Evalynn Fang was nowhere to be found.
Since that was the case, Michael decided to focus on his territory. He had a lot to take care of even after he distributed the treasures he bought for his subjects.
One of the most interesting objects in his possession was a Basic Summoning Core. 251 Basic Summoning Cores, to be precise.
The Basic Summoning Cores were all Neutral Cores Michael obtained in the Regional War against the council of 106 Lords. Michael got hold of them since the Lords didn't need their Summoning Cores anymore. He used a Soul Tear on the Extraction Soultrait and removed as many impurities from each core as possible.
Purifying the Summoning Cores didn't take too long. Michael was already familiar with the process. However, he wasn't familiar with combining Summoning Cores.
His first attempt at combining Basic Summoning Cores using Insert didn't end that well. Michael didn't know that it was possible to break a Summoning Core this easily, but he made it happen. The first Summoning Core he wanted to transform into an Interdiate Summoning Core cracked and shattered.
After failing once, Michael cursed himself. He got his act together and proceeded with the experint. Michael was a little bit more careful now. He vigilantly combined the Basic Summoning Cores using Insert. It wasn't easy and required several hours of utmost focus, but it worked.
Michael didn't even realize that he worked through several nights before he produced the first Interdiate Summoning Core via Inset. 20 Basic Summoning Cores transford into one Interdiate Summoning Core. For most people, that would be a loss. Every Basic Summoning Core was worth a fortune. Sacrificing 20 Basic Summoning Cores to create an Interdiate Summoning Core didn't seem worth it.
But Michael didn't lack money. He missed an Interdiate Summoning Core before, but not anymore. Michael was more familiar with the process after his first experint succeeded. He spent another week combining the remaining Basic Summoning Cores.
Once he was done, Michael had 12 Interdiate Summoning Cores and 10 Basic Summoning Cores left to use. 19 Summoning Cores were still installed in the Summoning Gate, but he missed the Summoning Essence to upgrade the Basic Summoning Gate to the Interdiate Rank. Otherwise, he would install the Summoning Cores right away.
"It shouldn't be too difficult for Kraft Viton to procure the Essence," Michael stared at the head-sized Interdiate Summoning Cores with a faint smile.
Once the Soultrait Auction was over, Michael could upgrade the Summoning Gate to the Interdiate Rank with 12 Interdiate Summoning Cores and 29 Basic Summoning Cores. From that day onward, both the quality and quantity of his daily summons would increase drastically. Michael looked forward to it.
He slept almost a full day after staying awake for more than ten days and woke up reinvigorated. Michael was ready to get back to work right away. He had countless experints to initiate and various doubts to be answered.
Therefore, Michael began combining Scroll Fragnts to create new Nad Scrolls. He desperately needed various specific Nad Scrolls to distribute his Summons equally in Arx and Brynud. Organizing everything and ensuring that all processes were optimized was far from easy. Fortunately, Michael had Rebecca Zauber and many highly intelligent subordinates, who helped him plan everything to expand his territory efficiently. They made a list of Nad Scrolls he would need for a highly efficient expansion, leaving Michael only with the task of creating the Nad Scrolls.
He combined various Ordinary Scrolls to create 1-Star and 2-Star Nad Scrolls before experinting with inserting Mythic Scrolls. First, Michael inserted Mythic Scrolls into Nad Scrolls before he combined Mythic Scrolls with other Mythic Scrolls. He created 3-Star Nad Scrolls and was lucky enough to initiate a mutation to create one 4-Star Nad Mythics Scroll.
Michael's experints didn't stop with Summoning Scrolls. He combined Artifacts again, this ti with ordinary weapons to find out what would happen to them. He added Extraction into the fray to extract components of Artifacts and insert them into ordinary weapons. Michael's plan was to find out whether he could artificially create Spirit Armor that way, or if inserting components of Artifacts would create another Artifact—just a weaker version of the complete Artifact.
The result was interesting but disappointing as well. So components of an Artifact could create a different type of Artifact once inserted into another weapon. Other weapons broke apart. They weren't resilient enough to endure the pressure and energies that entered the weapon's essence through Insert.
Most experints with the Artifacts failed, but Michael learned a lot. He comprehended that Spirit Armants and Artifacts were very similar, and the biggest difference was that Spirit Armants didn't put any pressure on the wielder. Their effects were weaker due to their lack of potency, which was why Summons could use them.
Summons lost sothing that all Awakened possessed: their War Runes and Soultraits. A War Rune and a Soultrait could act as diators between Artifacts and the Awakened, decreasing the pressure an Artifact put on the Awakened's soul.
With that in mind, Michael considered the creation of a diator that Summons could use. It was a new invention, but if he'd managed to create a properly functioning diator, he would be able to change….everything. His Summons would be stronger than the enemy soldiers at the sa rank and Tier. Michael's Untad Army would be able to overwhelm everyone.
That was sothing worth looking forward to, and Michael considered it valuable enough to invest in researching it!
The diator would probably aid his experints with Artifacts and monsters as well. Michael's strategy to form an army of monsters equipped with mighty Artifacts was worth investigating, but it was more of a foolish dream than realistic. The Untad Jungle was overflowing with monsters. Michael liked fighting alongside the Untad Jungle against the Zentika Empire's forces. The monsters of the Untad Jungle were powerful, and they granted him a great advantage against the Heart of the Blazing Lion army.
No matter how Michael looked at it, he was drawn to the Untad Jungle and its inhabitants. He had stopped hunting them mindlessly. His entire focus was on regulating the population in his vicinity and that everyone benefited from each other's existence. Michael was unsure when it started, but a symbiotic relationship had ford between his territory and the Untad Jungle. He didn't want to give that up either. If anything, Michael wanted to deepen his relationship with the Untad Jungle. He was certain that it would be worth it.
The symbiotic relationship with the Untad Jungle also aided Michael's attempts to create new plants and explore mutations of various plants more intently.
The Farrs, Botanica Magician, and others helped him examine the depth of the Untad Jungle's flora and use Insert on multiple plants to insert the elental energy within elental crystals into them.
Michael created multiple new plants for the Farrs and Botanica Magician, creating joy and excitent. Everyone was curious if the new creations would survive or break and succumb.
Michael had a good feeling. He was certain that the Untad Jungle would protect its newest creations.
It was weird.
Michael felt like he was part of the Untad Jungle. It was almost like he had always been supposed to be there.
He couldn't imagine how his life would have been if his region hadn't been in the Untad Jungle.
It was hard to imagine.
Michael didn't want to imagine it. He was happy in the Untad Jungle.
[Weirdo!]
"Shut up, Danny!"
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