Aftermath of the intense struggle that just finished was terrible, but redeemable.
People died. Lots of people died, but only their physical bodies. Their souls were still within Blessed Island, so Erix could re-create their physical bodies.
Since the Blessed Island successfully integrated with the planet, a whole new array of powers unlocked.
Rin was barely alive, so Erix healed her first, but aside from him and Amu, the entire Blessed Island was eerily silent. 90% of people were dead while 10% were hanging at death's door.
Erix sat down on a chair while souls of those thousands started emerging from the ground and floated near the Dreanox Tree.
Amu appeared before Erix and said, "Erix, we will need a lot of energy to create the bodies of everyone who died. Now that the Blessed Island is basically this whole planet, let's cut a major part of it and shrink it."
"We can shape it into a small floating continent with enough biodiversity and enough space for people. 10,000 kilometers radius sounds good, what do you say? Shrinking it to this size will also give us more than enough energy to revive everyone's physical bodies."
Erix nodded, "Let's start."
"The kids are still safe under the ground in a bunker you made. Let's keep them there until we are finished since I've already made them fall asleep," Amu said.
"Alright."
The following work required focus.
At the moment, this planet was no longer a part of the Sun's star system. It had its own closed self-sustenance system ever since it upgraded and now that the planet integrated with the Blessed Island, Erix could shape it however he wanted.
The entropy of this planet was in his hands and it increased as Erix started destroying parts of the world without disturbing other things.
The total population of the planet at the moment hung at 2.4 million. Over a million people were captured by the Blue Maw pirate group, but Mystic Root had now entirely removed itself from this world, so those people could no longer benefit from it.
No more events. No more daily world boss. No more leveling up.
The labyrinth towers were automatically modified after Mystic Root left and only a single one remained with 100 floors max. Their power level requirements were adjusted along with the rewards.
Erix erased 70% of things and areas and only kept 30% of what was originally established on the planet, which equated to roughly a 10k-kilometer radius of area.
Within that, 3k kilometers radius was a single water body and the rest of the 7k was patches of various lands with different climates and small water bodies.
All people were transported to Phoenix City and the surroundings because it was the most developed area.
After doing all that within ten hours, Erix acquired a lot of entropy energy that he could use and started making physical bodies of people who died on the Blessed Island.
Amu was also helping Erix in that.
They first built Lilith's body before her soul resided back inside and she successfully revived.
Her bloodline source and power sources were in her origin region, which was anchored to her soul, so Erix only needed to create a sufficiently powerful physical body and she successfully revived.
One by one, Erix and Amu started reviving people starting with the Pillars.
Aria, Isabella, Lily, Sameira, Kenshin, Maleina...
After four hours, Erix and Amu successfully revived everyone on the Island.
As such, the period of progression began after the period of development was over.
After ten days, Isabella, Aria, Sameira, Kenshin, and the top guild leaders finished using their Insight Scroll.
Some awakened another Exotic element while some progressed in their existing Exotic Element for a direct power boost.
They began their adventure in the new dimension for further progression and clearing Labyrinth Tower's floors for more rewards.
Under the Dreanox Tree, Rin and Erix sat beside each other as they opened their eyes on the 11th day after finishing using their first insight scroll.
They didn't awaken another Exotic or Super Exotic element. Instead, they progressed greatly in Nihilir and Chronace elements respectively.
"Erix, we've been stuck in our Patron points since they constantly increased and decreased, but after ejecting those pirates and fighting against them, we finally gathered over two thousand Patron points," Rin said with a grin.
[Patron Realm]
_Leaderboard Rank: Unranked.
--> Yet to enter any challenge.
_Patron point: 2187.
_Patron shop.
—> [ Open - Close ]
"We can buy the one-time boon now," Erix nodded as his eyes flashed and he opened the Patron Shop.
[Patron Shop]
->1. Talent Bless Sigil — 100,000 Patron points.
->2. Slice & Dice Slate — 60,000 Patron points.
->3. Opaque Mystery Rune — 300,000 Patron points.
->4. Divine Surgent Veil — 180,000 Patron points.
->5. Pandora's Box — 10 Patron points (0/5 monthly limit.)
->Special One-time Buy — Boon Tree Awakening — 1000 Patron points.
Only Erix and Rin were members of the Patron realm here, so this was exclusive to them.
"Let's see what kind of boon it is," Rin smiled. "After that, we'll use our 2nd Insight Scroll and then clear the Labyrinth Tower's floors."
Both of them bought the Boon Tree Awakening as they lost 2k Patron Points.
In the next second, their origin regions slightly shook before a mysterious source of power sprouted there in the form of a sapling.
Afterward, an archaic voice rang in their heads before both of them lost their consciousness, entering in a mysterious realm.