The Empire !

"Mr Thomas is The empire going to strike a deal with Alis using the core as a leverage"

Thomas raised his brows, "And why would you mention this fact"

"Mr Thomas the Alis are strange people and the core is not what you or The empire thinks what it is, I on the other hand had the fortune to learn the Alis language and know what exactly it can do. So I thought about helping the Empire to show my patriotism"

Thomas's eyes glowed, as what Alsezh said was indeed correct. The empire even after sending their best linguistics were unable to completely decipher the Alis's complex language and had only managed to collect bits and pieces of it from the ruins.

As for making the Alis agree to teach them that would be impossible as the Alis believed their heritage to be sacred and considered it foul to let other have knowledge about it.

Thomas then continued,

"oh and what would you like in return for this"

Alsezh knew now was the time so immediately striked,

" I have two conditions, first I want The Empire to let me head the business deal," after sipping some tea he continued,

"and I also want to be issued as a Knight under The Empire"

Thomas almost spat his tea after gaining composure he stated in a harsh tone,

"I can agree to the first condition but the second one is too much to ask for. Being a Knight requires strength of at least C -Rank as for you,you are nowhere near it"

Alsezh simply smiled seeing that the bait was taken, If it was strength the determining factor then alsezh was confident in him getting powerful in the future.

"very well then I think there's still enough time till the deal is going to take place, so why don't we do this after completing the deal successfully you will allow me to fight another knight if I am able to defeat him then and only then will I be appointed as a knight on the other hand if I loose I wont ask for anything else"

Thomas eyes glowed he knew Alssezh winning the fight was almost impossible as it ws extremely difficult to become C-Rank in such a short time unless and untill Alsezh was one of the heaven defying genius like those in the inner rings of the empire.

So he thought this was perfect but after looking at Alsezh sipping his tea calmly he had a bad premonition, He immediately contacted the upper echelons as these kinds of decisions didn't came under his authority.

After 5 minutes of complete silence in the room Thomas received a message. He turned to look at Alsezh seriously,

"Alsezh The Empire has agreed to your conditions but you will have to go under a test by our linguistics, if and only if your results are satisfactory will the deal continue, what do you say"

Alsezh smiled,

" of course I agree"

Thomas then told him that the time and venue for the test will be mailed to him after The Empire decides it.

After discussing the matters Alsezh took his leave. He had gained tremendously this time around. Even while exiting Thomas Door he had a wicked smile on his face.

"hehe seems like i should open a cheat fund"

Thomas on other hand watched Alsezh's back and sighed.

"the kid has potential but he is too naive if he thinks being a Knight is so easy, the politics played by nobles is not something a man of his age should deal with"

The Empire's Power structure was very complex with its territories increasing everyday the politics also became complex

But Thomas didn't know that Alsezh knew very well what he was doing .After undertaking basic knowledge from the super net he had been searching in his free time to collect as much information about The Empire as possible to develop a long term plan.

At the End he had created a database in his watch which contained all information he had collected so far.

The Empire's Power Pyramid-

The Holy Emperor

The Twelve Heavenly Emperors

The King

The 10 Demonic Generals

Dukes

Princes and Princesses

Marquis

Count

Viscount

Baron

Knights

Prime Citizens

Citizens

The Empire occupied the whole Soloman Galaxy which was named after its first King, King Soloman. The empire divided its regions into outer, central an inner rings. The planets in the outer rings were considered as villages by the inner ring nobles.

Great families resided with in planets on inner rings.Knights usually occupied all the smaller outer ring planets and barons ruled the mid sized planets while the Vis-counts were considered as overlords of outer ring.

The central ring was ruled by Counts, Marquises, princes and princesses

The 10 demonic generals usually resided outside the galaxy forming a protective barrier around the Empire and annexing different planets and star systems from time to time.

As for the inner ring it was the core of The Empire and was ruled over by the Dukes and the King himself

As for the 12 heavenly Emperors and the Holy Emperor the Outer ring wasn't even considered worthy enough to know any further information about them only the barons and above ranked nobles may know something.

The Empire's politics became complex with the increasing life span of humans with technological advances,this also increased their battle prowess and hunger for power as time passed by.