"If you saw what I have seen, You would have the same opinion as me." Arius narrated the incident to everyone.
Their mouths were wide open. Daren had always known that their poison is without a cure and thus deadly. But now he know, it have no cure because it's too deadly. To take life of many within seconds, it was quite fearsome indeed.
There was a long silence after Arius narrated the incident. Moments later Daren broke the silence.
" Don't worry everyone. You can all trust Nhi as you trust each other. Also Arius, don't worry. It was not your fault and the result aren't that bad either."
Daren replied with a smile.
"Now you guys focus on training our people. Our forces are small and weak. I need you all along with our men, to breakthrough as soon as possible. Go now." Daren said, still smiling.
"Yes Lord". They all said with a bow before leaving. But Morgan added before leaving.
"Lord, one more thing. When we freed the people, there were 2 kids who begged to follow us. I refused at first, but their determination swayed me and I ordered our men to bring them along."
"That's good. We do need talented people. If they prove themselves to be worthy it would be a good thing indeed. Just make sure they are loyal, rest can be taught with time." Daren said.
Morgan nodded. And then everyone left quietly.
'Now let's see our rewards. Cahya show my gains please.'
Daren was sure he heard some curses in Cahya's Grumpy voice before it was subdued under the barrage of notifications.
[B Rank ant killed by your servant. I'll award him ß 200.]
[A Rank killed. ß 1000. A bigger ant. Tsk. Tsk.]
[B Rank being killed. ß 200 awarded. It's so boring.]
Almost every message was filled with Cahya's endless nagging. He ignored the notifications and opened his status.
'Status'
*ding*
[NAME : Daren Martinos
AGE: 15
RANK: Knight
CULTIVATION : A Rank
CULTIVATION SKILL : 5 elemental indestructible body (1/5)
SKILL : Shadow Leech (lvl 3)(40%)
Archery (lvl 3)(55%)
Sword mastery(lvl 1)(12%)
BLOODLINE : sealed
SUMMONS: 4/6
TP( þ ) : 100
ß : 600,000 ]
To Daren's surprise, Rudolf's kill has been awarded to him.
' Even though Morgan has killed him, the kill was somehow awarded to me. Why? Was it cause I have attacked him? Does anyone I scratch before my men kill them, count as my kill? I'll need to test my theory soon enough.'
Daren has many new questions now. He tried asking Cahya but she didn't respond. So he stopped trying.
"Huh.. Wait a minute... This wasn't here before. Cahya what is this TP?" Daren asked curiously.
"Oh that. Those are territory points. According to the data provided by the Galactic empire, when an area is completely under your control, it's called your territory. The guidelines of empire are followed when measuring how much area can be considered a territory. The more territory you gain, the more points you will have. "
" Having territory points means you have officially been recognised by the Galactic Empire, as a part of it. "
" Oh yeah, That means you rank will be upgraded. Sorry, I forgot about it. Hehe" Cahya said shamelessly.
[Congratulations!! The annoying host has gained his first territory and thus has been promoted to the rank of BARON.]
[FIRST LEVEL OF GALACTIC LIBRARY IS NOW OPEN TO BARON DAREN MARTINOS]
"What's galactic library Cahya?" Asked Daren. He was shocked at first, then was happy as more and more information about his achievements and rewards appeared.
"The Galactic library is the collection of all important item of the Empire. It's highly guarded and Only those that have territory points can have access to it. Consider them like contribution points. Your Rank determine the level you can have access to."
Cahya said with a reverence in her voice.
"Here you can buy cultivation techniques, equipments, bloodlines, runes, pills, potions, herbs, puppets, and anything that is deemed valuable by the Empire. This is the a place filled with treasures."
Daren was shocked with this revelation. Everything one needs for cultivation, for reaching the peak is available here. According to Cahya, one can even buy bloodlines here. Daren was amazed. Daren was about to open the Galactic library but a notification stopped him.
[UPDATING STATUS...]
'STATUS'
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[NAME : Daren Martinos
RANK : Baron
AGE : 15
BLOODLINE : sealed
CULTIVATION : A Rank
CULTIVATION TECHNIQUE : 5 elemental indestructible body (1/5)
SKILLS : Shadow Leech (lvl 3)(40%)
Archery (lvl 3)(55%)
Sword mastery(lvl 1)(12%)
TERRITORY : The wastelands
SUMMONS : 4/6
TP ( þ ) : 100
BC ( ß ) : 600,000 ]
The status screen has been changed. Daren checked it for a while, then he closed the status screen and opened the Galactic library.
'GALACTIC LIBRARY'
*ding*
[ACCESS LEVEL : LEVEL 1
~CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES --------------->
~ARTS AND TECHNIQUES --------------->
~ALCHEMY --------------->
~BLOODLINES --------------->
~SMITHY --------------->
~RUNES & ENCHANTMENTS --------------->
~??? --------------->
~??? --------------->]
Information was neatly classified. There was thousands of items available. One would have been scrolling for months if not for this systematic arrangement. There were some information that was locked as well.
Daren spend the rest of the day scrolling through the Library. He even liked few of the items. He also learnt that the items available in the library are divided into 9 ranks,
-1⭐ (lowest)
-2⭐
-3⭐
-4⭐
-5⭐
-6⭐
-7⭐
-8⭐
-9⭐ (currently highest)
-?
-?
The level one permission allows one to have access to items of rank upto 3⭐.
Also, these ranks are as per the standard of galactic empire. So even a normal item of 1⭐ rank may be rare in the current world Daren is in.
Daren first checked the cultivation techniques. Daren's interest was piqued by a few.
--Thunder God cultivation technique --
It's a technique create by a master of thunder thousands of years ago. The technique is divided in 3 parts. And the technique is suitable for people with lightening affinity. This is the first part.
Rank : 3⭐
TP ( þ ) : 8000
--Fire dragon cultivation technique --
This cultivation technique is for people with fire affinity. It allows one to cultivate till the immortal realm. It allows user to become intangible like a fire, and give user a fire body
Rank : 2⭐
TP ( þ ) : 5000
--1000 elephant cultivation technique--
This cultivation technique helps enhance the strength of the user. Giving user the strength of 1000 elephants and hardening his muscles and skin.
Rank : 1⭐
TP ( þ ) : 1000
Daren guessed that these cultivation techniques pale in comparison with his 5 elemental indestructible body. He was also made aware of the fact that he doesn't have enough points to buy anything yet, and thus he moved to next screen.
There are many options and after realising he can't buy anything, He just browsed through the items he deemed that he would need in the future.
He also browsed through the bloodlines. That topics peeked his interest, but to his dismay, the required level to browse through bloodlines was higher than his current one.
He sighed and moved to the next topic of interest.