Lucas shook his head. It seemed he had still underestimated how difficult this would be. His earlier arrangement of catching mice for experiments clearly could not meet his experimental requirements.
It seemed he would have to take a longer view and find a mountain range. He would gather most of the mice on this continent there, then build a laboratory to conduct his experiments.
Several days passed, but Lucas still made little progress with his soul inscription experiments. That day, however, he received a message from his student Aurora. They had already found about eight hundred thousand humans and were preparing to return!
Lucas was quite happy to hear this news, which dispelled some of the gloom from his unsuccessful soul inscription experiments over the past few days. When the nine of them, along with Eric and Benny, had gone to search for humans in scattered tribes, Lucas had made them a promise. Anyone they brought back would become their own residents, and he would grant them the right to rule those newly built cities.
Lucas clearly did not care who ruled these human residents, as long as they believed in him.
A month passed. Thanks to the Interspatial Rings Lucas had bestowed on them, they successfully brought the tribespeople to the territories he had chosen for them. Just as Lucas had done when he first established his city, they began building their own cities.
That day, while Lucas was busy experimenting with inscribing souls on Soul-Calming Talismans, he received notice of a visit from Talya, the God of Life who had previously given him Fruits of Life.
Lucas had no choice but to set aside his experiments. His Earth Divine Clone also emerged from seclusion and came to his Saint Domain True Body. He put away his Saint Domain