42 A Cause for Celebration (1/2)
The next day, a whole Brigade of Mages composed mostly of Elves surrounded the <Titan>. Noticing so many people, it looked up. It narrowed it's eyes as soon as it saw Luna. Apparently he was aware how much of a threat this human was. However, as soon as he looked to the left, he saw Elder Aran, then his eyes widened in disbelief.
”They actually have such an old monster by their side? Why even bring this many people? They could have just asked me to surrender!” The Titan thought to himself. Not even a couple seconds later, the Titan turned around and ran the opposite direction.
”I don't think so.” Elder Aran sent an arc of lightning that hit just a few feet in front of the <Titan>. In truth, he definitely had a chance to run. The next moment however, sealed his fate.
”I challenge this <Territory>.” As soon as Luna said that, the <Titan> knew it's fate had been sealed. Even if he tried to run now, he wouldn't be able to. Not that he had a chance before. He could only accept his fate.
It didn't even take long, with Elder Aran and the other Mages bombarding him with spells, Luna managed to lop off it's head. The rest of the zombie spawns were negligible as well, as even the EHZs that managed to get close were quickly dispatched by the front line.
In a matter of 24 hours, Bacolod City was was fully liberated. This victory was used by Luna as an excuse to take a whole day to celebrate and roll out the plan he formed the day before.
It took a whole day of preparation and hunting down mutant beasts before everything was ready. The Elves played their music, and brought out things unique to their world and culture, folk dances, even things that would Elves would consider offensive or a compliment. The humans did the same as well. The most amazing thing that people witnessed was the innate ability of Elves to cultivate plants due to their affinity with nature. The humans celebrated further when they found out that they too would be capable of such feats once their understanding of the elements
Everything was going according to plan. The good fellowship among races this day was a symbol and a reminder that race is never a basis for how well people should get along. It was also a way to eliminate ignorance towards each other, removing unnecessary conflict. Of course, conflict will always exist, but this way, it will be kept to a minimum where it's easily manageable.
After the festivities were over, Luna who managed to get level 50, gained more improvements on his pre-existing skills. Level 50 was a mark that someone was halfway towards becoming a Demi God. After pumping all 50 stats to VIT.
Sura herself learned the passive skill <Steel Body> which the Asura were also well known for. The reason why Sura didn't have any body techniques was because her body would automatically evolve to such a point as long as she kept leveling up, surpassing even the techniques that the Giant race had. As such, it belonged to the category of skills where it didn't show up as a stat, but took effect regardless.
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Meanwhile.
North of the Philippines, Cavite. In a fortified stronghold to the West of the New Bilibid Prison.
”Emil, we've received reports that the so called <Sovereign Nation> has fully conquered Bacolod City. Although we don't know how they managed to do it yet.”
This was Emil Aguinaldo, the current standing President of the Philippines. The man who addressed him so casually was the leader of the prisoners, Tomas Mascardo. Recently appointed as a Philippine General in charge of the prisoners. Beside him, were the foreign ambassadors and investors that all lived in the same neighborhood as Emil did prior to the new world, they were all people that had some form of influence around the world.
”Send them a message. Tell them that the current President of the Philippines deems his act as treasonous!” He was obviously enraged.