Nasir couldn't wrap his head around what was going on with the twins' heads. 'Did they hate themselves to the point of killing each other?' he thought. After giving it a deeper thought, he shook his head. 'Their previous actions show how much they love each other.' The more he thought about it the more confused he got.

"Don't think about it. We will find out soon." Nasir heard Justin's voice inside his head.

"How do you do it?"

"Do what?"

Nasir rolled his eyes and looked at him and snorted. If you're not going to tell me, then don't pretend.

Ah!

A escaped from the twins mouth as they both fainted on the ground. Seeing this, Nasir looked at Justin with a wry smile.

"What sort of twins are they?" He asked but he wasn't expecting any response from him.

Justin concentrated his gaze on the twins and discovered they had overused their power, forcing them to lose consciousness.

"When they wake up, call me?" With that, Justin left the conference room. He had a lot to learn and he couldn't waste his precious time on some insignificant quarrels.

Arriving inside his room, he took his note and began to study in earnest. The discovery of soul stones made him thirst for more knowledge.

Lost in the study of array formation, time wisps by slowly. In a couple of hours, a series of cheats of paper littered around with various drawings of formations.

"So basic formation rank from rank 1 - 9.." He muttered in a daze as his brain was working at the speed of light.

"What I created previously is a rank 1 basic formation but the new one is a rank 2 basic formation.." He creased his brow and rubbed his temple.

"That's for ordinary basic rank 2 defense formation. I haven't tried another formation.."

"I think it is time to study other formations.. I must be proficient in other formations to level up to rank 3"

"But we don't have enough materials.." He mused for a couple of moments and stood with a determined gaze.

"Your Majesty.." Chloe's voice came from outside.

"Are we ready to move?" He turned to look at her.

"Yes.." she nodded.

"How're the repairs"

"We need metal and steel to make a full repair."

"Do you know where we could get them.. and ore for forging?"

At once, she brought a map forward and showed some blue spots on the map. "We can get all the necessary metal ore and others in this area."

"Good." He nodded with a slight smile on his face. "Have you shown the spot to the control team?"

"Yes.. they are only waiting for your order."

"You can depart according to the map at full speed." Those inside the control room heard Justin's voice inside their head.

Creak!

The ark shook back and forth as it came to life and departed slowly. Multiple sighs of relief echoed from various cars as they watched the ark departing from the tunnel. The previous gruesome battle with the goblins left a bad memory inside the tunnel and the people couldn't wait to leave.

Seeing Chloe still standing, he asked. "Is there anything else?"

"Yes.. your presence is needed in the conference room."

"Right.. I need to check on the twins." He nodded. "Lead the way"

Inside the conference, Nasir and the twins stood at one side while Susan and Kira stood at the other side. Noticing the arrival of Justin, everyone inside the conference room stood and gave a bow.

"Sit." He commanded. He turned and looked at the pale twins and said. "Waiting for me outside."

At once, Nasir and the twins left the conference. Afterward, he turned to Susan and Kira. "Shoot"

"William and their group wanted to join the working class for contribution points," Susan said.

"They are free to join," Justin answered with a confused gaze. Why did they ask him such an insignificant thing?

"They wanted to join the defense team"

"And so..?" He creased his brow. Although he understands why she came to ask, those things are meaningless to him. All the Royals can be on the same side for all he cares. As long as they don't cause any problems on the ark, everything is good with him.

Seeing his uncaring behavior, the ladies looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. Maybe we've overthought it. The duo thought.

"Nothing," Susan responded.

"There are more important things than some useless ego or whatnot," Justin said with a stern voice.

"You know what you're supposed to be doing. Why are you wasting your time doing nothing?"

"I–"

"I know what you have been doing and that's nothing. Those people could manage without your presence.."

"I give you three days to come up with satisfactory results or else you're going back to the elite section and you will work in the kitchen or whatnot." He snapped.

Kira's mouth was ajar. She stared at Justin as her brain couldn't process what she just heard. After a couple of seconds, it dawned on her when she saw the seriousness on his face.

She wanted to question him but held back as she knew it was not the moment to question him.

As if noticing the doubt in her heart. "You think I'm being unreasonable, right?"

Kira didn't respond but the look on her face says it all. Meanwhile, Susan held her breath and watched the scene unfold between the two.

"Susan's job was to handle the contribution points, right?" He asked with a knowing smile. "What is your job?"

Hearing this, Susan raised the corner of her brow and thought for a moment before she looked at the dumbfounded Kira.

That was the truth since she joined the camp. She didn't have a specific job. She only assisted people when they were short of hands. Thinking of this, she lowered her head.

"I'm not saying this to look down or punish because you aid the royals. If you think like that.. you look down on me."

"I never think of such a thing," Kira shouted as tears gathered at the corner of her eyes.

"If you're going to be with me. You must learn to lead and stand close to me." Justin said seriously. "Leadership comes with power and power comes with responsibility... I don't know if I'm right."

"But that's how I understood it. The three of us are linked by soul and it is not just for communicating and sharing soul power. It comes with responsibilities and if you fail in that responsibility, I won't hesitate to cut you off." He said without any ounce of pretense.

"I'm not talking to only Kira. I'm talking to you as well." He fixed his gaze on Susan.

The ladies didn't know what to say and could only lower their heads.

"I believe Kira would have told you about the book of knowledge, right?"

Susan and Kira looked at each other and saw the surprise on each other's faces. How did he know? They shouted in their mind. Since they communicate through the soul link. Left with no choice, Susan nodded.

"Good. That makes it easier."

Easier!

Susan raised her head and looked at Justin not knowing what he wanted to say. But her instinct was telling her it was not something she was going to like.

"Which one are you going to ?" He asked, leaving no room for argument.

Susan knew she wasn't going to like it. She had taken a break from studying and from what she learned from Kira this was a lot more voluminous than their normal studying. She let out a sigh of dejected look and said slowly.

"Inscription."

"Good. Join Chloe and start the study immediately."

"How's the new contribution system? Are you almost done?"

"Yes. In the next couple of hours, everyone on the ark would register on the system." Susan responded with a hint of pride.

"Good. Good. Kira, you will be the head of the kitchen department from now on."historical

"Kitchen!" She cried.

"You don't like it, would you prefer health and sanitation?" He asked with an evil smile.

"No. No." She shook and waved her hand quickly. "I love the kitchen the best," she responded quickly.

"I thought so." He snorted. "If nothing else.. you can leave."

The two ladies stood up dejected and left the conference room with unsightly expressions. What they came for means nothing to the king and they received what they didn't bargain for.

"We should have come?"Kira whispered in annoyance.

"Agree," Susan responded.

Seeing the unsightly look of the duo, Nasir panicked. He heard the furious shout of Kira and this gave him goosebumps. Furthermore, the twins were already trembling from seeing two powerful people coming out with such expressions.

'The king is too scary.' They shouted in their mind. "We don't want to meet the king again" they whispered.

"You can come in now." Nasir and the twins have Justin's voice in their heads.

Huh!

The twins froze on the spot as they stared at the entrance with blood draining from their faces. Their hearts were racing and their hands trembling.

"Let go." Nasir's voice woke the twins from their stupor.

Left with no choice, the twins dragged their heavy feet inside the conference room without raising their heads.

"I noticed there is a slight misunderstanding between you two.." Justin said casually.

The twins nodded as they didn't dare hide the truth from him.

"I don't care what your misunderstanding is. Everything ends now." He said, leaving no room for argument. "As of today, you will be the Silver Soldiers. Under my direct order."

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