“Hahaha, we’re rich!” Elijah was unable to control his joy.
Of course, Elijah expected to receive the one hundred thousand points of astral energy. However, knowing he would receive it and actually seeing the points in front of him were two different things. Elijah had no choice but to vent some of the excitement he was feeling otherwise his heart would burst from it.
Beside Elijah, Elder Jeb looked on with a smile on his face. Amusement with a hint of nostalgia could be seen in his gaze as he watched Elijah’s youthful actions. He could understand the excitement that a young man felt for accomplishing something great and he began to reminisce about a few of his own accomplishments.
As quickly as he began, Elijah ceased his laughter and shouts of joy. He realized he announced to the world his recent harvest. Basically, he was begging for any thieves within ear shot to come and take his wealth.
Instantly, Elijah eyes began to bounce around like pinballs. His head swiveled left and right as his eyes darted around looking for thieves. All of a sudden, Elijah began to feel extremely vulnerable. He felt like the ground itself was waiting for him to drop his guard so it could snatch his ill-gotten gains.
No, they weren’t ill-gotten gains. Although he obtained his wealth very quickly, he did so through fair and righteous means. Anyone who dared to say otherwise would have to talk to his sword. Anyone that dared to take his wealth would have to pry it from his cold dead hands.
Realizing his emotions were getting the best of him, Elijah did his best to calm down and restrain his excitement. However, the moment Elijah looked at his village core he could feel the excitement that he barely managed to subdue rearing its head once again. Looking at the village core, although there would be some restrictions, he began to think of all the ways the astral energy would help him increase the strength of his people and himself. It took some time for Elijah to calm down and continue going through his notifications. The first thing he did was properly examine his village core.
Item: Supreme Twilight Village Core
Description: The village core of the Supreme Twilight village. This core makes this village an official territory in the eyes of the Heaven and the Earth. Should the core be damaged, destroyed, or consumed it will break the territories connection to the world.
Astral Energy: 100,000/100,000
Astral Energy Recovery: (50) 100/min
Astral Energy Conversion: 100:1
Elijah was happy to see that his village core recovered energy at double the rate of normal village cores. However, the conversion rate was normal. Elijah was able to take one hundred points of astral energy and use it to increase his or someone else’s cultivation.
Congratulations! You have established the Supreme Twilight village and gained full control of its territory. While you are in your territory, your connection to it will provide you with a 10% increase to all your stats and skills.
Owning a territory comes with significant burdens. The weight and responsibility that comes with your connection to your territory decreases your absorption of astral energy by 10% and increases the task you must complete to be promoted in your cultivation, specialty and job by 1.
Congratulations! You are the first player to officially take full control of a territory. This is a huge achievement and is worthy of being announced to the world. Do you wish to make this achievement known? Yes, or no?
Without hesitation, Elijah selected no. Elijah wasn’t afraid of gaining fame and recognition. However, he was cautious about how his action might affect the future, karma, fate and other mystical forces.
Pressing yes would unlock the announcement system for everyone. It would also trigger a game update that would leave Elijah being unable to interact with his villager for five full days in real life. Elijah decided to restrain himself and give up the opportunity. According to his future self, the person who originally obtained the opportunity, did so about a month after the game started.
As the first player to officially take full control of a territory. You will temporarily be given the First Territory title and be able to benefit from one of its effects.
Title: First Territory (Temporary)
A title awarded to the first player to fully take control of a territory and upgrade it by one rank.
100% increase to the quality and quantity of astral energy throughout your territory.
“It sure is great to be first,” Elijah thought to himself. He immersed himself in the increasing astral energy for a few seconds before he continued looking at his notifications.
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In addition to obtaining the First Territory title, the award for the Awaken the Core quest will be adjusted. You will be given six options to choose from and of these options you can pick two. However, picking one will increase the quality of the reward.
1. Specialty Experience
2. Job Experience
3. Cultivation Technique
4. Skill
5. Weapon
6. Random Item
All of the options were interesting and could be beneficial for Elijah. However, the option he was drawn to the most was the weapon. His current sword was able to do the job, but it wasn’t outstanding for his current level, and he would probably outgrow it soon. When that time came there wouldn’t be anyone to provide him with a better one.
You have chosen a weapon as your reward. Please chose from the three weapons below.
1. Twilight Sword
2. Dominating Battle Spear
3. Ferocious Bloody Axe
Of the three options presented to him the Twilight Sword was the best and Ferocious Bloody Axe was the worst. However, the weapon that Elijah went with was the Dominating Battle Spear. Each weapon had their unique qualities that made them great, but Elijah went with the spear because he felt like that was the weapon that suited him the best.
Item: Twilight Sword
Tier: 1
Durability: 125/125
Description: A standard sword for members of the twilight army. It contains the energy of twilight within each attack. To unlock the full power of this weapon you must use your energy to bind this weapon to you. Attack 80 – 100. +20 to all physical stats.
Requirements: Level 36 to use Level 50+ to bind
Item: Dominating Battle Spear
Tier: 1
Durability: 135/135
Description: A spear once wielded by a peerless general that remained undefeated on the battlefield. It contains a domineering energy within each attack. To unlock the full power of this weapon you must use your energy to bind this weapon to you. Attack 80 – 90. +20 to strength and dexterity.
Requirements: Level 36 to use Level 50+ to bind
The axe was a tier zero weapon so Elijah didn’t consider it because he knew he would soon outgrow it. The sword was more powerful than the spear. However, the domineering energy had a better connection to Elijah’s path as a ruler than the twilight energy. Also, there was a chance the spear would have better traits after he bound it with his energy.
After Elijah selected his weapon, he moved on to his other notifications. The next notification he received was about three more items. Specifically, it was the three unique structures he received for rejecting the power of the Twilight Core.
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Chief’s Hut
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Martial Arena
Congratulations! You have been awarded the Twilight Pillar
Immediately, Elijah felt the ground rumble after he finished reading the notification for the three structures. Walls began to rise up and surround Elijah, elder Jeb and the village core. The walls were made of the same material as his twilight core and were covered in golden blue dots.
Elijah silently watched as the village core and the pillar it was on slowly sank into the ground. What remained in its place was an extremely soft cushion that looked similar to the walls. With a smile on his face Elijah excitedly stepped forward to look
You are now in charge of an official territory. You must pay your respects to the system. Each official territory must pay the system 20% of its total astral energy every 24 hours.
Instantly, the excitement in Elijah’s eyes dimmed and his smile shrunk. The tax was something he expected. Although he wasn’t happy about losing twenty thousand points of astral energy, he considered it a reasonable price to pay for-
You are now in charge of an official territory. You must pay your respects to the Heaven. The Heaven is in charge of controlling the natural laws that govern your territory. Each official territory must sacrifice to the Heaven 20% of its total astral energy every 24 hours.
The excitement in Elijah’s eyes had completely gone out and his smile ceased to exist. Although he knew he would receive a tax, he didn’t know what the exact amount would be. Elijah couldn’t help but feel a little vexed when he saw that he lost forty thousand-
You are now in…
“Motherfucker!” Elijah shouted with a furious expression on his face. “A sixty percent tax? This is inhumane!”
You are now in charge of an official territory. You must pay your respects to the Earth. The Earth is in charge of providing energy to your territory. Each official territory must give the Earth 20% of its astral energy every 24 hours.
Reading the entire notification didn’t help lessen the frustration Elijah felt. In fact, Elijah felt himself becoming angrier. When he read the ‘pay your respects’ part of the notification, Elijah felt like he was being forced to pay protection money to some mafia boss.
“Criminal,” Elijah muttered. “Absolutely criminal.”
“Eli, what’s wrong?” Elder Jeb asked. Before Elijah could respond he received another notification.
Your Chief’s Hut is a unique structure. It is required that you pay 10,000 points of astral energy every 24 hours for the upkeep of this structure.
After reading the notification Elijah wanted to wail in frustration. However, he suddenly had an idea which helped him to calm down. Since shouting in anger didn’t change anything, perhaps calmly speaking in a polite tone would make a difference.
“This is actually a small price to pay for such a wonderful item,” Elijah said despite having no idea what the Chief’s Hut did. “I am more than willing to-”
Your Martial Arena is a unique structure. It is required that you pay 10,000 points of astral energy every 24 hours for the upkeep of this structure.
“This…this…”
Your Twilight Pillar is a unique structure. It is required that you pay 10,000 points of astral energy every 24 hours for the upkeep of this structure.
“Please stop.”
You have several areas for growing resources from the earth. It is required that you pay 2,000 points of astral energy for the upkeep of each area.
Astral Energy: 0/100,000