Chapter 2357 Prepare Your Family!

Chapter 2357 Prepare Your Family!

A few weeks later in the Spiritual World...

The situation was unchanged from weeks prior. The Irpoll aliens had conquered the Evergreen's area and were steadily extending their control into the territories of their adversaries.

The forces of the Black Plain Empire, now including Callie and Aurae, along with the forces of the Eastern Empire, led by Vico, faced daily assaults on their lands.

How did the Irpoll manage this? The Gods of Irpoll keep the Gods of the Spiritual World busy, while the alien warriors, strengthened by years of conflict and superior to the surviving natives, gradually triumphed in battle.

Thus, Irpoll's territory had consistently expanded over the recent months, pushing the native forces to a point where they could only defend the heart of their domains and impede the enemy's progress.

With the aliens' maneuvers on the continent, all lands once part of the Evergreen Empire and the Flowers Kingdom had fallen under their control. Portions of Blackrock and the Flaming Empire were also captured, and it seemed only a matter of weeks before they, too, would be finally absorbed by Irpoll.

As the Ice Age receded, Irpoll's forces gained strength.

However, they refrained from launching a major offensive to overthrow their mightiest enemies. Even for the three level 100, defeating Callie, Vico, and Aurae posed a formidable challenge.

All three were exceptionally powerful, and with the Ice Age still over two and a half years away, Callie remained a formidable opponent.

Instead of seeking an immediate decisive battle to conclude the war, Irpoll had more calculated strategies to dismantle their foes. Their plan involved seizing all enemy territories and systematically eliminating the remaining Demigods until the three Gods were left with no options.

Ultimately, they intended to either eliminate them or exile them from the planet.

The forces of The Adamant Land in the underwater part of the Ancestral Sea were also still in hiding, having not yet encountered their enemies because of the solid layers of ice protecting them.

...

In the Dry City, the tension in the city grew stronger every day.

"Lee, Alison, it's good to see you well. What do you want today?" asked the old man with the now gray hair that showed not his vitality but his state of mind.

Looking at the Dillian sitting on the throne of Minos, Lee, currently at level 86, got right to the point. "More and more people are arriving in our territory, fleeing from the south. We need resources to build places to receive these people."

As the aliens advanced across the continent, the populations of the conquered territories fled north or west. These areas were already very saturated, and even with the death of many living beings over the years of war, there wasn't room in every place for all the remaining living beings on the continent.

Many beings died during the war. But before, most of these beings were spread over three continents. Nowadays, though their number was much smaller than 15 years ago, practically all the survivors were on the Central Continent. In particular, most of them were in the central area of the Black Plain Empire.

Cities controlled by nobles like Lee and Alison could not accommodate all those who migrated from the south to the north!

"Sigh! We're at our limit, Lee. I wish I could help you, but you're going to have to lead these people to set up camps outside of your town," Dillian said regretfully.

The time had passed when the Black Plain Empire had the resources to develop different parts of its territory. With the loss of men and territory, the state had stopped growing its crystal collection while maintaining its expenses.

More recently, the state had rapidly depleted its financial reserves, forcing the rationing of resources.

Lee understood the problem, but he had to try. "Isn't there something we can do together? Are these people going to freeze to death in ordinary shelters?"

As much as the worst of the Ice Age had passed, it could still kill the weakest.

"What I can do is suggest that your city create a foster care program. The strongest would leave their properties and temporarily make room for the weakest to come into the city. That might give you and us some time to solve the problem in other ways," Dillian suggested.

"Sigh! Thanks anyway," Lee lamented. "Prepare your family, Lee. If you want to send them to the Spatial Kingdom, do it quickly," Dillian said in a somber tone.

Lee saw Dillian's deep look and felt the gravity of the situation.

As much as he was a nobleman and a renowned soldier of the empire, he didn't know everything that was happening in the North.

"I'll get ready. Thanks for the advice."