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n”The Westle Empire… Are they that strong?” Asha muttered, not taking the enemy in her eyes. ʀᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛʀs ᴀᴛ N(o)vl(F)ire.nt

nShe was already tier 8, possessing a solid foundation and a Dimensional physique.

nFor her, a place without an Apex Sovereign is merely a background board like any other.

n“They’re strong. We may even have to run and abandon the empire in hindsight…”

n“Oh? So strong?” Asha was a little shocked.

nIs the enemy so strong that they even have to retreat if they meet?

n“It’s the Amalgamation of Will, with the generation from hundreds of trillions of people the Emperor of the Westle Empire is equivalent to an inexhaustible Apex Sovereign.”

n“So that it!”

nAlthoughthey had limited knowledge of the Amalgamation of Will, they knew it was comparable to the essence of law.

nFacing an enemy that could control an inexhaustible amount of it is really a challenge.

n“Do you want help, Mother?”

n“We can also help, Grandmother!” Lila volunteered taking Maya’s hand.

nAlthough Asha and Lila didn’t possess much combat, using their special physique they could bring the enemy down to chaos.

nAsha, manipulating luck could bring an empire to the eternal damnation of bad luck.

nLila could also quickly dismantle the enemy’s military and political power by just showing her face.

n“It’s too dangerous!” Isabella knew what they were thinking.

nHowever, dancing at the tip of the enemy knife is not something she would resort to.

nEverything be damned, as long as her family is safe.

nHow could she disregard their safety just because of unrelated things?

nAlthough the Moonlight Empire is also important and sentimental.

nIt’s not as important as their life.

n“Then what can we do? We also want to help.”

nAlthough finding Maximus was the top priority.

nIf there were something they could help with, they would drop their current task and assist.

n“Hmm, let me think.”

nSeeing their sincere eyes, Isabella pondered what they could do.

nSuddenly, she thought of a solution to her earlier problem.

nInitially, she had a headache at the seemingly infinite puppets and the lack of firepower.

nLooking at her lucky daughter, the solution seemed to be presented in front of her.

n“Do you know about Arcanite Soul Steel?”

n“Of course!

n“This material was quite expensive and in demand.”

n“How can I not know it?”

nArcanite Soul Steel is the main material of the Arcane Cannon and other weapons that harness the power of the masses to fight across tiers.

nIt’s also the primary material that can convert mana into energy used in different alchemies and industries.

nIt’s so rare and versatile that it was one of the main trading resources of those top-tier guilds.

nBeing a fan of money like her brother Lux, Asha basically memorized all the expensive items and resources known throughout the Etherium realm.

nAfter all, she often came across them.

nIf she didn’t know her stuff, she might be fooled by some merchant out of her money.

n“Why do you need it, Mother? Don’t we have a lot of them?” Asha asked doubtfully.

nBefore her father disappeared, he gave them a lot of resources to practice.

nAmong them, Arcanite Soul Steel should be plenty enough for them to play with for hundreds of years.

n“They were used to build those cannons,” Isabella muttered helplessly.

nIsabella had already collected all the Arcanite Soul Steel she could find to make millions of Arcane Cannons.

nAs for buying them, they were not for sale.

nEven Denice asked her father for some, but all she received was that it was out of stock.

nAfter receiving some experimental materials from Maximus, her father’s guild, the Lorekeeper Guild went into a frenzy of experimentation.

nAll kinds of rare resources that could be used were used until there were none left.

nThus, the Arcanite Soul Steel, an important material, was quickly depleted.

nEven now, they were scrambling to find Maximus to buy more of it.

nAs for other Apex Sovereigns, they were not close enough to conduct transactions.

nThey could also buy Arcane Cannons directly.

nUnfortunately, it was a banned weapon, and there were too few in circulation.

nFor many, it’s a waste to use Arcanite Soul Steel to create a weapon for the weak.

nThey would rather use it to arm themselves.

nMeanwhile, upon hearing that all the Arcanite Soul Steel was used to make the war cannons, Asha was shocked.

n“The Westle Empire is so strong?!”

nThose materials their father gave should be worth thousands of Moonlight Empire, yet they were used just as defensive weapons?

nHow strong must the enemy be to warrant such measures?

n“How about it? We are barely holding on now; using these miscellaneous materials is nothing,” Isabella said, not caring about the money.

n“Then do you want me to look for some Arcanite Soul Steel?” Asha asked, contemplating the meaning of her mother’s words.

n“Yes, we need them fast, maybe a week or even a few days…”

nAlthough Isabella knew that it was impossible for Asha to find them in such a short amount of time, she still hoped for a miracle.

n“A week? A few days?” Asha was somehow speechless, thinking her mother thought she was a god.

n“Is it impossible?”

n“Uh…”

nWith luck on her side, Asha was sure to find even the rarest material once she put her mind to it.

nHowever, such a small time frame?

nIt’s not something luck can create out of thin air.

n“How about I look for it, Grandmother?” Lila said, causing silence in the room.

n“You?”

n“What? Will you seduce an Apex Sovereign to give you a piece?” Asha said jokingly.

nAlthough it’s indeed a possibility, she knew Lila was such a pure witch and would never do such a thing.

n“What are you saying? Don’t joke like that!” Isabella knocked Asha’s head.

nAlthough they were already desperate,it hadn’t come to the point where her granddaughter needed to sell her body to get by.

n“Hmph! Bad Auntie!”

n“Then how are you going to find it?”

n“I have an Apex Sovereign friend; she should have some.”

n“You? An apex sovereign friend? Why didn’t I know?” Asha asked doubtfully.

nShe had been with Lila almost all the time, yet she didn’t even know she had a connection with some apex sovereign.

n“It was when I was still a baby, so you didn’t know!”

n“Sister Lilith took me out to meet her sister, and from time to time, I took my time to play with them.”

n“Sister Lilith? So it’s them!” Isabella muttered.

nAlthough Lilith was still busy with training, she still came to them from time to time.

nThey had just returned recently from the abyss, and the war immediately started, so they didn’t have time to reminisce.

nAlthough they didn’t know much about Lilith’s sister, Freya, looking at her granddaughter.

nLila should be able to buy some Arcanite Soul Steel.

n“Alright, then I’ll leave the acquisition of the material to you.”

n“Leave it to me, Grandmother!”

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nIn the Arcane Continent, Spirit Domain:

nMesmerizing flowers, undulating mountains, crisscrossing rivers, perfect weather.

nLooking at the beautiful land filled with a fairy atmosphere, Lila, Asha, and Maya, who had just arrived in the Spirit Domain, couldn’t help but be stunned for a while.

nEverything in this domain seemed handcrafted to embody the world’s beauty.

nEven the birds and animals were so tame and beautiful that they couldn’t help but indulge for a while.

n“I heard that any ugliness is forbidden here, is it true?” Asha couldn’t help but ask.

n“Yes, Sister Freya wanted everything to be perfect. Thus, you can be weak but never be ugly,” Lila said confidently.

nShe was able to befriend Freya not only because of Lilith, who had an ambiguous relationship with her grandfather.

nIt was also because of her otherworldly beauty—the perfect embodiment of what everyone perceived as beautiful.

nAs long as they had some mind, all beingswould regard her as a perfect being regardless of gender and race.

nThis is also whyno one would blame her even if she were naughty, causing chaos wherever she went.

nEven the enemies’ hatred could disappear with just a look at her.

nThis worsened after she awakened her physique.

nNow, no one even treated her as a human anymore.

nWhenever she appeared, as long as she didn’t hold herself in disguise, some passerby, without enough strength, would kneel at her, worshipping her like a goddess.

nEmotions such as love, lust and such also disappeared, replaced with pure adoration and admiration.

nFreya saw her as an ideal model—a beauty that could transcend the spirit and the soul, a hope for advancement that could breach the limits of dimensions.

n“So, ugliness is really banned here…” Asha grew speechless. She thought it was some rumour, bashing the Spirit domain.

nWho knew it was the truth?

nAfter all, beauty is relative, and for someone to arbitrarily rate them as such was challenging the world.

nFortunately, the one who set such a rule was a strong Apex sovereign.

nOtherwise, this beautiful place would have long been raided.

n“Let’s go, I already contacted Sister Lilith.”

n“Sister Freya should be free to meet us.”

nAn Apex sovereign is not someone you can see whenever you want.

nEven if they were close, Lila needed to notify them in advance if they could meet each other.

nFortunately, it seemed that her auntie’s luck was in play, coinciding with Sister Freya having nothing to do.

n“Then what are you waiting for? Let’s go!”

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