Newgate was a port city in Samaria that was known as one of the largest ports in the lower realm. It was also the best place to board a ship and travel to Zoa.
Currently, the city was even busier than usual as everyone was trying to board the ships and leave for Aegis kingdom.
The Imperial game was about to start and this time the location was Aegis kingdom, Navaren continent.
They were the hosts and everyone, be it participants or viewers, were trying to go there, and as Zoa was the continent between Navaren and Azurel they were all trying to board the ship.
Meanwhile, in the quiet VIP room in the city's best restaurant set three exquisite figures.
"When is our ship's departure time?" Asked a clear and melodious voice.
"Tomorrow 6 am." Answered a deep and pleasant voice.
"What about Samael?" Asked the third voice.
"He will be here tonight." Answered the first voice.
You guessed it correctly. The three in the VIP room were Morana, Luka, and Ioannes. 5 years ago Luka reached some kind of agreement with Morana and joined the group on their trip. After leaving Samael to absorb dark mana in the dream city, Morana and the duo left the realm to gain more experience.
Of course, as its master, Morana could enter it any time she wished.
Back then Morana decided to change back to her female appearance and started her endeavors to become stronger and complete different missions and currently her status looked like this.
'Status'
[NAME: Morana Apolline de Laval
AGE: 9
GENDER: female
RACE: DEMIGODDESS
LEVEL: 75
HP: 12 540 000/12 540 000
MP: 20 740 000/20 740 000
STR: 12 500
VIT: 15 000
INT: 65 000
AGI:17 700
DEX: 14 000
DEF: 11 000
LUK: 1 879
Attribute points: 35 800
System points: 3 145 000
Platinum ticket: 0
Profession:
Assassin, Mage, Witch, Adventurer A-Ranker, Inventor, Seer, Tamer, Necromancer, Businesswoman.
Magical cultivation: Ultimate fate ruler cultivation part 2 "lucky star"
Affinity:
knowledge: 100% (Middle-Earth rank)
Fire: 100% (peak-Earth rank)
Witchcraft: 100% (peak-Earth rank)
Space: 100% (peak-Earth rank)
Seer: 100% (Middle-Earth rank)
Necromancy: 100% (Peak-Earth rank)
Contract affinity:
Ice: 93% (Yellow)
DESCRIPTION:
One gold one green eye, short and wavy red hair, 163cm, fair white skin.]
Morana wasn't the only one that changed some of the system's features have as well. Like the Description part and many more, you'll see in the future.
The trio dined in peace and made comments on rare occasions. It should have been awkward, but instead looked very peaceful and harmonious. They were used to each other's habits after 5 years and had good coordination, so the mannerisms didn't look awkward but just right.
In the past five years, Morana's strength wasn't the only thing that got a boost, her fame did as well. After leaving the dream city she started various businesses and made a name under 'Mad Hatter'. Her inventions and technology were everywhere in Azurel and even gained fame on different continents.
It was safe to say that she was the richest person in the lower realm and Mad Hatter's shops were everywhere. No one knew her real identity but it didn't hinder people from guessing and speculating about it. Bars, cafes, streets, slums, or even weekly aunty gatherings were filled with talks about her.
Of course, this didn't mean she had no opposition, especially from the current powerhouses. While some loved her inventions and even started or tried to make connections with her, others saw her as an obstacle, but their dissatisfaction wasn't something Morana cared about.
This time she was planning to use imperial games to finally show her appearance as the Mad Hatter.
After Morana retired to her bedroom she quickly checked the place for prying eyes and then entered the dream city.
"Welcome back." Greeted Acheron when he saw Morana appear in his study.
Five years ago, after sending her brother and other members of the group out of the dream city, Morana suddenly took off her gender-changing ring and managed to surprise everyone.
After being hit by reality they finally managed to accept the situation, but Samael who was absorbing the dark mana this whole time still didn't know about her real gender yet.
Morana stayed with Acheron as she enjoyed different pastries served on the table. Naturally, they were products of her research and rare delicacies.
After waiting for about an hour, Morana felt that Samael was done absorbing the mana and stood up to meet him.
She and Acheron both suddenly disappeared from the study and instead appeared somewhere deserted.
Thousands of years of poisoning from dark mana surely did a number on the realm. Now Most of it looked like a barren land.
With the duo, another person also suddenly appeared.
"Dandan what's the situation?" Asked Morana after seeing the newcomer.
"Master, around 90%of the realm is cleared from dark mana. Are you planning to close the door where its source is coming from?" Asked Dandan
"No, If we do that they will know something is wrong and we might not be able to handle what they'll throw at us next. It's better to let them think everything is going as planned. I will isolate the place where dark mana is left and Samael will absorb it from time to time and you two need to start restoring the damaged space."
"I already finished with the plan, but we still require lots of things. The realm also needs time before it can restore the cosmic mana it lost during all these years." Said Acheron.
"It will take a very long time before I can recover." Said Dandan.
"How long?" Asked Morana with furrowed brows.
"To restore 5% of the realm to its previous state about 10 000 years." Said Dandan.
Both Morana and Acheron couldn't help but frown even harder after hearing his answer.
"Is there no other way?' Asked Morana.
"We could use different artifacts to minimize time, but they are very rare and it still depends on the quality and type of the artifacts. Not everything can be used. Moreover, even the 20% that wasn't contaminated by the dark mana isn't in its previous state; we also need to restore that. Where should we start first?" Mora Dandan spoke the worse Morana felt, but the poor spirit just continued his rants not realizing the situation.