Doomsday Pillars

D-day #475

Twenty-five days before the first tribulation.

All the events with the Heavenly Gate ended with Anas and his two remaining brothers locked up inside the highest security jail in the Bali headquarters. When he received the news of the matter ending, President Rico wanted Alex to carry out the plan immediately. 

However, President Rico was able to stop insisting after a while, because he knew Alex couldn\'t do it right away due to the complications and preparations that needed to be taken into account. He truly understood this and could only be patient while putting his trust in Alex.

The evening of that same day, Alex returned to entertain his 150 guests who came from various parts of the world. A sumptuous banquet was held outdoors, under the starry sky. Apart from giving thanks to each of them for their cooperation and efforts made during the expedition, Alex and the representatives began to discuss their next plan, or rather, what they should do now.

There were only twenty-five days remaining until the first tribulation began. When the countdown hit zero thousands of gargoyles, hellhounds, and critters would come out from each of the thousands of Abyss Holes and swarm the Earth\'s surface, leaving their imprints wherever they went.. 

Hundreds of millions of Abyss creatures would fill the world, both in the sky and on land. When this happened, mankind would no longer be gripped by the threat of the zombies. However, the next biggest threat would come: the gargoyles, who flew with Sky realm level speed and possessed bodies that were immune to non-magic weapons.

This matter made them eager to return to their respective countries immediately, to better prepare their people for this tribulation. But before leaving, they all waited for the information from Alex they had all been waiting for.

Devita stepped forward and went up to the podium which had been set up. She then tapped the microphone several times to get the representatives\' attention away from their talks and food. Seeing everyone staring at her, Devita started talking about the magic raisin that would make them not have to worry about the condition of the food, let alone the logistics.

At the moment, Devita even stated she was willing to give up the magic raisin recipe if the representatives were willing to order a certain amount. The statement shocked all the representatives, because ever since they knew the existence of magic raisins, they always tried to make Alex willing to divulge the recipe. Alas, they were never successful. Now, however, they would be able to earn the recipe if they bought a certain amount.

Alex had discussed with Devita about this. At this moment in time, there really was no need to monopolize such items anymore, the magic raisins will eventually become the future of combat rations, therefore, sooner or later, the recipes will be found. Might as well to spread it when the world needed it the most and make a big profit on top of it. Moreover, the other countries would still take a lot to create the infrastructures to cultivate enough magic raisins.

The next item on sale was the hardened weapon made by craftsmen on Bali Island. Some of the representatives\' eyes lit up when they saw the item\'s stats and price tag. Many had heard about these items before, but for some, like the representative from Spain and France, this was the first time they saw and tested it. With this they could easily and tremendously strengthen the combat ability of their troops at a much more affordable price than the price of similar artifacts sold in the Doomsday Pillars store. 

However, the next items put on sale made everyone\'s eyes sparkle without exception, their gazes were immediately filled with the desire to possess these objects. 

The most awaited one, the new items Alex had shown in the battle inside the Abyss: tier 3 weapon artifacts, tier 2 protective vests and magic scrolls.

Most of the representatives had made business and resources transactions with Devita in the past 6 months. Therefore, they had acknowledged Devita\'s expertise in doing business. On the same day, Devita showed several samples of items for sale and was ready to accept orders. Some representatives immediately used the network access on the pillars to gain the permission and authority from their leaders.

Since the supply was currently limited, Devita decided to sell the items to the highest bidders. The starting prices were 5000 spirit stones for a tier 3 weapon artifact and 3000 spirit stones for a protective vest. Finally, the magic scrolls were each valued at 200 spirit stones. Since all items sold were currently not available in the Doomsday Pillars store and coupled with the fact the time for the tribulation was approaching, all the items painstakingly made by Alex were quickly sold out to the highest bidders. 

All items sold, except the magic raisin, required Alex\'s involvement, because he was the only one who could use Strokes. This was what Devita had been waiting for the past month. It was the reason why she was so supportive of Alex\'s practice, making him not have to worry about the number of spirit stones used for engraving. Now it was the time to reap the maximum profit from the sales.

Whether it was just a feeling, but from a distance Alex was almost sure he saw Devita smiling evilly as her gaze landed on the excited representatives, like a butcher eyeing a bunch of fat pigs ready for slaughter. But maybe it was just Alex\'s tired mind playing tricks.

In no time at all, the hundreds of weapons and thousands of magic scrolls Alex had prepared over the past week were sold out, as if a storm passed by and brought away all the items. And there were many more orders that were accepted by Devita for Alex to work on later.

Seeing the outrageous amount of orders, Alex quickly approached Devita who was still busy accepting orders.

Nudging her arm, Alex then said, "Ehem. Vi… you know I really have a lot of things I need to do, right?"

"Of course, honey." answered Devita while nodding, but her attention was still on the orders.

Seeing that, Alex\'s expression slowly turned weird, he then added, "You see… the president\'s son is in danger. So…"

"Of course you can go, honey."

"Oh, really?" asked Alex with a smile.

"Yeah! After you finish making all of the orders, then you can go" Devita replied calmly, throwing a bucket of cold water on him.

Apparently, neither Cerberus nor Chimera were strong enough to kill him. But his wife probably would succeed soon enough.

The representatives obviously asked about the [Magic Bullets] too, however Alex decided this weapon was currently off limit and will not be sold until he had sufficient supplies for himself and his chosen fighters first.

However, James had another idea on his mind and didn\'t let this happen. He had put a great deal of time and effort into creating the new energy weapons. Therefore, he would not let his work become obsolete because of [Magic Bullets].

Further discussion was opened by President Elizabeth, who was raising the topic of technology exchange, between the US energy weapons and access to [Magic Bullets].

US was the biggest firearm producer, added with their new invention of energy weapons, made Alex open minded about a future collaboration.  The thought about using Strokes not only on firearms but also on war machines like tanks and turrets excite him.

But then again Alex wondered when will he have the time to make all those [magic bullets].

One by one, all representatives wanted to make an agreement with Alex. Finally, the next day, the delegation groups began to return to their respective cities. 

The remaining representatives, apart from representatives from Egypt and Israel, who were waiting for the mission, were representatives from Singapore and China.

One special note was given by Hans representative from Germany, he gave a message from the pope and asked Alex to come visit the vatican at his earliest convenience. Interested about the risen power of the pope Alex accepted the request.

After all of this was over, Alex still had an obligation to his wife. Devita had already informed him about the orders for thousands of artifacts he needed to work on. Before he once again became a slave labor, Alex decided to meet up with the China and Singapore representatives, because it seemed they had something to talk about with him.

At first Alex thought this would be a simple meeting, seeing Christina come from a well-known family in Singapore and even Mr Sidao, the Prime Minister of Singapore who came together with Christina\'s uncle.

But once he read the report made by Cahya about the situation in Singapore, Alex suddenly frowned. When he went inside the room the two sides: China representative Zhao Wei and Christina were already arguing with the Singaporean Prime minister.