CHAPTER 2
The power of the world was not something the humans could fathom and yet they think they are the only ones and they are the ones to stand on the top. I looked at the wood and the animal carcass I have collected from the forest. I looked at the people John had arranged and decided to leave. I needed to find some materials for personal protection. Atomic manipulation was indeed a good method, but that is too boring. If there was programmable method for the telekinesis to be set up, it would have been possible. I flew and looked at the ocean. I tried to search for some minerals and finally found some titanium and created an inner armour. I also collected a lot of iron ores and other ores. I collected some petroleum too. I was going to refine these things and use it when necessary. These things could be made and refined in bulk and it could be done while doing other things. I searched for a few silver ores and gold ores. It was easy to create heat as it was nothing more than increasing the kinetic energy of molecules. I returned home. It was already night while I reached my home. I entered and sat down on the table. The food was already arranged and I ate the food. This body could be at a saved state but the food was delicious.
He waited until I ate the food and said. "I have arranged the matter sir. The people were happy to work instead for the food instead of payment. The slum was cleaned and the new building will be built. This whole place will be taken care of."
I said, "It is indeed a good thing. Make sure that the whole market will be expanded. What do you think is the market for wine?"
He smiled and said, "There are several methods to take over the world and wine is one of them. It was once said that those who can make wine that even the commers can afford will be made the king of the world."
I said, "How rare is glass?"
He said, "Earl Raymond has the special power of creating glass and glass is a cheap commodity."
I asked. "How strong is the glass?"
He said, "He can only create glasses he has seen."
I said, "Nothing like glasses stronger than steel I suppose."
He said, "I have not heard of such thing. Maybe he might have hided it."
I said, "Having such things without the power to face the world is indeed a problem. But this is not a modern world and this world does not have faster transportation. Unless there is a faster transportation method. What is the fastest transportation method?"
He said, "There was a person once who could travel at the speed of the animal he has seen."
I asked, "Where does the energy come from for these powers?"
He said, "It is said to come from the universe itself."
I asked, "Can he travel at the speed of objects he has seen? Will his body be able to bear it?"
He said, "He died while he travelled through the air. His charred body was found as he fell down."
I asked, "Which animal had he copied?"
He said, "Another being increased his speed by thousand times. Both of them died, burned to death."
I said, "It is a good thing for them to be dead."
He asked, "That is indeed a good thing."
I said, "You do not understand the speciality of speed. If speed is taken to the extreme, even mass, time and space will fall under it. Even a singularity can be created unless this world has different rules. I need to study this world."
He poured me some more wine. I asked him, "Why are you the only one standing here? Bring more maids and butlers to stand here. You can also take the position of head butler."
He said, "Yes sir."
I asked, "I have written some formulas of wines that can be made easily. I will be getting the necessary material from the forest. Make sure that 90% of the alcohol made be given to me at the end of the day. Store the rest of 9% of the wine at the cellar to ripen them more. You can sell the last of them for an appropriate price."
Three months had passed and the city was better looking. I had released a lot of flowers throughout the city to make the city smell better. I had made the earth harden and made a earth road to the ends of my territory. I did not need to take care of other territories and the road was just to increase the convenience. The city was becoming more and more richer. I did not have to take care of more things. Armies were not necessary for me and I have created a lot of scouts and to get important information about my territory.
I was walking on the road. I hated animals. The horses were something that led to the growth fo the civilization. What does the human civilization has to do with me? The path was better and I had create another walking path. I saw that a caravan was attacked by some bandits. It seems that soldiers are necessary to take care of the society. Rules needs to be made and it needs to be maintained. I could only take a paper and pen made by me and write a letter and send it to John. I needed to find someone to balance the rights of John. There is a need of a general, an assassin, a negotiator and a few politicians. Assassin may be unnecessary as I could do it myself. Sometimes it is indeed necessary to have a few cronies under me.
I walked to the caravan. I smiled and looked at the bandit. The bandits looked at me and stopped. The leader asked, "Who are you? If you leave, I will not harm you."
I smiled and said, "It seems you are not a fool."
He asked, "Why are nobles like you doing here? You should stay in you home properly."
I smiled and said, "I am not a noble. I am royalty. It would be me doing the questioning." I lifted them and removed the weapons from their hands. Seeing the people of the caravan trying to attack them bandits, I also bound them. I asked the bandits, "Why are you attacking? What is your story? Did some noble try to exploit you or you were too hungry that you could only start robbing."
The leader could only speak the truth. No one knew what powers the special beings had. "I just want to live better. We have to work for a long time and we still do not get any food. It took me a whole year to exchange for a piece of dry meat."
I asked, "How many innocents have you killed?"
He said, "Twenty or thirty."
I asked the caravan boss. He was a muscular man. "What is the cost of human life in this world?"
He looked at me with fear. He finally said, "Human life has no value in this world. A gold coin can make a man sell his family."
I smiled and said, "That is true. If life was valuable I would have punished you by sending to prison or sending you to war. I may even have started labour reform. But since the life in this world is not so valuable, I will kill you."
The bandits were scared and started wailing. The leader could only shout to stop them. The leader looked at me and asked, "I can work as a soldier for you."
I said, "Not possible. I cannot have a bandit as my soldier."
The leader could only say, "All bandits are part of the army. Unless caught, we are free. I have not done much evil and ask you to forgive me."
I smiled and said, "I can forgive you but you have to give me a reason." I tossed a gold coin to the caravan leader. I said to them, "You can leave. The debt you could have had with them is erased. Now try to glorify yourself and sell to me."
The bandit leader could only say, "I can reach the dark places."
I released them and said, "Take this letter and go to the counts mansion. Give it to the butler there. As long as you can convince him you can work for me for three years and survive. If you are not able to convince him, I will make sure that you will have to be work as a guard for five years for free. I wil make sure you are fed. You can leave. I have left a mark on your body and if you do not meet within two weeks I will make sure you are tortured to death. You can leave."
I walked away. The caravan leader called me and started speaking, "Wait lord. Would you like some wine?"
I looked at him and asked, "You have never met a lord or you have only met the low-level lords who have bought their lordship with money. They often talk to the commers with a good tone. Do you think I lack some wine."
He stuttered and tried to talk, "I am sorry my lord."
I spoke, "You are indeed careless. I will accompany you. What do you want to talk about?"
He said, "I really wanted to give you some wine."
I asked, "Is it some kind of special wine."
He said, "It is a normal wine."
I asked, "Who is your father?"
He said, "Tom. He was a bartender."
I said, "Let me give you a piece of advice. Don't do such foolish things next time. Not all nobles and royals are as forgiving as me."
I walked away from the foolish person. Any other lord would have had his tongue cut off. I walked further away. It was night and a boring night at that. I saw a few wolves running. They sensed me and turned to attack me. I killed them with a thought. I walked further and saw that the village was having a party. Unlike the movies, not all outsiders were welcomes. There was always a thin line that could hardly be crossed between nobles and commoners. The walked by the side of the village. The villager was trying to talk to me and get angry and entering their area. I destroyed the nearby tree to warn them and walked away. It was interesting to walk all alone through this world. I was always alone and we innate beings will always be alone. The only reason for the innate beings to be born is to be able to survive alone and independent from everything so as not to be bound by anything. Only truly free people like me could be called gods.
I entered the forest and saw many of the animals trying to fight me. I killed a lot. I started to search for animals to create a dress. I wanted to use the skin of the strongest animal. There were not many animal who were qualified. I could only kill a few tigers and collect their skins. I found that their skins were not so good to make the dress. The colour was not matching. I thought about wolf pelts but there were no so big wolfs. I had the idea of using a bear skin. I decided to use both the skin of bear and the skin of polar bears. I flew in the air and started searching for bears. I could find the bear directly by scanning the whole world but did not want to do so. There are only a few things that could be done in this world and I did not want to finish every one of them easily. I found that the new day had come. I flew and returned to the castle. I had to find to remain there to balance the situation.
The bandit had connections to the underworld and there were many methods to destroy them but to control them were hard. I was able to collect two bear skins and have made them into a huge jacket. I entered the entrance to the black market. It was interesting to find out that the black market was built underground by a person five hundred years ago. It seems that these special powers were like cancer, drowning this world in sand. It did not allow the world to make any advancements. The world did not have any development in special energy civilization and neither in a technological manner.
I entered the underground along with the bandit. He had the name Pan but I thought that it was a bad name. I told him that if he was able to gather enough power, I will give grant him a name. The whole dark market was covered with dark light. The wonders of this world were indeed interesting. I smiled and went to the centre of this dark market. This branch was taken over by the Reynolds family. They were the famous family that worked as mercenaries in this world and had enough control over the dark empire. I entered through the gates and the person there looked at me and asked, "What are you doing here? What do you want?"
I smiled and pushed all the people to the ground. I looked at them and spoke, "I am prince Luke from Persia. You should understand my worth."
He smiled and went upside. I waited for some time before I was invited to the room. I smiled and entered. I signalled Pan to stay out. I entered and saw an old man sitting there. I was sure that he was not a special powered person as I was able to sense all powers by me telekinesis. I smiled and sat down. He asked, "What do you want?"
I took two swords and gave him, "One of them is made of carbon steel which is much better present swords. I have not heard of any person with ability to make such swords. I will leave for now. Send it to your superiors. You are not worthy to talk with me."
He smiled and said, "The kingdom is not omnipotent and you are not too."
I smiled and said, "I am not omnipotent indeed and the fact remains that as a prince, as long as I am alive I can establish a kingdom. I can kill all of you in a moment." I destroyed the whole building in a second holding him and the basement with my power. I spoke again, "You should have understood my power by now. It is not a potential. It is true power. I will return within a fortnight. By the way, I am not so friendly to the kingdom and do not mind breaking up with the kingdom so do not spread it the kingdom."
I let the platforms lowered. I walked away and Pan followed me.