( On Turtle Shell planet )
Kremeth was relaxing peacefully on Turtle Shell planet after the Dragon's Paradise Dungeon had changed ownership from the thunder nation to the True Elites Kingdom.
Unlike Thor who thought about making money from dragon's paradise during the time the dragon's came there to lay eggs, the True Elites Kingdom was much smarter.
They sent their men to the place during the off season, to harvest herbs, corpses, priceless materials and chose to leave the place alone during the dragon mating season with no outsiders allowed inside during that time.
It was a smart choice and one that made the True Elites Kingdom a lot of money too, however, it disturbed Kremeth's peace and hence the turtle had decided to return to his old hideout planet at the edge of the universe.
Kremeth found it peaceful on Turtle Shell planet, or at least it was what he lied to himself about, since his true emotions were that of a bit of emptiness since his three disciples and one dragon mother guest had left.
Having lived a hermit life for so long, Kremeth never felt more happy as when he had been running an odd household with the kids.
Now that he was a hermit again, he felt something was missing from his life.
He often wondered how the kids were doing, whether or not they remembered his teachings or not, however, he had no means of checking in on them since he had retired from the matters of the universe and had absolutely no connection to any modern organisations that could fetch him the information he wanted.
It was yet another peaceful day on Turtle Shell planet where Kremeth enjoyed the sunrise alongside a pot of herbal stew when his senses began to tingle as a familiar ghost from the past appeared on his planet.
Kremeth instantly changed into his battle-gear as his eyes turned serious, muscles that were lying dormant under his thin skin bulged out as within seconds he was completely ready for combat.
" I come in peace, you old coward " The man who looked like he had not aged a single day in the last 5000 years said as he threw his hands in the air signalling that he meant no harm.
Kremeth however did not buy the peace act as he made a diamond shape with his palms and unleashed a tier 7 energy blast.
*KABOOM*
The energy blast created a crater 1 kilometre deep into the crust of Turtle Shell planet as it travelled at near light speed towards the target.
[ Dispel ]
The opponent used a spell he had mastered to perfection as he dispelled the energy behind Kremeths blast and absorbed it to replenish his own mana, however, did not counter-attack as he maintained his non threatening stance.
" We can sign a contract if you don't trust me...…. the old fashioned way " The mysterious man suggested as Kremeth thought for a while, before shrinking back to his normal size and bringing out a piece of mysterious paper from his inventory.
Kremeth wrote the contract the old fashioned way, with the ' Celestials ' as witness as he stamped it with his blood before tossing it to the intruder.
Kremeth watched closely as the man stamped it with blood as well and Kremeth felt the contract tighten around his soul.
Only then did the coward truly relax as he turned to enter his hut as he said " Come in you shaman bastard Angakok "
The purple eyed shaman god smiled as he joined his old friend in his hut, having certain matters he wished to discuss.
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( Meanwhile Max )
Max was happy to have amassed 350,000 troops total as reaching this number gave him the confidence he needed to start the first raid on one of the Kingsman clan controlled planets.
The Kingsman clan controlled a total of five planets across two solar systems.
Initially they only controlled one solar system, however with their expansion over the Paratus clan planets they now controlled two.
The planet Max had in mind to liberate first was the previous Paratus clan capital which currently had about 5 million residents and 150,000 military troops.
The planet had one tier 5 mage who acted as the keeper of the planet, however, except him the other security forces were manageable.
After a lot of deliberation Max had realised that the only way to truly conquer the Kingsman clan was the method he talked about with Anna, to choke their trade route out by conquering all 4 auxiliary planets first.
It was going to be a tough road, with Max losing troops with each battle, however, it was the best way forward.
After the assassination attempt, Max knew that the enemy had undoubtedly tried to plant or already had planted moles within his army, just like he had sent Severus over to theirs.
While he was unsure of their identity, he knew the perfect method to make use of them as he decided to deceive the enemy with some trickery.
Spreading fake news that he intended to invade Dombivli city once he amassed 350,000 troops, Max let the rumour spread amongst the troops and hoped that it reached the enemy as well.
By spreading this rumour Max intended for the Kingsman clan to recall some of their forces from the other planets to Dombivli City to help with the invasion and divert their attention from his true target.
Hence, when the soldier count crossed the intended threshold Max gave the soldiers their marching orders as even till this point everyone believed that they were headed for dombivali city
The only ones who knew the real destination were the tier 4 captains, Max and his group.
After preparing his forces for over 45 days, it was now time for the first assault against the enemy!
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/// A/N - Bonus chapter for hitting the PS target, good job everyone!
There will be multiple plot lines running in the story for a while, so I advise you to not miss any chapter, because things will get messy for you when the plotlines converge if you do ///