VERSATILE: ALTERNATE WORLD

The wind artifact is needed to operate the obelisk which will also fix the divine wind's erratic behavior as well. Without it, the obelisk will just be a big green pillar doing some neon light show in the darkness.

"We can't do anything without the artifact. Figures," Queen Tanya scratches her head.

"Looks like our only clue on where the artifact currently is the current location of who currently wields it. He was supposed to be the higher-up commander of the soldiers that attacked Hayate City if I remember correctly," Queen Tori tried to recall his features and tried drawing his face to the ground but she suck at doing so.

"Based on his status alone, he might be somewhere in wars or even plundering some villages. I suspect he is part of the war crusade happening in the nearby village," Queen Tanya theorizes.

"Doubt it. If that guy is part of the soldiers currently at war with the village, those villagers might have already died right about now due to the artifact. Remember how strong the artifact's winds are if used, he can just invoke a few twisters in the area and those guys will immediately die or get their surroundings destroyed," I immediately rejected the theory as that guy was said to be a royal pain in the *ss according to the guys who fought against him.

"Then, where do you think he was right now?" Queen Tori tilted her head.

"There is one place most soldiers who were afflicted by the possession and charm currently assemble after their "job well done" actions and that should be the main city of the Kamikaze Continent and the place where the shogun also resides. Our chances to meet him will be much higher if we head there."

"But that would be risky. Not only is it the center of the trouble but it is also the place where the root of all evil happening in this continent resides. Shouldn't we plan this out more?" Queen Tanya frowned.

"I do agree that we needed to plan this out more which is why we should return to Ran's hotel and plan out our next step. If we head to the capital immediately, we might be powerless to fight back and we might get in big trouble."

"Hmm, I agree with Bladeheart. We needed a plan. We needed to make sure that the plan is ready and flawless as well. If we ask Ran for a better way to tackle this, we could have a smoother time as well. Besides, we will have to go there sooner or later as we also needed to solve the matter regarding the shogun and bring back the peace in this place," Queen Tori nodded.

"That's a little too optimistic of saying we can end the wars here. Even I am uncertain about what will happen in the future and yet here you are, very confident about what plan we will have to do," Queen Tanya sighed.

"It's better to have at least this kind of plan than nothing at all, Sis. And besides, even if we fail to bring peace here, we can at least defeat the shogun and let the people of this continent recover on their own. I doubt they won't recover as the people of this continent are resilient showing that they are not that easily broken. We just need to do the job that we always know to do," Queen Tori looked at Queen Tanya and the latter smirked, understanding what her sister was talking about.

"Then, should we go back?"

"Yeah. Our best action right now is to go back. As for the village, as much as we needed to help them, we will have to avoid having a skirmish against the soldiers as much as possible before we proceed with the plan. That way, we don't get to be in constant combat against them once we head to the capital. Of course, if the confrontation is unavoidable then that's the time we fight."

"Alright, let's head back. We needed some rest as well once we are back in the inn as well."

The two nodded and I resummoned Leona once more. As for the obelisk, Queen Tori decided to use an illusionary barrier that covers the presence of the obelisk so that any enemies who are keen on destroying it will not detect it. Of course, it can still be detected but only to those who have the ability to do so. Those who don't have it will not even see and feel it.

And so, we returned. We could have used the teleporter but that was only gonna be used if we are in extreme danger. Since we are not in that situation, we didn't bother using it and just continued using Leona Express.

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I logged out of the game once we hit the sack. I felt like a few days have passed and yet it has yet to roll out the new day here in the real world. And yet, I still feel like the real world is becoming more foreign to me the more I stay in the Alternate World. Is it because I stayed there more than I remained in the real world? Perhaps but that is just a little side effect I guess.

It's also been a while since I practiced my magic as well. I know that this won't be used in the future once we are now inside the Alternate World as there is an alternative power there that we can use but I wanted to ensure that I have something to fall back into in case something strange happened and I can't rely on the system itself.

Meditating for a bit allowed me to feel the power of me welling up inside. It hasn't been that long since I practiced but I am slowly recovering the power I once had in the past timeline. It's kind of sad that I regressed and all of the changes that happened in my body before are gone.

Though it doesn't matter much now, all I have to do is get a lot stronger than before, thwart the plan of finding the Tree of Life, and discover the main purpose of why he is doing this. Who would have thought that my first plan was to defeat and make Kazuki suffer only to be replaced by it stopping an unknown plan that can endanger the whole world in the process? I still didn't abandon making the life of Kazuki worse but I don't think I have the time to be doing that now that I have a bigger problem to deal with.

As those thoughts flow into my mind, I started gathering the mana in the air. I just realized that the mana present in the air has now multiplied into twofold. In fact, it is now reaching the same mana levels the alternate world has. It won't take long before many things that shouldn't have existed before will appear here.

Not only that but some things will also change as well especially the times many people wander around the streets and move as most will now be inside the Alternate World. It's still very far before that event will happen but it will happen sooner if things progress a lot faster.

With an enemy who has regressed and returned to the past multiple times now to make new decisions, I am quite sure that there are also some things that will no longer be the same as well. Relying on my memories in the past timeline will slowly become useless and I will have to calmly think of what to do next.

After an hour of meditation, my mana reserve has increased quite a lot. It's not that bad now and it is much better than the last time. It still isn't as good as it was in the past timeline but it is getting there and I am sure that with a few more meditations and some other stuff, I will be able to get them back.

Now, I have to formulate a new plan. Things in the Kamikaze continent are moving smoothly and the things that should have happened have yet to occur. I still have at least a few weeks before the first revolt will occur which is also the same time the shogun's grasp and control over the body starts to get better. It's not yet that great but he is getting there as well which will become hard to handle soon.

The first plan is to infiltrate the capital and assess the situation as well as gather intel from the villagers on the matter. The second is to recruit enough people to help with the evacuation process and create a path so that the revolt will have lesser victims compared to the past timeline. Third would be the main priority once we get there, get in contact with the shogun's wife. Without her help, this task will be hard and dangerous. However, I believe everything will work out and will be fine.