Reincarnation Of The Strongest Spirit Master-Chapter 1462: Lina’s Grand Scheme!

"They will open the portals inside my town," Ro announced, approaching the group suddenly. Standing beside her were the primary leaders of the Lockheart Impact and several prominent masters from the Scorching Lands. "We expect the connection to be established within half a day."

"Good," Sara said, her eyes scanning the horizon. "We have shifted the entire focus of our forging department, along with the Long clan’s masters, to mass-produce spears.

Ever since we heard the reports about the bears, we’ve been working around the clock. We should have enough to arm the entirety of our forces."

"That’s the plan," Berry nodded, her mind already on the battlefield. "Let’s move out and fulfil our tasks. Once the portals are active, Sara and I will lead our respective factions to extricate those bears. As for Ro..."

"I know, I know," Ro said, rolling her eyes. She wanted nothing more than to be on the frontlines, fighting to her heart’s content. She was a fierce warrior by nature, a tigress in her own right, but she understood there was a role only she could fill.

Like Lara, she had to stay behind in the Scorching Lands to coordinate the three forces and ensure their combined impact was maximised.

Unknown to William, the women by his side were engaged in an internal war of their own, struggling for dominance and recognition. Even in these dire, world-ending times, the desire to prove who was the most capable burned brightly.

The three girls wrapping up the meeting knew the stakes. Though they were the first to meet and accompany William on his journey, they felt themselves being pushed into the shadows by the sheer momentum and powerful backing possessed by Lara and Anjie.

They weren’t just fighting a war against monsters; they were fighting to remain relevant in the eyes of the man they followed.

The pact was sealed in silence, a mutual understanding passing between the three of them. They would team up, pooling their resources and influence to make a definitive mark on this war.

It wasn’t just about survival anymore; it was about making a better impression than the other girls, ensuring that when the dust settled, their names would be the ones William remembered first.

Ironically, the catalyst for this sudden surge of ambition wasn’t any of the girls in the meeting. It was Lina, the quiet observer, who stood on the periphery of the light.

"I hope I’ve helped you enough with that," Lina murmured to herself, her gaze fixed on the spot where the meeting had just concluded. Even though a high-level concealment array had shrouded the group, Lina was intimately aware of every word spoken and every plan hatched.

Berry often claimed the title of the "first" girl on William’s side, but Lina knew the truth. She was the original. She had joined William before the guilds, before the fame, and before the grand alliances.

She had stood by him the longest, watching him evolve from a talented youth into a powerhouse capable of commanding legends. She had seen him amass a formidable force of masters under his banner and bring entire clans to their knees.

Lina understood William better than anyone else. She knew that the ceiling of this world—the absolute peak of what most masters dreamed of achieving—wasn’t enough for him.

This world stage was a mere stepping stone, a cramped theatre that couldn’t possibly contain his destiny. She had tried her absolute best to match his pace, to be the sword at his side, but she had failed to keep up with his meteoric rise.

William’s growth was simply out of this world, defying every law of cultivation she had ever known. It was impossible to match. The realisation had been a bitter pill to swallow, but it had forced her to adapt.

Unlike the others, Lina had no backing. She had no ancient family lineage, no grandfather leading a prestigious academy, and no town to call her own. All she had to offer was her spirit and her unwavering loyalty.

For a long time, she feared that would never be enough to support the man who had saved her and her sister’s lives, the man who had given them a future they never dared to dream of, the man she loved!

As the continental crisis worsened, Lina’s perspective shifted. She was the first to spot the most glaring weakness in William’s otherwise mighty military machine: the lack of independent, high-level leaders. While he had thousands of masters, he had very few capable powerhouses on his side to shift the tide of this war.

Even if Anjie and Lara were pushing themselves to the limit to fill that void, it wasn’t enough to cover a war of this scale. The other girls in William’s circle were stagnant, content to wait for orders just as they had done for years. They were assets, but they weren’t yet pioneers.

Lina knew that if William had invested so much time and resources into these women, he would eventually expect a return on that investment—especially in times as dire as these.

She decided to act. If she couldn’t provide overwhelming physical strength or a fighting powerhouse, she would use what she knew best: the personalities of the women around him. She would support William in the only way she knew how—by manipulating the board to create the leaders he needed.

If her individual strength had reached a plateau, she would pivot to her greatest hidden asset: her mind. Long ago, she had begun a secret, painstaking education.

She observed how strong masters behaved, how grandmasters kept their cool in the face of annihilation, and how advisors orchestrated the movements of massive armies with nothing more than a few well-placed words and well-calculated tactics.

Over the years, she had cultivated a different kind of power—the power of the strategist, the shadow advisor.

Now, with the monster tide threatening to drown the continent, it was time to bring the results of those years of training to light. She would use this disaster as a forge to temper William’s allies into weapons.