I open my eyes slowly feeling the headache clearing up slowly and my sight became more clear as time went on. Last night is a blur as I try to recall what the hell happened.
We walked into my exclusive cassino And....? It seems I can't recall what happened after those drinks.
At the very least I woke up by myself. That's a good start. Just as I am about to go to the bathroom, I hear movement, on the floor is April, Rina and Bai Ming sleeping soundly.
It seems they put the bed covers and pillows for themselves. I walk out slowly trying not to wake them up. I took a shower and changed my clothes before ordering some breakfast.
The suite has seven rooms. These girls should have been able to have other rooms to sleep in, why did they all sleep on the floor?
There are other rooms here and inside is the rest of the guys. Jules, Huo Chen and Seth.
As soon as I put on an earpiece my AI spoke to me. "There's an anxious man waiting for you in the waiting area. He said his name is Huo Jun, I had him allowed entry since he may be related to Huo Chen."
"Did he mention why he came?" I am wondering if this guy is worried about his brother.
"He said he needs to speak with you." I see.
"Have him meet me in my office." There a hood distance between this building and the one that has my office.
A few minutes later I am seated in my small table as the kitchen staff delivered breakfast. I ate as if I am alone.
"I came to explain about yesterday. I am sorry I was harsh to you like that but I had no choice." He sat there looking the same way as he did yesterday but the words are different from those spoken to me the day before.
I continued to eat until I took a napkin wiping my mount then my eyes turned to him. "How did you get shot in the chest?" Am I mad that he broke up with me in front of people like that? Yes. But I am used to being humiliated by a love interest. Besides, we are not in love.
That's what I tell myself but deep down I am holding myself back from using his face as a target board for my throwing knives.
"I had a confrontation with the blood clan when they came to kidnap downtown residence. They have come back at least four times since then. I am afraid this is more than just having slaves for fun." He said in a serious tone.
"You think they are raising an army?" I asked and he nodded.
"We have established they can control the infected. It seems the numbers around this area has suddenly decreased as if someone is taking them away." He explained.
"They are using the kidnapped humans to raise the level of infected." I say.
"Precisely because of this, hunters have been coming over these months and we have already disrupted many of their plans in the area. So as agreed the people of downtown have been kept safe from them." He said buy I shook my head.
"Those left behind are the ones who didn't need my protection. I have already moved families, orphans and the rest who are vulnerable and in need of a stable environment." I say dismissively.
"In any case the remaining people are under my protection. " After being taken aback by my indifference he said firmly.
"What I came to say is that I am sorry to have treated you like that yesterday. I didn't want to do it like that but she is now my responsibility and I need to take care of her and the baby." He said.
"I understand." I responded coolly.
"Alright." He stood up and walked out.
Something in my heart squeezed and I felt pain but this is for the best I don't want to be a third in other people's relationship. I took out a single and started smoking walking towards the balcony.
Outside, Huo Jun walked slowly towards the gate thinking about everything. At first he was set on coming to the base after awakening his brother's power but it turns out Huo Chen awakened the Blackwell power of darkness from his father's side.
This is also fine until he woke up to find Huo Chen standing over him with a sharp military knife in his hand. It seems what they said about the Blackwell power corroding the mind with dark thoughts and unreasonable obsession is true.
But Huo Jun hadn't done anything to his brother, then why would his brother harbor such a thought?
He was confused for a while until one of the men told him than Huo Chen may be in love with Mikel. Then it all made sense. This is not something that can be solved by talking so Huo Jun had made up his mind not to venture into the central base anymore.
Months went by and Mikel didn't come to get an explanation from him. Now Huo Jun was worried if something had happened to Mikel outside but there is no way of finding out.
One day Huo Chen came to find him asking if they are no longer going to live in the central base. Huo Jun had said not anymore but this angered Huo Chen who was looking forward to seeing Mikel.
That's how they ended up showing up and taking control of downtown but not long after, the Blackwell family sent his fiancé to bring Huo Chen home for training but Huo Jun is well aware of their way of training so he refused.
When he saw Mikel under her attack that day, he had panicked and acted but that was all she needed to know he cared for Mikel. She was going to kidnap him but Mikel had ruthlessly massacred her men making her full of vigilance.
Huo Chen somehow heard what she did to Mikel and he was angry. He went to speak with Huo Jun asking him to find a way to send her away but the only way was to have him leave with her.
One evening after his relationship with her had gotten close, they shared a kiss. Huo Jun had always only liked men and this time was no exceptions but he saw the gloom around his brother grow so he wanted him to make a move and be with Mikel.
Yes he likes Mikel very much in fact it wouldn't be an understatement to say he is in love with him. But he doesn't want his brother to lose himself in hatred.
Just as he was out of ideas, his brother drugged him and Rina. Huo Jun didn't lose control and he know that even Rina was fully aware of her own actions. The both of them had their own considerations.
He wanted to find a way to break up with Mikel that will guarantee they don't get back together for him own brother's sake while Rina did it for her own goals. She is a noble woman who knows what is expected of her.
Even if she doesn't get Huo Jun's love she will have his name and his child which is her goal from the beginning.
His own plans played out perfectly and Mikel doesn't want him anymore but he is not happy. Even after knowing something like this would happen he was still not ready to see Mikel had changed so much and he even feels that Mikel is very powerful now.
There's a silent pressure that exudes from the fluctuations of his emotions. When Mikel became annoyed the day before after hearing his words of breaking up with him, even as the elephant technique cultivator he felt suffocated. With one last look at the location where Mikel is staying, Huo Jun turned and left the Toy city.
I stood on top of my wall three weeks later watching the commotion down below. A week ago I suddenly released 4 thousand soldiers from my space. They no longer look like stiff dolls but have impassive expressions instead.
I released them for the task of clearing the vast forest around my base. The storm had uprooted many treed but old strong trees still remained.
The area we are clearing is the side of the main road. We had to enter the electric fence and push it further back. By several hundred meters in area twice as large as Toy city.
As I focused on my project, the central base hunter families and many nearby bases have all come together to prepare for war.
It turned out this time around due to the interference of Huo Jun and Rina Blackwell, the central base couldn't ignore the disappearance of humans all over the country.
It is now confirmed that the numbers are over tens of thousands. It seems even in the last life they used the humans to raise the level of infected to be able to fight in their army.
Inside the vampire kingdom there are four types of vampires. The royal vampires with the power to command all the other vampires, they possess unparalleled magical talent and strong mana hearts.
The royal family has a distinctive feature that makes it easy to identify their identity. It is their molten gold eyes.
The general vampires with blood red eyes. Although they don't have the absolute talent for spell casting, their physical prowess is almost as broken as their royal talent for magic. If they grow and train harder they can almost contend with the power of the wolf clan.
Then there are noble blood clan members born immortal and stronger than humans in both strength and speed but still weaker then general and royal blood clan members.
There is the last type which is the vampires turned also referred to as infected. They are stronger than humans but inferior to the noble blood kin.
The infected were mindles and only operate on instinct until they are upgraded in the purity of their bloodline.
The preparation on the humans side only means the earth shaking war on the novel will happen sooner this time.
Blood kin wanted to enslave others and rule as over lords while humans used technology to resist.
I have successfully enlisted 7 thousand human soldiers into my army although not as exaggerated at the army of the other bases, my army has quality over quantity.
I had met and discussed drafting a contract with them and when I told them it was a magical contract that is binding them into my services for 10 years, many left and in the end I only had a little over 7 thousand.
From then on I will facilitate their growth with resources and training from the instructors I stole from the military in the national team.
How did I steal him? I gave him a mana grass of his element and he readily joined me and even brought along over a dozen who can train soldiers as well.
The news of me recruiting in their territory reached the higher ups but by then I had already moved on.
The space outside my base ended up being cleared for a castle. Yes, I have grown powerful enough to raise a real life castle with my ability.
I hadn't slacked off when making the model. This place is where the Toy city army will liveand train, so I made it incredibly large but very beautiful. A blend of fantasy and grandeur.
I made it black with black bulletproof long windows, red frames and red marble floors inside making the red color look like a large ruby.
The castle can house up to 40 thousand people. I included all the necessary facilities like laundry places, training facilities like the gym and outdoor training grounds, large indoor and out door pools.
The majority of the place has been fitted with concrete and then fake green grass carpet placed on top. This is to ensure the place doesn't need trimming and can be replaced when the time comes.
For their daily training I consulted with the instructors. The overal design of the training grounds has required a lot of equipment and design but I managed to pull it off.
The place still needed more space and the castle wall will be at least 40 meters tall this time because I don't want others taking a peak at the training program of my men.
A month went by with me perfecting the place before putting on the castle itself. The place is two times bigger than Toy city but this is because It has its own glass houses, outside training grounds, a shopping center with a mini market and a large outdoor pool with relaxation spot.
There is a garden where I dug out the soil, poured concrete and waited for it to dry then filled it with the soil in my space. I used this place to plant many flowers from my space, the variety and vibrant colors carefully planted made the garden especially dazzling.
There is a path to take a walk and admire the flowers. There's also stone furniture to facilitate socializing. I am impressed with the place and now want to move here instead.
I put airborne, fridges, fitted cardboard and closets, wardrobes and kitchen equipment for the cafeteria in the castle. There are even cafeteria in this castle but many will remain unused for now.
Level four of the mana palace let me complete the project in relatively less time. When a massive castle suddenly appeared in the castle walls the guards turned surprised since many were recruited during her time in seclusion.
The design of the castle is grand and very beautiful. In less than a month each room has been fully furnished and painted. Then she moved her army into this place letting them know it is a place she specifically made for the shield of the base. Their only job is to train and get stronger.
After this move, many joined the military and started training according to their own strength. This time he directly raised his army to 12 thousand.
Families are not allowed to move in the castle as this is the training place. Their families are still given housing and some medical benefit in the hospital but the number of family menber per soldier to receive benefits is limited.
After allowing for a free tour to prospective recruits, many directly signed up. I hired a team to manage and facilitate the inner workings of the castle including taking care of the residents.
In the castle where is a healing wing. I managed to recruit 8 healers and they are stationed in this part of the castle. These people include sister Mo who was rescued from Rina at that time.
I have signed a contract with these healers and established my responsibility as the employer is to assist them to get stronger so they will be able to heal even people on death's door.
In exchange they will work for me for a period of time or pay me for the resources I will use on them. As healers, they can bring their families to live here with them.
I will turn these people into the eight saints of end times making the originally pround Lu Aang humbled. I have put those healing pills, the power to stop the bleeding, and the green liquid to regrow missing flesh in my four pharmaceutical stores in the Toy city.
When I finished taking care of the affairs in the castle I found out April has already developed a new version of a cellphone that can work in this new world flooded with mana. It is a wrist watch that has a hologram with an interface.
The technology development team had done a good job with April's help. I didn't waste time and sold it to the public.
April combined the technology from the central base that stores energy in a card system and decided to use this to recharge the wrist watch with blood crystals, mana cores and mana stone.
This news shook the apocalypse community and everyone is excited about being able to communicate again. The products are sold and with the help of golems and cast cars, many bases were able to buy the items.
The internet is back.
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