Chapter 896: 896. Strength
The sky of Shandal's separate dimension was beneficial for the seas of consciousness, and the territories of that landmass contained various fauna filled by many powerful creatures.
The winds made of laws were the real treasure though. Cultivators could improve their understanding of the later stages of the heroic ranks thanks to those gales. They were what made the Mausoleum an incredible training area for experts at that level.
It was needless to say that all the members of Noah's group didn't want to leave that place. Only the snakes were an exception because they had been stuck there since the fall of their Mortal Lands.
However, there were pressing political matters in the outside world that required those cultivators' presence.
June had to inform the Elbas family about the contents of the Odrea nation. Noah had to take back his place in Divine Market city to reestablish the influence of the Hive on that neutral territory. The same went for Daniel, who was another valuable asset in the ranks of the Hive.
They couldn't remain there since the outside world needed to know that they were available and not in some mission.
Of course, time was relative when it came to rank 5 existences since hey could spend decades in their caves or habitation to complete experiments. Being missing for a year or two was entirely understandable for experts on their level, especially since their mission involved divine entities.
Faith had a little better than her companions. The Council was powerful even without her, and the higher-ups wanted to regain her trust.
The Elders of the Papral nation would look for her only if she had been missing for decades, and that wasn't in the group's plan.
Yet, even if they couldn't stay there for decades, they could still spend a few years seizing as benefits as they could. After all, anyone could exit the separate dimension and contact the organizations behind them to keep them updated about their status.
Making up a story for their organizations wasn't an issue since Shandal was open about his behavior. The will would just run away with most of his belongings as soon as a significant raid arrived, leaving no proof of his imitation of the Immortal Lands.
Noah's group could say that they had found an inheritance ground and that only the members of the Hive had obtained some rewards.
There was a risk with that approach. Flying Demon had to inherit Shandal's individuality, which was a slow and dangerous process.
Exposing the existence of a divine inheritance ground could make the invading troops start another war to seize it. That would take away precious time from Flying Demon, and Noah wanted the inheriting process to be as smooth as possible.
Also, the invading forces weren't ready for an all-war again. They were still recovering from the previous battles, and exploiting the benefits of the new continent was the perfect way to put more distance between them and the Empire.
They had to find a justification that didn't trigger a mass invasion. Something that would buy enough time not to ruin both Flying Demon's gains and the war that they were waging.
In the end, they decided to remain in the separate dimension for three more years.
The six of them mostly trained and made use of the incredible features of those lands in that period. With Shandal's cooperation, they didn't need to return near the void to escape from the central storm and could make use of the teleportation matrices inside the castle.
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