NOVEL NEXT Chapter 416: Preparation, Exposed
On the Blessed Island, Erix, Rin, Isabella, Aria, Lilith, Lily, Sameira, and Kenshin were in their positions.
They were the pillars, so they benefited from the Recovery feature. Aside from them, there were more than 7 more Pillars. Out of those seven, four were core members of the Unfettered Fate guild and the other three were core members of Heavenly Melody guild.
But since the Island upgraded, the slots of Pillars expanded by default, increasing to 20. As such, Erix could assign 5 more Pillars.
"Let's assign the strongest Empyrean-order powerhouses from the clans," Rin suggested with a firm expression. "Terrapin clan's leader has such a high defense that even we can't break it. If he gets the Pillar position and buffs of Blessed Island, he can be a powerful defending force."
"Indeed," Kenshin nodded and spiritually connected to the Terrapin clan's leader at the northwest of the Blessed Island. "I'll call him."
"I'll call the other four," Isabella smiled. "I have track of the who is strongest Empyrean-order powerhouses in our ranks."
"Erix, how long will it take for the Planet Integration to finish?" Sameira asked while her eyes faintly glowed. She was using her power of Astral Placement Manager to observe the planet.
She added with a frown, "The pirates have started an all-out search with their 500 Empyrean-order slaves, 10 subordinates, and both Reverend-order themselves."
"As expected," Lilith wryly smiled. "They know that once we finish Planet Integration, we'll be able to kick them out and they'll lose the Mystic Root's influence on the slaves they've captured, and this planet with constant resource spewing."
"True," Maleina nodded. "They need to stay here for at least 3 to 5 months to nurture people using Mystic Root's influence."
Aria clenched her fist, "Then won't they come at us with their full force? My army of Animated spirit personalized for defense is ready. I'll go to my position."
"I should also activate the formations," Lilith nodded. "It's only a matter of time before they discover this location."
Erix's eyes were closed and he was observing the mysterious integration of the Blessed Island's core to the planet's core.
The Earth was shaking and trembling all over at the moment, but the Prana energy of the planet's core was maintaining the balance.
"The main integration is that of the cores. Once that's done, I can begin to shapeshift it as I have ownership of both the planet and the Island," Erix said. "Hmmm, from what I see, the Integration will last for 20 to 30 minutes. I can't say for sure, but I want to see if I can focus on speeding this up."
"Our one week of preparation is for the next half an hour," Lilith narrowed her eyes. "We have to survive and keep them away. The moment both cores are finished integration, Erix will have full control over the plane."
"Yep. I'll be able to expel anyone and anything off the planet. The barrier will be strong enough that no Reverend-order can break it," Erix grinned.
Soon, five people in their middle ages arrived. Four men and one woman.
Clan leader of Terrapin clan — Terrapin Black Turtle Bloodline, known for their absurd defensive capabilities.
Grand elder of Ashen Blood Demon clan — Ashgan Demonic Bloodline, known for their Demonic Arts that combine magic and the entirety of their physical body's aspects with their Bloodline's specialty.
Clan leader of the Golden Leaf Elf clan — Well-versed and all-rounder Bloodline with main mastery on Light, Wood, and Flame elements and having a special Exotic Element once they reach a certain level in their Bloodline.
Clan leader of Geodor clan — the dwarven tribe with a powerful Bloodline and exotic weapons with enchants from their Bloodline. Their Bloodline source was also above Mythical-grade like above four and they awakened an Exotic element of Crystal, Magma, and Metal.
Despite them not having a Devorex concept like Erix, they could still make weapons and armor no less powerful than Erix's own crafts! One could say that they were tougher but generalized while Erix could make personalized items to bring out one's own power more.
Lastly, the grand elder of the Black Scaled clan—the half draconian-tribed with a cursed Bloodline. They were most powerful in terms of pure basic aspects, but despite having a powerful Bloodline, with even those born into directly having Legendary-grade Bloodline, they were cursed.
They were cursed by the source of their Bloodline—the Black Dragon clan. An outsider human man married the Black Dragon clan's princess and that's how the Black Scaled clan came into existence, but their Bloodline was cursed by the Black Dragon clan's ancestor to have them suffer intense pain whenever they used their Bloodline's power.
As such, this tribe was powerful but they could only maintain their peak power for a short amount of time once the curse activated.
But despite the curse, they were still one of the strongest clans out of 48 clans that resided on the Blessed Island.
"I am going to assign five of you as Pillars of the Blessed Island," Erix said with a severe expression. "You will be buffed immensely inside the Blessed Island, but you will have to work hard and prevent enemies."
"You already know what to do, so do your best. All of our lives and freedom are at stacks here."
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All five of them nodded while the only woman in the group, the grand elder of the Black Scaled tribe said while slightly bowing, "Lord Erix and others, our clan will do our best so could you please help examine our Bloodline later once we escape this predicament?"
"We want to get rid of the curse on our Bloodline no matter the cost so our clan can become truly independent."
"I promise you we will find a way," Erix smiled.
"That's right. Such a thing is trivial. We are going out in a vaster world once we break out of this trouble, so we'll surely find a way," Lilith said with a chuckle. "Now, let's get to work."
"Positions and Pills are ready," Isabella arrived while bringing five big glass containers. Each had 50,000 pills and potions!
The first container had Prana recovery consumables.
The second container had Spirit recovery consumables.
The third had Magic Buff consumables.
The fourth container had elemental boosts Pills and Potions.
Lastly, the fifth container had throwable pills and potions that would explode upon impact for various effects like hallucinations, dizziness, and various debuffs.
"Perfect. Maleina, can you handle the coordination for those consumables so I can teleport them to whoever needs them?" Erix said.
"Yep. I have connected a spiritual chat with all clan leaders and guild leaders with Isabella's help," Maleina nodded. "And they have connected with their subordinates, so I'll readily know whenever anyone needs a potion."
"Now we wait for them to discover us," Rin bumped her fist into her palms, her eyes fiery. "We have prepared a lot, so let's win this."
Aria had left and stationed her Animated Spirit army while Lilith went to activate the formations with Lily.
Isabella had gathered kids and sent them to a special tough room underground in the Blessed Island. After all, the Blessed Island was not just a flat surface but was three kilometers thick.
Kenshin who had his eyes closed suddenly grinned and said, "We'll have an additional defense. Though It won't amount to much, anything is better than nothing."
"Whatever it is, do it fast," Sameira said, her eyes glazing as she was watching the planet. "Someone is nearing this spot. We'll be discovered soon."
"It's the dungeons," Kenshin said while beginning to work. "I am going to place Dungeon Gates all around the Blessed Island and cause Dungeon Breaks to spew out monsters."
"With the amount of world energy gathered in my section, I can spawn 50 Dungeon Gates."
"That's good, haha," Erix chuckled. "They can surely buy us some time."
"3 minutes passed since we started, right?" Rin muttered, feeling a strange thrill and palpitation.
Not just her, but Erix and others were also feeling it.
"We are discovered," Sameira said as she stood up and stopped her observation. "They'll be here anytime now."
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"Discovered! Lord Cheetah, I have found them!" A human man wearing a black robe and long black hair shouted in the comm card connected to Bill's subordinate Cheetah.
The news and coordinates swiftly reached Bill and Rani as they arrived right above the surface.
Their eyes glinted and their spirit senses instantly discovered the volatile source of Blessed Island undergoing the procedure of Planet Integration.
However, they couldn't see the Blessed Island correctly as it was all dark, foggy, and heavily layered around it.
"Hahaha, they've actually prepared a solid plan, eh?" Bill laughed out loud.
Rani frowned before she connected her comm card to everyone. "Hurry here and go down."
"Bill, they have put tons of formations. Even we will have to make a move now," Rani said with an icy expression. "You should know the consequences of failing here."
"We have to prevent them or we'll be screwed badly."
Bill grinned, his eyes utterly cold. "If we fail against these newly emerging riff-raffs, I am going to commit suicide."
"Let's go."