Chapter 255 - 208 : Grizzlys Evolution (1/2)

Since Arthur went to the Human continent, fifty days have passed. For the inhabitant of this doomed continent, this period of time passed in the blink of an eye.

Everywhere one looked, it was chaos. Fleeing families and shouting kids, not wanting to leave their villages and cities.

Arthur ordered the Holy Church to move every living being out of this continent, he didn't tell them to force these people but even without force, it is still doable.

The new Pope did her job properly as after forty days, the continent was practically a ghost land. The grand cities were empty, you could only hear the howling wind or the fighting beasts, which weren't evacuated, obviously.

There is bound to be special cases where certain people didn't want to leave, but even those people changed their minds when they found themselves in their area. Stubborn nobles would have no one or nothing to rule if the town is empty, their wealth is meaningless and knowing their attitudes, they would most likely choose to save their skin rather than keeping all of their wealth and lands.

The majority of Humans were moved to the Northern Lands of the Demon Continent as it has many deserted lands. The Demons cannot reproduce easily so their number is largely inferior to the Humans, so even though they ruled a whole continent, they didn't have enough manpower to spread across all the land.

The Holy Church also allocated a new place for their Headquarters. Since they are regarded negatively by all Demons, they didn't go to the Northern Continent but chose to build their new HQ on the Wasteland situated on the West.

They chose a quite place in the far South of the Western Continent and started building right away. There was a small group of islands at the South which was given to them by Anastassia. Initially, the Pope pleaded Anastassia so she agrees to give them this archipelago, after all, the MoonStar sect is basically the ruling power in this continent, moreover, the Pope knew that Arthur is behind this sect and knowing his temper, she doesn't dare act arrogantly or do things without consulting him.

Heck! The Holy Church no longer hunts demons, if any soldier is caught doing anything bad to a Demon, he'll be immediately executed by a superior, no matter the consequences, this was a direct order from the Pope, who was the ex-archbishop.

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To the far East of Astria, just beside the gigantic World Tree, stood Arthur with Makaze sheathed on his waist and a serene aura surrounding him. He seemed to be a time bomb, calm right now but ready to burst at any moment.

For the last fifty days, he stabilized his Realm, gaining a bit more stats, he also visited Robin and received a storage ring full of corpses. Unfortunately, the beasts of Astria aren't that powerful, so the amount of stats he gained when he possessed them is meager compared to the overall numbers.

”At last, you've come…”

Arthur heard the weird sounding voice belonging to the World Tree. He also a small blob of light float toward him, he wasn't cautious against it since he knew what it was so he didn't resist or retaliate when it entered his body.

”Knowing you… you wouldn't waste time by coming here just to greet me. I have already given you my blessing, speak, what is it that you want?”

Arthur shrugged his shoulders and replied

”I've heard that an evil cult is residing in your territory. It just happens that I've also heard they are still hiding here… they are planning something and there's no one to stop them which honestly surprises me! I thought you didn't like foreign visitors yet you're so hospitable to these monsters.”

”Hmpf! Those insects sure are annoying but even as a World Tree, there exists rules that limit my actions. If I could stop any invader then no one would know of Astria's existence. Rules can bent but only in special cases.”

Arthur frowned and retorted

”Special cases? I think this is more than a special case. They are pure evil and not just simple tourists.”

”No, they are not threatening… at least not the point of bringing Astria's destruction. You should focus more on those Divine Beasts, I noticed that you didn't leave with your friends so I presume you're going to fight them?”

Arthur snorted and added:

”What else is there to do besides fighting them?”

The World Tree remained silent for sometime before speaking again