Looking outside the window, Neo closed all the files he was reading. With him being busy in worry, an entire day had passed.

Lily was in the magic studying various kinds of magic to prepare a proper book for the beastmen to learn from.

Stella was busy expanding the territory and probably won’t return for a while, so Neo was alone in the room.

"Somewhat boring."

Neo muttered as he leaned on the chair, looking at the ceiling, he opened the lord’s chat and browsed through it.

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Chat:

-Hey, has anyone found the lead on what that pillar of light was?

-I don’t think so

-Even if someone has found they will never share it.

-Especially with you humans.

-Hey, no need to be racist here...

-What if a human found a lead on this matter?

-Then there is even less chance they will share it..

-I guess that’s true.

-Plus, there is no way anybody is trusting humans now..

-After all, the Witch is from your human race...

-Hey!!!, Don’t talk about that Bi#ch, she really brings shame to us humans.

-Like you humans had any shame..

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Looking at the chat, most of it was about the star pillar event that happened yesterday and the Witch, though none dared say her name aloud.

As for who the witch is...

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Yulan: Heyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!

Neo: What?

Yulan: You are finally online.

Neo: Well, I don’t have as much free time as you.

Yulan: Hump, what do you mean by that?

Neo: Well, you always reply in a second when I call you, so don’t you have a lot of time?

Yulan: Pouting.gif, Well, unlike a certain someone, I miss my Husband dearly..

Neo: I guess, after all I..

Yulan: What?, You have mistresses outside so you don’t miss your wife. Is that what you are trying to say? Yandere smile.gif

Neo: I didn’t say that sweating.gif

Yulan: Is that so? narrowing eyes.gif

Neo: Haha

Yulan: So, did you summon your new hero?

Neo: Oh, how did you know I summoned a new hero?

Yulan: So you did.

Neo: Ah!, I fell for your simple trap.

Yulan: Hump, smiling proudle.gif

Yulan: So, those bodies were for the summoning.

Neo: You can say that.

Yulan: Then do you need other bodies?

Neo: Well, you can keep a lookout for blacksmithing-related races.

Yulan: Noted.

Yulan: So, is the new Valkyrie beautiful?

Neo: Very

Yulan: Even more than me?

Neo: Y...

Yulan: Think before answering. knife sharpening.gif

Yulan: Otherwise, I will let you know why I am called the witch.

Neo: Sweating.gif

Neo: Ok, Ok, My cute witch.

Yulan: Hump, I will let you go for now.

Neo: So, is there any reason you called for?

Yulan: Well, I was going to warn you to be careful these days.

Yulan: But then I remembered you are related to that pillar of light.

Neo: Well, it’s good to be prepared.

Neo: After all, the age of chaos is coming early.

Yulan: That is so...

....

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Closing the chat window, Neo rubbed his eyes. Looking out, it was already night time, but the lights in the Magic Tower were still on.

It seems that Lily has taken this task very seriously. Well, she didn’t want to disappoint her lord once again.

"Yulan’s current progress has surpassed me by a lot."

Neo muttered as he walked out of the room. Thinking about it, not only Yulan but most top-tier lords have surpassed him.

Though the most famous lord currently is Yulan, generally called the Witch by the public.

There is a good reason for this title; after all, she is the only lord who has managed to wipe out a thousand lords in the protection period.

From what Neo had heard from Yulan, she had called all the lords in the nearby area to start a meeting about the topic of creating a faction.

To show everybody’s sincerity, she also made it so that all the lords would meet outside their territories in the wild.

And somehow, she managed to convince every nearby lord, so with her trap working perfectly, the end can be clearly seen.

All the lords were wiped out by Yulan’s ambush, and she inherited all of their territory and resources.

So her territory, which had a radius of a thousand kilometers, expanded to a radius of ten thousand kilometers.

This is the advantage of conquering another lord’s territory; not only will the maximum area limit will increase but one can also get the lord’s source.

The best cultivation resource a lord can normally get, so much so that if enough of them are collected, it can have enough energy to ascend to godhood.

"Well, I will catch up.."

After muttering that, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

Days passed as the lords in the continent found that the local forces had become very quiet. Most were happy for this turn of events, but those with some brains understood that it was the calm before the storm.

So the chat had become very quiet these days, even those who are dimwitted noticed the problem.

In the west of Neo’s territory, toward the very center of the eastern Central forest, a large fortress was created by the beastmen.

The fortress was majestic, but as if by some magic, all the beasts seemed to ignore its presence and walk past it.

Beastmen could be seen working in an orderly fashion as blacksmiths forged weapons and armor nonstop.

All the beastmen’s faces were serious as they were preparing for war, a war without a deadline.

In the center of the majestic fortress, a mansion stood tall, releasing an oppressive energy.

Inside the mansion, a meeting was happening, a meeting of all the ascension rank in this fortress.

Hundreds of sets were neatly arranged as the ascension rank beastmen sat on in silence. Baron was also there as he released an aura of Ascension(High) Rank.

Yes, somehow, Baron, who was trapped on the Ascension(Low) rank for hundreds of years, was able to climb to the Ascension (high) rank in just a few days.

After a while, the main seat that was empty just a moment ago now had a beastmen sitting there.

He was a lion man with majestic golden eyes; a mirage of a golden lion had appeared behind him as it released an oppressive aura.

All the beastmen who were seated stood up as they kneeled on the ground in a knightly position.

"We welcome the King!!!"

All of them shouted as the mirage of the golden lion disappeared, and the oppressive aura in the air also slowly faded.

"All back to your seats!!"

He spoke in a low voice, but it sounded majestic and commanding to all the beastmen present. They broke out in cold sweat but still followed his command.

This was the majesty of a king, even if a Mortal king there were far beyond what a mortal in Ascension rank could compare against.

"Do I need to tell you what this meeting is for?"

"No, King!!!"

"Good."

Karm nodded his head with satisfaction as he took out various files from his storage bag with his power he threw them to all the people present.

They quietly took the files and the only sound was heard for a while was the turning of files. After a while all of them closed the files and looked at Karm.

"These are the areas you are responsible for."

"Most only need one Ascension rank..."

"But those two lords, especially the Angel Lord, need at least ten ascension ranks to deal with."

"If not for the restriction, I would have that lord myself."

Karm spoke as if talking to himself, but no beastmen dared to disturb him; after all, they wanted to live today.

"So, Disperse!!!"

His voice, like a lion’s roar, rang out as all the ascension rank beastmen flew out of the mansion. They started to gather their army as Karm watched all of this from the mansion in silence.

This scene was not only happening here but throughout the entire continent, although top tier lords wouldn’t be greatly affected by this, but for those with weaker strength.

This time can be considered hell for them, a hell they may never be able to escape from.

In Yulan’s territory, Yulan, who was looking at the files in the office, suddenly looked into the distance. She had felt a fluxuation of luck suddenly, so she narrowed her eyes.

Feeling that it didn’t have any great effect on her, she busied herself on the work again.

Yaman, in his territory, also looked up as he felt a sign of disaster. Using the power of the holy one, he started to calculate the future.

"Weird.."

He narrowed his eyes as the future he saw was very chaotic, so much so that he could not make heads or tails out of the things he saw.

"All Angel’s Assemble!!!!"

He shouted as his voice, with the use of holy magic, reached the ears of all the angels.