Standing atop Gengxin City's walls, Mo Lin looked over the peaceful city below and let out a sigh.
"After all, I spent a lot of time building this place up. Once the fighting starts, if too much of it gets caught in the crossfire... Hmm... It looks like I'll have to shift our focus toward city defenses."
Two hours later, Mo Lin gathered all the elders of Grace Hall in the meeting room, humans and soul beasts alike, and specifically summoned Lou Gao as well.
Mo Lin laid out the priorities for the future: resources would be directed toward city defenses and military construction, while the magical artifacts produced by the Craftsmen Association would begin to be issued to the city's defensive forces.
The moment they heard those two points, the elders understood. War was about to arrive.
And because of the Heaven Dou Empire's split, the coming war would no longer be confined to the borders of the Star Luo Empire. It was bound to spread across the entire continent.
The soul master elders all knew that, given the state of the continent in recent years, war was unavoidable. Perhaps they had once hesitated and harbored doubts; at their age, they truly did not wish to be drawn into conflict.
But with the Heaven Dou Empire's division, their remaining hesitation completely vanished. Rather than passively endure attacks, they might as well prepare early and set their war machine in motion.
The soul beasts did not understand why this war had to be fought, but that was unimportant. Having been thoroughly won over, they would strictly carry out Mo Lin's orders. Besides, they were combative by nature.
After giving some instructions and assigning tasks, Mo Lin declared the meeting over.
Yet while almost every human and soul beast left the