Mike then decided: “You guys can’t create big trouble so that we can’t attract the big fish. Our net is not big enough to catch them.”

Mike looked at Rod: “You can now tell her about our rules and who we are.”

Rod nodded, and he started to explain: “Big sister, I know it sounds unbelievable, but to tell you the truth, I was a member of a God clan.”

Upon hearing the first sentence, Elowen was shocked because, for her, the God clan was only a legend: “What! Junior brother, you are a member of a God clan? How is that possible? You were a mortal before.”

The God clan was a legend for newborns, but not for those people who knew the existence of the God race by ancient records.

Rod laughed: “Indeed, big sister. I was a mortal before. The God race and the normal race are the same. The reason why we are called the God race is that the one who created this world was our clansmen. As for our lord, you know the Creator, right?”

Hearing this, Elowen's eyes went wide in shock, and she looked at Mike: “You are telling me?”

When Rod saw this, he nodded his head: “Yes, our lord is the successor of the Creator.”

Mike, on the other hand, looked smug. When he saw how shocked Elowen was when she found out that he was the successor of the creator. But after a second, he was smiling awkwardly.

Elowen asked: “But how? His root…”

Before Elowen could finish her sentence, Rod interrupted her: “Ahem!”

Elowen looked at Rod and then towards Mike with an awkward expression. While Mike didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, even though it was not without reason, it was still shameful to be known as trash. He might not become a famous genius, but he would surely become famous for being the trash of all time.

Rod said: “Ahem! The Creator has a reason for that. Now that you know who we are, I am going to tell you next the law.”

Rod then explained the rules to Elowen. When Rod was done explaining the law, Elowen was shocked. She didn’t expect that Mike’s goal was actually almost impossible. Based on the law, she knew what Mike wanted. As a princess, she knew how hard it is to accomplish a united world with one law. If it succeeded, the world would surely grow.

When Rod was done explaining: “Now that you know all the rules, you must follow them. As for the name of our group, it is the Crimson Empire. We are an empire within the empire.”

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Mike, on the other side, nodded his head: “Yes, we are an empire. We must build our own empire if we want to correct the order of this world. As for the army, we shall name it The Shadow Scarlet empire,

or Scarlet empire”

Mike then added: “As for recruiting men, you two can handle it. It is better to turn the whole Freeway part of our empire.”

When Elowen and Rod heard it, they acknowledged Mike's command.

Elowen said: “Don’t worry, my lord. I will turn all my people into soldiers of our empire.”

Mike nodded in satisfaction: “Oh, right. Teach all the new members the Five Techniques. These five techniques are our foundation.”

Elowen was shocked. She couldn’t help herself but ask: “But, my lord, won’t that be too risky?”

Upon hearing Elowen's question, Mike smiled: “You don’t need to worry about that. As long as they swear on me, they can’t disobey me, and they can’t share it without my approval. As for the soul search, you don’t need to worry about that. I, the successor on this world, the heavens protect my soul. As long as they swear to me, and their soul will be connected to me, they will be protected by the heavens also.”

When Elowen heard it, she was shocked, while Rod, on the other hand, was not surprised.

Mike said, “Now that everything was done, help me enroll in the Academy.”

Rod looked at Mike in confusion: “My Lord, you already have a powerful technique. Why still want to go to an academy when even the top sects and the Empire's techniques are not comparable to your technique?”

Mike looked at Rod and spoke while pointing to his body: “Look at me, I am young. Come on, am still a baby. I need school for proper discipline.”

When Elowen heard Mike's reason, she offered: “My lord, I can teach you common sense and manners.”

Mike froze and was speechless. On the other hand, Rod was smiling because he recalled how Mike acted when he saw a beautiful elf, and he got a hint why Mike wanted to go to the academy. As a man, he knew Mike won’t go there to study but to flirt.

Rod stepped in and said: “Ahem, big sister, the lord is still young. He needs to see the world to have fun.”

Elowen looked at Rod with full confidence: “If that's what the lord wants, I can teach him common sense while traveling.”

Both Mike and Rod were speechless. Mike then looked at Rod, since he didn’t know how to explain why he wanted to attend the academy.

Seeing this, Rod sighed: “Big sister, our lord wants to go to the academy since there are a lot of children there. He wants to have fun, you know, child things.”

When Elowen heard this, she looked at Rod and Mike in confusion: “But if my lord wants to govern the world, won’t it be much better to play around with the old men than those immature children?”

Upon hearing Elowen, both Mike and Rod didn’t know if they were going to cry or laugh. Mike, on the other hand, couldn’t take it anymore, and he said: “Okay, okay, enough with reasoning. I want to attend the academy to look for good seeds for our empire.”

Elowen was shocked. She didn’t expect that her lord's plan was actually to gather young talent.

Elowen said with shame: “Forgive me, my lord, if I haven’t realized your hint. I am too dumb to offer to teach you common sense when I was the one who thinks slow.”

Mike was speechless: “Alright, alright. Now that everything was clear, please help me enroll in the academy.”

Upon hearing this, Elowen responded: “Don’t worry, my lord. The academy principal was our regular customer, and that old man was also a friend of mine. I will ask him to let you enroll because the enrollment already ended three months ago.”

Rod asked: “How long did it take for me to attend?”

Elowen replied:“I don’t know, my lord. Give me three days; I will handle it. I still have a rare treasure that he wanted to buy the most. I can use it to bargain.”