"Tyranny has run rampant for too long,” Jacob said, his voice echoing throughout the large room, the many cultists and demons wary but listening. “For how long will you live in fear? For how long will you live under a system of oppression, where you are treated like nothing but objects by a creature that cares not for any of you? Are you willing to face us, risking your lives for someone who hides away within his castle, unwilling to help you? Will you die for someone that would not even shed a drop of blood for you?“I am not asking any of you to lay down your lives for me… All I ask of you is to not take up arms. Allow our passage, and help us only with your prayers and well wishes. We have come to carry out justice, and you are not yet guilty of anything but being oppressed. Stand behind us, and I swear that the Demon Lord will face righteous judgment and an end to his tyrannical reign.”Jacob stood atop a floating, golden platform summoned by the light mage in his party. Bertrand

"Good, now adjust the energy output… slowly… Good, now do not forge—ah, you remembered, good. Alright… watch the outer circle… Do not let the resonance fade. You need to maintain the equilibrium until a perfect balance is struck. Keep it up now… Good, good… And the final part… Perfect!” Grand Elder Duskleaf ended his commentary in a proud voice as he inspected the magical formation.Meira was covered in sweat, exhausted yet proud as she looked at her creation.The large formation stretched out in front of her, lighting up with intense mana from the nine catalysts acting as batteries. In the center of it, energy gathered, and a small hole had already been pre-dug.“Now for the seed to be planted,” Duskleaf said happily.Meira smiled and took out the tree seed from a lockbox she had left off to the side. It was a silverish seed, and she was excited to see it grow. She used mana to levitate it into the air and guide it into the hole, then proceeded to fill the hole with some special soil

" Earth?” Jake said to Eron. “Pretty sure it’s still there. It was the last time I checked. Speaking of, how did you even leave the 93rd Universe? The Dao Sect does not strike me as the kind of faction to have blessed beasts capable of setting up a formation capable of teleporting anyone to another universe.”“It was not beasts, no,” Eron said. “I was invited by a temple that had prepared a teleportation circle for them to leave.”“A temple?” Jake looked at Jacob and Caleb. “Was there a faction capable of constructing a cross-universe teleportation circle we didn’t know about?”“I never heard of it,” Caleb said while shaking his head, with Jacob also looking unsure.“You said it yourself; the Dao Sect likes its isolation,” Eron explained. “Earth is far bigger than any of us had time to truly comprehend, so is it truly that odd that some would have been hidden from sight? They never claimed a Pylon or engaged with anything system-related. They simply stayed at the old temple they had a

Holstred looked at the blue sky above as he felt the sunlight on his skin. The planet he now found himself on was a bit cooler than the one he had been born on, but not by a large degree. Upon being informed they had been “gifted” to the owner of another world, he had feared that the environment would be unfriendly, but the climate was nice. Even those still in lower grades were comfortable.Sighing, he turned to the woman who had just walked up beside him. Despite their situation, he failed to resist a small smile. “How is everyone settling in?”“Some better than others… The teleportation took a toll on those in lower grades, but the healers said that they just need time to recover,” she answered as she took his hand and put it on her slightly bulging stomach. “We will be fine, okay?”Holstred sighed again as he looked at his pregnant wife. “I know.”He felt her stomach before grasping her hand and squeezing it as they both looked at the sun together, and he couldn’t help but remembe

Jake analyzed the structure and noticed several errors in it. The structure in question looked like a large, square building, at least twenty stories tall and made of pure mana. It was hardened and reminiscent of Jake’s stable arcane mana, but it was indeed just pure mana formed into a shape and then compressed and strengthened through formations.His job was to bring the structural integrity up to a certain level, but to do that, he had to address flaws embedded within the structure. Not just on the outside, either. This meant he had to “drill” holes and infuse mana to fix what was wrong before he could cover everything up again… all while making sure his actions didn’t cause a collapse.Since several formations also covered the building, he had to avoid those too. How long it took him, Jake didn’t know, but he quickly found flaw after flaw, and in many cases, he had to make up new methods on the spot to fix a particular problem. His preferred method was to strengthen the mana using