The first thing Daz did after getting out of bed was sending a ssage through the system to all 8,593 citizens who had failed their goals.
He issued a gag-order to them to not reveal his kindness with the punishnt of imprisonnt should they break said gag-order.
It was drastic but it was necessary. A rumour going around about the high king saving people from not accomplishing their goals could be disastrous.
Just one person not completing their sester goal could be the difference between Daz affording to save everyone's lives from eternal enslavent and saving none at all.
Daz looked around the table at his generals, Crusher, Greg Miller, William Retford and the newly appointed Owen Murphy - Oregon's champion.
His gaze then wandered to his advisors, Lyle and Crosius. Finally, he peered down at his closest and most loyal of allies, Rose and Madison.
He gave a slow nod to the three holographic guests, King Rocky, King Pai-han as well as the forr president of Korea, Queen Ho.
"Where's Mu?" Crusher asked.
Daz replied, "He's busy training. I'll brief him later."
"Huh. Okay," Crusher responded a bit coldly.
She was still a Titan which told Daz everything he needed to know about her current attitude. 'It's a sha she never could complete her sester goal despite how hard she was trying to naturally evolve.'
"I'll be frank, I had to pay over 800-billion rit points to prevent the permanent enslavent of over 8,000 of our citizens. This is unacceptable. I never anticipated I'd have to endure such an expense and it will strain in the coming months. We need to make sure to keep the number of failed goals beneath 25,000 this sester above all else," Daz announced. "This may even be more critical than the issue with the Truthians."
Everyone paid close attention to him and many ideas were thrown around regarding the matter imdiately, and from all angles.
Needless to say, no one took the situation lightly since it was such an absurd amount of money just to save the lives of a fraction of the populace.
Still, they all seriously tried their best to offer ideas on the situation, Crusher and Madison's being the most creative while Rose's were the most logical and Owen's were the most inventive.
Once they had decided on so preliminary steps to take, most of which were focused on ensuring the silence of those whom Daz had ssaged.
Rose's job was to spread rumours to counter any claims that might sprout from anyone foolish enough to break Daz's gag order.
Of course, even if soone did go against Daz's orders, he had no intentions to ruin their life over it.
At most, he would imprison them for a few days before relocating them elsewhere in his kingdom with a firm warning but would leave them otherwise unhard.
He didn't want to be a cruel leader. It would have been pointless to endure such a heavy fine if it ant wasting it by being ruthless to the would-be victims regardless just to keep them quiet.
Once the topic of the fines was dealt with, the council of New Earth's leaders continued to discuss the issue of the Truthians for a good hour before ending the eting.
Daz spent the rest of the day going all around his kingdom using up the city and building creation tokens he'd received. Half of the building tokens went to Taiwan since it was desolate right now.
Everything else was spread evenly amongst his territories.
Once he was finished with that it was well into the morning of the following day and instead of returning ho to his keep-turned-castle, he instead chose to perch himself upon one of the battlents of Fort Ho's city walls.
"... Reika," he called.
The spirit raised an eyebrow in surprise before she floated down from his halo and sat down on his shoulder. 'Is sothing the matter?'
"Do you hold it against that I've made no progress in my promise to get you a real body to inhabit?" he asked seriously.
'No? Why would we?' Reika tilted her head in confusion.
Daz stared off into the distance as he replied, "I thought you might be upset since we've been together for quite a while now and I ignore you most of the ti. I also haven't done anything more than simply ask the system a few questions about returning a spirit to the living."
'Heh, you are suddenly feeling remorseful? Trust us, we are fine, you Insolent Fool.' She floated in front of him and stared out into the darkness of night as a hidden smile made itself known on her face, obscured from Daz's view.
'You are a high king, almost an emperor. You have so many lives resting on your shoulders and just as many causes for stress. We know you plan to help us just as you intend to help that broken man and the desperate girl,' Reika said proudly.
"Edward and Ellie are their nas, but yes, I do plan to at least try to bring back his daughter and her mother," Daz answered. "if it's possible, at least."
'And that is enough. We are content with our life as it already is. Sure, we'd be happy to feel the wind on our skin again... The chill of winter is foreign to us and it intrigues us, but you need not worry over little old us. Ignore us until you have the ti and room to care,' Reika said as she turned around and bead a beautiful grin his way.
Daz was speechless. "... When'd you get so selfless?"
'Hehe, we are a perfect Demon Princess! Of course we know when to put our own wants and feelings beneath those of our pitiful subjects,' she answered haughtily.
"Hah, right. Thanks, Reika. I was a bit worried about that but you've helped ease my mind." Daz wore a friendly expression now that one of his burdens had lost so of its prior weight.
'We are happy to help. By the way, Insolent Fool, do you not intend to claim your gift from the box which gave you us?' the tiny palm-sized demon asked.
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Daz nodded. "I do. I just wanted to reflect a bit and clear my mind before an insufferable letter forces to read it. I didn't even accept my gift in sester one since the dice box is such a double-edged tool."
'Ah, yes. That did happen last ti, didn't it? You use those strange dice fairly often, don't you?' Reika remarked. 'Everything you've gotten from the box has been good in one way or another. It seems foolish to us to ignore it for an entire six months.'
"Yeah. The dice are certainly helpful for making things go my way. They are a bit rigid in their use though and the risks are really high. Hopefully, Altros deems it fitting to give a less deadly toy this ti," Daz said a bit half-heartedly.
He then sighed. "I honestly don't want the interest of such a powerful player. I'm worried he'll bend over backwards when the tests end to 'repay' his kindness."
'A fair worry, we suppose,' Reika comnted before slinking back up to her halo bed.
Limited were Daz's interactions with the mysteriously powerful player, Altros, though he still had a good idea of what kind of person the player was and he was anything but a fan.
Daz had long since moved the safe which held the Box of Wonders from the old tal shipping container it once lived in to the castle vaults.
'What do you think you'll get?'Reika asked while she watched him step past the mountainous piles of stacked crows - New Earth's brand-new physical coin-based currency.
Daz shrugged as he got to work unlocking the safe at the end of the treasure chamber. "A pissed off letter."
'We ant the item,' the demon princess spat out with a roll of her eyes. 'You really do lack a good imagination, Insolent Fool.'
"Like a strong imagination is all you need to predict whatever crazy thing Altros deems to give ," Daz scoffed as he pulled out the old-tiy-looking suitcase.
'We hope it's a pet. Mofolo is boring and Rose's pet dragon is beyond adorable,' Reika comnted. 'We want a dragon of our own.'
Daz sighed. "I already have a pet. It's talking to right now."
Ignoring the now-offended demon princess spirit, Daz unclasped the box and opened it in one fluid motion.
He reached in and found a cluster of strange little star-shaped objects. Laying next to them was an orange wax-sealed letter.
Resigning himself to just get it over with before the letter could attack him and demand it be read, he pried it open and began scanning it with his eyes.
'Hello, hello. Good to write to you again, Young Reaper. It's been too long. Almost like it's been more than one cycle since I last wro-... You're a dirty little gremlin for ignoring !
Yeah, I know! Powerful as I might be and small and insignificant as you are, that doesn't an I've lost interest in my most ntally deranged toy on Eart-'
Daz stopped reading and controlled Hamson with his mind, fully intent on cutting the letter up into ribbons. The words morphed and changed as he did that so he reluctantly returned his attention to the paper.
'Okay, okay! I'm sorry! Don't rip up the letter, please! I'm worried you might actually be able to keep it destroyed this ti...
Ahem, anyway, my emotions now being out of the way... You may be confused by the 5 little jagged things I've left in the box for you this ti. I know you're not the brightest of people. It's okay to admit stupidity...
Hey! Seriously, don't destroy the letter! I'm just fucking with you. I'd be surprised if you actually did know what these were. To boil it down for you, these little suckers are physical Stars of Eternity.
I'm sick of my toys dying, ignoring or getting themselves killed. Use them wisely and get rid of those Aren-worshipping snots, yeah?
With love,
Your best buddy and life-long guy who would pretend to be your big brother to beat up your bullies,
Altros
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