After looking at the humans' desecrate Tyroceous corpse for a while, Jay then got bored and went to sleep. There wasn't much to do in this world besides look at new things.

While sleeping, Jay thought about when he was a kid. He had always wanted to ride dinosaurs and there were dinosaurs right here on this island but he didn't want to get up and go ride them. Still thinking he wondered what Stake was doing. Deciding to have some fun he looked at the perception of Stake.

Stake and Alto's alliance had caused a storm in the continent. Many kingdoms wanted to condemn Altos for siding with goblins but they didn't dare do so since Altos was rank 3. The empires of the continent warily looked at Altos and thought about how to sabotage them.

Currently, in a room with humans and goblins, Stake and Altos were discussing things with each other. Their goal currently was to both make an empire for their people. Looking at each other, they spoke neutrally.

"Stake, how is the farm doing?"

The farm Altos was referring to was raising beasts for the empire. Altos was the one who came up with the plan. The beast they were raising were hydras, white talons, white sharp, white jaw, and other creatures.

"It is doing well currently and it's on schedule."

Altos nods and smiled. "It's a shame we couldn't tame the frost yeti."

"Indeed, that's a shame."

The frost yeti was far stronger than they had imagined. It seemed to be the guardian of the mountain itself. The mana of the mountain had aided it in fighting off both Altos and Stake even though it was only a high rank two beasts. It was too fast for Altos to land a killing blow and its hide was too strong for Stake to harm it. That's not also mentioning the fact it riled up its yeti horde which three ice rocks at the two of them.

The yeti’s were strong and intelligent. With them, the infrastructure of entire kingdoms could be built easily. Unable to get the yeti's they decided to move into other goals.

"Have you located the territory of the Dryad?" Altos asked while holding his small his with his chin.

"No, I haven't."

"If you haven't, then just give up on it. You should instead find reach peak rank 2 quickly so you can ascend to rank 3."

"I'm trying but currently there aren't enough preys."

"Don't lie Stake, I know you keep giving mana cores to your kind."

The other goblins heard what Altos said and looked at Stake in shock. They immediately started complaining about how Stake shouldn't hinder his growth and they could take care of themselves. Stake looked at them and shook his head.

"I need higher quality mana core to reach peak rank 2. Currently, there aren't any creatures that I can find which has the quality mana core."

Altos understood Stake's reasoning and saw why Stake was stagnating. A person's talent determines how fast and how much mana they could absorb. If a mana core with a capacity of 300 gets absorbed by someone who didn't have high talent, they would only absorb around 10 or 100 capacity of mana.

To explain would be like this. A talented person drinks water with a straw while an untalented person just licks the water with their tongue. Licking water with their tongue means like they won't be able to drink all of it before it's evaporated.

Why don't people just absorb mana from the surroundings instead of using mana core? Absorbing mana from the surrounding was like trying to drinking clouds while absorbing mana from a mana core was like drinking water. One is more concentrated and easier to do than the other.

The mana quality that Stake needed to advance was essential. The higher the quality of mana, the more he could absorb from it. To explain would be like this. Low-quality mana core was like drinking raindrops while high-quality mana core was like drinking from a cup. There's also super high-quality mana core that was so high in mana that absorbing from them was like getting tossed in the ocean and drowning. Many low-quality mana core could also equate to a super high-quality mana core.

When Stake absorbed the many mana cores in Tiluso castle basement. It was equivalent to him drowning and if there wasn't someone there to save him, he would have died.

Altos thought about Stake problem and how he could solve it. It could easily be solved if they invaded other kingdoms but the empires would most likely try to stop the two by sending reinforcements.

Currently, everything was in a delicate balance. Everyone was watching for what moves Stake and Altos would make. After thinking for many while Altos came up with a solution to Stake problem.

"Go further west Stake, there should be creatures there that will help you reach peak rank 2. While you do that I promise with my mana oath that I will protect your kind."

Seeing his sincerity, Stake nods. A mana oath was a will mana set out to keep. Not keeping the mana oath could make mana abandon you and worst-case scenario you just might become a normal person again. Stake and Altos discussed more things until they were done.

Back on the island, Jay quit looking at the perspective of Stake and went back to thinking about other things. After Tesra was done with her training on this island he would leave it with her. Jay wanted to go visit a civilized kingdom somewhere in this ocean and try out new food while sightseeing.

To make sure everything wasn't spoiled by his mana perception when he was sightseeing. Jay decided to decrease his mana perception when he started visiting places. Feeling the sun around him he went back to sleep while decreasing his mana perception to just the island.

In the empire of Calmeo, an emperor was currently looking to listen to his subjects speak. The emperor had blond hair with blue eyes while looking old. His subjects spoke about how the goblins and Altos were a threat. The ignorant subject however argued that there was no need to pay attention to the small fry. Everyone was bickering with each other.

Currently, the empire was very prosperous. Many nobles did not want to waste manpower going to war when they could just stay in the empire and relax. Those who wanted to go to war wanted to earn glory so that they could be rewarded greatly by the emperor. Seeing them bickering on and on the emperor spoke.

"We will not be going to war and that is final."

Many were disappointed and most soon left the throne room. The only people left were the emperor who sat silently in the throne room with his wives, sons, daughters, and guards who were waiting for him. He looked to the door that lead outside the throne hall.

"What do you two want?"

His wives, children, and guards became confused at what he said. From the blue carpet in the throne room, two figured showed up. They both were old men wearing cloaks. One had grey hair with grey eyes rippling with muscle while the other had blue hair and blue eyes with an average build while holding a staff.

"We just came for a greeting, Steyan." The grey-haired old man spoke while smiling.

"We also came here to offer you an opportunity." The blue-haired old man spoke.

"Who are you, people." One of the emperor's wives spoke loudly with rage in her.

Steyan looked at her and everyone and told them to shush.

"What opportunity do you two bring?"

The grey-haired old man spoke loudly while smiling. "The elves are in a worry Steyan. They have predicted that Galvion will resurrect soon."

Steyan wives, knights, and his children became shocked at what they heard. Galvion was a very powerful human in legends. It was said that Galvion was at least a low-rank 4 mage. Galvion was a commoner who had many bones to pick with people. When he first appeared on the continent he started wiping out many empires and kingdoms.

The many races of the continent were also affected by him and they waged war against him. They formed a coalition and attacked him expecting to win until he unleashed a terrifying attack. The attack had devastated most of the land in the west which was once elven territory. Today the land in the west was mostly desert and one could find ancient weapons and relics there.

Everyone thought Galvion reign would go on forever after the coalition failed. That was until an archangel descended from the sky and fought him. The battle was said to be long and more and more angels kept showing up. In the final part of the battle, it is said that the angels destroyed Galvion soul which shattered it across the continent. Most likely his soul had infested many creatures and would soon combine to resurrect him.

"What does that have to do with us though?"

The blue-haired old man spoke up. "They require our help, to fight Galvion off. In exchange for our help, they'll give each of us a cup full of Tresna sap."

Steyan eyes widen and he smiled. "When will we start.”

The blue-haired old man shook his head. “I don't know, we’ll have to wait for the elves to call us.”

Stefan nods and the two old men vanished away.

One of the princes spoke up after they disappeared. “Who were they, father?”

“They are old friends of mine. You know them very well. The grey-haired old man is Vimos and the blue-haired old man is Liaton.”

The prince and everyone else besides the emperor became surprised. Vimos was the wondering rank 3 warrior while Liaton was the rank 3 mage emperor of the Vilga empire.

“Do you think you'll be fine with fighting Galvion father?”

Steyan nods to confirm he’ll be fine fighting with Galvion. Galvion rank had most likely dropped to rank 3 after his soul was shattered. If Galvion was still rank 4, the elves wouldn't have bothered asking for his assistance since it would just be a massacre.

Thinking about Tresna sap, Steyan smiled. Tresna was a spirit tree that protected the elves. Its sap had a high concentration of mana that could be fully absorbed without losing mana in the process. Thinking about how old he was, Steyan decided he needed a heir soon. One of his grandchildren had caught his attention with his talent so he would be sure to feed him some Tresna sap.

The future of the Calmeo empire was currently looking bright. As long as Steyan could get some Tresna sap, the empire's future would be set. Thinking about the coming battle, he decided to prepare some means.