[It has already been taken a few tens of thousands years ago. You need to select another name please]
"A few tens of thousands of years… Damn! Don't tell me we stole the name from them!!" I didn't know who was the one who got a world with the same name as my home planet. But if they had that name selected for such a long time, then I got no say in this.
I paused for a second, before deciding to add a little bit of change to the name. "Let's call it: The Grand Earth! Don't tell me it's taken too!"
[Checking… The name is available. Congratulations King Hye, you are now the ruler and owner of the Grand Earth world]
[You are now ruling two worlds under your name]
[You gained the title of the Newbie King]
[You gained access to the entire universe]
[Per previous agreement, your Grand Earth world enjoys one hundred years of protection. It'll be hidden from any maps and scanners. After one hundred years, it'll be added to all the formal maps and can be reached by anyone]
[The apocalypse is over. All the races living so far will submit to you, swear their undying loyalty under the power of the system]
[You gained the shattered common people of one hundred and twenty race]
[You have unlocked the Sovereign Path new system interface]
[Your new missions, milestones, and goals will be mentioned all in your new interface]
[The apocalypse is over. And with it, all the items, materials, and products gained from the apocalypse are useless. Only special items and artefacts will keep their value and effects at the outer universe]
[Your new people are going to be added in the next month. Please take care of the process of their relocation and inhabitants]
[The bare minimal stats recognised by the universe are the maxed stats of the apocalypse. This isn't the end, but just the mere beginning]
[The stats of the newly born citizens will be the average stats among all of your kingdom's people. Make sure to raise the overall stat level of your citizens, and then you can have better generations]
[Good luck, Newbie King Hye. And don't forget to check the Sovereign Path interface to know how to level your and your kingdom rank]
I looked at these messages and finally heaved a deep sigh of relief. "It's as I expected, this apocalypse isn't the end…"
I instantly opened the system interface, and started to see where that Sovereign Path interface was. I didn't need to look for it, as once I opened my profile, a flash of light appeared and then a new window appeared.
"Wow! I went from having the max number in each stat to just have ten… Amazing!" I noticed that all the high numbers I got before changed, got greatly lowered, becoming just mere ten in each stat.
Yet the stats had an extra letter beside them, the U letter. "U must be a reference to the universe… That means I have to climb up again and reach the top… I doubt such a thing can be done by normal stat crystals…"
I got tons of crystals in my inventory. Without even thinking twice about it, I started to use these crystals to add points to my stats.
"The crystals are consumed, but nothing changes in the interface… That means there must be another way to do it…" As I expected, this method failed.
I didn't stop there and started to check any information about this. And soon enough I got my answer.
[You need to consume one U.Stat Crystal to add one point to your selected stat. One U.Stat Crystal is equivalent to one million stat crystals]
"Damn!" I sucked a cold breath of breath when I read such a message. It was as I expected, partially. "I need these stat crystals to level up my kingdom's people's overall stat level. Trying to raise my stats using this method won't do… I can't waste a million of normal stat crystals to get just one point…"
I knew there must be a way for the higher races to solve such problems. And right now I got why they had to search and obtain lots of crystal mines from the universe.
I just had one world and it ended up giving me a headache. I was sure all the older races got more worlds, and that meant more pressure and tons of headache.
After I checked the stats, I got to see a long list of missions down there. I noticed that the quests were divided into two overall groups. The first was about myself, and the other was about my kingdom.
"Hmm… So going out to the outer battlefield will give me and my kingdom lots of rewards, including the U.Stat Crystals… interesting…"
I didn't just have the chance to get rewards, but also points. These points would be added to my overall assessment ranking, raising up my kingdom and myself in the overall assessment in the universe.
But that was just the tip of the iceberg. The amount of points given by the system for the outer battlefield mission were few, compared to other missions.
There were other missions like sending part of my people to take part in a new apocalypse, more points in winning different stages there. As for the ones taking part in this, they'd have a different set of missions and rewards, mainly biassed towards ranking them to be paragons, vices, and etc.
From checking these missions, I got to confirm my earlier guesses about how to add more worlds to my kingdom. It was either by directly invading another world, or winning one in an apocalyptic trial.
Winning an apocalypse would take ages, yet trying to gain control over a world using military might wasn't going to be an easier task as well. When I checked the grand universe map, I was astonished to see lots of areas marked in different colours.
Each colour was the symbol of a force out there, and it seemed they divided the entire universe among themselves. Even my Grand Earth was considered part of the Toranks race general territory, which wasn't true.
Seeing this made me realise how hard it was to snatch a world from out there. Once I'd rage war, and even if I secured that world, then the mighty force that stood behind it would intervene for sure, sending tons of forces out to reclaim the world.
In other worlds, gaining a new world by using this method meant a clear declaration of war against a mighty force. I was just a shrimp, a nobody in the eyes of others. And I had to act reasonably if I wanted to slowly climb the ranks.
"Yet waiting for hundreds of years for an apocalypse to end isn't going to work. I now wonder why the races coming here have such deep pockets… Everything gained from the ended apocalypses will be rendered useless. And that means with each apocalypse ending, more useless stuff will accumulate. I also get from where all these goods came from at the market… But the currency changed…"
The current currency in the new interface was called the Golden Coin. It was different from the coins I used to have before. And my current wealth fell to only a thousand coins of these.
"Luckily my class didn't change or get omitted," I heaved a sigh of relief when I saw that my class didn't change. And that meant my bones could be used in the universe, an info that I already was aware of.
I checked the interface again, and nothing else stood out there. I read lots of explanation messages and got to learn more about the current situation.
The more points I gained the more privilege I'd get. Not to mention by raising my rank as a king and my kingdom's general rank would help to open more features and missions, adding more rewards as well.
According to what I got, the system didn't work as the tyrant and main controller. It was just regulating things, and anyone could move and get whatever he wanted, using all the means possible.
That made me more relieved about my earlier debate with the system higher up. If I didn't fight to protect my world for one hundred years, then I'd suffer lots of headaches about the Hescos and other big races' retribution.
"Ok, time to start the grand celebrations. And then we can move on, accept the different races, common folks, relocate them here, and start preparing for the grand big move against the universe…"
And like this, a chapter of my tale was over, and another just got opened up.
The end.
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[Words from the author, and apologies for taking more word count this time from you :)))))))))))]
Hi everyone, Ranmaro is here :))))
After a year and couple months, I finally reached the end point of this tale. I can't express how honoured and happy I'm by reaching this point.
First of all, thanks to all of your generous and kind support during all this journey. For an entire year you read my novel and supported it, making me feel really blessed to have such awesome readers like you :)))))))))))))
I hope the entire novel was a nice and light reading, and I apologise for any mishaps and mistakes, anything that came out of my limited ability as an author. I tried my best, learnt tons from here, and promise to keep moving forward and improving.
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And fret not, the second grand tale of this epic piece will be released here as well. I will start writing it from today and will publish whatever I wrote.
The next book is called: The Rise of The Human Sovereign. I hope it be on par with, or a little better than the previous part.
Finally, I thank you again, my awesome readers, and I hope you'll enjoy the upcoming tale.
Ranmaro
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