'Ahhh fuck… sometimes… my luck is just too damn good."
Esmond already knew which rewards to choose out of the Private Territory and Specialised Galactic Unit, deciding on the 7 islands and Shadow Intelligence Agency.
The reason he went with the 7 islands was due to their position being all across the globe.
It would help his operations, especially his forces, if they could move around the islands without any problems.
The Shadow Intelligence Agency was the icing on the cake as it delved into all sorts of work to ensure the survivability of their Empire.
When he was the Crown Prince of the Xoplis Empire, only a handful of times did he ever come across the Agency and get to work with them.
That's exactly when he understood the true power within the hands of the Emperor.
They were situated throughout the Galactic world, hiding among all forms of society, from governments, armies, other intelligence agencies and even pirates.
During his fortunate first meeting with an agent of the agency, they had infiltrated the enemys battleship and saved his ass from dying when he was caught off guard by the sudden attack.
Thankfully he was able to get the news quick enough to escape and get out of harm's way.
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For now, he was rather focused on training his body and at least gathering all the various energies before absorbing them.
With the system update, his level was 19 and the system was 1, meaning it could be upgraded at some point, but it also meant Esmonds power leveling was different than before.
Though it still meant the same ghastly amount of experiences points needed for him to level up, it meant when he would level up in the future, it would greatly affect the other abilities and functions.
That's why Esmond felt somewhat uneasy that his skills weren't levelled up enough to his liking, so he rushed outside and started drawing the Spiritual Energy of the space towards himself.
The second he tried to connect with his internal energy and mentality, Esmond could feel the sentient lifeform speaking with him and all other sources of energy within his body.
His Soul and Body Core awoke with the rest of pooled internal energy within his body.
To awaken Mana within his body so he could begin drawing it in from the space, Esmond forced the internal body energy to gather around the Core near his heart and drowned them both in sparkling golden coloured energy.
While the pain in his chest nearly stopped him a couple times in his tracks, Esmond pushed through and soon felt the Core disintegrated into his heart before the organ was moulded into a stronger organ with a smaller core at the centre of the heart.
The internal energy was coursing through his body with the help of his upgraded heart organ which now sent the rest of the energy to circulate and affect his anatomy.
Soon enough, his muscle fibres, bones, organs, veins, and senses were strengthening under the body transformation.
It wasn't anything showy as the work was all happening internally, but Esmonds body soon started to expel the internal filth through his orifices.
Within 10 minutes, Esmond was covered in black goo from head to toe.
He felt lighter and calmer with every passing moment, noticing the changes happening within his body.
At this point, his new core within the heart was working to improve, develop and train automatically without his input.
Esmond could tell the sentient lifeform that lived throughout his whole body was already working hard to absorb the external energies.
The internal body energy was also drawn power from within his body and the core to develop itself as well, however with the cores only beginning to fill itself, there was a long way to go for the energy within his body.
He was closely controlling the internal body energy as it went through his body with his mental strength, creating pathways for the Mana to come through and be absorbed into the body.
After another couple of minutes Esmond was done creating the circuits within his body based off his anatomy and got up to clean himself of all the filth covering him.
Just the walk back inside the house towards the bathroom was quite daunting as he sensed the flood of energy entering his body, as well as the work happening internally, turning it into various types of energy for him to use and control.
While his body was reenforced and strengthened by his 19 levels so far, the energy levels were building exponentially in the other areas.
Esmond estimated by the morning his body would all be equally aligned at level 19.
After that he could continue to push his other levels to increase, while he tries to find ways to level up his Host level.
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He still had yet to try and connect with any sort of element just yet, but the second he turned the taps in the shower, Esmond could sense a familiarity between himself and the water, connecting the two at a deeper level.
At first, Esmond thought it might be because of the Universal Essence which connected with everything in the sole of exist, but the second he thought about increasing the temperature, it changed within a heartbeat, much to his astonishment.
Choosing not to waste time playing in the shower, Esmond cleaned himself before exiting and approaching the others in the lounge as his parents had returned and were delighted to find a daughter had joined their family.
Ruby didn't even wait and took her daughter shopping through the streets of the second city along with some of the other ladies she'd befriended who'd been spawned with their families.
Daniel had left as well to buy some gifts for Isabelle, taking along Echo to help with his shopping spree, leaving Carter and Esmond behind.
Neither of them minded being left behind, as it meant Esmond could work on some tasks in the meantime.
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*Ding*
[Rewards:
- Private territory (Several Options Available)
o (Selected!) 7 Islands
§ Each surrounded by archipelagos
§ Each is located in the 7 seas of Earth
§ Arctic (300,000 square kilometres, including archipelago)
§ North Atlantic (1,600,000 square kilometres, including archipelago)
§ South Atlantic (2,100,000 square kilometres, including archipelago)
§ North Pacific (2,009,000 square kilometres, including archipelago)
§ South Pacific (2,650,000 square kilometres, including archipelago)
§ Indian (2,980,000 square kilometres, including archipelago)
§ Southern Ocean (300,000 square kilometres, including archipelago)
- Specialised Galactic unit from Hosts past (Several Options Available)
o (Selected!) The Great Imperial Xoplis - Shadow Intelligence Agency
§ 2000 Service Ready Agents
§ 1500 Officers
§ Shadow Intelligence Agency Headquarters and Training Facilities – Uncommon Grade
§ Shadow Intelligence Agency – Vaazakra – Artificial Intelligence Program
§ Equipment and tools of Shadow Intelligence Agency (Circa.7894 Gregorian Calendar)]
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*Ding*
[Due to Landmass of the private territory awarded to Host, span of protection is reduced to 1 year]
[Host can purchase increased protection timeframe from the System Store!]
[Agents and Officers of the Shadow Intelligence Agency families will be included within Imperial Xoplis Citizens Genetic Code]
[Summoned Individuals will be connected with Shadow Intelligence Agency and not the overall Great Imperial Xoplis Empire]
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"Not too bad…
What do you think Carter?"
Esmond headed over to the fridge to grab something to drink like coke or Fanta which they'd been able to reproduce within the space, so Esmond literally had an endless supply of them.
"By the way… where did the extra 10 million credits go…?"
Esmond was smiling as he asked, though he wasn't happy in the slightest to see that many credits disappear without him knowing.
Carter saw the creepy smile and looked head on at Esmond with a terrifying smile of his own.
"Hehehe… well I bought myself a gift, Esy…"
"That would be…?"
"… A bloody map from the System Store…
Bought it roughly the same time you let me purchase the A.I programming for Isabelle."
Esmond didn't ask anything else and instead waited for Carter to explain the benefits of the map to him.
To his surprise, the new islands in his possession were included as well as the places he'd visited so far.
Carter could in face access any of these places with no issues and open a gate from the space to those locations without any stress.
Learning this, the two looked at each other with devilish smirks on their faces, immediately shifting down to the underground mancave so they could get to work in the Virtual Labs.
Before they were called by Echo to return home for dinner on the order of their mother, Ruby, Carter and Esmond, along with some scientists, to create a space station and space elevator.
He had already designed a rocket to throw into space which contained a small satellite that he was going to left off at some point soon, but Esmond wanted a stronger presence in space than any other nation before his islands were considered to be a nation.
He'd also worked on the cloaking system to make them function for the islands and keep them away from prying eyes.
They only got to spend a handful of hours within the Virtual Labs, but it was more than enough for them to get everything done as Esmond didn't bother leaving areas where faults could be found for others to work on.
His main reason being that it would be the first beacon to the world, letting them space wasn't far from their grasp.
So, Carter and Esmond worked together to design a complete space station that'd be connected with a graphite - phrik – ogryx alloy cable connection the surface of the planet.
Because of the map function Carter bought, the North and South Pacific Islands cross over the equator and connected with one another, making it the perfect location for the space elevator to be built.
Before leaving the Lab, they'd finished creating the projects as well as any refining they needed to do, so all that was left to do was build it now and that was in the careful hands of Carter to get started on.
The two joined the rest of the family as they celebrated the arrival of Isabelle and Echo into the family, with both parents adorning them with gifts and yelling at Carter and Esmond to organise their bedrooms.
It was a lovely end to the day, as Esmond mentally prepared himself for the work that was soon to come…
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֍ Nearing Midnight of the 9th of February 2008 ֍
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Esmond standing before the Summoning Square with Echo, Carter, and Isabelle close by.
He'd got in touch the some of the Veveliaans after dinner with his family and learnt many didn't remember how they died, just that they were on their home planet before it was attacked suddenly.
Many of them were slaughtered in the incoming attack so they didn't have a clue of what happened to their people later, but Esmond believed he'd learn something soon enough as more of them were summoned.
A little earlier, Esmond had summoned Imperial Xoplis Citizens who were related to the officers and agents that were also summoned before.
They appeared along with the facilities once they were established within the space.
Esmond placed them away from the public eye and securely placed the facilities in a remote area with Carters help.
Though they would live in the second city, they would travel over to Shadow Intelligence Agency's Headquarters for work.
When the agents and offciers were summoned, many of them noticed the similarities with their former crown prince as some were from his era of time, but others weren't and came from times much earlier on.
Only when the management officer, Nedric was summoned did Esmond finally find a familiar face among the crowd.
They'd worked together once which led to Nedrics death who saved his life back then, so seeing him again brought up some old emotions in Esmond.
He apologised and asked Nedric to take over the Shadow Intelligence Agency with the help of the Artificial Intelligence of the agency which would help easy his work.
He agreed and got to work preparing the people while Esmond left to summon the citizens who were the family members of various Shadow Intelligence Agency people.
Once everything was sorted at the headquarters, Esmond asked Carter and the others to bring them over so they could find their family members.
Though it was only 300 per day, the others were overjoyed seeing they could reunite with their families they thought were long lost as it was a rule they couldn't connect with their families once they joined the agency.
Esmond didn't want the rule to continue as he had absolute assurance, they would be safe within the space and the real concern would be his agents and soldiers that would fight out in the field, but Esmond had more than enough ways to improve their physiques within the space.
What he also learnt from Nedric, after they inspected the tools and equipment that spawned along with them was that it could be improved.
To his surprise, Imperial Xoplis Citizen scitentists were being spawned in the institute so Carter and Echo got in touch with them and brought them over so they could meet their families.
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They were watching over everyone from the balcony of the palace that oversaw the Summoning Square as the nightlife in the second city was beginning to build itself up.
A whole lot of the entertain was nearby to the Summoning Square for convenience when people were summoned at first but there were plenty of other entertaining activities all around, one just had to explore.
Esmond was happy to see the people within the space living their lives, free from the pain of imprisonment and capture to till the greed of corrupt people.
While watching over them, they were discussing the plans for the islands on earth.
They didn't want to wait and waste time not doing anything with all the land they were gifted so Carter was working with Gabriel to create public system and basic infrastructure that would be universally used across all the islands.
They also have the creative influence from Isabelle, Echo and Esmond to include as well, but it soon became something that included the heads of the various races.
Eventually the palace had people from all the races currently within the space, the Veveliaans, Zadrisians, G.A.E humans and the imperial Xoplis Citizens.
Everyone had something to say and add, from cultural design influence to the way the cities and towns should be laid out.
Watching from the side, while chiming in his two cents, Esmond was happy with the end result of a hard night of work with everyone and soon asked everyone to return him, as things were about to get exciting.
Tulluan was ready and about to begin the operation to have the Spatial Cores sent to the centres of the planets, excluding their sun, where in which a stone was launched from space at the sun's surface and leaving the rest to Isabelle to manage.