Evan was also sure that Seith woulddefinitelybe on ground for Tarse to support Deram. Kethryllia might also be there too.

As such, Evan wanted to begin reducing the number of available forces that they could employ before their plans for Tarse kicked off.

Xolgren Agriker had initiated the 'Wild Card Protocol', to summon unknown demons from other Worlds under Gozon's control—Demons Evan wasn't supposed to have any information about.

Because of that, Evan decided to pull this off to reduce the damage Aidos would take from that.

Evan had used the War with Wolfen last year to keep the continent from noticing the fact that he had gathered powerful Living Legends and Sovereigns from across.

"Aren't you tired, Evan? From all this planning, running around across the Continent and all.

You've been so busy you don't even level up as fast as you used to anymore."

Hearing Laurene's question, Evan turned towards her and saw nothing but genuine concern in her eyes.

A small chuckle escaped his lips as he looked at the sun high up in the sky and spoke.

"Tired, huh? Of course, I am. Dealing with the Demonic Hand is a lot of stress, you know?

Especially as the 'First Finger' has the power of the Law of 'Fate' itself.

The man can see red flags coming from a mile away so it's hard to pull things off without him seeing potential dangers beforehand.

The man can even manipulate fate to a certain extent if he wishes. Trying to outwit such a person is exceedingly difficult. I'm honestly thankful for my Irregular nature that makes it so he cannot deduce things about me, otherwise, things would be a lot harder."

Upon hearing Evan say this, Laurene posed another question.

"In that case, why don't you rely on us more? It'd be different if you didn't know where we were, but you do.

The most you've had me do is wipe out Remnants of the Demonic Hand, nothing related to any of your Major Plans."

"Rely on you? Oh, I plan to do just that. That's why I've told you to learn Spatial Magic from Jenson.

You and Me, Tarse, Next year.

If you want Hero work, don't worry, there's a lot of work waiting for you."

For some reason, Laurene felt a chill down her spine and a small bit of regret budded in her heart at the thought of having said that to Evan.

Ignorant of this, the boy was busy thinking about his recent moves against the Demonic Hand, which weren't much.

Indeed, Evan had let the Demonic Handrun freefor the past year.

The most he had done was to attack and wipe out small outposts they had in a few major countries, with the only BIG move being where he along with the Holy Kingdom's Paladins and Amelie attacked Senior Members of the Seventh Division in February.

It was a huge incident that blew up since the attack had happened in Blealand, Maude's home country.

Besides that, nothing too serious had happened.

The reason he did this was to let them drop their guard.

Since the War on Wolfen last year, the Demonic Hand had been on guard, expecting Evan to pull something on the scale of Cheverton and Lacertilia's incidents.

They had even slowed down their plans for Tarse because they were anticipating him attacking and had been on high alert—for over a full year.

However, Evan had not met their expectations and they felt like their plans had been delayed by a year for nothing!Even the First Finger could not deduce anything.

To the Demonic Hand, Evan cared more about increasing his fame and universal influence than he cared about dealing with them.

As such, they decided to resume their plans for the Alpha Continent—Tarse and the Replacement Disasters to make up for the losses in Cheverton and Lacertilia.

And that brings us to the current situation.

Since they had resumed their plans, Evan decided to hit them with the BIG move they had been expecting before.

Right now, at 34 other locations across the Alpha Continent and its surrounding islands, there were Epics, Living Legends and even Sovereigns from World Powers—GWE, GEE, Kasteblum, Utraria Republic, Elven Kingdom, Holy Kingdom, Tarse and the Beast Kingdom—all on standby right outside Demonic Hand bases.

lightsΝοvεl ƈοm Evan planned for them to attack all 34 bases, 35 with the one the Hero trio was nearby included, simultaneously.

This was the large scale of Operation Synchro 2.0.

The goal was to wipe out every single Demonic Hand member present.

Evan had laid the groundwork over a year ago, he had relayed the information they needed then as well.

As such, there were no meetings held between the involved parties.

These Living Legends and Sovereigns had gone about their daily lives like always, so the Demonic Hand who was keeping tabs on them, did not see Evan meeting with any of them.

Unbeknownst to the Demonic Hand, these powerhouses had all slowly been making their way over to the locations Evan had designated to them over a year ago.lightsnovel

It was only a week ago that Evan contacted them via magic projections to question if they had gotten into position. That was the only contact they had.

And now, Evan was waiting for the right time to give the signal for attack, while chilling with Laurene and David at this beach.

The base they were to attack was a small pocket Dimensional Realm that was at the bottom of a lake in the middle of one of the uninhabited islands that could be seen from the beach they were at.

The Dimensional Realm was as large as a City and was submerged underwater, hence why they were in swimwear.

All three had also learned the Dive skill precisely for this day, so they could go underwater to break into the Dimensional Realm.

Gradually, as the sun dipped towards the horizon, the number of people on the beach slowly began reducing, and fewer people were going out to swim in the ocean, which was perfect since the three of them didn't want anyone getting caught up as collateral damage.

Evan looked at his watch, and then at the sun, before heaving a light sigh as he picked up a Walkie Talkie.

"Alright everyone, this is your Captain Speaking."

Laurene glared at him and warned him to be serious while Evan just chuckled a bit in response. Suddenly, his laughter ceased and he spoke with an uncharacteristically serious voice.

"Operation Synchro 2.0, is a go."He switched off the walkie-talkie and turned towards the two heroes beside him, seeing that they had already gotten down from their chairs and were stretching their limbs.

David tossed on a flower-patterned beach shirt and adjusted his hat while Laurene took off her Pareo.

"Race you there?"

"Bet."

Laurene snapped her fingers in response to Evan's challenge and blue divine lightning crackled around her legs. Wind swirled around her feet as well, while the earth under David's feet rose and formed a runner's block for him.

Evan tossed the walkie-talkie into his inventory, before speaking.

"Go."

**BOOOOMM!!!!!x3

Three simultaneous sonic booms echoed, drawing the attention of everyone on the beach as the trio pulverized the earth beneath their feet and blitzed across the land faster than the eye could see.

They left trails across the water's surface, running on footholds they created on the water. Evan used his Void Steps, Laurene used her Sky Steps, and David used the water itself to generate ice footholds with ether.

Streaks of golden, blue and reddish-brown light tore through the ocean water, causing waves to rise where they passed and they got to the target island within a minute.

"I win!"

Evan shouted as he jumped onto land, smashing through a rock in the process, with David arriving a split second later and Laurene a whole three seconds later.

"No surprise here. Iama Mage. My class restrictions prevent me from having physical capabilities on par with people my level, much less you guys who are over 30 levels higher."

Laurene didn't seem too bothered about her loss, accepting it as fact, while David clicked his tongue and cursed at the stupid fish that jumped up in his face midrace.

What annoyed him even more was the fact that midway, Evan had actually turned around to laugh at him when that happened, and yet Evan still got to land faster than he did.

"Alright, enough playing around. Let's get moving."

Laurene spoke up to remind them of their aim of coming here, before raising her hand and sending a bolt of divinity to shoot down the hawk monster that tried to attack her from behind.

In unanimous agreement, they resumed their journey, their destination the heart of the expansive 178-kilometre-wide island.

With Evan's top speed of around 850 m/s, he got there in a little under two minutes and waited for some more seconds for Laurene and David to arrive.

Together, the three of them dove into the lake, their bodies disappearing beneath the shimmering surface as they submerged into the cool depths.

Swimming was something that David didn't really like much despite being capable, Laurene had no particular thoughts on It and was busy thinking about how she could try enticing Arnold with her swimsuit while Evan was busy shadowboxing with some sharks.

He wasn't even questioning why there were sharks present in the first place.

Laurene had to swim back to drag him over, and she could swear the sharks bowed their heads to thank her before swimming away in the blink of an eye.

Eventually, they reached an underground cave and emerged into an air pocket with rocks all around.

When they got out of the water, Evan used a mix of wind and fire magic to dry their bodies before gesturing to the walls around them and saying.

"Alright, Laurene. Work your magic."

Laurene silently nodded and activated her Mystic Eyes, the symbol for 'Truth' glowing with a gold light against the backdrop of her blue irises as she glanced around.

As Evan had said, there was indeed a Dimensional Realm Barrier here, and it was concealed so perfectly that she needed to activate her Mystic Eyes to see it.

'It's been a while since I'd seen something that my passive could not detect…'