Preparations

After that same moment, Arcadia entered a state of war.

All the inhabitants worked as quickly as possible to prepare for the disaster looming over them, like a countdown overhead.

The king of Arcadia, Adriel, did not hide the news at all, he let his subjects know it.

Naturally, panic spread as soon as the news broke, although it was to be expected, after all, who would not adjust when learning of his possible death?

However, the panic stopped quite quickly, the blind trust in their king that all Arcane shares gave them the necessary reassurance.

Shortly after, everyone was working as before, only this time the jobs performed were completely different.

The builders stopped building housing for the growing population and instead concentrated on building a massive wall that surrounds all of Arcadia.

A monumental project that is impossible to finish in just a mere fleeting week ... if the workers were normal people.

But of course there are no normal people in Arcadia, they are all cultivators with an essence rank of their own and even a class and talent to boot.

Using these powers, the construction progressed at an enormous rate, the earth rose, the bricks flew, the different pieces were joined as if it were a puzzle for children ...

At this rate, construction would not take a week ...

*** ***

At the training center for soldiers.

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

"BOOM!"

A crowd of men and women could be seen doing a variety of high intensity exercises.

These exercises vary from carrying heavy loads while sprinting, practicing with the various weapons at your disposal, or fighting each other in a variety of ways, either armed or unarmed.

The training for Arcane soldiers is hard as hell, it does not matter if you are a man or a woman, you will be treated in the same way, and you will receive the same training.

In the commander's words, "In this new era,your gender matters less than how clean your armor is."

There are much tough training that soldiers fear, but there is one in particular that horrifies them ...

"BOOM!"

A man shot out and crashed into the wall, it was unknown if he was okay or not!

The rest of the soldiers present gulped down upon seeing this, none dared to move an inch.

These soldiers were in a circle surrounding a single woman who was currently dressed in just the right clothing to cover her private parts.

Irina, the second in command of the Arcane army.

Irina growled, "Come on, you can take on zombies without hesitation, but can't you stand up to a weak and defenseless woman like me ?!"

The expressions of all the soldiers, male and female, instantly turned black.

Weak and defenseless ?!

Fuck off!

Tell that to the guy who's embedded in the wall!

You are ten times more terrifying than a zombie horde!

The latter was not an exaggeration, these soldiers would rather face a horde alone than fight Irina.

Irina is what soldiers fear the most, she is even more respected than Commander Richard.

"If you don't come for me, I'll come for you!" Irina growled, scaring all the soldiers.

Although they were scared shitless, they still rushed forward in formation, activating their powers and generating a force capable of ripping apart a literal horde of zombies ...

5 minutes later...

The soldiers were lying on the ground, some embedded in the wall, others embedded in the ground, some with a broken arm ...

They appeared to be in a dire situation, but it wouldn't take long for them to heal with the help of the healers who were currently treating them.

Meanwhile, Irina was relaxing drinking a beer while she looked at the soldiers in disappointment.

"Too weak! Do you want to survive like this ?!" She paused a little and then continued, "Get ready, we repeat in half an hour!"

Annoyed growls could be heard from the soldiers as Irina returned to her beer.

*** ***

Right next to the main building in Arcadia, stood a three-story futility-style building with more than twenty soldiers guarding the surroundings.

This site is Arcadia's main research center, where advanced machinery is located and experiments are conducted.

Right now, inside this building, something big was happening ...

"Negative"

"Test 243, failure"

"Negative"

"Test 244, failure"

"Negative"

"Test 245, failure"

"Negative"

"Test 246, failure"

"Umm ?!"

"POSITIVE!"

The whole research center was instantly upset at this one word, all the researchers doing their own thing rushed to see what was happening on the third floor.

Fiona and Mateo were looking with radiant emotion at the small device that was giving off a faint white light.

"Done ..." Fiona snapped, her face red with the excitement and arousal she felt.

"Yes, done ...", Mateo sighed, as he leaned on his chair, a sign of his exhaustion, both physically and mentally.

"Have someone tell the man, I'm going to sleep"