Back at the Star Gate, William's Little Trouble

Hill understood perfectly well that the Orcs had intended to wait until the Magical Beasts numbered enough to form a beast tide capable of sweeping across the continent before making their move. He had not expected the humans to have such an unusual existence as the God of Nobles.

On the continent of Faerûn, even the chaotic pantheon would be somewhat cautious about doing something that might trigger a racial war. They would wait until they had solid evidence before acting.

Very few Gods would directly stab a former ally in the back just because something felt wrong.

Believing they were doing it for greater personal benefit was more convincing than that.

But Telashir's God of Nobles was probably a classic case of once bitten, twice shy. Any slight disturbance could make him jump.

Hill sighed softly, pulled out his plan, and crossed out every detail of the scheme to exploit the weakness in the God of Nobles' Divine Kingdom and completely destroy the point where it connected to the Love Goddess's Divine Kingdom.

What a pity. He had spent so long calculating before finding that fulcrum!

Liszt had already directed the puppets to pack away everything they intended to take, leaving only Hill's windows, along with the camp's magic arrays and obsidian flooring.

Hill could only handle those matters himself.

After receiving the notice, Hill glanced at the crowd still discussing matters below and directly released a small airship, letting it hover outside the Mage Tower.

After having Martha notify Alice to board the ship with her household puppets first, Hill put the box containing Martha's core into his pendant.

Then he descended directly to the underground level and stored away Liszt's core, leaving behind only the most basic Low-Tier Tower Spirit to keep the Mage Tower running.

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