Chapter 71 - From City To City!
With his goals very clearly right in front of his eyes, Noah did not waste any time as he thundered towards the next nearest city.
He had long since collected information on where all the surrounding subjugated Cities were, all that was left being how long it would take him to get there!
With the flying type Conflagrant Pegasus that had the skies as its home, the trip to another City took just 20 minutes.
WAA!
He stayed in the skies as he looked over City 10, this City and the rest of the subjugated cities having had their own names in the past before they were given mere numbers from 1-10. To Noah, the exquisite buildings and layout of these fantasy cities seemed the same as all he cared about at this moment was taking care of the 2 GOLD Blessed within as well as the Rifts!
Using schemes to lure them out and isolate them similar to what he had done to the past City 9, the residents and Blessed of the City only saw a few gold flashes of light as they were drowned out in just under a minute.
When the Silver Blessed reached out to their commanders to ask what was going on, they received a reply from an already subjugated being that told them everything was fine! Noah only took over the Gold Blessed at this moment as he didn't want to add to many beings under his command without knowing what his limit would be, making sure to have enough strength for the many Golden Commanders stretched throughout.
These were the main power houses of the Ethereal Realm besides the DIAMOND experts that were the peak of power, the only being to have ever reached PLATINUM being the long perished Ethereal Emperor! If he controlled many Gold Blessed...his goals could easily be achieved.
"Let's go!"
After the subjugation of this City's Gold Blessed, Noah dove into their Rifts in the dark of the night!
City 10 had 5 Iron Rifts, four Bronze, and one silver as Noah kept his fast clearing rate with the aid of his Units and Subjugated Blessed. When midnight passed, only a bit over an hour had gone by as Noah finished up on the Silver Rift with a 12 minute clear time.
This meant that whatever Idle Rewards he had were multiplied yet again as at this moment, he would get over 30,000+ Idle EXP in 24 hours from the Rifts of his 3 Subjugated Cities!
After that...everything was like clock work as Noah simply had to go from city to city to silently subjugate the Golden Commanders overseeing them while clearing their Rifts and adding them to his collection.
He would leave a single Gold Blessed in the cities he had taken over as he brought the rest with him, where after he crossed the skies with the Conflagrant Pegasus and finished taking over the 4th City, he had 2 more GOLD Blessed aside from Stephon following him!
It was such a shocking force and reality that whether Noah knew it himself or not...he was about to break the very structure of power of the Ethereal Realm with his shocking actions of dominating the experts that made the biggest chunk of power within these lands.
With even more GOLD Blessed accompanying him to the later Cities...the process of subjugation would only become easier as the clear time of some Rifts fell under 5 minutes!
The ridiculousness of Noah's actions were in full swing as only time would tell what shocking results they would bring forth.
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A few hours passed.
In the Wandering Plains where a terrifying battle was taking place, a terrified Blessed was brought to the Commander's Tent where powerful auras of multiple Gold Blessed lay within, all of their eyes turning towards the Silver Blessed as the centermost Golden Commander voiced out chillingly.
"You say a gold expert from the Wild Continent had you in his grip and let you go to deliver a message?"
RUMBLE!
The centermost Golden Commander was a renowned Blessed in the Light Continent called Commander Windsor. He was known for his experience and ability to lead, the Crown Prince putting him in the lead to oversee the battle as he had been able to coordinate and work with other commanders to make sure the battalions of the Light Continent did not lose!
Windsor had been discussing with the 2 other Commanders when he received the news that just 30 minutes back, one of their powerful Soldiers who had been keeping watch in the night faced a masked Golden Blessed in the periphery of the plains where the fighting was taking place, this masked being holding the soldier down and passing a shocking message to him that he said to tell to his commanders.
The masked Gold Blessed then disappeared as with a newly granted lease in life...the Silver Soldier very quickly moved back while telling his direct Superior the shocking information he was given! Now, he stood in the tent where multiple Commanders stared him down as he repeated what he was told with an apprehensive face.
"Yes, he said that within the next few days...the Wild Continent would release a DIAMOND Ranked expert to end the war in the Wandering Plains and push further in to the Light Continent!"
RUMBLE!
It was like lightning struck onto the hearts of those that heard this information, Commander Windsor's eyes constricting as he voiced out calmly.
"Can you recall anything about the man's voice? His tone, dialect…?"
He asked multiple questions as the Silver Blessed revealed all he could remember, Commander Windsor's face becoming exceedingly serious as he turned towards a Communication Medallion at the center of the exquisite table within the tent that held a huge map of the Wandering Plains and where all the forces were moving.
His hand grasped the Communication Medallion as his energy sank into it, his voice ringing out with seriousness!
"Sire, we have a situation…"
…!
Through Noah's hands, Commander Odo from City 9 had traveled non stop through the skies and land when his energy ran dry, traveling for over 4 hours until he crossed tens of miles to reach the Wandering Plains where the forces of three continents were stationed! In the lull of the night, he had taken a Silver Blessed as he released shocking information that would have immense consequences.
Deep in the heart of the Imperial Capital, the Crown Prince put down the Communication Medallion that delivered shocking news from Commander Windsor, his eyes turning into cold slits as his silver hair that was a shade dimmer than Rose's fell to his shoulders!
He waved his hand as another medallion appeared in his hands, this one delivering a message to another being- a being of shocking personage that resided within the Imperial Capital!
"Uncle, I'll have to take some of your time."
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A few seconds passed before a reply rang out from the medallion the Crown Prince held.
"What happened? We are preparing for the next dive into this terrible Rift…"
A voice filled with majesty and authority spoke to the Crown Prince, a voice of a being at the DIAMOND Rank!
Through Noah's actions, a set of events had played out as soon enough, it would cause the first clash of the peak experts within the Ethereal Realm!
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As the consequences of his actions began to spread, the man in question was standing gloriously on top of his Conflagrant Pegasus in the skies as he watched the golden rays of sunlight watch away the darkness of the night.
He had been moving for the entire past night across multiple cities until dawn was now breaking, his figure on top of the Pegasus not being alone as 6 Golden Blessed shockingly floated behind him!
These were just the Blessed he brought with him from the Cities he had already controlled the Gold Blessed of, and it shockingly included the cities that were given the numbers of 7,6, and 5 after their subjugation.
That's right. After Noah left City 10 with Stephon and one of the Gold Blessed within that City, he had managed to cross the tens of miles in the skies while utilizing the strength of the pegasus to repeat what he had been doing as the Golden Commanders from 3 more subjugated Cities fell into his grasp!
After they fell, he of course cleared the Rifts within their Cities with them, adding over 30+ Dimensional Rifts collectively in the past few hours from 3 cities as the total number of rifts running on Idle mode at the moment were 63.
63!
The subjugated cities renamed 5-10 were taken over as Noah ridiculously had all the rifts within these cities cleared, the only task remaining for him being to grasp four more cities until he could just sit and wait for time to pass while he became immensely stronger!
But with dawn breaking, he brought his relentless advance to a halt as he didn't plan to attack the Blessed and clear the rifts in broad daylight, choosing to use the day to get back into the Tower of Champions to go past the 50th floor, as well as check which Shattered Plane Dimensional Rift had opened after the timer of the Shattered Light Plane ended!