''He already found out?'' Lilith''s heart raced while her brain''s gears moved fast after hearing Bill''s words.


    ''The formation is strong as I can also activate Stealth and ughter formation.''


    ''Blessed Ind will give a high recovery buff to the owner and Pirs.''


    ''The chances of killing this Reverend-order powerhouse here are not zero, but his surviving chances are 100.''


    Lilith swiftly thought of many things in the span of a second and many spections, but Bill dying was not one of them.


    ''He can escape no matter what we do even if we cane close to killing him.''


    Internally shaking her head, Lilith knew it was time to improvise after interacting with Bill.


    "Tsk. We thought the formation hid it, but you easily discovered it," Erix clicked his tongue, his eyes on Bill.


    "What''s your n now?" Bill curiously asked as he sat down on a chair that suddenly appeared behind him. He swept his gaze at everyone—Erix, Rin, Lilith, Aria, Isabe, Lily, Maleina, Sameira, Kenshin, Amu, Dragon de Throne, and Talonar.


    ''Interesting group and they are the strongest on this. They''ve built a kingdom and gathered a lot of people as a workforce and society for faster progress.''


    ''Fast. They skipped a whole phase of development that others under Mystic Root usually follow because of the difference in power between them and others and already gathered the''s strongest force under them.''


    "Not our n. What is your n?" Kenshin asked, his muscled arms crossed and back straight as he somberly looked at Bill.


    Bill chuckled and said, "Indeed, we are here with a n. I would appreciate very much if you give us a hand in that. This way, many lives and much time will be saved."


    "And what is your n?" Rin asked, her eyes narrowing.


    "One," Bill showed his index finger. "Just one million ves at Royal-order lifeform rank," Bill grinned. "Your''s current poption is 3.8 million and you have 1.3 million people in your city."


    Sameira''s fist clenched.


    "We are not asking for much and frankly, we want to finish our task as fast as possible," Bill chuckled and pped his thigh before grinning. "So how about this?"


    "We''ll leave your citizens alone, but the rest of the poption is ours. We''ll gather them, round them up, and take them back with us."


    "Of course," Bill continued, "We need them to be influenced by Mystic Root so they can get stronger faster and reach Royal-order."


    After saying that, Bill stood up and added with a smile. "Anyway, I am just here to inform you. If you obstruct our actions, then don''t expect this Sanctuary Area to save you."


    Erix and the others didn''t say anything and just showed normal reactions. Erix and Rin remained indifferent while Isabe and Aria had their fists clenched.


    The others also had various reactions to his deration, and it was for Bill to notice. Those reactions were genuine, so Bill did not doubt his judgment.


    Bill smiled at their silence and nodded. "You realize the difference in power. Truthfully, I think you all have potential, so I''ll discuss this with my partner to let you in and ride along into the wide universe."


    Erix''s expression changed and he narrowed his eyes. "You want Blessed Ind?"


    "Hahaha, we have a big ass Blessed Ind and know that It''s tricky to get forceful ownership from others," Bill said with augh. "We don''t have time for this, so I am just genuinely interested in adding to our organization."


    "We have a general purpose like other organizations," Bill grinned. "Getting powerful and growing further. Think about joining us while I judge whether to let you in or not."


    After saying that, Bill vanished from the Sanctuary.


    Everyone was silent for a couple of seconds.


    "Let''s assess the situation first," Lilith with a small frown as she sat down with a pondering expression. "First, we don''t have to worry about Blessed Ind getting snatched. But integrating the ind with a will rm them."


    Erix nodded. "This development is unfavorable to them because this integration will give us the power to expel them from our evolved Blessed Ind after integrating with the and we will have enough defense against them. Basically, Reverend-order won''t be our threat and that''s why this has been our top priority."


    "And we have toplete this without them interrupting," Rin wryly smiled.


    "Can we hide such a bigmotion from them?" Isabe asked.


    "Nope," Lilith shook her head before she sharply said. "That''s why we have to prepare for that moment."


    "You have a n," Sameira said as she raised her eyebrows.


    "I just thought of one," Lilith wryly smiled before clearing her throat. "Let''s go with opening our process in discussion. I''ll tell you what we''ll do after that."


    Erix nodded. "First, we willply with these pirates to show that we won''t be their hindrance. This will give us space and time to focus on meeting upgrade requirements to upgrade our Blessed Ind to the 3rd stage to unlock Integration."


    "We have to ignore whatever they do?" Aria''s neck shrank, feeling disheartened because she heard how brutal they were. Clenching her fists, she sighed and said, "I understand why we have to do that, so let''splete this objective as fast as possible."


    "That''s right," Rin said with a ruthless glint in her eyes. "We have to work faster on this so we can throw the trash outside of our territory."


    Kenshin and Sameira nodded and added one after another.


    "Erix, we should make everyone work to meet the ind''s upgrade requirement, but without telling them about it," Kenshin said. "The other party has Blessed Ind as well, so they would surely know about the integration feature and its capabilities."


    "Yep, as always," Erix nodded. "It''s good we haven''t told others our Ind''s functions and features. Only us and a few others from our guild know about it, but they are trustworthy."


    Everyone nodded.


    "I believe the formations were notpletely useless," Lilith smiled. "The aura and key parts of the Blessed Ind, and mainly its core obscured well enough that he doesn''t know the Ind''s true rank or he assumed its first stage Blessed Ind."


    "But we will lose this advantage once the integration process begins, so we will take countermeasures from today onwards to prevent them from interrupting us," Lilith said with a sharp expression. "And this n is for that."


    "First, we have to secretly move this Blessed Ind somewhere under the ground. If the Blessed Ind is 1000 kilometers deep, that''s best," Lilith grinned and looked at Erix.


    Erix''s eyes shed andughed, "Alright. I''ll make a teleport formation after finding a good spot 1000 kilometers under the ground. Our Ind is self-sustained, so we don''t need to worry about its location."


    "How about we change our Ind''s location several times before that? Might as well travel with it." Lily suggested with a reason. "So when our Ind disappears at the final transport to the underground, they won''t pay much heed to it."


    "That''s a good idea," Rin grinned. "Since we being cautious, we have to be cautious to the maximum."


    Everyone nodded in agreement with that.


    "It''s just one chance, so let''s be careful as much as possible to make the integration a sess. If we fail at this, then we will not have any other choice but to run," Lilith wryly smiled.


    "Anyway, let''s list our objectives, so we will be in the clear and move to the next step."