-"Good that you are here. Here, can you sign it?"
~"Hmm... To think you would even recruit the whole Jarilo-VI to become Vassal of the Hold. Happy to have you on board, Miss Bronya."
-"Thank you, Your Majesty."
~"I'll transport some personnel to build a Terminal on your planet."
-"Hephaestus already gathered them, so we can go right away."
-"I would appreciate that as I was away from the Jarilo-VI for some time already."
~"I'll open the gate for you then."
When the portal was opened, Bronya bid her farewells and returned to her planet with her entourage. I also sent a group responsible for constructing the Terminal with her.
Now, only IPC, Stellaron Hunters, and members of Hold were left. Thinking of the Baiheng matter, I spoke to Kafka.
~"Right, Kafka, I've restored Blade's memories, so he might remain in Hold in the future."
-"To think you would poach my people, you are indeed a Fox."
~"How about you all join Hold?"
-"Maybe later, I still have a debt to Elio."
-"This... Your Majesty, can you save me?"
-"Entropy Loss Syndrome? Sure, no problem, give me your hand for a second."
Taking Firefly's hand, I used Abundance and Permanence to eliminate defects created in her body and restore her lifespan.
~"Done."
Firefly looked at the hand I was still holding, stunned by the instant effects of eliminating what had plagued her for so long. Recovering from her stupor, she looked at me again.
-"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
~"No problem. Jade, feel free to open your shop here if you wish, but be mindful not to break any laws while in Hold."
-"Thank you. For now, I'll focus on my job as an IPC member."
-"Tingyun will assist you, Jade."
-"Thank you, Ningguang."
As Kafka and Jade exited with their people, only Hold members remained in the room.
-"Now that we are finally alone. How was the meeting with Aeons?"
~"Sigh. As Hold will fight the Chaos, I'm to deal with Tyrnaids."
-"Bugs? Arent they rather weak compared to other forces?"
~"There was additional information not disclosed in the general meeting. Tyranids were able to obtain Propagation."
-"This is something that IPC would like to keep under wraps."
~"Terminus promised to keep an eye on you during the battle, but if anything happens, inform me instantly."
-"Yue, we can take care of ourselves."
~"I know, Nobu. I'm just worried."
-"Right, right. What forces will you take? Or your Elves will be enough?"
~"I'll take my Guard and the Herrschers, as their destructive capabilities would be perfect for clearing the pests."
-"Sure, I can work with that, but I need your help with something."
~"Hmm? What can I do for you?"
-"Almost half of our forces are still engaged in that demon and angel infested world. I would need to call them back to prepare for fighting the Chaos Fraction, but that would waste our accomplishments on said world."
~"You want me to swoop in and deal with them?"
-"I will push more forces to clear the Demons, but I want you to get rid of the angels."
~"When will you start?"
-"In five days."
~"OK. I'll act together with you."
-"Great. Anything else?"
~"I don't think so. How about some meal?"
-"Sure.
The next morning, I asked Elysia to come with me to Moon Palace, where those who would form a unit against Tytanids were already waiting. Along with them, my Elven Court was also present as they will also assist us in getting rid of the pests.
-"Your Majesty."
~"You are here, Yue."
~"Sorry for the wait. Now, let me bring you up to speed."
While explaining the situation with Tyranids and what we will have to face, I also introduced all the Hold's Herrschers to the ones brought by Terminus.
-"Ugh. There is too much Bronya's for Bronya."
-"I've seen big Seele and big Bronya in the meeting, and now there is another Seele and Bronya..."
-"Senior Mei, you now have another sister."
-"You too, Kiana."
-"Haha."
~"How should I call you four to avoid confusion?"
-"How about calling us your sisters? Sister Kiana would fit me quite nicely."
~"Is there a way to avoid it?"
-"Come on, don't be such a bore, Yue!"
-"Bronya seconds Kiana's idea. Sister Bronya..."
-"Ehem. Yue, we are Emmanators of Finality, so we can be considered your sisters through that connection."
~"You seem to know me well."
-"We do, but we agreed to keep why a secret for now."
~"I'll call you my sisters for now. Back to the main topic, Tyrande, I want Sisterhood to be stationed behind Hold's forces and act as medics for the wounded."
-"Won't we be needed on Your Majesty's front?"
~"No, I plan to use a small but elite group to unleash destruction upon the Tyranids. Sentinels won't be deployed this time as their style of combat doesn't fit this battlefield. Only Demon Hunters will take part in the combat. Druids of the Circle will assist with restoring the battleground after the combat."
-"What about Watchers, Grandfather?"
-"Grandfather?!"-Four of my new sisters were greatly shocked by my relationship with Lunara.
~"I want you to act as scouts on the battlefield and defend the Sisterhood from any danger they may encounter."
-"We will keep everybody safe."
~"Do you want two of us to assist you?"
~"If you don't mind."
~"You can count on us."
~"Yes, I will mobilize Wild Gods if you need some assistance."
~"When the time for battle comes, I'll be sure to call you."
-"Yue, what about that project?!"
~"Right, I'm ready to launch it, but aside from you, I have one more slot free, so who do you want to assist you?"
-"Can't it be you?"
~"You are aware that I'm rather busy."
-"Please..."
~"Sigh."
-"You told me that there is a great chance that those worlds will be mortal ones, and didn't you want to spend some time in one with us?"
~"True... So be it, but I won't be too active there."
-"Sure!"
~"Even if I wasn't part of it, I would still be able to see everything in it."
-"That's not the same. Now you are part of it, not some kind of lurker."
~"If you say so."
-"How is it? Can you start it?"
~"Give me a second."
Using my power, I send the twelve invites to the best-suited people while creating connections to allow the Chat to function. After a few minutes, all invites have found their recipients.
~"Almost ready. Elysia, do you want to use real names or some pseudonyms?"
-"Pseudonyms, of course!"
~"Right. Done."
Starting the Chat, I watched if any troubles were to appear. The Chat window appeared before Elysia and me, but aside from us, none could see it. Elysia instantly started sending the messages while I continued to look for errors.
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Miss Pink Fairy
Seeing that the Chat was working correctly, I stopped paying attention to what was being said and turned to the four Herrscher standing nearby.
~"What do you plan to do for now?"
-"Would you mind us accompanying you?"
~"That might be problematic..."
-"You don't have to worry about us doing something that might harm you. Terminus sent us here to join the Hold."
~"I don't think that you will sabotage us. Just some places are for my family only."
-"I see. We will stay in an area accessible to us, but if you go to other places, please bring us with you."
~"Sure, I can do that, Sister Mei."
-"Thank you."
Turning to the rest of Herrschers, I continued speaking.
~"Next week, I will take part in clearing certain world to place it under our control. Do you wish to come with me to train?"
-"Sure! I can't wait to fight someone!"
-"Bronya agrees with battle junkie Kiana."
Mei also nodded.
~"What about you, Fu Hua, Hua?"
-"I will follow you, Yue."
-"Right, no need to think too much."
Nodding at them, I turned to the last group present here."
-"We will be there for sure. I hadn't seen Benares for some time, and I want to spend some time with her."
~"She will certainly be happy to see you more often. Right, Elune, can we start setting the Simulated Realm upon Eden?"
~"I was wondering when you will start doing this. Everything is ready on my side."
~"Then let's go. If we start now, we should be able to finish before the evening. I'll call for the rest of the Progress to assist us."
As we started setting up the Simulated Realm, I kept glancing at the Chat.
Nine-Tailed Fox
Nine-Tailed Fox
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Nine-Tailed Fox
Soon, the Siumlater Realm finally took shape. Despite some minor hiccups along the way, we were able to create something between Herta's Simulated Universe and Penacony's Dreamscape.
Inside, one could easily create a small area for training, being able to adjust many different aspects of reality there, as well as simulating monsters and even people for training.
All members of Hold have access to this Realm, and even soldiers could use it to train. While civilians had restricted access, without the ability to simulate members of Hold to not gain the information they shouldn't have access to, schools and dojos opened to them will soon start to utilize this for their arenas.
On the subject of schools, under the oversight of Dr Mei, all higher education of Hold was moving smoothly. Even the population of Academic City is slowly rising. Next year's Festival of Progress, aside from part in the shrine, would take place there.
Hold higher education aims to train personnel for the Five Principles, and with the popularity of the Hold among the worlds we are involved in, all places for students were quickly taken.
The main purpose of the Simulated Realm was to accelerate the Cultivation process. This was thanks to the Garden of Eden and many plants modified by Ruan Mei.
Our soldiers will be undergoing intense training to raise their strength even further. Nobu was still unsatisfied with their strength, especially as the threat of the Chaos Fraction approached. In her eyes, every solider of Hold needs to be elite, not some cannon fodder.
After great work, we all gathered in White Villa and hosted a small party, talking about other projects and interesting ideas like the group of nerds we all were.
I was most intrigued by Mobius's concept of creating something akin to Class Cards that we received from the Magic Association in exchange for 'forgetting' minor events caused by their people. By using stronger members of Hold as the basis, we could have literal trump cards.
Aside from that, Otto's and Jackal's research of Pseudo Herrschers achieved results in the form of serum temporarily giving one power of Herrscher, but as the person who used it would die, it still needed some more research.
The last idea came from Riveria, who proposed creating pseudo Spirits with whom soldiers would form contracts to aid them in battles. This attracted Aranyani and Kal'tsit, who wanted to take part in this project. Kal'tsit was especially interested and even proposed using Mon3er as how the finished pseudo Spirits should look and behave like.
Leaving those three projects to groups that wanted to take part in them, I gathered Hephaestus, da Vinci, Albedo, Ruan Mei, and Herta to work on a method of saving and preserving the Souls and spirits of soldiers who have fallen in battle, so that they may be later resurrected without major troubles.
This was a priority to me, as fighting against enemies who couldn't be killed showed how important this was for Hold to also possess. Hoping that six of us will be able to come up with something able to satisfy the requirements, we started to work on this next day.