I needed not only armies, but also capable generals. And on top of that, I needed to know what the real universe was truly like.
I kept myself confined to this apocalyptic trial, and didn't go outside except for rare occasions. I wanted to visit the Toranks race worlds, see how such a grand race and civilization survived and thrived in the universe for such a long time without getting destroyed.
And on top of that, I wanted to learn why they didn't manage to ruin the universe and become the rulers of it!
I knew the universe got races, got interesting places like the impacts and the fighting places, and it also got the outer grand battlefield.
I got lots of places to visit, tons of knowledge to learn, and above all, I still didn't know what type of quest the system would enforce on those succeeding the apocalyptic trials.
In my opinion, the system might give a very complicated long mission list for anyone surviving the apocalypse. They'd have to get tested against other races, against other forces, and surely against the enemies coming from the outer universe.
If that was true, then just having all these armies wouldn't suffice, having just two worlds wouldn't do. I didn't jump to conclusions or think about any detailed plans for now, yet I could feel the need to expand my territory and add more worlds to it.
There must be ways to do so in the grand universe. Either it'd be by directly conquering worlds there, or taking part in new apocalypses, there was a way indeed to expand.
In my opinion, if the grand races in the universe decided to take part in new apocalyptic trials, then it meant this was the most feasible way to do it.
I knew this was going to be an interesting way to add more worlds to my kingdom, but it was a very deadly disadvantage in my eyes. I had to waste tons of time, long years, a century for every apocalyptic trial to end, before I'd gain a world, or perhaps not.
It was such a long time where I'd risk either winning or losing. The fact of winning or losing didn't matter that much to me, but the wasted time really mattered a lot.
Waiting for hundreds of years to just get a single or even a few worlds? That was quite weird!
I'd prefer to directly fight other races and face tons of armies instead of waiting for such a hellish long time to get nothing back.
At least wars wouldn't last more than a year or two. Compared to wasting hundreds of years to get a single world, I could just get one world per a decade or so. Not to mention I'd not just get a single world, empty and needing construction, I'd get one filled with tons of people and already built places.
In fact I lacked any intel about how to do it. But I knew I had to do this. I got to expand fast if I wanted to really be the true ruler of this universe, or at least rise up in ranks and be one of the top three races.
Hectors were one of the top three races, but they didn't deserve that. They weren't weak, but weren't that strong either. In my apocalypse, I faced and crushed them without much hurdle actually.
Before the Hescos and Toranks were another story. The Hescos were truly blessed with tons of talents, and had unique ways in doing their battles, not to mention their special suits and long and rich heritage and history.
As for the Toranks, they looked like a wealthy tycoon in my eyes. They got lots of connections with many impacts, got lots of resources to spend on their forces and allies.
Just seeing how much I gained from them, and I was just making deals with them, made me realise how scarily wealthy and resourceful they were.
These two deserve to be called the true hegemony of the universe, by the Hectors didn't deserve to be listed beside them. At least I'd aim to push down the Hectors and replace them as one of the top races and forces in the entire universe.
I took a deep breath before calming myself down. I didn't know what the general situation out there in the universe was, and I couldn't let myself get drifted to lay lots of plans without knowing the truth and facts first.
The only way to do so was by winning this war, which was something already set in stone for me. After one month, I finally dealt with the last batch of bombs, stored everything inside my inventory, and then turned towards the map.
The current situation of wars was unique. Almost two thirds of the world was under my control, but the remaining third was indeed quite tough to crush. All the races seemed to reach agreements together, stopped fighting each other, unified their forces and came at my armies together.
They merged everything they got for now under a single banner, and that made my forces suffer lots of losses. The advantage of my forces in terms of stats was negated as lots of the races' forces got their stats maxed.
I didn't know how they did it, especially when the prices of the stat crystals at the market didn't show any significant increase. But it seemed they had a way to handle such a problem, and they raised most if not all of their forces' stats to max.
Doing this made the ongoing wars everywhere hard and challenging again. The spree of surrendering moves from these races' armies stopped abruptly, and only fierce battles erupted everywhere.
But there was one thing that I noticed. Even if they reached such an agreement with each other, they didn't join forces with Karoline.
The latter was still fighting hellish battles against these races' armies. At the same time, Lily's spies returned with tons of valuable news.
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