Chapter 1886. Six Teams

Chapter 1886. Six Teams

"For what I want to do, I actually prefer the Time Pearl. Unfortunately, I don't have a copy of that artifact," Chris said.

"What do you plan to do with that Time Manipulator?" Wilted asked.

"I am going to use it on my training cave," Chris answered. "Turning the time inside faster than the time outside."

"Like the Space-time Chamber in our guild?" Paytowin asked.

"Time Manipulator can do that?" Wilted asked in surprise.

"Normally, it shouldn't, but my training cave is special," Chris answered.

"Dude... If you have that thing, why do you bring it out only now? Why didn't you use it when we were using the training cave?" Jack complained.

"When you enter my training cave, you can go to a training space different than others who enter. This Time Manipulator only affects one space and will only allow one person into that space. Others who enter will be sent to a different training space with a normal time flow. I don't have many Time Manipulators lying around. I only have eight pieces. I am already magnanimous enough to use them to speed up this guy who is lagging behind you all."

John stared at Will. Will felt strong killing intent from that stare. He ran and hid behind Jeanny this time.

"How fast is the time being sped up using that Time Manipulator?" John asked Chris.

"Five times," Chris answered.

"Slower than the Time Pearl," John muttered.

"Yes, but my training cave already speeds up time by twice. So, by using this item, it will run at ten times normal speed."

"Fine!" John exclaimed. "Will, you stay here and use the training cave. If we defeat the devils, it should take us around one week to march into Liguritudum. One week should give you more than two months' worth of training using those Time Manipulators. I warn you, do not slack behind in your training!"

"I will do my best, boss!" Will answered. He was happy enough not to join the war for now.

"As for the two of you," Chris pointed at Joe and Giant Steve. "Aside from Will, you two are the only ones with levels below 90. Here, use these to bring your level up to 90. This way, you can also equip the fallen apostle's weapons and the armor I have leveled up."

Chris put a tray on a table. Lots of small marbles started filling up the tray.

"Exp pills?" The two said after using Inspect on the marbles.

He decided to leave to cool himself down. "Will, follow me! You need to start working on your level! You can absorb the essence later."

Before leaving, he told the others, "Those of you with level 1 unique-grade bloodlines will need several hours to level them up to the max. When you are ready to leave, go to the Anywhere Portal. I will be waiting there."

Everyone nodded at Chris as they stood near the plants to absorb the essence. Grace, Jeanny, and Arthur thanked Chris. This made Chris feel a little better. Chris glanced at Wilted before he left. Wilted returned the glance but otherwise said nothing.

After Chris left, the others sat on the ground. Chris said this would take some time, so they might as well relax. John used this chance to discuss their team arrangement.

They were going to split up into the different fronts. They would have a better winning chance if all of them went and fought one devil. But as Chris had mentioned, defeating one devil had the risk of bringing the other surviving devils together. Their winning chance would drop significantly if those devils worked together.

Furthermore, they were pressed for time. Defeating one devil at a time provided a better winning chance but would take much longer. If they took too long, Master would have become a God by the time they finished dealing with the devils.

Hence, they needed the shortest time to claim victory. This could only be done by splitting up and defeating all devils at the same time.

"We will divide into six teams," John announced. "Jeanny, David, Spring Crown, and Freddie. The four of you will head to Northern Aurebor Front. You will face Mammon."

"Understood," Jeanny said.

"Roger that," David added.

Spring Crown looked between Jeanny and David. He asked John "Are you doing them a favor? Throwing this couple into the same team? Or, are you afraid they will complain if you don't?"

"If he is doing us a favor, he shouldn't have put you with us," David returned.

"Yo! I feel some hostility here. We are on the same team, man. No need to be so aggressive!" Spring Crown exclaimed.

David was vexed. Spring Crown was the one who started the argument, but he was now acting like the victim.

"We don't have time for your drama. Go to the side if you want to settle your issues," John reprimanded. "Next! Leavemealone, Four Winds, Arthur, and Blackhole. You will go to Aurebor Southern Front and help them take on Asmodeus."

"No healer?" Blackhole asked.

"What do you expect? We only have four healers. Two teams will have to take the short straws," John said. "You will have to make do and find healers on the battlefield."

"Don't worry, I will give the four of you extra bottles of Ultimate Healing Potion," Wilted said as she took out the potions and distributed them to the four.

Ultimate Healing Potion was a super rare consumable that recovered 20,000 HP instantly. It also slowly healed the user by 10% of their max HP within sixty seconds after using the potion. Each usage had a cooldown of three minutes.