Chapter 17

[Please choose Martial Element Focus]

While martial arts are neutral they have the ability to manipulate elements that are already present. So what should be the focused element for my future soldiers?

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Earth

Fire

Ice

Decay

Strength

Vampiricism

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Hmm, Earth would allow us to look like earth benders, but I dont think thats an efficient fighting style when a root spike can be conjured immediately. Fire would give us a lot of offense but everyone is too low level for it to be effective yet. Ice would be good but I don't like the cold. Decay would be good to slowly tear down the enemy during long fights, but I don't want drawn out fights. Strength, eh. Vampiricism is decent as it has no obvious downfalls.

Primary focus shall be Vampiricism and secondary shall be decay.

[System has detected that these two elements can combine well and create a new element host please give the new element a name]

Oh wow. A combination of Vampiricism and decay. So the more I hit you the closer you are to death and the stronger I become. I shall call this Greed

[New Element: Greed has been recognized

Please take a look at the modified arts.

I spy a cookie jar: Unleash a whirlwind of 36 claw swipes on an opponent

Hungry Hungry Pointers: 108 continuous finger strikes that siphon an opponent's raw life force

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Talons of the blood Hawk: 27 kicks in a quick succession if this move is ever flawlessly completed, user has a high chance of summoning a BloodHawk up to 3 Tiers higher to your side ]

Woah these moves are insane. This martial path is amazing. If we train in this, our soldiers will walk onto every battlefield like potential snowballs. The boosts in stats look to be permanent so the more you fight and kill the stronger you become.

There is only one downfall, we are gonna lose alot of people in trainning. We are either gonna need more slaves or more opportunities for battle. What is the most plausible solution right now?

We aren't at conflict right now so maybe if I can have them do missions for the sect they will develop more battle experience while also earning us contribution points. Sounds good, but I will still need more slaves. I shall create a squadron and they shall be named the snowball warriors. When we take over the world they shall be unstoppable. Oh, wait, you aren't supposed to know about that yet. Whoops!

Anyways, I also need more types of herbs so I can finish my mission. I will go out tonight to get some more slaves and some more herbs.

For now let me learn this martial path.

[Martial path of GREED: full body = 5 skill points]

[Learn?]

Yes.

Ahhhhhhh. Jesus. Oh sweet ghandhi something save me. The hunger, ohh the hunger.

[Traces of Greed element detected do you wish to awaken this affinity]

What? I can do that?

[Yes. System has access to all elements, at a price]

Woah. Yes awaken.

[Greed affinity has been awoken]

Hmm, looks like I will have to research decay and vampiric skills. I can feel the hidden potential in my body begin to get giddy. For a second I swear the earth trembled and the wind stood still. I strike out with the first move of Hungry Hungry pointers and the wall that I touched began to wither in the same spot.

Excited with my new updates, I decided to stay home and practice so I sent Achilles and some of the men to go and get more slaves and to get some herbs. By the time they returned I was proficient enough in the path of greed to teach it.

They spent 70 gp on 30 more slaves and 6 new herbs. When I made it outside all 40 soon to be warriors were idling in the field.

"LISTEN UP!!! I understand that no one wants to be a slave. Yet, I am not going to just hand you your freedom. But what I can say is that you'll be the best treated slaves on this earth, under certain conditions. First off, your lives do not belong to the clan they belong to my mother, Amenhotep, and me. Second, we will provide everything for you. You can go about your lives how you see fit, but that same life lies forfeit to my will. You may have famillies as long as that same family pledges their soul as well."

"I know it may not sound wonderful but it is a better option than you would be getting. I promise upon the true being that if I ever treat you otherwise that he strike my soul from existence. I will do everything in my power to keep everyone here alive. But, first, it's time for you to get strong. Now get into groups of 4 with those who you feel will have your back. Then, form ten straight lines and pay attention." With that everyone received the manual, Helas Awakening, and amen and Achilles received Megamentals. That night no one did anything else.

As time passed and the new dungeon was opening, Our soldiers were forming up pretty nice. We sent them out on countless missions in their groups of 4 and they have shown insane aptitudes for murder. The weakes one now being in the middle of Tier 0. We have also been consolidating our money and getting more proficient with the skills we already have to the point where we can now shut down a Tier 0 without paying attention.

We haven't seen Achilles much as he has been training with the assassins a lot. But overall our strength as a unit has risen immensely. While everyone has been planning on taking down the dungeon we have other plans. Bigger plans.

Rules of Receiving a title in the kingdom:

Take a piece of land from its current lord

If successfully taken, you are now its lord

You will then have access to all its resources

Money has been coming in at an insane rate. So insane that others have begun to covet our income. Little do they know the strength of a snowball. This whole month I have been experimenting with different pill recipes and skills the whole time.

As Amen who is now:

Level: 43

Tier 0

High Tier

Might: 240

Durability: 130

Intelligence: 150

Will: 130

and Sanji now:

Level: 8

Tier 1

Might: 100

Durability: 200

Intelligence: 100

Will: 260

make their way outside the city to the dungeon attack, on the other side of town a large caravan of men in shiny white armor makes their way out of the city.