In the blink of an eye, a whole month had passed since Minos left the Spiritual World.
That was the time it took for the forces of the Spiritual World and the invaders from The Adamant Land to settle their respective affairs and return to battle in search of victory over their opponents.
The forces of the Spiritual World sought to exterminate as many of the aliens as possible. In contrast, the invaders sought to conquer lands.
Both sides achieved victories and defeats in their first more strategic and less uncontrolled moves, as the first battle of this great war had been.
These battles were also characterized more by the 10th-stage specialists on both sides, while the Gods on each side were more concerned with protecting their troops and territories or defeating their level 100 opponents.
The level 100 aliens in battle condition gradually began to move with only their level 100 opponents in mind. Meanwhile, the level 100 cultivators of the Spiritual World were in their states, constantly moving to protect their lands and disrupt the interests of the enemy Gods.
Thus, in this first month, the war had boiled down to a first major battle with massive casualties on both sides, followed by a brief period of peace and then the start of turf wars.
Several tens of thousands more of the Spiritual World's creatures died in those weeks, while several thousand aliens and robots fell all over the planet.
The aliens also gained lands, which had begun in the central part of the Ancestral Sea, and gradually began to expand their territory in every possible direction.
For the time being, the sea forces in the area they had chosen as their headquarters had suffered the most. However, forces from all over the world had either lost something or taken part in the battles so far.
In particular, the technologies developed with Minos' help saved lives and prevented deaths daily.
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In the Black Plain Empire, the headquarters of the local army...
A group of high-level Demigods, both human and non-human, had just arrived with serious expressions on their faces.
Looking at these level 97, 98, and 99 beings, some from the Western Empire, some from the underwater tribes of the South Sea, Forrest, who was currently working at this post, greeted the group with a formal gesture.
"Welcome to the headquarters of the Black Plain Army. You will change shifts with the group about to leave their positions in the secret vault." He said as he looked respectfully at the 15 people in front of him. "Are you aware that you will be protecting something of extreme value from now on?"
Everyone there agreed especially the Sky Whales.
Seeing this, Forrest led the group past the first barrier in their way, entering the quasi-Spatial Kingdom that Minos had created to protect this place, before passing through a series of portals capable of killing even level 98 Demigods.
Passing through the last layer of security in the area, he arrived at a frozen vault where a group of high-level Demigods were scattered, sitting in various positions around the vault.
Inside the vault were some corpses, most of them level 99 cultivators killed in the battle at the North Pole a month ago, but also the bodies of two Gods, Henry and the Sky Whale!
Forrest said to this group. "Here are the reinforcements from the empire and the world in case Her Imperial Majesty Abby Miller comes out of seclusion and joins the battlefield. Your job is to make sure that no one comes near this place or has a chance to touch the bodies of our warriors."
The Sky Whales there heard this and clenched their fists, able to sense the remaining aura of their leader, even though he was already dead and stored in a very well-protected place.
Gods were utterly different from ordinary beings. Even after they died, their bodies still contained so much energy and presence that it was enough to confuse the senses of powerful cultivators.
"Don't worry, young Forrest. We'll do our best." One of these men said as he felt the aura of his leader, Henry, in this place. This man looked at one of the strongest men who was about to leave this place to go to the battlefield and said. "Be assured of the safety of the bodies of our warriors. They will continue to fight for the Spiritual World in the future. Just focus on what's important and defeat the enemies while you're out there."
The strongest of the group about to leave greeted the person from the Western Empire. "We'll do that. But I hope the situation outside isn't too bad. I'd really rather not have to join our comrades in this vault." Everyone looked at the vault where the bodies of specialists from all over the world were, or soon would be.
With Abby's ability to resurrect such beings, one death wouldn't be enough for the powers of this world to lose warriors!
Virtually all the powers on this planet had agreed that they had to send their corpses to Abby, as this was the only way their specialists could remain useful and return to defeat enemy forces.
Other corpses that had been killed before the war began were also being transported to the Black Plain Empire.
There weren't many level 100 corpses for Abby to use, but the number of level 97 to 99 corpses was enormous.
In addition to this place, three other outposts stored 10th-stage corpses because they were too important to be stored in the same place.
The enemies were already aware of Abby's fusion ability that resulted in the summoning of the dead, and there were already alien groups moving in to disrupt the efforts of the Spiritual World forces to collect corpses or bring back their dead from the battlefields.
Even one of the enemy Gods had attacked the Black Plain Empire last week in search of Abby, intending to neutralize Minos' wife.
But Willow had managed to hold off such an opponent until Vico's arrival, and the two of them had forced the enemy to retreat.
Considering how dangerous it would be for Abby to engage in combat now that she was one of the enemy's most wanted people, the powers of the world wanted to keep her in seclusion for as long as possible.
Unless new gods arrived in the Spiritual World, the plan was to accumulate corpses and disturb her seclusion only in emergency situations.
Given the current pace of the war, that wasn't likely to happen in the short term unless, of course, many enemy Gods decided to attack the Black Plain Empire simultaneously.
Anyway, the exchange at this post went smoothly, and the group left their position and headed to the battlefield in the Ancestral Sea.
