Felix stayed behind to prevent anyone trying to follow them from succeeding in their task. He did this by simply killing everyone who tried. Meanwhile, Julian continued the task of plundering the city.
Most likely, the city would rally around the support of a new leader after a few weeks, and if they were lucky, no beasts in the third kingdom would appear and they would be able to survive for a while. Otherwise, they would be easily decimated.
As soon as Kayden flew about 500 kilometers, he stopped in the air to take a short rest for everyone. The journey was relatively uneventful, as those in the second kingdom supported the weaker ones on Kayden’s orders.
"I ask for everyone’s attention. I know the trip is tiring, but I need to go through the additional rules before we can continue," Kayden said, pausing to check if everyone was paying attention to him. "We will have a book with all the laws of the new city that must be followed to the letter. The punishment can reach death in some cases, but the main law is that you cannot have children in the city. Unfortunately, I detected a rare mana disease in your genes and every person born can never go beyond the second kingdom. In a few decades, I will be able to cure them through in-depth study", he continued, throwing some lies mixed with promises.
His revelation dropped like a bomb on everyone’s heads, causing those trapped at the peak of the second realm to look among themselves, relieved that it wasn’t their incompetence’s fault, but rather something they didn’t know.
"Furthermore, in a few centuries, I will revive everyone who died tonight. Unfortunately, I am injured and am not able to do that, but considering that all of you will surpass the second realm and will be able to live for a long time, I believe it is okay." " Kayden gave a few more lies that raised everyone’s spirits to another level.
Happiness overflowed everywhere, and the pain of loss disappeared with this news, as there was no reason to be sad for people who would return. Would it take long? Yes, but it was just longing they had now.
No one doubted Kayden’s words, especially when he gave several oxen from the second kingdom so that everyone could feed. Any word he said would be treated as absolute truth by these people.
After everyone ate, they walked again. Each advance lasted a few hours and they walked a few hundred kilometers. The journey took about 7 days because of the constant stops to rest and sleep that those in the first realm and apprentice realm needed.
"This is your new home. I know you have nothing, but those with experience creating homes and structures will begin working tirelessly to house everyone. So I hope you will be patient. In the meantime, I will give you two things to learn: a book of rules and a better cultivation method. Those who go to work will receive their books later, with a small reward", announced Kayden, starting to organize the construction of the city together with some experienced people.
The first thing they did was the houses. They were just normal houses that followed simple patterns. Right now, that would be ideal. In a few days, all the houses would be ready.
And it only took three days. Kayden put everyone with the slightest skill in the field to work. Julian arrived a few days earlier and began building a huge herbarium with the help of some specialized people.
Administrative buildings began to be erected in the city center. Kayden elected some people to be leaders. Its rules were very different from the other cities and valued a more egalitarian environment with power being used discreetly.
It was clear to everyone that talent and strength were the main factors that would decide the future of each person inside. But even the weakest still had the right to a dignified life in a certain way and the opportunity to grow freely.
A month later, Kayden City began to be managed perfectly. It was divided into several social circles and each gave access to certain resources. Chief among them was access to the library that Kayden had assembled with several unique books with spells they had never seen before.
Unfortunately, only a few people had access to this specific part. Those with three rays and a promising future were given the opportunity. The rest had to be content with the low end of resources.
He established a council of five people who obeyed directly to Milena. These people were the leaders of the population and had direct contact with them. Each of them represented a different area, such as education and engineering.
The disease that Kayden mentioned claimed some victims, but there were only three and they had almost no one to support them inside. The city began to have its currency minted using the mana of someone in the third kingdom.
Kayden established three things that helped the general population: first the library, second an alchemy institution that accepted three dozen apprentices and was learning under Julian’s tutelage. The other institution was a secondary arts school. In it, he chose someone in the second realm to be the teacher and receive the knowledge he had accumulated from his books.
Kayden started doing the second part of his plan as well. Through the influence of mana, he began to impregnate dozens of women with good genes. This only took a few days.
After that, he started thinking about concepts and left them outside for other people to take care of. He maintained his routine of dedicating part of his day to reading books and an hour a day for random activities.
He discovered that this small amount of rest time was able to allow him to perform his training slightly better. It was a minimal gain, but when all the percentages added up, it would be worth it.
It might be less than 1% per rank, but when it all accumulated, the result was completely immense. In this free time, he walked around the city and found some things to tidy up. He didn’t like wasting too much time. As soon as he felt his mind stabilize, he went back to training.
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It wasn’t a rest, as most of the time, he was taking care of the city or walking around looking for bugs. The city was constantly developing and, in the coming months, more people would be born.
Quickly, nine months passed. The city was completely stabilized at this point. Some people died from the disease, but no one raised suspicions, as they thought they no longer wanted to live.
Slowly, Kayden began to remove people he considered untalented or too lazy into society. Casualties were minimal, but he was slowly purifying his population. Some heinous crimes occurred and it was something Kayden expected considering the violent environment these people lived in. All criminals were punished by death in a public square.
The first wave of children was born spaced out after nine months. Kayden already had a unique way of dealing with them. It was something that took time and a lot of persuasion had to be used on the population to accept it.
No mother would have her child identified. All children would be collected by the government and raised in numbers. Only those who showed satisfactory development at the age of 15 could earn names and live normally.
Those who failed to reach a certain level of quality would be killed by Kayden. In fact, for the population, they would be banned, but Kayden would eliminate these little nuisances. The institution that cared for these children was run by Milena.
She was the first to have Kayden’s child and set out to take care of that part. In recent months, she has not developed a habit of kidnapping men. Even though Kayden gave her permission, he didn’t understand why and he didn’t care either. In his spare time, he sometimes had sex with her.
Out of her understanding, Milena developed an addiction to Kayden. She practically fell in love with him. Little humans no longer mattered to him. The institution began to operate at full steam and used several runes to prevent babies from killing themselves when awakening their mana.
Kayden has decided to have a batch of kids every 5 years for now. In the future, he would decrease this number. At the moment, they did not have enough manpower to care for many babies.
He learned two more concepts during this period. Second-realm concepts were heavier and harder to understand. Furthermore, he spent a good part of his day casting and training other spells.
His elemental control has become completely bizarre these past few decades. Kayden could practically manipulate all of his lightning based on electrical mana. Even his body acceleration spells benefited.
As the babies began to arrive, Kayden took extensive notes about each of them. He wanted to understand what characteristics were capable of making someone overcome many lightning strikes and, to that end, he decided to document everything he could.