Saito, woke up happy the next morning after his summon. Finally he could start to cultivate Qi with out worry, since he now had three retainers to protect him, ' I wonder how strong they are, jack seem pretty strong and yet he seem weaker than Zilo, I wonder how cultivation levels are classified' After getting dressed with the help of Metis, he walks out of the room to the dinner table to have some breakfast.
" mm the food taste different, and I also feel some energy going in my body, what is going on,"
" master, this is a tier 2 meat, from tier 2 and up monster meat carry mana, you have felt it before since we had only cook tier 1 meat since it is the only found closer to the castle, and we couldn't stay too far away." answer Metis
" ohh ok, by the way since I have already summon you all, I believe I could start cultivating Qi so that I can become stronger."
ask Saito with an eager face.
Metis look at jack with a nervous face, and jack look at Zilo with a please face, Zilo look at both of them and then look at Saito and continue to explain, " Master you can't cultivate"
" why " ask Saito with a Sad face
" because all cultivation manual carry and only eyes seal, so you can only learn it by looking at it with your eyes, the image transfer won't work since the seals were created to prevent theft using mind technics. We could guide you, but we have no meridian so we can't identify them, and we can't bring someone to teach you, since it is prevente by the king's seal, so the only way for you to become strong is by cultivating soul power, or finding a strong bloodline" explain Zilo
" so I guess I will continue with my soul power, can you at least explain the power level and how you guys compare with the rest" Saito ask after thinking for a while.
Metis cut Zilo words and started to explain, " master there are three levels for each tier of power, the first level changes the blood, the second the muscles the third the bones, this continues on for each tier since the body must change to accommodate the new power. Now each tier unchains one restriction from the body, for example the first tier unchains Qi, allowing for cultivation, the second tier unlocks Mana allowing people to affect their surrounding, Tier 3 unlock bloodline and body secrets,this one of the most important one , since it's what most family try to achieve. Now most of the cultivator and Mages are at this levels, Tier 4 unchains you from earth and allows you to fly, Tier 5 unchains life extending your life by hundreds or even thousand depending on your cultivation, tier 6 unchains your requirement of the elements for survivals and tier 7 seven it's just a legend. Now to explain the strenght of the people around you, the most powerful cultivator in this town is a tier 2 level 2, he would be considered very powerful, but I guess he made enemies where he shouldnt, the prince that attack you is a tier 2 lv 1 this is why he couldn't kill you, the assassin send was a tier 2 lv 3. your dad the duke is a tier 5 level 1 which makes him one of the strongest duke, the king is a tier 5 lv 3, this allows him to rule with out problem. I do know there are at least five hidden. monster at tier 6 now for the level we do not know. now for us we have different cultivation since the quality and quantity of soul power to create us was different or else we could have the same cultivation, jack is a tier 3 lv1 , I am a tier 3 lv 3 and Zilo is a tier 4 lv 2 "
" sorry about that Jack, wait you said you didn't have real body how do the levels apply to you" ask Saito with a confuse face
" ahh yes, the level is the amount of energy we use to stay on this form, each level lowers the energy consumption" answer Metis
" now that I think about it, how do you guys maintain your body with out me supply you with soul power"
" this is were using soul energy and using Mana makes a difference when creating a golem, you see when you use Mana since it's a low quality energy it dissipate faster therefore you must keep the supply going, but when you create soul energy, the energy can not disappear, allowing us to have memories and personality, this also allow us to ingested Mana like monsters keeping us at our strongest always. the only drawback is that we can not level up without Mana cores to increase or Mana pool." explain Metis
" Master since everything is out of the way we must focus on the problem we have been ignoring, I said we start to make some changes here ," interrupted jack as he look at Zilo and Metis, " we must keep a close eye on those here to prevent spies and having extra revenue could allows us to have better equipment, also you must remember we have enemies, we must increase our strength at all cost"
Saito stood up and walk to the window and open it allowing the breeze to hit his face, "Jack you are going to be my steward and shadow of the town, hear what can not be heard, see what can not be seen, and make a list of potential to friends and foes, Metis you are going to be my head maid, use your wisdom to protect me, see through what is been told, and listen well to everything that is been reveal, also help me create laws to make this town alright, I hate dead towns, Zilo you will be my general, so get me strong Mana cores so I can practice engraving them with golem formations I have learn the formation and have engrave it in wood almost to perfection, I only need cores to reach perfection. Does everyone understands"
" yes masters" answer jack metis and Zilo in Union and left only Metis stay behind to protect Saito.
" why care for this town I could understand for power and money but from your memories I can tell you care for none of those".
" ohh something that Metis doesn't understand how intriguing" pause saito as he seats on his chair again and looks where Metis voice is coming from
"well I guess you could only see my memories but can not feel what I felt every time I read about kings, or I play a strategy game, to be honest I always wanted to rule a piece of land and put into effects different policies. you see on earth, i learn about many different type of governments that rule nations per decades or centuries. And I came to a conclusion for the best type of goverment, you see the best type of goverment is none, they are prone to and will fail, because what matters is not the government but the ruler. Rome, Macedonia, Britain, USA, Soviet Union, this are all country thought to have the best government but they all broke down, why because the ruler made por decision, that is why I am going to rule this town how I feel like it, those that should fear me will wish to have never met me, and those that love will give everything for me." Saito stop to drink some water and let it flow slowly down his throat and continue, " and after I am gone so will my cities only to be remember for my greatness and cleanse of my cruelty, like it happen to every ruler"
Three days later at the hall, you could see Saito in a meditation position listing to jack information. " master, I have bad news"
"proceed"
" Master, this land is going to be envelope in darkness on three months, the land would be cover by snow, and the people will died from coldness and hunger, also many of the hight tier criminals will leave during this time."
Saito started to think for a while and then call, Zilo and Metis into the hall
" I have a problem, we need food for at leats one thousand people for two months any of you have any ideas" ask Saito
Metis was the first to answer, " master, we could established green house on the rocky hills, also you could try to create nature golem or a high grade golem like us that controls nature to increase the production, a good one would be my sister Gaia,"
"any other ideas to help"
" my people the Aztec development a technic to grow crops fast, healthy, and with out taking any land, they were called Chinampas, or boat crops, basically you create special boats from mud, leafs,and branches and have them float in the lake organize, if you are lucky it can give you up seven crops a year. They will be worthless during the winter, but during spring through fall, we can use them to amassed food. I also agree with Metis in calling some one with nature power"
" I start practicing with the tier 1 Mana cores and when I am ready I will create some golems to help you built and set up the lands I call everybody back once I am ready, you guys are dismissed"
after everyone left, Saito thought ' they always said summon and call and use words as if they know the gods personally, I didn't notice it with jack and Metis , but now with Zilo and Metis both been gods I feel something weird is going on, I keep quite for now since it can create a rift between us and I need their protection'
' the shadows are approaching I wonder what difficulties will face '