Way of the Knights

Chapter 805: Final Prep, Ceremony.

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"Ah geez, I'm so freaking tired." Paul whɨnėd as he collapsed on his chair. 

He pawed on the nearest loaf of bread and unceremoniously threw it in the air, catching it with his mouth and swallowing it in one fell swoop – all while wearing that tired look on his face. 

Next to him, the rest were also present. Even Raven is around. Silently sifting through documents while taking a sip of his tea. 

"There's too much work for us to do." Ellen sighed as she massaged the bridge of nose. "The six of us aren't enough to finish all this."

"Relax guys." Raven said without looking away from the stack of papers in front of him. "Our job is just the initial ȧssessment. I appointed us as Supervisors right? Plus, we're about to hire people to do the heavy lifting for us. Just endure it for a bit more."

"There's still 12 Danger Zone left uninspected." Mark stated, he too was also looking through the documents in front of him. "Every single one of them are the ones that people tend to stay away from. If we want to send people there, we're gonna have to give them something worth it."

"That's true." Anne replied, "But, these 12 Danger Zones are quite profitable as well. I took a trip to one of them before and I've got some good gains from them. Surely we can use that to balance things out yeah? I mean, we wouldn't want to wring the Divine Land dry."

"Well, wringing the Divine Land is no good. However, considering that there are six unlimited energy supplies powering the thing, that'll be hard to do. Still, its in out best interest to be careful." Luna stated. 

All six of them had been busy during the past month. 

The amount of travelling they did would easily trump over the total amount of travelling they did in past. 

They've scoured every corner of the Divine Realm in just a month. Searching and jotting down all the possible threats around. 

In truth, roaming the Divine Realm and discovering all the things they did so far, would take years, if not decades, to do. The Divine Realm is vast, just travelling from one great world to the other would take a long time even with the aid of Spiritual Treasures meant for travelling. 

Amongst the many artifacts that the Dawn Council rightfully owns, one of them is called the: Heavenly Mirror. The other is called the: Any Realm Door. 

The function of these artifacts are simple. The Heavenly Mirror can let them see the Divine Realm as a whole. It even has a search filtering function that makes it easier for them to see what they want to see. 

The Any Realm Door is what they use to travel to said places if needed be. They just need to know the Spatial Coordinates of the place they wanted to be, etch on the door, wait for five seconds, open the door and they will appear at the said coordinates in no time. This treasure can work even under a Spatial Lockdown thanks to Raven's tinkering. 

These two treasures made it easier for them to do their work swifter. It allowed them to appear without any prior warnings and leave without alerting anyone of their presence. The whole month was spent travelling and inspecting the places that needs the council's attention. 

"Right, I say it's about time we start hiring people to expedite the process." Raven said, finally peeling his eyes away from the stack of papers. "Let's decide on how the Mission Board's going to look like first."

"I've nothing much to say other than two things." Paul said, "One it has to look presentable and worthy of the Dawn Council's prestige. Two, the Mission Board should be present in all of our territories, at least one in every world. That way, there won't be a need for people crowd over our gates just to get them." 

"Point taken." Raven nodded to Paul before looking at the rest. "How about you guys?"

"That's unusually smart of you Paul, it's kind of creeping me out honestly." Mark stated as he stared at Paul, causing the others to chuckle. 

"Hey! That's mean!" Paul pouted, "I might be dumb but I did work hard to be a decent heir to my sect. Don't tell me you guys are the only ones allowed to do managerial work?"

"No, of that sorts of course." Raven laughed and comforted Paul, "We're just not used to you having a great idea. We're just a bit shocked okay." 

"True." Ellen agreed, nodding her head. 

"Okay, moving on…" Anne interjected, "Well, it's about the missions itself. How will they appear on the mission board? Are they like…written in paper or scrolls? Or are we going to use something else entirely? You know? Something unique?" 

"I've got an idea for that actually." Luna chimed in, everyone looked at her and waited. "Well, I was thinking that made we can use Raven's seals instead." 

"Oh?" Raven raised a brow, "Interesting, tell us more." 

"Okay, so like…your seals are your thing, yes? And you're the Supreme Leader of the Dawn Council? I just thought that 'Wouldn't it makes sense if we use seals instead? That way, your influence can be seen everywhere. Like a reminder of some sorts.' Plus, we all know how adaptable your seals are, I'm sure you can pack in as many functions as you could on those seals, you know." 

"Wife…you're just giving me more work. How could you…" Raven dramatically clutched his heart upon realizing this. 

Luna just laughed, she didn't even feel a bit apologetic about this, instead she just said: "Come on, Husband. We all know you can do this. It's not like this'll be hard task for you."

Well, indeed it is not. Luna's idea was great actually. It was perfect. 

Raven could easily dish out millions of seals in one swipe of his hand, and that's not even him trying. Of course, she's also right about how convenient Raven's seals are. The fact that, if he wanted to, he can pack as much functions on his seals, changes everything. 

The Mission Seals can contain information about the specific mission one wants, but it's also not limited to that. If Raven wants to, the mission seals can have a tracking function, can send a distress signal, can record its surroundings, can compile information and so on. Sky's the limit. 

"Alright…I guess we can do that. I'll think of something later for the Mission Seals." Raven nodded, he then looked at his friends and asked: "Anything else?"

"Well, you'll surely need help on auditing so I volunteer for the work." Anne stated, "Just give me a rough draft of what the Exchange Rates are for the Merit Points as well as a general list of all available resources at the Divine Land."

"Will do, thanks Anne." Raven appreciated that. 

"I'll finish creating the Secret Realms and Environments. Give me at least three days and that should be done." Ellen added. 

"I'll be at the Heavenly Mirror. You won't mind me abusing it to search for people to get rid off, yeah?" Mark asked. He's referring to the famous criminals of the Divine Realm of course. 

"Oh please, feel free to do so." Raven nodded enthusiastically. 

"Are the invitations ready for the meet? I'm ready to hand them personally anytime." Paul offered. 

"They'll be done in about…four hours." Raven replied. 

"Alright cool. You know where to find me."

"Well, there's not much for me to do." Luna miffed, "Ah! How about I help you design what the Mission Board will look like?" 

"Mn! Sounds great. I'm not big on aesthetics anyways." Raven nodded.

"Alright, it's settled then." Luna clapped excitedly. 

"Okay, so that's basically it for this meeting. But I'd like to inform everyone about one last thing." Raven looked at each of them briefly before stating. "I'll be officially inheriting the position of the Sect Master by the end of the week." 

The rest looked at Raven, their expressions brightening up as they congratulated him. 

Raven smiled and said: "Thank you. I'm excited but that also means that I'll need to wrap-up the initial work here before I return there. I'd have to trouble the rest of you to hasten the preparations since I plan on going all out on that day." 

"Don't worry, Bro. We'll do what we can. It's about time you sit on that spot anyways." Paul grinned at him. 

"Thank you." Raven nodded, "Spare me some time and attend, yeah? I would love to see you there." 

"Pfft. As if we're going to miss something like that. Of course we'll attend! Right, everyone?" Ellen asked. 

The rest just nodded. Raven chuckled and felt warm. He looked at them and said: 

"Thank you. We've been through a lot people. We're nearly there. Just endure this with me for a little bit more. We're at the final stretch. After that, we can go home."

"Home." 

Everyone echoed the sentiment and felt their hearts surged with emotions. 

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