Chapter 195: The Golden Apple Tree! To the moon, Faction rewards and other kingdom’s dilemma
Azure Origin Planet, Central Plains.
A girl with a naturally beautiful face and a wide grin was walking slowly down a long pathway, several scientists trailing after her.
"Miss Faust, the rocket isn’t fully ready yet."
"Don’t care." Faust replied as she continued walking.
"I need to reach the Moon." Faust let out a wicked laugh. "It’s about time I woke up that beast and got out of this place."
"My powers are heavily suppressed in this world. How am I supposed to use my apostolic power to its full potential here? This place was never meant for me."
As she laughed, she walked into a room that was labeled the boarding room.
"Caelus. I’ll be waiting for you to find me. Hehe."
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[You have obtained the following rewards:
[Faction rewards]
[Wonder of the World: The Golden Apple Tree (Legendary, Tier 3)]
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[You have obtained the following faction rewards:
[10x Pillar gacha rolls]
[1x Random Faction unlock]
"Not too bad. I’ll take it." Caelus nodded. For an event, these rewards were satisfying, especially a Wonder of the World.
That was definitely something.
[Wonder of the World: The Golden Apple Tree (Legendary, Tier 3): A tree that grows golden apples. It spawns one golden apple every hour, and consuming it grants greater focus and motivation for work, along with stronger willpower and double the stamina.]
[Max Limit: 3 (increases with the tier of the kingdom)]
This Wonder of the World was basically meant for all the new NPCs, or at least that was how Caelus saw it. The golden apples could help get tasks done, and even the most boring work would be finished with high efficiency. It was basically an energy drink, just with far stronger results.
He could place down three now, and later he could place down a fourth once his kingdom reached tier 3.
And by now, the civilian area has also closed off and they had returned back to the normal place the leagues were in. It was a pity, maybe, he could stumble upon that area in a few days or so.
Speaking of which, his population had officially crossed the 12.5 million threshold. That included the Solaris kingdom Grey had conquered recently.
Solaris the Fourth was a bum, and his kingdom was still only tier 3. To this day, Caelus still couldn’t figure out how the guy had managed to survive this long.
"Oh right, he has the backing of the Holy Church."
He had heard him flaunting his connection to the Holy Church as a way to scare Old Man Welt, right as he was about to break into the royal court.
Whatever it was, he would see through it.
At the same time, the global chat was full of commotion.
[Jamal (King of Pikanet Energy Sustainment Kingdom): Who owns the Origin Kingdom? I’ve never seen them speak in chat before.]
[Ramses (Blistering Sands Kingdom): Hey, King of Origin Kingdom, would you like to bet your kingdom on a 1v1 in the arena?]
[Jamal (King of Pikanet Energy Sustainment Kingdom): ...]
[Julian (Rosequartz Kingdom): Forgive me, my love Seraphina. I have failed to bring us to first place in the event. Perhaps our kingdom was simply not beautiful enough for the eyes of the commoners in the civilian area.]
[Seraphina (Rosequartz Kingdom): You jest, my dear Julian. You are the prettiest thing in the world. If only they had seen the two of us together, they surely would have joined our kingdom. Such a pity. But fear not, Julian, I will comfort you by baking you a cake after today.]
[Maxim (Rosequartz Kingdom): As a member of the Rosequartz Kingdom, I apologize on their behalf. The two of them are so shameless that they will do the deed without even caring whether it’s in public or not.]
[Bjorn (Starfall Kingdom): Damn, bro. Do you want to transfer over to my kingdom?]
[Maxim (Rosequartz Kingdom): Nah. Even though they’re vulgar and shameless, they still hand out a good amount of origin credits to their citizens, and they give us random rewards too. Every once in a while they toss everything they earn into the center of the kingdom, and some players grab it and auction it off. It’s pretty fun over here, I can’t lie. We just ignore the two of them completely, the same way those two ignore everyone else in the kingdom.]
[Julian (Rosequartz Kingdom): Would you care for some tea, Lady Seraphina? I would be delighted if you joined me.]
[Seraphina (Rosequartz Kingdom): Why, of course, my dear Julian. I’m coming over now. I even wore some cute lingerie for you to admire today.]
[Maxim (Rosequartz Kingdom): See? They don’t care.]
Sylvia was with Caelus, watching the chat with a slightly embarrassed look on her face.
’D-Doing stuff like that in public?’ Sylvia stole a glance at Caelus, a hint of red on her cheeks and a shy smile forming on her lips.
Setting aside doing things in public, the two of them hadn’t even taken that step yet.
Caelus was calm and collected enough not to pounce at her.
Sometimes she got confused and wondered whether he simply felt nothing around her. But after Caelus showered her with endless love, she realized she had been thinking about it the wrong way.
It was simply Caelus holding himself back.
She was certain that unless she took the initiative, he would never make a move on her, because he cared for her that deeply.
She also knew that part of the reason he hesitated was because he had lost his memories.
She moved closer to Caelus and kissed him on the cheek, smiling as she jumped into his arms with a slightly mischievous look on her face.
Caelus only raised an eyebrow before going back to reading the chat.
Sylvia was always like this, clinging onto him out of nowhere, so he wasn’t surprised.
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At the same time, in the nearby Crimson Peak Kingdom, a man sat on his bed with a girl beside him, an annoyed look on his face.
"Shit. I failed the event. Dad is going to kill me." Garret Roman’s face was grim.
"How did he pull in more population than me? I have plenty of Wonders of the World at epic and legendary rank."
"I ran so many abyssal difficulty void trials for this."
What Garret failed to realize was that, for all of that, he didn’t possess the Rookie God title.
The civilians were unknowingly under its influence.
He only had the Rookie Emperor title. And two Rookie Gods in a single kingdom far outweighed the pull of any lesser title, or even one Rookie God on its own.
In Mistwood Kingdom, a girl was crashing out.
She was the king of Mistwood, Stella.
"Whyyyy"
"Why did my Rookie God title fail?" She rolled on the ground, back and forth, all while wiping away her tears.
"What sort of black magic are you pulling, King of Origin Kingdom?" the girl sighed.
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"It’s time to roll the gacha!" Caelus wore a visibly excited expression as he shut off the chat, which was now full of cursing and players fighting each other, and turned to the pillar gacha wheel.
