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After these 10 hours of constant fighting, Ibro decided to take a break. He always used his divine sense to check over the status of his skeletons' armies. His skeletons were doing great on both fronts. 

He also noticed the escape of some demons between the two fronts trying to move deeply into the northern territories. Ibro kept an eye on them. 

Once they escaped his army's battlegrounds, these demons started to spread everywhere. Ibro felt strange. They seemed to look for something. 

Whatever that thing was, it was the area his divine sense covered. Ibro didn't move at once to intercept them. Their numbers weren't a problem for him at all, but he waited to know their secret. 

What was their aim exactly? He was also waiting for the return of his three pillars. He wanted to know all the updates about this war. After one hour of rest, he regained his activity again. 

He gave Maya to Foris as he ordered him to move her back to his village. He directed him towards his village direction, as he found a couple of cities under his banner through his divine sense. 

He gave a huge skeleton army with Frois as a personal guard to protect Maya. Ibro warned him about the situation in the areas behind. Although the demons were scattered, Ibro didn't want to risk hurting Maya. 

If he had the option here, he would have moved her by himself to the village. Ibro started his routine again, but this time he planned to create a third front. 

He moved a couple of thousands of kilometers to the west and started to use his spells, strikes, and curse without stop. After a couple of hours, he had already created a third army. 

He didn't move from this place except after another 12 hours. He created a huge army here. Ibro also followed the journey of Maya towards his nearest city till she reached there safely. 

After that, he took an hour of rest then moved again to the west and created a fourth front. In the middle of it, he noticed the appearance of his three pillars. 

Ibro couldn't stop summoning his skeletons, so he had to wait for a couple of hours to meet them. Once he finished forming his fourth army, he went back towards his first skeleton army. 

Erond, Gorsag, and Topan didn't come alone, as they had a large group of players with them. Ibro didn't recognize any of them, but they were part of his empire. He felt the presence of the best stones inside each one of them.

"We salute our king."

Gorsag led the group of players to kneel to Ibro. Ibro nodded then said:

"Long time no see, Gorsag. Who are those players?"

Gorsag pointed to them as he explained:

"They are players that came from outside this world. They have volunteered to help your majesty in anything you want regarding their worlds."

Ibro understood their identity at once. They were the players he asked Gorsag to look for. He had already freed a lot of foreign players, but he couldn't control these players' will. 

He needed them to come forward and accept helping him. After all, he had no guarantee to control them when they returned to their worlds. Ibro looked at them. There were over 1000 players. Ibro asked Gorsag:

"Did you get all the information about their worlds?"

"Yes, my king. They all came from 200 worlds like this one. They also claim to have far stronger players than here."

Ibro glanced at them while asking:

"Have you selected leaders among them?"

Gorsag replied at once:

"Those are the leaders of the foreign players. They led over 10 million players who agreed to help your majesty."

"Good, divide them into groups, each related to one world. I will meet with them, world by world."

"As you wish, my king."

Gorsag started to execute Ibro's orders. Ibro then looked towards Erond and Topan as he asked:

"What are the updates about this world's war situation?"

Erond started to reply first:

"The news on the forums isn't that good. Apart from us, only a handful of NPCs, local powers, or big guilds withstood the storm so far. They also started to copy our strategy of absorbing free players not long ago. 

Our free players' joining rate had decreased a bit, but it never stopped. Our borders are safe without any threat so far."

Ibro nodded as he was content with such results. He then looked towards Topan who said:

"Our commanders had visited all their associates, some agreed to join us, and some already joined other forces. 

Now, we had over 75 commanders joining our forces so far with their armies. Each commander had gathered nearly 10 million NPCs. They are all stationed at the borders."

"Good job from all of you."

Ibro was feeling good. All of them had done their job brilliantly. He had gained more players, more NPCs, and the most important gain… the way to the other worlds. 

Once Erond and Topan finished their reports, Gorsag came with a group of 15 players.

"These players came from the same world, my king."

Ibro observed them closely. They were a mix of all classes in the game. Ibro asked:

"From what world did you come from? Are you current players or NPCs? What are your levels?"

The 15 players exchanged glances before a healer female player stood forward as she replied:

"Replying to our king, we came from a world known by Troin world. We are all players, not NPCs. Our levels are around level 120."

Ibro muttered:

"Level 120… that means you started the game a few years ago, right?"

The female healer replied:

"Yes, we did. We have been playing this game for 7 years and 10 months already."

Ibro recalled his past game, Rioneed. He sighed before saying:

"As you have witnessed, many worlds were exposed to this calamity. Those who attack us aren't monsters, they are called demons. They have the ability to infect any player or NPC with their seeds and control them. 

They are the plaque, and I'm the cure. I can purify these seeds and set you free. But, to do so, all need to take my stone. 

This stone is the passport to be part of my empire. So, all I need you to do is to go back to your worlds, try to save as many people as you could."

The female healer expression changed for a moment. They all came here by force. And now after they escaped from this hell, they didn't want to return back to it again. Ibro understood their mindset, so he added:

"I won't send you back alone. I will send you huge armies to protect you at first. These armies can expand in size from killing these demons. 

So, if you manage to gather enough players and NPCs, you can establish a base there. Throughout these bases, I can reinforce you all the time."

Ibro then looked towards Gorsag who understood his meaning. He said at once:

"We have already understood the way these tunnels work. They are like teleportation portals. To use them, we need to connect our own cities here by cities in other worlds. 

Of course, if we own bases or cities in these worlds, then we could move unhindered all the time."

Ibro understood how simple these tunnels work, also how dangerous this concept was. According to this rule, all these tunnels poured demons after controlling cities in different worlds and linking them together. 

Ibro recalled perfectly that once this calamity order started, these tunnels appeared, and huge amounts of demons started to flood here. All these tunnels meant a huge number of cities that were controlled by demons. 

This game world was still young, so all the cities here were under NPCs control. If this was right, then…