William was stunned, to think in less than 24 hours over 12 thousand people have perished, this was with the ability to attack other Monarchs and natural disasters on Eden not yet started. A chill traveled down William's spine as he realised just how badly he underestimated Eden, this was a world where without personal strength, even the weakest beginning enemies could make you feel powerless. William reorganised his priorities in his mind and placed strengthening himself as one of the main priority goals right now. The sun was already setting, so William decided to pass the energy absorption manual to Xavier to speed up the gene research and went back into the main palace to rest.
As morning arrived, rays of sunlight hit William's face and he was forced to awaken from his first slumber in Eden. As William glanced around at the white gold interior of his massive room that gave a noble aura, a slight smile appeared on his face, before returning to his usual cold and indifferent expression. William got off his massive Alaskan king bed and freshened up with the items Xavier had left under William's request for construction. After changing into pure white military attire with gold accessories William pulled open the massive room doors and he stepped out when he was greeted with the salute of two soldiers standing guard on either side of the room. William nodded slightly before continuing to walk out of the palace as the two guards followed shortly behind, walking in heavy synced steps.
When William stepped outside, the entire base was bustling, 60 or so workers were hard at work transporting metal ores that were instantly produced into alloys thanks to his special talent buff. The rest were under orders from Xavier busy at work managing agriculture and housing projects. As William was stepping down the last stair Xaiver rushed over to meet William before speaking to him with excitement.
"My Lord! I successfully combined the methods behind energy absorption and spirit energy with our bodies' systems to make a serum to directly increase our power, the current power will only take us to the peak of Body Training but the effects are immediate and no negative aftereffects can occur! This serum only touches the very basics of this new path, I'm sure I can continue to progress with time My Lord! Production will cost about 1 spirit core worth of energy per serum."
William looked at Xavier with a sense of approval on his face, he walked up to Xavier and patted his shoulder softly with a faint smile before taking the blue serum and drinking it in one gulp. Just as the final drop entered William's body notifications rang in his head.
[Ding! Your level has reached 2 congratulations! Reached Body Training Realm 2!]
[Ding! Your level has reached 3 congratulations! Reached Body Training Realm 3!]
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[Ding! Your level has reached 10 congratulations! Reached Body Training Realm 10!]
Torrents of energy spread through every area of William's body and strengthened every cell in his body, the power he felt at this moment gave William the feeling of being able to smash a mountain with a single fist! William checked his status and was quite stunned by what he saw!
[Ding!]
Monarch Name: William Erikson
Level: [10/10] | [Body Training Realm Peak] | [1000/1000] Energy
General Life Span: 120 Years
Civilization Level: [F]
Tech Lines: [Class F Weapons], [Class F Infrastructure], [Class F Gene Serum Production Line]
Population: 100 [Civilians], [25 Class F Basic Soldiers], [10 Class F Researchers] | Population Cap [700]
Loyalty: 100% [Absolutely Loyalty]
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Life Span! One of the greatest fears of mankind being death could actually be defeated here on Eden! Even William could not help but show a considerable smile. After reporting the changes that occurred to Xavier he understood some areas to work on and immediately left in a frenzy. William moved to the system interface and directly scanned for something important, the trade function! One of the newly opened functions of Eden. As William scanned the functions there were two areas, a Monarch trade area where anything from equipment to spirit cores could be traded, and an Eden commerce hub where many items could be exchanged for Eden coins. The items worth Eden coins of either silver or gold were considerably high-tier items currently. From monster parts to spirit cores and resources.
[Ding! SSS - Class Talent Hidden Buff! x10 on products or currency conversion!]
[Class F Monster Parts]: 100 Silver Eden
[Class E Spirit Core]: 1 Gold Eden
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[Class A Monster Parts]: 1000 Gold Eden
[Class A Metal Alloy]: 600 Gold Eden
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A pleasant surprise for William occurred, having an x10 bonus on the trade and conversion sections meant his progress speed could greatly improve. As William was planning to up the frequency of hunts to gather resources Henry ran towards William.
"My Lord! We discovered a treasure chest 3.7 kilometers from here, it was guarded by a group of Class F stone snakes, we cleared them and brought the chest over."
"Well done, lead the way."
William soon arrived in front of a large wooden chest releasing a slightly mysterious aura, when William scanned the chest it revealed its information.
[Ding!]
[Class F]: Rewards Chest
[Max Rewards]: 3
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Without delay, he opened the wooden chest and bright blinding light rushed out but almost immediately disappeared, leaving behind a chest filled with items.
[Ding! Class F chest opened! Received...x5 Spirit Core....x1 Class F Spirit Bow...MODIFIED....converted to x1 Class F Kinetic Rifle....x100 Food Resources!]
Other than the Kinetic Rifle the other rewards were within expectations for William, stored the Kinetic Rifle until a team could be used to derive the core data to gain the blueprint. Next William collected the remaining spirit cores after accounting for the amount needed to create serums for the basic soldiers. With around 25 spirit cores from 1 day of nonstop hunting from Henry and his team William directly exchanged them for 250 Gold Edens with the bonus. With his income at the level he wanted, William proceeded to expand his power, opening the shop system he began purchasing.
[Ding! Received....x2 Research Team...x3 Class F Research Team Upgrade Template...x2 Basic Soldiers Squad...x3 Class F Soldier Squad Upgrade Template....x1 Basic Guard Squad....x1 Class F Guard Upgrade Template...x2 Armoured Jeep...x5 Recon Drones...x3 Civilian Group...x5 Class F housing...x1 Class F Weapons Factory...x2 Class F Industrial Factory....x1 Class F Barracks....x10 Sentry Turrets....x5 Watch Towers....2 Territory Expansion Permit!]
After about 15 minutes of 'shopping' Williams funds were burnt down to a few hundred Silver Edens. However, William knew money was there to be spent! Hoarding accomplished nothing, dismissing the useless sense of regret he just felt, a faint trace of excitement took its place on his face as he directly used the territory expansion permits. The iron fort walls were pushed away to expand and encompass around 2 more kilometers which was the max to expand at Class F civilization level, the surrounding forest was forcibly cut off from the rest and many regular creatures were hiding in fear. After moving to a large open area William started summoning continuously, after a minute the bright pillars of light receded, revealing a magnificent sight of hundreds of people kneeling in respect towards 1 glorious figure. As the wind brushed past William's figure his white military coat fluttered in the air as he stepped forward dominantly and stretched out his hand seeming to try to cover them with just his hand.