Birth of the Demonic Sword - Chapter 862

Chapter 862: 862
The structure of the city was simple . It had its best buildings around the Stele and a series of quarters and markets in the more peripheral areas .

As a neutral territory, the city was the perfect place where to exchange the resources generated by the new continent . After all, some rather independent cultivators traveled through the various habitable areas to trade goods or make a living .

The grip of the three ruling forces over their assets wasn't as strict as before . Many cultivators needed some independence even if they were bound to powerful oaths . The new continent was slowly obtaining the social environment that had been popular in the old one for centuries .

Of course, it would never reach the point where the leading forces only ruled one nation and considered the regions on their borders as mere territories in their area of influence . The fact that only heroic cultivators could travel freely through the majority of the continent placed too much power on the various organization that controlled those areas .

The weaker forces would lack the means to expand their power without the authorization and help of their leaders .

Noah went directly for the central buildings as he flew over the city .

As a rank 5 cultivator, he knew that the resources exchanged in that market couldn't possibly interest him . Materials that were useful to experts at his level couldn't appear in the open so easily . They didn't have techniques and spells above the fourth rank either since the various leaders would keep those teachings for themselves .

It was possible to find something valuable from time to time, but he didn't have time to waste looking for items that didn't influence his cultivation . He could send someone in his place to keep track of the market anyway .

It wasn't hard to find the buildings that belonged to the Hive . Long banners depicting an octopus enveloping a series of islands with its tentacles hung everywhere on the structures on the southeastern side of the Divine Stele .

That division had been purely geographical . The Elbas family had built its structures on the northeastern side, while the Council had its palaces on the northwestern part .

Those buildings encircled the Stele and acted as a line of protection for the most important resource in the area . Also, they skimmed the cultivators and envoys that sought to train near that trace left by divine beings .

There weren't only core members of the three forces there . Many members of the sects and noble families went there daily, hoping that the troops handling the entrance to that incredible training area would just let them pass .

That system had already given birth to an intricate array of bribes and favors that the forces in place gathered to increase their influence .

Just as it happened in the Coral Archipelago, the population there would eventually discard their ties to a specific organization as new generations took over . So, there was a need for a supreme authority there, something that would suppress any thought about rebellions just by existing .




That was the reason why the three factions had decided to send a series of rank 5 cultivators to live and train there . The sole rumor about their presence there made the cultivators living there behave and increase their offers to the heroic cultivators of the three organizations .

Those were just casual bribes that didn't affect the overall accumulation of resources of those forces, but it was a good source of income that could potentially last forever .

A series of heroic cultivation welcomed Noah when he neared the designated buildings of the Hive . He could recognize Morgan, Roy, and Duke among the ten experts that had organized the celebration for his arrival .

However, there weren't only cultivators of the Hive waiting for him .

Noah could recognize June, Faith, Elder Estelle, and Elder Clara from the assets of the other forces . It seemed that the political environment had reached a level of serenity that welcoming an influential expert of an allied nation wasn't so unusual anymore .

The celebration was extremely formal . The heroic cultivators on the scene exchanged only a few toasts and a series of short conversations concerning the management of the city before returning to their buildings .

The only meaningful discussion concerned the choice of a name for the city, but the rank 5 assets on the scene quickly settled for Divine Market .



The Elders accompanied Noah inside the buildings belonging to the Hive and described in detail all the features that those structures had .

There were a series of training areas with multiple quarters containing formations for various purposes . There were large halls open to the public, where both human and heroic cultivators worked on skimming through the insane number of requests to take a look at the Stele .

In the end, the Elders escorted him to his quarters, which turned out to be a large underground structure that had a better version of all the services offered in the buildings above .

Noah felt satisfied with his new quarters . It wasn't easy to build something so intricate in just eight years, but he could imagine how the Hive had given priority to the Stele rather than to the barren central regions .

'There is only me as a rank 5 cultivator in the Hive,' Noah thought as he dismissed the Elders, 'But there are Faith and June here . Life sure it's funny at times . '

Noah couldn't help but feel strange as he walked under the azure walls of his underground quarters . After all, he was now at the head of an organization that handled a neutral city .

The similarities with the political system in the Coral Archipelago were stunning . The only difference was that he was on the other side of that environment now .



Also, some of the cultivators there were real allies, which made the situation even funnier in his eyes .

However, he didn't want to waste too much time remembering how far he had gone since he first set foot on the Coral Archipelago . There were too many projects in line, waiting for him to start one of them .

As his memories started to reach the Odrea nation though, he senses a series of steps resounded in that underground world . Noah didn't even need to turn to understand who was behind that sound . Those steps followed a rhythm that he knew far too well to forget .

"I thought we would have used Faith like the last time," Noah said as he turned to face his lover .

"Noah, we are rank 5 cultivators managing one of the best resources in the entire new continent," June said as she stepped on the ground . "We can do whatever we want . "

Noah revealed a smile, but June spoke before he could say anything . "I've already spread the rumor that I would have requested for a battle . Don't hold back . "

At those words, black sparks began to run through June's body, and her aura began to radiate a thick battle intent .