44 The Value of Unity (2/2)
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Meanwhile, back in the Philippines.
”Lord Luna, the preparations are ready.”
”Commence!”
While parts of the world were struggling, Luna was currently commencing the take over of the Negros Island. The Mage Corps in conjunction with the rest of the Infantry began taking over territory by territory.
The Titans who would drop 1,000,000 VIS on death, and random equipment, some of which had green text, indicating the it was <Uncommon>, valuable to regular soldiers, but couldn't quite pique Luna's curiosity. At this point, personal strength was more important for him, if it wasn't something that was at least <Rare> he would only give it a glance. Thanks to <Bathala's Primordial Flame> he had quickly risen up to the rank 3 in his mastery of the Anito of Fire, and thus, he was more focused on reaching rank 4.
For the next month, the <Sovereign Nation> was fully focused on occupying the whole island. With their numbers, it was only a matter of time. Everything except for the area around Mt. Kanlaon was occupied. Luna had intended for this area's Mutant Beasts to continue breeding for his Beast army, courtesy of Maxene and as a training ground for his troops as well.
Mutant Beasts were definitely not to be underestimated. Sura had shared stories about them before, where a Mutant Beast, after reaching the status of a Rank 10 and officially becoming a Demi God, they would gain the ability to take humanoid form and the speak like a regular person. The main difference however, was that even in humanoid form, they would still retain some of their features. For example, a Lion or Lion-hybrid would still retain his mane and fur on most or some of it's body, differing from each individual.
This way, even if they were to just stay on this island, there would always be a place to train and hunt for food. This was possible due to the Negros Island being a relatively huge island, boasting a land area of 13,309.60 km² even more so now with the landmass that the Elves were riding on had connected with the island.
Coastal defense was all around, covered by two layers of walls. The first one was called ”Wall Primera” while the inner layer was called ”Wall Segunda.” *
With the island secured, Luna could finally start thinking about whether he wanted to expand to the South, East, or the North islands.
During this time, if they weren't out hunting, Sura or Luna would continue their comprehension of the Anito of Fire. Maxene would as well, but she was too focused on looking for more beasts to tame.
During this time, Emergency Food, World Destroyer, Spot, and Angry Bakunawa had grown quite large. Angry Bakunawa who was born later than the three had actually exceeded them in size. His current length was equivalent to three Ceres** buses combined.
Emergency Food and Angry Bakunawa would make for excellent modes of transportation. Especially Angry Bakunawa who actually had the innate gift of space comprehension. The reason why he was named as the ”Moon Eater” in the legends, wasn't because he literally can swallow the moon, but it was more because he had a separate dimension within his body.
This meant that besides riding on top of him, one can actually be inside the pocket dimension during travel. Maxene was able bring furniture inside and make the place more relaxing. Of course, this meant that she gave Bakunawa explicit instructions not to swallow anything into the pocket dimension. An added effect being that this place was perfect to comprehend the Anito of Space, albeit, as Space goes, it was much harder to comprehend, since one wouldn't know where to begin with.
”Luna bro! Are you busy?”
”Boni? No. Why, what's up?”
”We just got some guys who claim that they came from Bohol. They seem really distressed, something about incredibly muscular Tarsiers*** running rampant all over the island.”
”Huh? Tarsiers? Hold on, I'll be right there.”
Luna couldn't help but have trouble associating Tarsiers, those incredibly shy and tiny creatures, to be called ”muscular,” let alone go on a rampage. Then again, with the new world, anything was possible. Not worrying about it too much, Luna stepped out of his home and headed towards the East wall, where the bridge connected to Cebu, which was in the middle of Negros and Bohol, was located.