smoother than I initially thought. I got this lizard following me obediently and willingly from now on.
As for that beast, I expected much to happen. So it wasn't that big of a loss.
"Ok, time for me to get a nap," I headed downstairs, and before sleeping I sent a reminder for Silverlining.
I told him to keep sending races, humans, and warriors here without the need to get my consent. The two of us had contracts about that, and he just needed to deliver and get paid.
As for the price needed for all that, I wasn't worried. The bone gain from this war was simply enough to sustain my needs for months at such a crazy consumption rate.
I slept like a baby for more than two days straight! It seemed I underestimated all the effort I made, the pressure I placed on my body, and ended up pushing my body over its limits.
When I woke up, I felt like a horse hit my head with its back legs! My head felt so damn heavy for hours later, and even eating and getting another nap of six hours didn't help at all.
But after another day of such rest, I regained my activity again.
The pain and fatigue were gone, and now I felt truly refreshed like a newborn.
"Let's check over Angelica first," I decided to give it a go and check over what this check was doing.
But just as I roamed around, I couldn't find a single trace of her!
I saw her men working hard, welcoming just a newly arrived batch of races and humans. All the warriors were delivered as tokens inside my inventory.
I knew taking them out wouldn't help that much. They got stat points of evolution, a thing that I didn't focus on for a long time now.
"I have to speak with Silverlining about this," after checking the market and getting astonished with the high price of the stat points sold there, I decided to go to the bigger market and ask the impact of petals about this.
I knew the market here was related to the regulations of the apocalypse I was in. the prices would shift up and down according to the demand and offer.
Yet that wasn't a big issue in the bigger universe. There prices would be more stable and less cheaper about such hot cakes here, useless sh*t out there.
As I got a wide tour, and after resting for almost three days, I noticed the expansion of the towns and cities clusters in the paths between mountains.
They were expanding towards the back open space filled with greenery and forests there. Soon enough, they'd reach there and start developing further.
The building process looked natural to my eyes, with workers moving around, knowing what to do.
They never asked for resources to use in such construction large projects, meaning they got their own sources from here.
I could see that clearly from the different colours appearing at many settlements down there, with different ores than the ones I used to provide before.
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Well, if they found resources here, then it was great. Like this, I could depend on the materials extracted from this world, to satisfy my needs at least in this world.
Aside from the good work Angelica's and Isac's men were doing here, Lily and Legend were also doing great.
"Keep pushing!"
"Don't leave the line!"
"Regroup! Regroup!"
Looking at the two made me wonder, which one of them was much more brutal than the other.
I didn't find much difference in their training tactics now. Lily copied the hellish way of training Legend used before, forcing the forces of mine to fight in small groups of tens over the scattered islands in this trait.
And that seemed a bit harsh, with lots of casualties, but I got it was a good thing in the long run.
After spending a few hours checking these military training camps on water, I got to check over something else.
The monsters!
I brought a few monster dens and used a few of them here. I used all the aquatic dens I got, but that wasn't the issue.
I noticed that the size and numbers of these aquatic beasts showed a ground shaking change. I was quite sure I left the dens in the open ocean in the East.
But right now they came from East and West! It looked like dens that were more dense appeared in the East, and dens that shouldn't exist in the West appeared there.
Once I reached the eastern ocean, I braced myself and went directly underwater.
I got my shield and didn't fear anything. And once I reached there, a grand shaking scene appeared in front of my eyes.
"They… Mated together, evolved into new species… Wow!"
I never saw this coming. The beasts I saw were different from the ones I scattered here before.
And that had only one explanation to me, cross mating between the three species.
Chapter 834 Angelica Is Missing!
That seemed to bring forth weaker species, which ended up as food for the tougher and mightier ones, helping them to reproduce and grow faster.
If this continued… Then the entire oceans here would be filled with many kinds I never knew or heard about before.
What was it? Was it the act of nature? How does nature behave to give balance to such a lack?
Would the same happen if I summoned ground and aerial monsters here? Well… For a moment there I got both excited and worried about such a result.
"Let's wait for my people to spread their dominance first before selecting a continent and let it be filled with monsters," I decided after returning back to the surface and flying in the air.
This world was huge! Trying to dominate it all was time consuming and not practical. I wouldn't just settle with the races purchased from outside.
The real power of any kingdom was in its people, and my people had to mate and give birth to new generations.
This was the true might of any kingdom. And that would take time.
So it wasn't practical to dream about colonising this entire word. In return, I had to secure places for my people to get meat from, and even train on killing ground and aerial enemies as well.
Who knew, a group might go fond of taming these beasts, ending up like what Hectors had of aquatic lesions with lots of water monsters.
After checking East, I went to West, trying to solve this mystery.
There I found the same phenomenon, with much more surprising discoveries.
First new species were there, a mix between the three I left before.
But then I found totally new species, like they were a different kind of lifeform that appeared in response to the presence of all these monsters here.
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Then I saw them!
I followed the track of large monsters moving and chasing after smaller ones till the very deep bottom of the ocean.
And there I found the lair of these small monsters.
It was like the dens I used before, but slightly different and with different colour and vibe.
It seemed like it was merging perfectly with the ocean bed, as if it popped up from there.
What the heck was that? Was this normal?
I watched the big fight and decided not to interfere. At some point, the big monsters retreated, not out of fear but satisfaction.
They weren't killing to exterminate, they were just eating and securing food.
Then I started to roam the ocean bed for hours! I took almost half a day here before coming back to the surface.
"The ocean bed… It's filled with dens!" That was the shocking discovery that I found.
Naturally born dens and many different types of monsters were there. I couldn't help but admire this, feeling this world held secrets yet to be told.
Would that also happen if I used ground and aerial monster dens as well? Well, that was starting to get interesting.
[Where are you?] After taking such a long trip underwater, I returned back to the ground and started looking for Angelica.
Yet again she was nowhere to be found.
[Hey! Ignoring me won't help you!] I sent it again after a few minutes of not getting a response from her.
I checked and her name wasn't black or grey or something. That meant she was alive and well.
Was she sleeping? For over half a day straight?
"Hey, do you know where Angelica is?" As I didn't get a response from her after sending a couple more messages, I went directly to her people working at organising the incoming races and asked them about her.
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"Lord… The lady went to check something big back at the central part of the continent."
"Yes lord, she said she might vanish for a few days and come later. She said to not panic or feel worried about her presence."
"And lord… She looked very happy and excited when she said that."
Oh! I now knew where she went.
But why wouldn't this idiot respond to my messages then?
I opened my staff and found the place I once saved there of that relic site. I once passed over it before when I was exploring the work of clearing woods back then.
"Let's go and say hi then," this girl was lost in exploring that site and didn't even bother to respond! I'd better go there and punish her properly for such bad manners.
And I'd get to see what that site was all about. I got lots of heat about it, and it created tons of fights between the two girls.
[I'll go to check something, keep observing the work there until I'll return] I sent this to Lily. After all, Angelica left her men working alone and they got to have someone to supervise over them.
I told her to not leave before preparing things there. And yet she was in such a hurry to leave in just the early days after our return.
Couldn't she just wait for a few weeks or even a month? Tsk, I underestimate the allure of that site for her.
What was all that about that cosmetic site? Well, I was about to figure this out soon.
I appeared just tens of miles away from it. I stored a place where my lands met with the forest, and that wasn't that far away from that site.
"I recall… It was in that direction," as the ground was open and there was nothing to use as a good mark, I moved by hunch.
After wasting a few hours of flying around and searching, I found the right direction and spotted the relic site at last.
The site in front of me was a big difference from what I saw before. I just passed over it once, and didn't pay much attention to it.
If I recall correctly, this site was partially dug, showing the tops of ancient buildings.
But the site in front of me was different!
Chapter 835 The Mysterious Relic Site
First there was a big dome of energy covering the entrance and the big opening leading to it.
It was a thin layer of energy, shimmering with golden and red light lines from time to time, like running serpents running over that dome.
It wasn't that thick to shield what was inside from my eyes. And what I saw there made me frown.
What did I saw? A bustling city! A city that looked just as lively and vibrant, looking alive as if nothing happened to it after the long passage of time.
Using Hawk Eye skill I could see many things deep down through that shield. It seemed that the opening and that shield was like a hole in the sky, overlooking a very prosperous world down there on the ground.
That… Was shocking! How the heck was such a thing there? Didn't this world end up destroyed a long time ago or what?
[Lily, I want you to come and see something with me] As I was lost, it was good to ask for another opinion.
I saved that place and then returned back to the training camp at the trait before sending this over to Lily.
[Is it urgent?]
[It is]
[Ok, give me a minute. I will ask that kid to oversee my people until I'll return]
Her minute expanded to almost an hour!
"Sorry, I had to explain many things for him," she said in such an apologetic tone before looking around, "are we going to explore a place here? Or do what?"
"There is something that doesn't add up," I said with such a long face before taking out my staff and opening a portal there.
"Like what?"
"Come in and you'll see for yourself," I passed through the portal and summoned my chariot again. Once the two of us rose high in the air, the fine scales covering her face all rose up and down, like getting stirred by her emotions.
"What the hell is that?!!!" her tone told me she was as shocked as me, or even more. She looked at me and waited for my answer.
Girl… I brought you here to give me answers, not the other way around!
"I don't know," I shrugged, "this was supposed to be an ancient relic site of some sort of a long gone civilization. But as you can see, it looks like they are still alive!"
"This…" she returned again to inspect that shield and the lively city down below, "it looks like we are seeing them through a tiny hole in the sky!"
"I got the same feeling," I nodded, "but… That's impossible!"
"Tell me what you know about this place," she seriously looked at me, "something is fishy going on here. You do realise that we all considered this world as a piece of heaven, free of any threat or danger. But…"
"I know," I sighed, "that's why I called you here to hear out your thoughts."
This was the grand threat I had in mind once I spotted this city.
Fearing a single city? No way! I'd just summon my soulers who were now helping to secure the Hector continent with others and let them crush this city to shreds.
That wasn't the threat, not even close. The real threat was in what Lily guessed and thought about.
We came here and felt how peaceful and calm this world was. We all dropped our guards down, even I did the same.
But this site… This sight of such a lively old city under the ground was threatening! If there was such a life going on under the ground unnoticed by us, then it was bad! Very bad!
Who knew when they might target us! If that proved to be the case, then I should give orders and form armies to protect every single inch of this world.
I even would start raging wars, killing those people or dominate them to secure my world.
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"All I know is that site was long discovered by Hilary and Angelica long before we first came here…" I started to narrate what I knew about this place.
And frankly speaking, I got little to tell about that.
"Who said this site was a cosmetic relic place?!!" from what I said, she just picked such useless intel and showed a reaction I saw before.
It was the same face the other two girls showed to me while speaking about this site.
What the heck was wrong with them? What the heck was wrong with this site?
"I… Don't know about that. The girls said it, and both seemed convinced about it."
"One is missing," Lily slowly said, "but we got another to ask, right?"
"Hilary? Is it necessary to get her here?!" I was surprised by what Lily said.
First, Hilary was mad about letting Angelica get full access to this site alone. And second, I was with Lily alone!
Before what happened at the beach, I wasn't that interested in her. But after seeing her hot treasures, I couldn't help but feel that Hilary got a point in getting wary of her.
"This isn't a cosmetic site! I went to many before myself! Something is fishy here, and the only people who know about it are these two. We need to know how they deducted such info about this place! Who told them about it?"
"Told them?" I raised one eyebrow.
"Can't you see? There are tons of people living down there. Didn't it cross your mind for a second that they were lured to open and activate this place?"
"Activate? You aren't possibly thinking this was really happening! This… All this must be an illusion!"
Well, I didn't just bring her up without thinking about this mystery and forming my own theories about it.
My best guess? This was all an illusion! Not real!
My second best guess? This was some sort of a stored up memory, reinforced with some sort of ancient energy or magic to let anyone be able to experience what the people of this city experienced before.
Chapter 836 Waiting For Hilary
But for this to be… Real? This was the last thing I'd hope for. As this would mean there were other places like this, and we had to rage wars and turn this heaven into a piece of hell, just like my Earth.
"We have to first gather intel, and then we will see what these will lead us to…" Lily looked down at the shield and the life beyond before her eyes shone, "you are really full of surprises! Since I followed you, and I got to see things I never saw in my entire life."
And I didn't know if she was saying this in the form of gratitude or complaining.
"We need her," she stressed over this again, "we need her to tell us what happened."
"Fine," as things reached this far, I had to go back and bring Hilary here.
"What's wrong?" Lily noticed my hesitation and asked. Of course I was preparing myself for the storm of my chick.
"I'm just thinking where she might be right now," well I lied, yet that was also a point I had to take into consideration.
I spread them all over the Hector continent, asking them to control the entire land. And so I didn't know where she might be right now.
That meant I'd have to wait for her to come to me.
"Wasting a few hours isn't a problem," she turned her eyes towards the dome, seemingly buying my lie, "I'll keep watching here. You go and come with her for answers."
"Ok," I was about to open a portal before I thought about something, "don't ever think about checking things there, got it?"
"I'm not that crazy to do it," she firmly responded, making me heave a sigh of relief.
[Where are you now?] Once I arrived back at Earth, I led my chariot back to the capital while sending Hilary a message.
[Busy handling the scared people here]
[Leave everything and come to the capital right away]
[What for? What happened? An enemy at the gates or what?]
[It's… Much worse than that. How long before being there?]
[Ten… At most fifteen hours]
That much! Fine! [Ok, start moving]
[Shall I bring my army?]
[No, just come alone]
I paused before I went to the jumper.
[Do you know where my Lucias and his boys are?]
[He is your boy, not mine. And where is my boy?]
[He is busy dealing with stuff back there]
[Give me him and I'll tell you where your boy is]
[Screw you! I'll just summon him back]
[Do it and you'll leave an area vacant and missed]
[That's why I asked you, genius!]
[Why not ask your chick then?]
[She is busy handling something else]
[Yes, everyone around you is quite busy handling stuff for you and here you are, lazy to just look for your boy yourself]
[You know what… The areas left by my boys absence will be covered by your boys]
[And who is going to force me to do such slavery work for you?]
[Or else… Forget about sniffing your boy. I'll assign him to my Hilary… Or do you know what? I'll just keep him around me all the time]
[Damn you! Don't ever dream about taking him! I gave him advice and even helped him learn a few tricks in leading armies! He is mine! He will serve me, and be a general in my army]
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[Then do your part so you'll get a chance] I closed the chat while laughing. I didn't know why that jumper was so damn fixated over such a kid, but Legend was capable despite his young age.
"Come back!" As I dealt with such a problem, I waited for three hours before returning back to the capital.
Well, it was indeed worthy to be called a capital with all the improvements and development it showed right now.
All it lacked was millions, or even tens of millions to keep it bustling with life, just like the old times before the apocalypse.
As I reached there, I called for Lucias and all my soulers to come.
"Lord…" Lucias bowed alongside his five elites once arrived. I just summoned these five, thought about giving them a head up warning about what yet to come.
"At ease," I said before looking towards the distance, "you do know that I got another world, right?" I knew they did, "there… Is a little problem there that might need a big fight to get solved."
"We can do whatever you want and kill any enemy you desire," Lucias said as if this was an easy fight. He didn't know what we were going to face, and even I didn't.
"I want to ask, are the soulers we got enough?"
"They are, and they got stronger thanks to the last war."
"That's good, but that's not what I'm asking about," I paused before adding, "I want to know if you need more."
"Of my people? Of course I do. But can the Lord find more of us?"
"I'll… Try my best," I knew it might be hard, but I already asked Silverlining before to find me any soulers and necromancers he could find.
I might just need to remind him again, to know how important this was.
Recalling my necromancers made me think about asking for their help. They were part of my forces, right?
However when I recalled how weak they were currently and their need to absorb death energy for a long time to get stronger, I decided to go into this adventure without them.
"Go back now," I unsummoned all of the elites, leaving only Lucias by my side.
At first I was aware of his presence around, but soon I started to get used to it. He became invisible, only present whenever I needed him.
"She is taking her time indeed," after the passage of fifteen hours, I couldn't help but feel bored.
I even took a nap for a few hours, but I was already in top shape so I didn't need that much sleep.
I did it as I got nothing much to do anyway.
Chapter 837 One Shock After Another!
Thinking about that dome and site, that city that shouldn't exist and yet it did, made me more nervous. I always considered my second Earth as my escape place, my own safe haven away from all this sh*t going on here.
I even started reading through lots of records and tales about that world, but I didn't get a clue. Everything pointed to an end, a long time before my time.
There wasn't a single thing referring to an ongoing civilization, or even to a way to hide cities and people underneath the ground.
They were advanced people, but they didn't deal right with the power they gained.
I thought lots of glorious moments turned into tragedies at the end that turned my mood to the worse.
I never felt that sad when I read through the records of my people in the apocalypse. What was it? Was it that I knew these people were gone and they failed that pained me?
Did I have hope when I read through the records? Hope for my humans? For… Even myself?
"I'm here."
Just as I was lost in such deep thoughts, I finally heard the voice I waited all this time for. "Why did you call me and let me fly all the way here?"
She stood on her chariot, folding her arms, giving me such a long face.
She was still mad at me. "Something bad happened," I said before opening a portal and added, "come, we have to speak about something important. But you have to see this first."
"See… What?!!!" she just passed through the portal to end up at the other side. There she got her eyes wide opened, looking up at the dome and life brimming underneath before looking again at me.
And I was also having the same weird and shocked look over my face. That wasn't thanks to her shock or because of seeing this mysterious city.
It was because this place looked quite calm, eerie calm. Lily… She wasn't there.
"Don't tell me this is your first time seeing this… City!" Hilary felt something was off and couldn't help but ask.
"Someone… Someone was supposed to stay on guard here," I looked around with no sign of her before I opened a chat and sent a message over to her.
Yet again, I sent messages and got no response back.
And that meant only one thing…
"Who? Angelica?" Hilary thought about the wrong person, well she wasn't way off the mark actually. Angelica was already trapped inside, and now Lily.
"Here is what I know…" I took a deep breath before briefing her about everything I knew about this site.
"Are you telling me… This is the cosmetic relic site?!!!" she seemed to not recognise this place, and she got all the right to feel so.
This site was nothing like the one she saw before. "And Angelica went there? And now Lily is also missing?!!" she asked, and I didn't bring her here just to throw questions like this.
"I… I and Lily spoke about this and you have the key to solve this mystery," I looked at her eyes while she stood just a few inches away from me.
"Me? How?!" a look of doubt appeared over her face.
"Lily got this theory…" I started to explain what Lily had in mind. And when I finished, the look of doubt deepened over her face.
"This… I…"
"What?"
She seemed a bit hesitant and even lost when I expected a clear answer about this question.
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"Don't tell me you don't remember who told you this place was a cosmetic relic site!" I raised both eyebrows, and her face told me she didn't know anything about that.
"It's… I just feel fuzzy about that topic whenever I think about it…" her eyes even shook slightly, making me feel worse inside.
This… This wasn't going to bode well, right?
"Tell me what you remember… Did the two of you come here together? Did you go down there and excavate the site? And why here? Or was it already showing its marks as a relic site?"
I knew Angelica might not be aware of relic sites, but Hilary would. I always thought that the one to recognise this site first was Hilary, and then she told Angelica everything about it.
"Well… We weren't together to begin with…" and she started talking by saying such shocking words, "I was following our forces and pushing them around to clear trees. Then I felt… Yes, I felt someone calling, like a distant echo from far."
"And?" I didn't jump to conclusions yet, but it seemed what Lily guessed was true.
Someone lured these two over to activate this site or something like this.
"When I came here, it was already excavated," suddenly she started to act weird. Her eyes started to gaze at the distance, while her body moved all of sudden, jumping off my chariot to the ground.
"Hilary!" I shouted at her but I was slightly late to stop her. Once I jumped down using my rope, crossing the distance of a few hundred metres off the ground, I saw that she was fine!
That was… Slightly unexpected. Jumping off such a high distance and landing without any assistance was something dangerous, even for me.
But she… She stood in the middle of a small hole on the ground, with dust all over her without even blinking.
"I came here, found such marvellous light that led me to that spot over there…"
As if she was taken over by something, she started to move and speak like a machine! She moved towards the dome, and I hurried after her, intending to stop her even by force.
"There!" yet she didn't go directly to that dome, instead she went left and ended up at a rock.
I didn't notice it at all. It looked just like any normal rock scattered around here.
But when I got closer and stood by Hilary's side, I saw writings all over it.
It was in a language I didn't know.
Chapter 838 A World Filled With Souls
"It says this is the relic site of the cosmetic empire, a cosmetic relic," yet Hilary spoke again, seemingly able to read through these writings.
"There is no such an empire in the history of this world…" I narrowed my eyes, slowly recalling the names of the kingdoms in this world. "There was never an empire before," I firmly said, and that was something I was sure about.
"No! Our history got obliterated by our enemies!" Just as I said these words, Hilary turned to me and her face gave me a fierce expression.
For a second there, I saw another face overlapping over hers.
Damn! Was she possessed by a vengeful soul or what?
"We won't go into oblivion! This is our place! Our site! Our marks that will last for aeons! No one has the power to remove our name from this damn world's history, not even that f*cking the world's will! Ah!"
Just as she bellowed out in such a deep and loud voice that didn't belong to my sweet Hilary, but to that mysterious soul taking over her body right now.
"Anyone coming here must go there, must see our glorious empire. You can't stop us, we are immortals and will always find people to deliver our heritage to."
Just as she said that, she turned around and started running towards that dome.
"Sh*t!" and this time I knew she was going to jump inside that dome. Not under my watch!
*Bang!* I didn't hesitate to take out my light glaive, ran faster than her before hitting her with my glaive's shaft.
And like a dead rock she fell on the ground, far from that dome.
"You… Are you an agent of that b*tch? Why is our power not affecting you?" and as I thought she got a good hit and fell on the ground, she slowly stood up from the middle of a dense dust cloud, and spoke in that weird tone.
Sigh! Why did that happen when I had my scissors away? Should I call it back? Damn!
"I will kill you!" without warning, she got her sword out, and then came at me.
"Pathetic!" Just seeing the steps she took, the stance of her sword made me realise whoever was taking control over her right now wasn't a veteran in fighting and killing.
He was a noob!
*Bang!* *Bang!* *Bang!*
I gradually sent her flying back using my glaive. One time after another I evaded her simple charge and slow and expected attacks, hitting her with the shaft of my glaive.
I didn't want to truly wound her. She was my chick after all. But that bastard seemed to not stop.
"I won't stop, I won't get tired, hahaha! This isn't my body to begin with! Nothing can stop me, not even a dirty agent of that b*tch! I'm a soul, and nothing can harm souls!"
"Really?" I raised an eyebrow before suddenly snapping my fingers, "Lucias, come down here right now!"
*Fwoosh!* and without waiting for a second, Lucias stood on my side, with all his shocking orange fire.
And the appearance of my Lucias here caused the face of my Hilary to change.
"You can harm souls, right?" I ignored her, and turned to Lucias as I had to make sure of this, "you can hunt down one soul and leave the other intact, right?"
"Yes lord, let me do it for you."
"Go."
"Stay away from me! You damn beast! Stay away or I'll kill her!"
Just as my Lucias moved in a fog of orange smoke, that soul controlling my Hilary got a scare.
She raised her sword and seemed to aim at her heart! Damn! That was slightly unexpected. This soul might not be a true fighter, but he was cruel enough to take down his life with my girl.
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But the next moment my Lucias flashed passed her body, and all I heard was a heart curdling wailing scream that started to grow coarse.
"It's done, and his soul… Tastes unique and good," Lucias returned back to stand by my side, while his words made me feel he really enjoyed such a meal.
"Damn!" Just as he said that, Hilary's body got all weak and fell to the ground. I moved fast and just held her before her head would hit the ground.
What is wrong with my people these days? They were getting controlled and ending up losing consciousness later on.
Sigh! I examined her and she looked fine from outside. But I didn't know if that soul left any damage behind.
"So… The soul controlled whoever came closer to here, forcing them to open this relic site…" I muttered while leaving Hilary inside my chariot's one of the many rooms there.
"Tell me, did you feel anything different about this soul?" If it was a soul, then my Lucias here was the best to tell me all about it.
"It felt unique…" but that was all he said.
"In which way?"
"It looked old, felt with great rage and hatred. I ate it but I felt full, like eating one million souls or even more."
"This…" So it wasn't just a normal soul. My Lucias was glutinous in terms of eating souls. One million? That was barely enough to make him survive a day, not to get such a full feeling.
"Anything else?"
"Yes, that place… It's filled with such souls… I can already sniff them from here. Lord, can you let me go there? Let my boys have a bite?"
"Bite?!" I looked at him in a weird way before turning my eyes towards the dome, "you are saying this place is filled with souls?"
"It's weird… But It's filled with souls. It's like someone trapped billions of souls there for such a long time."
"Then… Can you see life appearing from this dome?" I pointed at the dome and even moved closer to it.
"I can see that."
"So it's an illusion?"
"Hmm… My best guess is time ability."
Chapter 839 Time And Space Powers
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"Time, what?!!" Wasn't this a thing of the angels? The thing running through my veins?
"Not only that, I can also sniff traces of space ability as well."
"What do you mean? Is this a pocket world?"
"A pocket world storing up a moment of time from ancient times and trapping souls inside," Lucias said in such firm belief, making me look at this dome in a much weirder way.
This place… It wasn't just a mere relic site, it was a time loop! A thing that reminded me of something I heard a long time ago, a thing that angels did to save their race.
Was this place also connected with them or what? Were they the bad guys in the end? Or were they desperate to turn bad at the end of their tale?
"How can we deal with it?"
"I'm not that experienced at dealing with such troublesome things, but I know a fact about this… A place like this must have a core, a circle of magic, and someone to control it."
"Someone? Someone is still alive inside?!"
"It's not necessarily a living person, a soul will do just fine."
"I see…" I was lost in thoughts. This entire thing was really troublesome and I didn't like the feeling of it.
But these people… These souls touched my people first. They didn't come in peace and tried to talk, they acted in such tyranny, abducting two of my people and tried to harm my Hilary.
"Can you deal with these souls?" I asked with such a cold tone that expressed my intentions.
If they started touching my things, then they got only themselves to blame.
"I can, but alone will take much time to do it. It's better to bring my boys over."
"I will," I slowly nodded before opening up a chat with Silverlining and sent him a message.
[Have you ever heard about a loop time that's trapped in a pocket world using time and space abilities?]
If I got to identify this site, then it was better to not set a single foot there before gathering up intel about it.
Any information would help, and it might even save my life.
[I heard stories, legendary ones… But why?]
[I got one]
[You… What?!!]
[I have one in front of my eyes right now and I have to deal with it. Tell me what you know about that]
[This… You do know that the two abilities and the people who mastered them were long gone from this universe. I can't tell anything without adding the word rumour or fairytale next to it]
Oh, that meant he didn't know anything for sure. Should I risk it and hear stories, unverified and might end up being wrong, about such a place and the people who created it?
For a moment there I was desperate enough to say yes.
[But… I heard of a weird dude who lives at the remote places of the universe. He is quite eccentric, not the guy you want to know. But a sovereign I know is a good friend of his. I can find him for you if you wanted]
Well… That was an interesting introduction, but there was a single issue here.
[How is that weird dude going to help me with this problem?]
[He is famous for looking for any clue and info regarding the two extinct folks using these abilities. Some even said he went inside one of those pocket time loops and returned, leaving part of his sanity back there]
[Thanks, that's relieving] I lied! Relieving my ass! It was damn scary! I was thinking about going there. I never thought it would be this dangerous, to leave such a terrible touch over my mind for eternity.
[Do you want to speak with him? I can be with the sovereign and act as you spokesman there]
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[Sure, that will help. How long before finding that man?]
[First I have to find the sovereign]
[Aren't you still in your race's home world?]
[I'm, but many left already. Give me few hours and I'll get back to you with good news]
[Thanks buddy] I closed the chat, looking at that dome with disturbed thoughts.
It was dangerous then going there and coming back. What about my Lily and Angelica? Would they be alright? What about Hilary? Would that damn soul leave something permanent in her mind?
Sigh! Something seemed a bit fishy here. "Tell me, do you feel any calling or something trying to control you?" I asked without shifting my eyes off that lovely world down below that dome.
"I'm, but they are useless. Against soulers, such cheap tricks won't do."
"Good… Come out!" The next moment I summoned all the souler army here, "search everywhere, move even rocks and find me anything useful. And stay away from that dome, ok?"
"I'll supervise their actions then," Lucias volunteered and I didn't reject the extra help here.
I returned to my chariot, looking over my soulers while spreading around.
It might seem a low chance, but as this site was here, I might also find other stuff around.
I wasn't hoping to find other time loop sites around. I just felt something was related to that rock, the rock that Hilary came and read its content and I couldn't.
It wasn't random, nothing of this looked random. It felt like an ancient scheme and plan just started in motion.;
Having a world that held such a troublesome relic from time and space dudes? It couldn't be random at all!
I was sure something was connecting all this together; the old man, the gift he left behind for me, and this world… All this didn't look random to me.
But what connected them? I felt like standing on top of the world and taking a peek at an entire world from a small opening in the sky!
Slowly I'd unveil all these schemes, slowly I'd get to the bottom of all these mysteries.