Although Yale continued training his disciples and improving the Essence Slayer Sword for the next two months, his mood was quite gloomy when he was alone.
Yale had yet to create a method to reach ninth level immortal, and the one he obtained from the criminal he killed wasn't suitable for him, so he was struck out at eighth level immortal without being able to improve even a bit.
The only way to advance would be skipping the level due to external factors like when he advanced to seventh level immortal without wanting to do it, but he knew very well that it was an exceptional case and the chances of something like that happening again were almost inexistent.
Moreover, he had been at the peak of the sixth level immortal at that time, while he hadn't advanced a bit after becoming an eighth level immortal, which made it even more difficult.
After his battle with Awat, Yale also failed to advance any of his elements to a level that the system would show, which only served to increase his frustration.
He wasn't slow at all. It was the opposite, his speed was incredible, but Yale felt that it wasn't enough despite the words of Awat and the chief praising him for his speed.
Even when they told him that their control of time was at the same level as him, Yale didn't feel happy at all.
It didn't matter that his control of time was very high because there were still people stronger than him using the time.
Those who reached the bottleneck were few, but Yale was considering that it wasn't impossible that one of those few might become his enemy one day, and he would be completely powerless.
Moreover, if an enemy of Awat's level didn't have control over the time, Yale felt that escaping was possible, but as long as the other party had a control of time at the same level as Yale, he wouldn't be able to flee, so he would meet the same end as if the opponent had stronger control than him.
Most people in that world wouldn't be able to let Yale in the situations he imagined, but he didn't fear the majority of the people, but the few strong ones that shared the world while standing at its peak.
Although it wasn't easy to interact with people at that level, Yale knew that it was just a matter of time because he didn't believe that the powers of the world would let escape someone like him.
After all, the existing powers didn't like that new powers raised because the new powers could be a threat, so they would probably try to recruit him since he wasn't aligned with others, and since Yale didn't want to become the servant of others, he was sure that there would be conflict.
Of course, he didn't know that Tofesh's country already spread the news that he was under their protection, so he didn't really have to worry about that matter.
Anyway, even if he knew, he wouldn't like to rely on others just to stay safe.
In the Weapon Spirit Tribe, he was just training his crafting skills, and it was the reason he was living there, but the tribe had always been neutral in outside world matters.
If someone tried to enter the tribe to harm Yale, they would retaliate against the intruders, but they never went outside to help someone who trained in the tribe because that was their policy.
Once he managed to improve the Essence Slayer Sword to ninth level immortal, Yale would leave the Weapon Spirit Tribe, and he wouldn't have any help, nor he would seek it.
He wanted to meet Tofesh because they were friends, but he wouldn't ask for protection because a friend that only appeared when he was in need of help wasn't really a friend.
If Tofesh helped him without Yale asking, then he wouldn't say anything, but asking for help would be only his last resource.
In those months, Lar remained at her sword form, she seemed to have difficulties in transforming to her human form, but she didn't look too worried about it, so Yale let her advance at her own pace.
Yale was in a gloomy mood, but Jika and Dan were extremely motivated and trained as much as their bodies allowed them. Yale's battle against Awat turned into extreme motivation for them to the point that Jika tried using a sword in her wolf form, but her size paired with only being able to wield it with the mouth proven that it was impossible for her at the moment.
In fact, although he did it in private instead of on public like Jika, Dan tried the same.
While Yale had been training in the Weapon Spirit Tribe, a new country had risen, which was a very strange occurrence.
There had been a lot of countries that wanted to target that new country when they heard of it, but on the day that they declared themselves a country, something stopped the plans of the others to attack it.
The stability of the country was guaranteed thanks to the events that happened that first day. Events that at that moment, none of the other countries understood.
"Princess, someone requested to visit you. He says that he is an envoy from another country, but he is a ninth level immortal… what can we do?"
That was the day they declared to the rest of the world that they were an independent country, so they had been in alert for anything that could happen, which made the scene quite normal.
However, what wasn't normal was that the one reporting to the princess was a little girl with dog ears, and the princess herself looked very young despite being the highest authority in the country.
It wasn't just those two, all the citizens of the country were little girls with beast ears. They were all beasts that had taken half-beast form, so they true age doesn't match their looks on human standards, but a lot of them could have looked older if they wished yet decided to not.
The reason was that their princess looked like that, and they admired her, which provoked that everyone in the country ended up taking child form permanently.
Originally, except the princess, all the citizens of the country were enslaved beasts that were traded in the country that existed before in the area.
However, one day, the princess was targeted by the people of the country and tried to enslave her, but despite her cute looks, the princess was a seventh level immortal and a really powerful one.
After the failed kidnap attempt, she charged alone to the country, defeating a lot of seventh level immortals and the king, an eighth level immortal.
The country that enjoyed the slavery of young female beasts was erased that day, and all the beasts were rescued. The fact that all beasts were female was because some weird rituals that the country had, which involved the torture and sacrifice of female beasts that had taken half-beast form.
The girl who did it became as famous as Master Liye was, but she didn't appear again until the new country was announced.
No one bothered too much for the disappearance of a country, but it was a different matter when several years later a new country was founded in the same place.
Moreover, the fact that all the citizens of the country were all young girls with beast ears and tail caught a lot of attention, so it wasn't surprising that an envoy appeared the same day. In fact, the princess was expecting that someone would try to attack them, so it was very good that at least the official approach wasn't a threatening one.
The princess killed an eighth level immortal surrounded by an army, so it wasn't surprising that the envoy was a ninth level immortal.
"Let him pass. There is something on that envoy that makes me want to trust him."
The princes felt that she had sensed an aura similar to that of the envoy on something that her big brother had.
The big brother of the princess was someone that no one in the country except the princess had met, but he was officially considered the king since the princess said that he was the only one deserving that title.
From the start, the princess was almost forced to become the ruler of a new country, so she at least secured a spot for her brother. She didn't want that kind of responsibilities, but she felt unable to abandon the girls she saved despite her original intention being just wanting revenge against the guys that tried to kidnap her.
The envoy entered the room as soon as the princess gave the order.
Under the orders of the princess, everyone left the room, leaving only the envoy and the princess on the room.
The difference of power between the princess and the rest of citizens was just too big despite the princess helping them to train in the years they had been together before making the country, so it was completely useless leaving guards with her.
"I am the envoy of the Otref Kingdom and its only prince. I came here to offer you an alliance. You can just skip formalities and call me Tofesh like your big brother does. Nice to meet you, princess Wyba."
