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"Is it normal?" Aria's eyebrows twitched slightly. This was wildly abnormal. Only tens of thousands of castle lords out of billions have managed to get dynasty level territories at this stage, and most of those forces were false dynasties, not recognized by Endless Continent's Laws.
'True Dynasties' with a Dynasty Heart were extremely rare—like Diane's Aelith Kingdom or Lydia Steele's Nightreign Kingdom and even they max out at the Intermediate Capital City level, but compared to Haru building an empire, they were nothing.
The Aetherium Empire, in terms of title, now matched the famous native empires of the Endless Continent's central region, each of whom have accumulated their foundations for tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of years, which Haru matched within just a few weeks.
Aria stared in shock, "Your Majesty, the Great Aetherium is now a 'True Empire', equal to those native empires at least in terms of territory level and recognition from Endless Continent's Laws. Isn't that a big deal? After all, empires are the final step in terms of territory here on the Endless Continent."
Haru shrugged, "An empire is just a milestone. My real goal is to establish a Pantheon and rule the entire Endless Continent."
A Pantheon was naturally the next step. He has already met the three conditions for its establishment, which were as follows:
-A Divine Kingdom
-An Empire level territory
-A peak High God Tier Emperor
But he decided to hold off for now because he had too few Gods under his command. His Divine Kingdom also lacked a large number of believers and temples for now.
Aria blinked, "If Your Majesty unifies the Endless Continent, does that mean our conquest would end? After all, the main quest of this game was always to obtain the God King's Throne, become a God Monarch and rule the Endless Continent."
Haru grinned, "That's indeed the end of the main quest, but then we would unlock the DLCs and sequel games. The Endless Continent is just one planet in the vast universe. It is just the start of our adventure."
He remembered that there were many planets out there, like the one nicknamed 'Immortal Dimension'. Even the Supreme God of War Wojciech failed to conquer it and was captured instead.
It was said that he was defeated effortlessly by the 'Immortals' of that planet. That's why Haru considered becoming a God King and ruling the Endless Continent the beginning of his adventures.
He shared a dream with his Angels, that is, to make the illusory Angel Realm a reality and to make his Angels the apex race in the universe.
Aria paused, then smiled, "Your Majesty is right. We indeed have a long road ahead."
Haru nodded and handed her seven Dynasty Heart fragments to her, "Use these to establish a True Dynasty, vassal to the Great Aetherium."
Her eyes lit up as she took them and thanked him. Without him, it would've taken a far longer time for her to establish a True Dynasty.
Then horror crossed her face as she asked, "Your Majesty… Did you get stronger again? I sense vaguely that the aura emanating from you has further intensified."
Haru nodded, "The GM rewarded me with a level up to the peak of High God Tier."
Aria inhaled sharply. This level was the same as Ancient Gods like 'Medusa' Christine. She lamented that while billions of Earthlings had the same starting line, their fates differed so sharply. The gap was so cosmic that he could solo all billions of Castle Lords and Rangers combined.
Haru smiled, "That's a perk of leading the pack. System rewards stack, and we experience a snowball effect in our strength's increase. Then again, it has its drawbacks. The Light Empire has finally blacklisted the Great Aetherium. If I'm not wrong, they should be preparing for war."
"When are we announcing it on the World Chat Channel to rally Castle Lords for war?" Aria asked.
Haru waved it off, "That will happen after the Demon Slayer Tournament. That's our priority for now."
At this moment, Celestia entered and seeing that she seemed to have an important matter to report, Aria bowed and left to upgrade her territory.
"My Lord." Celestia bowed and reported, "Christine says a third of the hundred plus Beast Gods who fell in the battle against the Evil Gods accepted our offer for reincarnation. Others have already either become Undead, entered the Underworld, or possessed other bodies."
"A third works." Haru said, "Since they're now our allies, respect their choices. We don't need to force them. If the souls are ready, don't use the Holy Grail and have the Guardian Angel Ariel handle it. Since she is a High Goddess, she should be able to handle it. As for the Angels who died, their Angel Hearts are in the Angel Reincarnation Pools."
"Understood." Pause, "My lord, a powerful Divine Sense swept your domain from the Light Empire."
"It should be Asher, the so-called 'Holy Lord', emperor of the Light Empire."
Her expressions turned cold, "Shall I end him? His Divine Senses indicate that he is only at the early stage Supreme God Tier."
"No." Haru said, "Killing him now would initiate a war. Participating in the Demon Slayer Tournament is our priority. After this event, have Ariel resurrect them and Seraphina make them my believers. If someone dared to resist, immediately kill them to deter the others. We can use the Holy Grail to convert them later."
"As you command, My Lord." Celestia bowed and left to carry out his orders.
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Haru finally tallied the loot presented by Lysandra and put the unwanted resources on the Hyperspace Trading Channel. The common items were put up for sale, while the rare ones were auctioned.
Within an hour, all of them were handled properly while the Bloodline Evolution Blueprints were already handed to Celestia who would then hand them to the various troops, mostly Angels.
Haru himself used hundreds of Troop Summoning Blueprints and a golden cloud formed overhead, resulting in the birth of almost 8,000 Angels, including 4,000 Multi-Winged or Special Angels. Although there weren't any Fourteen-Winged or higher Angels, there were seven Twelve-Winged Angels.
"By now, we have a grand total of 160,000 Angels. After the Demon Slayer Tournament, when all of these Angels grow stronger, the strength of our Gods will also be worthy of being an Empire. Moreover, the other races like Elves, Dragons, Legion of Light, Golden Beamons, etc. will also grow stronger."
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