The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 901: The Possibilities
"I agree with Emperor Rozwald, and in my opinion, we should spread more of our forces across the world to prepare for anything the devils have planned. With our forces spread across many regions, we will have many eyes overseeing these areas," said the brown-haired man. He is the king of the Valhemin Kingdom of the Orian continent, Frederick Van Ricondel.
"The thing that has worried me all this time is the disappearance of the interstellar vessels. It might actually be one of the devils' strategies. They might be planning to make it look like this world is already deserted and make us let our guards down before surprising us."
"Do you mean that those vessels are actually only a feint by the devils? And that the true intent of the devils is to launch a surprise attack while we think they are already gone?" one of the leaders from the Beast Continent asked. He is from the Black-Tailed Eagle Tribe.
King Frederick nodded. "Yes. The most obvious thing to me is the capacity of the interstellar vessels themselves. We know that the number of devils in this world has reached the billions. Even if the devils used all of the available vessels in this world, it would be impossible to fit those numbers."
Understanding dawned on some of the people as they facepalmed. How could they not have thought of that?
"But if that is the case, where are the devils hiding? We already checked every surface of this world, but there seems to be no sign of their presence. Even if they hide underground, they would still be detected by at least one of us. But the fact that we have not detected them at all makes us believe that they really escaped to space," the eagle commented.
"No, we have not checked all areas of the world yet. The dangerous regions are still not checked entirely because of how dangerous those places are. We are not too sure about those areas, but we cannot dismiss the possibility that the devils might be hiding there," King Frederick replied.
"Without being certain about the devils' position, we still have to keep our surveillance, even if there is nothing to look for," he added.
Aldrian, who heard it, nodded inwardly and agreed with King Frederick. Although he had already checked some of those places personally and did not find anything, there are others he has not checked yet. Those places still hold the possibility that the devils could be hiding while waiting for a good time to strike.
After a few moments of discussion, Aldrian finally opened his lips.
"I hear all of your suggestions, and I also agree with some of them. But for now, the suggestion from King Frederick seems more feasible and the best for now."
Hearing that, King Frederick smiled with pride while some of the leaders near him slightly snorted at him.
"However, make sure each group that spreads across the world has at least one pseudo-immortal stage or a peak pseudo-immortal establishment. If the devils indeed have a surprise for us, I don't want our troops to be overpowered," he said.
The others nodded.
"Now, you can start creating the groups that we will dispatch across the world. They will build outposts and camp in all regions of the world. They will report to all of you at certain intervals to make sure they stay in contact. If there is a group that does not report, then someone will have to check on that group," Aldrian added.
Not long after that, the meeting finished, and the leaders dispersed and returned to their own forces to carry out what had been planned.
Aldrian also stepped out and walked toward his tent with Baek Jimin and Angelica following behind him.
"I truly wonder where those devils went," Baek Jimin said, then turned to look at Aldrian with a smile.
"What do you think, dear? After two weeks here, you must have your own opinion about what the devils might be planning."
Aldrian also smiled. "Well, I have my guess, but it is still not confirmed, and I still need time to confirm it. For now, I will keep it a secret."
Hearing that, Baek Jimin pouted. "Don't you want to tell me what your guess is? I'm truly curious."
"No," he answered teasingly, which made Baek Jimin suddenly wrap her arm around Angelica's.
"Let's go somewhere else, Angelica. We will go somewhere that doesn't disturb mister secret, and we can do something more interesting," she said as she pulled Angelica away. She knew from Aldrian's gesture that he wanted to do something.
"But—" Angelica tried to say something as Baek Jimin dragged her, but Baek Jimin kept pulling her away and didn't give her any chance to protest. Angelica still seemed to want to follow Aldrian, glancing back at him several times, but Baek Jimin continued dragging her until both of their figures disappeared from Aldrian's sight.
He could only sigh at Baek Jimin's behavior and continued walking toward his tent.
After arriving at his tent, his body instantly disappeared and reappeared in the darkness. He had actually appeared deep underground, where he could continue his journey toward the world's faith gathering place.
Since a week ago, he had already started his journey toward that place after becoming confident that he could sense the clear direction of the world's faith energy. His speed in detecting the direction of the world's faith energy had become much faster after his experience with the Green Haven's faith energy.
His priority at this moment was to make this entire world his domain. With the world as his domain, he would know everything and would be able to decide whether his guess regarding the devils was true or not. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
He agreed with what King Frederick said in the meeting, that the devils might be hiding somewhere in this world, in places they had not yet checked or were unable to check. There were several such places in this world, and all of them were dangerous regions filled with poison or volcanic activity.
But for him, there was another possibility besides those dangerous regions. A place no one else would expect. And that place was in the deep subterranean layers where even the spiritual sense of a peak pseudo-immortal stage cultivator could not reach.
Deep down underground, where any cultivator would assume no devils could possibly hide.
Why did he think the devils might be hiding deep underground? It was because of his experience in the Green Haven world. After he made the entire Green Haven his domain, he sensed a few devils hiding deep underground, outside the range of even peak pseudo-immortal stage cultivators.
They had a secret space large enough for them to move freely underground and even stay there. From the looks of it, all of those devils were earth-element cultivators who could dig that deep and create a special space for themselves.
Now, if something like that also happened here, and if the devils were really planning something big, then the scale of the space should be much larger. Large enough to store billions of devils across the world.
However, in his opinion, the devils were most likely not gathered in one place. That would be ineffective and time-consuming. The devils were most likely spread across many subterranean regions of Aberon, hiding in different large groups. By spreading across the world, they also reduced the risk of being trapped in a single location if something happened to them.
By spreading out, they also gained a wider range for a potential surprise attack if they decided to strike the alliance forces. The alliance would never realize that something deep beneath them was a threat capable of throwing everything into chaos.
But even if his guess at this moment was true and the devils were hiding deep underground, it would be truly difficult to locate their exact positions. That was because of the vastness of the subterranean world, and the devils could hide at different depths.
It would be extremely time-consuming just to search for their locations, and that still did not include the challenge of battling them deep underground for the alliance forces.
With all the risks and difficulties involved in this matter, that was why he chose the easiest way to solve it. What else but making this entire world his domain? With the whole world as his domain, he could kill all of those devils easily.
Aldrian kept descending at high speed, hoping he would be lucky enough to reach the faith gathering place as quickly as possible.
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Somewhere in an unknown place, two figures sat facing each other as they played chess inside a simple room. The room was also quite spacious and a large illumination crystal lit the entire space. From the look of its walls, it was clear they were hardened soil. It was as if the room itself was located underground.
There was no sound for a moment until one of the figures moved his pawn and opened his lips.
"It looks like those bastards are still looking for our presence."
