Following the fall of the Council, the power balance within Fyor underwent a rather drastic shift. The remaining Council mbers were relieved of their command and forced to live in the other layers, while others had evidence of cris brought against them. These few faced trials to determine their fates.
No longer were any floors within Fyor forced to subject to an external governnt. Rather, the established nations of Fyor assisted each floor in creating their own system by which to rule. Even the dreadful twentieth floor, the cave of massive insects, was given a governing body to take control of its few cities. These nations then ford alliances with one another and entered negotiations for beneficial trade agreents.
As for the first floor of Fyor? The floor which had been eternally off-limits to normal citizens? The leaders of the various governing bodies debated on what should be done with this area. Given the strategic significance of it, they could not simply turn what had once been the Council into a residential zone.
Instead, they opted to begin remodeling the Council floor as a military base. With how important the central spire was to the rest of the world, it seed only logical to defend it as much as they could. This would be a rather long construction project, as it was a very large task to undertake.
Yet, for the average citizen, there was hardly any impact felt from this change. Many only ca to realize what was happening after they received the system prompt, alerting them that they were no longer ‘citizens’ of the Council of Fyor. Then, a few days later, they received their new kingdom.
Perhaps the place that had changed the most over these days was not Fyor itself, but rather Spica. After all, the Legion of Allied Worlds had made it perfectly clear that they would not take sides in this battle. More importantly, by showing that they would harshly reprimand their own people for breaking this oath, the leaders of both nations truly realized that this was their own battle to fight.
Thanks to this knowledge, Demacry beca far more assertive in their march. While they still held the sa policies towards the soldiers and civilians, they no longer waited for so long between their marches. Imdiately after the news hit, they set out to claim a coastal province on another of Solace’s continents. This would serve as their foothold in this land.
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“It’s okay, auntie!” A young unicorn centauress called out, wearing a black dress. Her equine hide was black with purple markings, and she waved towards another centaur, one which had a silver crown atop her head. “I should be back soon, don’t worry.”
“Of course, princess.” The queen bowed politely to the Eternal Princess, smiling and waving to bid her farewell.
Al Dien had been making her rounds, letting the centaur kings and queens know that she would be gone for a while. Her father was taking her to a new land, but she wanted to assure them that she would be back soon. This was her last stop, the last person she had to visit before she could make her journey.
Now, as she ran out through the city’s gates, over a tall and grassy hill, she saw her father standing there. He offered her a small nod and a gentle smile, extending his hand for her to grasp it. When she did, the two of them vanished, shrouded in a golden mist.
The next thing Al knew, she could hear the gentle rushing of water. She found herself standing upon an island with her father, water surrounding them on almost all sides. “This is it, Al.” Tryval spoke in a kind tone. “This is Sher Dien.”
Al’s voice caught in her throat when she heard the na of this world, her eyes going wide. Her father had yet to tell her the na of the world he would take her to, saying that it should be kept as a surprise. She let out a small sniffle, shuffling closer to lean her body against Tryval’s. “I love it, daddy. But… where are all of the people?”
Tryval laughed lightly at that, reaching down to ruffle Al’s hair. “This is a world of connected islands. Our people are out there, we need only find them. However, do you rember your mission?”
Al gave a confident nod of her head. “I’ll do it. I’ll show you that I can keep them safe.”
Given the logic behind the monster spawning system, monsters would spawn at up to double the level of the strongest individual in an area. As Al was undoubtedly the single most powerful mortal of Sher Dien, that ant that they could spawn up to double her level.
Thankfully, Dale didn’t wish for the centaurs to be completely wiped out. As such, he only bought the first tier of monsters, which had a lower level limit. Even if the system allowed monsters to spawn up to twice Al’s level, that would only take effect if there were such monsters available.
Even so, while these monsters could not threaten Al, they were creatures of nightmare to the average centaur. Thus, Al had been given a mission from Tryval. She would beco the first queen of his world, and protect these people.
For so long, she had been the Eternal Princess, the child who had lived longer than any elf. She had acted as an advisor to generations of kings and queens, but had always refused to take the role herself. Now, she had been given a choice. She wished to experience her father’s own world, and was allowed to do so from the very dawn of it… but only if she acted as its queen until such ti as her protection was unneeded.
In all honesty, the decision was one of the easiest she had made in a long ti. For the first ti in so long, she would be able to be genuinely helpful to her father. She could watch his world grow firsthand, be a part of its history…
“So, daddy, what am I going to eat?” Al asked in an innocent tone, causing Tryval’s eye to twitch slightly. Al’s body needed far more sustenance than these low level creatures could provide, unless she ate them in massive quantities.
More importantly, Tryval couldn’t simply bring her food every day from the other worlds to eat. Just the ti needed to acquire the food, even if he used his divine powers, would slow down this world’s progression drastically.
The thought of teaching Al how to change into the Perfect Self did cross his mind. However, it was impossible for him to accept that. Not before she had been thoroughly trained to perform the energy fusion. There was too much risk of her simply dying in the process.
As he thought more about it, an idea ca to mind. “I’m going to teach you a technique. It will only work on those of considerably lower level than yourself, but will allow you to siphon off small portions of ki from those in the area. Until the monsters are strong enough to feed you, we’ll be using this thod.”
Al’s brow furrowed a bit at that. “Will that not hurt the people I take from?”
Tryval chuckled, ruffling Al’s hair once again. “I wouldn’t ask you to do that. No, it will only take a small amount from each person. They will likely notice that their ki isn’t completely full if they look at their information, but it will not be enough of a difference to cause any problems. By the ti that they are strong enough that the technique won’t affect them, the monsters spawning should be able to sustain you.”
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I let out a small sigh of relief when I saw that the matter of Al’s food had been taken care of. There were a number of routes that could be taken, so I wasn’t too incredibly worried about that, but it was still sothing to keep an eye out for. Given Al’s presence in the world, I couldn’t risk buying more advanced monster packages, or she would be unable to keep the people safe.
Glancing at the ti, I noticed that it was ti for the next match. Soon, the system prompt appeared before , informing that I would be playing defense this ti. Even more… I recognized the na of my opponent…
“Really?” Aurivy called out in disbelief from next to . “We just got done with our fight with him, didn’t we?”
“That’s right.” I nodded, seeing the na Vanity appear on the information window. The world had a rather twisted sense of humor to put us up against him right away after our last match ended. And since I was on the defending team, the round wouldn’t be skipped if I advanced.
Everyone, we’re moving the plan forward. I sent the ssage to the others in the pantheon. If we had been on the attacking team, that ant that we could simply wait until the last minute to advance, and earn a free skip. However, as part of the defense, there was only a benefit to advancing early. Tubrock, Keliope, is Lorek ready?
As I awaited their replies, I went ahead and opened the interface from my position on the couch, preparing to join Lorek with the other worlds if they gave the confirmation. Aye, lad! We’re just shy of bein’ a rank one world. Once we join the others, and start sharin’ progress, Lorek should jump in power in no ti!
What the dwarf said! Keliope followed up Tubrock’s comnt with a laugh. The dwarves of Lorek that got left behind still aren’t doing great, but we’re working on that. As long as the gate gets dropped sowhere we can reach it soon, advancing won’t be an issue for us.
I gave a small nod, choosing to place the Fairy Gate of Lorek in the center of Mokar, the port city of the ursa. Here, they would be able to see it as a gift from the gods, while at the sa ti the city’s golems would be able to act as defenses for the gate.
However, as soon as I hit the button to join, I was struck with a surprising revelation. The option to rge laws appeared in front of . Originally, I had been planning to deny the rge for Lorek on the sa principle that I denied it for Spica. However…
Please choose which Group of laws you wish to rge Lorek with. To activate a Law rger for any group, there is a static cost of one hundred points.
Earth
Spica
None
Until now, I had been imagining that I had two options. I could either rge the laws of a new world with Earth, or leave them entirely separate. It had simply never occurred to that I would be able to create multiple groups of worlds in this manner.
And now that I had that option, I had to give it so serious thought. While the profound laws of Lorek may conflict too heavily with Earth’s group, and cause so issues ranging from bad to terrible, the sa could not be said for rging with Spica.
Both worlds held stars as the primary source of power. With Spica, stars emit mana, allowing spells to be powered. And in Lorek, they emit ki. Terra, you might not be able to answer this question. If you can, however, I really need an answer.
You want to know whether or not the energies created by the stars in Lorek and Spica will rge into chakra or violently collide and explode, destroying every star in the sky.
Yes.Yes, that is exactly what I want to know. I nodded my head in confirmation. If rging the two laws would literally cause every star in both universes to go supernova, then there was no way I could make that decision. Similarly, if the energy automatically rged to beco chakra, that would impede the progress of cultivation and destroy the foundation of magic.
Thankfully, it’s nothing that extre. Terra spoke up, causing to let out a sigh of relief. Both systems state that stars generate one type of energy. However, neither of them state that stars can only generate either ki or mana, or that all stars must generate the sa kind.
Since that is the case, stars will be randomly chosen and assigned either ki or mana. Rarely, there will be those that generate chakra.
That took a rather heavy burden off my mind, causing to nod. At the sa ti, I began running through different possibilities for effects the rge might have. What about energy storms in space? With ki and mana clashing in the deep void, it’s possible that they will create storms of energy that wander aimlessly through space.
Oh? Terra seed surprised when I brought that up. Well, that is certainly a possibility, yes. However, you don’t need to worry about those storms attacking any planets. According to Ryone’s system, mana will be stopped at the upper atmosphere until it is specifically called down. So, even if a spatial storm did approach Lorek or Spica, it would be halted as soon as it reached the atmosphere.
Of course, this only worked under the premise that we don’t rge them with another set of laws that would allow the mana to reach down to the surface of the world itself. I gave a small nod, sending a ssage to Ryone. Ryone, I’m going to advance ti by one year. I want you to have everyone prepare. In one year, there will be another rge, this one specifically targeting Spica.
At that ti, it’s possible that any magic items will have their functionality affected. It is also possible that ki users will be affected. I’d like you to ask that exactly one year from now, any ki users purge as much of their ki as possible, and magic items are temporarily turned offline for one hour.
This was the most that I could do to prepare them. Then, I sent the sa ssage to Tubrock and Keliope. Although the stars most important to Lorek’s cultivators were those inside their own body, I had to get them to prepare as much as I could. Only after I had done so, and allowed that year to quickly pass, did I hit the big red button.
Recalibrating system laws. This process may take a few monts. Your patience is appreciated.
Recalibration complete. Any energy which has been either fully researched or manually purchased will have a log of all relevant changes within the Administration Room.
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