He held the soft puppy in his arms for what seemed like an eternity before putting it in the newly constructed room. He was about to leave the cave but felt that the cave was pretty cold so he looked through the build menu and scrolled through the hundreds of options until he found what he was looking for. Under the light category he found a ceiling lamp that also acted as a heater. Once he placed it on the ceiling he received the same notification telling him it would cost about 5 mv every hour until it got a source of power.
With the new found puppies taken care of he created a wooden sofa and lined it with the same material from the carriage before sitting down.
He pulled out the three books and opened the first one. just like the old man said he could not understand a word. Just as he was going to put it away a notification caught his attention.
[ User needs an Artificial intelligence to decipher this ancient text ]
[ Available AI X2 ]
[ Do you wish to activate An Ai? ]
" Yes activate both. "
[ X1 highly advanced Ai is now being activated 10 hours till completion ]
[ X1 smart Ai is now being activated 5 hours till completion]
" Alright "
Julian read the notification and moved on to his next plan.
" Summon Chaos Demon "
- 5 kilowatts
A chaos tear appeared and put stepped an abomination of flesh and bones standing tall on 4 hulking legs taking up most of the room in the cave.
[ Rank 5 Annihilator ]
Looking at the hulking mass of flesh and bone Julian felt A great deal of Terror but he held his ground and spoke in a deep voice with all the strength he could muster.
" Kill all undead and Spiritual beasts within a 500 mile radius, Do not let the towns people see you! "
The Demon stared coldly into his eyes and growled before vanishing out of the cave.
Julian breathed out and wiped the sweat from his forehead before grabbing a bottle out of his ring. He took a couple of sips before he got an idea. He tossed the half full bottle of wine in the Matter converter and became Delighted.
[ Glass has been added to Library ]
[ Golden dragon elixir has been added to Library ]
+ 500,000 M.V.
' 500k for half a bottle? '
This was some expensive wine but it was worth it. He went to the library and found the Golden Dragon elixir and saw that it was 10,000 M.V. for 10 ml of wine. his empty wine bottle could hold about 1,000 ml so to refill an empty bottle would cost him a million M.V.
For now he dismissed the idea of refilling his wine as he felt like this world was beginning to turn him into an alcoholic. Instead he walked over to his fabricator and looked for basic iron tools. He found them and made 20 iron axes, 20 iron hoes, then he went to the weapons and bought 20 Ak-47s. He wanted to buy bolters but he doubted his citizens who weren't very strong would be able to wield them. As he was watching the fabricator work his notifications began to pop off.
[ You have killed rank 2 blue tiger ]
[ You have killed rank 3 Steelhead hog ]
[ You have killed undead rank 3 ]
[ you have killed...]
[ You have killed...]
His inventory filled up quickly and he dropped most of the items directly into the Matter converter adding dozens of new items to his library including soul stones and beast cores. He quickly gained hundreds of thousands of M.V and he reached 10 million M.V. quite quickly. He also analyzed his EXP gain. Rank 2 beasts, undead or foundation stage cultivators gave around 5k depending on various things. while rank 3 or gold core gave around 50k. The pattern continued and he guessed rank 4 or soul wandering would give 500k and rank 5/ Nascent soul would give 5 million.
EXP 605,000/2,400,000
In about 20 minutes all the Axes had been completed and Julian sucked them into his ring before setting off for the town. About a minute later he made it to the town and was greeted by William and 40 men of various ages.
" I have done as you asked my liege, I present 40 able body fighters ready to fight for you. :
He had only asked for 20 but this was even better than he had hoped for.
" I welcome all of you to the Imperial army! Our first objective is to clear the Forrest around the river so we can begin planting crops. You don't have to worry about being attacked by monsters while working as I've already cleared the area. "
Julian motioned for them to follow him then walked about 100 feet out of town where he placed a matter converter down.
- 1,000,000 M.V.
" All logs and rocks you remove from the area are to be thrown into this square of light. Here are the Tools you will need to clear the trees. "
Julian spoke to them as he placed the 20 axes on the ground in front of them.
" I only have 20 for the time being so 20 of you will cut the logs and the other 20 will work on moving rocks and any other debris from the area. The square of light i am building will take about an hour so until it is completed place the materials besides me. "
The men nodded and they split into 2 groups and began to work. Once group one began to cut the logs the other group carried them and placed them in a pile besides Julian. After a log was cut the stump remained so William being the strongest was in charge of pulling them out of the ground.
An hour quickly passed by and the converter had been completed. Seeing that it was done the second group moved and began to toss the logs and other materials they had collected into the converter driving up Julian's M.V.
Looking at the progress being made Julian smiled then he looked over at the town. It was run down and looked pitiful so he decided to rebuild it from scratch but first he would need a place for the townspeople to stay during the construction. Thinking about this he returned to his cave and grabbed the items that had been made tossing them into his ring.
With the constant income of M.V. flooding in he decided to splurge some and create some area for what he wanted to build. Nano particles flowed out of his hands and became sharp spikes that easily pierced the hard rock.
He dug straight down about a mile or two before the ground beneath him gave way And he fell hundreds of feet before landing in a deep pool of water.
He panicked and sent his divine sense everyone and was Exasperated by what he saw. He had fallen into an absolutely insanely humongous cavern stretching farther than his divine sense could reach. He swam to the only shore he could find and placed a torch lighting up the area. He tried to activate his night vision but something was interfering with it causing it to not work.
Sitting down on the cold Bedrock surrounded by darkness he thought of ways to light up the surrounding area which was mostly water so torches would be ineffective.
As he was thinking his right arm moved on its own and shot a small ball of Nano particles onto the ceiling of the cavern. surprised by the sudden movement of the Nano particles he looked up to where they landed only to see that the Nano particles began to move and replicate on the ceiling which began building large ceiling lights that light up the surrounding area.
" haha "
Julian smiled seeing this and activated his arm to shoot more balls of Nano particles but stopped after shooting 10 of them because the M.V. cost was getting too expensive. In only 5 minutes he had burned through 4 million M.V. so he took a breather and let it build up again. Looking at his M.V. again he noticed a problem. The lights were draining more M.V an hour then he could produce so he halted the construction of the lights and gathered the Nano particles he had shot.
He looked around the empty cavern and saw something in the distance that reflected the light. He picked up the torch he had placed and jumped towards it landing on another piece of bedrock above the water. In front of him was a yucca shaped blue crystal. He placed his hands on it and broke off a piece.
[ High quality Natural Soul stone ]
" What! "
Seeing the name of this crystal his excitement grew and he hastily collected all of it. He quickly looked around to see if there was anymore but only darkness could be seen.
' I'll have to come back here once I get more M.V. ' he thought to himself and he moved back toward the way he had come in. He looked up at the hole and moved Nano particles around his fingers in the shape if claws before jumping into the tunnel and climbing back up.
At the top he tossed all the rocks he had gained from mining into the Converter and sat down with the HQ Soul stones in front of him and began to consume them.
-9 HQ natural soul stones
+9,000 Psychic force
[ 9,000/12,000 ]
Standing up he made his way outside his cage and was hit by a cool breeze as he looked down onto the city where his people were hard at work clearing land. He walked down to the matter converter and was greeted by William who was carrying a tree stump. He tossed it into the converter and walked over. Julian placed the hoes on the ground and spoke.
" Once you clear out a bit more land use these to plow the land. We have no seeds at the moment but I will make a trip north to the city of Louthe. I will be gone for maybe a week or more so I prepared these weapons for you.
Julian placed a wooden table on the ground then placed the 20 Ak-47s onto it.
The guns were laid down and Julian smirked looking at Williams face full of disbelief. Without waiting for him to speak Julian picked up one and demonstrated how to use it before handing it to William to try.
Williams shaking hands grabbed the weapon and imitated what Julian had done. He pulled the trigger and shot right at a tree spooking all of the men working.
" Thi-This is a rifle! " he yelled ecstatically.
Julian laughed and spoke again
I've already taken care of the dangers within a 500 mile radius so you don't have to really worry but just in case I want you to arm and train 20 men to use these.
Just as he was speaking a notification popped up in front of him.
[ Mission A taste of genocide has been completed ]
[ You have unlocked two random technologies ]
[ choosing random technologies now ]
[ You have gained the Complete Recipe of Advanced Roman Concrete as well as the Blueprints for a small Excavator ]
Julian looked at the new technologies and nodded, they were pretty good. He had heard stories of how strong ancient Roman concrete was so it would be a building material for his city.
' should I model my city after Rome? ' he thought to himself as he stared at the popup.
" Sir? "
Williams confused voice brought Julian back to what he was doing.
" back to what I was saying, these guns are here to protect you. however using these guns comes at a cost. You must continually dump materials into this square of light every day and in turn you will be able to use this weapon and those grills in the city will continue to run so you can easily cook food. also I have another task specifically for you. I recently came into contact with some baby storm wolf cubs that I intend to raise. I need you to look after them for me while I am gone. "
William took a minute to process the information then nodded.
" I understand. "
Before leaving Julian turned around again and spoke one final time.
" I plan on reconstructing the town from scratch so have some of the men begin to tear down the old buildings that aren't being inhabited at the moment. when I get back we will tear down the rest of them and begin constructing new houses made of Concrete and tiles. "
William didn't understand what Concrete and tiles were but he nodded anyways.
" It will he done my liege "
Satisfied Julian went back to his cave to rest as the sun was going down and it was getting late.
After he left William and a couple of the older men had a discussion about Julian.
A man in his thirties with freckles and long brown hair and brown eyes named Jake spoke up in a voice of admiration.
" Emperor J is truly a god descending to the mortal plane. How else would he be able to create objects out of thin air? ?
another man in his thirties with black hair called Alex replied to this with an equal amount of praise.
" Emperor J is Truly a divine being! I will pledge my entire life to him and hell maybe one day I will become a great cultivator under his tutelage. "
Hearing this A quiet old man with white hair in his fifties named Henry spoke up too.
" I Too am truly awed by what I have seen today. just this morning I was on the brink of death eating cookies made of dirt and leaves but now I am back in my prime and can feel my limbs as well as move them freely. "
He paused then looked up at William before speaking.
" What's your opinion ' General ' William " ? "
William looked at the three men in front of him before staring into the sky with a sigh.
" I Do not know what to think to be honest. My entire world view has been flipped upside down in a matter of hours. All of my dying friends and family are now perfectly healed and running around laughing and enjoying themselves. The kids who I had to watch get skinnier and skinnier by the day are happily eating steaks the size of their arms and drinking a strange golden elixir that allows one to break through almost instantly! When I think of Emperor J my heart is filed with respect and gratitude and I want to thank him a thousand times a second. Simply calling him an emperor is an insult! I say we call him God emperor J instead! "
The three men nodded their head at the same time and Jake yelled into the air full of pride.
" I Jake Alvarez swear I will follow God emperor J to the ends of the this world! "
All the men smiled and repeated it as well. The noise they were making attracted the rest of the men who joined in on the conversation and soon all 40 men agreed they would serve God emperor J until there last breath.
On the walls of the city, Williams niece stood watching the men talk and laugh together. She held her face with her right hand while her left rested on her wall. She thought back to the image of God emperor Julian and although she had never seen his face due to the armor he was wearing Julian was etched in her heart forever.