Elijah stood in front of a pillar with a broken crystal on top. In his right hand he held a sphere that was slightly larger than a baseball and made out a unique crystal-like material. The sphere was a gray color, and it was riddled with white dots that reminded Elijah of stars.
Item: Twilight Core
Tier: Unique
Description: A unique item that can grant the user access to the secrets and inheritance of the Twilight Empire.
A simple description for an extraordinary item. Not long after Elijah met with Bart and the others, he immediately retrieved this item from the goblin leader. After questioning him about the item, Elijah wanted to immediately leave and go complete the establishment of his village. But first, he had to deal with the new humans that recently joined his village.
More than two hours passed since Elijah met Bart and the others. The majority of the people swore a heavenly oath to follow Elijah and obey his commands, but a few were not able to do so because they were unconscious or not in their right mind. Naturally Elijah took note of those people and planned to have them swear a heavenly oath in the future. After, Elijah spent time handling several tasks as he and the other elders tried to get all the new humans and goblins integrated into the village.
Currently it was a few minutes after dusk and most of the people were in the village communal building. Elijah had slipped out with Elder Jeb while everyone sat down to eat. Both the goblins and humans were grateful for the warm filling meals that was prepared, while the villagers were feeling a bit wary about eating with the new residents. Tyler and the other players had already left the game for the day.
“Although I knew this crystal was unique, I never thought it would be connected to the inheritance of an empire.” Elder Jeb calmly gazed at the broken crystal. “I remember the first time I saw it.”
Quietly standing beside Elder Jeb, Elijah listened to the old man reminisce about the past. It was possible that Elder Jeb story could give Elijah information about hidden dangers that could be avoided. Although Elijah had the memories of his future self, there were still plenty of things he did not know.
“Well, we didn’t come here to listen to me reminisce,” Elder Jeb said after he finished rambling. “I guess it’s time to establish the village.”
Nodding his head, Elijah began to approach the broken crystal with the twilight core raised above his head. He didn’t learn about any hidden dangers from Elder Jeb’s story, but Elijah didn’t mind spending the past few minutes listening to Elder Jeb reminisce. The waiting only served to increase the anticipation and excitement Elijah felt towards establishing his village.
With a wide smile and bright eyes, Elijah slowly closed the distance between himself and the broken crystal. Unknowingly Elijah steps became slower, his breath became quicker, and his body started to heat up as he got closer to the crystal. When he was about three steps away the twilight core in his hand began to emit a bright light and the broken crystal in front of him responded in kind.
You have brought the twilight core to a village core that is a remnant of the twilight empire. If you choose to do so, you can gain access to the twilight empire’s inheritance and become a potential successor to the empire. Would you like to infuse the twilight core in the remnant of the empire or absorb the remnant into the core?
Elijah wasn’t surprised by the notification. The goblin leader explained that his plan was to obtain the damage village core and absorb it into the twilight core. Afterward the goblin leader would bring the core to a safe location to establish a territory. The twilight core in Elijah’s hand was the true source of power and the damaged village core was a broken container for that power.
After Elijah chose to absorb the remnant, the process began the very next second. The broken crystal turned into a stream of light and flowed into the core in Elijah’s right hand. The pillar it sat on crumbled, turning into dust and fusing with the earth it previously sat on.
Looking at the twilight core Elijah could see and sense a mysterious energy emanating from it. It tempted him to investigate its secrets, but he ignored that temptation and turned his head in the direction of his village core. His plan had always been to develop his own territory from the ground up and the inheritance of the twilight empire would only be used as a small boost.
Without exchanging any word Elijah and Elder Jeb headed to the village core that Elijah had been infusing his energy into. The difference between Elijah’s budding village core and the remnant he recently absorbed was obvious. The pillar holding the sphere was much smaller. Also, the sphere was made out of stone instead of crystal.
Holding the twilight core in his right hand, Elijah placed his left hand on his village core. Elijah completed the quest to awaken his village core and received a message for absorbing the twilight core. He selected yes and after a second passed, the process began.
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Light flowed from the twilight core and into Elijah’s stone village core. The light looked like a grey river dotted with stars and Elijah could sense astral energy of a higher quality than he ever experienced before. The powerful astral energy flowed into the village core for a few seconds before it stopped.
Congratulations! You have completed the Awaken the Core quest!
You have infused the power of another territory into your village core. Do you wish to use this power to improve the rank of your territory? Yes, or no?
Hint: If you chose not to, the power you refused can be used to create three unique structures
With a smile on his face, Elijah selected no. He didn’t need to take any shortcuts on the path of a ruler, and he always planned to take a slow and steady approach. Also, Elijah’s arrogance demanded that he reject what others might consider to be a great opportunity.
You have fused the power of Supreme and the power of Twilight into your unawaken village core. Due to the high quality of each power, you are able to form an astral vein with two unique powers. As the power of Twilight is of a higher quality than the power of Supreme, it will be the main power of your astral vein.
Elijah frowned after he read the last sentence of his most recent notification. He wanted the Supreme power to be the main attribute of his astral vein, but he wasn’t allowed to have a say in the decision. A second after he finished reading the notification the ground began to rumble and the astral energy in the air began to change.
Beneath him Elijah could sense the power of the astral vein flowing through the earth. He had an intimate connection with it almost as if he was sensing another part of his body. He could feel it thrumming with the power of Supreme and the power of Twilight.
Using his Supreme Astral Sense Elijah could sense the changes in the air around him. The normal astral energy, that Elijah was used to sensing, became less noticeable, and what took its place was a type of supreme and twilight astral energy. Also, the darkness around him receded and the world became brighter.
Raising his arms, Elijah immersed himself in the myriad sensations that he received from his territory. At that moment he felt like the supreme ruler of the entire world. He was able to feel energies that emitted dominance, light, heat, darkness and cold, and Elijah was able to control all of them.
As Elijah indulge in these sensations, once again, he could feel the unique energy taking form within him. However, this time, Elijah chose to ignore it. He had a feeling that he would be unsuccessful if he tried to gain control of it at this moment. Therefore, he decided to give up on the unique energy and turned his attention to the incoming prompts.
Astral Vein: Supreme Twilight
Tier: 0
Description: An astral vein imbued with the powers of Supreme and Twilight. Its energy courses through your territory bringing with it new opportunities and new dangers.
Power: Twilight
Effect (1): The time period of twilight is extended by one hour throughout your territory.
Effect (2): Practicing cultivation techniques in your territory will be 50% more effective during twilight.
Note: The increase is greater for those practicing cultivation techniques related to twilight
Power: Supreme
Effect: A 100% increase to the quantity and quality of the astral energy around the Supreme Twilight Astral Vein.
Elijah was extremely satisfied with the effects of his two powers. At first glance it looked like Elijah suffered a loss because of the boost his twilight power gave to practicing cultivation techniques was fifty percent less than the boost the broken crystal gave. However, Elijah and his people were now able to utilize the effect from anywhere in Elijah’s territory and Elijah’s territory spread far further than the area around his village.
When it came to the effect of the supreme power, Elijah considered it equal to if not greater than the two effects of the twilight power. Although astral energy was everywhere, it was not a resource that could be limitlessly absorbed. With hundreds of people living and cultivating in the same area it was extremely unlikely for there to be enough energy for everyone to use at all times throughout the day.
Luckily, Elijah obtained an effect that increased the quantity and quality of energy in the area around his astral vein. The area around his astral vein was only a small part of his territory, but Elijah didn’t mind since people tend to gather in one area. Also, thanks to the memories of his future self, Elijah knew that this effect would make his territory more desirable to cultivators.
Cultivators needed areas with high astral energy for many reasons. One reason was to absorb astral energy to increase their cultivation level. However, they also needed astral energy to do things like refining pills, creating weapons, growing unique resources and several other things. All cultivators naturally desired to reside in the best possible area and Elijah’s territory took its first step into becoming that area.
Before Elijah could continue reading any more notification, his attention was captured by his village core. The stone core began to release a soft white glow that quickly became brighter and brighter in a matter of seconds. For a few seconds, Elijah had to close his eyes and could only monitor his surroundings with his Supreme Astral Sense.
When the light finally dimed, Elijah saw that his village core now resembled the twilight core he had obtained from the goblin leader, only his village core was larger. Elijah’s village core was now looked like it was made out of a grey crystal-like material. However instead of being covered in white dots, it was covered in golden blue dots.
Eager to learn more about the changes to his village core, Elijah immediately looked at its information. He wanted to read all of the information about his village core. However, he immediately ignored all the other information after he saw the amount of astral energy, he was able to use.
Item: Supreme Twilight Village Core
Astral Energy: 100,000/100,000
“Hahaha, we’re rich! We’re rich!”