Controlling

「 In 2 days, Project Apex will initiate, and our plan to take over the nation will proceed. All of my failed experiments will be your son's followers and will never betray him. With your son's abilities and the halo given to him, nothing will stop this project from succeeding. Not even all of the royal families will be able to stop this. Remember to go under the town square if you ever need more of my mutants, everything will be there for you. 」

「 After everything succeeds, we'll stand on top of the world together. No one will overpower us or even become as strong as us. Everyone will stay below us as we will keep ascending and achieve higher realms. With our magic together, we will become gods. Let us climb together, nothing will interfere with our project, let's prepare our ascend, my king. 」

...

When Ellie received the letter from the private mailing system, she was more than shocked. She expected them to have some crazy plans, but to ascend to an higher realm? That was simply crazy, it was impossible to even tell if there was another realm out there.

Moreover, the word mutants caught her attention. Ellie and Edward have seen what mutants were, they were the failed experiments of the children Alianor kidnapping. That meant Alianor had more mutants in their arsenal, but there has been no reports of kidnapped children. But that wasn't surprising, Alden's magic probably manipulated them, and had them volunteer just to become test subjects.

This was worse than evil, it was devilish, wicked, and heinous.

Their plan was only a day and a half away, there wasn't much time to prepare. The fastest thing she could do is discussing this with everyone and that was exactly what she did. Ellie immediately called a meeting right after she read the letter and summarized the contents of the letter.

"This really is crazy..." said Kiri.

"Not just crazy, it sounds like something out of a fairy tale. Like a villain starts the most evil plan in history and the hero stops it, but this was real life." said Ivy.

"This plan of theirs nearly sounds impossible, how many mutants did Alianor have to make to make this plan succeed?" asked Adonis.

Kiri felt a shiver down his spine as he pictured how many children was taken, "I'd rather not get into details." said Kiri.

The others agreed and proceeded to discuss about their plan.

"So, is there any ideas on what we should do about their plan?" asked Ellie.

"I'd say we should go under the town square and kill off some of the mutants to decrease what they have arsenal." said Kiri.

"But that would probably alert them, I'd say we assassinate Alianor and Alden when we get the change. They'll never expect it." said Adonis.

"Both are those ideas are decent, but they'll both catch the attention of Alianor and Alden." said Ivy.

"Then what plan do you suggest Ivy?" asked Ellie.

"I think we should let their plan proceed without us interrupting." said Ivy as they all looked at her like she was crazy, "Instead of attacking them, let's secretly invade their residences, and see their arsenal. If we calculate how much mutants they have, we can set up defenses against them, and hopefully eliminate them if there's a fight." said Ivy.

Everyone started to think about Ivy's plan, it did make sense since it wouldn't alert Alianor and Alden. If they were to see how much forces their enemy has, it would be easier for them to come up with counters, and lessen the damage to them if there's ever a fight.

"That's a good plan Ivy, I didn't think I had it in you." said Ellie.

"Oh, please. I've always been countless steps ahead of you back in our younger days, and even now." said Ivy.

"Believe what you want to believe, but let's get back to topic. Is there anyone that wants to use a different plan? If so, please raise your hand." said Ellie.

Seeing that nobody raised their hand, Ellie proceeded to write down the plan Ivy said on a piece of paper.

"With that said, the meeting is now over." said Ellie.

...

"Finally." said Ena.

After cultivating for hours, she finally reached the intermediate level of her cultivation realm.

"Stat."

『 System Name: Yue 』

『 Host Name: Ena von Quintus 』

『 Race: Human 』

『 Cultivation Level: Chi - Spirit』

『 Chi - Intermediate 1,230/12,000 』

『 Magic: Chi Manipulation 』

"Ena!" said Alice as she knocked on the door.

She quickly regained her composure, "Come in!" said Ena.

"Is there anything you need?" asked Ena.

"Actually, yes. I want to know where have you been going these past days." said Alice.

"Eh? What do you mean where I have been going?" asked Ena.

"Don't lie to me Ena, whenever I come home you would seem somewhat tired. Plus, you haven't been spending as much time with me." said Alice.

"You've been training with your instructor so I can't spend as much time with you since I'm worried you're tired." said Ena.

"Although I am training, that doesn't mean I'm tired. This isn't about me, this is about you." said Alice.

Ena really didn't know what to say, "I was out with my frie-" Before she could finish her sentence, she was suddenly pinned onto the bed.

"Where were you?" asked Alice.

Ena was now suspicious, her sister's whole demeanor changed, and she didn't seem like herself. While her eye's locked with Alice's, she added some of her chi through Alice's hand to feel if there was anything off, and she was correct. Alice's mana flow seemed to be disturbed and couldn't flow naturally.

'Manipulation.' thought Ena.

Her chi entered Alice's brain where the manipulation magic was taking effect and used her chi to negate the manipulation. Alice suddenly froze and looked confused.

"Why am I here?" asked Alice.

"Uh..,you were sleepwalking, and ended up like this." said Ena.

"Really?" asked Alice.

"Yep, now since you've woken up. Can you get off me?" asked Ena.

"I can, but I like the position we're in, so back to sleep!" said Alice.

Before Ena could say anything, Alice suddenly fell on top of her, and passed out.

"I guess the manipulation did take a toll on her." Ena muttered as she tucked Alice in.

Since Alice was manipulated, that meant Alice has a high chance of being manipulated too.

'Their plan is starting...'