As the Royal Treasury was almost close to Halfway through the mark of getting full to the brim with gold Zash decided what to do and came up with a plan to recruit a good bunch of people of the shady kind loving, Living the dangerous lives of smugglers of course nothing close to Human trafficking or the Extremely Evil kind of groups.
Following day Zash asked Benedrict to go out and get him all the information about trusted shady merchant or Assassins network group of course if they had one beforehand that's too suffice for the cause.
Giving it a bit of thaught Benedrict nodded and let his Yong Prince do whatever he wanted. As he wanted to see what his prince could do with such a bunch he refrained to tell him about the already existing secret group as it was about time for expanding their Empire's influence and better yet if it was something his young Prince was doing all by himself he'd be giving his life to lend him a helping hand as nothing hit young Prince did was normal by any fair deal of exchange. Also he didn't lie to him as he simply didn't reply to his question and Epis too took it as an answer so there's that.
Feeling bloodlust besides him Hausa and the other Assassins were quite displeased to say the least.
"Come on aren't you curious how our Prince may turn them ? If something you guys might have new competition, a little competition is good. Of course you're free to submit yourselves in the recommendations cough*" dodging the knife thrown towards him by an crazed Hausa Benedrict ran like hell and finally lost him in the crowd of course it wasn't easy and their chase lasted for a while reassuring them of his capabilities yet some annoyance on major part.
"I'll enlist myself, ben, jack, dubian, gars you lot too cannot escape let's help in the search and silence some local bad guys on the way" Smirking brightly Hausa too was excited as this was turning out to be more fun than they had first taught.
Zash meanwhile consolidated his Cultivation all throughout the while making semi decent progress.
'Hais* my mood too plays a role in Cultivation maybe it's time to go' preparing himself Zash went towards the stupid couple who like always were having a chat roaming the entire castle innumerable times, never seemingly getting tired of it.
Placing his hand above his head Zash ruffled his hair and approached them and hugged them both silently his actions stunned the duo who had mixed feelings.
"Ah Teacher, Big Brother I'm sorry for calling you stupid back then. It'-s my fault I'm Sorry my tone got the better of me and and I apologize" shyly Zash hazed towards them as both of them looked towards him fondly each pinching his left and right cheeks.
"No worries Zash you see this was another lesson I was planning on preparing you for Anger Management lessons, Don't forget that one must never lose his cool in any given situation and overall you're a Prince your words might lead to the downfall of A Kingdom in the lightest sense, it's not your fault I understand that the situation was difficult to keep cool about but the thing is the world is cruel it's eat or be eaten outside in mostly every situation." Tugging Epis in her embrace she patted his head gently.
''thats right little brother it's not your fault I and everyone else often times forget that no matter how Much of A MONSTER you are especially due to these inhumane actions you pull left and right gets you still are a baby barely 3 months old in the body of a 9 years old. Don't worry you have much to go about and learn various things and etiquette especially the skills to pick up girls" winking with a hearty smile Havier smiled towards him and asked.
"Oh~ do you have a girlfriend out there ? For you to speak about this topic with such confidence you seem more experienced no~?" As Havier said this her tone got more chilly by the second.
"No worries brother if every girl is as easy going as Teacher to fall for a person like big brother I have pretty decent chances of finding love but... You know I have high Standard which are bound to disappoint Every single Girl in the world alone as such I am 100 % certain I don't need a Girlfriend nor a Wife in this lifetime" Zash who turned wanting to go back was grabbed by both sholders by Havi and Estr.
"Oh that's some way of describing your Teacher 'Easygoing' am I ?"
"It seems my little brother still has to learn about etiquette in many aspects. As a Big Brother I cannot bear to watch your condacendigness I guess we can do something about that."
Wishing to run, Zash was grabbed and spanked on the button by both of them in turns after 5 minutes both of them left a half-dead prince in their trail as no harm was dealth to Zash Physically though Permanent Mental Damage was inflicted within Zash's mind. Acting as a memory to haunt him forever as it reminded of similar incident with using original Parents Thousands of year prior to this.
'i guess that's what I get for my cheekiness sigh " Zash who was quite depressed and got to work once again smithing weapons and preparing for moving his plans forward Zash had three main things to do 1: leech off All the Funds he could earn from the entire world if need be. 2: Make Army Destroying Weapons which could tear through armour like a blazing knife passes through butter as such he was gaining every single ounce of Physical experience.
3: Create a Massive Underground organisation working for the Empire so that even after he's gone Estr and Havier may be taken care of from the Shadow while any and Every amount of help could be given to them in the future that was one of Zash's main goal in doing all this. Meanwhile the underground organisation can maje exchanges of precision metals and precious Medical Ingredients which are quite rarely seen in the market or even for Crystals containing Mana & Essense and most importantly Gathering information without getting the slightest clue of there ever being a single hair strand of trace left of their involvement.
As Zash continued refinishing his throwing Knifes set he sharpened them beyond perfection rate if we are talking about how sharp they were if simply dipped they might even stab ahalfway through the ground, easily imaginable what they might do to a person also once they're thrown at a certain speed and angle due to being extremely thinner than normal knifes they weren't too strong it was their sharpness which made them too deadly as once they're used they'll crumble apart were quite light and easy to use and get the hang of the only regret was that there wasn't any perfect material to carve some 'Good' throwing knives as his boosted strength alongside Hsi throwing Knifes made Zash an unbeatable force as if currently Zash had confidence he could act as a one man Army and take in 10000+ people all together and come out as the victor especially due to his Cultivation and his now Favourite Swords both were so strong and sharp they would cut through common armour like paper all the way through alongside Zash was also making chains and decuffable handles to join the chain or a pike to use them as a dualsided halberd or just swing them to how he wanted but the reality was much harsher than he thaught the Kingdom didn't even had material to act as suitable complementary adjustments overall Zash could only wait and make do with what his hands currently had a hold on.
Looking towards the smelter Zash kept looking patiently towards a chain which took even Zash 2 entire days to smelt and it wasn't up for selling as Zash used his powers to add to the heat and hammered away sparks flew in all directions a few pages of paper caught up on fire but before it could spread it was dealth with by the sales advisor who blankly did as things should have been done normally seemingly losing interests in all fields, he was already beyond amazed at Epis's multitasking skills, after learning he was only awake for less than 3 months he almost went crazy only writing whatever was said to him.
The nail in the coffin was when he learned that Zash had become a Good Magus 2 or so weeks prior and managed to get a more than Stable hold on his powers seemingly believing that Prince Epis was a Apostel of God he too became a worshipper after that point never daring to go out if the way swearing to go through thick and thin after all Epis while being a Monster treated everyone with respect and honour they should deserve befitting a noble bearing and one can admit working for such a person was 100% worth it to risk their lives for.
Finally after the hammering was done the chain was once again placed on the anvil while Zash was getting tired after using his powers for a while yet he persistently continued making the chains hotter and hotter and then continuing hammering them and in the process they shrunk in size a lot as 80% of their mass was reduced and was compacted while the impurities within the metals were all drawn out and awaited either being Hammered away or grineded away and polished from the surface seemingly tired Zash picked up a towel and wiped his forehead and continued maintaining the heat as to not let them go just yet hammering them some more for a minute he was finally done as he let them sink in the cold oil they sizzled burning the oil as it splashed everywhere even around Zash who blocked it just in time only a bit of skin from his arms was burnt which would at most take a day in worst case scenario to heal up entirely.
"Congratulations Prince Epis it seems you've been successful in making what you wanted the butler and the Sale assistant said their well wishes not at all worried about these things as they had seen him heal up instantly from any cuts and wounds, they too had been 'Normalized' to Zash's standard ''"I mean did they have a choice ?""
"Haha thanks I'll be even more stronger than before with these."
"May our well-wishes be with you" everyone bowed as Zash scratched his head and simple thanked them all again.
Taking the chains out Zash cleaned them up now the chains were even more flexible, stern and fluent taking a unholstable grip he attached it to the Swords and used them as chainmails similarly he had done in that pathway as such he was familiar with chailed weapons at least towards Peak Optimization levels as for Perfection & Above Perfection levels he was way lacking in every aspect. The only weapons he could claim he was good in almost reaching the Perfection standards was a Sword which in itself was a good thing overall as it might suck to lack Mastery over the very thing you chose as you currier path over in his new home world.
Swinging the now chained dual Swords left and right he was getting increasingly familiar the maids and the butler's nearby didn't even flinch or moved and let him do as he wanted two reasons 1: they knew that their prince wouldn't do something without confidence and the more he did something the more good he got at it.
2: Their Prince Hates Harm coming to anyone without reason behind it as such he's not the kind of person who would put others lives at rush without meaning at all also their Prince's range of practice never really even got an inch closer towards their sides.
"Perfect ! Not the best quality bit that'll do Superbly ! They sure turned out well" admiring the thin silver chained The butler's smile twitched as these chains were made of materials from the royal treasury and were sacred metals in any given day and age even beating legendary weapons like Mithrill by a fair margin needless to say that too was added Partly in their construction, to consider them as barely fitting one can see how high the Prince's standard of requirements were not to mention the inhumane treatment they had gone through with less than a quarter of a size they carried beforehand one can say these chains were almost Indestructible object even if they weren't they are bound to be Extraordinary by any given standards...
"Sorry I got overly excited ! Miss Celli can you please prepare a bath ? I feel like getting washed up.'' stretching his arms and legs Zash truly was quite tired as using Essense while Essense was easy to gather he couldn't Generate any from within as Zash still wasn't at The Core Formation stage as of yet so replenishing Essense still took a while.
"Very well your Highness and please call me by my name honorifics are mood needed when talking to a servant." Correcting his behaviour she replied
"Ah I don't care that much Is it really that important though ?" Acting lazy a bit Zash waited for a proper reply.
"Of course my Prince, please bear in mind that we all require a specific role we are to serve and work under we cannot speak and work the same as eachother in a job one had to respect the employee employer relationship." Looking towards Zash she replied what she thaught came close to the answer she was looking for.
"I understand. Thank you for the advice Celli I'll be sure to follow through it in the future." Getting the semi perfect answer he was looking for Zash was once again happy for this Kingdom's future, especially with such caring and appreciative individuals around Zash went and got refreshed and left his clothes in soap water as always making the maid's job a little bit easier and went into the training field with his new Deadly 'Toys'
Swinging his weapons left and right creating momentum the blades carried on slicing through each dummy there was.
It took about an hour or so for Zash to understand and control them better as such he was confident in making proper use of them especially carefully while training with his troops.
"Little brother What's this ?" Looking towards the chained Swords on both swung left and right while a holster belt was hanged on Epis's small yet slim body to act as anchor bolt both ends to meet Estr was once again curious what his little brother was doing this time.
"Oh perfect timing ! Look Big Brother ! I've attached them to these chains I've been Forging for the past few days and this is the outcome."
Showing him the results of his hardwork he was quite gleeful about the situation
"Though I still require a few people to test them on." Pointing towards his need to test these weapons Zash just wanted to train with them while Estr saw this otherwise ' just say you want live test Dummies for yourself '
"Very well I along with a few guards will take you up on that offer... By the way have you seen Sir Benedrict and Sir Hausa ? They've rarely shown themselves the past few days even for them it's weird." Concerned he asked the person who is most likely to involved in this matter what as fate would have it he was inevitably right.
"Oh about that, I've given Sir Benedrict an task as for sir Hausa I don't know, maybe he's busy with something"
About 10 or so minutes of talking the knight captain returned with 20 or so Solver Knights who were close to the Red Knight standards meanwhile Estr already became a red Ranked Knight a few Week prior due to the constant development braught about by Zash who didn't lack behind at all and too appreciated how much of a Genius his Big Brother was in the Swordsmanship profession as he's able to catch up to anything thrown at him given enough time with constant room for development he's bound to surpass everyone in this world especially Estr's dedication on the Swordsmanship Field which was unparallele in this world was one of the reasons for his crazy improvement.
In training often as Zash in Epis's body would push him in the corner more than often but similarly Estr would find a way to get out of it and eventually getting used to that specific move and become proficient in both avoiding and using that specific Techniques to his advantage not at all falling behind Epis.
Still while he completed his Advancement in Red Knight standards he wasn't surprised and remained humble about his achievements not it due to Zash's involvement but also due to his own nature being just as humble.
Surrounded by all sides the Knights moved in a formation resembling stars rotating around a target as this was a major formation of their Kingdom used in battlefields but as expected Zash still broke through it rotating his chains in a circle he sent them towards the furthest Guard Knight Captain who promptly avoided them but that wasn't all as about to be hit by the other Sword from behind as that was blocked off by the other Guard Knight around him but rather than collide the sword on the chains smoothly avoided the collision and returned to Zash without anyone receiving any Physical harm but it thoroughly showed everyone Epis's capabilities and all they had to do was defend while Epis too tried to avoid bringing much harm to the Knights.
Dashing left and right Epis changed the chain's trajectory making previous predictions on all their paths similarly meaningless meanwhile the guards who copied Epis's eye movements to make out what target he would choose had made an even bigger mistake as Zash caught the glimpse of them doing this and was quite surprised thinking that this world's Black Knight might be even more Tentative than them and had all the more respect towards them, mainly because this world similarly to his Homeworld Earth had lost its previous means of growth as such common people can only improve so much but still didn't give up and did what needed to be done.
Zash then started to avoid specific targets and attacked completely randomly from that movement onwards making sure that all his attacks were not on target which were in his eye range as he'd go for an completely different person who he just so unluckily had seen beforehand and as such Zash became even more horrifying in their eyes as everyone just tried to continue this on dragging the 'fight' longer and longer, all throughout the while Zash was getting the full hang of these chainsed Swords making the best if their use momentum's worth and learning more ways to avoid attacks and how to hit targets harder than ever.
In the end other than an somewhat tired Zash everyone else was practically dead tired and collapsed on the floor while Estr fared a little better he too wished that this would end and once he did he fell wishing to sleep just as much as his thirst for water rose and everyone ran to drink a sip not daring to stay for a second for who knew what this monster might demand from them in the next second.
Meanwhile their worries were not wrong as Zash just so happened to wish to use the chained sowrds in a more brutal manner as still could be used as a whip of sorts making them 10× more Deadly bit he refrained as that would still be too much and he'd have many a chance to use them in the future, all he had to do was wait patiently for the opportunity.
Oh the other hand as Estr and a bunch of thirsty ran to get a drink for himself he saw Havier already waiting for him as she prepared him a few cool drinks similarly she had ordered them to get some for the guards as well making her seem like a living angel descending from the Heavens for all the guys at the time.
Estr just continued chugged drinks one after the other continuingly leaving the tray empty as he was led to an shady side of the garden resting and talking, making most of the guards jealous.
In about an hour or so of constant training since the Knights had gone back Zash Sensed a presence and got ready but calmed down later on sensing that it was only Benedrict who had did as he was requested and braught about a detailed report of most criminal organisations operating within or throughout all the kingdoms and how much influence they all carried.
After going through them for a while he just looked at him, and asked playfully " Sir Hausa and a few of his trusted people have joined these places right ?"
"Ah - trembling a bit he uncalmyl couldn't utter a word wondering how could he know.
"You see I don't mind its just that it might alert a few specific people in such organisations as such only a bit more work is added and I don't mind that as for how I noticed it I can feel the Auras or Threat coming from people around me take it as one of my Powers I can seemingly sense how much bad a person has done and similarly how clear their conscience is." Saying so Zash just made S**t up which on the other hand made Benedrict give off a silent yelp sound from his throat as if he was before an all knowing God.
"Anyways as I was saying I want to control them as such you are to choose a group to invite them I'll test them personally how competent they are, how loyal they are for the cause and how clear they are conscience wise if they're not up to the task such fools similarly don't need to exist, as for getting rid of them, leave that to me as I want to test how my new weapons are anyways, oh that's right take these.
"They're one time use only also pass these to the others who you deem worthy especially sir Hausa."
Saying so Zash gave him 25 Paper thin Knifes which he had made from the remaining of some precious materials they were somewhat lacking but we're enough for the time being.
"This !" Seeing the almost invisible Silver Throwing Knife if seen from straight the tip it was unspottable if one didn't had keen Senses whilst it's sharpness alone would pierce the strongest of shields yet it was similarly frail and delicate making one wonder how in hell was it even made ! In his hands it was a Deadly weapon as he knew a thing or two about throwing daggers but in the hands of an Assassin this was nothing short of a Tool for Massacre !
The most important part was they were so light at they could be carried 20 or so at a time yet one could barely feel their weight while being thrice more useful than regular throwing Knifes and he was presented with while crate box carrying more than 400 of such killing weapons ! These were Four hundred life-saving trumpcards in the right hands !
Accepting the gift with trembling hands he was sure that who he was serving was nothing else but an Apostel of God, and no matter what else anyone says, he wouldn't buy anything less than that for the answer !
As he was setting off Delivering the blades he was beyond excited as he heard Zash go again.
"That's right I'll be going out tonight in this region, it seems a noble is using his authority to get things and seeing his actions others are following suite I'll be giving him a chance this once but if he doesn't improves I won't show him any mercy. What do you say ? Wanna go do something fun this evening ?" Asking away Zash smiled wholeheartedly as this was his first time going out of the Palace.
Benedrict in fact was horrifying not for the prince but for others sake not knowing what he might do that bright cheerful smile was nothing short of a Devil's smile in his mind signaling one's doom he nodded like a mindless chicken pecking food and left to deliver the Knifes and started preparing himself Mentally for the evening.