The next morning his father the King called him to the Kingdom Mana chamber under the royal castle.
"Cain do you know what this is?" asked King George.
"Yes father, this is the Mana chamber where a Rune Knight imprint their soul mark to a monster. The monster will obey the command of the rune knight until it died or the rune knight perish in battle.
"Very good, I have prepared a gift for you". Satisfied with his son answer, King George signal the guard to bring the prepared monster to the mana chamber.
A white horse with a majestic wing like a swan arrived. The horse tried to break free from the mana chain that cover its neck but the chain bound the Pegasus strongly while three soldier forcefully drag the Pegasus to the mana circle in the chamber.
"This is…. Pegasus", The Excited Cain quickly use his true rune to analyse the Pegasus attributes.
Scan :
Pegasus Level 14
Hp : 455
Mp : 278
Str : 72
Int : 84
Agi : 80
Spell : Heal, Cure
Rune Cost : 70
Notes: Tier 2 monster, evolved from a Unicorn, the Pegasus usually lived in a herd deep in the forest. They are said to be in harmony with nature.
"How do you like it Cain?, I have prepared this to be your first contracted monster. The Pegasus can help your mobility in watching over your territory. You can also use it to visit me and your mother in the capital when you are free."
Seeing his father smiling face, Cain was touched, he really feels guilty that in his previous life he took his kindness for granted and only play around every day like a waste.
Thank you, father. I really love this gift said Cain while hugging his father tightly.
Cain comes up to the giant circular pedestal with a mana circle while the guards bring the Pegasus to the other pedestal. In the centre of the mana chamber, the royal mage put out a mana crystal as a catalyst for stimulating the flow of mana to connect it to the planet ley line.
The light blue mana circle flowing like water glow and envelop Cain and the Pegasus . Cain can feel that the Pegasus soul is trying to reject the connection but his soul power is so big and powerful that he can crush the Pegasus willpower and stamp his mark to the Pegasus soul forcefully. After the ritual finished, he can feel the invisible connection he has with the Pegasus.
Feeling strange, Cain tried to ask his true rune about his experience. "Lambda, how come I can finish the soul contract this easily, according to my experience, imprinting a soul mark to an unwilling monster is very hard to do and usually fail the first time. Cain remember that for a rune knight, they usually have to form a bond between the knight and the targeted monster so that the possibility of the monster rejecting the contract with the knight become smaller. Some even choose to life together with a wyvern in a cage for one month before forming their contract.
"you may not notice it but after your soul bathed in the storm of explosive energy just before your rebirth and by possessing the power of two true rune, your soul power is stronger than most people." Lambda explain to Cain the reason.
Cain remember when he explode his body and tried to take down the incarnation of true chaos rune, he can feel his soul swimming in a torrent of numerous kind of energy. He also knows that the bearer of true rune have a stronger soul than other people but he did not know that the more true rune you have, the stronger your soul will become.
Finishing the contract, Cain hug the King once more and goes to the city hall. Bergen, the royal secretary has sent someone to pick him to discuss the list of tributes that have to be paid by the two Dukes.
Prince Cain, Duke Gorm and Duke Strauss have finished the list of "support" they give.
Frowned, cain feels that this is too fast, they really eager for me to give up the throne as quickly as possible. Cain knows that it is impossible for them to give Cain 10 million gold Coins since that will ruin their territory finances. Duke Grom and Duke Strauss must use another goods that can substitute for gold coin in exchange. Cain has given them the list of items needed to develop his territory but he don't expect that they can quickly agree to his demand.
Here is the complete List:
5 million gold coins, Food and seeds equal to 1 million gold coins, Iron, Lumber and Clay worth 2 million Gold coins, Clothes and new fishing ship equal 1 million gold coins, Blocks of Stones equal to 1 million
"Hmm.. not bad", Sir Bergen please tell both Duke that I want to exchange 2 more million gold coin to buy more dried food and 1 more gold coin to buy more lumber and stone.
Noted my prince, I will send your request to both duke, if they agreed, the delivery will be made 1 month later, the gold coins and goods will be delivered to the royal capital to be verified, counted and packaged in Specialized box For Floating Carriage so the wyvern can bring it straight to your territory.
"Thank You very much sir Bergen and please say my thanks to Felix, the captain of Wyvern division for helping me move the goods."
Hearing Cain remarks, Bergen can only smile. I can assure you that Duke Grom have told Felix to move your goods as soon as possible without any mishaps if he do not want to be demoted. Before I forget, the royal builder and engineer have been waiting for you, they want to know the location where you will build your city so they can prepare the blueprint.
Cain goes to the royal stable to find his Pegasus, he rode them and rendezvous outside the capital city with the team of royal engineers in a floating carriage with two rune knights and two wyverns.
Each of the wyvern carry a specially made carriage to bring people comfortably. The wyvern feet will grab the horizontal iron stick above the carriage and fly away.
After ten hours of flight, they have arrived at Verzia territory at night.
Looking at the vast territory below him, Cain was full of nostalgia. The earth below him looks dry and cracked from lack of water and there was no trees at all only some small shrubs and cactus like plant can be found. In his previous life, Cain use one year of his life to build a small city from scratch, the next year he found out that a huge rock have blocked the river on top of the valley which is the main cause of drought in this land.
In the third year, he found out that he has not built his castle above the mana ley line in the region so he have to rebuild his castle so that he can create a mana chamber in his territory, all those memories of struggle make Cain harden his resolve to make things different this time.
Cain show the location where he intend to build his castle and the city to the Royal Engineer. He also put out a blueprint for the city that he creates himself and explained to them how he wants the city housing to be the same size and shape like a housing complex on earth and separate the city by district according to their uses, he also give them another blueprint for the castle and told them to build the castle above the marked ley line spot and create 10 km wall surrounding it.
Your highness, this is the most complex blueprint I have ever seen in my life. I can see that you have put a lot of thought into it but I am afraid that the if you want the construction to be done according to the blueprint you gave me, the cost will be enormous. Bergen have shown me the list of materials that you will receive from Duke Grom and Duke Strauss but I can assure you the cost of building this city and castle may take 5 to 7 times the amount they provided. Especially if you want every building and housing to have access to water and sewage pipe. As an experienced architect for the royal family and head of this project appointed by the King, Piper must make sure Cain knows his limitation.
Cain also knows that the request in his blueprint is very high but he rather burn a lot of money for a good foundation rather than regret it later.
"You don't have to worry about the cost Piper, I will make sure you get every last material you needed" said Cain confidently.
"Sigh… If you say so My prince, I will talk to my team and discuss with them how to best proceed with your blueprints. I must warn you though, the construction for the city will take one year and another year for the construction of the castle, you have to decide which one you want to build first". Piper told Cain to decide.