Martha sighed after hearing this, but recalling what Lucas told her about the secret realm Grey entered, she didn't worry too much about his safety. In fact, at the moment, that secret realm is safer for Grey than the Aurora Continent. With the activities of the Gnomes steadily increasing, the hunt for Grey grew alongside. Now the Gnomes are actively making efforts to hunt him down. If Grey were to be caught by any Gnome in the Ninth stage of the Sovereign Plane, he would be in serious danger. She knew that Grey was a Sixth stage Sovereign at the time he entered the secret realm, and even though his cultivation speed left her short of words, she didn't think he would be a match for a Ninth stage Sovereign. Gnomes were even more difficult to deal with thanks to their corpse puppets. Lucas stood up, walking to Martha's front, he stretched out his right hand, "A Gnome encampment was discovered by me this morning not too far from here. Would you want to visit them with your husband?" Martha smiled sweetly, taking her hand with a nod of her head. This wasn't the first time they were 'visiting' these Gnomes encampments. Whenever Lucas or Martha finds anyone within the territory of the Dawson Family, they will not immediately wipe them out but would rather seek out the other so they would destroy it together. Most of the encampments have Sovereigns overseeing them, but none of these Sovereigns could take a blow from Martha or Lucas. Majority of the strongest experts in these encampments aren't even in the Mid stages of the Sovereign Plane, so it is easy to tell the outcome of the battle between them. Lucas and Martha both engaged in the bloodbath, wiping out the entire encampment of over a thousand Gnomes. This encampment even had an Eighth stage Sovereign who only ended up becoming the target of Martha's annoyance. Placing a bounty on Grey's head had never sat well with Martha, so whenever she had opportunities to kill Gnomes, she didn't bat an eye. This time wasn't any different, an army of a thousand plus were wiped out in a couple of minutes. Lucas and Martha left the encampment in ruins. They weren't the only ones engaging in such acts. All over the Aurora Continent, powerhouses were fighting back against the Gnomes. Despite this, the numbers of the Gnomes continued to increase. Humans weren't the only ones who have been launching these types of attacks, the Gnomes were also attacking, rapidly spreading their influence. From what they knew, a few top experts, Half God Plane Gnomes had snuck into the Aurora Continent. These top experts paid a little sacrifice to come into the Aurora Continent without the sealed passage. Most of the passages into the Aurora Continent from the Gnome World aren't strong enough to hold top experts. This is the reason the Gnomes wanted to open the sealed passage in the Azure Continent as soon as possible. The passages available to them could barely transport a Ninth stage Sovereign. Although this is the case, not all passages are weak, there are a few that can transport Peak Sovereigns without collapsing. The only prerequisite is that they wouldn't be at full strength. This was the price these experts paid to pass through. Due to their boisterous aura, the passage will certainly collapse, so these experts had to pay the price of momentarily cutting off a bit their strengths. Given their cultivation, regaining their strength will only be a matter of a few weeks or months at most. Of course, this is entirely dependent on the strength of the passage and also the person passing through. Information regarding this matter revealed that the Half God Plane Gnomes who snuck into the Aurora Continent a few months ago still haven't been able to regain their full strength. Unfortunately, these people hid too well, so there was no way for Human Elementalists to capitalize on their moment of weakness. Most of the world were aware of the presence of the Gnomes and multiple small-scale battles had occurred over the past few months, but nothing major yet. At the moment, those who had not participated in the war yet were madly cultivating in hopes of increasing their cultivation as much as they can before they join the war. The top Factions and Families among the Human race experts had all sent out powerhouses to hold down multiple fortes. Not just that, they were also all recruiting weaker forces into their ranks, at least for the meantime. None of the weaker forces saw this as the top forces annexing them, rather, it was more of a cooperation since they all had to contribute in the battle for the Human Race's survival. Some of these weaker forces had a few geniuses that have started to make names for themselves with this ongoing war. This was their chance to attract top forces to recruit them. If they could join these forces, they would have more cultivation resources. Although the top forces were distributing resources to these weaker forces they were cooperating with, they weren't prioritized like those from their forces. In fact, most of the young geniuses from these top forces haven't even made an appearance in the war. 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞 Even though no one has done anything significant since the war started slowly unfolding, there is a name that has been said repeatedly in multiple camps, and that was Grey Dawson. The Gnomes wanting him dead was no secret, and they hadn't hidden their motive at all. The rewards weren't the same as before, it was increased after news of Grey becoming a Sovereign was made known. At the moment, Grey could almost be said to be the most famous person among both the Human race and the Gnome race. Very few people had seen Grey, so they were all curious about who he was. The Gnomes who haven't had any encounter with Grey were also very curious about him.