Escape [1]
'Come to think of it, this situation is almost the same as that day.'
'The day you got us? Come to think of it..'
'There's a huge barrier along with the uncountable enemies!'
Little Xue's right, this looks like that day. Though, I am very lucky that the one that I faced before is just an SS+ Rank. It's still solvable, unlike what I'm facing right now.
'But, there will be a Deity-Realm here.'
'You'll just need to die, Master!'
Heh. She made me remember that day. It's all thanks to my revival function that I lived up to this day. But now, it's not a plausible option.
'I'm not alone anymore. It won't work.'
'When the worst happens, Master can just abandon everyone else and flee with his girlfriend.'
'I left that as my other option.'
Abandoning everyone.. I don't know why, but I can't seem to be able to do it without hesitation. As long as Aria's life isn't in danger, I'll stay true to my words.
Well, the only thing that I'll provide them is a chance to escape; whether they live or die is another matter. I felt that giving them this chance is the best that I could do. I won't hesitate to choose Aria over those guys.
As for the 2 influential figures, I'll adapt according to the situation.
With the help of Ms. Alina, I teleported straight to the hallway that these guys are in. Most of them are recovering their lost energy while sitting in a comfortable position.
"We have a change of plans, everyone. We'll be leaving now."
"What happened?"
Mr. Laurent asked me first.
"A Deity will descend in another 35 minutes or so. We need to break through right now."
"How about that unbreakable barrier?"
"It'll break in less than 30 minutes. We need to prepare to break through that encirclement right now."
"Wait, I'll talk to them first."
"Only for 5 minutes. If you decide not to join me, you're all on your own. I'll be kicking them out of this base as well."
"Alright."
Laurent started talking to the other Demigods who seemed to be the leaders.
'Ms. Alina, are you done packing?'
'Mn. I already brought over my things and gave the spacial treasure to Aria. I emptied my hidden stash, too.'
'Alright. How about you?'
'Yes?'
'Did you prepare already?'
'Yes.'
As early as 7 days ago, I already prepared everything I could. I went back to the center of the Star System, ordered some materials for Panacea Making and Rune Engraving, and created a bunch of them from the pocket space.
Rune Engraving is basically inputting runes into a spiritual material. Through that material, you can do many things such as casting a spell or a technique free of charge. Because casting spells utilized the use of runic symbols while using elemental cultivation techniques utilized a runic character, engraving runes became a mainstream job.
It then gave birth to the Cultivation World's one-time sealed attack A.K.A. life-saving treasures, as well as the scroll bombing of the Magic Plane.
Thanks to my large database and the technique that I found, I managed to create a very famous one-time use item, the [Peace Bombs].
[Peace Bombs-Modified (SSS+)]
-A one-time use item that allows the modified 7-element blast spell to fully deplete the energy stored in the solid substance.
-Lasts for 3 seconds.
Thankfully, I managed to learn lots of spells from all attributes even though I couldn't use them, thus I can derive some of what I've learned and created a modified version of the [Peace Bombs]. Though, there are many modified recipes of it that one could see in the merit exchange catalog.
[Peace Bombs] are the staple weapons of war, after all. It's just like a soldier bringing in 2-3 hand grenades on them during wars.
Meanwhile, the principle behind this is quite simple, actually. Once you find a solid substance with enough energy saturation, you'll engrave runes in it. Back then, this is actually a very dangerous task as one mistake could literally blow you up into pieces, given that you don't have any protective measures against it.
Though, this became possible now. With the help of ultra-precision tools, it became possible for one to have a precision rate of 99.98%.
What's more is that once you add both the runic symbols that would harness the strong mana and the runic characters who would promote balance, the energy inside the saturated solid will be utilized to the maximum. The mana that tends to have a strong side would be calmed down by the perfectly balanced Qi.
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'Oh, the one that goes Boom! I remember!'
When they told this to me in the past, I was speechless. I became even more regretful that I couldn't meet him in person.
Hm..
'50 SSS+ Ranks and 60SS+ Ranks.. This should be enough..'
Even though I can now use these guys to break through, this cost me more than 4,300 credits. For a normal S+ Rank, it's a huge cost considering that it's all for a single battle. For them, the credits that they receive are either from their contribution or kill counts. Add the fact that they're assigned to a single base, many wouldn't think of doing this.
It's all thanks to me being lucky. Since I accidentally found one of their main espionage bases, I received a total of 10,000 credits. I also realized the fact that the Askar Base people only paid for the partial amount of it; the higher-ups decided to pay for the rest of it.
Our reliable leader Irna told me about this. As expected, I need to learn more about the other side.
After putting everything into my [Subspace] for easier use, I went to Aria and asked her to get ready.
"This is its full power?"
"Yep. You didn't have any chance to use it before, but not now."
What we're talking about is the Silver-White Armor that I gave her since we got into this huge mess. Now that her power matched it perfectly, she can use its full potential.
Right now, only her head is revealed as the rest of her body is protected by the Armor.
"What is this?"
"Oh, that?"
She pointed towards the small blue box that appeared behind her back.
"It's the emergency energy box. You can absorb the energy inside it to instantly recuperate. It's made for the worst-case scenarios."
"You--what?"
Ms. Alina seemed so surprised that she almost found my explanation absurd. To the inhabitants of this world, these types of things are classified as "Black Technology".
"I'll explain it to you later Ms. Alina, but let's focus on the real thing for now."
When I looked back at Aria, I saw a trace of joy in her eyes.
"I can finally stand beside you.."
A sense of sweetness appeared inside of me.
"Allow me to return your words, Lugh. let's focus on the real thing first, alright?"
"Ahaha.. Understood."
Both of us made an awkward smile after hearing that. After readying for it, we met the outsider group again. We dragged along the other couple too. What's more surprising is that their relatives are actually here!
Thanks to that, it now looks like they're more willing to follow me. As for Aria, they never asked. Since she's now fully covered by her Armor, her identity isn't revealed, which is a huge help in case the Dragon Court knows.
"Let's go."
We all headed out towards the decisive battle.