Before sunrise, Irene led hundreds of thousands of troops to take down Aiden's Serpent City. Almost all of Aiden's elite troops had retreated to the city surrounded by water so that Irene could easily capture the other cities, and even Brody and Lihu who had previously fought Irene also withdrew their troops quickly after learning of Aiden's failure.Juvia also did not sit still especially when listening to Naomi's problems. Juvia divided her troops into two, one led by herself and the other led by Jedi and Belle. The reason Juvia sent Belle along with the Jedi was because she was afraid that the Jedi would act stupidly and attack without caring about the number of casualties.By the time the sun fully rose, Irene and Juvia and the Jedi had captured all the cities in the Serpent Kingdom except for the city surrounded by water where Aiden and his main army were located. Word also reached Vernon and his troops that Yuriko was not dead at all and like Naomi was between life and death.Ed

Vernon now looked at all his followers and knew that their purpose was to give their opinions on the Naomi matter and what the System had just told them. Although Vernon allowed his followers to express their opinions, Vernon warned, "You can say all you want but the final decision is mine. I will choose whatever option I think is best so there is no point in you trying to influence my decision."Last Updated : 2026-09-04

Aiden was currently listening to the same notification as Vernon, but Aiden's System notification had an addition at the end.[Because you chose to continue to seize the Snake Kingdom, the poison in Yuriko's body will become stronger and kill her within 10 minutes. During

Vernon was currently smiling happily and felt that he had absolutely nothing to lose. Although Vernon didn't get any rewards from the Snake Kingdom struggle and Aiden only got 2 Character Summoning opportunities, Vernon didn't think that he would get a Character Summoning opportunity from killing Yuriko.Last Updated : 2026-09-08

It was currently 3 days after Vernon returned to Orc territory and Vernon had not made any major movements with his troops, rather this was a time to rest for the soldiers, if the soldiers continued to be taken to the battlefield without rest then they would definitely be exhausted and their strength would decrease.Last Updated : 2026-09-10