TOP SECRET: Adventures in the Dark Continent

The years went by slowly ...

Liu Yang, Alwine, June, Fantina, and the beasts have been within the challenge for almost ten years. They did not know the things that were happening outside of the challenge.

If they could see what was happening to dryads, they were surprised and happy.

For some reason, dryads were returning to normal one by one. But very slowly.

When the first dryad had the curse lifted and was purified. She screamed with joy before visiting the empress, and there was also Rhexia and the nine children.

The appearance of a dryad without the curse shocked the two women, but after hearing that she lost the curse.

The thought that Liu Yang was doing his part of the deal made them very happy, but they didn't know how long it would take.

Fortunately, the dryads without the curse helped the empress to keep the tree green longer. They could also put their powers to increase the empress's power.

Thus, the empress managed to hold out for much longer than just the initial five years.

Their wait for Liu Yang to complete part of the deal could happen.

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At the same time…

As time passed for dryads, the city being built by the most influential groups was also happening.

The city was completed after a year of construction.

All the nearby towns were bustled because of the new city and because there was a mithril mine at the site. Thus, tens of millions of people traveled to the new city like ants.

In less than a week, the city was already with several tens of millions of people wanting to mine and buy a good property.

Unfortunately, the city had already been divided among the most powerful groups in the Wild Region. If someone wanted a property, that person would need to rent it from someone.

The most surprising thing was that the city government was being managed by a group of women because the real one in the city was their man. This made many men and women very envious and jealous.

Because each of the women was extremely beautiful and seductive, some of them were so beautiful that they could cause a kingdom to fall. The most incredible thing was that they all belonged to the same man.

The women were jealous of the other women because they managed to have such a rich and powerful man who could be the governor of a giant city. This was something that many of them wanted but failed to have.

Because beauty can bring disaster, many arrogant young masters from these powerful Wild Region families coveted each woman, but it was difficult to get them. Or rather, almost impossible.

Each was heavily protected by powerful guards.

Liu Yang made those families protect his women. That was in the signed contract.

In exchange for protecting them, they would receive some benefits such as having the best locations to mine. That alone was enough to activate everyone's greed.

Sending guards to protect a group of women, who were also extremely powerful, was easy to do. They just sent people to protect women from afar.

The only problem was the members of their families, they know that the moment these young men look at women, they will want to take some women. Which made it very problematic.

Thus, everyone was warned, no matter their status within the family. Anyone who caused trouble for any of these women would be punished severely because they were on the contract.

Liu Yang used wealth to attract these people and prevent this type of thing from happening.

The Wild Region had countless beautiful women who can cause a kingdom to fall, so why attract problems because of some who already have a man? It was easier to make money than to have problems because of women.

Despite this, there were many problems. Fortunately, each was strong enough to handle situations. Unfortunately, some of them died because they would rather die than be touched by another man.

Many young people were punished with death because the system was activated and killed many of them.

The most protected people were Liu Yang's wives and lovers like Lida, the three Valkyries, Zily, her three daughters, and many other women. As they already had influence and power within their kingdoms, soldiers protected them.

In the case of Clasha and the women in her group, they had the power to protect themselves.

Liu Yang's mansion had enough space for all women to live well. So there were no complaints about that.

The only thing they missed was Liu Yang because he was absent for almost ten years. And it was still absent.

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Returning to dryad territory ...

Looking at the current location after almost ten years, everything looked different.

Before the place was dead and without any kind of green life and the cursed dryads wandered around the place aimlessly. Now, the place has completely changed and was full of life with green trees, tall grass, and many other things that illuminate the place.

Unfortunately, there were still some dark places along with some cursed dryads, which means the curse has still been removed completely.

But for some reason, there were no cursed creatures other than dryads. Which was very strange.

At the location of the giant tree, the empress did not need to try as hard as before because the dryads were together supporting her with their powers.

Looking at the tree it was possible to see that it was not covered by the darkness as before, only a few parts were and many parts were already green and full of life.

Rheixa was in a corner supporting the empress along with nine children beside her, each one was similar, they were laughing happily as they tried to help the empress with their few powers.

Each of them was already at level 201, so they could do something, even if a bit.

From time to time, Rhexia looked at the nine children with loving looks. The children grew up, but Liu Yang did not see that process. That was very sad.

Rhexia felt happiness and sadness at the same time, as she saw that Liu Yang was still alive because dryads were still having the curse purified. This shows that he continued to do his job. And sad because she doesn't know how long it will last.

The only thing that kept her optimistic was that the number of cursed dryads was almost running out, less than ten to go.

So it was almost time for him to leave.

But it was not that simple.

A few months later, the last dryad was purified, but Liu Yang did not leave. It shows that something was going on, but no one knew what it was.

Rhexia was getting more anxious every day because her man hasn't left yet.

That wait lasted a few more months. When time turned ten full years old.