RISE OF EROS

Putting aside Gaston, Canna, and Erick's thoughts about how surprising Candice is for enchanting Andrew who is a candidate for god Eros, the meeting continued once it had been decided to go to Star City.

This was not something to take lightly, not only due to the fact that this city was dangerous but the path to it was not smooth either. They had to pass the yellow desert ruled by the barbarians, who were not only one of the physically strongest races but were excellent horsemen and dangerous plunderers.

Simply put, encountering barbarians in the yellow desert is very unlucky but normal. Fortunately, they are not bloodthirsty, so as long as you don't resist, they will just steal your belongings and let you go.

However, make no mistake, if you confront them, you will quickly understand why their race is so feared. In appearance they are not very different from humans, they are just a little larger and more muscular, but in terms of combat their history is different.

Any barbarian, man, woman, or child is a born warrior. Their combat and riding skills seem to be carried in their blood because instinctively, they know how to do these activities, and that gives them a great advantage over humans.

Each race has its innate qualities, the elves with archery, the beastmen with their physical benefits depending on their ethnicities, the humans their capacity for reproduction and adaptation, and that of the barbarians, it seems that hand-to-hand fighting and horse riding.

The barbarians were not the only danger on the road to Star City. The Yellow Desert is also plagued by some annoying and dangerous creatures, such as the earthworm, sand scorpions, and birds of prey.

These beasts are the best known and most infamous of the yellow desert, as they have left a long list of corpses in this place over the years. In fact, it is said that only barbarians are allowed to live in the desert, as they are the only ones capable of coexisting with these creatures.

Don't be fooled, it's not that the barbarians can control them, but that they are capable of surviving in the desert with them. There have been times when human and beastmen colonies were established in the desert, due to many circumstances, and they were always annihilated by one of these 3 monsters.

No one except the barbarians knows why these monsters destroy any non-barbarian civilization in the Yellow Desert. With these dangers present, Andrew and his companions had to be very careful or they could lose their lives.

They spent the entire day planning the trip. In the end, they decided to travel light and only Andrew, Oliver and Castor would travel to Star City. Although it was dangerous for the two most powerful experts of the Heavenly Palace to be absent, there was no other option.

First of all, Andrew is forced to travel, since he cannot teleport to a place other than his temple. So he must go to Star City in person and establish a Heavenly Palace there.

Since the path is full of dangers, he must be protected, and who better than the two most powerful experts at his disposal? Normally, Castor would stay to take care of the Heavenly Palace, but this time Oliver was against it.

According to Oliver's words, Castor needed to explore the world and face dangers or his strength would not improve. Andrew didn't quite understand what he was saying, but he figured it was what ancient times meant going through trials and tribulations, so he allowed it.

In this way, the protection of the Heavenly Palaces and other businesses of Andrew and his wives were left in the hands of Erick, Vala, and the 5 experts who used to work for Oslo and Vocgo.

Andrew was not worried, because, with the whole situation with the abysmal, he was sure that no one would dare make foolish moves within the capital cities where he operated.

All the governments on the continent were a little paranoid and any fool who showed up would suffer their wrath, so Andrew was calm. Furthermore, his wives still retained the ability to control the Heavenly Palaces, so they were safe.

At first, Andrew believed that they could only do that because they were pregnant, but Andrew had misunderstood. His wives did not gain control over the Heavenly Palaces, because they were pregnant per se.

It turns out that by being pregnant with Andrew's child the baby immediately becomes a future god, so the system protects him and that is why it gives the mother the ability to protect the future god.

The children are still young and cannot take care of themselves, so the system still considers that their mothers must protect them, so they continue to have control of the Heavenly Palaces to protect the children.

Obviously, this is not indefinite. In fact, Fluffy had already told Andrew that when his children turned 10 this defense system would be lost immediately.

Andrew will continue to have control over the Heavenly Palaces, as they are his temples, but his wives will no longer be able to do so. Unless they get pregnant again, which at the moment there are no plans to do.

With all this organized, they finished the meeting and headed to make the last adjustments before leaving. Time was short and that's why Andrew wanted to leave as soon as possible.

Oliver went out to buy wind horses, which are more convenient to use in places like the desert since these are the same horses that the barbarians use.

They're big, fast, and strong, not to mention they specialize in running on sand as if it were dry land, so they're ideal for this trip. They are expensive but worth it, so Oliver bought 3 of the best specimens he found and took them back to Dunnas Palace.

While Andrew and the others were running around with their preparations, the joint army of experts from the continent was gathering in Vacilea. There were nearly 1 million experts from all races and countries on the continent.

There were 10 demigods of incomparable strength on a platform in front of all the other experts. These 10 were by far the most powerful in the army, even though they were not the only demigods, they were on a different level.

They were all of different races. There was a light-skinned and a dark-skinned elf elder. Just like humans have different skin tones, elves are similar, but they are more based on their racial qualities.

Light elves are specialists in archery, like all elves, but also in light magic, while dark elves are the opposite, specialists in archery and dark and stealth magic.

There are many other types of elves, but they are not present at the moment, so there is no need to mention them. Despite how opposite these two elves seem, they are not enemies or anything like that, at the end of the day they all belong to the elven race.

Among these 10 there is also a robust old man with toned muscles but of short stature. He was obviously a dwarf, but don't let his short height fool you, the power he exuded is no less than any of those present.

There was also a sturdy old man about 2 meters tall, with bulging muscles and if it weren't for his white beard, no one could deny that the man looked like he was 20 years old, he was a barbaric demigod.

Next to them was a demon dressed in black with a pair of horns on its head. Beside him was an extremely beautiful woman with a pair of bat wings on her back and a fine heart-tipped tail.

This woman is the embodiment of lust, a succubus. Both the demon and the succubus seemed the youngest, but this is just one of the characteristics of demons.

They are similar to elves, they have long longevity, but unlike elves who only age more slowly, devils and demon succubi never really age after reaching 25 years old, they are similar to vampires.

They have eternal youth. This does not mean that they will not die of old age, but rather that they will not age, but their life expectancy is similar to that of elves. Following the demons was a human.

This one seemed to be the oldest of all, but he also gave the impression of being the most powerful. Next was the expert of the beastmen race. He was an athletic man despite his advanced age with a wolf's tail and ears.

At the end of the line were two elderly women with small wing-shaped ears and a pair of wings on their backs. They were feathered and white like angels. The women, despite their wrinkles, could be seen how beautiful they were, these are the demigoddesses of the winged race.

With this great lineup of generals, the continent's army was ready to leave. Each of the elders on the platform said a few words of motivation and then they proceeded to board the ships to go to the lost continent.

Experts of this level could fly to the lost continent without any inconvenience, but they would get too tired before the battle, so they decided to use ships.

The beginning of the millennia-old battle was about to begin and everyone was waiting for the result. Meanwhile, Andrew had started his journey and was currently touring the kingdom of Dunnas with Oliver and Castor, with the aim of reaching the yellow desert.