Proofreader: M_W Miss Fierce

The planning lasted until the late evening.

Almost all the lights throughout the Sandy Town, except for Mayor Jong's manor, were already turned off with only a few dozens of lamplight outside giving light to the territory.

It was because unlike any planning that Leo had a lead in the past, this time was very different. In the past, aside from having powerful Mages to be part of his plan, specifically his Master Olivia, Queen Maria, Madam Silva, and Elder Rain, he also has tens of thousands of soldiers ranging from No Star to 6 Star level.

However, the situation in Sandy Town was, aside from Mayor Jong who was a 7 Star Mage, the other important officials were only 5 Star to 6 Star level, with only a few hundred being 4 Star, and while the rest were No Star to 3 Star level.

It was really a huge difference to the situation back then at Silver Kingdom during the war.

Although their opponent this time wasn't the same as the fight against the Silver royal family back then at Silver Kingdom, still the manpower that the Sandy Town has wasn't enough to fight against the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest.

Aside from that, Mayor Jong also doesn't have a clear estimation of just how many Sandstone Spiders were exactly inside that Sandstone Mother Spider's nest. The only thing they knew was there is a Sandstone Lord Spider ruling this Sandstone Mother Spider's nest with over hundreds of Sandstone Mother Spider. As for how many other Sandstone Spiders are there aside from those two, Mayor Jong only gave them an estimation of over one hundred thousand. They don't even have any slight clue whether there's any Knight Spider or only Soldier Spiders and ordinary spiders.

With only an estimation, Leo couldn't possibly make a plan very quickly as he needed to take every variable he could think of into consideration, such as what plan they should use when there is actually a total of 200,000 and more Sandstone Spiders, how would they react in the presence of a Knight Spider, and many more. It's also still a big question that what if there are actually millions of Sandstone Spiders? No one could really tell, since there were only 2 people who were able to return alive after entering the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest, and the latter investigation was mostly done far away from the area.

Aside from that, they also need to lure the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm to the surface of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest before they could explode the ceiling, in such a way, when the Sandstone Spiders go up onto the surface and see the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm they would not hesitate to blame it to them and thus the reason for their fight.

Leo and everyone proposed plans after plans, debated over them, and made many changes so as to fit every given situation.

This in turn causes they're planning to take a very long time to finish.

In the end, the final plan was they separated themselves into three different groups.

The first group was made up of only Leo alone, with his main task of sending 10 of his Earth Elementals to dig a very wide and big tunnel so as to make the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest ceiling as thin as he possibly could. What they needed right now was to be quick and at the same time silent, that's why he didn't allow anyone to help him in fear of them being the reason for this plan failing.

The second group was made up of Ethan, Elaine, Edward, Chief Lago, Sebastian, Dan, Sele, and old man Torre who are in-charged of luring the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm up on the surface of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest. They would need to buy time as much as possible until Leo finishes with the thinning of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest ceiling because they need to have the perfect timing so as to make it looked like that it was the doing of the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm why the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest was destroyed.

And the third group was made up of Cassandra, Elizabeth, Angel, Veronica, Ash, Charlotte, Mayor Jong, and a few capable others from Sandy Town. They would try their best to distract the Sandstone Spiders so as to not make them notice any of Leo and Ethan's movements up above them.

Each of the three groups is equipped with tens or so of plans to counter any given circumstances. A few examples would be...

Leo's thinning method was to make the Earth Elementals as big as possible so that they can quickly dig a much bigger and wider hole while at the same time can still move in silence.

Ethan's luring plan was to go into zigzag with some occasional fights in between to slow the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm.

And Cassandra and the other's plan was to go back and forth to constantly distract the Sandstone Spiders while at the same time reducing their casualties as they would be distancing themselves from the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest every now and then.

Those that are mentioned were just a few of the plans. There's still a lot, but talking about that would be unnecessary since the use of the plans depends on the given situation.

With all the plans said and done, everyone immediately went to sleep to prepare for tomorrow.

This mission of helping the Sandy Town to take back their water source would actually last for a few days or so, that's why Leo and all of his men would need to prepare some of their needed supplies, such as food, water, and many more, to last them for that long.

Truth be told, they only brought with them a few supplies as they didn't expect to face this problem along their way. What's in their plan was, every time they run out of food, water, and other necessary supplies, they would simply go down to hunt and search for them, or at best, they would buy them whenever they passed by a territory.

However, with them needing to stay in the vicinity of Sandy Town at all times in case of any unexpected variables, such a plan needs some changes.

Fortunately, with Lex and Virgil, it wouldn't be a big of a problem.

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The next day, everyone immediately departed to do their own things.

Ethan's group borrowed one of the Green Eagle Flyingboat as they obviously can't successfully lure the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm using only their feet or at most some mounts. Doing so would be very stupid, since there exist a lot of variables when luring a Magical Beast tribe, such as them having Magical Beast that can move so fast or Magical Beast that can shoot long-range attacks.

Anyways, the Green Eagle Flyingboats were powered using Mana stones or other items that have Mana in them, which is the thing that they needed the least right now.

Just to be really safe, Leo handed Ethan 10 Chaos Orbs that they can either used to defend themselves against the Magical Beast tribe of the Beast Lord Sandpit Worm or to use it to power the Green Eagle Flyingboat.

Meanwhile, Leo followed Cassandra's group down the wells and made their way straight towards the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest, specifically 100 kilometers north of the Sandy Town.

They would need to travel a very far distance that would take them a few days to reach, that's why all of them brought with them a sufficient amount of supplies.

"We have already made a path towards the ceiling of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest. The only problem though is the location of the entrance is actually very close to the entrance of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest, thus we would need to be extremely careful going over there," Mayor Jong informed Leo and the others. He also added, "We have already made a mark to determine how thick the ceiling of the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest is, so you can easily be determined how big and wide the tunnel you're going to make."

"You're indeed very well prepared for this plan," Leo complimented Mayor Jong's preparation.

If it was the vast majority of the people, they wouldn't have prepared everything beforehand. Doing so was really troublesome, and not to mention they aren't even sure yet whether they would really do it or not.

Mayor Jong's action clearly implies that he wasn't only prepared, he was also really determined of eliminating the Sandstone Mother Spider's nest. It could finally confirm that he was indeed only waiting for the Sandy Town to have the necessary and sufficient amount of supplies to execute his plans.

"By the way, if it's alright for me to ask, I'm really curious why the people of the Sand race have established a territory far away from the location of the Spirit Alliance territory. Isn't it much better to make a territory within the range of the Spirit Alliance territory? It's not only safe over there for people like you, but they can also provide the necessary assistance." Leo suddenly changed the topic.

"In the account of us becoming a part of the Lionheart Kingdom in the near future and you being the Prince, I'll tell you the history of the Sandy Town," Mayor Jong's eyes turned dark and solemn. He was clenching his hand really hard.

Just from that reaction alone, it was very easy to guess that the history of the Sandy Town was a really painful story for Mayor Jong. Or perhaps even the majority of the people living in the Sandy Town.