Well, as the saying goes, after the rain comes the sunshine—but that "sunshine" had taken three full days to show up. Cliff had hoped to wait out the rain before heading to the forge, but by the second day, he had no choice but to give up.
Now it was the third day of nonstop rain, and he had already ordered the barrier to be reinforced. The city had collected more water than it would ever need.
Thanks to that, everyone was finally able to resume the activities that had been halted by the sudden downpour. It was also thanks to that break that Seth had managed to gather all the soldiers present in the city to speak to them about the matter of the essence stones.
The soldiers were now split into two groups—those who wanted immediate evolution, and those who preferred to wait and settle for a constant-class demon essence stone.
Even Cliff had been surprised by the sly strategy Seth had used to convince them to go for the non-awakened stones.
