Year 0002, The Imperium
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Emperor Janus Cornwall, First of His Name, Sovereign of the Mighty Elms-Arkanus Empire.
He stood on the distant hill from the outskirts of this once-thriving metropolis.
The Capital City of 'BASTILLE,' of the Fresco League of Kingdoms.
With his fiery gaze, he etched into his memory every bit of flame that rose from the city.
It was the victory that was solely given to him and his people.
With his unwavering spirit of vengeance, that was only quenched after a millennia of conquest through blood, tyranny, and madness.
When the last cries of woe can be heard from within the city walls.
He now stood with much pride, with the greatest victory of mankind, to his people.
The once mighty and proud oppressors of theirs now lay dead beneath his feet; their blood will be nourishment to the newly established Empire of Elms-Arkanus.
Those who saw his authoritative aura standing on the hill after this great victory would sing of the Emperor's glory for the next millennia and eons to come.
To them, he was the greatest Savior and Hero sent by the Gods.
To his enemies, he was their judge, jury, and executioner!
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In the Village of Maya, though, August could not care any less about this vile warmongering genocidal madman.
Of which, due to his orders, butchered this once-peaceful community where he was born.
To him, the Emperor was a pathetic and cruel man who saw no humanity in those who were not beneath his iron rule.
The first generation had already escaped from the marches of war; they escaped and built this wonderful and hidden village from the eyes of the world.
Only for them and the entirety of their lineage to be wiped out from existence in the next two generations.
And now only the boy could tell the tale of their once-peaceful community to the world.
Although August did not know who this mad villain of his is.
The one who would bear the ire of his great vengeance in the future.
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It has been a hectic week for Gel and August, but mostly for August.
Since he started the construction of his wall, if you can even call it that.
He had been too busy to give any shit worth of care to the outside world.
He worked himself from dusk till dawn to put up some semblance of defense around the entire village.
As the mission objective given to him was too vague to understand its machinations.
But there in some part of his vision, he could feel the cold gaze of the [SYSTEM] watching over him.
The thing that he called the 'WALL' was indeed too flimsy for its taste.
In truth it was nothing more than a fence to corral the livestock.
It was too pathetic to even be called the "Wall"; it puts the Great City Walls, names, into shame!
She couldn't believe this boy's audacity to even call it remotely a wall.
For her, it was a wooden, stringed stick stuck on the ground.
[ S Y S T E M MANAGER DOROTHY :
>>>IDIOT<<<]
But for August it was indeed a wall, a (feeble wall).
That he prided himself so much as to stare at it every day from his every waking hour.
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For weeks on end, August failed to make his dream [Wooden Palisade].
As the wood you can find from the villages surrounding was too thick, too tall, and too heavy for him to carry and cut on his own.
He was only 5 feet tall at ten years old.
While these ginormous trees were hundreds of feet tall on average, and the older ones beneath the center of the forest were easily twice that and too thick to be even cut down with the village's poorly maintained tools.
So what could he do to complete his task?
He made a compromise.
Instead of a palpable and sturdy [Level 1 Wooden Palisade]
He instead opted to build an achievable one, which he still called the 'WALL.'
[-_-]
The system manager was appalled by her stupid, thick-skinned, blatant self-delusions.
She knew that he did this to either annoy her to death or to trick himself from his overall delusions.
"What?!? Preposterous accusations! This is a magnificent wall, and it shall stand the tests of time.
No beasts shall ever lay their eyes on me when I am inside its protective umbrella! "
His smug, proud look and puffed chest were too childish for the [SYSTEM] to give any notice.
So she did what she does best, ignoring his childish antics.
[ S Y S T E M MANAGER DOROTHY: I F Y O U S A Y S O ]
And...
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She left....
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After she left his space, the gleeful brat rejoiced, dancing and singing at his magnificent work, or so he says.
[DING! MISSION COMPLETE:
YOU HAVE JUST COMPLETED AN IMPORTANT MILESTONE!!
A WORTHY ACHIEVEMENT!
YOU HAVE NOW GAINED ACCESS TO THE BLUEPRINT FOR A LVL 1 FENCE.]
[IN YOUR NEXT BUILD IT WOULD COST 10% LESS OF THE ORIGINAL MATERIALS USED AND A DECREASE OF 5% IN CONSTRUCTION TIME.]
[IN CONSIDERATION, IF YOU DECIDED TO UPGRADE THIS FENCE TO LVL. 2. THERE WOULD BE A 15% RETURN OF THE MATERIALS COST.]
[ MINOR REWARDS, A SLIGHT INCREASE ON THE BODY CONSTITUTION AND HEALTH OF PROSPECT AUGUST, +1 ]
[ MAJOR REWARD: YOU CAN NOW VIEW YOUR PERSONAL PANEL!! CONGRATS MASTER AUGUST! ]
August heard the voice of an old excited man who was in a boisterous mood giving this report to him; the cold female one wasn't there anymore.
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Like a storm of sounds, he was suddenly flooded with four months worth of upgrade notifications from his training, trap-making, survey of the area, etc.
[ DING! DING! DING! DING! ]
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To his bafflement, the sounds of upgrade rang through August's head for a solid five minutes!
He didn't understand what all this ringing meant, and it hurt his head, and he almost puked from nausea.
While he remained standing still and unmoving in the area.
After the upgrade stopped, a glow of blue and golden hue enveloped August's body; he almost looked ethereal.
But before August could gain any access from his personal panel, he dropped on the ground and slowly lost his consciousness.
From Gels perspective, he looked like he was in a daze until he fell to the ground.
She rushed to him and called onto him worriedly for a couple of times.
"Gus! Gus!" . . . .
August could no longer hear Gel's concerned tone as he slowly faded into a deep slumber.
[ S Y S T E M MANAGER DOROTHY: TOO WEAK! HMMMPPFFF]
Pouts
A cold female voice rang through his mind.
If August were still awake, he would have cursed at the system's comments.
I mean, what can he even do about it?
It was too sudden, and the [SYSTEM] most definitely didn't tell him about the upgrades that he got from the past months on purpose!
Sadistic bitch!
It was her way of showing him how stupid he was after building that flimsy wall.
He even dared to shout!
"Arise, my great (feeble) wall!!!"
After he finished constructing it.
[*Erghhh*]
And that was the last thing he remembered before completely losing touch with his surroundings
The next time he woke up, he would be in for a great surprise that would soon affect the course of his fate and existence...