After thinking for a while, Luke had an idea that would give him the chance to gain some extra time. He decided to go back to Earth and then find a way to bring that other fortress to the dark elves’ world. While that will put a stop to his parent’s search for survivors, it would make them safe. It also would bring some noisy and troublesome individuals to that planet, but Luke will have to deal with it. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

"It will take a few days to make that fortress reach the requirements necessary to find this planet," Aivern said. "You will save a lot of time if you use her powers."

Aivern was looking at Shalia... He had a point. Even if he ignores his mother’s wishes of not sacrificing his pets or summoning more of them to suffer the same fate, it will take a while for that. Not to mention, he could use the other fortress to make Frank go on a goose chase.

"That is probably for the best, you can’t split your focus into two places," Rina said.

Luke wondered if Frank could already teleport to the dark elves’ world. Given the time and knowledge that he had access to, it was very likely. Still, once again, Luke saw himself without any other option. He was getting kind of tired of feeling that way so often.

"Leaving Earth? Can we do that? Is it that simple?" Julia asked.

"Hmm, I wonder If everyone will want to come..." Mark asked while rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "You are in a war against the overlords of that world, right? Many people will think that facing a single human will be a lot better than facing super-powered aliens."

Luke also considered that, that he might be putting his parents in more danger, but if something happens, he will have the chance to protect them. As long as they are in a place, he could see... Luke and Shalia began to transfer everyone to the dark elves’ world without wasting any time. Some people didn’t like the idea, but they changed their minds about staying after hearing that they would have to leave the fortress. It was the safest place they had been in half a year, after all.

"It seems we are finally going to see some action..." Celia said.

"What about your work in the elves’ world?" Luke asked.

"Things are too peaceful there, thanks to the Archer elves, we even managed to drive some overlords away in the past month," Celia said.

"That is pretty impressive..." Luke said while nodding.

"I thought you did all that back them hoping that they would achieve that much by themselves one day," Celia said.

"Yes, I did it," Luke said and then shrugged. "But I never thought that they would pull that off."

"Have some faith in my people..." Rina said and then sighed.

Luke decided to explain the situation to everyone and what they were going to do to solve things as fast as possible. He actually didn’t have a concrete plan, so he made one while he was talking with them. The humans will have to fight alongside the dark elves, and while they didn’t like that idea as well, Luke explained them as his power as their overlord. They couldn’t go against his orders, and they had no reason to since they obtained power thanks to that. They were very much satisfied with the current situation since Luke didn’t force them to do anything else aside from what they were doing from the very beginning. Weirdly enough, some humans got interested in becoming his followers as well. The guys who decided that had either seen Luke fight and knew how strong he was, or his actions had directly helped them.

"What are the requirements to become an overlord aside from having a red crystal?" Richter asked.

"You don’t need a red crystal, you just need to make people swear total loyalty toward you," Luke said. "After that, to make them stronger, you should buy the overlord skills. They cost two million each."

"Two million..." Richter said in shock.

"You aren’t going to change your mind and force them to do anything weird, right Luke?" Julia asked.

"Ouch, that hurts, mom," Luke said. "Have faith in the son you raised."

"You are right, sorry about that," Julia said

"I take it that skill works on the tamed monsters... They had gotten a lot stronger suddenly a few days ago," Mark said. "Are you going to use the skeletons as well to strengthen the defenses of those camps?"

"No, the skeletons will work on clearing the monsters of another place," Luke replied.

Luke began to split the humans without wasting time after he accepted the extra followers. They began to spread the word about how much their parameters increased, but some began to think that Luke was just manipulating them. Still, those who had Appraisal confirmed that it was true.

Since Luke was taking care of everything, his parents saw themselves without much to do. His friends also looked troubled due to their free time. Still, Luke had some work for them to do... Once they finished splitting the humans into the dark elves’ camps, they headed toward the east coast of the continent, the place where the sahuagins were.

"Is it just me, or have they finally decided to expand their territory outside the ocean?" Luke asked.

"... They were supposed to do that eventually," Aivern said while frowning, which was rare. "They are doing this a bit sooner than usual."

"Is it a response to my recent actions?" Luke asked.

"It might be... the overlords retreating after Drork’s defeat is likely the main reason for that," Aivern said. "She has one of the largest armies among the overlords and that is why she is trying to invade many planets at once. I suppose she decided to focus her attention on this world for the time being."

The overlords were probably trying to force Luke to make a mistake somewhere. It was the only explanation as to why they would rely on the army of a single one of them instead of coming to face and thrash him all at once.

"Can I count on you to lead this group and slow down the advance of the sahuagins, Dad?" Luke asked. "I will be moving around to increase the number of skeletons in preparation for the real attack of the overlords."