The next day, Adi woke up just at the day break. He yawned and stretched lazily before going to the balcony to see the rising sun. The sun had just risen above the horizon from behind mountains which gave it a golden halo and a sacred look. Adi thought to himself looking at the mesmerizing scene, 'such a wonderful scenery and a beautiful place, it would be a perfect tourist site in modern era. But look at the state it is now.'
After collecting himself from his thoughts, he went to freshen up. After finishing, he went to have his breakfast. He looked at his Mother who was preparing food with the maids and reminisced what she said yesterday at dinner. She said, "Adi, I don't have anyone dear to me in my life other than you. I can't see anything happening to you. You were so sick for past few months and I was so scared about anything happening to you. Remember, no matter what, you have to stay safe. I don't want any kingdom or title or anything else. I just want you to be safe and happy."
He was so touched that he almost cried. He knew that it was meant for his son Adi whose soul has already departed and here he was occupying his body. He felt guilty. Now he thought about it again, 'I am Adi now so all that is for me too. So don't worry Adi Bose, your mother is now my mother and i will do my best so as to keep her safe.' Instantly he felt like his body become a little light and he had a feeling of a comfort which he didn't had previously. He was startled but couldn't make any heads and tails of the situation. So he asked the self acclaimed almighty system.
"System, what happened just now? Why did I feel so much more comfortable compared to previously?"
System : "Host, it was the lingering thoughts and spirit of the deceased Adi Bose which was left. Now that you promised him that you will take care of his mother and treat her as yours, his wishes have been fulfilled and his spirit dissipated."
Adi asked as he was surprised, "Whoaaa!!! System how come i didn't feel any discomfort before or his spirit? Is this magic? How come his spirit remain even after he died and you, the "ALMIGHTY ALL-KNOWING ETHICAL SYSTEM" gave me this body?"
System, as if incensed by this sarcastic remark, replied, "Host doesn't have to worry about his spirit and wishes as it couldn't affect you, so the system also ignored this issue. But now you have done something to get its approval, its even better. And No, this is not Magic."
Adi : "So it means there is magic in this world. Can you tell me about it, please?"
System : "No, Host's level is not enough to know about these things. When you have enough authorization, you will be informed. Now don't stray away from where you are and what you have to do."
Adi : "So what level am I? And how will I increase my level? Also, if I recall correctly, you have not stated the rewards of mission completion."
System : "Host is currently at Level 1. You can increase your level by spending points which will be given after every completed missions, which will be referred as Mission Points (MP). You can also get more points by doing Bonus Missions and getting Bonus Points (BP). Bonus points will be given after any new development or morals introduced by Host. The System will then analyze it and give you Bonus points on the basis of its effects in the world. The Rewards for completing each missions will be based on the difficulty level. Rewards for Mission 1 is 1000 MP."
After listening and digesting the new information, Adi called for his Status. The window popped up in his mind showing :
> Name- Adi Bose
> Age - 16
> Health Status - Healthy (immune to all poisons and diseases)
> Level - 1
> Total Points = 0 [MP=0 ; BP= 0]
> Acquired - Agriculture and farming;
> Mission 1- Investigate your barren land and make it fit for farming.
> Rewards - 1000 Mission Points
> Deadline - 1 year after reaching Rai (364 days left)
> Remarks - Nothing but a novice. You have a long way to go.
Adi realized that there were some changes in his status window. The Health status was changed from Weakened to Healthy. There was two new sub headings, one for Total Points which showed all his points and second was the Rewards. The thing which irked him was the Remarks. He grumbled, 'What the hell? I know I am a novice. You don't have to point it out on my face. System must have a Black Heart.'
System - "No Host. System doesn't even have a body so it can't posses a black heart."
Adi shut his mouth at this reply. Even without conversing with it, the system knew his thoughts, so he better not think about it. He refocused on finishing his breakfast and stopped thinking about other things. After finishing his breakfast he called his Head Guard Pratap and told him to assemble the men in front of Palace gates. After 10 minutes, all thousand men had assembled here. They were standing in 25 rows with 40 men in each row. Pratap was standing by his side a couple steps back.
Adi looked at his men. There were a few whom he knew. Among them were Jack, Uday, Sean and Ajit. They were not in the worst knights group. They were trained under Pratap from young and were also very friendly to Adi. He called them out, and stated in a flat tone "Jack, Uday, Sean, Ajit. Divide the men equally under you and make Squads of Ten. Every five such Squad will become a Platoon. And five Platoons will make a Company. You four will be the Lieutenant Colonels for now until further instructions. Understood?"
Everyone present there were astonished over what he said. They couldn't understand how a soft spoken person like him could say these in such a tone. They gathered their thoughts and reshuffled as he commanded. While they couldn't make any sense of what he said and terms he used, they still complied. After all he was no more the timid Eighth Prince, but the new King of Rai, and they were under him for good or bad.
Adi saw the confusion in their eyes but he didn't explain it. He had already thought of training them as Soldiers as people on Earth did. He had not been under any army training himself but he knew bits and pieces of their structure. Rest of it he will improvise and after getting some points he will buy it from the System. He asked in his mind,
"System, what will be the cost for Army training manual and knowledge?"
System : "Host, it will cost 100 points for getting the knowledge of all three Army, Naval and Air force and only 50 points for Army."
Adi thought that system was more like a merchant selling products giving different offers. By that time all the men were standing at their new positions. He nodded, satisfied with their performance for now. After which, he continued, "From today all of you will be a family and brothers in arms. All of you will live together, eat together, train together, fight together and make our Kingdom strong together. They have banished us here thinking that we will die but we will prove them wrong. We will make a better Kingdom and a stronger Kingdom together. We will not bend our knees under any circumstances."
At the end he roared, "ARE YOU ALL WITH ME?"