The Original 40

City lord William stood infront of 39 men, These men were the original men that were conscripted into the military at the very beginning. the 40 were separated into 8 5 person groups but unfortunately one group had only 4. Each group was tasked with a different mission. The first group named themselves the Azure lotus Merchant association, these 5 men were tasked with the empires Trade. The second Known as The Earth protectors, they were tasked with farming and maintaining the environment. The third, The imperial Cult. Tasked with spreading the new state religion that depicted the Emperor as the one True God of Humanity and this world. The fourth was named The Imperial Navy and was given power over the Air force and any water based navy built in the future. Along with any and all spaceships. The fifth was named The Devourers and were tasked with devouring all matter in designated areas. The sixth was given the name " The 5 high Lord's of Isvan " by Ted,They took over all government agencies within the empire. The Seventh and eighth were given the names " The imperial Army and The Machine lord's. Out of all 8, The machine lord's was short a member.

William looked at the 8 groups and spoke loudly.

" All groups give Report! "

A man named Alexie Kharkov stood forwards and spoke " The Azure lotus Merchant position has succeeded in its primary goal! the economy of Isvan City is great! We have successfully helped create hundreds of new restaurants and Thousands other businesses."

He stood back and a man named Henry White stepped forward " The earth protectors is flourishing, Thanks to the item Creators we have been able to expand our available farmland nonstop, We have over 14.7 Million acres of farmland in use and well over 9 million more by the end of the week. Short term crops have begun to be harvested while long term crops are still growing. 92.5 million acres have been dedicated to ranchers raising cattle, sheep, pigs and other farm animals. 10 million acres of farmland were given to each of the Golden sects along with 10,000 acres of land within the walls of isvan city. " Henry stepped back and Sir Billy windikson.

" The Imperial Truths are Being spread all over the Imperium of man. Most new citizens refused our beliefs but once they settled down and saw our majesties grace, and miracles they too began to believe. As of now 45% of the population has converted to our faith, 26% of adults and 95% of children. It is hard to convert the adults who have lived with their own religion for many years, the children however are mostly blank slates. Most of them have begun to idealize The emperor and are more accepting of our faith. The Ai were indeed correct, children are far easier to convince. So even if the adults do not completely follow our faith the next generation surely will. "

Jake Montana stepped forward and spoke Proudly! " The Imperial Navy is Thriving! The underground factory produces over 400 aircraft a day. Our current force is roughly 16,456 Aircraft. Under order from His majesty the Emperor 10 Giga factories are now under construction across the empire. Each factory once complete will be able to produce 9,000 aircraft a day. in 1 year they will be complete and we will have complete sky supremacy. The miracle How to fly books mass produced by item Creators are being studied by the 1 million pilot recruits sent to us by city lord William. "

He stepped back and Robert Griamore stepped forward. " The Collection of mass is going splendidly, we have successfully set up thousand of Matter converters all over our current and former lands as well as the southern border of the Zavalla Empire. 3 larger matter converters have been placed next to each of the 3 lakes. lake Koryak, Snake lake and lake bahee. We do not intend to drain these lakes too much so we have also decided to erase the Blue dragon mountain range to the far south. Due to labor shortages we cannot take on this endeavor for some time so the lakes will have to endure. Now i personally Hate to see our own land devoured so I sent a couple sneaky groups of cultivators on a mission to drop off some worker bots in the lakes of the surrounding Territories. They have also been told to drop off one worker bot in random places so that they can create undergound bases. "

The 5 high Lord's didn't not speak for they served William who already knew everything they had to report. The Imperial armies Grand General stepped forward and bowed to City lord William. " report Grand General Tristan. "

" City lord William! recruitment is moving along well. The new recruits are very open minded and ready to learn but the older men and cultivators from all over are stubborn and prideful. They take our resources and speak down to us. We all must work harder to become stronger so we can keep them in their place. If it weren't for the Advanced vehicles and Weapons provided to us we wouldn't even be able to hunt low rank demon beasts. Not to even mention the Heavenly Guardian! If he wasn't here the Rank 7 Demon beast that appeared last week would have wreaked havoc. I am grateful for all the work you are putting in your respective missions but it will all be for nothing if we cannot protect it! Cultivate twice as hard as you work! We have unlimited materials available to us. "

The machine lord leader stepped forward and spoke " Yes the rest of you are all very weak! You should take example from the four of us! "

He spoke and the 3 behind him released Nihilty stage auras while he himself released an Ascension stage Aura.

" Do not Worry Tristan my old friend, If any dangers approach Isvan while you are still growing Then WE THE MACHINE LORDS WILL PROTECT YOU! "

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Back in Nanashak Julian stood on a large empty dueling platform, across him was City lord Ratliff. A crowd of over 1 million sat in the seats of the stadium And Tens of millions more watched it via holographic projections.

" Are you ready Sir Ratliff? I will not use my full power in this battle to show my sincerity to you! "

" Earth champion! "

The ground of the arena trembled and lighting clouds gathered in the sky above. Cracks of lighting began to rage in the sky while cracks appeared in the ground. The lighting of the Heavens converged and slammed down into the center crack turning the ground into a liquid that spiraled around in a circle slowly Turning into a humanoid shape. Once it's body fully took shape the mud body was once again struck by Heavenly lighting and its body turned into a near indestructible metal.

Ratliff not waiting for its completion poured Qi into his ax and activated a Wind attack " Axe cyclone! "

The razor sharp winds bounced off the earth champion, and the Axe itself was caught with one hand by the Earth champion. * auhg * Ratliff spit blood on the champions face and jumped backwards leaving his axe in the hands of the Champion. " I'll be taking that! " The champion tossed it to Julian who immediately took it into his inventory.

" I wanted to have some fun with you since you seemed like a worthy opponent. yet you treat me like I am an ant in your way! I will Show you The power Of A zavallian City Lord!

" Zavalla Dragon body Skill! "

" Black Lagoon! "

Ratliff body turned into that of a Draconian and a black ball shot out of his hand towards the Earth Champion. It raised its right hand to block the orb but it was futile, the orb incinerated the champions Right arm. Before it could do any more damage the Champion dodged out of the way and ran forwards to attack Ratliff. The black ball flew towards Julian who clenched his right hand and cocked it backwards. Energy began to condense into his right arm and he laughed as he shouted the name of his skill. " Titans fist! "

As his Fist collided with the black ball the Earth champion grabbed onto Ratliff and held in place, He struggled to move but the Earth champion did not budge. He looked forward only to see that his Black lagoon had been destroyed and a shockwave of energy was now heading his way.

" Dragon body 7th form! Metal Dragon Protection! "

His originally golden draconian body turned pitch black and he crossed his arms creating a Black Qi barrier. The attack hit and only lasted 5 seconds, when it was over the Charred Draconian fell to the ground and reverted back to human form.

" It seems I win! "

The crowd was silent, Some medics came onto the stage and began to heal the wounded City lord.

" I am The God Emperor Of Mankind! The Supreme leader of The Imperium of man! 7 Days from now My auction Hall in This city shall open! The Theme of the auction is beast cores And I intend to celebrate this opening by auctioning off 3 Seperate Rank 7 Perfect condition Beast cores. 12 Rank 6 Perfect condition beast cores and 25 Rank 5 perfect condition cores. I herby invite All of you rich Families of Zavalla. "

Julian walked off the dueling arena and ignored the shouts of the crowd. He had a meeting with The Amogi clan head and didn't want to be late. An hour later Julian arrived at the gate of the Amogi clan and was welcomed in with great respect. He was guided to a room with an old Asian man, his hair was white and he wore a black robe.

" Welcome leader of the Imperium of Man, I am Kim wukon leader of the amogi clan, what can I do for you today? "

" I have heard from General Adam that your clan specializes in the creation of Spiritual herb Gardens? Is this correct? "

" It is indeed! No one in the vatim region of the Zavalla Empire can rival my Clans skill when it comes to creating Thriving spiritual herb gardens. My price is expensive but I assure you I deliver perfect service. "

" That is great to hear! "

Julian pulled out a map of the lands within the first outer wall. A section of land to the southwest was yet to be given to anyone for any purpose.

" I have a business proposal for you. I would like you to set up a branch within my capital city of isvan right here in the south west. I want to hire you to turn this entire section of land here Into hundreds of different spiritual herb gardens. I will provide all of the materials , I only need your clans skills. "

Kim wukon looked at the large expanse of land and literal money signs appeared in his eyes.

" I can definitely do this. For a small down-payment of 5 million hq. "