The peacock soared into the skies and shot into the distance, leaving a trail of shocked warriors in their wake.
How long had that taken?
Two hours? At the very most?
And yet, not long later, they would receive news that Ulite City had also been conquered in much the sa way.
Suddenly, the situation seed to have changed once again. Just as they made a move to attack, the support they should have gained from the Generals and the soldiers under them vanished in a puff of smoke.
The soldiers were still there, but they couldn't be commanded with nearly as much ease. And now that Sylas controlled the comrce of not just one city, but three of them, they suddenly realized that it was in their best interest if things continued in peace.
...
Conquering the two cities with a Comrce Victory wasn't difficult. Paul and the mory rchant had had a far easier ti establishing their businesses there. They already controlled more than 30% of the market share.
In order to secure a Comrce Victory, though, one needed to control double that.
It would obviously be far more difficult... if not for the fact Sylas had pockets deeper than he cared for, it would have taken much more ti.
Sylas had an entire mine of Aether Stones to work with, and exchanging them for F-Coins in the Nexus was very easy.
The result was tanking the economy of the cities with a great deal of inflation, buying up properties and businesses at way over market value, and the odds that he would make his money back in short order was next to zero.
Now, he had also basically used up all of his Aether Stones outside of his Gold Ones. After selling them all, at an unfortunate discount, he was able to scrounge up over 70 billion F- Coins in capital, which allowed him to execute this maneuver with speed and efficiency.
Of course, he had already set Tasia on this task when he left for Guiz City three days ago, ready for this outco.
There was a very good reason why he didn't fear the Professor in the slightest. As prepared as he was... Sylas didn't feel like he would lose to anyone in a battle of wits.
Especially not when he had such an advantage on the ground.
Did his resources match up to that of the entire governnt?
Almost certainly not.
But one would never guess by his deanor that he was worried about in the slightest. Thanks to his efforts now, the already loose pack of sand that was these coming armies had been knocked down another peg.
**
Sylas returned to Casstle Main, his mind still whirring with thoughts.
'I guess that it's about ti... I go and see what my rewards have to offer ...'
Sylas hadn't forgotten about the ticket he received to an out-world market. Now that he had the Aether Stones he needed to trigger his tilock treasure, there was no better ti than now to leave.
There would probably never be a point where his life was fully at ease. This calm before the storm was definitely the best chance he would have.
Professor Broussard would probably take so ti to adjust the changes in the situation. While he was stabilizing him, Sylas needed to go.
...
"I'm not sure if my body will disappear or not, and I'm not 100% certain if communication will be possible, but if there's a problem..." Sylas waved a hand and Szorn appeared. "... I think Szorn should be able to contact ."
"Yes, young master!" Szorn floated, its large eyes shining. "Also, young master, master is wondering when you will be coming to learn the Second Layer."
"Once this battle is over." Sylas responded. "For now, stay here and help Cassarae with anything she might need. Watch over the city and follow the paraters I've set."
"Understood!"
Sylas hadn't had the ti to go back to study the Second Layer. A part of him was also resistant to doing so since he had yet to master the First. Sothing was telling him trying to learn too much would hinder his progress instead.
It wasn't that Gralith didn't understand this, but rather than the number who truly mastered the Scorpion Warlord Armor was next to nill. In fact, in the history of the Scorpion Warlord Lineage, the number who reached even Sylas' current Flesh Mastery level of the First Layer were not even 30%.
And even then, it was after a long, rigorous training process where most of them had already grasped the Third Layer in so fashion.
Still, even if Sylas knew this... he was only asuring himself against himself.
"Okay," Cassarae nodded. "Don't do anything fucking retarded that gets you in trouble. 80%
of Earth already wants you dead, we don't need intergalactic headaches now too."
"Too late." Sylas mumbled.
"What was that?"
"I'll be heading off now."
Cassarae rolled her eyes. "Where are you going? Co here."
She took Sylas' hand and then led him out of her office and down the halls. They reached the basent again, but this ti, they went even deeper.
"This is a training room I created with the money you gave . Use it since we aren't sure what will happen. I will keep it sealed."
"Got it."
Cassarae nodded and then headed off as Sylas took a seat in ditation.
With a thought, a silvery golden ticket appeared before Sylas, looking a lot like a movie ticket from the olden days except for the fact it was covered in complex, almost unnoticeable Runes.
[Quickti Event Cleared]
[Future of Orciulius City - Completed]
[Contribution Leaderboard]
[Sylas Grimblade - 47 472 723 Hero Points]
-
[Lv30 Access Ticket Received]
The Access Ticket rippled through the air, but before it activated...
[Temporal Lock Point (Gold) (Gateway Treasure)]
[Exchange 10 000 F-Grade Gold Aether Stones to set Temporal Lock on a region]
[Durability: 999/999]
A flood of Aether Stones pooled out from the Madness Key and sothing that caught Sylas
off guard happened.
Ti truly froze.
It was hard to describe how it felt other than Sylas could tell intimately from the feeling of his
Rune Vitality Mastery.
The Runes in this space almost seed... dead.
Sylas' eyes glazed over as he seed to be comprehending sothing.
He didn't even know how much ti passed by the ti he awoke, but deep inside, he knew
that it didn't matter.
That was because this Temporal Lock didn't just allow him to go to another space off-Earth without worrying about ti dilation.
It literally froze the ti he was experiencing, allowing him to return to the very sa instant
as though no ti had passed at all!
This was huge. Sylas had been worrying that even if ti was one-to-one, he might still end up missing sothing important. But it seed that he had vastly underestimated the value of this
Gateway Treasure.
However...
[Durability: 998/998]
It seed that once the Durability was gone... there was no getting it back. Sylas exhaled a breath and cald him. Looking around, he realized that the Golden Aether
Stones he had used already showed so signs of dimming.
It seed that he had to get a move on.
With a thought, he activated the silvery-gold ticket.
The world around him flashed, and before Sylas could even see anything, he heard a sound of hustle and bustle that made what he had experienced at Sarap City feel like a joke.
When his vision did clear, he found an enormous, pockmarked red tongue dangling before his face, the foul stench of rotting at hitting him in a wall of heat.
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