Derick adjusted his perspective to where his first clone was located. He opened his eyes to a world of darkness. Before leaving, Derick had
Derick adjusted his perspective to where his first clone was located.
He opened his eyes to a world of darkness. Before leaving, Derick had left his first clone in Janusopolis. Although this place was shrouded in darkness, it was relatively peaceful. The attacks from the Black Tide were also relatively few.
Sure enough, after Derick's first clone started to move, no enemies appeared. After scanning the surroundings, he found that not only were there no Black Tide creatures, but even the Disfavored Hunters or Fighters who often came here were nowhere to be found.
What's going on?
After he had dealt with the Titan of Discord, Nikador, no new Disfavored Hunters or Fighters would be created, but in the past thousand years, who knows how many Nikador had made. To completely eliminate them would still require a bit of effort.
So why were there none in Janusopolis?
Derick thought to himself as he patted the dust off his first clone.
Having been away from Amphoreus for a long time, there was quite a bit of dust on his first clone. Although it wasn't his main body, he still had to pay attention to hygiene.
After cleaning off the dust, Derick had his first clone begin to search the outside.
After searching for a while, he found nothing in the depths of Janusopolis. But when he reached the outskirts, he saw a group of people setting up temporary tents outside the city.
Wait, what's going on? Has another tribe come here?
Derick thought to himself, then quietly approached the group.
After getting closer, he discovered that this group was not another Amphorean tribe heading to Okhema. They were currently staying on the edge of Janusopolis to cultivate blue mushrooms.
And the method of this cultivation was the one Derick had taught.
"Are these people from Okhema? Has the population there increased so much that they need to grow food here? Or… did some accident happen in Okhema? Is there a famine?" Derick pondered, watching them.
As he was thinking, a set of footsteps unlike an ordinary person's came through. Derick quickly had his first clone hide.
Using the third-person perspective of his clone, he immediately saw the two people who were walking over.
It was Sister Tribbie and Mydei.
Mydei walked and said to Tribbie, "Lady Tribios, I have already searched the surroundings and confirmed that no enemies will come here. You can go back and tell Lady Aglaea that this place will soon produce enough food to supply Castrum Kremnos."
Hearing Mydei say this, Tribbie laughed happily. "That's really great. The grain brought from Okhema to Castrum Kremnos is almost depleted, and it will take some time for the food outside the city to grow. If we didn't have this, we would have had to start a war."
Hmm, what's going on? What is Sister Tribbie talking about? Going from Okhema to Castrum Kremnos? Did something happen to Okhema? Could it be that the Black Tide has already invaded the city?
But that shouldn't be right. The dawn that Kephale carries is within Okhema city. If Okhema were really invaded by the Black Tide, then Castrum Kremnos would also be plunged into eternal night. Looking at Tribbie and Mydei's situation now, things haven't reached that point.
Then what on earth happened inside Okhema city?
Derick thought, continuing to listen to their conversation.
Mydei, hearing Tribbie's words, crossed his arms and said, "Those guys from the Council of Elders, and that new Caenis, should have been dealt with long ago. To actually use the innocent commoners of Okhema to threaten Aglaea, and to try and use that opportunity to assassinate her. This new Caenis, just like the previous one, is unscrupulous and has extremely low morals."
"Indeed. Not only against Aglaea, but Caenis also carried out a large-scale slaughter of the other members of the Council. If it weren't for Little Derick in the Council, the elders who support us would have probably been completely wiped out by Caenis," Tribbie nodded, very much in agreement with Mydei's words.
Tribbie then continued to look up at him. "Speaking of which, when Aglaea was threatened back then, if you weren't there in time, she wouldn't have known how to handle the situation. For civilians to die because of her… she would never let that happen. She told me afterward that if Derry and Cassie had been there at the time, she might have really sacrificed herself for the commoners."
Mydei didn't take credit, his arms still crossed.
He had just happened to be there at the time. He saw a group of Purifiers surrounding Aglaea. And across from her, several commoners from Okhema were held with swords to their necks. It was obvious that these Purifiers were using hostages to threaten her.
Aglaea was trapped in a dilemma. Seeing her in this state, Mydei quietly snuck over. With his agility, there was no way these Purifiers could have discovered him. He came up behind the hostages and rescued them. As for the remaining Purifiers, Aglaea naturally wouldn't let them go. She controlled the Tailors to rush to their side and deal with them all.
Derick continued to eavesdrop from the side with his first clone.
He roughly understood the whole course of events.
After the assassination attempt on Aglaea, the conflict between the new Caenis and the Chrysos Heirs had further escalated. And this new Caenis's ability to give speeches and incite the masses was much stronger than the one Derick had dealt with. Many commoners in Okhema were also attracted by her words.
At the same time, there was another problem. The departure of Derick, Castorice, Hyacine, and Cipher had greatly reduced the strength of the Chrysos Heirs, and the commoners had great doubts about whether Aglaea could succeed in saving the world.
There are only a few Chrysos Heirs and demigods left now. Can we really entrust the future of Amphoreus to them?
At the same time, the new Caenis secretly spread rumors, saying that Derick and the others' departure was not for any other reason, but because of Aglaea's exclusion. She didn't want to give up her leadership position, so she found a way to drive them out of Okhema. She even told some people that they had actually been killed by Aglaea and her group in some unknown place.
Aglaea couldn't explain to the commoners that there was another world outside the sky of Okhema and could only remain silent.
One had to know, among the remaining Chrysos Heirs, Aglaea and Tribbie lived too far from the commoners, and people always felt they were unreal. Mydei was the prince of Castrum Kremnos, and these Okheman commoners had a natural aversion to him. Caenis was slightly better, but his popularity among the people was far less than that of Derick, Castorice, and Hyacine.
Finally, after a series of twists and turns, Okhema was completely split.
To prevent a civil war from consuming too many Okheman soldiers and reducing their resistance, Aglaea led those who supported her to move to the area below Castrum Kremnos.
The current Okhema was occupied by the new Caenis, the Council of Elders who supported her, and the commoners. They were also worried about the combat power of Aglaea, Mydei, and the others, and didn't dare to continue the pursuit, letting them temporarily stay in Castrum Kremnos.
Now, the two sides were in a standoff here.
Aglaea, having arrived at Castrum Kremnos, immediately led people to open up new planting grounds to prevent food shortages. Mydei also brought people over to protect the safety of these planters.
As Derick pondered this in his heart, he overheard Tribbie sigh.
"If only Derry and Cassie were back. When they return, we can immediately launch a counter-attack."
"Yes. Those guys… I've long wanted to crush them."
Mydei strongly agreed with her idea.
If it weren't for the fact that after he killed those Council elders, he wouldn't know how to handle the subsequent salvation journey, he would have single-handedly taken on the Council himself long ago.
"This situation now is actually not bad." Hearing Mydei's words, Tribbie also comforted him. "At least before Derry and the others return, we won't let the commoners fall into a panic of having nothing to do."
If there were no internal strife, and with the loss of Derick, Castorice, and Hyacine, the people of Okhema would likely fall into their own mental turmoil, worrying about the Black Tide every day, which would in turn affect production and life. Now, in a standoff, the people had no time for internal conflict.
It was actually a good thing.
Of course, that was on the premise that no civil war broke out and things were resolved peacefully afterward.
Hearing Tribbie and Mydei's conversation, Derick said silently in his heart, "Don't worry, Sister Tribbie, we will be back in a little while. And this time when we come back, I will bring even more helpers. Members of the Genius Society, Xianzhou Generals, Galaxy Rangers… no matter what Lord Ravager is here, we will tear them apart alive."
After thinking this, Derick's mind stirred again.
Wait a minute. In the current Okhema, if Aglaea isn't there, then can't my first clone sneak into the city?
He didn't want to go in for any money, nor was it to kill the Council elders. After all, Sister Tribbie had a point. It was better to wait until they returned to Amphoreus to resolve this standoff.
He was thinking… if he entered Okhema city, could he get into the Vortex of Genesis and then go find the Core Flames of those Titans?
After devouring the Crimson Moon and the Abundance energy from the Ambrosial Arbor, his body's constitution and strength had been greatly enhanced. He could now take on more Titan Core Flame authorities.
It was very necessary to go into the Vortex of Genesis to get them.
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