Chapter Thirty

John sat in a group of hand sized Kyber Crystals.

Two months passed since he found the Sith and collected the gold from the temple. He only had 13 apprentices, although 12 were acolytes. The five Sith still haven't begun their Sith training, so they aren't apprentices.

[Gold Increase: 3,479,000 -> 3,624,600]

John looked at the amount of crystals he had around him. "1, 2, 3... 14. Not bad for a new level!"

"Ok, system, bring up the trade window."

[Opening...]

[Place items in the window]

John placed the fourteen hand sized Kyber Crystals in the trade window before it closed. A new window then showed up.

[Gold from Trade: 1,400,000]

[50% extra from large trade: 2,100,000]

[Gold Increase: 3,624,600 -> 5,724,600]

"It'll still take a long time to amass 200,000,000 gold."

John stood up and looked at the cloning facility. "I guess it's time to take over the world."

John and his apprentices had moved to the city, as well as the Sith and most of the clones.

Dex was left in charge of the other temple to make sure nothing would happen to it, and John left 50 clones and 700 soldiers under him. He was also promoted to commander.

John walked outside and climbed onto an LAAT, flying to the first temple.

When he arrived, he checked on the Sith clones and saw that since he didn't have a blueprint, he actually needed to wait for them to age, which would take 18 years.

He decided to create 1,000 clones, costing him 100,000 gold.

Now left with 5,624,600, he also created one hundred LAATs, costing him another 400,000 gold.

John stared at his gold that went down to 5,224,600. 'With what's left from the take over, we'll have 121 LAATs and 1,342 clones. That along with the soldiers and Shadow Troopers...' John walked out of the facility and climbed back into the LAAT. '20,000 soldiers, 300 Shadow Troopers, 1,342 clones.'

As they flew back to the city, John got a strange quest.

[Quest Activated: Droid Extermination; Due to the discovery of the droid factory, the human King, James, has accidentally released mass destruction on his country. Go and retake control of the droids, shutting them down for good, and punish the king for his crimes against humanity.]

[Rewards: ???]

[Failure: ???]

John stared at the notification. 'Failure? That's new.'

"Pilot, redirect us to the human country."

"Yes, General."

After a few hours, the LAAT flew over the human cities. They were burning and covered in smoke. John quickly jumped out of the LAAT into the streets of the closest city.

He destroyed two droids about to kill a family. "What's happening here?"

"About two months ago, these metal things began destroying the capital, and no one knows where they came from, but it's like they never end." The father was a man in a soldier's uniform.

John sighed as he looked at a few more droids coming for them. "Listen, if you head into the elf territory, you'll be found by soldiers in the uniform of the Empire. Tell them Emperor Thane sent you."

John activated his lightsaber, along with the black one, and began cutting through the droids. 'I've gotta get to the facility.'

Once John cleared out the city and sent people to the Empire, he left the city and went directly for the factory.

He saw King James trying to turn it off. He was frantically hitting any and all buttons, but the droids kept coming out.

John walked up behind him after killing his guards and spoke. "Have you tried hitting the big red button?"

"Of course I've tried hitting the big red button! What kind of fool do-" As James turned to smack whoever spoke, he stopped as his gaze was met with a visor's reflection. "Guards!"

John grabbed James by his shoulders and pushed him out of the way. "They can't hear you." He placed his hand on the red button and pushed down, entering an ID number.

Almost immediately, any droid across the country and in the factory shut down and blew into pieces.

He looked at the faltering king. "You're the one who made this place! You've doomed me and my bloodline!"

John looked at the man and laughed. "Your obsession with laziness has already done that. If you had a neck, I'd choke you. You did a good job though."

"What?"

"The chaos, I mean." John looked at the pile of destroyed droids in front of him. "Without it, your people would have no reason to join my Empire, or leaving you behind."

John pushed passed the king and left the underground facility. 'Initiate self-destruct for the facility.' He closed the hatch on the king, making him fall back down.

"Hey, what are you doing? I'm king! We're of the same ranking!"

John walked away as the facility and area around it collapsed into an explosion that reached the clouds. "No. We are not."

[Quest Complete: Droid Extermination]

[Rewards: 10 Attribute Points]

[Unspent Attribute Points: 33 -> 43]

'I've really gotta use those.' John received a message from his pilot.

"Sir, Commander Indigo has insisted he needs to pass a message to you in person." The pilot landed the LAAT after John activated the beacon in his helmet.

"Is it that urgent?" John asked.

"Sounds like it, sir."

John climbed into the LAAT and they headed for the temple.

Once they arrived, John immediately met with Indigo in private.

"General, im sorry, but this isn't something I could tell anyone else."

"Can you use the Force?" John asked blatantly.

Indigo stared at John for a moment before removing his helmet. "I wish, sir. Earlier today, when we were out on patrols, we saw a meteorite crashing towards the planet. When we went to check it out, this is what we found."

John took the pad from Indigo and looked at it. It was a picture of an empty smoking pod. "Who else knows?"

"The only others with me were Squad 22. They've already been told to keep it classified. What do you think this means, General?"

John handed him the pad. "There are a number of possibilities, but the most likely one is a beacon in the Jedi Temple. Maybe even the extermination of all those Jedi."

John began walking away from Indigo. "What are we going to do about it, sir?"

John smiled as he spoke maliciously. "We wait." Immediately after speaking, John upgraded his attributes.

Vitality: 34 -> 42

Strength: 37 -> 44

Agility: 35 -> 42

Intelligence: 35 -> 42

Dexterity: 34 -> 41

Endurance: 35 -> 42