Chapter 665. The Empire’s Age of Exploration: Fatima Fatesh’s Strategic Battle
After the potion, Fatima did not immediately start her attack. Instead, she took even more time to prepare. Arcanists are famous throughout the Astral Realm for a few reasons. They inherited a unique Mana Frequency from their predecessors, the Magus Race, granting them magic versatility unlike anything the world has seen. They lived in a highly controlled society dedicated to developing and sharing knowledge. They have secret access to knowledge from other universes.
But one of their greatest abilities is their preparation. It's not uncommon for an Arcanist to lose a battle or fail during an invasion. However, as long as they survive, they can retreat, learn from their mistakes, and prepare a targeted plan for the next time. They have endless knowledge to draw from and can even ask others to help them analyze and plan.
Fatima is careful by nature because she is the last living family member of her daughter, and she does not want something to happen to her. So, she took full advantage of her nature and prepared for another half year before launching the attack.
"Is everything ready?" Fatima asked.
"There are no issues," Khadija answered.
"Then, execute the plan."
As soon as these words left her mouth, things proceeded at an alarming speed, which was what Fatima planned to prevent the God Corpse from noticing and reacting. The Anti-Divination Stupefy Potion was transmuted silently through the air by countless invisible artifacts. Fatima and Kadhija targeted all the surviving shadow beasts and their surrounding hordes.
Before these creatures could react, they felt dizzy and passed out. Then, a golem appeared in their area to teleport them to the Cause and Effect Area of the tower, cutting their connection to the God Corpse. A few creatures with wild instincts or extraordinary senses woke up, but the potion had drastically weakened them.
Khadija did not play around and allocated the most powerful golems on board to finish the job. Then, once the last one was captured, Khadija noticed a terrifying consciousness slowly waking up.
"So, Arcanist Liu Zheng was correct," Fatima muttered. Over the past six months, she tried to find the corpse with no success. Gods are naturally able to hide their information, including from divination. It seems this ability has become even more potent on the corpse. After all, its entire purpose is to hide itself until it evolves into a new being/consciousness.
Fatima looked at this strange creature that was five meters tall, humanoid, with a black body and scales, one horn, and claws emanating the power of shadow. As she glanced at this "ugly" creature, Fatima shook his head. Despite the Empire's disdain for Gods, they had to admit that Gods were almost the perfect creatures.