To be honest, Quentin was not pleased that the news of the awakening potions had spread far and wide.
Originally, only they knew about the potions, allowing them to slowly collect corpse cores in exchange for awakening potions to enhance their strength.
However, this situation only lasted a few days.
After Fiona decided to expand into the southern suburbs, the information spread rapidly among the survivors venturing outside, leading to significant chaos in the initial days and placing considerable pressure on Quentin and his team, who were responsible for defending the periter of the Azure Isle shore service area.
As for the security of Azure Isle, Quentin had heard that so people wanted to approach the island by sea, but those attempts had all failed, as if the individuals had vanished into the sea.
It was only when Quentin ca to trade seafood that he learned from Xavier that there was a massive shark patrolling the waters around Azure Isle.
Anyone who tried to approach the island without permission ended up as food for the shark.
Fortunately, the turmoil ended quickly after Fiona's decisive action.
This allowed Quentin to witness the ruthless nature and imnse strength of the Azure Isle's acting leader.
Fiona's two bone spikes, akin to flying swords, were deadly within a hundred ters, making it nearly impossible to defend against them.
Despite the widespread knowledge of the awakening potions, which led to their high demand and limited daily availability, Quentin and his team still benefited.
Fiona promised them unrestricted purchasing rights and recomnded so unaffiliated individuals to them.
As a result, Quentin recruited several talents and strengthened their settlent.
"Indeed, there have been many changes around here recently. Like today, so many new faces I don't recognize!" Elijah said to Quentin.
Then, turning to the crowd, he smiled and introduced himself, "Hello everyone, nice to et you. My na is Elijah. I am the owner of this place. I was away for a while, and Ms. Fiona helped manage things. I have heard about so recent events…"
The crowd looked at the man speaking confidently in front of them and felt he was quite ordinary, not seeing anything particularly special about him.
So people wondered how such a man could command the respect of soone as exceptional as Fiona.
However, as Elijah continued speaking, they began to feel an increasing sense of pressure, as if an invisible force was pressing down on their shoulders, compelling them to kneel and submit.
The pressure intensified when Elijah spoke about the recent unrest, making him appear as an ancient, fearso beast capable of killing with a re breath.
Those with weaker nerves even collapsed to the ground.
"…Anyone who dares to offend us, even if we have to chase them to the ends of the earth, will find no place to be buried!" Elijah declared, pausing to glance at those who had fallen under the ntal strain.
He had not even fully exerted one-tenth of his third-tier ntal intimidation, yet the crowd's reaction varied.
The awakened individuals looked relatively calm, but others, even if they didn't fall, appeared pale and on the verge of collapsing.
Seeing the effect, Elijah decided to ease the pressure. He was concerned that if he continued, soone might have an accident.
"Of course, I know that everyone here today cos with the intention of peaceful coexistence. I appreciate your understanding these past few days and hope that you will continue to support Ms. Fiona's arrangents in the future!"
As Elijah lifted the ntal pressure, the crowd suddenly felt lighter, and his words seed as refreshing as a spring breeze.
The man had managed to achieve this level of impact simply through his presence.
With rumors of his awakening abilities being even more mysterious, it was no wonder he had earned Fiona's favor.
After the ntal pressure subsided, everyone in the room relaxed and sighed inwardly. This man was truly formidable!
Elijah's so-called mysterious and unpredictable abilities are actually rumors spread by Quentin's subordinates.
Only the core group of subordinates who initially traded with Elijah at the mall knew about his ability to control zombies.
The others, who later joined Quentin and helped clear the mall with Elijah and Charlotte, only saw Elijah's straightforward actions and realized that he had strength comparable to a powerful awakened individual, as well as defenses akin to Quentin's and speed similar to Gabriel's.
They were unaware of Elijah's specific abilities, and like blind n touching an elephant, they each described only part of what they knew when asking survivors from the southern suburbs.
As a result, many people perceived Elijah as extrely powerful and his abilities as enigmatic and unpredictable.
Now, witnessing Elijah's presence firsthand, the crowd was struck by his sheer aura, which was so overwhelming that it left them immobile and so even on the verge of being scared to the point of losing control.
For a mont, everyone was terrified of Elijah and dared not entertain any improper thoughts!
After Elijah finished speaking, he glanced at the leaders of other allied settlents who had been implanted with the "Seed of Consciousness" by Fiona.
He reinforced their hypnotic suggestions and then had a brief chat with Quentin, offering encouragent to a few familiar subordinates behind him before heading to find Vincent, leaving the scene for Fiona to manage.
Recently, Fiona has managed Azure Isle very well, and the attendees also highly recognized Fiona.
Therefore, Elijah did not plan to intervene in the managent.
As a symbol of deterrence, his presence was enough; maintaining an air of mystery actually made him more intimidating.
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On the other hand, Fiona's strength was evident to everyone, and as a woman, she could both intimidate with her prowess and soothe with her warm deanor and flattering words.
This made her capable of both commanding respect and providing comfort to those under her influence.
Of course, Fiona's thods for controlling these "allied" settlents extended beyond just Elijah's "Seed of Consciousness" and the limited sale of awakening potions.
Various resources and knowledge exchanges were also used as supplentary ans, with Fiona excelling in these.
For example, body refinent and combat skills training!
These were only available to the subordinates of allied settlents with Azure Isle.
Charlotte was the instructor, and Emily was the assistant.
The first batch of training had already been conducted, including new awakened individuals from Quentin's team and the five newly allied teams.
Although the number of trainees was small, the results were significant.
The awakened individuals experienced the benefits and thus were very obedient. However, this training was not free.
Since the knowledge from these training sessions could be taught privately later, it was impossible to restrict, so a tuition fee was charged.
Learning body refinent required 50 corpse cores, and learning combat skills required another 50 corpse cores.
Together, it was equivalent to purchasing an additional awakening potion.
Even so, Charlotte did not teach just anyone. Currently, only awakened individuals were accepted.
Ordinary people who wanted to learn needed to first buy an awakening potion and beco awakened themselves.
Those who were not from Azure Isle but wanted to learn could also do so, as the second-tier advancent potions were waiting for them, making them potential clients.
The key was that these wild awakened individuals were mostly leaders of these settlents.
Fiona was waiting for them to experience the benefits and then buy second-tier awakening potions, at which point she would implant the Seed of Consciousness in them.
To facilitate this, Fiona offered installnt paynts for those who couldn't gather enough corpse cores imdiately.
The goal was to control these leaders and, through them, fully control the settlents.
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