.Back to The Present...


    ''King Valthor, please tell the alliance''s chiefs to prepare their armies for the counter-attack.'' Felix requested.


    Although King Valthor said nothing in response, Felix knew that he had epted his request begrudgingly.


    "It''s finally happening." Chief Drogathmentated as he appeared next to Felix. A look of distress could be seen in his eyes like he wasn''t certain about the future.


    "It will be fine, chief." Felixforted him with a serious tone, "I will never let anything bad happen to the Mire Marauders tribe."


    As Felix expected in the past weeks, Chief Drogath wasn''t pleased with his n but he still epted it, understanding that it was their best way to save their tribe.


    "Good luck."


    "Let''s go fatty."


    Without dy, Bodidi opened a portal and jumped inside of it first. Just as Felix wanted to tag along, Selphie caught his arm and asked with a worried tone, "Are you sure you don''t need my help there?"


    Felix patted her hand tofort her and replied with a faint smile, "I will be fine. You on the hand need to be careful as they wille at you nonstop."


    "The same applies to you." Felix added as he flicked Olivia''s forehead...Then, he entered the portal not waiting for their replies, knowing that time was out of the essence.


    When Felix opened his eyes on the other side, he found himself above a towering sand dune that was overlooking a magnificent golden desert.


    It was a never-ending stretch of golden sand and granite outcrops that shimmered in the relentless light...Heat waves swayed above the sand dunes, turning the horizon into a murky illusion.


    There was a little aroma of dust and burning sagebrush in the heavy, dry air.


    There was nothing but sand and sky as far as the eye could see, sometimes interrupted by a wind-sculpted tree or clump of cactus.


    The only sound was the asional gentle ruffle of sand as a lizard or scorpion scurried across the ground, otherwise, there wasplete quiet.


    Nheless, while being deste, the desert had a weird, eerie beauty; a sense of enigmatic antiquity that gnawed at the spirit.


    "Let''s go." Felix opened a dimensional mirror that was connected to the Desert Wind n''s frontlines and stepped inside.


    Unlike the Mire Marauders'' chaotic frontlines, there wasn''t an ounce of noise near the territorial line...It was for a good reason.


    "As expected, they went into apletely defensive mode." Felixmentated as he watched the Scoders hiding behind theirva and magma barriers across the territorial line.


    Meanwhile, the desert tribesmen weren''t attacking them as they seem to be building their numbers near the territorial line.


    "Isn''t that the food merchant?"


    "What is he doing here? Wasn''t he still in the Mire Marauders'' tribe?"


    "Quickly! Inform the lord!"


    Since Felix teleported to such a peaceful battleground, the Scoders easily spotted him...He didn''t seem to care about being found out as he merely walked toward a gigantic humanoid man made out of a sandstorm.


    Although he had no features, he stood tall and straight...This was Chief Xandor of the Desert Wind n and the holder of Felix''s fate in terms of mastering his runic sand spells!


    "It''s good to see again, Chief Xandor." Felix greeted politely.


    Felix was already familiar with him as they had met multiple times during the alliance''s meetings in the past weeks...His rtionship might not be in a friendly state yet, but it was higher than neutral as Felix made sure to always be in his best image near him.


    "Mmm." Chief Xandor nodded and then asked, "How is the situation in the Mire Marauders?"


    "Not good, they will be engaged on in less than two minutes."


    "Then we have to rush our preparation."


    "Agreed."


    Both turned to look at Bodidi with simr stoic expressions, making him flinch.


    "I will start now!"


    Knowing what they wanted from him, Bodidi swiftly teleported to the eastern side of the territorial line...Then, he opened a towering square-shaped portal after he picked the exact destination in his mind.


    He repeated the same process across the territorial line, opening a dozen of gigantic spatial portals.


    "What are those?"


    "Gulp...Is it me or do they resemble spatial portals?"


    "They can''t be portals, even if the Desert Wind n''s chief gave permission, there is no way Elder Strauvis will do the same."


    "Then, what the hell is going on here?!"


    The Scoders were left utterly baffled and creeped out by the sight of those gray-illuminating portals...Every one of them had a very bad feeling about this. Yet, they just couldn''t fathom what was going on.


    Just as the appointedmander was about to contact Lord Heatiaz about this bizarre development, the words ended up stuck in his throat at one of the most horrific sights he ever witnessed.


    Rumble! Rumble!


    ? The ground shook in front of one of the portals as a heavy flood of crystal pure water rushed in direction of the sea ofva!


    At first touch, sand turned wet and hardened while theva sea cooled down and released white fog around the portal, blocking everyone''s vision.


    Whoosh!! Whoosh!!


    Before themander and the Scoders could react, their attention was forcefully changed to another portal.


    This one was releasing a chilling air carried by a surge of milky white snow and icy fragments! When theynded on theva sea, the reaction was obviously liquidation followed by fog, causing the area around the portal to be hidden as well.


    Unfortunately for the Scoders, the party was merely at its first leg as the remaining portals began terraforming the environment around the territorial line too!


    Some were simr environments and some were different. The only thing that mattered was that theva sea was getting assaulted by all of those new expanding environments simultaneously!


    The Scoders''mander was too stunned and horrified to bother ordering his armies to defend their territorial line.


    Too bad for him, this was merely the first part of the invasion!


    Whoosh Whoosh Whoosh!


    Suddenly, when the new environments had established a good area of the surface around the portals, thousands of raging Elementals surged from each portal, causing the sight to resemble the avengers'' endgame war scene!


    There were water-based Elementals from the N River Tribe, Earth Based Elementals from the Underground Dwellers Tribe, Snow/Ice Elementals from the Mortha Peak Tribe, nt/Wood from the Southern Forest Tribe Elementals, and more!


    All of those tribes were bordering the scoders and in conflict with them, causing them to join Mire Marauders'' alliance when proposed.


    By the time they stopped surging from the portals, the territorial line had be a hot pot of multiple environments that separated themselves with invisible lines!


    Felix smirked as he watched this once-in-a-lifetime beautiful scene of natureing together with all of its environments in one area without any conflict.


    Abruptly, the chiefs of those tribes appeared next to Felix and Chief Xandor...Each one took a humanoid form of their element, causing Felix to resemble a video game summoner.


    "Are wete?"


    "I came as fast as I was told."


    "Lord Heatiaz must have been informed by now, let''s begin our assault!"


    When they asked those questions, they had their eyes on Felix like he was their leader.


    It wasn''t farfetched to call him this since he was the lead strategist of this entire war due to the n being proposed by him...Plus, most of the investment belonged to him.


    "Attack with everything you got." Felix said with a serious look, "This is now a race to the hearts of both territories. The faster we get closer to Scoders'' main territory, the more cards we will have for our negotiations."


    This was Felix''s master n for this conflict! Use most of the power of more than twelve tribes to attack from a single direction while the Scoders'' were weakened due to their heavy investment in the Mire Marauders!


    With this unfathomable number of armies attacking from a single direction andbining their forces to elerate the territorial terraforming, even Lord Heatiaz would feel the sweat!


    "ATTACK!!"


    With one unified order, the alliance''s armies charged forward as they used tens of thousands of elemental projectiles at the Scoders'' barriers!


    BOOM BOOM BOOM!!


    To no one''s shock, theva and magma barriers were no match to this overpowering force as they kept falling apart at a rapid pace.


    "RETREAT! RETREAT!"


    Horrified, The Scoders'' Commander shouted at his army while flying away, ditching the territorial line without a second nce!


    If Mire Marauders knew that their armies would get run over by the Scoders'' reinforcement, then he was certain that his weakened army was going to be deleted out of existence in less than a minute!


    There was simply absolutely no way to defend their territorial line!


    "PUUUSH!!"


    Felix watched the chaotic battleground with a faint cold smirk, knowing that Lord Heatiaz should be observing this development with a livid expression.


    Felix had hit the nail right on the head Lord Heatiaz''s face waspletely twisted in rage as he watched his people being chased after like they were dogs.


    Yet, what angered him the most was definitely the sight of his territory getting devoured at a dumbfounding speed!


    ''Let''s see how long you willst until you give in to our demands.'' Felix snickered.