Reincarnation Of The Strongest Spirit Master-Chapter 1509: The Ironclad Four Girls’ Alliance

"Also, your academy was originally considered part of our town's sphere of influence," Panther said, his voice smooth and persuasive. He looked at the grandfathers, then at the girls.

"As for any fears regarding who rises and who falls, or who overshadows whom... Why not appoint the three of you as the unified leaders of the new city?"

"The three? You don't mean..." Sara's grandfather paused, his eyes moving between his granddaughter and Berry before landing on his old friend, Berry's grandfather.

The two old men fell into a deep, heavy silence, their expressions frozen as they continued the conversation using spirit telepathy, debating the ramifications of such a move.

"Why not?" Panther prompted, sensing he had successfully cracked the wall of resistance in their spirits. "Just think about it. One girl will lead the academy—the institution that will be the number one academy in the world! Perhaps it will even be the only official academy acknowledged and funded by the Fox Guild.

The other girl will lead the coalition of clans that will inevitably join the academy for protection. Both roles hold immense strength and power. Together, you will support each other's stance as the undisputed leaders of the city."

"You do know we won't live in this world for long," Berry suddenly said, her voice dropping to a serious tone. "We'll leave for the upper realm with William once we are all ready. Building a permanent empire here seems... Trivial if our eyes are fixed on the upper realm."

"Then you can appoint a successor," Panther replied instantly. He wasn't fazed by her comment in the slightest; instead, it felt as if he had been well-prepared for this exact objection.

"And when that successor dies or eventually moves to the upper realm himself, his successor will also take the empty seat. See? Like this, we'll all help each other. We were the discarded factions since the start of the Fox Guild's expansion into the big world.

We stood by each other, grew together, and stood taller in front of the other formidable forces that tried to ignore us. It makes perfect sense to keep our alliance going and even deepen it in this way! "

Sara and Berry exchanged silent, weighted glances. The grandfathers did the same. The logic was becoming harder to refute. They weren't just building a school or a city; they were building a legacy that would act as a feeder system for William's future influence in the upper realm.

"As for the little competition between you girls about William," Panther added, knowing he had to speak about this critical, unspoken point if he wanted to secure their agreement right on the spot, "as you said it yourself, you won't stay here for long enough to settle this dilemma!

Whatever the future holds for all of you up there, you need to think about the future of the people you'll leave behind after your ascension. Do you want them to be swallowed by the old world, or lead the new one?"

Just from the look on their faces, Panther knew he had made it! He had nailed his viewpoint right at the bullseye mark with that last piece of the puzzle.

No matter what petty fears or jealousies the girls might have harboured against each other, the realisation that their rivalry wouldn't be settled in this world—but rather on the much grander stage of the upper realm—made them shift their perspective entirely. The location of the academy wasn't a loss of territory; it was a consolidation of power.

"Fine," Sara said, finally announcing the obvious. "Let's write this down as an iron-clad law. It shall never be changed, never edited, and always enforced by the other girls' forces in the city to make sure no one breaks it in the distant future."

And right at that moment, the alliance that would be known later in the annals of history as the Ironclad Four Girls' Alliance was established. It was a bond that would not only stabilise the lower realm but would tag along throughout their upcoming adventures in the upper realm.

News of the relocation of the Aspire Academy and its powerful affiliated clans to the growing Scorching Lands city reached far and wide!

The agreement between Sara, Berry, Ro, and Lina became public knowledge almost instantly, sending shockwaves through the other factions. Among those most affected were the remaining two of the core group: Lara and Anjie.

"That's disappointing," Anjie muttered, furrowing her eyebrows as she looked at her father's most trusted subordinates and strategists. Her voice was dangerously low.

"You told me I didn't need to make a move. You said the girls would come crawling to me, begging me to host their academy at my new city because of my royal lineage and resources!"

"Well..." One of the old masters stuttered, sweat beading on his forehead. He realised the entire advisor council had made a grave mistake. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

It reminded him painfully of what they had done before with her father, advising him to take a different approach than William's instructions, a path that had ultimately led to the destruction of their entire kingdom.

"We still don't know the specifics of how Panther convinced them... But at least they didn't go to Lara. That is a small mercy."

"Going to Lara would have been way better than this!" Anjie scoffed, feeling more enraged the more she thought of the future troubles awaiting her because of this new alliance.

"Lara is a lone wolf in many ways. But these four? They've created a unified block! The four girls now have the strongest foothold in this entire world, centred right in the heart of the Scorching Lands!"

"Didn't you say you'll leave with William in the near future?" another advisor tried to intervene, hoping to calm her down. Instead, he ended up enraging her even further.

"Are you an idiot?" Anjie roared, standing up from her throne, her aura flaring with suppressed royal might. "Do you think William is doing all this—planning to take over this world under his wing and restructuring its entire political core—just to leave it all behind and forget about it after ascension?"