Death... and me

And just like that, over twenty years had passed...

"Yes, now turn on the DPU, and it should be able to connect with the DPUs Havek built in the humanoid races' territories," said Klaus. He came to the central city at the intersection of the four sides of the Realm of Gods. This city extended into each of the territories except for the devils. That was also the place where the experts of the three races usually met for meetings.

The Circuitry Formation immediately activated, connecting with Rean all the way back in the Dragon Race's territory. As mentioned in the past, Divine Energy Signals were even faster than light itself, so the connection happened almost instantaneously. Of course, that wasn't all. Many small spatial gates were created for cables to connect to different sides of the continents. In the end, the Realm of Gods was too large to only rely on signals.

The continents in the center of the Realm of Gods all had their own tunnels connecting to the continents surrounding them. Those tunnels, which were only used to get the cultivators, demon beasts, and spirits to the other side, now had Divine Energy Signals passing through them.

In every tunnel, it was possible to see two antennas at both ends. The antennas were located quite far away from the tunnels themselves, but they still had a clear view of the tunnel so that they could communicate and pass information. That's how the issue with the continental barriers was avoided. Some of those tunnels were stable enough to even hold cables, which made the communication even more stable.

Placake, Gardo, Linfia, and a few of the Formation Masters of the Dragon Race and System Sect were looking at their badges. Naturally, Rean created a new badge for them, which worked separately from the System Sect's ones. Those badges, in theory, should also be able to contact Havek and his own Formation Masters at the humanoid races' territory.

Suddenly, a new message appeared in the badges as their Divine Senses read it. 'First test, first test. I'm sending a message to all the communication badges in the Demon Beast Continent. Rean, if you receive this, send me a reply.'

Rean smiled in response and immediately used his own Divine Sense to send an answer through the communication system. 'Seems like you were even faster than me, Havek. Only now did I finish building all the connections necessary to reach the humanoid race's side. How long had your circuitry formations been there in Cramglot?'

Cramglot was the name of the city that connected the three races' territories.

Nevertheless, the Realm of Gods was the Realm of Gods. For a message to leave the Glogix Continent, where the Kritalos Region was located, and reach the continent where Havek was staying took a few seconds. Nonetheless, Rean got his answer quite fast. 'Seems like it's working. Anyways, the formations had been ready for three years already. Well, that's to be expected since the humanoid races do have a lot more Formation Masters. I had a bigger workforce on my side.'

As soon as Havek finished those words, a new message arrived. This time, however, it came from Folesve, the Rambram Sect Master. It's just that it only reached Placake. 'Can you see it? I took your number, so you should be the only one seeing it.'

Placake wasn't surprised by that. He just glanced at Rean and the other Formation Masters for a moment before using his Divine Sense to answer. 'Yes, I can see it. These communication badges are very convenient, it seems.'

Folesve nodded on the other side. 'Indeed. Anyway, it will make things several times easier from now on. However, I need you to make sure that no one else is seeing these messages. Otherwise, we'll need to meet up in Cramglot.'

'Don't worry,' Placake answered. 'That... encryption thing... that Rean and Havek added to the communication formation makes it a monumental task to be deciphered. I had my own Formation Masters check them. From the looks of it, it's truly safe. Once a badge's number is used, only the badge that was supposed to receive it will be able to open the message by connecting both of them directly.'

'So your Formation Masters reached the same conclusion, huh? In any case, I still have my doubts as to whether Rean and Havek don't have their own ways of seeing the messages we're exchanging.' Folesve wasn't that convinced yet. He wasn't a Formation Master, so it didn't make much sense to him. Not that Placake was any different...

'It'll have to do. Just keep your Sea Chilling Spirit under control, and I'll keep the white-haired boy under control as well. So, what is it that you wish to talk about?' Placake finally entered the main topic. The experts of the Realm of Gods weren't the type who would contact the others just for no reason.

'The spirits' Core Land is expected to have its own antennas connected to us in the next two years.' The spirits' Core Land was basically the same as the Dragon Race's territory for the demon beasts. It was the place where the experts of the Spirit Race gathered if they needed to talk. It was their most protected region. 'I think we should start preparing.'

Placake knew what Folesve was talking about. 'The element of surprise is paramount, after all. How long do you think it'll take to mobilize everyone?'

'Five decades at most,' Folesve answered. 'With this communication system, mobilizing the humanoid side of the Realm of Gods would take just that. The spirits have the Spirit Stream, so they can join both sides even faster.'

Placake pondered over it for a bit. 'You know that demon beasts are harder to control since the majority don't have sentience. Five decades is just not enough for us to prepare.'

'How long then?' Folesve asked back.

Placake immediately answered. 'Seven to eight decades. Seven to eight decades should be enough to prepare a joint launch at the devils' territory. We can definitely get rid of them.'