At the same time, I let Lily accumulate our forces and store armies inside the second Earth world. At some point, even that grand world got filled to the brim, and there was no room for more forces to train there.
Of course even the pocket world got filled as well. I couldn't believe how this happened, but when I spoke with Silverlining, he explained things over to me.
It seemed everyone at the Toranks race higher up's circle could see my victory was fixed in stone. So they decided to go all out, and support me with everything they had, sending tons of warriors on more frequent times than ever.
That ended up filling the entire second Earth world, and so I gave Lily the green light to start our counterattack.
I strictly ordered her to not get near the entire zone where the brutal fights between Karoline and other forces were happening. It was idiotic to intervene there.
It was a grinding place, where both sides kept losing forces on an alarming rate. The weirdest thing ever was that no matter how her side lost, she kept gaining more forces to her side out of nowhere. I didn't know how she could do it. And despite my curiosity, I didn't even think about sending spies to see what was going on out there.
I decided to leave her and others to fight among each other, while my forces would secure other continents. As the fight between the two went on for a month and we didn't move during all this time, all the races dropped their guards against us, and focused mainly on the rising star and danger of Karoline.
Least to their knowledge that they were all getting played by me. And now, I was ready to go and show them who was the boss in this world.
"It's done," I finally managed to mark all the places with bombs hidden underneath. With this, a month and half already passed, and with it, it was time for me to start my full counterattack.
[I'm Coming to ground zero. Make sure to be there] I sent over to Lily, [And prepare all the digging teams with the digging machines. I've already established portals linking to all the bomb locations they have to dig out]
[Got it! At last you are going to join this war] It seemed that she was pressured for a long time. And I knew that was true. However it was also part of the job's risks and duties to handle such pressure for me.
I went back to ground zero, and there I found the entire world filled with forces of mine. I noticed that lots of fighters were getting out from the portal linking this world with my second Earth world.
At the same time, I saw most of them walking through the portal zone, going towards different places in this new world.
"I see you have already started mobilising the stored forces," I said when I noticed her chariot coming towards me.
"This? This is just the extra," she rolled her eyes, "you didn't see the true armies inside the other world of yours. It's on another scale, one that you can't possibly imagine!"
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I was really surprised. The sheer number of forces here was enough to arm up a few armies to the brim. On top of that, these fighters were moving non-stop towards other places in the world.
If this was just the extra, then it meant the current portal abilities weren't enough to satisfy my current forces.
"Do you need more portals?"
"The portals aren't the issue, the order to stand down is," she sighed, "I'm sending them to fight at useless places, fighting a low number of enemies on a few continents only. I want to start expanding the war, fight all the races here, fight all the enemies."
"Hmm… So you held back even when I gave you the green light," I nodded in appreciation. She seemed so anxious to send armies towards the various battles. And yet she didn't do it.
"Alright," I nodded, looking around before checking the general map of the world, "I can see half of the continents filled with races… And almost all of them had fights going on around. How about this… You can lead armies towards twenty continents first. Will that do?"
"Twenty? Hmm… As a start… Not bad," she smiled, "but which twenty continents do you want to start with?"
I looked at the map again, forwarded it towards her using my channel. I haven't checked on the latter for a very long time already. There was a time when having this channel was considered the most glorious thing I ever had. And now? It was just something worthless in my eyes, just a means to connect myself with my forces.
"Select any twenty continents at the periphery," I said while she was examining the map I just sent, "but…"
"I know, I know, I'll stay away from Karoline and others fighting her. But how about you?"
"Me? I want to punish traitors first," I paused, looked at the map before adding, "where are the Selvators and Berserkers? I want to rule them out first."
"Alone?" she paused, "you do know that they got lots of support from other worlds. Not to mention they are also supported by the Hescos."
"I don't care," I shook my head, "I want to start off with them. They killed two of my oldest followers, two of my trusted subordinates. And it's time to avenge their deaths and show the entire world what's the price of stabbing me in the back."
"Ok," she didn't object or offer help again, "see these portals? They lead towards places filled with tons of Selvators and Berserkers. According to our attempts, we estimate that both races work as the henchmen of the Hescos, controlling thirty-five continents in total."
"Not bad," I evilly grinned, "make sure to prepare armies to be sent there, to defend these continents and claim it for us once I'm done."
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