CHAPTER 91: CHAPTER91-BUILDING THE NEW DALTON TOWN!

Lilith smiled politely.

"Thank you for your warning, elf sir. We’ll be careful."

With that, she led Elarielle and Reize straight toward the shimmering curtain of magic light—drawing countless startled and incredulous gazes in their wake.

"These humans... aren’t they a little too arrogant?"

The elf shook his head helplessly as he watched them leave.

He truly couldn’t understand it.

Even several Supreme God–rank powerhouses were patiently waiting outside,

yet these few young humans dared to charge in recklessly?

Plenty of strong beings from other races had already tried forcing their way in—and not one had come out unscathed.

But he had already given his warning.

If they insisted on trying, he had no reason to stop them.

After all, they were strangers to him.

Before long, their boldness caused a commotion.

"Look at that! Have they gone mad?"

"They’re human? Do they think their bloodline alone will grant them access to an ancient spell formation?"

"Don’t make me laugh, Ror! The last human adventurers who tried it didn’t even leave bodies behind!"

"They don’t look weak though... must belong to some powerful faction. Still, that’s way too reckless!"

"Wait—hold on. Aren’t those people from Dalton Town?"

"That high elf woman looks like one of Dalton’s senior officers, and the human girl she’s guarding... could it be...?"

A few among the Starborn recognized who she likely was and couldn’t help sucking in a sharp breath.

Under the stunned gaze of the entire crowd, Lilith and her companions stopped before the magic barrier.

She didn’t rush in. Instead, she lowered her head and began searching through her spatial bracelet.

She could already tell this barrier was absurdly stubborn—it had rejected everyone so far.

And she wasn’t naïve enough to think that, just because she was human, she could walk right in.

After all, she wasn’t some storybook heroine with divine plot armor.

But... she did have a nearly omnipotent father.

Her storage space was overflowing with treasures—enough to pave every street in Dalton Town!

After the previous "incident," Leo had upgraded her protection package, stocking her with rare artifacts of every imaginable type.

Any one of them, if revealed, would cause a riot among the onlookers.

As Lilith pondered which treasure to use to break the seal—

A sudden change occurred.

The Holy Sword Excalibur leapt from its sheath!

A single arc of golden light sliced across the barrier as effortlessly as silk.

Shrrrip—!

A clean fissure opened—

and under everyone’s dumbfounded stares, the rift expanded into a doorway.

Wait—what!?

That impossibly dense magic formation that had defied so many powerful beings...

just opened like that?!

"Good job, my partner!" Lilith exclaimed with delight, patting the sword’s hilt before stepping boldly through the opening.

Elarielle and Reize followed close behind, their figures swallowed by the ancient ruins.

For a heartbeat, the onlookers were stunned into silence—

and then chaos erupted.

"By the gods, what just happened?!"

"What kind of sword is that? How did it slice through the barrier so easily?!"

"Hurry! The rift hasn’t closed yet—go, go inside!"

Some froze in disbelief,

but others quickly lunged toward the narrowing gap in a frenzy.

By the time they reached it, however, they could only watch helplessly as the last sliver sealed shut.

The barrier was whole again—untouched, impenetrable.

"No! That’s not fair!"

"Why her?! She’s human and so am I!"

"That sword—something’s off about it! It actually cut open the magic barrier?!"

Frustration and envy rippled through the crowd like wildfire.

Dalton Town, World Tree Courtyard.

Leo watched through a screen as Lilith and her team safely entered the ruins.

A faint smile tugged at his lips.

Then he turned his focus elsewhere—

to his next grand project:

Forging a new Dalton Town, worthy of the future!

Closing his eyes, Leo sank his consciousness into the System Store.

Countless exotic materials, gleaming with otherworldly radiance, flowed through his mind.

Last time, he had used Starshine Divine Gold, shocking all who witnessed it.

Now, having ascended to a higher Authority Rank, the resources at his disposal were on an entirely different level.

Before long, his attention fixed on a single material—

Primordial Crystal.

Just a tiny fragment of it was worth more than an entire low-magic plane.

Each crystal pulsed with dense, origin-level energy.

"Perfect. You’ll do nicely."

At his command, endless streams of Primordial Crystal surged from the void, gathering above his outstretched palms.

He pressed his hands together, divine power pouring forth to forge the foundations of the new city.

Even for someone of Leo’s current rank,

melting down Primordial Crystal wasn’t something that could be done instantly.

Within a pocket dimension where he had paused the flow of time,

he labored for dozens of days and nights before the first outline of the new city took shape.

It was exhausting work—but worth every moment.

Looking at the miniature city glowing softly in his palms, Leo nodded with satisfaction.

Then, with deliberate care, he infused it with the countless world laws under his command.

Hummmm—!

Brilliant light exploded from the tiny city.

Even its self-generating defensive wards radiated a pressure strong enough to make Star Gods tremble.

The next instant, Leo appeared beyond the Sakend Plane, in the emptiness of outer space.

With a simple gesture, he drew upon the power of the cosmic root.

A titanic bolt of seven-colored divine lightning arced across the galaxy and struck the floating city squarely.

BOOOOM!

The newborn city shuddered violently,

as if receiving the spark of life itself.

A vast aura surged outward,

announcing to the cosmos the birth of a new world.

But Leo didn’t stop there.

He continued channeling more refined world laws into it.

The new Dalton Town began expanding at a breathtaking pace—

its inner world growing far larger than the current Dalton,

larger even than the entire Sakend Plane itself!

Under his shaping will, the interior transformed rapidly:

Towering elemental spires rose from the ground, each built for deep meditation.

A magnificent Presidential Palace floated at the city’s center, like the throne of a god.

Cascading waterfalls infused with life energy descended from the skies,

forming a holy river that circled the city in radiant loops.

"Mm, now this befits the name of the new Dalton."

Leo admired the finished masterpiece, deeply satisfied.

The city was built—

all it lacked now were its people.

Thinking of that, he sighed lightly.

Aragis, Elarielle, and the others held great potential,

but their current power wasn’t enough to stand firm in this new realm.

It seemed he would once again have to resume his old habit—

scouring the vast Starsea for talents worth recruiting.

Still, there was no need to rush.

Lilith and her companions’ trials were not yet over.

He would wait until they returned safely before setting out.

"I wonder how they’re doing right now..."

His voice faded into the glittering expanse of stars—

and then his figure vanished into the cosmic depths.