He can fly?

Mt. Sigil (Skusta Kingdom)

"Careful with that..." An officer shouted as soldier help to unload machines from a crate. And from a distant Argon was anxiously observing their work. After unloading into a spot, work bots started to work assembling it. A very long steel tower supported by cables from all sides. It was a signal tower and it was the last tower to be build after it's completion. There are 10 towers that was placed from different mountain tops and some on top of castles. Even though there are no instructions from Zion, Argon voluntarily put the Monarchs Emblem and a warning to keep people away from the tower.

"Young Lord, I have fulfilled my assignment, I hope to see you soon after I spend a bit time with my family when I return." Argon looked at the direction of the other continent.

Golden Sand City: Capital of Banawe kingdom

"Ministers, I have all read the reports. This new settlement from the dark forest somehow is alarming, they were able to subjugate the sultans that we failed to do in many decades. They sprouted like mushroom in our own backyard without us noticing, and what are these incomplete reports?" Bearded, huge tall and brown man dressed in a thobe( long robe worn by Muslim men. The top is usually tailored like a shirt, but it is ankle-length and loose. It is usually white, but may also be found in other colors, especially in winter.) Anthony Barabas was the monarch of Banawe kingdom was a bit frustrated of the lack of information they have.

"Your highness, please calm down. The news did not speak of when the settlement was establish and the settlement on the report is still less than 3 years old, which is the reason why we still have very few information. The monarch sat back to his throne unable to comprehend the information. He was also a bit skeptical of it is true or not but, he was so confident of his network that there would be no such thing as mistake or wrong information rather he thought that there is something amiss. He pondered for a few minutes then decided.

"Send an envoy, but investigate ahead of time. I will personally instruct the envoy of what will he do." The monarch was resolute on his command.

RUIN

{Sire we achieved 100% Food and Energy sovereignty, we can now start to distribute the surplus to other sectors and can now focus on other departments.} "Perfect timing, if my calculations are correct. Neighboring Kingdoms and cities near and far will start to move on us. Depending on their objectives, we shall be prepared."

Life in the Ruin was busy but bright, people were well fed, satisfied and healthy. Slowly, their morale increased and their fear of the unknown were slowly decreasing. Zion and all the officers proved them that Life in Dark Forest would be easy if they would cooperate and trust them. Even Merchants, travelers and immigrants are now thinking of settling in the Ruin.

Ruin(Merchant Plaza)

In one of the secluded area a group of hooded men were talking. "I have infiltrated their mana farming site, and it was unbelievable." One man stated as if to whisper

"I acquired some vials of elixir who is only available to their citizens, I sacrificed a year to stay here just to avail the temporary citizenship." one person added.

"Their patrol and some soldiers are light armored but they have weird and powerful weapons enough to frighten beast that would interest in the Ruin and even around the forest were they hunt and gather resources there are flying objects able to survey their area, though I did not find were their training facility were, I could assume that their capability to produce more of that Black Armor during the last war is slow." The man tasked to investigate their military was quite dissatisfied.

"Before we end this gathering, I already saw their young lord and some of their officials. Their ruler Zion is at blue rank, but his guards and companions are at orange while the commander of their army is a man around 40 years of age which is at the primary stage of Gold. Lastly there technology is out of this world, their machines are simple yet effective." The who saw some logistics vehicles was simply amazed, it can handle very large amounts of load without any problem.

"Food production and farming is sufficient even in this harsh environment, they use fertilizer they create themselves and I have acquired a sample of it."

"Alright lets report this for now, then we continue to observe."

QBUV

{Sire, what would we do with the spies?} "Nothing, they are insignificant. Still we must continue to observe them, they are still a source of data, especially on how our neighbors react to certain events. From that we can calculate how their intelligence network, and how fast they can communicate with each other."

"Azraelle, start construction of the roads that would connect all the areas that have the possibility to develop around Dark Forest. It must include all resources areas and possible tourist spots including planned site for other cities. Lastly we must fortify all possible areas that enemies might get in, fortunately the mountain serves as natural wall for enemies, as such we only need to concentrate on a few spots, our only biggest problem would be Snow Fort as we have to capture it in the future, it is the best place so far to keep the east away. And in capturing it will be making an enemy of the entire Luxlor kingdom."

{Sire what about the west area?} "That is not a problem, the neutral cities is much easier to tame. We only need to capture three cities and it is all a neutral city, however because for how many decades their economy is dependent on trades from Banawe Kingdom cities and Banawe kingdom gains so much from them, Banawe Kingdom would not give it easily to us."

"I am just waiting for the...." Zion paused and looked at the direction north from the Ruin which the new city Atlantis would be constructed.

He felt a strong person near the lake Holon. As his bots scattered everywhere serves also as detection device which can detect mana, heat, acoustic and any other forms of detection. Though it was just a silhouette because there are no nearby drone to check the entity, he can clearly observe the persons age body structure and any information just from the detection alone. Old man, around 80 years of age, long hair, a bit thin but still strong at peak Gold rank.

After a long distance drone was tasked to go to the area and saw the person. It was a casual Old man, with dirty loose white shirt, and pants. It was a typical beggar image but his aura says he was not a beggar. The old man was curiously looking from a far, away from being noticed by the people at the construction site.

The lake was now busy as a variety of boats, large and small were constructing something under water.

"This man is definitely not ordinary." After saying those words, the old man asserted an amount of mana then he flew away leaving a golden light trail to the direction of Chiscast Empire in the north beyond the mountains.

"He can fly?"