Chapter 189 Martial Master and Peak Knight
"Oh! Interesting!" Beatrice's eyes sparkled.
"There are so many items in various quantum worlds that not only myself, but many others in the universe want. If you could replicate them and allow those items to achieve their functions, you could amass wealth and power beyond that of even my clan." Beatrice hypothesized as she tapped her chin thoughtfully.
"Meh. The current standing I have is enough." Dante replied with a lack of interest.
Naturally, he had considered many times whether to start an enterprise or business in the eternal universe, but he did not see the need. He was just here to pilfer and plagiarize their technology to conquer the home universe.
This was also why he did not invest much effort in Earth's society anymore, nor did he bother to set up some sort of business in the home universe featuring advanced technology.
The entire place would soon be under his rule, and all entities and businesses would be paying taxes to him, so what was the point? Even the very currency the business universe-wide would later use to transact would be created and controlled by his power.
Beatrice glanced at Dante askance with a twitch of her lips. "Dante, you are neglecting one simple fact. No matter how strong your home universe is and how many fellows you conquer there, its power would never match up to this one."
"You're thinking of raising an army using tech you copied from this universe as well as a few special methods you possess, but that is fatal. At the end of the day, the tech originated from here, and they likely have more than one way to deal with it in a critical situation." Beatrice pointed out helplessly.
Dante frowned and then nodded. He had been thinking too simply; this was not something that could be solved by throwing bodies over. The scale of universes was too large, so if he tried to use the attrition method, unless he wanted to live forever, he might not even conquer 40% before he died.
And as Beatrice was saying, if he wanted to use the blitzkrieg or overwhelming method, well… he wasn't qualified. Neither he nor his entire home universe were.
"And you think becoming a business mogul is the way? Wouldn't politics be far better an approach?" Dante eventually asked Beatrice as he thought it over, wanting to confirm from her.
After all, she was the true native here and might know things that Dante did not. In fact, scratch that, she definitely knew things that Dante did not, so her perspective would be far wider than his in this regard.
"No, politics is the end goal, but you have no platform to bounce off of to reach that level. You have some qualifications to fight like your superpower and great talent as well as the Portinari Clan's backing, but those won't push you too far or even that Lara woman would have named herself Goddess-Queen." Beatrice pointed out.
Dante nodded. "Okay, I'll take your advice, Beatrice. So how exactly am I to get started with this business?"
Beatrice smiled. "Well, we need to see how powerful your replication ability is. Why don't you try replicating some items now from various quantum worlds after you work on your power and we'll see how viable it is."
"If our replication has no limit per item, then we can take the path of mass production. If your replications can only work a limited amount of times based on a certain rule, then we'll take the path of high-profile auctions." Beatrice concluded.
Dante felt it was not a bad idea, but he glanced at Beatrice strangely and asked with a weird smile. "And what about the danger that will come our way once people learn that not only can I enter quantum worlds freely, but I can bring items within out and even replicate them?"
Beatrice sneered. "Whoever dares to stand in your way is my enemy. If they try to even harm a single hair on your head, I will exterminate their entire lineage from family to friends, and then exterminate those friends' families."
Beatrice's eyes flashed with a hint of chilling coldness. "If they dare to take it even a little bit too far, I will simply exterminate a part of their race within my authority and leave them alive to bear the consequences."
Dante was deeply chilled because he could sense the purity and sincerity in Beatrice's words. She would absolutely do that to the person who dared to cross him regardless of their standing, so Dante knew that he had to be stronger than all his foes so they couldn't hurt him.
Otherwise, their fate would be…
Dante then focused and noticed that Beatrice was still dressed skimpily, showing more than 90% of her lush and flawless skin, and her womanly assets were barely concealed from his greedy eyes.
Seeing that she had dared to come here like this, how could Dante not teach her a lesson? Immediately, he grabbed the unsuspecting Beatrice whose face changed when she was hoisted up and carried away to a corner of the room.
Soon, weird erotic sounds akin to a person mixing a bowl of macaroni sounded along with stifled moans that were full of lust and excitement. Dante made sure to put in the world so that Beatrice would be out of commission for a while, so you know that he held back nothing.
After dealing with her, he took her to his chambers and left her in his bed, the woman too lazy to even move due to satisfaction. Seeing her like this put Dante in a good mood, and he sat down beside her as he entered the virtual world and created a new session for the Apocalypse World.
He descended into the area of another new city, which left him in a barren wasteland with nothing in sight for all directions. Dante rolled his eyes and used his superpower to teleport to the quantum marker he left in the spider cave.
When he appeared in the top level, he saw that
there were only Spiderling eggs strewn about the place. Clearly, the spiders had tried to rebuild in the week or so that Dante had not come to disturb them, probably thinking that their worst nightmare was over.
Well, it was about to begin again. Dante did not kill the Spiderling because they were very important to the Spider Queen. They were cost-effective foot soldiers who could bring her food and prey from outside to help her regain her power back to the S rank.
In fact, Dante thought that it might not be a bad idea for him to grow this spider queen himself. He could toss some powerful quantum resources filled with bio-energy for her to let her create more underlings and then harvest them each time he needed to raise stats.
It was basically sustainable harvesting. Rather than ruthlessly plunder the land until it is barren, toss down some fertilizer and water after each harvest so that the next batch is just as good.
Anyway, while Dante was here, he didn't waste much time on the top floor. He reached the passageway that led to the area with the Spider Warriors and cast his expanded spirit sense down.
He saw that the entire nest was just as he thought, in a state of recuperation and rebuilding. Even the Spider Queen looked exhausted after giving birth so many times, and she had doubled the number of C rank Spider Champions and D Rank Spider Lords.
Rather, the number of E Rank Spider Warriors was not really increased. It was more likely because the Spider Queen was smart enough to know that such troops could not stop Dante, so it was better to invest in stronger types.
However, Dante frowned. Looking at the Spider Queen and sensing her aura through his spirit sense, she was so weak. She was probably really drained from buffing up her high-level forces and was on the verge of falling down to the C Rank herself.
Dante realized he definitely had to give her something to power her up after this harvesting session or she might be weakened to the point where some other player who stumbled across this place could clear the entire hive with ease.
Dante stretched his legs and broke through using the Raging Blood Halberd Technique and the Primal Ape Technique as well. He easily became a Martial Master Realm Martial Artist as well as a 4th Rank Peak Knight.
After doing so, he cricked his neck and descended upon the poor Spider Warriors that were slowly and effectively trying to rebuild their area. When they saw Dante walk over with a casual smile, the entire nest froze like time had stopped, endless fear coursing through the hive network that bound these arachnids together.
There was only one thing that spread through their hive network like crazy, and it was a simple set of words.
'It's Him! It's Him! By the Spider Goddess, it's him again!!'
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