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Chapter 975 I Need Them To Go Into My Shadow World!

"Thanks lord," he bowed again before watching him leave in such a wide jump towards his chariot.

He was indeed pretty much excited. At least one of us got such a feeling.

When I became alone, I took that time to think about what I learnt.

Toranks kept this hidden from me… Why?/

I realised right now I was like a frog at the bottom of a well. I got played out by all the big forces. One was keeping me in the dark, and another was trying their best to kill me.

I thought about going out and asking anyone from the Toranks. Silverlining was out of the question. This dude… He already betrayed my trust once.

Asking that crazy sovereign? But he never mentioned it before to me. Should I go for Ludak?

As such thoughts flared up in my mind pretty damn fast, it died down also quite fast.

I shouldn't go and ask them anytime soon, not until I got to know more info about these Hescos.

I then thought about my response. Well, it wasn't that bad. I got to know the problem and had a way to solve it.

What made me slightly bitter from inside was forgetting about that project of mine. I had to pay more attention to my stuff, especially that with each step higher I'd ascend, tons of new things would flood my world.

So… It all came down to cultivation then. Perhaps that was the main reason why Hescos had such confidence about killing me.

They thought that humans had poor talent at cultivation. And that was true about my people, except for me.

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Well… The bright side of all this was that I got to know their point of strength, and ironically it was their achilles heel.

They would depend too much on their suits and cultivation. If what old Gan said was true, then the ones I was going to face might look scary from outside.

But if we managed to find a way to get over their shields, and all of my forces got enough cultivation power to crush them, then things would turn for the better.

It all came down to meeting those motherf*ckers. Then I'd have my time to deal with those bastards; Toranks.

I didn't waste my time here. I used my teleportation staff and went towards one direction; that pocket world.

I really hated it, deep to the bones. However, it was now the only place that could solve my current problem.

I looked at it and then installed many discs around the dome. This place would turn in no time to become one of the hottest places in this world.

After installing enough and nearly exhausting my reserve of these discs, I started to jump around and install the other parts at different places.

I went towards all the continents here, even to the one where my little Qi was having his fun.

When I went there, I saw a very weird scene. It gathered up all the flying monsters and let them devour, not the ground monsters as it told me, but other flying beasts.

"What are you doing?!!" I soon found him, standing in the centre of all this carnage. It didn't even let the flying monsters do it, but also the ground ones.

[Lord, I'm happy you came… See this? It's my new toy!]

"Didn't I tell you that I need these flying monsters?" its voice came in my mind to tell me how happy and excited it was.

[Lord said he wanted strong flying monsters. And that's what I'm doing]

"This…"

[Devouring each other is the shortest and fastest way. This way, we can have much evolved monsters fast]

"Sigh! Ok, but don't push it too much," I was placing great importance over this flying monster army, but not anymore.

What would be the value of monsters without cultivation? They wouldn't do anything against those damn Hescos and their suits!

[Lord seems troubled… Is there anything wrong?]

"It's just… My entire plans got screwed! My enemies were stronger, far stronger than what I thought them to be!"

[Don't worry yourself, lord. When I'm done with these monsters, you'll get a really scary army of them]

"Not if they can cultivate," I shook my head, "without cultivation, it's pointless."

[This… We can cultivate, even I cultivate. However, we need to get nourished from dense amount of energy, one that can grant us such power]

"Energy? Isn't it abundant here?" I recalled how this world was special. It had a dense amount of spiritual energy, the one little Qi was speaking about.

[No lord, it isn't what you think. Energy here isn't enough, not even enough. We need pure and higher form of energy, much dense and purer than the one here]

"I see…" some sort of idea festered into my mind when I heard what it said.

It needed a world, with dense energy and pure enough to grant any monster cultivation power. Didn't I already have a world with such energy?

My shadow world granted a dense amount of dark energy for my little turtle. And also that little monster of the Hector guardian race was acting so enraged when I took it out.

And the reason for this was thanks to my energy.

However… even if I got such a way, it wasn't practical. I only got one way to do it, and that was through my sealing technique.

Using it on my little Qi was easy. But what about others? Having one more behemoth with cultivation wasn't going to change anything, right?

I got to find a way, a door to lead these monsters into my shadow world. My second technique would open a gate, but it's a one way ticket.

I couldn't take back what I sent there, not yet. And many of what I sent there got devoured and didn't sustain the brutal energy of my shadow world.

So I had only one way to do it. I had to go to the shadow world as planned and start exploring it, and find a way to open a door between here and there.

Chapter 976 The Weird Ores

If I did, then I'd be able to add another mighty and pretty much unexpected force to my armies.

Well, my enemy was trying to prepare with everything it got, and I had to do the same.

[Lord… Lord… Are you alright?]

It seemed I got lost in thoughts for a long time without realising it.

"I need you to keep making them stronger," I said in a serious tone, "make as many as possible as strong as you can."

[Leave it to me, lord. After all, it's quite fun for me]

"I know," I laughed. Just thinking about the appearance of mighty monsters with cultivation bases in front of those Hescos vanquished lots of the stress I was feeling.

I liked the idea of having something my enemy didn't count for.

As I finished here, I moved back towards the first training grounds.

I was eager to see if what old Gan said was true or not.

Once I arrived at the densely packed first training grounds, I saw a marvellous scene waiting for me.

Lots of races were heading towards one single direction; the direction of the portal zone. I saw tens of thousands marching, either from the training grounds or from the many paths in between mountains.

"Come out!" taking all of them out of the training grounds made the situation here quite risky and unstable. It was lucky that there wasn't any monster outbreak here yet.

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Or else, things would grow out of control.

To make up for all of this, I had to call out for my forces, my warriors!

"Go, secure this region and make sure any monster outbreak is vanquished," I got millions of them and ordered them to stay behind and secure the frontline if needed.

It would lose all its purpose if I just sent them over to help in normal fights.

[You are well aware that many of our forces have cultivation bases?] and just I took my warriors out and aligned them at their posts, Lily sent. [And taking them will affect the ongoing training out there!]

[I've already summoned my warriors to help!]

[That's not the point!]

[I know! But most of these will return back to the training grounds and get stronger] I aimed to get all those with cultivation bases, but I needed them to train as well.

So, I'd just take those who were strong enough and form a special force out of them. They'd be the ones fighting Hescos on that continent, and they'd become the leaders of the armies sent later on towards the different worlds.

[That's a relief. But… What about the monster outbreak? My men say we got less than a day!]

[I called for all my warriors for that. Don't worry, I got this one covered] I said, [But from now on, we'll focus on specially training races with cultivation bases]

[Won't tell me the reason?]

[I'm coming to get you. So I'll explain things face to face. Are you ready?]

[Give me one more hour and come to pick me then]

I closed the chat with her before heading back to scatter my warriors and arrange them. Then something came into my mind when I was halfway.

"Tell me, do you have cultivation bases?" it suddenly hit me. Soulers got it. Necromancers got it. Even my fallen gods got it!

They just needed stat points to unlock their full potential and become stronger.

"Yes, lord!" and in such a unified tone, they all responded, even those far away from my current location.

This… This was like Christmas bells in my ears! Hahahaha! Another force of mine got their cultivation bases opened. That was an unexpected pleasant surprise for sure.

Another piece was added to the grand board, and now it was time to add more pieces as well.

My humans… Humans should also open cultivation bases and form grand armies as well.

What was the point of leading a human kingdom that didn't have their strongest armies made out of humans? That would be ironic!

I spent the hour deploying my warriors before I went to check the portal zone. And there I kept laughing with all the grand number of races flooding towards here until the entire place got filled to the brim.

[I'm ready!] and in less than one hour, she sent me this message.

[Don't forget about me, I want to hear all the interesting stuff in the flesh] and the next moment, another message came from Angelica.

It seemed these two girls kept talking behind my back about this.

[Cool! I'm coming to pick you two over] I jumped first to Lily and soon I found her. Then I jumped over to Angelica.

When I arrived there, a grand scene was waiting for me.

The last time I was here, the grand mine region had a few holes scattered here and there. But right now it was like many parts of this continent got removed by a mighty force.

I saw deep trenches and holes, looking like bottomless grand pits in my eyes. Many people were working, walking, climbing up or descending through the circular walls of these holes.

And on the ground lay tons of materials. Ores in different sizes were scattered there in their different colours, giving this place a sparkling appearance.

Angelica was using everything she could to get all the ores she could from here. And that was apparent over her face with such a wide smile that was there when she met us.

"What do you think? I wanted to let you see this, and that," she turned towards one direction, where a weird looking ores were there.

I moved my chariot towards the direction she pointed at while recalling what she said to me before. She found special forms of ores, ones that looked quite dangerous.

And she got a point indeed. Even from far away, I could see arcs of different coloured rays dancing on top of these ores.

It looked weird, pretty unique and alluring, however they also gave me a dangerous vibe.

Chapter 977 A Weird Terrifying Face With A Helmet!

I got such a threatening feeling? I wasn't easily scared by anything! And that meant whatever these things were, they were quite dangerous without doubt.

"Are these…" I asked, and she nodded.

"We got to lose many while moving these out here," she said in a bitter tone, "but luckily these things didn't explode even when getting hit with our tools."

"What are… These?!!" Lily finally got over her shock as she turned to watch the two of us.

"Another deadly weapon of ours," I said, "we got another piece, and it's quite interesting," and I ended my words with such wide laughs before landing my chariot close to these ores.

In my eyes, they weren't ores, they were pieces of mass destruction weapons.

They were deadly grenades, enough to sweep away huge spaces of land with them.

"Wait here," I got that getting these ores would be quite challenging and risky for them. So I jumped down, and fell just next to the big pile of these ores.

The ores weren't in equal or regular sizes. It seemed they got mined and were left without any handling for fear of getting exploded.

I saw as small as a tiny grain of sand and as large as a huge rock!

Once I fell on the ground, I got hit by one of the energy arcs coming out from these ores.

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It was pale yellow in colour. And once it hit me, I felt like I got slammed with a great force. I stood just outside the reach of my chariot's shield as I wanted to experience this feeling.

"Pretty intense for such a dormant state!" I laughed. The more violent they were in such form, the fiercer they'd be when getting in touch with my technique.

I resisted the itch to try one out. After all, I wasn't sure on how grand scale this explosion would be.

"Come inside," as I stepped forward, more waves came from these ores as if they felt my presence and threat.

However, using my cultivation power was enough to push these waves away and let me finally touch these ores.

They felt hot, as if they were embers or something. However they failed to cause a single wound over me. And I started to take them inside my inventory.

It took almost an hour to empty this place of all ores. Once done, I turned to see the stupefied looks over the two girls' faces.

"What?" I asked once I returned back on top of my chariot.

"You… You didn't see it, right?" Lily turned to Angelica, and the latter sighed.

"The more I learn about you, the more I know I just scratched the surface."

"What are you two talking about?" I was puzzled. I just took away these ores, nothing else.

Why the heck did these two act as if they saw a monster or something?

"He didn't realise it!" Angelica exclaimed in surprise while Lily explained what was going on.

"You showed something… When you got hit by these energy arcs, your body shone in black light and a fog emanated from you…"

"Fog? From my body?!" I turned around and checked, but nothing was there.

"It appeared with each energy clash with you, and vanished once the energy wave moved past you," Angelica pointed at the air behind me and added, "it was… A fierce face of some sort of giant, wearing a scary helmet and got two eyes shining in pure red light."

"And it kept grinning in a way that made me feel like death was gazing up at me," Lily added and the two girls nodded to each other, as if they shared the same weird experience.

"This… Are you sure it wasn't just an illusion?"

"No, it came out from your body, flashed for a few seconds before vanishing again," Angelica shook her head as she seemed convinced about what she was saying.

"I believe… It's not coming out of you… I think it's always there and this energy just revealed it," Lily paused for a moment, "it felt like… It was you!"

"No way! I'm not a giant and I don't even have a helmet!" What the heck went wrong in these two's minds?!! "Anyway, we are done here. So let's go back to the portal area and I'll explain things to you once we arrive there."

I didn't like what they were talking about. Having something like this attached to me without knowing? What was it? Just an illusion? Or was it my shadow world?

I didn't get what they saw to be honest, and I didn't give it any heed at this moment.

I opened a portal and jumped over the first training ground, just above the portal area.

"It's the bomb site!" but once we arrived, Angelica rolled her eyes in such a helpless way.

"Now, tell us what's going on?" Lily crossed her arms while moving her eyes around. It seemed she felt little regret about agreeing to my crazy request from before.

"It's like this…" I started to explain the new development about the Hescos race. I told them what I heard from old Gan, about how cultivation was the main problem we had, and the biggest one we got to solve.

"Damn! So are you telling me that they got a shield that protects them from any system powered attacks?!!!" The first to shout in shock and disbelief was Lily.

After all, she came from the Hector race, the third most powerful race in the entire universe.

She was raised up listening to the scary stories about Hescos. And yet it seemed such knowledge wasn't known by her.

She was a paragon candidate! If even such a promising figure didn't hear about this, then it was very secretive information about such a mighty race.

"That's why you asked for all these forces with cultivation bases… I understand," Angelica nodded and it was apparent that these two girls exchanged news before meeting me.

Chapter 978 Reopening The Fresh Deadly Wound Again!

"But… Do we know how strong their shields are? What level of strength is needed to crush it? I mean cultivation base level… You are aware that these forces aren't elite! They just got their first big cultivation base opened, with just a few small bases unlocked."

"I know," I sighed, "but I lack such info."

"Then…"

"Don't forget we are going to get Hescos soon. So we can test them out and see for ourselves."

The two girls went into deep silence, thinking about such game changing news.

And I didn't speak or try to interrupt them. I got the same reaction once I heard about this news.

"So we are going to use the forces of cultivation to crush them… And that requires a change in tactics…" Lily spoke after ten minutes of deep silence and contemplation, "how about we use the southern continent for that purpose? I was planning to use that place to train the most formidable forces we got. But…"

"I didn't ask for you to do this," I stopped her line of thoughts before going any further. And when she gave me a questionable gaze, I added:

"Remember that old project of ours? The way to unlock cultivation for anyone?"

"This… Damn! How did I forget about it?!!!"

Even she, the one who was responsible for it, totally missed it!

"Are you planning to let all of them start cultivation?" Angelica pointed at the direction of the training ground nearby.

"That's a given," I nodded, "besides… I also want our humans to start cultivating as well."

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"But… Last time it took lots of time to make these potions and… The ones we tested these potions upon took weeks to produce results," Lily expressed her worries and doubts.

And they were the same I got before.

"I have a way to solve this…"

"Here? The time difference is great, but I doubt it's going to be enough! Even if we started working over an entire continent… Just the building process… The production rate of the potions… Everything is against us!"

"We got another place where time runs differently here," I slowly said and stopped there when I saw two looks of horror over their faces.

All of sudden it hit me! Damn! How did I forget that these two were entrapped inside that world and got out with deep trauma and shock?

I got so damn excited about this plan to even forget about their personal experiences there.

"No… No… I won't go there ever again in my life! No!" Lily screamed in such panic and fierceness that made me inwardly sigh.

And before I could say anything, Angelica lost all power and fell on the ground in a shaking body and running tears.

"Calm down, I don't ask for you two to come inside that place," I tried to correct the grave mistake I made. "I'm just telling you my plans."

"…"

Lily kept glaring at me with red eyes, while Angelica lost herself in crying in silence.

I looked at what happened to them, and my heart ached. That pocket world… It was my victory there but at what cost?

Three of my mightiest girls on my side, three of my most entrusted and capable friends by me… They reached such a miserable state.

Could I say the end of that big war back there was my victory? I couldn't believe that!

I paid a hefty price in return for crushing that world!

"Listen… I want you to just prepare your men and send them in there. They'll do all the work and…"

"That secret method is something I have to do myself," Lily interrupted me as she said in such a fierce tone.

"But…"

"I'll go!" she declared, and even with her strong voice, her shaking body failed her. "I… Will go…"

Just like she broke something inside, she paused for a long minute while repeating the same words, as if she was surprised she even took such a step.

"Are you sure?" I got that she had crossed a big gulf in recovering from that mental trauma. Sometimes, facing one's demons was the best way to get freedom.

"I will," she nodded, and this time her body stopped shaking, "I will go in there and lead everyone to open their cultivation bases. This isn't the time for me to stop out of fear. Too much is on the stake here, so…"

She kept listing all these reasons, yet I got that this wasn't the real reason behind her decision. It was her fierce soul! She was such a fierce person, one who wouldn't settle with such weakness or watch her soul break apart without fighting with all her might to amend it.

Unlike her, Angelica was still in her lost state. Unlike Hectors, humans were just as fragile as thin layers of glass in front of an avalanche!

We used to run away from our traumas. Even the jumper, the fiercest person on my side, did this as well.

Even IF… I ran from my past to here, hoping that things would go better.

Yet I knew for sure that no matter how I climbed high and became stronger, I wouldn't be able to fix what I suffered back in my early years.

And I would always carry such a deep wound inside me, walking forward while my heart and mind were still pained from the past.

This was how humans were like, this was how we were like.

"I… I… I can't…" as Lily declared her decision, Angelica said in a trembling weak voice. She finally raised her head, slowly as if she was just struggling to keep it over her shoulders, "I can't… I can't go back… I won't…"

She stuttered while rivers of tears broke like a dam just vanished there. Lily leant over her, and the two girls held each other like they were in their mother's wombs.

I could only watch this while engraving this scene deep into my mind.

'I swear I'll find whoever left this damn cursed hellish place here and deliver justice over them… I swear…

Chapter 979 Finding An Expected Situation

I clenched my two fists tightly to the limit. I felt numb and in pain there. I watched Lily caressing Angelica's back for a few minutes before looking at me.

"She can't help in such a state."

It was indeed obvious!

"Let her rest… There then," I was going to ask her to let Angelica rest in my chariot. But when I recalled that I'd move towards that pocket world to train, I changed my words and direction, aiming towards the distant cluster of cities and towns.

"We aren't going in there right away, right?" Lily got what I was thinking about. And she gave me a meaningful look as she motioned towards her, "she might need extra care from someone she cherished to get over this."

And when I didn't get what she meant, she had to say it clearly in such a way that left me speechless.

Was she trying to get the two of us along? This was… Unexpected indeed!

But she got a point. I looked at the all shaking Angelica and couldn't help but inwardly sigh.

"Go then," I waved my hand for her to leave, "you know what you have to do, right?"

Lily slowly stood up, letting Angelica all alone in front of me, "I'm going to handle things here. I'll first deal with the forces of cultivation. Then will select the strongest to get ready to go to the southern continent. As for those without cultivation, I'll start amassing them in batches and prepare them to go to the pocket world."

"Don't forget to bring the talents we sent in the first place we arrived here at," I reminded her and for a moment, her face twitched.

"How then? I don't know where that place is!"

"Oh… Let me take you there then…"

*Plop!*

But just before I'll continue my words, the body of Angelica fell on the ground while she seemed to lose consciousness and enter into deep sleep.

"She…"

"She is alright," I waved my hand as she vanished into the body of my chariot, "I'll let her sleep for now."

"You'll take care of her, right?" Lily gave me such a deep look before adding, "you'll take good care of all of us, right?"

For a second there, I felt like she was speaking about herself, Hilary, and even Karoline as well.

And without feeling myself, I slowly nodded.

Yes… I had to start taking good care of all my girls from now on. Even if I got my hands all tightly busy like this, I had to start taking good care of them all.

"Let's go first," I took out my staff and selected the old saved bookmark about this world here.

I haven't been to such a place for such a long time! How long was it? I believe I was close to two years ago!

"This…"

"Did you forget about them or what?"

Just when I arrived there, I was welcomed with a scene I never expected!

This part of the world was the first where I arrived. It was where everything started, and I got to expand and reach other continents and places.

However… I knew that Angelica summoned everyone living here to that grand battle of defending the capital. She took all, sent everyone there, and that made me not care about this place anymore.

What was in front of my eyes proved me wrong!

I left this place with lots of cities and towns, filled with people who got to Earth and got dead in that grand fight.

But from what I was seeing right now I knew I was wrong!

Until the end of my eyesight, I could see lots of people living in these towns and cities. They seemed to enjoy their life here, and I got to see lots of kids!

They were living a life I only saw once in my life, when I first got to Earth. They were living without any worry about the future, without worrying about any threat or danger.

I saw smiling and laughing faces, watched them move inside the wide streets of these towns and cities. I saw them talk, trade, and enjoy their life while walking and running as if they were doing a daily routine.

"Shouldn't this place be empty or what?!!" I spoke after a few minutes, while looking at Lily who shrugged.

"How long did you leave them here?"

"Almost two years…" I started to fly around and take a better look over these people.

"That's… A very long time indeed," she got a point there. And I couldn't find any words to comment on such an unexpected situation.

These people lived for such a long time alone, even to the extent of starting families and having kids! They fell in love, started new lives, and even had jobs.

This… This was the life I aspired for my people to get. And seeing part of my people enjoying their lives in such a way made me crave more for such a life.

"What should we do with them?" as my chariot appeared for the first time, it started to attract the attention of people around.

Fast enough, many people started to gather around, and I even saw long rows of people coming from distant towns and cities.

"To be honest, I don't want to ruin such peace," I said what I truly felt.

"You do know that we'll need all the help we can get, right?"

She was right indeed. But seeing such happiness and peace here made me feel terrible if I dared to ruin it.

"I… Never knew they even existed! So why not let them be forgotten for now?" I turned to Lily who sighed and kept looking at me as if this was something out of her hands… And mine!

"Let's do it this way then… Bring people here from Angelica's side. Let them gather info about people and races here. Announce a grand recruitment order all over the place. We need not only soldiers with cultivation bases, we need soldiers, workers, farmers, and even miners."

Chapter 980 Great Surprises!

"I got it… What about the rest? What if they didn't want to join?"

"Then leave them be… It's always good to have a place that reminds us of what we are fighting for, right?"

For a moment there, her eyes went all wide as she never expected such an answer from me.

Yes… This place should stay as it was, reminding me of what I was fighting for. This would be my compass whenever I'd lost my way, reminding me of all the good things awaiting me and everyone at the end of such a dark and harsh path we were treading.

"I'll go and see first where the talents I sent here are," she looked over, "and… You should open a portal here. We should all get reminded of this…"

"Sure," I moved my eyes around, "we also need people to come and reassure them."

Just during the past few minutes, many already gathered and many noises came from down below. I couldn't get what they were saying, but I knew they were speaking about me, trying to make sure they weren't dreaming.

Did they think I died or something? I just forgot about you, turning such unforeseen mistakes into a lifetime chance for all of them.

I watched Lily take over her chariot while moving around, looking for her people. Of course it wasn't going to be an easy task, not for her, not for the people coming to help those living here, and surely not for people living here.

Asking anyone to abandon the life he built and lived during the past couple of years? Replace such peace and prosperity into the harsh and brutal life of fighting and killing?

It wasn't an easy choice to make, not easy at all!

I took out one disc and installed it here, vanished through a portal back to the portal zone before selecting the most prominent place here.

"I need a few of Angelica's men… Where are you? Step forward please…" I held my horn and shouted. Luckily, Angelica arranged part of her people here to help the forces coming to this place.

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In the next hour, I explained what was going on for Angelica's men who came to my chariot. Then I led them back to heaven, and let them start ruining it.

[You won't believe what I found!] and after five hours of roaming around this gigantic place, I got this weird message from Lily.

[What?]

[These people… They spoke about something interesting!]

[Like what?]

[Do you know that many races fell in love with each other and married? They said that these couples experienced something marvellous!]

[Can't you say it all at once?]

[What's the fun in doing it? Hahahaha! Let me give you a clue then… Do you know what happened to our monsters? The ones we brought over here using dens?]

[They grew fast… Don't tell me they reproduce fast here!]

[Well… It happened indeed. But that's not the only marvellous thing!]

[Then… Isn't it strange enough? How fast did they grow up here?]

[Well… According to them, the offspring grew fast in one year, turning into adults and marrying again to produce kids who turned into adults… There are three generations here… Three f*cking generations in just two years!!!]

[Damn! This… And this happened to all?]

[No, only to those who fell in love and married other races. And that's not the only great thing I found! There is even more…]

[Tell me girl! Or else I'll come and make you spill everything out in my own way!]

[Hahahaha! I'm not a massocist like your other girls so I'll spare myself the trouble and tell you… What's the main weakness of your human race? Isn't it a lack of cultivation talent and potential?]

[That's true indeed]

[Then what if I told you that the humans who fell in love with other races not only grew stronger, but their kids were born and got a great potential for cultivation! What if I told you all these new generations had cultivation bases opened! And they got many benefits as well]

[Damn! You aren't joking, right?]

[Hahahaha! I had to see and check by myself to see with my own two eyes this miracle! I saw humans using cultivation techniques, and they were so damn strong!]

[You saw it with your eyes? So it's true… Hahahaha! This… This is quite unexpected, hahahaha!]

[Now we have another way to produce huge armies with cultivation bases! But we will need lots of time and start encouraging others at the cities and towns back there to do the same]

I paused and recalled the massive number of towns and cities around the first training ground.

Even after all this time, I never heard about such a thing happening there. It might be all thanks to the distribution Angelica's men followed from the start.

Each race would live in separate towns and cities, away from other races. This was done to ensure each race would live their lives in the most comfortable way.

And to avoid any fights happening in between them.

But this had all changed!

[Great! We will spread out the order then. All the people living back there shall change their living quarters, and we have to encourage them marrying each other]

[It's easier said than done! People here took long months to adapt to each other… I even heard many fights broke often at the first six months]

[This is expected. But we can avoid these fights by forming internal forces to keep peace and order there]

[And the long period needed for them to get used to each other?]

[Just spread the word about what you saw here, even take a few to speak about their experience. Once people get to know there is such a chance, they won't hesitate to take it]

[Are you sure?]

[Every parent cares about their kids the most!] I firmly said these words that I once heard from an old man and read many times in ancient records.

Chapter 981 What's Going On Here?

I wasn't a father, but if I was going to have kids, I'd do everything in my power to secure them a good life in the future.

[Fine! Let's try it out then. After all the results here are really remarkable]

[I brought over Angelica's people here. They'll distribute the orders about recruitment soon. Hopefully enough will join]

[Don't worry, from what I tested, many are eager to try out new things, especially from the new generations. However… If this keeps on… Won't this world get filled too soon?]

[Don't forget we got Earth behind, and it's barren and empty in most parts. Not to mention the nineteen more worlds we are going to invade]

[This… Yes, you got a good point here indeed. Fine! I'll keep looking for my people. I still couldn't find them yet]

[Spread the words and let people here help you. After all they are also part of our kingdom, and are our people as well]

[Got it! Will inform you when I find them]

I closed the chat with her and turned my gazes down below. "I have to see it with my own eyes," I decided and then led my chariot to the ground.

A long time passed, and I kept meeting people and asking them about what I learnt from Lily.

They confirmed it! And they even said it was the current trend here. All the races were eager to experience such a marvellous thing.

Unlike what I thought about, they didn't think about having stronger kids and such stuff. They were much interested in having generations after generations of their kids and grandkids growing by their side while they were alive and healthy.

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It was a new aspect I never thought about, one that made me sure of the success of this plan.

Another piece was added out of coincidence to the grand battle board. I could get lots of new generations with cultivation bases, even humans!

I met a few humans who belonged to the first and second generation kids. They all got cultivation, and the second generation even looked fiercer and stronger.

They were proud! Not the same weak look I used to see in the eyes of humans. They felt like any strong race out in the universe, could do anything, could fight anyone, and could secure their homeland without the need for external aid.

This kind of confidence was something I admired. I wanted that, wanted all my human race to feel the same.

Such proud kids came from humans who lived their entire lives as slaves! Such a twist in fate made all this difference, coupled with tons of coincidences and good luck as well.

And just as I was in the middle of doing this, Lily sent over, telling me she found them.

[Great news! I found them!]

[That's good!]

[That's not all! They also experienced that weird phenomenon]

[Really? That's good]

[No, you don't get it! Every single child born from any two couples from different races will inherit parts of his parents' good traits. Then these inherited stuff would get evolved and stronger]

[And?] I got that already. So what was her point here?

[They kept marrying each other. Different races with different talents… What do you think they gave birth to?]

It suddenly hit me! My eyes flashed in excitement. [Don't tell me… Fiercer talents?]

[Hahahaha! Yes, I couldn't describe it better than fierce, hahahaha!]

[How fierce? Are they showing new talents? Or evolved ones?]

[For example… There are many who have the same talent as Isac. They can draw sophisticated blueprints! And we also have many who got their parents' talents in a much advanced way! For example, those alchemists I was looking for… They married blacksmiths, giving birth to either genius blacksmiths who can make exceptional armour with alchemy touch, or alchemists who can produce scary potions with terrifying results!]

[This… This… I want them! I want them all!] geniuses? I always loved geniuses!

[There are a bunch that you'll fall in love with once you get to meet them, hahahaha!]

[What's special about them?]

[Do you recall your beloved research department folks? I got a large group of second generations here who are much more terrifying than these folks of yours. What do you think? You'll love them, right? Hahahaha!]

[Damn! Of course I'll love them, hahahaha!] I got infected with her great mood, making me laugh uncontrollably like this.

I got lots of genius minds? Damn! I could only accept such slow progress at that project, considering it even a long term investment, thanks to the small number of talents I got there.

But now? If what Lily said was true, then starting from now on I had a way to produce more of these talents! And that wasn't all! The next generations would always be much fiercer and a lot better than their parents, than the earlier generations!

Hahahaha! This… This turned into something I never expected or dreamt about! Who knew that what happened to the monsters would also be repeated at my people?

Hahahaha! This world… It suddenly changed from just being a world with time advantage into a great heaven! This world… It must be kept hidden and away from everyone else in the universe!

I didn't care about how it happened, it happened! And that was all it mattered to me.

I got now to think about how to make the best use out of this. And only one answer appeared in my mind…

"I have to give them time, all the time I could secure for them to show more outstanding results," I clenched both fists. And now going to train inside that pocket world became a must.

"What's going on here?" and just as I was feeling such excitement, a familiar voice came from behind, making my face drop the moment I heard it.

"Angelica? Are you… Alright?" I asked while looking at her, sizing her up.

Of course from just the look on her face I could see how terribly bad she was in.

Chapter 982 You Are A Legend Here!

"I'm… Going to survive this," she said, while walking to the edge of my chariot before her eyes went all wide.

"This… Isn't this the first place we inhabited here?!!" she turned to me and pointed out, "but… Did you bring people over from other places or what?"

"Come… Let me tell you a story, one that will blow up your mind, hahahaha!" and just as she got distracted by what was going on here, I also closed my eyes over the bitter experience she just passed through and started to keep distracting her by what was going on here.

The more I spoke, the more shocked she became. Gradually all the bitterness vanished and was instead replaced with utmost joy and excitement.

"This… This…" she couldn't control herself when she got to know what was going on here.

"I know, hahahaha!" I laughed, "we have to spread such an experiment over, let all of our people get a good taste of it."

"We… Humans can cultivate? Through love? That's interesting indeed!" she laughed, and when she did I knew she finally got over what I caused her.

Deep down my heart, I still felt pain for all the pain I caused her.

But this was what life was all about, tons of hiccups and painful experiences, with few shining spots of hope and happiness that we gathered with much difficulty from it.

I watched her shining bright eyes and couldn't help but remain silent. I kept moving my chariot around to let her take a better look of the place here. And I even took her down to speak with people and confirm what I said earlier.

The more she spoke, the better she looked, and the more excited she became.

"Great! Just great! Please let me handle this matter, please…" after walking around for a few hours, she finally believed what I said and got to ask such a thing from me.

Damn girl! Even if you asked for me personally at this moment, I'd gladly accept to make up for everything I did for you.

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"Then go and start working then," I waved my hands, "I'm going to handle other things and leave such an important task over to you."

"Leave it to me," I intentionally avoided speaking about any of my next plans, and only kept her eyes, mind, heart, and soul fixed over this task.

She should lose herself in work, doing what she loved and make her have such a sweet smile over her face, instead of burdening her with old and unhealed wounds.

I stood on my chariot and watched her leave, and I kept standing in my place for long minutes before I got a message from Lily.

[I'm ready… I've arranged them into groups so we can use them easier and faster]

[Thanks… Come to the first place we appeared at and bring them in your chariot]

[Bring who? Do you think they are just hundreds like before? Hahahaha! They grew their numbers into a terrifying tens of thousands!]

[This…] and knowing this gave me another shock!

This place… It was really a piece of heaven for me, hahahaha!

[I'm going to take hours to come to you!]

[No problem. I got nothing else to do but to wait]

[I heard that Angelica got better… Is that true?]

My face dropped slightly when I read her words. [She woke up and got all pumped out of what happened here. So…]

[Letting her go and do this is a good thing indeed. Sigh! It's just… In such situations, words won't do anything but add more harm, you know that, right?]

[That's why I let her do what she liked]

[I know… Ah, I got that many asked to join the army!]

[For real?]

[I don't know the exact number, but so far over a million admitted and want to go to one of the training grounds and start training]

[That's good…] I knew that one million might seem a lot, but compared to all the people here it wasn't.

[It's a good start, and I don't know how many exactly stepped forward]

[I know it's a good sign… Let's hope more will step forward and join our forces]

[What about them? Are we going to throw them at the training grounds directly? You do know that most of them got born and lived all their entire lives in such peace and tranquillity. So…]

[It's easy… We can just let them stay for days and even weeks at the first training ground, and watch the ongoing fights. If they got second thoughts, they can come back and continue living in peace]

[But…]

[We can't take advantage of one's naive intent and excitement] I said in warning, [Or else we'll get ourselves weak hearts and shaking lege, eager to run away more than to fight]

[Sigh! I got your point. It's unfortunate though… Letting them see all these brutal scenes might scare most away]

[We… Have to accept such results. You said it yourself, they lived their entire lives in peace and didn't hear about wars except in bed time stories]

[Ok, let's do it your way then. Hopefully we'll end up with one tenth of them at the end]

[Hopefully even more] I paused, [Start moving out right away. And I'll also fly towards you]

[We need one hour or two to bring all the great things they did here… Just wait, I bet you'll get your mind blown when seeing what these kids invented]

[Really? Don't make me come to you right away, hahaha!]

[Don't spoil it! They need time to gather everything up and ready themselves to meet their legendary lord]

[Their what?]

[Oh, you don't know about that… You got a fame here, a legendary reputation actually]

[For real? Why? I have never met most of them before!]

[You didn't, but their parents and grandparents made sure to tell legendary stories about you. In their eyes, you are the mighty person who freed all of their relatives from tyranny and enslavement, gave them a chance for such new and prosperous life]

Chapter 983 Unexpected Early Confrontation

[This… Well, I kind of did something like that to them. But you know I did it all for my own interest, right?]

[Reasons differ from you to them, and in the end facts are all that matter. You are a legendary figure, a mighty lord that even those who are in the second generation desperately want to meet and speak with you. To them, this is the greatest honour they'll get in their entire lives!]

[I… Don't know what to say, hahahaha!] Indeed I saved their parents and grandparents lives, and gave them a chance to start over.

But this… All this happened without me doing anything about it actually. This world did everything, coupled with such a strike of luck when I missed this place out of my calculations and plans.

I didn't know how to deal with such praise and fame when I missed out on something. Shouldn't I get punished for missing such a little piece out of my plans for all this time? Why was I getting rewarded though?

But in the end, no one would say no to any praise or reward, even if they came at the cost of his mistakes and errors.

[You don't need to say anything, just be prepared to lots of shocking gazes and a sea of admirers]

[I won't get used to this, hahahaha!]

[Arrogant lord, hahahaha!]

I closed the chat with a big smile on my face.

Well… Things started out in such a bad way at first, but gradually I started to get one good news after another.

Yet this all didn't let me misjudge my current situation. I still needed to see these Hescos before deciding if any of this would matter at the end or not.

As Angelica left to do the task she got sudden interest in, and Lily had yet to bring her boys over here, I finally got time to think about the last black spot in all this.

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[I want Hescos to be delivered in two hours, so get ready] I sent this to Silverlining, while evading opening anything related to what they did.

If I had to speak, then I'd speak with one of the true powerhouses, one of the sovereigns, not just a middle man.

But before I'd do that, I had to secure my biggest and most precious trophy. Who knew what that talk would end up at, a fight or what.

[Sure. Let me speak with the sovereigns and let them ready them for you]

[You didn't get them yet?]

[Well… Something as precious as this can't be entrusted to me. I'm not even the one to send these to you]

[Then… Whom?]

[That's what I'm going to know exactly. Give me few minutes, I'll return back with the name of that sovereign]

[Ok…]

I recalled how he helped me by preparing this gift for me. To be fair, I never thought about having Hescos under my wing.

He thought about such a thing that didn't cross my mind. It was thanks to him that I'd get these Hescos, and that was something that helped me forget about his past slip.

Of course he did wrong, but he also helped me in many ways before. As for that thing related to keeping all these secrets about Hescos off me wasn't his fault for sure.

Such info wasn't known to Lily, making me doubt they were even known for Silverlining.

Even if he knew, he'd just get to know a few, not many. And if he kept silent about this, then it was all thanks to the big names in his race.

They must have spread an order to not speak about this with me.

He didn't lie, and in a few minutes I got a message from none but that crazy sovereign.

[I got what you need… But we need to talk about something first]

[About what?] I was keeping my vigilance and utmost care to not speak with him about anything of what I was feeling.

I had to wait for my Hescos to arrive before exploding with everything swelling inside my heart onto their faces.

[About Hescos… There is something that you need to know before getting them]

Damn! Don't tell me… Was he going to open this topic right now?!!! No way!!! He shouldn't have known anything about what I knew, right?

[Speak…]

[Well… I know that you got many things about Hescos from us, but to be fair and honest, we kept an information seal from you]

sh*t! He was going to speak about this matter… I kept trying to not speak or say anything, yet when he said his next line, I failed to control my anger.

[We did this all for your sake]

[Screw you! You didn't tell me such a valuable piece of information that will make all the difference in the fight with them for my sake? Are you bullshitting me or what?!!]

[Oh… Don't tell me…]

If I spoke already, then there was no point in holding myself back anymore!

[I know… I know everything! I know how you kept covering up such a crucial piece of information away from me… Not telling me that Hescos suits are invincible against any of my forces, invincible against any kind of attack except for cultivation based ones! Thanks for being too honest with me!!]

[Sigh! You got it all wrong! I don't know who told you about it, but I hope he did it late and not too soon]

[Indeed! That's for your grand scheme to work, right? What did I do wrong with you to get such kind of treatment? Huh? I even hustled before about any of our deals!]

[You… Can you shut the hell up and listen first before issuing judges like this?]

[Sure… You got all the time you need. And believe me, trying to bullshit me isn't going to work! I know it all man! Know it all!]

[Sigh! Fine! I'll hear your opinion after I'd say my words, alright?]

[…]

Chapter 984 Their Side Of The Story

I kept my silence and didn't say anything as I announced earlier.

[Let me speak again about some facts you forgot. Do you recall how this all started?]

[I asked for your permission to let me go into many worlds and face them. I was so brave to take the initiative and act as your sword at their throats and yet you kept your man blind of all of the important stuff about my enemies!]

[I'll close an eye over your rudeness for now. Kids are allowed to commit such errors from time to time]

[What errors? I'm not at fault here! You are!]

[Judging without getting to know the bottom of things is a childish act! Anyway, you said it yourself, you proposed it for us to decide. Do you recall what happened next?]

[You… Took your time to make a decision] Well, he had a point here. I just heard one side of the story.

Fine! Let me hear their side then, and something told me I wasn't going to get convinced at the end.

[We did. And didn't you ask yourself about the reason behind it?]

[Well… How do I know such a thing! I wasn't there with you when you did all these meetings!]

[Let me take you into a brief tour inside what happened there then. We already knew about the Hescos fierce side, and knew that as a human you and your forces must lack anything regarding cultivation]

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[So you decided to keep this off me, to fool me here, right?]

[I won't answer that for now. The ones rejecting this offer were already the majority. We really highly value you, even if you didn't know that!]

[Yes, I can vouch for that with my life]

[And that all changed the moment we got our boss' idea, the decision that you heard later on. Do you recall what it was?]

[To give me a test, right? That's just a standard thing of such dirty minds!]

[Watch your tongue kiddo! My patience has limits! We didn't agree out of fear of you. We knew that when you faced them, you were bound to lose. It's the same conclusion these Hescos reached after knowing about your plans]

[Great! You cared and feared for my safety, that's something big indeed! Thanks for such kindness!]

[But as our boss suggested, most of us agreed. Do you know what that test thing was?]

[To not gain your support until I'd prove myself at the betting world]

[Good. Can you tell me then what the main conditions are for taking part in betting worlds?]

[This…]

[Let me tell you, it's about having a ticket pass there, and sending only forces with cultivation bases open. According to your forces cultivation grade, they'll get appointed to one of the big worlds there]

[…]

[And to make sure you are going to have enough strength and not just few forces with cultivation bases opened, we imposed that thing about coming among the first twenty in ranking. It's something that means your forces are strong, and can hold their own against their enemies. It also means your forces cultivation bases aren't shallow, not just at the early stage or something]

[…]

[We cared! We knew about your sole weakness and put it into our consideration. When we selected and greed that condition, it was done for your sake, to amend the main weakness you got as a human, the main weakness when facing Hescos]

[But…]

[I know our boss changed his mind when he heard before about your participation at the golden quests. After all you'll have to control large forces with strong cultivation bases there, and you'll even fight against many of the Hescos prodigies at that quest]

[This…]

[But when he saw what you did in that terrifying pocket world, doing all this without getting any help from us, our boss saw your potential. You'd never have done it without having really strong forces, and these must have cultivation bases open. And at a high grade on top of that!]

[…]

[We cared! We kept ourselves awake for long days and nights, considering every single condition that might cause you trouble and thought about how to solve them! Why do you think the last batches of the warriors came from us and not from Silverlining pathetic impact? Huh?]

[This… Just to get more bones for sure]

[Screw you! Go, go around and make a survey about the recent batches you got from us! You'll find all of them have cultivation bases, good ones as well! We did really go to our limits and brought many races with extravagant prices to make sure you got enough backing before facing Hescos!]

[Then… Why didn't you tell me about it? Why did you keep all this hidden?] I have to admit, he got a point here indeed. What he said… Everything he said made sense.

I really got surprised by the grand number of forces I got with cultivation bases. I thought this was a mere coincidence, yet it seemed it wasn't!

It was all their machination and scheming. But… Why didn't they let me in? Why did they keep such info hidden off me?

[Let me ask you, if you were in our shoes, knowing that your man going into war with such a terrifying race came from such a weak race as yours. Tell me… Will you entrust telling you about this news without having the risk of getting cold feet? Do you think it's right to let you know before you are well prepared, and get so many forces with cultivation from us?]

[This… But you do know I'm special!]

[Who cares! Do you think you are the first to think about going against Hescos? Do you think you are the only special person in the entire universe? Damn arrogance of kids! I hate kids for such things!!]

[…]

I couldn't have anything to answer or argue with against such logic. He did give me lots of excuses indeed, making me wonder if I really misread the entire situation or what.

Chapter 985 Getting Everything Sorted Out

[Kiddo, let me tell you this… Facing Hescos isn't a simple matter or joke! We even anticipated them to aim for the scorching ground once they'd know about your presence and threat. So we didn't just grant you access to ten worlds like you asked before, but got you access to all the worlds taking part in the apocalypse! Why do you think we did that in your opinion? Come on genius, give me that rude speech again and I'll come personally and teach you a f*cking lesson!!]

[Ahem… I have to admit… I was wrong]

[Indeed you are! We didn't just get you and throw you to wolves without properly arming you with everything that would help! You have to just know the entire story, hearing all sides before judging like this!]

[Sorry, it was my fault] well… I had to admit I was in the wrong here. When I recalled all the harsh and rude words I sent over to him, I felt regretful.

I was a bit rash when I got to know all these secrets about Hescos. I jumped into conclusions without asking them about their reasons.

And unlike what I thought, they did care! And they tried to help me succeed, not what I just misunderstood before.

[Learn your lessons, kiddo. The universe isn't a nice place to live in! And as you grow stronger, you'll face many of these twisted and complicated situations. And you are riding a rocket on your journey to the top! So learn and don't commit such mistakes again. Luckily I got to understand your reasons, or else if another one, any impatient dude over there got to hear what you just said, then you'd be in deep trouble]

[Thanks, I'll learn from my mistakes for sure] I got to get over his storm of rage. He got all the right to be mad, and hopefully this wouldn't snowball into something I wouldn't control.

[Fine! As you got to know everything, I have to say you have a harsh foe to deal with. Don't lean towards security, never get satisfied with whatever you got. No matter how you think you are ready, your enemy will always surprise you]

[I got it. I'm doing everything in my power to prepare for them]

[Don't waste time then start training. It won't help if your forces are numerous and mighty. If their king is weak and gets himself into a desperate situation, all of this will crumble down!]

[I'm not weak! And I'm not slacking!]

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[Good to hear. Then let me tell you one final piece… That mistake that made the Hescos know about your existence was our faults indeed, but we pushed it forward and started to spread false rumours about you]

[What?]

[We emphasised over the fact that you came from the human race, a race that didn't have any known potential at cultivation. We also spread news that you have a crazy thing towards getting humans from all sources, only humans and nothing else]

[This…]

[We are trying to make the enemy fall deeper in this trap. If they got that you only have humans and they got no cultivation bases, then it would be only logic for them to keep coming at you without getting prepared enough]

[I see…] I said while realising that they cared even about such a small thing.

[It's not that big, so don't depend on it too much. It might just help you at first, but your enemy… They are meticulous and pretty damn focused about details. So, even if we managed to fool them, once your forces finished fighting them for couple of battles, they'll get to know what trap they fell in]

[I see… So this will only work at first, right?]

[Only at the beginning, then expect things to go worse from there on]

[Hmm… Let me think about this then…]

[What do you have in your little dirty mind? Come on, I told you everything, so you shouldn't keep anything off me]

[I'm just having a thought… A mere thought…]

[Spill it out then! Don't leave me hanged like this]

[I don't have anything for real, but I'm thinking… What, and I'm just saying what if, I managed to find another way to harm them. Won't it help?]

[Another way? Do you think we didn't try such things before? We did, and we failed!]

[I'm saying what if I succeeded, then I can just open the fight using these weapons without the need to use any cultivation based forces, right?]

[Of course if such crazy scenarios succeed, then you can do it. But I'm telling you it won't!]

[Well… Let's pray it will]

[If it did, then you have to share such things with us]

[Hahahaha, of course, of course I'll share these with my allies. But it will come at a huge price]

[Don't dream about getting your bones back]

[I'm not! I'm thinking about knowing at last what was special about my bones]

[This…]

[Hahahaha! This will be the price, or part of what I'll ask for. So get ready]

[First you have to make it happen]

[I will…] I thought about old Gan and his passion towards knowing the secrets about Hescos' suits.

If he was half the man I took him for, then he'd be able to make such a groundbreaking discovery.

And the main problem about mass producing such things would be solved in a few hours.

We lacked lots of great minds to work on such things, but that was over. Right now Lily was coming towards me with tens of thousands of such great minds.

And that wasn't all! If my calculations were right, then in the remaining five months from the fifth quest, I could buy them enough time to have one more generation born and raised enough to help them in their work.

Great! Things turned out to be so great! Everything that looked like a mess at the start ended up to be like this.

Well… Everything I got against the Toranks got solved in such an unexpected way. They did their part, in secret and kept me in the dark, yes, but they still did their part.

[Good spirit and foolish hopes of kids… Anyway, when do you want your Hescos to be delivered? And where?]

Chapter 986 Meeting Genius Minds

[Send them to my location when I tell you… Silverlining will send them?]

[No, I'll do it. Such an important task can't be left to such talkative and rash dudes. I'll get an item to locate your place and send them over. Or, do you want me to come and deliver them to you?]

[No thanks] my world here must remain hidden, [just be prepared. I'll ask for them in five hours at most]

[I got them, once you are ready just hit me with a message]

[Ok]

I closed the chat with him and waited for a few hours before Lily appeared with a large group of people.

[We are here!] she didn't need to send me this message. The number of people coming from far with her chariot on top was eye-catching.

[Come here then, we have to start organising things]

I waited for a few minutes before she arrived at my site. She drove her chariot faster than before, leaving everyone behind.

"Won't you say hi to them? They are dying to get to know you!"

"Tsk, let's say hi then," I acted as if I wasn't waiting for them to arrive and say hi, "but before this… I want to see their creations."

"Their toys? Hahaha! You'll love these… Especially with things related to cultivation and stuff."

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"Oh, they have weapons working on spiritual power? That's interesting!" my eyes shone and I couldn't control my excitement when I heard that.

They got weapons working on spiritual powers! That meant we could use weapons and show much might of our forces.

"Well… I only heard explanations and nothing else," she shrugged, "let's just test them first and see if they are as if they claim."

"Alright… Let's say hi then…" I took out my horn, and thought about speaking with the ones down below, "Hi, I' Hye, your lord. I hope you have many surprises for me."

"Damn! Can't you just get to know them first? Saying hi and asking for what they did is kind of rude!" from the side, I could see her rolling her eyes and sighing.

What was wrong in what I said?

"Lord! Lord! Lord!"

And just as she said it, an earth shattering cheer came from down below that made me laugh uncontrollably.

"See? They love me, hahahaha!" I pointed at them while Lily showed a gloomy fake look on her face.

"Lord, lord, can you check out what I made?"

"Lord, here, over here… I got this cool new weapon that can launch pulse waves towards a far away enemy!]

"Lord, I made an interesting ammo that can turn any energy from the user into a deadly grenade!"

More and more shouts came, making me feel at loss. They all said cool stuff that sounded like music in my ears. But… These were all just allegations from their side.

I had to test and see by my own eyes how these things work.

"Calm down… Calm down…" I kept holding my horn as I spoke over to all of them, "I'll take you now to a secluded continent where many like you live and work. You can show your weapons over to me out there, get a chance to explain everything. If I like any of your creations, I'll give you authority to mass produce them. After all, a great war is looming ahead of us and I need all of the help you can provide."

Of course I wasn't lying or bluffing. What was needed to make out weapons? Great minds and practical ideas were the main problem indeed.

After that, it was all down to a large number of workers, blacksmiths, and even alchemists. Not to mention tons of resources that I could provide with a snap of my fingers.

"Are you sure about that?" Before leaving for the research continent, I asked Lily to go around and recruit workers. I wasn't that sure of what they said, but I got confidence that I'd find many gems in them.

"Just add this recruitment for anyone who wants to help… We need workers, people who can craft things. We also need tons of wood. And as you can see, we live in a world filled with these."

"What about other materials?"

"Ores will be supplied from here," I turned my eyes to the horizon, as if seeing through the vague end of my eyesight, seeing directly that grand mine continent, "as for other things, I'll buy them over."

"Ok… I wanted to see these weapons work! Sigh!"

"Well… I'll leave this portal open for you. Just deliver the news around and come," I laughed. She wasn't less excited than me about this.

"Follow me!" as I dropped her off, I led my chariot over to the other continent using my staff portal.

And from behind, tens of thousands followed.

They weren't all related to the weapon industry, but many were. As Lily said, the further generations born and raised here got special talents, and many of them walked the path of weapon manufacturing.

Out of these tens of thousands, I asked for those who invented weapons to get on one side. At the same time, I sent a message for old Gan to come to me.

I was at the place where I last met him. But he wasn't anywhere to be seen for almost an hour. During which, the group down below got divided into two parts, one smaller than the other.

The small one was in the hundreds. Of course this might seem few, but these were the ones who got new things invented.

That didn't mean the others weren't useful in making weapons. Blacksmiths were a key player in such industry. And so I asked for those to come and gather up in one different direction.

A third group was formed, almost made of twenty thousand. The remaining folks were those who knew alchemy only, or the ones who selected alchemy over blacksmithing.

These were almost thirty thousand in number, making me smile. I needed alchemists to make my potions.

Chapter 987 Deadly Weapon

Even if I got such a shortcut to get many with cultivation, having another way wasn't bad. After all, those with cultivation were the second and later on generations.

As for the first generation, who said it was too late for them to start cultivating?

"Was I late?" from the portal, and just before old Gan would arrive here, Lily appeared.

"No, we are just waiting for someone else to arrive."

"Who?"

"That old man," I noticed the fast approach of a chariot towards me. It was an old Gan indeed.

"Is he needed?" she looked at the old Gan in doubt, while I didn't explain anything.

"Let's get ready to start," I held my horn and even before old Gan would jump over my chariot, I added, "one by one will step forward, explain how his weapon works, and then show a demonstration for all of us to see. If your weapon will cause great damage, or will attack a far away place, then you shall target the ocean and I will move away towards that location to see the results closely."

"Lord… this… These…" old Gan looked surprised when he saw all these on the ground.

"These are going to help you and others," I pointed at the twenty thousand group of blacksmiths, "and those are the ones with minds brilliant enough to invent new cool stuff. And we are going to test these things right now."

"This…" old Gan expected me to take him to see Hescos. But I had such a new surprise that he never expected. "Such numbers… They can indeed help!"

"And I'm bringing more workers over," Lily added, "they will help in mass producing your cool things," she explained when old Gan gave her a questionable gaze.

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"Hector race girl… Interesting," old Gan muttered while gazing up and down. I knew what he was thinking about. Having the support of Toranks, and aiming at the throats of Hescos, so it wasn't a surprise for me to gain a few trusted subordinates from Hectors, right?

"Do you have any issue with my race, moustache eyebrows old man?" Lily spoke in such aggressiveness, but old Gan only smiled.

"I don't," and he was wise enough to not expose any more of his inner thoughts. "What now lord?"

"It's time to get them tested," I motioned towards the small group of hundreds, "step forward and explain what you made, then test it," I shouted using my horn, before one stepped forward.

"Hi lord, my name is Lorn. I'm excited and honoured to meet such a legendary lord of ours at last!" yet the first thing he said was these words filled with admiration and veneration.

"Legendary lord?" and from the side, old Gan showed a surprised reaction, while Lily laughed.

"It's a long story, for later time," I said to end this discussion before it'd start, "speak about your invention and show me its might then."

"Thanks lord for such a chance," he bowed before taking out a long spear. It was slightly thicker at one half, ending with something like an opened dragon mouth or something.

And when I thought he'd hold it vertically, he held it horizontally, just like he was holding a gun!

"This is my baby, it's modified over the old stories I heard from my human mother," this youth, Lorn, was a mix of human mother and a giant father.

I didn't know how, so don't think about asking me!

And just as he held it like this, he turned into the direction of the far away ocean. "It's going to use the soldier's spiritual power, burn it to release a deadly single pulse attack that can travel for a hundred miles or more."

"Wait then for me to go there," I said before turning over the group of blacksmiths of twenty thousands, "I want one of you to come. He will act as my speaker man when I'm far away to relay my orders."

"Select me lord!"

"Pick me lord!"

"Please lord, select me!"

Many shouted, and soon the place turned into a mess. I randomly pointed at one to come without the need to say anything else. And that dude hurriedly ran towards my chariot, gaining himself a ton of envious looks.

He was a human, and had few scales covering up his forehead, elbows, and part of his neck.

"My name is Jacko, lord," he said after coming on top of my chariot with a simple jump that showed that he already opened his cultivation base.

And his base wasn't low or weak indeed!

I added him as a friend, "you'll stay down below, and deliver my order to launch when I tell you."

"Yes, lord. And thanks for such a chance. I got the lord as a friend, hooray!"

This dude… he kept jumping and shouting, while tons of envy eyes fell on him like poisonous daggers.

Yet he seemed to not care about any of that!

"Let's go," as I watched him stand beside Lorn, I moved my chariot fast towards the horizon. It took me half an hour to get there.

[Tell him to fire it!]

I sent and the two next to me were literally holding their breaths. I didn't count too much over his weapon, but the next moment I heard a muffled bang from far, with a sharp light blazing from that direction.

Then it passed next to me like it was a meteorite! All I felt was intense bright red light before it slammed into the ocean almost twenty miles away.

*Rumble!*

And the moment it vanished into the ocean, a bright pillar of light rose up, expanding fast in all directions before it started to fade away in circles of red and yellow lights.

Then a violent shockwave came at my chariot, making it lose balance for a few seconds.

"This…" I was shocked by this! This weapon… It wasn't just a simple one! It was one that I aimed and dreamt to get all this time.

Chapter 988 I Want To Go As Well!

And the best part was that it depended on spiritual energy to work, marvellous wasn't it?

"I… I never thought they would do such fierce things!"

"Damn! They make me and my people look ashamed in comparison!"

After trying out many of the others, only a few failed to deliver what they promised. Many of them created weapons that could be best described as army killers.

They exploded in such a fierce way, affecting miles, tens of miles, and even a couple of them caused more damage to the sky above, turning it into an ocean of fire before it all fell over the heads of us later on.

But most of these weapons were aimed at close-by targets. They were aiming to hit strong enemies, killing at least thousands in each hit.

One weapon had the disadvantage of killing a limited number of enemies, but they held the advantage of fast attacking the enemies.

They needed no time to charge, just firing their deadly energy towards the enemy once per second. As for the big guns, they needed time to charge, ranging between a couple of minutes and ten.

Each one had the pros and cons indeed, but in my eyes none of this mattered. They all ran over spiritual energy, meaning that my boys could get a fierce sword against Hescos.

Now only two things remained; how to mass produce these, and if they were really effective against Hescos or not.

I couldn't tell without trying out against Hescos yet to arrive. As for the task of mass producing these… It was going to be the task handled by old Gan and others here.

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"You have to know how to make these awesome toys," I laughed, "then use the people brought over by Lily's men, and start mass producing these."

"Lord… These ideas won't only be limited to their weapons. I want to gather everyone, let them get to know the new ideas brought up by these geniuses!"

"Sure, why not?" I laughed as I shrugged. If he and others could learn how to use these ideas and implement them further into whatever they were working on, then it would be great indeed.

"I'll leave them over for you and others," I said and just at this moment, old Gan's face dropped for a second before I added, "you'll let others handle this task while you are away."

"Lord… Is it… Time?" he asked in trembling lips and shaking voice. And I slowly nodded.

"Time for what exactly?" from the side, Lily couldn't help but ask in great curiosity.

"We are going to get Hescos soon," I said, as this wasn't a secret from my Lily.

"That… I also want to see them!" she jumped and from the side, old Gan couldn't help but sigh.

He knew for sure such a Hector girl would be familiar with Hescos, knowing all about them.

"You got lots of things over your shoulders for now," I rolled my eyes. And when she gave me a blaming look, I added, "you have to teach these alchemists about how to make potions. Also you'll need to send me a list of materials to get over for you. Not to mention the pyramids need blacksmiths and many workers to build them, right?"

"They won't get built on their own, I know," she sighed, "but these can be arranged easily by my men! Don't forget, all of their parents and grandparents worked already over producing these potions and building pyramids before."

"Arrange things first," I stressed over this point, "I want this project to start in less than a day in that pocket world."

"That… I don't have access to it."

"I'll install portals here," I waved my hand and a group of twin discs appeared, "also we need lots of workers to get things done and help in moving materials. And don't forget, we need to select soldiers from our side as well."

"This… You know that you get everything over me, right?" she said in a complaining tone, one that I met with a big evil grin.

"Who said for you to be so outstanding and dependable? Come on, you are my beloved Lily, the one I can trust on many things, right?"

I caressed her hair, making her roll her eyes without being able to refute what I said.

"Fine! But What about the soldiers with cultivation bases?"

"Just let Angelica's men handle them," I paused, "let them write down each single name of these. Also select the capable ones and send them over to the southern continent of the second training grounds."

"About that training ground… When will we start?"

I recalled that I took all the monsters away with the help of my little Qi. "Go there then and see if all preparations are ready or not…"

"They aren't! They need a few more days! I just asked a couple of hours ago," she was quite impatient as she interrupted my words.

"Then handle everything else and be ready to join us to meet Hescos!"

"I can go with you right now! I have men all over the place and they can handle everything!"

"This…" I looked at her in a serious way, "Hescos aren't going to fly away. They are going to join my army. Besides, you got a few to join yours as well, right?"

"Yes, but…"

"Just make sure everything is handled properly and then let me know," I said in decisive tone, "don't rush things up, or else I'll take back what I promised you before."

"You… Are they quite mean, you do know that?" she pouted her lips, but no matter what she said or did, I wasn't going to budge an inch from my current decision.

All these things had to be handled pretty smoothly before she'd join us. What was the point of having all these chances and ending up not getting the best use of them?

There were many things still hanging and waiting to get finalised. If she didn't take care of these, then I'd have to waste more of my precious time doing them.

Chapter 989 Meeting Hescos

"Ok, but you'll have to promise to get me when I'm done!" under my persistence, she finally resigned.

"Sure, just send me a message," I played again with her hair, making her sigh. "Go now, you have tons of things to handle."

"Link this place then with that pocket world first," she said while walking in heavy steps away.

"I will," I shouted from behind before jumping down and installed a few of my discs here.

"Go and inform others about these people here," I turned to old Gan, "let them start working together."

"I already informed them," he said with such an impatient look on his face, "they are sending people over to get these."

"Cool," I took out my staff and then jumped to the pocket world and installed the other twin pieces, connecting the two worlds together.

"Lord… This world…" from the side, old Man's face twitched, "it reeks with death and heavy stench of blood and bad omen!"

"Don't jinx me! This place was won by lots of sacrifices and I put an end to a very dangerous scheme."

"Oh, I see…"

"Let's go," I opened a portal, "it's time for us to meet those legendary Hescos."

And when I said it, his face beamed with such a wide smile. He wasn't less eager than me to meet these Hescos for sure.

"This… It looks amazing," once we jumped over the new continent, old Gan only saw the wide stretch of land without anything else.

He didn't see that terrifying zone of lightning, the one that took me over a week to cross. Seeing such an easy gaze on his face made me want to take him on a tour in the depth of that lightning zone.

[I'm ready, you can send the Hescos over right away] I didn't think much about this crazy idea and sent this message over to that crazy sovereign.

[Come on! Let me take a glimpse on that wondrous world of your]

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[No!] he didn't drop this idea yet.

[Sigh! Ok, I'll send the Hescos over. But to make you safe, just sign their contracts first]

He sent me tons of contracts to sign. This time I had to sign them one by one, and endure for many hours such silent torture.

The best I could do was to sign them in batches, and yet that cost me around ten hours!

Why the heck didn't he tell me about this before? I had a lot of time to waste signing contracts! Just like when I waited for Lily to bring those geniuses over for hours!!

Sometimes… It was hard to understand the mind of those at the top of the ladder of power.

[I'm done! Send them over]

[On the way… By the way, have you made any progress about your own crazy theory?]

[What theory?] I was eager to get these Hescos than to chat with this old fox.

[The one about having weapons to harm them… Any progress about that?]

[Hahahaha! Do you think I'm some sort of a magician or something? I need time] I lied! Just before coming here, I witnessed the might of many weapons that could harm these Hescos in theory.

They were harvesting the individual spiritual energy and releasing such mighty attacks. But I got to test them first before starting to solve the problem of mass producing them.

[Cool! I will wait for the good news then]

[What good news? I don't have anything yet!]

[Come on! I could tell from your tone and happiness that this problem isn't actually a problem] this old fox! How did he guess it! [I'm sure you got something up your sleeve, some sort of an idea that can be implemented, right?]

[I can't say I have such a thing]

[Hahahaha! Ok, keep it secretive like this but not for too long. Once you have something real, don't forget to contact me]

[Why are you eager about this? What? Are you going to be a weapon dealer or something?]

[Kiddo… You are already speaking with one of the biggest weapon dealers in the entire universe!]

[…!!!]

[Just make sure to contact me first. Such a thing… Hahahaha, it will be a hot cake in the entire universe. And I have to control such great business, do you hear me?]

For a moment there, I felt like he was threatening me or something.

[Let's talk about it when I got something for real!]

[Keep playing around, but you won't be able to fool the eyes of this old man, hahahaha!]

[Ok, send them over then. I'm dying to meet them]

[Be ready, as what you'll see will blow up your mind]

Just as he sent this, many portals suddenly appeared all around. "Get ready, they are coming," I said not to the old Gan, but to myself.

Here my future enemies, the ones who I was destined to clash with, were coming!

*Boom!* *Boom!* *Boom!*

Big noises came from each one descending on the ground. With such a large number, I saw the ground shaking violently from their arrival.

But that wasn't the issue, they were!

"These…" I looked at the giants that appeared in front of me. Each one of them wore giant black suits that looked like they were made all out of leather.

The suits had broad shoulders, no neck, with rounded heads that had one row of eyes. I counted five, seven, and even nine eyes in many suits.

They were almost ten metres in height, seven in width, giving me a fierce impression.

From each suit, long arched spear-like leather solid extensions appeared from the back of their heads, their spines, elbows, and knees.

Each suit had a colour, and they started from green up to red. Seeing these colours gave me an impression of their individual might.

They were just like the colours of my bones!

And that meant the green suits were the weakest, and the red ones were the highest.

"You…"

"This place…"

"Damn! We ended up from the captivity of wolves to ants!"

"F*ck this! I prefer to die fighting than living under such a weak lord!"